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Schools Budget Improves
Citing an improved fiscal outlook, the Portland
School Board voted Monday to add $ 19.6 million
to its current budget year, including the addition of
roughly 30 teaching positions. However, a dispute
still rages over a labor agreement with teachers
and placing $14 million in reserves that union
leaders say should go directly into the classroom
and to teachers.
Help for School Dropouts
The City Club of Portland released a draft report
Friday calling for more infrastructure and sup­
ports that will help more young adults who lack a
high school diploma prepare for college and a
career. About 336,000 adult Oregonians lack a
high school diploma or alternative General Edu­
cational Development (GED) credential.
We are Hiring Drivers for our Transportation Office!
Hermiston, OR
In the first year driving for Walmart, the average full time
Walmart Driver will earn $76,000 per year working a 5.5
day work week.
Oregon 3rd for Job Growth
Walmart drivers earn:
• Mileage Pay
• Activity Pay
• Hourly Pay
■ Regular schedule and reset
hours at home, not on the
road
Oregon has the third-highest percentage of job
growth in the nation. The federal Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported Tuesday that Oregon posted a
2.4 percent increase in 2013. Only North Dakota
and Florida expanded at a faster clij>. Washington's
job base grew by 1.9 percent.
-Training Pay
- Weekend Premium Pay
Quarterly Safety Bonus
Average length of haul is
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matched 401 (k) retirement plan.
Learn about our Professional Truck Driver opportunities,
view the minimum job qualifications and apply online at
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice.
January 29, 2014
to their folk music heritage, died Monday at the
age of 94. Seeger popularized "We Shall Over­
come" as a protest song during the modem Civil
Rights era.
31 Pounds of Meth Seized
A drug runner was busted on 1-84 east of
Portland Monday with 31 pounds of metham­
phetamines in his vehicle, at an estimated street
value of $1.5 million. Portland police said the
drugs were in a suitcase in the trunk.
Minimum Wage Justice
O regon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden
visited Green Zebra Grocery in north Portland
Monday to talk about the growing income in­
equality in America and to call on Congress to
raise the hourly minimum wage to $10.10 and
then provide annual increases linked to the cost
ofliving.
Gorge Hikers Rescued
Four lost hikers were safely escorted down a trail
to Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge
T h u rsd ay night. T hey w ere h ik in g from
W ahkeena Falls to Multnomah Falls when they
walked down a trail that ended in a washout.
They turned around but couldn't make it out
before darkness fell.
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CAUTION
"ICE ON BRIDGES
REDUCE SPEED
Folk Singer, Activist Dies
South Hit with Ice, Snow
T he b a n jo -p ic k in g
tro u b a d o u r
P ete
Seeger, a political ac­
tivist who sang for
migrant workers, col­
lege students and star-
struck presidents in a
career that introduced generations of Americans
A rare blast of snow, sleet
and ice hit the U.S. South
t o
on Tuesday, prompting
three states to declare a
state of emergency, clos­
ing the New Orleans airport and causing chaos
on roads for drivers unaccustomed to the dan­
gerously slick conditions.
Charles Washington
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