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Job Fair to Attract Nearly 100 Employers
Annual event Tuesday at
PCC's Cascade Campus
Nearly I OOemployers will be fea­
tured at this y ea r's Portland C om ­
m unity C ollege's 11 th annual C as­
cade Job Fair., from 11 a.m .to3p.m .
on T uesday. May 6, in the Physical
Education Building gym at theCas-
cadeCam pus,7O 5 N. Killingsworth
St.
T he event is free and open to the
public. Job fair sponsors include
C om cast. O regonlive, the city of
P ortland's Bureau o f D evelopm ent
Services, H offm an C onstruction,
Pacific Coast Eruit Co. and United
Parcel Service. Job-seekers are en ­
couraged to bring their resume.
M any em ployers recom m end
that jo b fair attendees go to the job
f a i r ’s W e b s ite at p c c .e d u /
cascadejobfair and apply online to
the em ployers they are interested
in visiting with, before com ing to
the fair. Last year's jo b fair attracted
99 em ployers and more than 1,9(X)
jo b seekers.
“ PCC C ascade’s jo b fair is an
outstanding opportunity for em ­
Mt. Hood Job
Fair May 7
ployers, students and com m unity
members to connect," said DeA nne
Hardy. "T his particular jo b fair
draw s a very diverse pool o f appli­
cants and a broad range o f em p lo y ­
ers representing many different in­
dustries. Nearly al 1 o f PC C ' s 60 pro­
fessional technical program s can
find at least one em ployer related to
their degree o r certificate."
"The nature o f jo b search has
changed and m ost em ployers want
the applicant to apply o n lin e ,”
Hardy added. “H ow ever, 1 hear
many jo b seekers com m ent on how
they feel their application goes into
an abyss. This process is an oppor­
tunity to build a bridge over that
abyss and connect the jo b seeker
with the em ployer.”
Some of the em ployers repre­
sented at this year's fair include:
A A A O re g o n /ld a h o , A F L A C ,
American Red Cross - Pacific NW
Regional BkxxJ Services, Ameriprise
Financial S ervices, B ridgestone
Firestone, Brooks Staffing, Cascadia
P ortland C o m m u n ity C o lle g e 's jo b fair on th e C a s c a d e C a m p u s in north P ortland la s t y e a r a ttr a c te d
9 9 e m p lo y e rs a n d m o re th a n 1 , 9 0 0 jo b s e e k e r s , c o n n e c tin g th e c o m m u n ity to local e m p lo y ers.
Behavioral Healthcare, the city of
Portland, Clark County, Comcast,
Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hos­
pital, Farm ers Insurance, FedEx
G round, Fred M eyer, Frito Lay,
Portland Public Schools, Sherwin-
W illiams Co., Sysco Food Services
of Portland Inc., UPS, U.S. Arm y
and M arines, U.S. Forest Service,
and more.
Responding to Rising Food Costs
Obesity
con tin u ed
con tin u ed
fro m M etro
School next year.
P o rts m o u th ’ s
b o urgeoning enrollm ent
has encouraged L opez's
innovative technique o f
using two teachers in larger
c la s s e s . T h e s o lu tio n
w orks particularly well for
the school’s gym teach­
ers, w ho can take turns lead­
ing class while the other
deals with students’ indi­
vidual needs.
“ 1 have two PE teachers
because that’s key in the
fight to keep kids healthy,”
L opez says. His decision
to keep two gym teachers
reflects his larger philoso­
photo bv R aymond R endleman /
phy on special education:
T he P ortland O bserver
Students should be kept in
A ngel H um phrey, o n e o f tw o p h ysica l
le a r n in g e n v iro n m e n ts
e d u c a tio n te a c h e rs a t P o rtsm o u th
com parable to other stu­
S c h o o l in north P ortland, le a d s 6 th
dents at the school, and
a n d 7th g ra d e rs in s e t s o f sit-u p s
those falling behind should
tw ice a w e e k a s p a rt o f a 5 0 -m in u te
only be pulled out o f class
aerobic routine.
for at m ost an hour a day
focus on the w hole function o f each
for tutoring.
child.
Portsm outh has logged no ex­
“W e have only one vending m a­
pulsions in recent years and has a
chine
that dispenses juice, and we
0.5 percent suspension rate, which
monitor
it carefully, so th at’s also
com pares to the 4.7 percent district
got
to
help
a little,” he says.
average. Lopez credits the school ’ s
C-Tran Bus
Fairs Increase
G ood Samaritan Hospital. Hoffman
Construction, KGW , M acy’s, Mt.
Hood Beverage Co., M ultnomah
County, O regonLive, Oregon State
Police, O regon Tradesw om en Inc.,
Mt. H ood C o m m u n ity C o l­
lege in G resh am is g iv in g area
stu d e n ts a c h a n c e to g et a
ju m p start on th eir careers.
T he sc h o o l’s C areer P lan ­
ning and C o u n selin g C e n ter is
hosting its C a re er F air from 10
a.m . to 2 p.m . on W ednesday,
M ay 7 in the C o lleg e C e n te r at
26000 S.E. Stark St.
T he fair o ffe rs stu d en ts and
com m unity m em bers the oppor­
tunity to m eet w ith em p lo y ers
w ho are h irin g fo r g reat o n g o ­
ing o p p o rtu n ities.
M ore th an 25 local co m p a­
nies are ex p ected to atten d the
fair, including KG W C hannel 8,
R adio D isn ey , M axim M edical
S ta f f in g , P o r tla n d P o lic e ,
G resham F ire and E m ergency
S ervices, C o m cast and Sage
Softw are.
A ny o n e w ith q u estio n s can
contact the C areer P lanning and
C o u n selin g C e n ter at 503-491 -
7432.
fro m M etro
“A s the price increases go through,
we w ant to still offer som e selections
to our custom ers,” says Don Jones,
the Concordia store manager.
P eo p le a re n ’t tu rn in g vegetarian
in d ro v es, but Jo n e s has n oticed
m o re sh o p p e rs r e a c tin g to th e
ste e p e r price ju m p o f p ro cessed
foods by carefu lly p lan n in g m eals
from basic m aterials.
“C u sto m ers are lo oking at things
like how m any cen ts p e ro u n c e , how
m any cen ts per q u a rt,” Jo n es says.
T h e locally o w n ed ch ain attracts
a cu sto m er base th at cares about
m ore than the p rice, rep o rts N ew
S e a s o n s s p o k e s p e r s o n H e le n
N eville, w ho says, “W e ’re all about
v o ting w ith o u r d o llar, so it’s not
ju st about how I'm d o ing, but also
how is the guy d ow n the street d o ­
ing.”
New Seasons coordinates 99 per­
cent o f its products throughout its
nine P ortland-area stores, but that
leaves quite a few products tailored to
each neighborhood, in addition to a
m anager special in each departm ent.
Jones points to a new sletter with
specials and the green tags that indi­
cate a sale price.
“T here are still a lot o f great values
around; you ju st have to know where
to look,” he says.
On T hursday, M ay I,the cost o f public
b u s tr a n s p o r ta tio n w ill g o up in
V a n c o u v er w h en the tran sp o rta tio n
agency C -T ran increases fares 5 to 10
cents per ride.
The increase will affect cash fares.
Manager’s
Passion
con tin u ed
fro m M etro
photo by R aymond R endleman /T he P ortland O bserver
D on J o n e s, N ew S e a s o n s M a rket m a n a g e r for th e Concordia
s to r e a t N o r th e a st 3 3 r d A v e n u e a n d K illingsw orth s tr e e t, h e lp s a
c u s to m e r fin d th e b e s t deal.
single ride tickets and m onthly passes.
The increase does not affect express fares
or day passes.
An adult fare for C -Zone will go up a
nickel to $1.30 and an A ll-Zone ticket
goes up a dim e to $2.35. Senior, disabled,
and youth fares for a C -Zone also goes up
a nickel to 65 cents w hile the senior All-
Z one ticket also goes up a dim e to $ 1.20.
C-Tran is the regional public transpor­
tation provider for portions o f Clark
County. It offers local bus service within
its Clark County service area, lim ited bus
service to the nearest Max light-rail sta­
tion, and Express com m uter service to
dow ntow n Portland.
For inform ation please visit www.c-
tran.com orcall 360-695-0123.
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