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s A* PORTLAND (D ire c to ry V OBSERl/ER Volume 4, No. * Í «Portland. Oregon Thursday. June 13. 1974 Art Festival loses grant A $30,(MX) grant to conduct a Peoples A rt Explosion in Portland has been withdrawn by the National Endowment for the Arts. The grant for the three day art festival, to have been held in August, was awarded to the Black Cultural Affairs Hoard of Portland State University, with the assistance of the PSU Education Center. Spokesmen for N E A in diealed that the grant for the festival was withdrawn be cause of "professional jeal ounies" on the part of the Advisory Committee estab lished to assist the project. O.ll. Hill, director of the project, believes hostilities (rom PSU administrators indicated to the sponsors that the festival would not receive the necessary co operation from the pro fessional community in Ore gon. The event, one of five in the nation, was organized for the purpose of bringing to g eth er p erfo rm in g a rts groups and artists from the entire Northwest. Of the attitude of the Portland State University community toward the project. Hill said, "It just goes to show that Oregon is not politically ready to allow minorities to demonstrate their abilities, to conduct programs in the area of A rt and Culture of this magnitude . . Of course we are disappointed with NEA 's decision, but this only goes to show that the entire system is not willing to risk such a chance at allowing minorities such an oppor tunity, once there is oppose tion from the ranks of the establishment." Hill said the Black Cultural Affairs Board has already "picked up the pieces” and is planning its program for the coming year. The BCAB, which is a student orgamza tion funded through student activity fees, has lost 42 percent of its funding for the 1974 75 school year. Hearings study school decisions P A U L C. COOK Bank promotes Cook Northeast Portland resi dent Paul G. Cook, assistant vice president and rommer rial loan officer at Eirat National Hank of Oregon's Head Office, has been elected vice president. Cook has been a bank employee since 1956 and after several assignments was named general loan officer at the East Portland branch in 1967. He trans .erred to the Portland Main office as commercial loan officer and assistant vice president in 1966 and later moved to Head Office, the bank's principal (tanking of flee when the new First National Center opened in 1972 Cook is a graduate of Portland State University, having received a bachelor of science degree in business administration. State, county, and city officials, school superinten dents, teachers, parents, tax p a y e rs and c o m m u n ity groups will have a unique opportunity to present their views on control of public schools at a citizen sponsored hearing to be held Wednes day. June 26th, at the De partment of the Interior Building at the Lloyd Center. The hearing, third of six being held across the country, is being conducted by the Commission on Educational Governance, a project of the National Committee for Citi zens in Education. Purpose of the hearing is to examine who, in fart, controls decisions affecting c u rric u lu m , budget, pro Blacks protest FCC changes Black leaders and orgamza tions throughout the country are lining up in strong op position to a bill pending before the U.S. Senate that would stifle attempts by Blacks and other minorities to gain access to the broad cast media. Public hearings are sche duled June 1H, 19 and 20 before the Senate Commerce Committee on the Broadcast License Renewal Act (H.R. 129931, which has passed the House of Representatives. A high level s tra te g y meeting at the leadership Conference on Civil Rights was held to outline a grass roots campaign in opposition to the bill. The meeting was convened by Joseph Rauh, Jr., legal counsel for the IA X’R; Dr. Carlton Goodlett. president of the National Newspaper Publishers As soriation; M. Carl Holman and Berkeley Burrell, co- chairmen of the National Business league's National Committee for Policv Re view, and Ronald Brown of the National Urban league and chairman of the LCCR Task Force on Regulatory Agencies. “This bill strikes a de vastating blow to the legiti mate aspirations of Rlaek Americans to gain ownership and control of mass com munications media in their com m unities," states D r. by saving at the Benj. 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Though the Minneapolis and St. Louis hearings have not as yet been fully analyzed, preliminary find ings indicate that though each city has unique prob lams, the difficulties faring the public schools are often strikingly similar. A t the same time, the solutions and their proposers were as varied as the problems were similar. Barbara Schwartz, spokesperson for a Minne apolis citizens group, de scribed the experiences of her group: ", . . The goal isn't to make who controls the schools the issue it's the openness, the flexibility, the kind of democracy that really is functioning in the institution. Many people and educators feel that public schools are the institutions that are teaching our children how to live democratic lives, how to be good decision makers, to be participators. Sometimes that is the last thing the Goodlett. “And, for this reason, there must be an all out effort to defeat this repressive legislation." Tony Brown, executive director and producer of “Black Journal", says the bill "sets a dangerous precedent. If while broadcasters in collusion with Congress ran extend the term of a broad cast license from three to five years in 1974, then next year these anti Black forces ran extend it from five to ten years." Jim McCuller, director of (he National Black Media Coalition, states that the Ray C. Rist, - associate Coalition is "vehemently op professor of sociology at posed" to the bill and that Portland State University, "all members of the Coalition has taken a year's leave of will make their conrerns absence to become a senior known to Senator Pastore and members of his Sub policy analyst for the N a tional Institute of Education committee." in Washington, D.C. Other organizations op In this position Rist will be posing the Broadcast License Renewal Act include: the responsible for overseeing leadership Conference on school desegregation re search being funded through Civil Rights, the NAACP, the United Church of Christ, out the country by the Department of Health, Edu N atio n al U rban League, Americans for Democratic ration and Welfare. Since January, Rist haa Action, Unitarian Church and the National Association of served as a consultant to the Early Learning Task Force Black Broadcasters. Dr. Goodlett points out of the N IE . He also received that "not a single television a grant this year from the station in the United States National Science Foundation today is owned by racial to study interracial contact minorities and only 25 of among students in Portland’s almost 7,000 radio stations elementary schools. Rist’s latest book. "The are in the hands of minority Urban School: A Factory for group owners." Goodlett adds, "If the re Failure", published in Jan- newal legislation is passed by uary by the M IT Press, traditional the Senate, it will choke off challenged the and stifle Black participation American belief that mass education provides in the broadcast media. In puhlic short, what this legislation equal opportunity for upward means is the perpetuation of social mobility for all rtiil the exclusion of minorities dren. This spring "The American from the single moat in- fluential force in American School Board Journal", after life today -- the communi reviewing 2900 books pub lished last year, listed Rist's rations media.” Brown. McCuller and Good book as one of nine "as ea lett urged Black organiza sential reading for school ad- tions to send letters and board members and (Please turn to pg. 2. col. 7)1 ministrators." school administrator wants a participating citizen. As citizens, I think we saw our selves as part of a problem and therefore part of the solution. We are all citizens, we are all part of the public institutions, we all have a role to play." D e m o s th e n e s D u B o se . President of the St. Louis Teachers Union, saw one way in which parents could be part of the solution when he stated that "Parents need to gain and maintain control of their organizations so that they w ill tru ly re fle ct parents' interests." Chairperson for the broadly representative Commission is Sarah C. Carey, a Wash ington, D.C. attorney. Other members of the Commission who will hear testimony in Portland are: R. Stephen Browning, hearing counsel, Washington, D.C.; Karen (Please turn to pg. 2, col. 1) lOr per ropy fabi" teachers chosen Two teachers from Sabin E le m e n ta ry School w ere among four Oregon teachers named "O u ts tan d in g Ele mentary Teachers of America for 1974". Mrs. Marian Jacobs and Miss Barbara Williams were nominated by their principal, Isaac White. M is Jaco b s te a c h e s seventh grade at Sabin and coordinates the sum m er school. She is also helping to plan revision of the Health Science curriculum for Area I I I schools. When Mrs. Jacobs came to Oregon she had taught previously but did not have an Oregon certificate, so she worked for the Veteran's Administra tion. In 1962 she received her degree from Portland S tate U n iv e rs ity . She taught at Portsmouth and Boise before transferring to Sabin four years ago. Miss Williams is a grad uate of Portland State Uni versity. She did her practice leaching at Sabin and has taught in the primary de partment for three years. Mrs. Williams is currently working on her Masters Degree at PSU. Mrs. Frances Hamar and Mrs. Ellen Reddekopp of Cloverdale School in Clover dale were also named. The four teachers are eligible for consideration as "outstanding ele m en tary teacher of the year," five of whom will be chosen from schools all over America by the O utstanding Teacher Foundation. The school in which each of the five teaches will be given an (Please turn to pg. 2. col. 8) P ro fe s s o r studies in te g ra tio n Michael Rice shows award winning row garden. Rose garden wins Trophy Michael Rice of 133 N.E. San Raphael won the Terry D. Schrunk Trophy for the best rose garden in the inter mediate and large size in Rose Festival competition. This was Rice's first entry of his garden in the competition. Rice's interest in roses began in 1962 when he moved into his present home and dug up three holes in the lawn to plant rose bushes. A neighbor criticized him for ruining the lawn and he told her the roses would win him a trophy. In 1965, he called the Rose Society to see if he could enter their spring show. He carried his rose to the show in a shoe box and brought home a ribbon. Since then Rice has entered Rose shows throughout the country and has represented the Portland Rose Society at six national conventions. He won first place in the Meier and Frank Rose Show two years ago and last week won 8he Challenger Trophy in Salem. On one occasion he carried a rose to Missoula. Montana on the train in a box on his lap, and won six trophies with a single flower. Rice spends much time in his rose garden, which con tains a variety of roses of all colors. He has no favorites among the flowers, but treats tbern all with equal care. Rice believes flowers re spond to the rare they receive and the attitude of their owner if he is kind to them and cares about them they will perform at their best; but if he treats them roughly the garden will suffer. He attempts to give each plant the same food and attention so none will feel left out. Rice said he had seen plants wither and die because their owners did not have good attitudes toward them. Rice plans to enter addi tional roses in the Rose Festi val show, and hopes to add more trophies to his growing collection. Aging programs neglect minorities Bill McCoy, State Repre sentative and Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Aging, presented the Key note address at the Institute on Minority Aging sponsored by California State Uni versity at San Diego. McCoy said that although minority groups were asked to participate in the 1971 White House Conference on Aging and their grievances were written into the recom m endations, nothing has been done to implement them. Much of the money has been impounded by President Nixon and other portions of the funds that should go to programs that reach the people have been siphoned off for studies, pro posals and research that will never result in definite programs. McCoy emphasized that the minority elderly are worse off today then they were in 1971. The result of the 1971 White House Conference was a series of reports: "Toward a National Policy on Aging". “Reports of the Special Con cerns Sessions", and "A Report on the Administra tion's Continuing Response to the Recommendations of the Delegates to the 1971 White House Conference on Aging". The conference produced 94 recommendations to im prove the lives of aging Blacks. 36 recommendations for action on behalf of Spanish speaking eld erly persons; 23 recommendations for programs for Asian Americans; and 30 recom mendations to meet the unique needs of the elderly Indian. The general feeling is that aging minorities have not benefited from the op portunity to “participate in d e v e lo p in g a n a tio n a l strategy in roping with problems of the aging." On May 19. 1973, the National Black Caucus of the Black Aged assessed the 1971 Conference response and contended that "nothing of a substantive nature of any consequence” had been accomplished for Black Americans. In 1969 white males in the United States had an esti mated average length of life of 67.8 years and white females 75.1 years, while Black and “other" males had a life expectancy of 60.5 years and females of 68.4 years. Nearly 20 million people in the United States are over 65 years of age. or about 10 percent of the population. There were approximately 1,601.000 Blacks over 65 years in 1971, and 321.200 Spanish speaking people. The "others" were lost in the statistics. Considering the eligible age for retirement benefits and the lark of commitment to the special needs of minority elderly, there is reason to believe that minori ties are systematically ex cluded from the benefits of programs for the aging. There is a widely accepted belief that minority people are not affected by aging because of cultural factors and because there is little change in economic status - they go from poor to poorer. One example is the belief that Asian Americans always can look to their families for help, resulting .in a complete lack of funding df community programs for Asian Am eri can elderly. There is concern over the lack of federal interest in the unique problems of the minority elderly and over the lack of p a rtic ip a tio n of minority people in policy making. since it is unlikely that the minority elderly will benefit from white operated programs any more than minorities in other categories do. Nurse dedicates life to service »«. MARY RICARDA E R H Center gets director Sister Mary Ricarda Eich of the Sisters of St. Francis, Dubuque, Iowa has been ap pointed new director of the St. Vincent de Paul Day Care Center, 44 N.E. Morris Street, Portland, according to Charles Royer, Executive Secretary of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. She re places Sister Mary Ann Hackenmiller, who after six years as director, has taken a new assignment in Iowa, Sister Ricarda was pre viously principal of St. Mary's School in Waterloo, Iowa. She earned her B.A. in elementary education at Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, Iowa, and an M .A. from Loras College. Dubuque, Iow a, in A d m in is tra tio n , Guidance and Counseling. She is a member of the National Principal« Associa tion. the Non Public School A d m in is trato rs , N a tio n a l Catholic Education Associa tion and the International Reading Association. The new director has had training and experience in child development and early childhood education, coun seling, administration, com munication and human rela tions. One of Oregon's best known and most highly respected nurses will soon retire. Dorothy E. O'Deane is leaving her post as Licensure Consultants for Institutions of Care for the Multnomah County Health Department. Since 1953, she has been responsible for inspection of hospitals, nursing homes, homes for the aged, child care centers, private kinder gartens determining qualifi cations for licensing and at tempting to upgrade care. Mrs. O'Deane's decision to retire from nursing reflects the concern for people that she has d e m o n s tra te d throughout her career. In the face of extensive layoffs in the County Health De partment. Mrs. O'Deane is retiring at this time so that another nurse might retain her position. “I will retire earlier than I planned so that someone won't have to be laid off." • Mrs. O'Deane was the re cipient of the first Oregon H ealth C are Association Horizon Award, for signifi cant contributions to the long term care field in 1971. She was chosen "Woman of Dedication" for 1973 by the Oregon Nurses Association, District One. Mrs. O'Deane has had a wide variety of interests and experiences in nursing and community service and has been instrumental in bringing about changes. For example, she was responsible for the change of regulations that sends an ambulance directly upon request rather than having a police car go to the scene and then order an ambulance. She was one of the founders of the Oregon Nurses Association’s Geria trie Section, and has served on its various committees. She participated on a task force for three years that developed a project for training aides in nursing homes. One of Mrs. O'Deane's special interests is child care. She served as State Chair man of the Rules and Regula tions on Infant and Toddler Care. She is an honorary member of the Oregon Day Care Association, a member I > of the lay advisory com mittee on Day Care; a member of the Board of Directors of the Lay Ad visory Committee to Catholic Charities. She has served as the Oregon Nurses Associa tion's liaison to the W elfare Commission and to the Pharmacy Board, and cur rently is on the O N A Pro gram and Public Relations committee. Mrs. O'Deane's volunteer service includes assisting M ultnom ah C o u nty im munization clinics and rabies clinics. Dorothy O'Deane grad uated from Good Samaritan School of Nursing in 1933 and earned her degree in Public Health at the Uni versity of Oregon in 1954. Her background in nursing has ranged from general duty in a Veterans Ad ministration Hospital to an assignment with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Alaska. She has been in licensing since 1960 and has earned the distinction of serving longer than any other nurse in licensing. ?
