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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
GROVER WASHINGTON, JR.
Entertainment Guide
bv Allen Jones
GROVER W ASHINGTON. JR - RAW! • • •
Grover Washington. Jr. is unquestionably one of the best saxophone players in the
world today. Since his explosion on the jazz scene in the early ‘70s it's virtually impos
sible to hold an intelligent conversation regarding contemporary jazz without
mentioning Grover Washington. Jr.
His debut performance at the 1971 Berkeley Jazz Festival is still talked about
among Bay Area jazz buffs. Washington's sell-out performance Saturday night was
only added proof of his popularity. Washington is one of the few jazz artists who have
the ability to absorb the audience's attention and emotion, at the same time.
Most of the selections from Saturday nights performance were taken from
Washington's latest double album entitled. "Live At The Bijou,” recorded in
Washington. D.C. As enjoyable as Washington's performance was last Saturday night
at the Auditorium his next album could very easily be entitled. “Live In Portland.”
GIL SCOTT HERON - HE WAS COOL • •
When Civil Rights, Women's Lib. left-wing radicals and society drop-outs were at
their zenith in the late '60s Gil Scott Heron, along with Joan Baez were probably the
two most sought after performers on college campuses. The reasoning was pretty
obvious - both are minorities and both had something to say about what was going on
in America - through their music.
Gil Scott Heron's “South Africa” album was timely, thought provoking, true and
sold a million copies. Heron, whom 1 had the pleasure of meeting last year when he
appeared at Fred's Place for three days, was reluctant to give an interview. Mainly
because his recordings say it all. But I had to remind him that everybody doesn't buy
his records. During the course of conversation I found he has some very definite views
on life in general.
His performance Saturday night has changed a degree from the last time I saw him
perform. His musical taste has changed a bit too. He’s into the same mellow sounds as
before but the lyrics aren't as profound as before. I enjoyed his set, but he still owes
me an interview.
CHECK IT OCT!!!
LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 11, 1978 - Motown recording artists Diana Ross.
Commodores. Marvin Gaye and Thelma Houston recently were nominated to receive
awards at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards to be telecast live over CBS-TV on
February 23rd.
Receiving the most nominations were the Commodores, who earlier won Rolling
Stone's 1977 “Critics Award." They received two nominations for “Best Rhythm and
Blues Song" which includes “Brickhouse” and "Easy". The latter song was also
nominated for “Best Rock and Roll Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus."
In the Best Rock and Roll Vocal Performance, Female" category, Diana Ross was
nominated for “Your Love Is So Good For Me," and Thelma Houston for her smash hit
“Don't Leave Me This Way.” The writers for “Way” Kenny Gamble. Leon Huff, and
Carry Gilbert, are also in the running for "Best Rhythm and Blues Song."
Rounding out the nominations for Motown is Marvin Gaye's “Got To Give It Up
(Part 11.” His song is in the running also for “Best Rock and Roll Vocal Performance,
Male."
NAACP contest underway
The Souvenir Journal Committee of
the NAACP National Convention Com
mittee will award $100 to the winner of
its Souvenir Journal Cover Contest. The
contest is open to the public.
Entrants must design the cover page of
the official Souvenir Journal for the 1978
NAACP National Convention to be held
in Portland, July 3rd through 7th. The
cover page design or artwork must relate
to the theme of the 1978 convention, “Til
Victory's Won" and must be blue and gold
which are the convention's theme colors.
Entrants may register January 19th
and 20th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and
January 21st from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the
NAACP office 2752 N. Williams Ave
nue. Cover designs must not exceed
8 '/ix ll inches and must be submitted to
the NAACP office no later than February
10th. The contest winner will be an
nounced February 17th. For further
information call Mr. O.B. Hill 249 0607.
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The Metro Assembly, consisting of member churches of Ecumenical Ministries of
Oregon, will hold their meeting on January 26th, 6:30 p.m. at the Fremont United
Methodist Church. 2620 N.E. Fremont, Portland. The meeting will begin with dinner
at 6:90 for which registrations are required. The public is invited to attend. Subject
for the evening is Child Abuse and Neglect, ihe secono largest causes of death among
the children of America! Any persons interested in dinner reservations are asked to
call Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon at 221 1054. The public may attend just the
program if they wish.
A .tublir hearing on the proposed federal regulations on sterilization will be held in
Portland on February 15, 1978, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., at Pacific Power and
Light Company Public Service Building. 920 S.W. 6th Avenue. HEW is seeking
widespread comment and active citizen participation in the development of the final
version of these recently proposed regulations. Written comments, which will be
given equal consideration with the oral testimony, should be sent to Dr. David
Johnson. HEW. M /S611. 1321 Second Avenue. Seattle, WA. 98101. (Call 503 221 ¡1396
for information.)
February 11th through 12th Multnomah County Democratic Party Platform
Convention at downtown Heathman Hotel.
Oregon high school and community college students thinking of attending Oregon
State University next fall are invited to attend OSU's annual Beaver O;»en House
Saiurdav. January 28th. Prospective students and their parents are invited to attend
the one-dav session. Students can have their questions answered about classes,
majors and student activities, said Franz Haun, director of new student programs.
Students and parents will have an opportunity to visit with representatives of all
academic units at OSU. Information will be available on admission requirements,
housing, financial aid and coats. More information on Beaver Open House is available
from the Office of New Student Programs at OSU, telephone 754 2626.
February 7th
Mt. Hood Community College presents an affirmative action
workshop designed to familarize participants with the laws and policies surrounding
equal opportunity and affirmative action while giving an understanding of the
attitudes and behaviors behind prejudicial actions. The workshop will run for six
consecutive Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 until 10:00 beginning February
7th. For information and pre registration call 667 7181.
February 8th - Selecting a Nursing Home. This one-night workshop sponsored by
Mt. Hood Community College Wednesday, February 8th, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in
the Town and Gown room will address the types of institutions available, the kinds of
questions you should ask. and the answers you should be looking for in examining
different homes. For more information and pre registration call 687-7181.
Thursdays - The Mt. Hood Community College planetarium presents weekly shows
on Thursdays at noon. Current shows feature a different planet from our solar system
each week. Call 667-7297 for further information concerning the only other Portland
area planetarium.
Dumi and the Minanzi Marimba Ensemble will he back in town with their very
unique sound on Sunday. January 29th at 8:30 p.m. at the Family Circus Studio 221
S.E. 11th. The Minanzi Band plays exciting contemporary and traditional music of
Africa that is highly danceable. Proceeds from the event will go to the Portland
Citizens Against Racism, so don’t miss the rythmn and melody of Dumi and the
Minanzi Marimba Ensemble.
January 24th - Boise Citizens Improvement Association. Boise School, 620 N.
Fremont, 7:30 p.m.
January 24th - King Improvement Association, King Neighborhood Facility. 4815
N.E. 7th Avenue. 7:30 p.m.
January 25th - Housing Coalition workshop on City's proposed Housing Policy, St.
Francis Hall. 330 S.E. 11th Avenue. 7:00 p.m.
January 28th - Planning Bureau workshop on comprehensive planning for Alameda.
Grant Park, Irvington, Madison. Rose City Park. Wilshire Beaumont. Hollywood East.
4400 N.E. Broadway, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
January 28th/29th - KGW TV 8 East Side West Side program on busing and
Jefferson High School - in historical perspective. Saturday-4:00 p.m.; Sunday 12:00
midnight.
“The Soviet Union at the End of the Brezhnev Era" is the theme of a series of free
public lectures scheduled Wednesday noons in room 53 of Cramer Hall at Portland
State University. The brown bag lectures arc sponsored by the Central European
Studies (¡enter at PSU and the World Affairs Council of Oregon.
Come to the Washington Park Zoo on Thursday, February 2nd. at 10:00 a.m. to see
if the prairie dog will nee his shadow when it emerges from the mound. There will be
free "moose milk" for visitors from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and entertainment by a
local high school band. So come to the Zoo on Prairie Dog Day and find out if we will
have spring'.’’.’’.’ or. will winter remain for another six weeks???
Vancouver NAACP meets
Jean Lacey, President of the Van
couver Board. NAACP announced that
the Branch will hold its first education
meeting of 1978 and will honor the great
Civil Rights worker Dr. Martin Luther
King. Jr. whose birthdate was January
15th.
C hristian Learning classes b e g in
The 55th Annual School of Christian
Learning will begin January 23rd at First
Methodist Church. The School, sponsor
ed by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon,
will feature fifteen courses in Christian
Education. Church Leadership, Personal
Enrichment, Theology and Scripture.
This year’s courses include: Preschool
Potpourri, Exploring Ways of Teaching
Children Grades 1-6, The Jewish Roots of
Christian Festivals, Values and Issues of
World Peace, Conflict Utilization for
Church Workers, The Church’s Ministry
to Persons with Special Needs, Human
Sexuality for the Church Leader. Cata
FR O M V A L IN T IM I
A two-day “Income Tax Preparation
Workshop" will be held at the PSU
Educational Center, 4815 N.E. 7th, on
Tuesday, February 14th, and Tuesday,
February 21st. This workshop is for
those who need help in filling out there
own income tax forms for the first time.
Assemble your 1977 tax records
W-2
forms, possible tax deductions, state and
federal tax booklets - and come on
Tuesday, February 14th. Registration
necessary by February 7th. For more
information, call Lucious or Brenda at
229 3864.
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Paraphernalia. l*rayer and Meditation.
Enriching Marriage, The Feminine Face
of the Church?, God is Love: Five
(¡ontemporary Explorations into the
Meaning of St. John, The Parables of
Jesus. Servanthood in the Old Testa
ment. Approaching a Creative Ministry
of Adult Education.
The school will run for six consecutive
Monday evenings, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
at First Methodist Church and Zion
Lutheran Church. The cost for each
course is $10.00 through January 21st;
CITY OF PORTLAND
PROGRAMMER
ANALYST I
(1,272 appro*. mo.
CITY OF PORTLAND
PROGRAMMER
ANALYST II
(1.432 APPROX. MO.
Performs systems analysis
and design, coding; imple
menta computer progrums
for data base management
systems; possibly respon
sible for projects or sy
stems segments in public
safety, public works billing
or financial management.
Qualifications: must pos
sess knowledges and skills
described on Supplemental
Application Form. Supple
mental Applications are
available and applications
accepted at:
Functions as project leader
in analysis and design of
data base management sy
stents in areas such as
public safety, communica
tions, public works billing
und financial management.
Exercises technical super
vision over programmers
and programmer analysts.
Qualifications: must pos
sess knowledges und skills
as described on Supple
mental Application Form.
Supplemental Application
Forms are uvailuhle and
applications are accepted
at:
I’ortlund Civil Service
Board
510 S.W. Montgomery St.
Portland. DR. 97201
I’ortlund Civil Service
Board
No later than Friday, Jan
uary 20, 1978.
510 S.W . Montgomery St.
Portland, OR. 97201
CITY OF PORTLAND
SYSTEM MANAGER
(1.666 APPROX. MO.
Supervises operation of
large scale systems or
groups of systems such as
financial, communications,
payroll, personnel, public
safety, huniun resources
anil public works programs
systems; supervises pro
grammers and programmer
anulysts.
Qualifications:
must possess knowledges
and skills specified iri I he
Supplemental Application
Form. The Supplemental
Application Form may be
obtained and upplirations
accepted at:
Portland Civil Service
Board
510 S.W. Montgomery St
Portland. OR. 97201
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No later than Friday. Jan
No iuler than Junuary 20. uary 20. 1978
1978.
Minorities and Women
urged to apply
An Equal (iriortunity
Employer
Minorities and Women
urged to apply
An Equal O.riortunity
Employer
M ino rities and Women
urged to apply
An Equal O iH irlu n ity
Em »lover
Course trains in-home aids
A specially designed 24 hour training
session in Personal In Home Assistance is
being offered January 30th through Feb
ruary 3rd through the Older Worker
Training and Employment (OWTE) sy
stem.
The course is designed to help conva
lescents and elderly dependent persons
remain at home as an alternative to group
nursing care, and will assist students in
understanding the needs of the elderly.
Included is instruction in nutrition, bed
care, clients' and consumers' rights, work
simplification, community resources and
job seeking skills.
Participants in the program must be
unemployed or low-income residents of
Portland or Multnomah County, und will
lx* paid for class hours attended. Appli
cants interested in helping other people
while earning extra money should re
gisler with OWTE by January 25th by
calling 248 4704.
Foreign students need homes
In January the first of 125 teenaged
students from Central and South Ameri
ca anticipate arriving in the United
States for one semester of school and a
happy stay with an American family.
Host families can be large or small, have
children of any age or no children at all.
What matters is accepting the student as
a temporary member of the family.
Homes are urgently needed for these
youthful "ambassadors" of goodwill, who
are ready to come and need to be settled
for the semester in the school of their
host family.
YES. Youth Exchange Service, is a
non profit organization designated by the '
U.S. State Department and has interna
tional headquarters in San Clemente,
California. YES students are screened
and provided medical insurance, have
round trip plane tickets, and have their
own spending money. A host family need
only provide board and room, love and
understanding.
Call YES collect today at (714) 492 7907
or write YES. Box 4020, San Clemente,
California 92672.
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The film "From Montgomery to Mem
phis" will be shown at First Federal
Savings Community Room, 915 Broad
way in Vancouver at 7:30 p.m., Sunday.
January 22nd. The public is invited to
attend.
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$13.00 after that date.
At the opening of this year's School,
there will be a special presentation. The
Educational Ministries Commission of
Ecumenical Ministries has established
the Louise Hunderup Award for Distin
guished Services to Religious Education,
and have determined that this award is to
be presented for the first time at the
opening of the School.
For a complete description and regi
stration form contact Ecumenical Mini
stries of Oregon, 0245 S.W. Bancroft St.,
Portland. OR. 97201
221 1054.
Concordia CA
explores HCD
Concordia Community Association is
meeting with City Representatives and
Planning Consultants, January 24. 1978.
7:30 p.m., Concordia College P.E.
Building, N.E. 27th at Highland.
The City is doing a planning study of
the CCA neighborhood which may be
eligible for housing and community de
velopment grant funds that could be used
for home owners to obtain loans and
physical improvements in the neighbor
hood.
Come help identify strategies and
possible projects to solve problems.
Some weight loss programs
allow you a speck of food
here, a fleck there or none at all.
Not so with Today s Weight Watchers ’
Program!
Our nutritionally-balanced food plan lets
you eat delicious juicy cheeseburgers, real
cocoa milk shakes, steaming baked potatoes,
savory ham and egg and lots more—within
limits—and still learn to lose weight.
Join Weight Watchers today
Eating like a bird is for the birds.
WEIGHT
WATCHERS
Losing weight never
tasted so good.
The Authority
'® V O U ’RE THIS CLOSE TO LOSING WEIGHT.
MARANATHA CHURCH
1222 N.E. Skidmore
Sat. 9:30 a.m.
EMANUEL HOSPITAL
2801 N. Gantenbein
Emanuel East, Boom B 2
(Nursing Home)
Thurs. 7:00 p.m.
For further information call Collect Portland (503) 297 1021
Weekdays 8:30 5:30
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