juna 7. 2002
for the Deaf director. “His commitment to the
hearing-impaired is invaluable. No one is more
deserving of a Lifetime Achievement Award.”
An expert lip reader, Stack has been almost
completely deaf since he was 6. He teaches at
Portland Community College in the sign lan
guage studies and interpreter training programs.
In addition, Stack founded Northwest The
ater of the Deaf, a community group using sign
language for the hearing-impaired. He earned a
bachelors degree from Gallaudet University and
received a state of Oregon Certified Public
Accountant Certificate.
Stack grew up in the Ozark foothills of Mis
souri and St. Louis before moving to Portland in
1947. He is a widower with three daughters,
Sharon, Kelly Magee and Holly.
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PABA C elebrates
10 th A nniversary
T
he Portland Area Business Association will
celebrate its 10th anniversary during its
monthly networking luncheon from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. June 12 at the Lloyd Center Double-
Tree Inn, 1000 N.E. Multnomah St.
The event promises to be an informative, fun
kxik to the past, present and future. The organiza
tion will honor its founders and past presidents,
elect its board members and officers, and unveil its
new logo, Web site and Portland Pride 2002 plans.
For more information visit wunu.paba.com.
R eporter W ill L ecture
Hank Stack (center) has been signing the morning news updates on KGW for more than 30 years
I
Through the gift of an anonymous donor, the
organization is distributing $35,000 this year as
part of a new safe schools and public policy
grants program. A second program for nonurban
chapters was established with a grant from the
Denver-based Gill Foundation, a $260 million-
endowed organization committed to securing
equal opportunities for all people regardless of
sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Corvallis chapter received a $1,000 safe
schools and public policy grant and a $2,000
nonurban grant. The Central Oregon chapter
received a $1,150 nonurban grant.
“From Alaska to North Carolina, chapters
are establishing and executing important pro
grams that further the well-being of gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender individuals,” said
PFLAG president Arnold Drake, a physician in
Memphis, Tenn. “With these two grant pro
nvestigative reporter Greg Palast— whose
London Observer article led to the removal of
Pat Robertson as Christian Coalition president
and thwarted his attempt to become a partner
in a Scottish bank— will lecture on his book
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, a New
York Times best seller, from 7 to 9 p.m. June 18
at First Unitarian Church of Portland,
1011 S.W. 12th Ave.
The suggested donation is $5 to $10. No one
will be turned away.
PFLAG A nnounces
G rants to C hapters
T
he national office of Parents, Families and
Friends of Lesbians and Gays announced
May 21 the recipients of $55,000 worth of chap
ter grants.
grams, chapters will be able to carry out a wide
range of programs.”
O regon S chool for the
D eaf H onors KGW V eteran
he Oregon School for the Deaf honored
KGW-TV’s Hank Stack with a Lifetime
Achievement Award during commencement cer
emonies May 31. In March he was one of seven
gay and lesbian seniors saluted during the Port
land Gay Men’s Chorus Vintage Voices concerts.
In 1971, long before the advent of closed-
captioning technology, Stack began signing the
morning news updates on KGW His reports
provide thousands of deaf Oregonians with crit
ical news and information.
“Hank Stack is a hero for Oregon’s deaf com
munity,” said Jane Mulholland, Oregon School
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al organizations, recently hired Maura King to
be its new distribution associate. The company
also presents San Franciscos queer film festival,
the oldest and largest one in the world.
King spent five years with the queer film fes
tival based in Portland. While completing her
bachelor’s degree in psychology at Reed College,
she began volunteering for Sensory Perceptions,
eventually serving as its director.
King was a key member of the team that
restarted the festival after another organization
folded. Through her leadership, Sensory Percep
tions gained financial independence and
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