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Tea honors
Cawthorne,
children
Billy Ray Bates signs autvgraph for young admirers.
(Photo: Richard Brown)
On Sunday, March 29th, the local
chapter o f the National Council o f
Negro Women and the Herb
Caw thdrne fo r School Board
Steering Committee w ill join forces
to sponsor a Vote fo r V ictory Tea
and a Youth Talent on Parade
Program . Herb C aw thorne, who
was appointed to the P ortland
School Board in August, 1979, and
is currently running a campaign to
retain his seat in the March 31 elec
tio n , w ill emcee the Youth Talent
Parade.
The event w ill be held at the Matt
Dishman Center, 77 N lE . K nott
Street, on Sunday afternoon from
2:00 and 6:00 p.m. The entire com
munity is invited to come and par
ticipate in this celebration o f com
munity talent and achievement.
Herb Cawthorne has consistently
demonstrated his com m itm ent to
the com m unity’ s youth during his
educational career and tenure on the
School Board, and the N ational
Council of Negro Women has a long
and illustrious history of promoting
and developing youth talent in the
com m unity.
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from the Sidelines
By Kathryn Hall Boyle
On M onday, a three-day con
ference opened at the H ilton Hotel
to discuss the concerns o f the aging.
The Oregon State Conference
gathered about 450 persons from
every corner o f Oregon to con
tribute suggestions for topics to be
discussed, or possible solutions or
avenues to follow regarding factors
that affect the aging persons in their
own communities.
Much prelim inary work was fed
in to the hopper by local forum s
around the state, to better syn
thesize the feelings, the directions
and the accomplishments o f
Oregonians interested and involved
in concerns o f the aging.
A ll this w ill be Oregon’ s con
tribution to the work o f the W'hite
House Conference on Aging to be
held in W ashington, D .C ., from
November 30 to December 3, 1981.
The message w ill be carried to
Washington by 29 Oregon delegates
to the National Conference.
Bill Law at the podium.
Who are the aging?
He is. She is. You are. We are.
We all are aging. The aging process
begins at b irth and continues
throughoutthe life span o f the in
dividual.
The number of persons over 65 in
America has reached 25 million and
by the year 2,000 there w ill be 35
m illion seniors at various levels o f
physical health and financial com
fort.
In Portland last week the P ort
land Multnomah County area held
one o f the many prelim inary con
ferences on aging. The one-day
fo ru m , held at P ortland State
U niversity, was convened by Dr.
Douglas Montgomery o f Portland
State. The meeting was chaired by
Bobbi Gary o f the P ortland and
M ultnom ah C ounty A dvisory
Bernice Feibleman, Grace Knee and Inell Simpson in friendly
Board o f the W hite House C on
discussion of aging issues.
ference on Aging.
Mrs. Gary named Irene Gray as
her co-chairperson. Moderator for
the forum was Bob H oldridge,
Com m unity Relations Consultant
for Pacific Power.
About 150 persons in the com
m unity discussed, in 10 smaller
group sessions, topics affecting the
health and welfare of the aging per
sons o f Multnomah County.
A t the close o f the day recom
mendations heard by the complete
body covered such subjects as
Fam ily Social Services and other
supportsystems. Housing, Medical
Care issues. Abuse and V ic
tim iz a tio n o f Seniors, Crim e and
Crim e Prevention, Physical and
M ental
H ealth,
Retirement
programs including Social Security,
and M inority issues.
W illiam Law reported the fin d
ings o f the smaller group discussion
concerning
Social
Security
William Law, Paaria Haymond, Becky Wahrli, Estelle Johnson and
programs.
Ellen Law at Portland-Multnoham County Conference on Aging.
Other visible m in o rity persons
noted among the clusters o f
discussants were: Ellen Law, Gladys pson and Pearle Haymond o f the
McCoy, E. Shelton H ill, Inell Sim- Urban Indian Council.
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Belcher seeks ESD election
ALLISON BELCHER
Allison Logan Belcher is running
fo r the M ultnom ah C ounty
Education Service D istrict Board,
Position #3. She states that she is
highly interested in the education of
the handicapped. Early placement
in appropriate programs can help
students become se lf-sufficient
members o f the community.
Furtherm ore, she believes in
health services which provide vision,
dental, hearing, n u tritio n a l, etc.,
screening to identify children with
potential problems or students
requiring medical attention . She
strongly supports alternate schools
for those who cannot function in a
conventional class setting, and the
Outdoor School which is a unique
environmental program.
Mrs. Belcher has been active in
the Democratic Party, having served
as C hairm an o f the M ultnom ah
County Democratic Central Com-
m ittee, and a member o f the
Dem ocratic State C entral Com
m ittee; a delegate to the 1976
N ational Democratic Convention
and a member o f the Rules Commit
tee at that convention.
She has been a member o f the
Urban League Board, the M etro
politan Family Services Board; the
Epilypsy League Board; the Gover
n o r’ s C ouncil on Development
Disabilities; the Multnomah County
Q U A D Board; and P ortland
Development Commission.
Her interests in educaiton is
demonstrated by her service on the
ESAA Advisory Committee and the
Title I Advisory Committee for the
Portland Public Schools. She is a
volunteer at Irvington School.
Mrs. Belcher, her husband Bob,
and their family live in the Irvington
neighborhood.
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