Masons host crime meeting
The first m ajor meeting by the
A lb in a C om m unity and Police
Bureau’ s Crime Prevention U nit w ill
be held on Tuesday, October 3rd at
8:00 p.m . The purpose o f the
meeting is to secure inform ation on
what types o f crime prevention ac
tivities the community sees as impor
ta n t, and to make available the
resources and training opportunities
o f the Crime Prevention Unit. The
Crim e Prevention Program relies
upon citizen volunteers who want to
effect positive changes in their
neighborhoods. T o this end, the
Police w ill be enlisting the support o f
the community for volunteer work in
crime prevention.
The October 3rd meeting w ill be
held between 8:00 p.m . and 9:30
p.m. at the Prince H a ll Masonic
by Ruth Spencer
LeVar Burton, who played Kunta Kinta in "Roots", hosts multicultural
program for young people.
Multicultural series begins
"Y o u have to do it y o u rs e lf!”
That’ s the message in the theme song
fro m REBOP, W G BH B oston’ s
unique multicultural series for kids
aged nine to thirteen. REBOP returns
fo r a sparkling second season —
fe a tu rin g new faces and liv e ly
changes — Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. on
Channel 10, PBS.
REBOP visits kids fro m all
cultural backgrounds: Black, white,
Asian, Hispanic, Native American.
They live on farms, in the city, or
somewhere in between. Some have
achieved international fame; others
are working out personal problems;
while s till others pursue unusual
hobbies.
And there’ s a lot more to REBOP
than film footage; as Project Direc
tor Mike East.rling puts it, "W e ’ ve
added some class to our act — music,
portraits, a good-looking set, great
film s, and LeVar Burton. We’ ve
grown up some . . . just like our
audience.”
That's the special quality that sets
REBOP apart fro m other k id s ’
shows: it offers a look at the way
young
people
fro m
diverse
backgrounds deal w ith problems,
plan for the future, and relate to
their fam ilies — in a setting o f
fast-moving, kid-oriented entertain
ment.
Host o f the 26 new episodes is
LeVar Burton, the young Black actor
who skyrocketed to national stardom
with his portrayal o f Kunta Kinte in
the television drama "R oots.” Bur
ton, who had his pick o f dazzling
roles, was especially eager to do
REBOP — because, as he says, “ I
thought REBOP was a great idea
from the beginning. I love kids and I
love public television, and 1 was
really excited about hosting REBOP.”
LeVar Burton was born in Land-
sthul, Germany on February 16,
1957. A t a young age, he moved with
his family to Sacramento, C alifor
nia. In his early teens, LeVar entered
a sem inary to study fo r the
priesthood. He changed his mind a f
ter several years and decided to study
drama at the University o f Southern
California.
Program explores religions
"T he Long Search,” an OEPBS
television series w hich explores
religious beliefs among people
around the world, is being offered
fo r college credit this fa ll by M t.
Hood Community College.
Each o f the thirteen hour-long
programs are televised by Channel 10
at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, with repeats
the following Friday at 6:00 p.m.
Students can register fo r three
hours o f college credit at M HCC by
enrolling in R21; The Religions of
Man. The course includes discussion
groups and written assignments, in
a d d itio n to view ing the thirteen
episodes.
Students also may register fo r
M HCC credit through the OEPBS
Campus o f the A ir. Call 229-4847 for
information.
M ichael Casey, M H C C p h ilo
sophy in s tru c to r, is the in s tru c
tor for both the M H C C class and
the Campus o f the A ir offering.
Programs include the Protestant
faith in America, Buddhism in India
and Japan, orthodox Christianity in
Eastern
E urope,
Indonesian
religions, Judaism , H in d u ism ,
Islam ,
C a th o licism ,
A fric a n
religions, T aoism , and alternate
religious lifestyles.
The program was filmed during a
150,000 mile trip to fourteen coun
tries over a three year period. Ronald
Eyre, British playwright and stage
director, is the narrator and guide.
“ The Long Search” series was
funded by Xerox Corporation and
produced by the BBC and Time-Life
Television.
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A fam ily a ffa ir — Mrs. Elaine
Jamison has been promoted to the
T itle V II p o sitio n o f A d viso ry
"S p e c ia lis t” , Area I I I , P ortland
Public Schools. A l Jamison, her
husband, is chairman o f the Title V II
A d viso ry C om m ittee. A n o th e r
husband-wife team is Mrs. Jean H a rt
zog, Director o f the Title V II School
Com m unity program and Earnest
Hartzog, her husband, Director o f
all o f Portland Public School Title
V II funds and programs.
P ortland’s T itle V II program is
operating in 29 elementary schools
and nine high schools. Yet Black
children are dispersed to three times
that number o f schools. Because o f
this lack o f planning, two-thirds o f
the children benefitting from Title
V II funds are white.
Evie C row ell, newest P ortland
School Board member scored an F at
her first Board meeting. She did not
know that Title V II funds had been
withheld from the schools due to ex
cessive suspending and expelling
Black children. Therefore, she could
not see how suspensions and ex
pulsions related to Title V II.
M r. Blanchard, Portland School
Superintendent, says that it means
absolutely nothing to him that 35
percent o f the administrative transfer
students have been suspended. This
is six times the district average.
Ms. Alzeria DeDeleveaux and Ms.
Cassie Jenkins, owners o f the Lovely
Laydee Beauty Salon w ill attend a
hairw eaving w orkshop in Los
Angeles October 8th-11th.
Ms. A lv ia P ru itt, fo rm a lly o f
P ortland, has returned fro m the
L. A. area with her teenage daughters
Kathy and Tammie to reside in Port
land.
Amos Hes, former Redcap, recent
ly (married) fell to the charms o f a
beautiful lady from Chicago.
A reception at the Vance Airport
Inn in Seattle w ill be held to celebrate
the m arriage o f C yn th ia A n n
Thomas and
Jim m y Dean
Nicholson. Cynthia is a graduate o f
Portland State University Schoo, of
Social Work and a former employee
o f A M A F am ily Day and N ight
Care.
Ms. Ila Hamilton is recovering at
home fro m heart surgery. She
welcomes visits and calls from friends.
Ms. Alice Butler is recovering at
Emanuel H o sp ita l fro m heart
problems.
M rs. D o ro th y (Tom ) Vickers
drove daughter Sharon to San Diego
where she is beginning her fourth
year at California State University at
Northridge. Sharon is in a six year
Master’s program in education o f the
handicapped. She has been working
with deaf children since high school
and is adept at sign language.
Mrs. Fannie Freeman has returned
from her Detroit trip on the occasion
o f the death o f her nephew, Rufus
Crum, Jr.
God takes a vacation . . . Our ef
forts to visit Bethel A M E Church
were unsuccessful when we found the
church closed. Reverend L.F. Hines
and several members were in Tacoma
attending the Annual Conference.
The church was closed during con
ference time last year. Old timers
believe that last year was the first
time the historic church was closed to
worshippers on Sunday morning.
Class explores ethnic
history, geography
Did you know that early Willamet
te Valley Indian tribes burned the
valley regularly to force animals to
areas where they could be easily hunt
ed?
Did you know that many towns
that are now suburbs o f Portland at
one time competed w ith the Rose
City to become the dominant city in
the region?
These are not the kinds o f facts
that you learn in most geography
classes, but instructor Larry King of
fers these and other historical per
spectives in a geography class he will
teach this fa ll at Portland Com
munity College’s Sylvania Center. “ I
don’ t know how geographers can
teach a class without looking back,”
says King. “ You have to have some
understanding o f what has come
before you.”
King believes that students in his
class, called the Geography o f
Oregon, need to understand how the
environment o f the state influenced
the people o f Oregon and how they
in turn were influenced by their
natural surroundings. "Geography is
not ju st landform s, climate, and
vegetation like many people think it
is,” King contends. “ I start my class
w ith the basic d e fin itio n that
geography is anything that makes a
place unique.”
King has offered the three credit
hour geography class at PCC for two
years and has found that many of
his students e n ro ll because they
believe they d o n ’ t really know
Oregon and would like to learn more
about it. K ing believes they are
perhaps a bit surprised by the direc
tion his class takes, but not disap
pointed.
Starting with the Indians, the class
looks at the impact that man has had
on the environment o f Oregon. King
examines three o f the approximately
fo rty Indian tribes once found in
Oregon — the Nez Perce,
Calapoolia, and Clatsop, and their
impacts on the state.
Next, the students explore the lives
and settlement patterns o f the first
w hite people to settle in the
Willamette Valley between 1850 and
1900.
Then there is a look at “ cultural
geography,” the makeup o f people
who came later to live in the state.
King focuses on the Chinese and
Black migrations to Oregon and the
present-day Russian community in
Woodburn. The students look at the
reasons these and other people came
to Oregon, their contributions to the
state and impacts on its environment
and their present status and location.
Also touched upon are issues such
as urbanization, the influence o f
cities over their surrounding areas
and economic history.
N ot overlooked in the class is
Oregon’ s physical geography, such
as the form ation o f the Cascade
range, climate and vegetation patterns.
This information is a significant part
o f the course work, King says.
The Geography o f Oregon class is
taught at the Sylvania Center, 12000
S.W. 49th Avenue, on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:00
a.m. to noon and from 6:30 to 9:30
p.m. on Thursdays. The daytime
course w ill be repeated at the
Sylvania Center winter term, and a
class w ill be offered at the Rock
Creek Center on Tuesday and Thurs
day mornings. Both classes started the
week o f September 25th.
For more in fo rm a tio n , contact
Portland Com m unity College, the
number at PCC is 224-6111.
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M r. and M rs. Charles M axey
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their recent business trip to Houston,
Texas.
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Spencer B arrett, ju n io r at
University o f Portland and graphic
arts specialist at the Portland Obser
ver, was ordained an itin e ra n t
deacon in the A frica n M ethodist
Episcopal Church by the Bishop H.
H a rtfo rd Brookins. A member o f
Bethel A M E Church, he is the son o f
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The main objective o f the Prince
Hall anti-crime project is: to assist
other neighborhood groups and in
dividual citizens in becoming actively
involved in activities designed to
prevent crime, reduce the fear o f
crim e and im prove the ad
ministration o f justice.
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The topic "W h a t can the com
munity do about crime” will include
an introduction by Chief Baker and
mini workshops on youth, elderly,
residential and commercial crime
prevention.
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