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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1978)
Mrs Frances Schoen-Newsptper Rooa U n iv e rs ity o f Oregon L ib ra ry tugene, Oregon 97403 King’s Tavern requests license PORTLAND OBSERVER Vahtine 8 Ne. 18 V Thursday, A pril 27, 1978 10c par copy College dean wins aw ard S A L E M - Jacqueline Loville, assistant dean at W illam ette University, received the Human Rights Award of the year for her activities involving the Salem area Black community. The award was presented by the Salem Human Rights Commission. Ms. Loville accepted the award from Salem Mayor Kent Aldrich. Other candidates for the honor were Ms. Zoe Wilson, personnel assistant for the state Department of Commerce, and Father Frank Kennard, a Spanish speak ing Catholic priest. Her achievements include helping to establish an affirmative action board at Chemeketa Community College and establishing a minority action committee at W illamette. She also has helped bring about more communication between the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People (N A A C P) and the public. Much of Ms. Loville's local work has involved the recruitment of Black students to W illamette. She has been with the university since 1974, and recently announced her resignation, to be effective May 15th. She is a member of the board of the Salem branch of the N A A C P, a founder of the Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs, and was a committee member of the 1978 Oregon Black Political Convention. This year she served as a coordinator for the Third World Women's Conference. Ms. Loville has been nominated to receive the Outstanding Young Women in America award. JA C Q U E L IN E L O V IL L E School caodidote advocates stronger leadership “Teachers, Tests and Textbooks” are the code words of D r. Ruth McFarland, candidate for the office of State Superin tendent of Public Instruction. Dr. McFarland exphasizes that compe tent dedicated teachers are the key to education. She wants public school teachers to start out with a good college program and would work closely with the colleges and universities to assist in the development of better programs. "Teach ers first of all have to have the know ledge. the information in the field they will teach. Many of the required courses in leaching methods are unimportant and could be discontinued. A teacher should be able to communicate and should have a solid background in reading, writing, math and health.** NAACP votes For the first time the N A A C P Image Awards will be selected by the 1700 N A A C P branches. For the past ten years, the awards have been presented by the Nations N A A C P and the Beverly Hills Hollywood branch. The Image Awards is like a combination of the Oscars, the Emmys, and the Grammys. Members of the Portland Branch can vote on Saturday. April 29th, between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. at the N A A C P Convention Office. 310 S.W. 4th Avenue. Suite 412 «222 3256) The Awards will be presented on June 9th at the Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The Observer will cover the event. Although she favors the tenure system and collective bargaining, she does not believe these prevent a district from eliminating ineffective teachers if they are willing to go to the trouble to document a teachers' results. As for textbooks, she is concerned about the readability of books and the racism and sexism contained in them. A recent study of textbooks used in Oregon varied greatly in grade level readability. "A third grade math book might be written on the sixth grade level; a single social studies book could vary from second to eleventh grade level. How can we expect children to learn math or social studies if they can't read the book?" Although many administrators main tain that better textbooks are not avail able so they must take what they can get. Dr. McFarland emphatically disagrees. “If all of the public schools in Oregon refused to buy new books until the publishers produced good books, it wouldn't take long for the publishers to R U TH M C F A R L A N D give us what we need. Like any other business, textbook publishers are in busi year to year, falling farther and farther ness to make money." McFarland would behind, receiving no special help, and also work with other states to pressure then to be told in their senior year that the publishers. they cannot graduate.”' Testing should be a tool to assist D r. McFarland states that she is the teachers, not to punish students. The only candidate for this office who has newly adapted competency tests are publically stated that she would, as a last being used in senior high schools to resort, deny funds to school districts that insure that only those who meet mini discriminate against minorities or women mum srfndards can graduate. D r. M cFar or that do not adhere to affirmative land advocates regular testing, beginning action/equal opportunity requirements. in kindergarten, to determine each stu "This is a strong step - both of my dents needs and accompliahments. Test opponents have said that they would not results would be used to aid those use it - but it is one of the tools to obtain children who need special help. “I t is not adherence to the law and if necessary I right for children to be passed along from would use it." Member of the Boise Neighborhood Association visited King's Tavern on Williams Avenue Tuesday night in re sponse to L.C. Matthews’ request for their support in his request for a liquor license. King Tavern was closed six years ago after approximately fifteen years of com munity effort to get it closed. The tavern was the scene of brawls, dope dealing, prostitution and Fighting spilling out onto the street - with at least eleven homo- cides occuring within the building. Matthews, who purchased the building three years ago, has twice unsuccessfully sought a liquor license. The feeling of the neighborhood has been that opening the tavern would draw the former objection able clientele. Matthews, who appeared at the Neigh- borhood Association meeting, has been operating a Class B restaurant for two years. He told the group he has done some repair to the interior of the building but does not expect to do anything extensive until assured of a license. On his previous discussions with BN A he had been asked to demonstrate that he could upgrade the building and the atmosphere to the point that it would draw a better clientele. Chuck Hagen, chairman of the association explained, "If you would bring in plans and show us the renovation you will do to make an attractive place - a place where decent people will want to come - I would be willing to consider it. Although we already have enough taverns here, if the community felt this would be a good neighborhood tavern where people could Boise Neighborhood Association visits King Tavern - Charles Ford sits at the bar as Chuck Hagen, Chairman of Boise Neighborhood Association, explains neighborhood expectations to owner L. C. Matthews. Joining the inspection were Vesiä come in and enjoy themselves there might be no objection. It's the noise, the fighting and the killing that they don't want. You would have to change the building enough to attract better clien tele.” The meeting adjourned to the tavern so the association members could see first hand what improvements Matthews has done in the last few years. Matthews showed the new bar he had installed and demonstrated where two additional pieces of equipment will go. Other then that he plans to make no changes in the badly dilapidated building except to refurbish the south wall. The neighborhood association will sub mit its recommendation to the City and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. loving; Edna Robertson. Northeast Office, Office of Neighbor hood Organizations; and James Loving, Chairman, Northeast Coalition. Board members attack Priestley’s stamp use School Board member Frank McNa mara angrily attacked Board member Wally Priestley for using $11.70 worth of school district postage stamps and ninety envelopes to inform citizens about a meeting to be held Thursday to organize opposition to the proposed City-Schools Commission. Priestley, along with Mrs. Claudia Fisher of Concordia Neighborhood Asso ciation and Lillie W alker of the Commit tee for Equal Education for A ll Children, scheduled a meeting Thursday evening at King Neighborhood Facility to present information on the proposal. They maintain that although the proposal, often referred to as the M ott Foundation Proposal, has been passed in concept by the School Board and the City Council there has been little opportunity for public discussion. McNamara, joined by Bob Ridgley, accused Priestley of using "taxpayers money” to oppose something already approved by the Board. The proposal had been adopted by the Board with only Priestley voting no. Priestley replied that it is not only his right as an individual Board member, but his respon sibility, to communicate his concerns to his constituents regardless of whether he was in the majority of the minority side of the Board vote. During McNamara's questioning, he asked Priestley if the fliers he had mailed and handed out at the Board meeting had been printed at school district cost. Priestley replied that he had paid for the printing himself. Superintendent Robert Blanchard later passed Priestley a note saying the attack was the result of the impression that he might have had them printed at Jefferson High School. Although the proposal has been adopt ed by the Board in concept, it is being rewritten and will require another vote to adopt the final draft and to allocate the necessary funds. The proposal, which has gone through several revisions and is currently being redrafted, basically calls for a nine member Commission appointed by the City, the School Board and the County, that will be responsible for coordinating city-schools related planning. This would include school reorganization, parks and physical facilities, desegregation, etc. Also, the Commission would be assigned to reorganize schools, in line with proper city planning, in one high school area. Priestley calls this aspect of the propo sal “elitist,” judging from the make-up of previous “Blue Ribbon" committees, that it will represent utilities and downtown business interests rather than the aver- age citizen. He also maintains that the Commission will not only place another bureaucracy between the people and the School Board and City Council, but will take the "heat” off of the elected bodies who should be more directly responsible for their decisions. The original M ott Foundation proposal was to fund the Commission with $100.000 from the City and School D ist rict, with $250,000 from the M ott Foun dation. However, the M ott Foundation now suggests the following funding cycle: First year: Two to one matching, with the Foundation contributing a maximum of $200,000 and the City and School District funding $100,000. S<*cond year: One to one matching. Foundation maximum of $165,000 requir ing $165.000 from the City and School District. Third year: One ot two matching with the Foundation maximum of $135,000 and the City and School District funding $270,000. Fourth year: One to four matching with Foundation maximum of $100,000 and City and School District funding of $400,000. Thereafter the City and School District would be responsible for full funding if the Commission were to con tinue. Former Portlander recruits Bob Andrews, who was raised in Portland is visiting the Navy Recruiter at the Swan Island base. Andrews grad uated from Jefferson High School in 1962 and attended Clark College for one year before enlisting. His first tour of duty was four years with the aircraft carrier Contellation CV64 out of San Diego. Next he was in Seattle on Pier 91 aboard the USS W hite Hurst DE634 and the USS Bridgett DE1024. Then he spent three and one-half years at the Naval Research Center in Utica, New York as an instruc tor. Then came two years in Guantonamo Bay, Cuba, working in tugs. His most recent assignment was on the USS Saratoga CV60 at Mayport, Florida. His duty on this ship was as the ships electrician. Andrews is in Portland for ten days in the “hometown recruiter" program. He is enroute to Great Lakes, Illinois where he will be company commander teaching young recruits. Andrews, who would like to talk to young people interested in Navy careers, can be reached at the Navy Recruiting Station, Swan Island, 285-6561. House of Exodus: Community alcohol program The recent announcement of the wife of a'former President, Betty Ford, that she is addicted to alcohol, has brought about an increased interest in alcohol abuse, especially among women. Already deep ly involved in treatment of alcoholism, both male and female, is the House of Exodus. Mrs. Rosalie Boothe, director, stated recently that Exodus is reaching a number of women who have alcohol problems. "Most women who are alcoholics never receive the treatment they need - they manage to remain hidden. Many women don't work, are at home all day, so no one tpiqwg. Also husbands and children try to protect women alcoholics. Society has made it more difficult for a woman to admit to being alcoholic - they are labeled as bad wives or neglecting mothers." House of Exodus was opened with a 140.000 grant from Multnomah County to provide services to alcoholics in the North Northeast area. Operated with a majority Black staff, it seeks to serve Black people who are uncomfortable, misunderstood or mistreated in white operated programs. " It is helpful for the person who is alread> under great stress to have a counselor whom he feels understands his culture and background and the unique problems it presents.'* This is the first alcoholic program in the Portland area that has been directed mainly at Black clientele, but there has been successful programs operated by and for Indian people. Exodus operates on a "one day at a time" philosophy. Alcohol programs gen erally have a rather low success rate, but Mrs. Boothe assures that success depends on the individual. “If the person really wants to quit drinking, we can help by providing day to day counseling and support. Some of our clients are doing very well. Others, who are referred by the court or other agencies and do not have a real desire to quit, r l l not be helped. It really depends on the person's desire. We try to add the understanding, support, and access to basic needs." The program assists its clients to get what they need from other agencies - food, welfare funds, housing, transportation, employment, etc. This week the project learned that it will receive funding tor two additional i programs - a half-way house and a day care program. The half-way house will provide beds for fifteen persons. "One of the major problems is that a person coming off of a bender - or coming out of a hospital or treatment center - has nowhere to go but bark into the environment that leads to his drinking. Now we will have a place where they can come and live until they are ready to leave and have somewhere to go." The day care program will provide a place where adults (and their children) can spend the day with other adults. Counseling and recreation will be pro vided, giving the alcoholic a way to avoid the loneliness that often leads to drinking and to receive the support of peers. Current House of Exodus staff mem bers are: Mrs. Boothe, director; James Wilson, counseling supervisor and direc tor of the half way house; A1 Rivers, Outreach Coordinator of the day care program: John West and Jeanette Fuller, counselors; Ray Sutherland, Intake; Danny Williams, outreach worker; Cyn thia Stewart, executive secretary; ano Thomas Boothe, fiscal manager. Director Rosalie Boothe sod rouaellor Jim Walesa talk with client at House of Exedaa.
