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Section II Pag« 2 Portland Obaarvar May 7 . 1W1 Where Africa and America meet by Nathaniel Scott T h e m o th e rla n d and an adopted co u n try meet on a distant continent. T h e m o th e rla n d , A f r ic a ; th e a d o p te d c o u n tr y , A m e ric a ; the meeting: C laudia Asihene. C la u d ia Asihene was born in Los Angeles, C a lifo rn ia , nineteen years ago and spent seven o f those years in G hana, A fric a , the rig h tfu l b irth p la ce o f her G h a n ia n fa th e r, a U C L A g ra d u a te w ith a P h D in Geology. M s. A sihene has tw o sisters and one brother in P o rtla n d and the rest o f her th irte e n b ro th e rs and sisters reside in Ghana, w ith th e ir father. A th ird term student at P o rtla n d C o m m u n ity C o lle g e , she e n jo y s m usic, tra ve lin g , sight-seeing, most organized sports and conversing. She s a id , “ S o c ia lly , G h a n a is a b o u t the same as A m e ric a , a lth o u g h i t ’ s q u ite h id d e n . Y o u w o n ’ t see boys and girls w alking the streets h o ld in g hands, kissing, and things o f that nature, like you do in A m e rica .” S o c ia lly , G h a n a and A m e ric a (w h a t she has seen o f it) are about th e sam e, b u t, e d u c a tio n a lly , the d iffe r e n c e is b ro a d and e a s ily d is c e rn ib le ,” she said. “ S chool in G h a n a is m u ch h a rd e r th a n here. W h e n yo u s ta rt s c h o o l th e re (G h a n a ) yo u have to pay th ro u g h the 12th grade, (called fo rm 5) after you complete your 0 level. N o rm a lly fo r those w ho d o w e ll, the g o ve rn ment pays fo r your A level, w hich is college a n d /o r U n iv e rs ity .” W h ile a tte n d in g s c h o o l M s. A s ih e n e w o rk s at th e h o s p ita l at th e U n iv e rs ity o f O re g o n H e a lth Sciences C e n te r, a p ra c tic e t h a t ’ s n o t d o n e in G h a n a . She s a id , “ Students are not a llo w e d to w o rk w h ile a tte n d in g s c h o o l.” H er c o n te n tio n is, “ Y ou a ctu a lly learn how to study because you e ith e r pass o r fa il, and once you fa il you either try a g ain o r you stay d o w n in so cie ty because you never get anyw here.” She spoke o f c u s to m s , fu e d s , prejudice, and petty differences that have spanned a great body o f water to rest upon these shores by students fro m the m otherland. A n d o f those born here, who should be students. She continued: “ I'v e noticed here in P o r tla n d , th a t y o u n g B la c k s , (m o stly teenage boys) w ho could be m o re c o n s tru c tiv e are w a lk in g around playing cassettes and radioes and games a ll day, (th in k in g life is all fun and games) could be going to s c h o o l and h o p e fu lly , one d a y , become great Black m en.” T h a t th o r n m ig r a tin g to th e d o w n to w n s e c to r is c a s tin g its shadow upon m any, and w hile some m ay not understand its im p lic a tio n , u n til the m a n u re h its th e fa n , Asihene jo in s the voices before her, and denounces its need. “ Some o f them a p p roach me (y o u n g B lacks) C L A U D IA A S IH E N E (P h oto: T h o m a s G. G o lden ) e ith e r d ru n k o r fu ll o f some o th e r k in d o f d ru g and they are very d is respectful. I f there were m ore places fo r recreation and ente rta in m e n t in the B lack c o m m u n ity , we w o u ld n ’ t, have these young Blacks disrespect ing people and the Black co m m u n ity at the same tim e. It is tim e fo r us to co m e to g e th e r a n d m a ke o u r big B la ck w o rld a b e tte r p la ce to liv e in .” C la u d ia Asihene, a Black w om an w o rk in g fo r the b e tte rm e n t o f the whole. Phon— * 227-2427 By Ron Sykes, Sports Editor Just reminding you that USO has been taking your concern to our servicemen and women w o rld w id e tor 40 years M oses can w a lk w a te r b u t his brothers ju s t may be to o heavy, and w h ile L a r r y B ird d re w a ll th e p ra is e ...re m e m b e r th a t B o s to n w o u ld s u re ly c ru m b le w ith o u t the excellence o f T in y A rc h ib a ld . T in y is the glue. W ith o u t his p e n etration and o u ts id e s h o o tin g , M r . B ird w ould be on his way back to Indiana fo r a long rest. Boston should w in in five. R e m e m b e r C a zzie R u s s e ll, th e fo rm e r M ichigan A ll-A m e ric a n , and fo rm e r New Y o rk K n ic k and L A . L a ke r fo rw a rd ? W II, Cazzie is alive and w e ll w h ile p la y in g in the C o n tin e n ta l League. A t 36, R ussell is reportedly s till doing great things. T riv ia Tim e: W hat college landed th e m o st p la y e rs o n th e 1980-81 N B A A ll-S tars? U C L A placed three p la y e rs : K a re e m A b d u l -J a b b a r, M a rq u e s J o h n s o n and Ja m a a l W ilk e s . K areem being selected on the fir s t te a m , w h ile J o h n so n and W ilkes gained second team acclaim . B o s to n ’ s L a rr y B ird beat Jo hnson by a mere six votes. l ast m onth D avid sat through his t r ia l in a maze o f c o n fu s io n . He d id n ’ t understand a w o rd that was said. H is lawyer seemed to be glued to his ch a ir — the o n ly tim e he rose was to leave the c o u rtro o m . T h e D is tr ic t A tto rn e y was yo u n g and energetic, he did an excellent jo b o f p a in tin g D a v id as p u b lic enem y n u m b e r one. He to ld the ju r y th a t D a v id was g u ilty and th a t it was th e ir sw orn d u ty to fin d him g u ilty and that i f they d id n ’ t, the streets o f P ortland w o u ld n ’ t be safe as long as D a v id was fre e . He p le a de d . He preached; exhorted to the ju ry u n til th e o n ly v e rd ic t le ft to them was g u ilty. True to fo rm , D avid’ s lawyer re m a in e d seated; his silence was d ig u s tin g . The ju d g e went to sleep and the ju r y re tu rn e d w ith a g u ilty verdict. David stands before the court; he is alo n e, he it a fra id . H is fear is to ta l, absolute, beyond reason. It has taken c o n tro l o f him ; it is distinct, it has a smell, taste, flavor o r b itte r sa lt in his m o u th . D a vid 's hands perspire, his eyes are o u t o f focus, he lo o k s at the ju d g e and sees o n ly th e b la c k ro b e and gavel. D a v id is c e rta in th a t d o o m is u p o n h im . H is w h o le lif e races before his eyes and his th ro a t is con stricted w ith fear. H is ears fa il him - - the c o u rtro o m is silent -- he ca n ’ t speak, see o r hear a th in g as the fog o f his destruction ro lls a ro u n d him . T h e lid o f his c o f f in s lo w ly d e scends; D a v id w a tc h e s it w ith d 's b e lie f and his m in d scream s " d o n ’ t b ury me! I ’ m a live ! I ’ m s till a liv e !” But bam! It closes. The ju d g e rises and e x its th ru a d o o r th a t appears fr o m n o w h e re . D a v id feels ra th e r th a n hears his ja ile r u rg in g him o u t o f the c o u r t ro o m . He w a lk s d o w n a endless c o r r id o r , his feet are le a d , th e y m ove by th e ir o w n v o lit io n . A s D avid w alks his sa n ity re tu rn s . He feels the leg iro n s b itin g in to his ankles and he sees people staring at h im as he passes. Ju s t b e fo re he reaches the ja il elevator, he passes a w indow and looks dow n upon P o rt la n d He is a b le to see th e buses, cars and people below as they move lik e ants on a concrete p la y g ro u n d . They don’ t know D avid is w atching and he has the urge to shout " H e y ! I 'm up h e re !” B u t he s t ill c a n ’ t speak — he sees, hears and sm ells but he can’ t speak. D a v id ’ s ja ile r is a s h o rt fa t man w hose h a ir is th in n in g on to p . He has made this w alk a thousand times and he s trik e s up a c o n v e rs a tio n w ith D a vid . " D o n ’ t take it so hard k id , tw enty years a in ’ t forever. W'hy y o u 'll be out in no tim e i f you keep y o u r nose c le a n .” D a v id ’ s m in d focuses on tw e n ty years. It shouts, echos and screams “ tw e n ty years! T w e n ty y e a rs! fo r w h a t? I a in ’ t k ille d n o b o d y ! T w e n ty d o lla rs -- tw enty years — I ’ m o n ly n in e te e n !" O regon State P e n ite n tia ry is fu ll o f D a v id H o w a rd s . It is b u rs tin g w ith y o u n g , o ld and m id d le aged D a v id H o w a rd s . T h e y co m e here fille d w ith hate, they are angry, b it te r, c o ld and lo n e ly . S o m e tim e betw e e n th e ir im p ris o n m e n t and release they learn all the d irty tricks. They learn that they are not im p o rt a n t, th a t th e re is a lw a ys som eone w ith m ore tim e and a bigger crim e. They learn that there isn’ t anybody in the w o rld that cares whether they live o r die. T hey w atch th e ir yo u th evaporate, they see death, they k ill them selves w ith hate. T h e ir pain is tim e and the tim e eats them up. “ Y e a r a fte r year one q u e s tio n b u rn s in th e ir m in d s . W h y am I here? I d o n 't deserve this. W here is the help the judge promised me and what w ill I do when I get o u t? ” * S tre e t L e v e l — 51 5 r ° .T o u rO th -^ . 4 0 th D E N T IS T Park FREE capítol tot S.w i¿^.th A ve. Between Alder & Washington r Anniversary ' ( O F F IC E S A LS O IN S A L E M & E U G E N E )" DssD BEEF BLADE BLADE CUT Chuck Steak Pork Shoulder 18 53 l i d i Jra M O R RISO N ARMOUR 1887 Pork Roast Sliced Bacon USDA Choice Bee* Chuck Oven Roast Lean Streaked Savory Bacon ?98e®79 lb. S Beef Arm Chuck Roast j) Blade Pork Steak $1 58 $■) 28 Armour Boneless Turkey $-) 78 7 Bone Chuck Roast - Boneless Stew Beef Fresh Sole Fillets - $138 Smoked Sausage $198 Little Smokies s2 28 Bologna/Salami TOWS Register to win a fabulous Hawaiian vacation for two' 7 - Total Trips Winners will be selected from our Oregon Stores (Except Milton-Freewater A Ontario! . Drawings Saturday. May 16 . . Details at Safeway! ; H Z Z ' : *' : ' r Q Cell Talk Today D avid H ow ard w ill be sen tenced. Som ehow he must fin d the s tre n g th to stand b e fo re the c o u rt and accept his medicine. He doesn't k n o w w here he w ill fin d it b u t he k n o w s he m u st. Ju s tic e dem ands that D avid be punished fo r his crime and there is no power on earth that can prevent o r postpone the event. D a . Lounence BewM Accepted Dlonna Warwick D e n n is Johnson, P h o e n ix ; G e o rg e G e r v in , San A n to n io and Julius E rvin g , a ll jo in e d Jabbar and B ird on the firs t team . E rv in g was p icke d as the N B A ’ s best, and m y v o te w e n t to H o u s to n ’ s M oses M a lo n e . E rv in g is g o o d b u t ju s t c a n 't in flu e n c e a gam e as M oses does. M alone is sim ply awesome. By Asmar A bdul Seifullah aka Joe Rest # 40404 A sk A bout O ur LO W C O ST Q u a lity D E N T U R E S JLU Dental lNSDRAliCE ■ C u n n in g h a m ’ s bench f o r seven crucial minutes w hile the Sixers lead d is a p p e a re d in th a t c r u c ia l th ir d period. A d rio n H a m p to n , lo n g tim e basketball b u ff and fo rm e r amateur p la ye r, believes C u n n in g h a m made a m is ta k e by tr y in g to co a ch th e p la y o ff series the same as an eighty- tw o gam e sc h e d u le . A n d M r . H a m p to n was p r o b a b ly r ig h t be cause D r. J ., can rest n o w u n til early September. Just how much do these yo u n g , h e a lth y a th le te s need anyway? I w ould have a tendency to dispel the idea th a t the referees s to le th is one fo r Boston. A lth o u g h it is a fact that P hiladelphia never shot a bonus free th ro w in the fin a l game, and it is a fact that P h illy was w histled fo r m ore in fra c tio n s than B oston. But th e b o tto n lin e s h o u ld sh o w th a t these were tw o great teams b a ttlin g it out and neither one could easily be ashamed. T h is series d id w o n d e rs f o r th e N B A . It was a c tio n p a cke d th ro u g h o u t and was a showcase fo r both the athletes and the N B A . A ll in a ll, it was fin e b a ske tb a ll w ith a few d u ll moments. P h iladelphia lost the last three games by a to ta l o f five p o in ts . It was t r u ly an e n jo y a b le series. N o w com es th e East vs. W est c o n fr o n ta tio n and i t ’ s d o u b tf u l i f M oses M a lo n e can c a rr y th e R o cke ts across th e w a te r. S u re , 3406 N E Rodney Medicinal b Culinary Herb. Freeh ft Dried Herb eaeds Low coat veg eeede Natural body care prod Edgar Cayce Formulae S andra W llliam a 1503) 2 *4 7015 P ortlan d. Oregon Open 9 til 9 - 7 day« a week O ffic e space availab le in N orth P o rtla n d , 3924 N. W illia m s , n ew ly rem od eled . Contact: YOURSEF M A N S O U R 249 2997 Sports Talk A few year a go, a w e ll k n o w n blues sin g e r m ade a tu n e c a lle d " P a y b a c k ." The P hiladelphia 76ers borrowed a theme fro m this famous singer after losing to P ortland in the 76-77 season and p ro m is e d th e ir fans that their loss to P ortland was a flu k e and that they w ould c e rta in ly pay them back the next year. But w ith their loss to Boston Sun day A fte rn o o n , the debt p ro b a b ly w o n ’ t be p a id th is decade. T h e Sixers held a c o m m a n d in g 3-1 lead o n ly to “ ch o ke ” in the next three, to once again p ro v e th a t they lack the little extra that it takes to win the big one. T h e re ’ s m a n y reaons w h y one team w in s and a n o th e r loses, and m any liv in g room coaches w ill give th e ir a n a ly s is . B u t one th a t c o m m o n ly su rfa ce s is , “ h ow g o o d is B illy C unningham as a coach.” A f ter Sunday’ s flo p , C unningham was se ve re ly c ritic iz e d by fa n s fro m C le o 's S o cia l C lu b . V iew ers th e re agreed th a t C u n n in g h a m is the w o rld ’ s worst coach. 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