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In the
fnllowing article and two
surt-w-ding one». Klta Clin
ton. a member of the hoard
of SchiM.I» for the t'lly. a
group of citizen» interested
in good public schools. ez
amine» the impact of the
pro|Hiaed »chool tax levy on
some of her neighbor». You
will be voting on thi»
measure Novem ber 5th
la-arn how the levy will
affect your pocketbook by
reading Klta'» article».)
by K lta ( Union
In a few week», the voter»
of our city will again In­
going to the poll» and many
of the ineaxure». again, are
money i»»ue».
Thi» »«Tie» of article» will
»|ieak to only one of the»e
issues: the proponed »chool
tax levy, and it» affect on
property taxe«.
The levy
would provide the school
district with Vi million a
year for two year« to offset
inflation
So that the voter» ran
better understand the full
meaning of vole, let u»
examine a neighborhood in
Portland, it» home», their
value and what taxe» and
school levies mean to it and
it» resident».
The neighborhood 1» where
I live; the |M-ople are my
neighbor«. The children go
to Sabin and King school»
First let me introduce you
to Jack and Esther Green.
They live in a $22.500 home
at 4744 N.E. 14th Avenue
The tax levy would cost
them an additional $28.12 a
year for two year»
Jack and Esther have lived
in the neighborhood since it
was vacant Iota, tree» and
chipmunks. In (art. Jack had
his home built for his bride,
lie say* that when the rental
home they lived in as newly
weds was sold, their choice
was to live (indefinitelyI with
their in laws or find a home.
It »o happened that two lots
were already cleared not far
from his father in law. and he
anil a contractor, a friend,
felt “Better a home of his
own than »laying with in
law»." So they bought the
lota for $400 and moved into
a new home on Thanksgiving
l»ay. 1936
bike many rouph*«. the*-
struggled through the wi.
year». Jack working long
hour» (14 18 per day) at hi»
huNine»» (first a butcher shop
in the Farmer's Market anil
for a while one in the St.
Johns area) and Esther at
home with the five children,
a girl and four boys.
Now, the kid» are gone,
the home is paid for and
Jack ha» retired (Esther calls
it piddling around the house
and yard and getting into
her hair).
They are an active couple,
not inclined to sit and be
moan the times and change.
It's not unusual on warm
summer day» to see Esther
clad in shorts and tank lop
planting flowers or doing
some weeding and Jack
shirtless with either the
lawnmower or paint brush
Their home shows thia
tender loving care llut how
do they feel about paying
taxes on the home they've
worked so hard to pay for in
order to support schools they
no longer use?
After all,
their house is never really
paid for when property taxes
keep going up.
Mens Day
The men of Allen Temple
C M E. Church and their
Pastor Thomas L. Slrayhand
invije the public to their
Annual Men's Day Program,
to be held thi» Sunday.
October 20lh, at 3:30 p.m.
20. 1974.
The theme is Men On The
Move". The highlights of the
program will be the sermon
by Reverend Hob Harrison
The Maranatha Church Choir
will sing The men's chorus of
Allen Temple (' M E. Church
will also provide musical
selections.
Ira I) Mumford is Program
Chairman.
1» your child not achieving iri
school?
The Community
School, located in the High
land Community Center, has
a few openings for children
6 11 years old. We are an
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stresses basic skills. Sliding
scale tuition Call, then come
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by ( omille Hamilton
As Jack puls it, education
is a need and all people
benefit from schools.
His
generation may not have
needeil as much formal edu
cation as their grandchildren
do. Together we must pay
for it. Since he is no longer
working. Jack feels that his
contribution is through his
property taxes.
One might say that Jack
and Esther are fortunate,
that the system has been
good to them llut still, life
is not easy in times of
inflation if you're on a fixed
income, and Jack joins other
senior citizens in wishing
that he could stretch his
dollar further
bike many others. Jack
benefits from the property
tax refund provided by the
state to persons who qualify.
In 1972. he received a tax
refund of $50; in 1973. the
state legislature expanded
the program so that Jack
now gets a $201) tax refund,
making it easier for him to
¡»ay increased school taxes,
should they be approved by
the voters.
Next week, we will be
meeting another couple, the
W a rren s, H e r b e r t and
Martha, and discussing mori­
on property taxes.
Carter
appointed
John II. Powell. Jr., Chair
man of the II.S. Equl Em
ployment Opportunity Com
mission iEEOC), announced
the appointment of Ms.
Marialice W. Carter as a
-qx-cial assistant in the Office
of the Chairman
“Ms Carter," Powell said,
“brings a broad legal and ad
nunistrative background to
her new duties. Her bark
ground in research and Title
VII litigation assures that
she will tie a valuable asset
to this office and to the
Commission."
Ms. Carter comes to the
Commission from the Justice
Department, where she ».is
a trial attorney in the Civil
Rights Division.
In her
capacity with Justice, she
was active in the investiga
lion and preparation of civil
litigation and enforcement
proceedings under Title VII.
the anti job discrimination
section of the 1964 Civil
Rights Art.
Prior to that, she was a
so c ia l sc ie n c e r e se a r c h
analyst at the Women's
Bureau,
D epartm ent of
lathor. The Women's Bureau
assignment involved her in
the improvement of employ
menl opportunities and con
ditions of employment for
women. She was a frequent
spokesperson for the Wo
men's Bureau, acting as key
note speaker and panelist at
many public and private
sector workshop sessions on
equal employment
oppor
tunity.
A native Washingtonian.
Ms Carter received her B.S.
degree in elementary edura
turn from Wheelork College,
Boston, in 1967. and her
Juris Doctorate from George
Washington University in
1972
She is a member of the
American and National Bar
Associations, the National
Association of Black Women
law yers, and various civil
rights organizations.
by M. Sorenson
Jefferson High School
Brunhilda and Ivan belted
it out on stage at the Civic
Auditorium last week as 27
members of the Jeff Opera
Club listened with ears
corked.
Jefferson has a very un
usual club.
Approximately
15 stu d en ts and seven
teachers are members. Their
favorite pasttime is attending
the opera, and it all started
two years ago.
Mr Craig
Farnham, French teacher,
took nearly 20 of his stu
dents to the Portland Opera's
production of “Carmen". The
response from the students
was quite favorable, although
some weren't sure if they
liked it or not.
The following year interest
was rekindled when Mrs.
K aren W illis, G erm an
teacher, and her advanced
German class had a large
scale study of opera by
Richard Wagner called "Tris
tan and Isolde". The three
and half hour production was
a stunning performance, and
the students just gobbled it
up.
It was soon after the
Wagner work that Mr. Earn
ham got a hold of some
season tickets to the next
year's production. The tic
kets were offered at a con
siderabie discount to the
students.
About ten stu
dents purchased tickets.
Last year several students
attended opening night of
the Portland Opera's "Tales
of Hoffman". It was quite an
experience
Club members
went on to attend three
more operas, "Don Pas
quale", "Aridne auf Naxos"
and "La Boheme".
During the season last
year while all of this was
going on, the Jeff Opera
Club developed "quite a
reputation" in opera circles
according to Mr Farnham.
"Everybody knows about the
Jefferson Opera Club," Mr.
Farnham said. Taping inter
views on KBPS of artists
perform ing in upcoming
operas, taping an cdurational
program and opera for Port
land Public Schools, and a
fine arts assembly in the Jeff
auditorium are just a few
things Jeff opera kids' have
and will be involved in.
Jeff students and faculty
held favorable opinions of
this season's first opera,
"Rigoletto".
Junior Lisa
Farley said, "I really like the
operas. At first I was afraid
they'd be dumb.” German
teacher Karen Willis stated
this about opera as a whole,
"It's a combination of music,
foreign language, literature,
and drama."
Student prires this year on
season tickets were $16.50.
The school saw fit to pay half
bringing student cost to
$8.25. Usually, a couple of
weeks before each opera,
Mr. Farnham has several
tickets to the performance
for any student wishing to
go. The cost is $2 per ticket.
“Opera's great!" say Jeff
opera goers. Try it, you'll
probably like it.
At Hems
by Cal Jran Robertson
Multnomah County
Extension Home Economist
October is the time of peak
supply for crisp juicy apples
Apples now ¡ilentiful in the
market are Red Delicious,
Golden Delicious and Jona
thans Rome Beauties igrcat
for baking! will also be
coming to market this month
Jonathans, good for both
cooking and eating raw. have
a short season so enjoy them
now.
Ixxik for firm crisp apples
with giMst color for the
variety. If the apples are
going to lw peeled, a Fancy
Grade is not necessary.
Minor skin defects do not
affect the eating quality of
the apple.
Applet are a perishable
fruit and need ginxl rare at
home as well as in the
markets. They bruise easily
so handle them gently. They
keep best in a cool, moist
place. Buy only the amount
that you can properly store.
Page 3
Crocker holds crowd
Neivs fr o m J e ff
Couple accepts ta x increase
Thursday. October 17. 1974
There is no saving in buying
apples in quantity if some
must be thrown away.
Apples fit into any meal
time situation.
They are
nutritious and easy for the
school lunch. They add tex
ture and flavor to many
salads.
Apples and |>ork go well
together for crisp weather
meals
Serve fried apple
rings with sausage or ham
for a Sunday breakfast treat.
A pplesauce is an ever
¡wqiular favorite with roast
pork or pork chops. Stuff a
butternut or acron squash
with chopped apples sweet
ened with brown sugar,
sausage or diced ham.
Top off the meal with an
apple dessert such as apple
wedges and cheese; baked
apples stuffed with dates or
raisins and nuts: warm apple
rrisp or cobbler: apple pie or
applesauce cake or rookies.
Make carmeled apples for
the "trick or tre a te r s”
Jonathans are a good choice
for this.
Ät
BE A RADIO
Focus and Joe Cocker
appeared at the Paramount
Northwest Tuesday evening,
October 8th, and played to a
college age (over 20) audi
enre of about 1H00, most of
whom were not seated until
after the intermission.
The rritically acclaimed
Dutch Masters of Rock. Focus
opened the show and played
for about forty minutes, their
set consisting mainly of
newer material from their
n ew est LP. "Hamburger
Concerto", and some out
standing pieces off previous
albums, including one top
forty hit.
Focus remains one of the
few bands (with talent! who
have not yet turned com
merical, and their space/
su rreal/classical sty le re
minds one of Yes or Genesis
(at times they even sound
like ELP), but what makes
them unique in this flood of
bands who appeared since
classical rock came into
vogue is the unusual vocal I?)
style of Thijs Van Leer, who
also plays flute and assaults
an array of keyboards with
promising dexterity.
Of
course. Focus guitarist Jan
Adderman, who was voted
'Best Guitarist in the World”
in a “Melody Maker" poll,
adds his own special layers
to the Focus "sound", making
it drift and soar and often
almost hypnotic.
Not surprisingly, the mem
bers of Focus are trained
classical musicians, and each
is a virtuoso I more or less).
Their set went over well,
and the extensive musical
background shows itself even
in new percussionist Colin
Allen, who has proven to
make the band less hectic
than b e fo r e , e s p e c ia lly
through "Hocus Pocus".
Despite the fact that they
lack comm ercial appeal.
Focus still shows tremendous
American potential. Out of
all the Rock n' Roll bands in
Holland. Focus was the first
to make it successful onto
A m erican s t e r e o s , and
judging from their live per
formances and vast progres
sions with each album, they
will stay the longest.
Joe Cocker is alive and
welt, and to prove it he's
bark on tour singing tunes
from his new LP, "I Can
Stand a Little Rain".
After an absence of almost
three years from the stage.
Cocker's comeback material
will probably surprise many
of his early fans, as it is
slower, more tortured, and
generally more down than
anything the Joe “Peelin'
Alright" Cocker has ever
sung before.
Cocker's set lasted a little
more than an hour, and in
that time he performed a
variety of cuts from "Pardon
Me Sir" and "Mad Dogs and
E n g lish m e n (h is b e s t)
among others.
Many of the old songs,
however, seemed depressing
berau.se Cocker performed
them with what can best be
described as a lack of
energy. There were a few
standards, though, and pro
bably the most impressive
one is Cocker's pained ver
sion of Randy Newman's
"Guility", and L ennon/
McCartney’s "A Little Help
From My Friends”.
Other than tortured ton
sils, Cocker is also possessed
ol a good band, and they do
a fine job in making the
radical changes from Cocker's
upbeat blues boogie songs of
old to the slower, laid back,
remorseful songs of the
present; and the Cock and
Bull band, as they are known,
also have one of the most
enthused bass players that I
have ever seen.
Cocker's lack of vitality
onstage was obvious, and he
returned for one encore,
after which the curtain was
lowered, leaving some per
sons in the audience upset,
which they expressed by
hissing and booing heartedly.
Despite all of this, the
concert was still a success,
because Joe Cocker demon
strated his ability to hold an
audience for a prolonged
period of time . . . another old
characteristic that shows no
evidence of slackening And
as long as Cocker has this
"magic", it doesn’t seem to
make a difference w hat he is
performing, even at this point
in his career.
»1
Y begins classes
Registration for Holiday
Term at the St. Johns
YWCA will open October
21st.
Classes offered will
include belly dancing, art,
cake decorating and slim
nasties.
Among the special work
shops open to members and
non members will be Doll
Furniture on October 23rd,
where Doris Roberts will
teach how to make complete
mmature furnishings for a
doll house for a child's
Christmas gift.
The four
session workshop will be on
Wednesdays from 1:00 to
3:00 p.m.
Irene Swadberg will lead a
two session workshop on
Patchwork and Quilting be­
ginning on October 23rd.
Participants will learn how
to piece a pillow top, how to
put quilt blocks together,
and techniques of quilt
finishing including quilting
stitches, feather stitch or
tying.
Hours will also be
from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
A Tatting Workshop will
be- on October 24th from 1:00
to 3:00 p.m.. with Belle
Carlton, instructor.
Other special workshops
scheduled for Holiday Term
include Macramé Wall Hang
ing. Pants Fitting. Holiday
Cooking, Purses and Bags,
Raggedy Ann and Andy
Dolls, and Denim Art. Fur
ther information is available
at the St. Johns YWCA,
8010 N Charleston.
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