Page 14 Portland Observar O ctober 4. 1979 Richard Brown: Man with a camera by Kathryn Boyle T Richard Brown Potential leaders honored M ore than 85 P otential Black Leaders in Urban Communities o f the Pacific Noithwest w ill be honored by the Northwest Confer ence o f Black Public Officials. The presentations will be made on Oc tober 20th at the Red Lion Inn ad jacent to the Seattle-Tacoma Airport at 7:30 p.m. The affair marks the culmination o f a process started after the winter conference in February. Selection Committees were in structed to nominate people who possess the qualities o f leadership needed in the 1980s. Those who were nom inated and approved by the general session o f the Northwest Conference o f Black Public Officials in July were: Portland: Art Barfield, Nick Bar nett, Carol Bryant, Herb Cawthor- ne, Danny Copeland, Evie Crowell, Cleo F ra n k lin , Ron H erndon, Lucious Hicks, Armando Laguardia, Ethel Lee, Robert Phillips, George Rankins, Roosevelt Robinson, Robert Stein, Dr. Virgus Street, An na Street, Benita Stoughter, Ben Talley, Kay Toran, Florice Walker, Charlotte Williams, Pina Williams, Zoe Wilson and Jeanna Woolley. Seattle: Rev. Edgar Boyd, Jim Brow n, Edward Davis, Robert L.Davis, Rev. Jerome Dorsey, Dr. Joe D rake, Pat Fisher, Robert Flowers, Bruce Harrell, Veltry John son, Joe Jones, L y lia Joyner, H ow ard Lavert, Linda M a rtin , Rossie N orris, A nthony Orange, Kenneth Pounds, Michael Preston, Carolyn Purnell, Thelma Simmons, Rev. Ronald Sims, Pat Stuart, Ed ward Taylor, Lt. Joe Toliver, Ike Turker, Clarence Williams, James L. Williams, Ronald R. Woods, James Yarby. Greater Thurston County: David Boyd, James Buckley, Bernard Dew, Linda H ow ell, LeN ora Hughes, Merritt Long, Robert Shorter, Prin cess Jackson-Smith, Stone Tomas, Samuel Turner. Tacoma: Versa Alexander, Lynett Baugh, Dr. Leon Block, Delois Brow n, A lberta Canada, Ruth Daniels, Rev. Therman Davis, Jr., Tom H ily a rd , H aywood K eith, Beverly Johnson, James L. McGhee, Jerry McLaughlin, Phil Minor, Lillie M orris, Carol Patton, Jcromia S. Queen, O tis R obinson, Zakiya Stewart, Henry Thomas, H arriet Williams and Ronald Wiiliams. Bremerton: Linda McGensie For further information call Ms. Mozell Brown, 625-245* or 625- 2456. So soys the VA... DATELINE OANGER' By John Saunders and Al Me W turns “ Man with a Camera” probably fits Mr. Richard J. Brown as an ad ded descriptive title , although he does have other interests as well. Brown, a New Yorker by birth, in Portland only a few years, has had extensive world travel as a career soldier. As a member o f the U.S. A ir Force, which he joined in 1956, he completed 20 years in the servcie o f his country. In the service he worked as an A ir craft Radio Repairman and as an Airborne Missuc Guidance and Con trol Technician, and a.jO as a missile Quality C ontrol Inspector. During his 20 years with the A ir Force, his travels took him to Canada, the P hilip pin es, Vietnam Germ any Bulgaria, England, Switzerland and Turkey and most o f the rest o f Europe. Always the camera has been in reach. • ••• People are also the hobby o f this quiet spoken, strong individual who carries a deep sensitivity o f others within his depths. In his portfolio are photographs he has made o f the ‘ plain’ people o f the world in all their varied backgrounds and their human conditions and responses, and always Brown has captured the essence ol that being in that circum stance. In Portland, Richard Brown, is a Civil Engineering Technician on the Program Services Staff o f the state office o f the Soil Conservation Ser vice. Here he computes and tabulates for conservation practices which in cludes dams, channels, culverts and reinforcement o f concrete hydraulic structures. He also checks mathematical computations made by others for accuracy. Brown is married. He and his wife, Carolyn and their daughter, Serena, occupy an older home which he is remodeling to suit their needs and tastes. He is a collector. He likes stamps, coins, house plants, and sportscars. Once he drove a sportrscar slaloms in Germany. But he remains true to his camera. Someday Brown would like to teach photography to children. Just now he is lo o kin g fo rw a rd to working with teachers at the Black Educational Center. Particularly he is interested in an outdoor classroom , designed by the Soil Conservation Service for the Black Educational Center. The Observer is fortunate to have R ichard Brown as one o f its photographers. (Please see page 1) No wait for wedding The procedures fo r obtaining a marriage license changed October 4rd. In the past, applicants have had to wait for seven days from the time they applied for a marriage license until it was issued. Now the seven day w aiting period is eliminated. Couples b ring ing in completed medical forms and accompanied by a witness can receive their license the same day. The license does not become valid until three days after it is issued. A nother new provision is that naturopaths can permor pre-marital examinations. FIVE THOUSAND KILOWATT- HOURS SAVINGS FOR US. ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS S S FOR YOU. That s lig h t In one state, Oregon. Pacific Power's custom ers who participated in our no-interest w eather ization program saved an average of 5,000 kilowatt hours. Based on current rates, that 's $125 oil the electric bill per year. Each kilowatt you rescue by insulating vour attic or w eatherizing vour home, we ll put to work supplying that new home down the block. The Northwest is lacing an electrical energy crisis. Delays in scheduled new generating plants, com bined witji in c easing dem ands due to soaring population grow th, m ean that soon, we may not be able to supply enough electricity to meet vour needs So we need every bit ol electrical energv you can conserve. It all eligible Pacific Power custom ers took advan ta g e o fo u r no-interest w eatherization program , w e’d have an additional 70,000 kilow atts a year to use. How can we help you save? Ask us Ask about our free Home Energv Analysis, the first step tow ard conservation One ol our Energy Consultants will come over and inspect your home. Show you where and how much you should insulate. If you’re an elec tric heat custom er, we ll even help pay for the ||) work with our low-interest or no-interest financ ing plans. II you want to do the w eatherizing your self, ask our Energy Consultant which steps will do the most good, then pick up free "do-it-yourself" broc hures at any Pacific Pow er office. Let’s get to work Let’s put electricity th a t’s now slipping out of your house...through your roof, doors and w indows., back to work helpitTg to solve our energv problem s. Conservation w on’t do the whole job. We will need those delayed plants. But the more you save, the better abl e we II be to meet today’s dem ands. The less we ll need more new plants. Heaven knows, you've got better things to do with vour money than spend it on electricity you don’t need. Energy Solutions. It’ll take the Two of Us. You and ConOct nearest VA othce I check your phone book) or a local «eterans group The People at Pacific Power c P«t ifk PtEwer I97M