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Useful Tips to Avoid Becoming
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Former Harlem Globetrotters visit the staff of Coast Industries, Inc. on Northeast Alberta Street.
Harlem Globetrotters Visit Local Business
C oast Industries, Inc., O regon’s oldest
A frican A m erican-ow ned businesses had
an all-star visit from a few form er H arlem
G lobetrotters.
M eadow lark Lem on, M arques Haynes,
Tyrone “H ollyw ood” Brown, and Les “Pee
W ee” H arrison recently graced the busi
ness on N ortheast A lberta Street, now
under it’s third generation o f leadership.
C oast has experienced a lot o f grow th
since its inception in 1957. A new adm in
istration and a new look has been built
around the block hom e o f the com pany at
N ortheast Seventh A venue and Alberta
street, doing business as Coast Janitorial
Service and Em pire Security Service. The
P h o to c o p y b o th sid e s o f e v
G regory E vans
It’s not u n co m m o n
to h e a r s to r ie s o f
frau d d ue to u n au th o
r iz e d u s e o f an
in d iv id u a l’s p erso n al
in f o rm a tio n , h is is
k n o w n as id e n tif y
theft. A clo se frien d
h ad his in fo rm atio n
sto len an d it w as a
n ig h tm are. W ith in a w eek, the th ie v es
o rd ered an ex p e n siv e cell p h o n e p a c k
age, ap p lied fo r a m a jo r c re d it card ,
receiv ed ap p ro v al fo r a G ate w ay c o m
puter, m ad e c h a n g es w ith in th e D M V
o n lin e, an d m ore.
H ere are som e h elp fu l tip s to p re
vent y o u fro m b ec o m in g a v ictim :
W h en w riting ch e ck s to pay cred it
c a rd b ills, n e v e r p u t th e c o m p le te
a c co u n t n u m b e r on the “F o r” line.
Instead, p ut the last fo u r d ig its o f the
ac co u n t n u m b er on th e ch eck . T h e
cre d it c a rd co m p an y k n o w s th e rest
o f the nu m b er. T h is p rev en ts an y o n e
w h o m ig h t be h an d lin g y o u r ch eck
from accessin g y o u r cred it card n u m
ber.
business is part o f O reg o n ’s A frican-
A m erican history and a sym bol o f success
in northeast Portland.
C oast has supported and has a strong
relationship w ith Local U nion 49, provid
ing fair w ages to its w orkers, w ho have
contributed to the w orking class in this
com m unity for over 40 years.
P ut y o u r w o rk p h o n e n u m b e r on
y o u r c h e ck s in stead o f y o u r h o m e
phone. I f y o u h av e a P O B ox u se th at
in stead o f y o u r h o m e ad d ress. If you
d o n ’t h av e a P O B ox, use y o u r w o rk
address. N ev er h av e y o u r social se cu
rity n u m b e r p rin te d on y o u r ch eck s.
ery cre d it card , licen se, etc. in
y o u r w allet. Y o u w ill k n o w w h at
you h ad in y o u r w allet an d all o f
the a c c o u n t n u m b e rs an d p h o n e
n u m b e rs to call an d c a n c e l in
the ev e n t o f th e ft o r loss. K eep
the p h o to c o p y in a safe place.
It’s a g o o d id e a to carry a p h o
to co p y o f y o u r p assp o rt w hen
trav e lin g ab ro ad .
W e ’ve b e e n to ld w e s h o u ld c a n
cel o u r c re d it c a r d s im m e d ia te ly in
th e e v e n t y o u r in fo rm a tio n o r c re d it
c a r d s a re s to le n . B u t th e k e y is
h a v in g th e to ll fre e n u m b e rs an d
y o u r c a rd n u m b e rs h a n d y so y o u
k n o w w h o m to c a ll.
Im m ed iately file a p o lice rep o rt in
th e ju risd ic tio n w h ere y o u rc re d it cards
w ere sto len . T h is p ro v es to c re d it
p ro v id ers y o u w ere d ilig en t, an d this
is a first step to w ard s an in v estig atio n
if needed.
P lace a frau d alert o n y o u r n am e
an d social secu rity nu m b er. T h e fraud
alert in fo rm s p o te n tia l cre d ito rs that
th ey m u st call y o u and rec eiv e verbal
co n sen t p rio r to o p e n in g an a c c o u n t in
y o u r nam e.
T o p lace a fra u d alert on y o u r nam e
an d social se cu rity n u m b er, co n tac t
the cre d it rep o rtin g o rg an iz atio n s.
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W algreen W orkers File Suit Local Plant to Produce Biodiesel
Top drugstore
accused of racial
discrimination
(A P) — Eleven black current
and form er W algreen Co. w orkers
in M ichigan and six other states
have sued the ra tio n ’s top-selling
drugstore chain, accusing it o f
having a policy o f discrim inating
against black em ployees.
T he law suit, filed in U.S. D is
trict C ourt in East St. Louis, 111.,
says the com pany has a “perva
sive policy” o f steering black em
ployees to w ork in stores in areas
that have m ostly black or poorer
custom ers, using an internal sy s
tem to categorize stores based on
race and income.
T he lawsuit, seeking class-ac
tion status, also says that black
em ployees are denied advance
m ent opportunities because the
com pany directs them to its stores
with w orse profitability and work
conditions, at tim es costing them
bonuses often tied to store sales
and gross profit.
“W e’re surprised by the alle
g atio n s becau se h isto rically
w e’ ve cared about equal oppor
tunity for all o f our em ployees,"
said Tiffany Bruce, a spokes
woman for the Deerfield, 111. com
pany.
T he law suit says W algreen
engages in segregation o f its
black w orkers and seeks un
specified m onetary dam ages
and a court order perm anently
barring W algreen from the ques
tioned em ploym ent practices.
Will turn cooking
oil into fuel for
trucks and cars
Plans to start a local processing
facility for O regon’s first commercial
plant to turn used cooking oil into
biodiesel are in place to start produc
tion in N ovem ber.
SeQ uential-Pacific — controlled
by SeQ uential Biofuels o f Portland
and Pacific Biodiesel o f Kahului,
H aw aii — said it has purchased an
acreofindustrial land at Kelley Point
in north Portland.
T h e co m p an y said the p lan t
w ould be cap ab le o f p ro d u cin g
about 1 m illion gallons per year o f
biodiesel, made from cooking oil and
usable as fuel in diesel engines.
The new s com es as som e Oregon
legislators are seeking to jum p-start
biodiesel production in Oregon, say
ing it can create jo b s and help the
environm ent.
“W e w ant biodiesel to be a clus
ter industry in the state,” said state
Rep. Jackie D ingfelder, a D em ocrat
w ho represents northeast Portland.
C om pany officials said they have
lined up investors for the plant that
include country m usic singer W illie
N elson; C am eron H ealy, founder o f
K ettle Foods; John M iller, an O r
egon businessm an; and Ron Tyree,
ow ner o f T yree Oil, a E ugene-based
petroleum distributor.
“Biodiesel is the perfect fuel, when
you think about it,” said Brian Jamison,
board president o f the GoBiodiesel
cooperative o f Portland. “The only
thing we need to do is increase pro
duction and get the w ord out.”
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