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MEAT MARKET
at a grocery store in Vancouver.
His shop is a one-man operation and
Houge says he’s known most of his
customers for years.
“I cut it, I clean it and wait on people.
I do everything here myself,” he said.
According to Houge, it takes a people
person to work retail.
Business is slow right now, but Houge
chalks that up to the economy and pre­
dicts that his business will pick up in the
coming year.
Most meat at G & H Meat Market is
from Oregon and Washington. The store
gladly accepts special orders.
G & H Meat Market is at 8238 N.
Denver Avenue. For more information,
call 503-289-5418.
Entrepeneur finds
career serving local
population
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In a w orld spinning at an ex h a u st­
ing pace, co n venience often w ins
o v er qu ality and su perm arkets have
outpaced m any specialty food m ar­
k ets.
North Portland, however, holds the
oldest meat market, G & H, still going
strong after 53 years.
Owner Paul Houge says he loves his
job. He learned to cut meat 41 years ago
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Diversity in the Classroom
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An EOE Employer
Developing
multi-cultural
relationships
begins in school
The classrooms in America to­
day are changing in some signifi­
cant ways. Students come from a
variety of racial, cultural, linguistic,
and economic backgrounds. Stu­
dents withdisabilitiesof many kinds
are spending more time in regular
classrooms.
This group of students will
quickly filter into the work place, so
the sooner business owners as well
as coworkers learn how to commu­
nicate with people of varying back­
grounds, the strongerthe work force
will he.
In this challenging economy,
many are choosing to return to
school to become more competi­
tive when the time comes to job
hunt.
This increase in diversity among
the student population is one of the
nearly ready to join the work force,
assessing your knowledge about
cultural diversity and your beliefs
in some common myths and stereo­
types will help you improve rela­
tionships in the classroom and the
To adequately attend to cultural
diversity in the classroom, teachers
must look first at their own cultural
background and understand how
their biases affect their interactions
with students.
greatest challenges facing teach­ office.
In the 1990s, American high
ers, according to researchers from
the Center for Adolescent Studies school sophomores were com-
at the Indiana University.
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