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Pag« 10 Portland Obaarvar January 22. 1981 Eddie Johnson: Thinking positively By Ullysses Tucker, Jr. This past summer Eddie Johnson o f the A tlanta Hawks ran in to some p ro b le m s w ith d ru g s , the law in G e o rg ia , and some p e rsonal d i f fic u ltie s th a t received n a tio n a l media attention. Johnson was arrested in A tla n ta d riv in g a stolen $20,000 car w ith a small q u a n ity o f cocaine under the scat that he supposidly knew n o th ing about. Johnson claims that the personal problems he had led him to some negative b e h a v io r. He kept finding himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Johnson also lost his best frie n d T e rry F u rlo w , the fo rm e r N .B .A . guard who was killed in a high speed a u to crash o u ts id e o f C le ve la n d . F u rlo w had traces o f drugs in his system and a sm all a m o u n t o f cocaine in the car. Johnson is c u rre n tly under the care o f a psychologist - but he seems to have his life back together. " I ’ m d o in g m uch b e tte r ," he said. " I had some u n fo rtu n a te things happen to me du rin g one o f the roughest times in my life . The media really blew the situ a tio n out o f pro p o rtion . It was not as bad as they made it. The w riters lo o k ad vantage o f the p u b lic ity th a t was given to the N .B .A . about drug use and they made me an example.” W ith Johnson’ s personal life now taking on a positive shape, he’ s now p la y in g some good b asketball fo r the Hawks who are having a ro lle r coaster season. Johnson is the Hawks second leading scorer with a 16.9 clip. He also leads in steals and m o rn in g , at 8 :00 p .m ., the firs t w o rk s h o p is " N A A C P and the E c o n o m y .” P anelists are N athan P ro b y , D ire c to r o f the S outhw est W a s h in g to n A s s o c ia tio n of M in o rity Contractors, and Marshall H u d s o n , C h a irm a n o f the S ocial Services D e p a rtm e n t o f C la rk College. Judge B e lto n H a m ilto n , ad- “ I ’ ll curse a player out i f it makes him play a little harder,” he said. “ I want them to play to their potential all the tim e .” When questioned about what it is lik e to p la y fo r a man lik e H u b ie Brown, Johnson says that he tries to block out the verbal abuse. " I t ’ s ju s t his n a tu r e ,” said the fo rm e r N B A . A ll-s ta r. " A f t e r a w h ile , you get use to h im and he doesn’ t bother you. I think it affects the younger players m ore than the veterans. H u b ie 's a good coach. T hat’ s just his style.” Ecumenical service planned W h ile w o rk in g fo r the M u lt nomah Regional O ffice , P hillips set up a nursing home fo r the aged in fo rm a tio n exchange and sharing system in the M ultnom ah Region o f the A d u lt and F a m ily Services D iv is io n , p ro v id e d te ch n ica l assistance to V IS A (V o lu n te e rs in P h illip s was chosen to be among the " O u ts ta n d in g Y oung M en in A m e ric a ” fo r 1979 by the U .S . Jaycees fo r " O u ts ta n d in g professional achievement, superior leadership a b ility and exceptional service to the com m unity.” He was also selected to be among the Black com m unity leaders o f the 1980’ s by the Northwest Conference ol Black Public O fficials. service in the parish C antw ell H a ll u n der auspices o f the H o ly Redeemer A lta r Society. M in is te rs and m em bers o f 12 P rotestant congregations in N o rth P o rtla n d w ill be guests o f priests and parishioners o f H o ly Redeemer C atholic Church, 25 N orth Portland B o u le v a rd , fo r an E cu m e n ical P ra ye r Service at 3 :30 p .m ., on Sunday, January 25. " T h e s e rv ic e ,” says F a th e r George Rassley, associate pastor at H oly Redeemer, “ concludes the an nual week o f pra ye r fo r C h ris tia n u n ity in the co m m u n ity. A lso , it is the second event in H o ly Redeemer’ s year long series o f social and religious activities in observance o f its diamond jubilee celebration.” C h o irs singing at the service w ill be fro m H o ly Redeemer and the Bethel A frica n Methodist-Episcopal church. A reception w ill fo llo w the How do you think young athletes w ill lo o k up to you now th a t you have a drug stigma attached to you? " L ik e I m entioned e a r lie r ," he said, ’ ’ The situation was not as bad as the papers made it. I hope they s till lo o k up to me and respect me fo r being a com petitive athlete who ran across a problem in life. We are a ll hum an and at some p o in t in tim e, a person w ill c o n fro n t a bad break. I d id , but I ’ m back on the right tra c k .” Services to the A g in g ) in p u ttin g to g e th e r a d ire c to ry o f n u rsin g homes in the T ri-C o u n ty ( M u lt nom ah, W a sh in g to n , C lackam as) area, and c o o rd in a te d and organized a fin a n c ia l e x h ib it fo r a resources fa ir fo r handicapped in dividuals. m in is tra tiv e law ju d g e w ith the Social S ecurity A d m in is tra tio n O f fice o f Hearing and Appeals, w ill be the luncheon speaker. Panelists fo r the A ffirm a tiv e A c tion workshop are: Andrew Belcher, Belcher-Torrence C onsulting F irm ; W illie Lou d , H ill C o n su ltin g ; Pam Turner, Vancouver Y W C A . The panel “ N A A C P in the 80s” w ill feature: Virna Carson, Western R egion D ire c to r; Judge C h a rle s Johnson, N A A C P N a tio n al Board member; V aleri Joshua, President, Vancouver Branch. A b u ffe t banquet w ill be held at 7:00 p.m ., during which Ms. Carson w ill discuss the N A A C P 's 18 po in t plan fo r the 1980s. The Vancouver Branch, N A A C P , w ill host the N orthw est Area C o n ference o f N A A C P Branches on January 23rd to 23th at the Q uay. E a rly a rriva ls w ill be welcomed in the H o s p ita lity R oom , 202 at 8:30 Friday evening. F o llo w in g re g istra tio n Saturday assists. In a trip to P ortland, John son scored a season high 40 points against Bates and c o m p a n y in a losing e ffo rt. “ Eddie has had a few good games but I'm not impressed w ith his con s is te n c y ," said a a lw ays harsh H u b ie B ro w n , head coach o f the H aw ks. " H e ’ ll score 40 one night and ten the next. I want him to play good every night and not in spurts o r every o th e r g a m e .” B ro w n is known around the league fo r his hot tem per and abusive m o tiv a tio n a l tactics on players. Martin declines Ron M a rtin , Executive Assistant fo r M in o r ity A ff a ir s at O S P , in formed the Observer that he had not accepted a p o s itio n on the Task Force to stu d y the h a n d lin g o f police abuse investigations a p p o in t ed by C o m m is s io n e r C h a rle s J o rd a n . M a r tin said he had been asked to jo in the committee but had not made a fo rm a l re p ly when the appointm ents were announced. He cited possible c o n flict o f interest as one o f the reasons fo r his decision. EDDIE JO H N S O N Phillips joins Governor's office (Continued from page I col. 6) services coordinator by the State o f O re g o n , D e p a rtm e nt o f H um an Resources, A d u lt and F am ily Ser vices D iv is io n ’ s M u ltn o m a h Regional O ffic e since 1977, Phillips is re sp o n sib le fo r p la n n in g , developing and co o rd in a tin g social services fo r the M u ltn o m a h Regional Preadmission Screening - Resource U nit Program. Vancouver hosts NAACP area He received a m aster o f social w o rk degree fro m P o rtla n d State U n iv e rs ity (1975) a fte r graduating from Oregon Slate University (1973) w ith a bachelor o f science degree in S ociology. W h ile at O SU , P h illip s worked fo r the university m in o rity and special services program and the OSU Oceangraphy Department. Phillips is currently involved with the Northeast Senior C itizens Task F orce and the B o a rd o f U rb a n Leagues Senior A d u lt Services Cen te r. 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