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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1971)
9 This is your paper, because you have demanded it. Vol. 1 No. 20 Portland, Ore. — Something of interest to everyone. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER PSU Black culture week Touchy subjects' avoided ut meeting Sonia Sanchez, a poetess living in New York, w ill be at Portland State University February 22-23 as part of the observance ofBlack Culture Month on the Campus. M iss Sanchez w ill read her poe try at 2 P.M ., Monday, Feb. 22 in the Smith Center Ballroom . Her Poems and plays appear In " F o r M a lco lm ," "TheN ew black P o e try," "Tulane Drama Review and "P la y s from the Black Theater." She has taught cre ative w ritin g at San Francisco State College and BLACK lite ra ture at the University of P itts - txirgh. M iss Sanchez w ill cond uct a poetry workshop from 9 aun. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23 in Room 338, Smith Center. NAACP Announce Feb. 21, 1971 3:00 P.M . D r. Wilson Records w ill be the guest speaker at the membership meet ing which w ill be held at Casade College. A ll members are urge to attend. Grant High school supervisors fo r the " E B O N Y S O U L S T R U T T E R S , A new female d r ill team. L e ft to rig h t M r. Steve Brown, M rs . B illie P o rte r, M rs . Verna Shepherd & M r$ . Lois Braushweiger. (M rs. Nonna M arshall not in picture.) The adult supervisors of the "Ebony Soul S tru tte rs " paused fo r a happy picture after learn- that the doors to Man Dishman Center would be opened fo r th e ir groupl to practice a few weeks ago they had no plaae to practice. They personal would like to thank M r. Glen W illiam s and his staff at Matt Dishman Cen ter fo r their cooperation. The group practice on Mon. and T h u rs , from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. They participate in state competition at C orvallis March 12th and hopeful the state finals in M arch. See other picture on page 3. When he reports readers respond The newsy side of a story sometimes isn’ t enough to read. The emotional impact that Area 3 meeting had on a number of people should be made known This may sound dram atic, but the meeting seemed like an epi sode of Peyton Place, more than a school meeting. Befroe the meeting started, it was suspected by the Area 3 board members and other persons that a number of touchy subjects would be brought up since the parents were given the right to ask questions. Since the meeting had to do with money that was going to be allotted to several highschool fo r renovation, I had the feeling that the subjects would deal with taxes. As M r. Ray Steed talked about the plans made fo r new buildings, 1 noticed the uneasi ness of the parents as if they couldn’ t wait to hit the board with the ir questions. The fir s t question went by then a concerned lather cf stu dents that attend Grant stood up. He told M r. Steed that his questions may have some effect on everyone and asked if he should wait t ill la ter to ask them. M r. Steed, apparently sus pecting something, replied that he should go ahead and get it over with. Coming on quite strong and with good reason, the father asked why nothing hasbeendone to help trouble-making students adjust, and why they aren’ t ever disciplined. The man had been told of aj incident in the school that havi occured and have resulted ii violence and yet were not takej care of. M r. Steed then interrupted the man as if to clear up the greal misunderstanding by mentioning that during the hours he visited Grant he had never seen any thing or heard of any violence that occured. Throughout the lib ra ry rose the echo of protesting parents disgusted with M r. Steed’ s state ment. Obviously no one likes to ad m it that problems do occur in our schools, but I cannot ima gine anyone thinking that Grant High School is trouble free. “ A reporter from KGW -T V ran around film in g the races of the concerned parents and 1 FE LT the uneasiness increase. A well-meaning woman stepp ed up to mention that no progress was being made, and that all the parents should come to the Dad Club meeting Wednesday and re sume the discussion. Even though the topic was changed, the fact should have been discussed then and there while it was out in the open. T h e fact has to be faced. There are problems at school and they have to be changed. The questions of the concerned father and his persistence is the fir s t step in the right direction. Some of the nation’s finest "o ld grow th" forests now cover mountainsides that were blackened by natural forest fire s in o ve r-rip e tim ber dur ing the tim e of early Western se ttle rs, G e o r g i a - P a c i f i c Corp, reports. / Save any time ... save by mail ■ You can save a t the B e n j. F r a n k lin a n y tim e , fro m most a n y place and in a n y k in d of weather when you save hy mail. W e pay the |s »stage both ways. Sim ply mail us your check and y o u r passbook. W e w ill c re d it y o u r acco u n t and re tu rn y o u r passbook with a postone-free en velope. P a y Y o u rs e lf F ir s t the easy way . . . hy m ail! INSURED current rate compounded daily paid quarterly Benj. Thursday, Feb. 18, 1971 10c Per Copy Franklin • A V IN O ! a lo a n Robert M. Hazen. • 14 Officea • Phone 224-3333 Home Office: Franklin Bldg.. Portland, Oregon 97204 W illiAm R. Deiz of the P o r t la n d Observer the now re porter. B ill Deiz is an unusual news paper man and TV Newscaster. A reporter in the best sense of the word. He has a special qua lity with people. He goes where he reports those concerns for public debate, he gets action. His stories aroused govern - ment officials to establish a stringent program fo r e lim i nation of poverty. His a rticles on Welfare led many Oregonian to take a second look at the Wei fare Program . Now every week, there is always plenty of excitem ent, M r. D e iz goes beyond th e usual arguments fo r and against. He deals instead with people the women who are getting abor tions today and the people who are providing them, legally and ille g a lly. T h e drug a d d i c t , pressing needs of Model C ities, repair and rehabilatlon of slum housing, black power and many others. B ill Deiz is a vital part of The Portland Observer - - - tuned to todays's generation and responsive to their needs — a "n o w " reporter fo r "n o w " — people. High school juniors and seniors interested in a future in the food industry w ill find two broadly experienced chefs ready to help them at a four- Saturday Introduction to Foods Workshop at Port land Community College. Here John Sharp (left) AND W illiam P ryor (right) of PCC’S Food Indus trie s program staff, work on a side of beef, gett ing ready for the workshop activities. (PCCphoto by Paul B lixt)
