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Portland Observer
Thuraday, April 1, 1078
Wicks leads Trailblazers to victory
by Ron Sykes
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Super Sid showing the form that led to one of hia game high 34 points.
Community Calendar
Oregon M inority Educators Organization will meet Wednesday, April 7th at 128
N .E. Russell, 7:30 p.m. A short film will follow. A ll educators are asked to attend.
A series of talks for the parents of children with Down's Syodreaae will be held,
beginning April 6th. at the Portland Child Development and Rehabilitation Center.
The program is co-sponsored by the Crippled Children’s Division of the University
of Oregon Health Science Center and the Multnomah/Clackamas/Washington County
Association for Retarded Citizens.
The five meetings will be held Tuesdays, 7:30 10:00 p.m. at 707 S.W. Gaines Road,
room 3204 and run through May 4th.
Babysitting will be provided for a nominal fee. For further information on the
sessions contact Diane Plumridge, 225 8344.
Sidney Wicks, often criticised by some Portland fans, let it all hang out Tuesday
night against the hapless Kansas City Kings.
Kansas City never gave up and battled the Blazers to the very end before bowing
114 113, due mainly to the inspired play of one "Super Sid”. Those of us that are Wicks
fans had better enjoy the fine play of Sid's while we can, because it's this w riters belief
that after thia year it will be off to lx>s Angeles for Sid and better things to come.
Wicks plays the most steady game of any of the Blazers, yet hia performance seems
completely ignored by the press and often Coach Wilkens. A fte r Tuesday nights
victory, one in which Sid was completely in charge for the Blazers, Coach Wilkens had
this to say, “Lloyd kept ua in there in the early part of the game by hitting his
jumpers." The coach must have had his eyes closed in the early part of the game,
while Wicks was continually beating his man, and driving for easy lay ups. Wilkens
w ent on to say, “Gross played very well down the stretch. He made us move quicker."
In reality it was again Super Sid, the fastest big forward in the NB A, leading the
Blazer fast break. " It helped to have W alton in there, you want to be a running club
but when Walton's not 100 percent, it makes it hard to do."
Sure we all know Walton is a great ball player, when he's healthy - but when is he
not ailing? I t urks me to see the fans boo a player like Wicks, who plays every game,
who is very consistent, who is relatively free of injuries year in and year out. One has
to wonder what would have happened to Sid if he had had the kind of year, and said
the things Bill Walton said last year. And I'm not knocking Walton, just trying to
show how biased the Portland fans are.
Surely we wouldn't want to knock big W alton because no m atter what's been said
he’s truly a champion of the minorities. W hat I ’m trying to show is the disparity
shown between the two super stars. Sid can play 48 minutes, score 48 points, yet the
bad birds wiii be out as soon as he makes one bad pass. Big Walton ran miss 48
straight games, but as soon as he takes the floor and lares his shoes there's a standing
ovation. Well, anyway, after this year they (the fans) won't have Super Sid to kick
around any longer. Wicks is now and always has been a leader. The same is true of
Lionel Hollins - yet instead of being adored he too is the constant victim of the boo
birds. It leads one to believe if you're Black and the leader type, you're in trouble, at
least in Portland. I hope Lionel will take a lesson from Wicks and always hold his head
high despite the bias.
Super Sid has been booed by the la k e Oswego people, but don't despair Sid
we
love you in the Ghetto.
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The City-Couatv Commission on Aging will meet on Thursday. April 8th, at 12:30
p.m. in the W ater Bureau Building. Mr. O.J. Gates. Director, states that the meeting
will be in the Basement Auditorium, entrance on S.W. 6th and Montgomery. The room
will be available at 12:00 noon for those who wish to bring a sack lunch.
The YM CA's Southeast Project Move Center, 4241 S.E. Hawthorne Boulevard, is
holding a rummage sale April 24th ana zoi. and needs second hand items to be
donated.
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All funds will go toward Project Move, a teenage activity center for junior high and
high school. For further information or pick up of your re usable items, call the
Center, 238 0419.
The International Y's Men's Club of Vancouver is sponsoring an evening of family
entertainment with Bruce Kelly's New O reg o n Singers, Saturday, April 3rd at
Shunway Junior High School in Vancouver at 8:00 p.m.
Funds raised from ticket sales will help support ’.he Vancouver Y M C A ’s Summer
Day Camp Program at Battleground State Park, and YM C A World Service, which
assists the Columbia, South America Y M C A Camping Program and the YM CA's Hong
Kong Institute.
Tickets are on sale at all three Justins Studios in Vancouver and at the Vancouver Y
and Downtown Portland Y. Reserved seats are $3.50 for adults and $1.50 for children.
For additional information, call the Vancouver Y. 695^3414 or the Portland Y, 2236161.
Book Sale - Jewish Community Center. 6661 S.W. Capitol Highway. Recycled
hardbacks, paperbacks, fact, fiction, foreign language - adult and children's books.
Doors open 9:00 a.m. April 4th -- sale will continue as books last through the week.
Public Affairs Forum - Jewish Community Center, 6651 S.W. Capitol Highway.
"The Arab Boycott and its Implications” on April 7th. Speaker will be David Stahl,
Regional Director Anti-Defamation League. No charge.
M t. Hood Community College in Gresham will sponsor S P IR A , a company of
dancers in concert Thursday, April 8th, 8:00 p.m., in the M t. Hood Community College
Theater.
This concert will be the company's first performance in the Portland area. The five
dancers, composer, and designer perform a repertoire of original works created
through the collaboration of modern dance, music, and light.
Tickets are available through the theater ticket office and are $2.00 for adults, $1.00
for students, and 50c for children under twelve.
“In Celebration”, another double award winner for David Storey, is opening at “The
New Theatre”, 215 S.E. 9th at Pine, on April 9th at 8:30 p.m. and will continue Fridays
and Saturdays through May 8th. A rich and deeply satisfying story of three sons who
come home to help their old fashioned and poor parents celebrate their 40th wedding
anniversary. This play was one of last season's Film Theatre Festival choices, and has
been acclaimed by both London and New York critics. Peter Fornara, former director
of “The Portland Shakespeare Company" directs.
During the month of April, the City Council will be holding hearings on the City's
proposed budget for 1976 1977. Hearings will be held in Room 106 at City Hall. For
additional information call the Office of Neighborhood Associations 248 4505 between
10:00 and 2:00.
Monday, April 5th 9:30 12:00, Office of Public Works Administrator Bureau of CE
Services/Lighting Division, Bureau of Streets and Structural Engineering, 2:00 4:00,
Bureau of Maintenance and Bureau of Waste W ater Treatment: Tuesday, April 6th -
9:30 12:00, Bureau of SaniU ry Engineering. Bureau of Refuse Disposal and Bureau of
W ater Works; Thursday, April 8th 2:00 4:30, Bureau of W ater Works and Bureau of
1 arks, Golf; Monday, April 12th - 9:30-12:00, Office of Planning and Development,
Housing and Community Development and Portland Development Commission
2:00 4:30, Bureau of Human Resources. C E T A . Office of General Services. Bureau of
Facilities Management and Parking Facilities; Tuesday. A pril 13th - 9:30 12:00.
Central Services. Electronic Services, Public Safety Commission Project and DPA .
( RAG Citizens Advisory Committee meeting recriteria for reviewing local citizen
participation programs as related to regional program for community involvement. A t
527 S.W. Hall on A pril 7th at 7:30 p.m.
Residential Care Facility Licensing Board initial review of license applications of
VO“ l e' ' J " ck* r Boy* Pr<* r “ ’ •»<« W t- Owe»» Group Home in Room 321.
City Hall on April 13th at 12:30 p.m.
CRAG Public Workshops on Housing Issues. Peninsula Park Recreation Center,
6400 N. Albina on April 14th at 7:00 p.m.
Humboldt Neighborhood Program Organization, Humboldt School, 4915 N.
Gantenbein Avenue. 7:30 p.m. Woodlawn Improvement Association, Woodlawn
School, 7200 N.E. 11th, on April 13th, at 7:30 p.m. Eliot Neighborhood Program
Association. Williams Avenue Community Development Office, 2416 N. Williams
Avenue, on April 14th, at 7:30 p.m. S»Wn Community Association, Meeting place to
be announced at later date, on April 19th. at 7:30 p.m. Boise Citizen Improvement
Association, Boise School. «20 N. Fremont, on April 27th, at 7:30 p.m. .
Consumer concerns explored
The Cosmopolitan Motor Hotel will be
th site of a “Consumer Workshop” Mon
day, April 5, 1976, from 8:00 a.m. until
5:00 p.m. Presenting the event will be
the Portland Chapter of the National
Association for C o m m un ity D e v e lo p
ment.
The Workshops will address such is
sues as Automobile Rip-Offt'. which will
be discussed by Rich Cornthwaite. Inves
tigator, Consumer Protection Division.
State Attorney General's Office; ‘Senior
Dollar Power' will be discussed by Ms.
Carol Herron, Consumer Education In
structor, Portland Community College;
the topic of 'Bankruptcy' will be discussed
by Portland Attorney Charles Erwin;
‘Your Food Dollar' will be discussed by
Ms. Edean Matsumoto, Nutrition Consul
tant, and Ms. Eugenie Adair, Nutrition
Aide for the Oregon State Health De
partment.
The special luncheon speaker will be
Thomas H. McLachlen, Regional Counsel,
Comptroller of the Currency, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Workshops will be repeated, and will
be held in the morning and afternoon to
allow participants to attend and partici
pate in at least two areas of concern.
Registration fee for the event, which
includes lunch, coffee breaks and ma
teriato is $20.00. Persons interested in
attending may obtain registration infor
mation by calling A rt Dilworth at 288
8391.
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