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Portland Observer April 2 . 1981 Page B Lockridge forms band INTERESTING FACTS By Nathaniel Scott Linda Johnson, Gloria Knox. Halim Rashaan. Joica Taylor. Nathaniel Scott. Ben Clark. William Jen nings. and Ron Taylor discuss economic development strategies. Richard Development coalition forms By Nathaniel Scott O rganizational members met Saturday, March 27th, at the King Neighborhood Facility to discuss form ation o f the Black C oalition for Economic Development. The coalition’ s purpose and goal was stated in the letter o f in troduction that was sent to various community agencies. “ The primary objective o f coming together is to build a wide base o f com m unity alliances that represents economic development for our community.” Representatives from the Black United Front, C .R .I.B ., Northwest Ex-offender Association and HUD, discussed and made recommen dations that were to be presented to the City Council, A pril 1. Among the key areas discussed and supported by all in attendance Saturday, were: A 24-hour child care center that would afford working parents the opportunity to secure employment throughout the three work shifts; to seek out and encourage the business sector, com m unity based, locally and n a tio n a lly, to establish and maintain business enterprises within the community that w ill train and employ com m unity workers, and that among those the ex-offender be included; to seek housing fo r the low income and disadvantaged, the elderly and handicapped, the ex offender, students, and those who fo r various reasons falls in to the category below poverty, poverty or poverty boarder line. Some o f those in attendance for the call of community alliance were H alim Rahassan and Benjamin C lark, BUF; Geraldine Aberam , n I U I Ü O .l.B I I ) .; • I Linda ì n 4 o Johnson, B F -C .R Joice A. Taylor and l.aVonne Mc Farland, C .R .I.B .; G lo ria Knox, citizen; and W illiam Jennings, Ex offenders. M ary Lockridge (the m illio n - dollar grandmother) recently retired from the C ity, is striving to give yoling people a chance in the musical field. Lockridge is cu rre n tly p utting together a group that w ill cruise the Caribbean and South Sea Islands. She said, “ I am try in g to inspire young musicians to get out and gain experience and also, to see some o f the world and how other people are living.” Lockridge is try in g to form a musical aggregation o f piano, drums, upright bass and an alto saxophonist, who also doubles on clarinet, not only for professional reasons, but also to help those less fortunate. “ I want to do something inside the in s titu tio n s , because those people are deprived o f many things, to let them know that people care and are with them. 1 have had sons of my own in institutions and I feel very strongly about it.” This is M ary Lockridge, the million-dollar grandmother, a Black woman working for the betterment of the whole. Lockridge can be cqntacted at 6555 SE Division. Apt. 5, 97206, for benefits or inquiry about musicians. ® Brought To You Every Week By AM E R IC AN STA TE BANK The shortest stay in office by the head of any nation in history was by Louis XIX of France. He became King August 2, 1930 - but resigned 15 minutes later. • Although "Gone With The W ind" was one of the most successful books of all-time, its author Margaret Mitchell, never wrote another book before it, or after it. • The American buffalo is really not a buffalo at all, but rather a bison, quite different from the true buf falo of Africa and Asia. American State Bank AN INDEPENDENT BANK Head Office 2 7 3 7 N. E. Union Portland, Oregon 9 7 2 1 2 L Cook joins committee The First State Bank’ s Paul G. Cook has been elected to a four-year term on the board o f the Oregon Committee fo r the Hum anities, a Committee spokesperson announ ced. As a board member, M r. Cook w ill have a hand in prom oting cultural and educational programs throughout Oregon. The Oregon Com m ittee fo r the Hum anities, an a ffilia te o f the N ational Endowment fo r the Humanities, awards grants to non p ro fit groups fo r many types o f dramas, radio and television pro grams, and publications. Last programs, and publications. Last year the Committee provided grants totaling over $260,000. Among its recent awards were $4,150 to the Nature Conservancy and the Western Forestry Center fo r the Colum bia River Gorge Lecture Series, $1,300 to the American Association of University Women in La Grange for a one-day workshop on Native American Culture of Nor theastern Oregon and production of a slide program on that subject, and $8,570 fo r a new oral history program by Herb Cawthorne en titled “ Langston Hughes: Dig and Be Dug in Return.” A 23-year banking employee, Mr. Cook has been Vice President and manager o f the P ortland Main Branch of the First State Bank since March 1979. P rior to that he was Vice President and Com m ercial Loan Officer with the First National * J. y < 1 V PAULG. COOK nk o f Oregon. In addition, M r. ok has served on the P ortland y Planning Commission and the ards o f T ri-M e t, The Urban ague, Oregon Committee for the manities and the Portland Rose stival Associaiton. He received education at P ortland State iversity, where he earned a B.S. Business Adm inistration, and at Pacific Coast Banking School at ; University o f Washington where graduated in 1973. Let the sun shine. The answers in our Oregon Electric Energy 1 showed mote than a triin of out customers who re sponded consider solar power one ol the energies j of the future. And an over whelming 82% said they wo ..id approve of solar power stations built in their county. While much of solar energy’s technology is still ex sive, there are manv allordab solutions which will work right no' to reduce the costs ol electric heat. But a few points about solar power need illuminating. Shedding some light on solar power. Much of the interest in solar power springs Iron) the idea that we can turn the sun’s energy directly into electric energy. We can. v* Manning seeks crown Lisa Manning is a finalist in the 81 N ational TeenAger Pageant at will be held at the University of ntland in May. The winner o f the Oregon ageant w ill receive a $500 cash holarship, a m odeling scholar- lip, and an expense paid trip to tlanta to compete in national »mpetition. Contestants are judged on holarship, leadership, poise, per- rnality and appearance. Lisa, the daughter o f M r. and Irs. Violie M anning, enjoys Tun ing, bicycling and poetry. In Southeaster^ U tah, the w o rld ’s largest p h o to vo lta ic plant w ill to s t sev eral m illio n d o lla rs and w ill generate 100 KW o f e le c tric ity But converting sunlight into large am ounts of commercial electric ity is difficult and expensive. Photovoltaic cells, the same tiny bits of light-sensitive silicon used to make energy on spacecraft, can roduce large amounts of electricity, ut at an expensive $10,000 to $15,000 per kilowatt, compared to $1,500 to $2,000 per kilowatt from current conventional sources. E v •- ■'WNBl — L ,n 8 large am ounts o f power from the sun uses solar-thermal conversion. A heat exchanger on top of a tower collects intense neat from fo cused mirrors and converts the heat for use in a turbine generator. If the Department of Energy and utilities in cooperation with the Electric Power Research Institute can meet experimental goals, as much as 1,000 megawatts could be created from solar-thermal conversion by the turn of the century. Free heat from the sun. Though these future technologies are expensive, there are two affordable ways to use the sun’s inexhaustible energy right now. Active and passive solar sys tems can capture the sun's warmth for use in homes apd offices. Active solar systems use collector panels, fans and pumps. Passive solar systems use only natural heat-flow principles com bined with architectural design. Both of these systems can con tribute substantially to home space and water heating. For example, at five residen tial test locations, Pacific Power in stalled and monitored active solar water heaters over a five year period. result: the average unt of electric energy d for heating water as reduced between 9% and 44%. Home- iwners saved between $53 and $107 annually. We’re active in passive solar, too. Passive solar can work in existing ■ homes through remodel- g, but the greatest benefits n he built into new homes. To encourage contractors to ild passive solar homes, Pacific iwer has developed specific- guidelines geared to Oregon and the Northwest. We ll provide home builders and buyers with information and marketing support under our Passive Solar Energy Saver Home program. A sunny forecast for tomorrow? Utilities are still a long way from making large am ounts of afford able electricity from the sun. Capital investments in large-scale megawatt solar power stations, given the cost ol today’s state-of-the-art technology, are prohibitive. But with present research, the future looks very promising. Solutions to our energy prob lems will come from the sun and other sources. Whatever the resources we use, the solutions must satisfy our cus tom ers’ demand lor reasonable rates and be economically and environ mentally acceptable. Have your day In the sun. We have the information to put some sunshine into your life today. Our new booklet, Au Introduc tion to Passive Solar Energy, explains how the sun can add w arm th and re duce heating bills. The booklet is free. Just write to PP&L, An Intro duction to Passive Solar Energy, 920 S.W. 6th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97204. Energy solutions. Ifll take the two of us.lfou and The People at Pacific Power. c I*** I Pa* 4.» i A I tghi ( we
