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by Ree Syfcas
S t Andrew Church will hold its 3rd
annual Building Materials Arution Sep
tember 18th and 19th in the S t Andrew
Community Center. 4940 N.E. —TH Av
enue. An estimated $35,000 in construe
lion and decorating supplies will be sold.
The two day benefit auction will in
clude lumber, paint and stains. electrical
and plumbing fixtuers and supplies, cabi
nets, roofing, insulation, flooring, plastic
laminate, ceiling material, tools, applian
ces, hardware and household items.
"Just about anything used to improve
and upgrade a home will be auctioned.'*
said S t Andrew parishioner and auction
coordinator Bill ljn g e n e s, “and our ex
perienee during the last two auctions
indicates that bidders will buy these it
ems at bargain prices."
The building materials include new and
used items and are donated by retailers,
wholesalers, manufacturers and rontrac
tors
A preview catalog listing building ma
terials for sale can be obtained by tele
phoning S t Andrew. 281 4429
A preview of sale items and silen auc
tion will be held Saturday. September
18th. from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. A silent
auction involves written bids made on
individual sale items during a specified
time period. The bidder with the highest
bid at the end of the time period purrhas
es the item.
On Sunday, silent bidding runs from
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. and oral bidding begins
at 3:00 p.m.
P ro c e e d s fro m te h a u c tio n will support
the community services sponsored by St-
Andrew
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Aside from jazz musicians in the past. Black people just weren't into buying
recordings from white recording artists - and that's a fact. The general reasons were
primarily attributed to the lack of projection and the lyrics on their records. How ever,
in the last ten years or so. the stigma that the Black record buying public once
associated with white artists has all but become extinct. Entertainers like John
Clayton Thomas. Rare Earth. Lennon and McCartney, Jams Joplin. Seals and Croft, to
name hut a few Looking at the other end of the spectrum, whites have become more
support, ve of Black music in recent years. Although. I am quick to add. there has
always been that segment of white society that have been exclusively responsible for
the success of many top Black entertainers such as: Sammy Davis Jr.. Redd Foxx. Ella
Fitzgerald. Belafonte. Joe Williams. Ertha Kitt, Count Basie and others. It's not that
Blacks can't dig what these entertainers are putting down, it's just putting down the
ten dollars and up it takes to see entertainers of their caliber in person. It's normal to
pay anywhere from $25.00 and up to catch Sammy. Elia or any of the others at a posh
supper club somewhere
I’ve said all at this to say: Much has been made of Gino Vannelli's onstage rh ariama-
his looks, his movements, and - above all - the singularly intense effect Gino has on
the hordes of female Vannelli-mamaes that attend his concerts. But the attributes of
this 24-year-aid Montreal native are doc just physical. Vannelli's musical approach is a
singular as his magnetism: his band consists entirely of keyboard-synthesizer players
and drummer-percusssionists. and these high-level players provide Gino's daringly
personal songs and deftly forceful singing with rich atmostphere and complex
rhythmic energy Just as striking as his music itself is the dedication be brings to it;
i-a unlikely that there is another artist in music today with the conviction and
confidence of Gino Vannelli.
This inventive music has won over an unusually broad based audience encompassing
the entire range of contemporary music, from MOB through rock and soul (Gino made
his television debut on Soul Train and toured with Stevie Wonder* all the way to
contemporary p i z Vannelli s music has drawn recognition from the rertwd-htiyiwg
public, which made his "People G otu Move" a top-20 single, and from the recording
industry, which this year awarded him a Juno as Canada's top male performer, and
which nominated his Candian-gold “Powerful People" and “Storm at Sunup" for
Grammies in the “best engineered album" category.
\ annelli s new album “Gist Of The Gemini" would be a refreshing addition to
anyooe’s collection. The entire album is original. He gets into tunes like “Love of my
Life", “I giy Man". “A New Fix For 76". with the flip side being totally instrumental
and excellently engineered I might add. I’ve had friends over and just put it on during
the course of the evening, and would inevidably say. “Who's he?" I'd say, "Gino
Vannelli." They would add. “He's out-of-sight" And I'd reply, “I know."
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September 2nd. at a 1:30 p.sa preea
conference the Blazers announced the
outright sale of one of the premier for
wards in
N.B.A.. Super Sid.
In lowing Wicks, the Trailblazers are
lueing 22.3 point a game and nearly 11
rebounds per game. That, however, is not
our only loss. What we'v* also lost i t our
first Black superstar Being both Black
and super have caused Sidney numerous
problems in Portland.
Wicks, for years, bore the brunt of the
Blazers' fans attack, simply because he
was both Black and super, and believe it
or not. in Portland, this is a problem.
Maurice Lucas, newly acquired for
ward, is already in trouble. If all the talk
about his great ability is true . . . then
watch out Maurice, they'll be after you.
About the comparison of Wicks and
Lucas. Ramsey had this to say. “If I had a
choice between Wicks and Lucas . . . then
I would choose Lucas because he's a bet
ter player." He just might be that but is
he a proven N.B.A. player? Can he do the
things night in and night out he did in the
ABA? We know what Sid could do and
did . . . and until Conch Ramsey observes
Maurice for awhile. I. personally, believe
his opinion is premature. Our hope, cer
tainly. is far Lucas to excel, don't get me
wrong, we certainly hope them all well.
Jack Ramsey will also draw the fans"
Stu Inm on a n d H o w a rd G lickm a n annou nce sale.
wrath, because he. too, believes in play
ing players instead of color. Ramsey has
the reputation of playing quick. Black
guards and this had never happened be
fore in Portland.
Drafted number 2 in the first round
from U C L A in 1971. W icks is Portland's
all time leader in free throws 11.8781. free
throws attempted (2.634* and rebounds
(4,0661.
Also picked up from Seattle was Herm
Gilliam. W and 29 years old, and is a vet
of seven NBA seasons.
He was a first round draft choice of
Cincmnatti from Purdue 1969 and played
one season with the Royals, one season
with Buffalo, four with the Atlantic
Ha*ks and the last one with the Seattle
Supersonics.
In his NBA career, he has averaged
more than 11 points and 4 assists a game
while hitting 44 per cent of his shots from
SIDNEY WICKS
Metros g ra b soccer crown
The Toronto Metros Croatia roared out
of obscurity to win the North American
Soccer League Championship nv beating
the Minnesota Kicks. 3-0 last Saturday in
Seattle. The victory seemed like an upset
since Toronto placed second in their divi
sion and are generally disregarded by
their own fans, while the Kicks were one
of the top scoring teams m the league
The game was billed as an offense
* Minnesota) against defense I Toronto*
match, and despite the large point mar
gin. that's exactly the type of game it
was. Minnesota was third in the league in
scoring and Toronto was tops in defense.
On Saturday, the Kicks controller the
ball much of the time, but the Toronto
defense kept them bottled up. A large
part of the credit for the win goes to
Toronto goalie Zeljke Bilecki. Bilecki
made many spectacular saves, each of
which just made Minnesota all the more
frustrated.
Across the field. Kick goalie Geoff Bar
nett was for the most part unoccupied.
Toronto had few good shots on goal in the
first half while Minnesota was putting on
most of the firepower
The Metros first goal came late in the
first half, on a free kick by the legendary
Eusebio. Eusebio kicked the ball over the
lined up Minnesota players at blinding
speed. It hit the bottom of the crossbar
and went in past the diving Barnett
After half time it still looked as if the
powerful Minnesota offense would pre
vaiL but it just wasn't to be. The Kicks
made their only big mistake of the game
early in the second half. After a Toronto
shot, the Kick defense slackened up.
Toronto Forward Ivan Lukacevic picked
up the rebound and went one on one with
Barnett. Barnett had no chance and
Lukacevic blasted the ball into the left
hand corner of the goal.
That goal took the heart out of the
Kicks, and the best they could do was go
through the motions. With a two goal
lead, the Toronto defense became awe
some. and the Kicks had no chance.
Toronto iced it late in the game with a
goal by little Ivair Ferreira After a Bar
nett save, a Metro player passed to Fer
re in who had the whole goal to himself
The crowd of over 25.000 was rather
stunned at the outcome The first goal
was loudly cheered but the second took
everyone by surprise. Toronto, not a big
scoring team, apparently was tbe under
in people's minds.
At one point in the season the Metros
went seven straight games without seer
ing in regulation time. Moat of their vic
tories coming from stopping the opposi
tion from scoring, and then squeaking in a
a goal to win the game. Against Minne
sota, Toronto put it all together to break
up plays before they got started.
The happiest people in the crowd were
the small group of Croatiana. The victory
in their minds was a Croatian victory
over the English. For the several Minne
sota fans in attendance, it was obviously a
gigantic heartbreaker.
The Metros left a huge impression on
the rest of the league. No Toronto players
» ere named to either the first or second
VU-Star teams. Combining this win with
their last second victory over Chicago
and surprising shutout over defending
champs Tampa Bay. to reach the finals,
proves that this team is one team that
will never be ignored again.
Boys and thier parents are invited to
visit neighborhood elementary schools to
get acquainted with troop and pack lead
ers and to enroll. Potential adult volun
leers and sponsors are also invited to
participate.
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"School Night for Scouting" will be
held in elementary schools throughout
the area on September 22nd and will
launch the fall membership program of
the Columbia Pacific Council. Boy Scouts
of America.
“The Pits" won the 16“ softball d ty championship, defesting the Wolf Den Tavern by
the score of 10 to 8. Members of “The Pita" are Coach Darrell Cox. Greg Brinkley.
Phillip Johnson. Phillip Carter, Louis Vaughn. Leonard McGinnis. Adron Hampton.
Deggery Anderson. Gret Taylor. Wilber Jorden. Mike Boyd. Bon Woods. Mow
Adolph. Ray Hankins. Dannue Mayo. Booker Davidson and Man Man. the bat boy.
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Notice
Horace W. Morris, executive director
of the New York Urban League, an
nouced that the Sixth Annual Whitney M.
Young. Jr. Memorial Award will be pre
sented during the half-time of the Foot
ball Classic. featuring the teams of
Bethune Cookman College of Daytona
Beach. Florida and Norfolk State College
of Virginia on October 30th. 1976 at the
new Yankee Stadium at 2:00 p.m.
Previous winners of the award include:
Mrs. R om Parka, mother of the Civil
Bights Movement: the late Paul Robeson.
Sr., longtime fighter for equal rights and
opportunities for Blacks: and equal op
portunity fightera: Willis Reed, former
captain of the New York Knickerbockers
Basketball Team of tbe NBA: Aretha
Franklin, internationally famous soul
singer: Muhammad Ali. World Heavy
weight Boxing Champion; and Roy Cam
panella. Hall of Fame baseball star
Individuals who are interested in sub
mitting nominations fer *ka award may
do so by writing: Hors'c W. Morris. Exe
cutive Director, New York Urban
League, 1500 B'uadway, 14th floor, New
York. New ic r k 10036. by September
15th.
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fowl line.
In 1972 73. Gilliam ranked eighth in the
NBA in assists with a total of 482 and w
average of 6.3 per season.
Gillum has been particularly good
against Portland In 30 games against
Portland. Gilliam has averaged 13.3
points a game. 4.6 assists, a contest of
better than 5 rebounds.
So long LaRue. and good luck to you in
Seattle. It's this writer's belief, and I'll go
on record to say. Martin will not only
make the Somes, but that he'll excel for
them. Adieu, kind friends, adieu.
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