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Pag« 8 Portland Observer Thursday. February 22 1979 Sports Talk In another week the Oregon A A A Basketball Tournament will have its field set and among those present w ill certainly be M c M in n v ille , c u rre n tly ranked No. 1 among Oregon A A A prep schools And with McMinnville come the 6’8” junior phenom, Char.ie Sitton. College coaches are supposedly drooling over the young prospect from the Coast Valley League, so much, in fact, it prompted Michigan State Coach Jud Heathcoate to say, "b y the time Charlie is a senior he w ill be the most highly recruited white player in the country." That statement bothers me and does cause me to wonder if Mr. Sit- to n ’ s a b ility was measured only against that o f white players and not Black. Charlie Sitton, some say, will be the most coveted player this State has produced. W ith o u t dow nplaying S itto n ’ s ability I think one should consider the caliber of the League he plays in and, also, the players he faces day af ter day. Certainly the Coast Valiev League doesn’t have a platoon o f players 6’ 8 " or better and it's not amazing that a good player that size could easily dominate. Some coaches are comparing him to Benson’ s 6’ 11" Richard Washington, the All-Am eri can at U C LA and the NCAA MVP in the 1975 tourney. Richard was unbelievable as a prep player and one could easily see his potential for both college and pro. 1 remember sitting behind John W ooden, then coach o f U C L A , while he watched Benson Teen and Richard Washington, and during his coaching career, it was reported that Wooden only made three recruiting trips personally, and Richard rated high enough to warrant one o f those three trips. The question now is what does Charlie have that Richard Washing ton didn’t? A t 6’ 10” Richard was quicker. It's being said that Sitton could play anywhere, although his outside shooting is suspect. Sitton is perhaps, and no doubt, a good Oregon player . . . but still by Ron Sykes Sports Editor must believe that Washington is the finest player to prep in Oregon. Grambling Goes N ationw ide . . . The Grambling State University Football program, which produces many great football players to the NFL and has turned out two top- notch quarterbacks in James Harris o f the San Diego Chargers and Doug W illiam s o f the Miam i Dolphins, premiered their fo o tb a ll network nationwide. Live coverage of the entire eleven game Grambling schedule was offer ed in one package on a national net work o f stations. This exclusive presentation, de signed for the expanding $60 billion Black market, hit the average last September and is showing consider able gain for the coming season. Larry Hayes, widely recognized as one o f the nation’s most proficient broadcast professionals, will handle play-by-play, p roviding added dimension. Bill Bradford adds expert commentary. The Portland Urban League Guild boated the 1979 Western Regional Conference last weekend. Pic tured are. Bea Leverett. Odessa Hendricks. Evie County Commission to hold night meetings Bulls 99 Blazers 97 Ramsey, Webb go for title Curtis Ramsey w ill meet welter weight slugger Alan Webb for the vacant Northwest Championship in the main event tonight (Thursday) at the Jantzen Beach .Arena. The fight is scheduled for twelve rounds, and is a rematch o f the disputed draw a m onth earlier over a 10 round distance. The match is sanctioned for the Pacific Northwest Welterweight Championship by Portland's Muni cipal Boxing Commission. Heavyweight W illie "T h e Can non" Shannon (13-0-0), with twelve straight K.O. wins, is scheduled for eight rounds against Tony Stone from Sacramento. Also scheduled is the first Port land appearance o f Jewish Bomber, Abraham Schwary (2-1-0). Steve Moyer will complete the card. The first bout w ill begin at 8:30 p.m. Crowell. Ozella Canada. Margaret Greene. Essie McGriff and Pine Williams (Staff Photo: Abubakar) Same old story, Portland plays well on the road . . . but loses. Blame Jack Ramsay for this loss. Ramsay’ s decision to use Dave Twardzik, just back after a ten-day in ju ry , instead o f the 6’4 " T.R Dunn proved costly as Twardzik was tremendously ineffective. Mychal Thompson continued his superb play before suffering a costly knee in ju ry in the th ird period, Thom pson, the team leader in blocked shots, is expected to miss at least one game o f the current road swing. The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners announced several changes in its procedures for infor mal meetings. Each month, the Board will hold one o f its inform al meetings at a locaiton outside the Courthouse, rotating the locations among the five Commimssion districts created by the new Charter amendments. A ll meetings are on Tuesday after noons at 2:00 p.m. The schedule for the next five months follows: February 27th, District 2, King Neighborhood Facility, 4815 N.E. 7th Avenue. A p ril 3rd, District 4, Errol Heights Community Center, 7414 S.E. 52nd Avenue. May 1st, D istrict 1, Northwest Service Center, 1819 N.E. Everett. June 5th, District 3, Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Av- nuc. July 10th, District 5, To be an nounced by new East County Com missioner. The Board also agreed to hold quarterly night meetings at the Cour thouse to enable citizens to speak to the Board on any subject of concern at a time more convenient for many people. The first night meeting is scheduled for Thursday. March 22nd at 7:30 p.m. in Room 602. The Board w ill, in the future, allow public participation at infor mal meetings. The Board asks that comments be brief and limited to agenda items or matters o f pressing concern. COSSPO, Johnson (Continued from Page 1 Column 4) Johnson: "M a y b e we burn up money in planning instead o f getting it out to the people we already know e x is t." Johnson suggested that COSSPO serve in an advisory role, with a member o f the Governor’ s staff sitting in at meetings if request ed. "W e have a lot o f Blue Ribbon Committees that write reports that gather dust. My preference is to deal with responsible organizations.” The Governor receives thousands o f letters, he explained. "Some are recognized as creditable organiza tions or creditable people, and letters are looked at carefully. Now 1 know this is a creditable organization . . . Real access is a matter o f credit- ability.” He explained there would be more clout w orking in an organization than to create a Commission. "W e ’ d have to appoint another one fo r Blacks — another for other groups.” As for who represents the people, “ We have ways o f finding out . . . a lot o f organizations set themselves up and say they represent. There are a lot o f minority organizations that represent only their own agenda. ” Johnson described the time when he was on a committee planning use o f LE A A funds. He thought they should be used to increase the police patrols in Albina but “ we were told by so-called leaders that there would be a revolution. We polled the area and it was overwhelm ing. These people wanted police protection . . . Yet th e ir so-called leaders were saying something else.” COSSPO: COSSPO, an organiza tion working in three urban counties, cannot pretend to speak fo r all Spanish speaking people or the State. A Commission would have broad representation with diverse ideas and would have official standing with the State. Question: How will the Governor proceed with affirmative action? Johnson: E xplaining that his definition o f affirmative action may d iffe r, Johnson said he opposes quotas. "F iv e percent o f the population is Black . . . They say why aren’t five percent o f your law yers Blacks? Quotas won’ t get us there.” Johnson advocates placing the af firmative action office, now in the G overnor’ s o ffice , in Personnel. "W e want to integrate it into Per sonnel. It was a mistake to keep it separate." He sees a ffirm a tiv e action as operating in two areas: with those who are qualified but have been overlooked, and with those who have potential and could do the job with training. Affirm ative action should be an integral part o f the hiring process and not a separate function. However, he fears that affirmative action pressure w ill result in hiring unskilled workers. In pressing department heads to hire minorities, “ sometimes the reac tion is — ‘ 1 don’t care who you hire.’ These attitudes arc d ifficult to over come . . . there should be a slow, per suasive process and watching who you hire as directors.” Although there should be changes in testing and selection c rite ria , "Y ou can't discount communication skills. Those who write w ill do well.” Praising affirm ative action officer Carol Whitney and her assistant. Bill M cC lendon, Johnson said the Governor is looking for a Personnel Director who can reorganize the per sonnel department. He also noted that Governor Atiyeh is committed to equal opportunity. COSSPO: People still are not able to get jobs because o f prior discrimi nation. Quotas are a ’ scare word’ used by people who oppose affirm a tive action and quotas have not been used in Oregon. There are many highly qualified people who are not hired because o f their ethnic back ground and the State must find a way to bring them into the system. Question: How many Hispanic people have been appointed to State Boards and Commissions? Johnson: "W e are not actively re cruiting in any particular area. A lot of people want positions. I f recruit ing, it is usually for a particular ta lent. We are not following an a ffir mative action program in that area.” Johnson explained that serving on most Boards and Commissions is a job, "you have to be a fairly well-off middle class citizen — you don’t get paid." The Governor makes approxi mately 400 appointments to Boards and Commissions a year. The Gov ernor w ould be glad to receive recommendations for appointments. COSSPO: As in the m a jo rity population, Hispanics are used in a number of areas and many are well qualified to serve. There is concern that the absence o f Hispanics on policy and advisory boards deprives the State o f a different perspective. Johnson attended the board meet ing for the Governor, who had been requested to attend. He assured COSSPO that G overnor A tiyeh would have an open door policy and that he would be glad to talk with the board members. He suggested the meeting be held after the end o f the Legislative Session. “ Cunosity is. in gre«t and genarout m in d i, tha first passion and tha la it ” Samuel Johnson SAFEWAY : S a lu te s I BLACK HISTORY MONTH In A p p re c ia tio n o f th e C o n trib u tio n s o f B la c k s ! Chuck Steak ULHen Turkeys USDA Chele« Beef Chuck Blade Cut 'ih n tn o h . HQ HTm lb. ■ I .«• X » > U G H rm Potatoes SooTt Fick ay a i m yarn card (all cords ■ U r ticUt aach Ima yaa visit my at tfca Selawey Starai (Oetoria 1 Mihaa- I) . SckaUiad tenoiaettoa U te is April S. X 14,147». 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