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
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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
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