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June 26, 2013
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goal
Federal Fiscal Years 2014 - 2016
This serves as notice o f the Oregon Department o f Transportation’s
proposed overall Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)goal of
14.68% for federal Highway Administration-funded projects. The
agency would expect 11.5% of the overall goal to be met through
race- and gender-neutral measures, and 3.18% through race- and
gender-conscious measures in accordance with the agency’s
USDOT-approved DBE program waiver currently in effect. This
calculation is made in accordance with 49 CFR Part 26. The final
DBE goal for federal fiscal years 2014 - 2016 will be submitted
to EH WA for review on August 1,2013 to comply with USDOT
requirements.
The proposed goal and its rationale will be available for inspection
during normal business hours at the ODOT Office of Civil Rights
for 30 days, effective June 17 through July 17,2013. ODOT and the
USDOT will accept comments on the goals until August 1,2013.
ODOT will consider all comments and quantitative and anecdotal
data in determining its final DBE goal, and will post its analysis and
final goal at www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/ClVILRIGHTS/. Written
comments may be submitted by mail, fax, or email.
ODOT invites all interested parties
to a public meeting to discuss the
proposed FFY 2014-2016 DBE
Goal. We 'll review the proposed
Goal and hear comments from the
public.
When: July 9, 2013
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: ODOT
Headquarters, 355 Capitol
S i NE, Gail Achterman
Rm. 103, Salem
ODOT, Office o f Civil Rights
Attn: DBE Program Manager
355 Capitol S i NE, MS 31
Salem, OR 97301
Fax: (503) 986-6382
Phone: (503) 986-4350
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Oregon
Department
of Transportation
Confined to Legacy Emanuel Hospital for complications in her 8th month o f pregnancy, Monique
Norington and Sheldon F. Joseph were able to get married on the medical center’s grounds thanks
to the help o f the hospital and friends.
Marriage Wins Out
Couple overcomes adversity with hospital wedding
A Portland couple has plenty to celebrate after
getting married under some trying circumstances.
Monique Norington and Sheldon F. Joseph were
recently married on the grounds of Legacy Emanuel
Hospital thanks to the help of the hospital and friends.
Norington was confined to a hospital bed after
recurring complications during her 8th month of preg
nancy. She and her fiancée were left to cancel a trip to
Hawaii where they had planned to tie the knot. That
same week she was hit with the devastating news that
her step-father had passed away.
With the help of hospital staff, the couple was
provided with everything for a wedding in the hospital ’ s
gardens, from a cake, desert bar, and a photographer.
Joined by a host of community leaders such as State
Rep. Lew Frederick o f Portland and County Commis
sioner Loretta Smith among others, the pair were
joined in union on June 15.
“We are glad that despite any outside odds we were
able to join together in matrimony,” said the newlywed
bride. “Our little girl when she is bom will know that she
has two strong parents that have a bond and love for
each other that will last a lifetime and share that love
for her as well.”
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Just one year into
his new jo b as
Oregon’s first chief
education officer,
Rudy Crew has been
appointed president
of Medgar Evers College in the City
University ofNew Yorksystem. Gov.
John Kitzhaber hired Crew to im
prove the landscape of public edu
cation in Oregon, from preschool
through college.
Paula Deen Dropped
Longtime TV per
sonality Paula Deen
has been dropped
by the Food Network
after it was revealed
by a former employer
that she had used racial epithets in
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struction.
Republicans Auction AR-15
her presence. Deen has since re After the success of raffle for a semi
leased two separate apologies via autom atic rifle, the M ultnomah
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Military Takes Harris Case
ond lottery for another AR-15 rifle.
38-year-old Marine Nathaniel Cosby “The only negative w e’ve heard are
will be prosecuted by a military court from far left bloggers and some
in the killing of Ivancie Harris, a members of the media,” said local
Portland woman who was murdered GOP Chair Jeff Reynolds.
during a visit to Hawaii last month.
Opposed to civilian court, the mili Sopranos Actor Dies
tary only requires two thirds of ju 51 -year-old, James Gandolfini, most
famous for playing Tony Soprano
rors to agree on a conviction.
in the popular cable series Sopra
Light Rail Construction Begins nos died last week while vacation
TriMet began construction of light ing in Rome. Medical examiners have
rail tracks through Milwaukie Mon ruled his cause as heart disease.
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