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Prisoners anticipate Thanksgiving
Over Thanksgiving weekend, inmates
at the Oregon State Correctional Institu
tions in Salem, will gather (or a series of
special Thanksgiving meetings of inspire
lion led by Duane Pederson, internation
ally known founder and editor of the
Hollywood Free Paper. Accompanying
Pederson as part of the special program *
will be singing groups from Hollywood,
which include "soul music" stylist Oella
Burkes (formerly of the Clara Ward
Singers), and the original Sammy Lee
Singers. Prisoners across the nation, and
especially in Southern California, have
given an unusually enthusiastic reception
to these periodic visits by Pederson and
the highly talented teams appearing with
him.
Chaplain Robert Lynn of the Correc
tional Institution and Chaplain R. W.
| Helseth of the State Prison and Women’s
A Center are the hosts for the meetings.
Pederson will distribute special "Chris
tian Helps Packets" to the prisoners, each
Salem
containing Christian books and Bible
Study materials. These meetings are
being coordinated by Chaplain Ed Stelle,
of the Portland Bureau of Police, and past
chaplain at the state penitentiary. Stelle
is also a past president of the American
Protestant Correctional Chaplains Asso
ciation.
Pederson's work among prisoners in
the nation's penal institutions began
eight years ago. with the distribution of
the Hollywood Free Paper, a handout
newspaper used at its beginning for
Christian street evangelism during the
"Jesus People" movement and more
recently requested for distribution to
prison inmates by chaplains all across
America. And so began the organization
known as Prison Inreach Ministries,
headed by Pederson.
Today the Hollywood Free Paper is
distributed at mre than 250 of the
nation's prisons, and it is distributed in
over seven foreign countries as well.
During the fifties Jefferson High
School became known as the school of
champions. Five years have passed since
that great Jeff basketball team captured
the hearts of its many alums. Some have
said there will never be a team again with
such balance. Who can forget that me
morable and fantastic shooting exhibition
put on by one Tony Hopson. 5' 10” guard,
hitting 13 consecutive shots from 20-25 ft.
range, thrilling a captive coliseum crowd.
*and Carl Bird with those sky-high re
bounds. Charles Channel drilling jumpers
from the corner, and Ray Leary handling
it . . . darting through the key either
dishing off or going all the way for a
driving lay-up.
Yes, those were the days for Jeff and
many believe the potential, after five long
years, is here again. The current group,
that are now Juniors, have enjoyed two
straight undefeated years, as Frosh and
J.V.
When asked if this is the year for the
Demos. Coach Osborne replied, “We have
the size for the first time since our State
Tournament teams. We won't be bigger
than anybody else, but we will be as big
as."
P.I.L. principals voted this year to
realign, putting the smaller schools in a
separate division.
“It will make it easier for Jeff,"
Osborne said. “We won't have to play
Benson and Wilson twice. They're much
bigger schools and they have a lot more
students to draw from.”
Jefferson, despite its small enrollment,
has continually held its own in basketball.
The great teams haven't always been
there, but the competitiveness has. “Jeff
will make out even better in other sports
due to the realignment.” Coach Osborne
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To explain the realignment, it works
like this: There will be no significant
change. Two teams from the P.I.L. will go
into State Tournament play. They will
take the champion from each aide, and a
second place team to playoff for the two
tourney slots. The champions from each
division will playoff for the number one
seed, the loser will then play the second
place team to decide the second slot.
However, the second place team must
win two games from the division leader in
order to qualify for State. Jefferson has 5
lettermen returning from last year's
somewhat disappointing season. But
there are high hopes this year from Demo
Land.
Coach Osborne doesn't expect any
Sophs to make this year's varsity squad,
but there are several Juniors that are
expected to help.
Osborne says, "Ronnie and Donnie
Ranson could help considerably in the
backcourt. The Juniors, as a whole, must
learn to play defense at the varsity level.
Senior Willie Davis has really impressed
in early drills and will no doubt help this
year. Another Junior Charles Redeau.
6' 2" forwaru. has really come on strong."
Jefferson figures to have good team
speed, adequate height and better than
average shooting. Their weakness would
appear to be lack of team defense. This is
the one area that could impede their
progress.
What is it about playing on the road?
The Blazers annihalated team after team
on their home floor. Does playing in the
friendly confines of the M.C. mean that
much? It's just not Portland, howeoat, at
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comprehensively enough or often enough
to really enjoy dealing with novels.”
Born in Chicago. Scott-Heron later
moved to New York, where he began to
abaorb poetry of modern Black writers.
Among these poets was Langston
Hughes, who had attended Lincoln Uni
versity in Pennsylvania, where Scott-
Heron also studied and met his future
collaborator, Brian Jackson. The two of
them recorded the group's first smash hit
“The Bottle," which has since become the
group's trademark performance in con
cert. After signing with Artista Records,
he recorded “Firat Minute Of A New
Day" and “From South Africa To South
Carolina," both of which climbed to high
positions on pop. jazz, and R&B charts
simultaneously. His latest album releas
ed, "It’s Your World," includes new
original material in addition to a live
concert recording and a 13-minute ver
sion of "The Bottle."
The Midnight Band members include
Gil Scott-Heron on vocals and electric
piano, Brian Jackson on keyboards.
Danny Bowens on bass. Victor Brown on
vocals, Bilal Sunni Ali on tenor sax and
flute, Barnett “Doc" Williams, Tony
Duncanson, and Reggie Brisbane (who
together comprise the Society for the
Preservation of African Percussion) on
drums and assorted percussion, and
Delbert Taylor on trumpet.
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Last years Masked Marvel. Lloyd Neal
has made a super recovery from knee
surgery, and is being hailed now as the
Medical Marvel, due to his amazing
recovery.
Lloyd is being worked in gradually by
Ramsay and should add some much
needed strength up front, when well.
Turnover problems continue to plague
Portland. Last year we had Sidney to
kick around, o.k., at least to blame for
turnovers. I believe turnovers can be
misleading, when you're involved in a run
and shoot offense you're going to make
turnovers, and there's no getting around
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Next three home games are Friday
against Milwaukee, 8:00 p.m.; Sunday.
Buffalo invades the M.C. for a 2:30 p.m.
encounter; and Wednesday it's Chicago
and the rough, tough Rulls, game time is
set for the usual 8:00 p.m.
Fighting, in the NBA. appears on the
upswing for some unknown reason.
Tuesday night in New Orleans, Pete
Maravich decked Dave Twardzik with a
solid right cross knocking out two teeth
and for some strange reason wasn’t
banished from the game. It will be
interesting to see if this fight will get the
T.V. coverage that was accorded the
Murphy vs. Wicks altertation.
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raise funds
An evening with the Trailblazers, a
fund raising benefit for the Center for
Community Mental Health, will take
place on Tuesday, November 23rd at 700
p.m. in the Pacific Room at the Sheraton
Hotel. The Center's Board of Director's
Finance Committee members Kathy
Runstein, George Rankins and Wally
Scales have arranged this benefit.
Trailblazers Maurice Lucas and Larry
Steele will be on hand to meet guests,
answer questions from the audience and
comment on the new National Basketball
Association Highlights film. The Jeffer
son High School Stage Band will perform
as guests come in. Tickets will be
available at the door.
The Center for Community Mental
Health. Icoated at 6329 N.E. Union,
provides a broad range of consultation,
counseling and therapy services for or
ganization«, individuals and families. As a
non-profit organization supported in part
by the United Way of the Columbia Wil
lamette, the Center is open to people
from the entire qpmmunity.
Citizen of the Week
Bob Turner ia program planner for the Center for Community Mental
Health.
Turner was born in Munich, Germany and raised in an Air Force family,
the oldest of four children. He attended high school in Tacoma.
Turner attended the University of Puget Sound for two years and
currently is an undergraduate in business at the University of Portland.
He was formerly with the Albina Youth Opportunity School and was a
teacher at Woodlawn Child Development Center.
He was appointed by Mayor Goldschmidt to the Portland Manpower
Planning Council; is a member of the YWCA Camp Westwind Committee,
and formerly served on the KOIN TV Community Affairs Committee.
Turners interests include rocketball and photography and he is a student
pilot. He is a resident of Irvington.
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percentage for visiting clubs stood at a
paltry 27%. And believe me. that’s
nothing to write home about.
So far. the only Pacific Division clubs to
win on the road is Los Angeles and
Phoenix, both winning only one game.
Before examining the schedule this writ
er made a comment as to the Sun's slow
«tart.
Had I been more observant I would
have known that Phoenix played their
first seven games on the road thus
explaining their dismal 1-6 record.
O.k., why can't teams win away from
home? The baskets are still 10 ft. high,
the NBA ball ia just as round on foreign
courts as it is at home. So then, what?
Does the home crowd make that much
difference? It’s truly baffling to me . . .
the answer, I hope, will soon be found by
Coach Ramsay.
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Scott-Heron appears at Reed
Recording artist and songwriter Gil
Scott-Heron will appear at Reed College
with co-writer/compoaer Brian Jackson
and the Midnight Band for two concerts
leen Beatait, Jeanne Large, Ann Laufle,
on Wednesday. November 24th, at 800
Dan McGovern. Bob Ouellette, and Zoe
p.m. and 1100 p.m. Sponsored by the
A. Wilson.
Reed Cultural Affairs Board, the concert
There were no nominations from the
will be held in the college’s community
floor. An election supervisory committee
center. Tickets are $2.50 for students
was selected during the meeting to
with identification and $4.00 for general
oversee the elections. They are: Eve
admission and are available at Long Hair
Hawkes, Geri Coulter. Larry Large. Ted
Music. Music Millennium, and the campus
Winters, and Lyn Horing.
events office at Reed College.
The election will be held at the regular
Gil Scott-Heron is recognized as one of
monthly meeting December 14th at Jason- the decade’s most significant and articu
Lee Church Social Hall.
late Black spokesmen. He is the author of
two published novels. The Vulture and
The Nigger Factory, and a volume cf
verse, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox. He
now chooses to communicate through
music, a channel relating directly to
African oral tradition, he says, because
“there are a lot of our school children and
a lot of our adults, too, who do not read
During the November 9th meeting of
the Salem Branch NAACP. the nominat
ing committee announced its selection for
the 1977-79 officers and executive com
mittee. The nominees are as follows:
President, Bernard Richardson; 1st
Vice President. Jackie Winters; 2nd Vice
President, David Burgess; Recording
Secretary, Norma Goodrich; Correspon
dence Secretary. Virginia Jones; and
Treasurer, Sharon Walker.
Executive Committee members: Kath
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