Portland Obaarvar Juna IS. 1881 Paga S Reflections o f a Queen Grassroot News N .W . • By now the last roses have wilted and people have cleaned the mud o ff their shoes from this year’ s C arnival. The C ourt that this com m unity w ill remember the most is the 1980-81 court. From the grassroots o f N.E. P ortland, the qu a lifica tio n s o f Robin M arks captured the public and catapulted the senior from Lin­ coln to rein as Portland's queen, from Lincoln to rein as Portland's queen. C urrently, Robin, 19, is gearing up fo r her sophomore year at the University o f Arizona. "M y area of study is still Aerospace Engineering. I'm going to stay in Engineering un­ til 1 obtain a Bachelor’ s degree. R obin’ s rein was during a very precarious period in P o rtla n d ’ s history. Nationally, the attempt on the life o f Vernon Jordan, Director of the Urban League was still fresh in the air because w ithin a week of his visit to Portland, the shooting occured. A lso pressing was the proposed School Boycott where 5,000 students stayed home to show support for the boycott. Grassroot News asked Robin if any o f this af­ fected the Rosarian perception o f her or was it ever perceived: “ It was never an issue w ith the C ourt be­ cause during my rein, and before, we were involved in our Court ac­ tivities. So, unless we read the paper we really weren’t aware o f what was going on outside. My personal reac­ tion was that some o f the issues I was for, and some I was against but I chose not to be involved.” D uring the last coronation , as she gave her crown to the current queen, R o b in ’ s statement to the C o u rt impressed some and depressed others. She summarized that p o rtio n o f .her address. "B a s ic a lly , my speech was ju st a thank-you speech. I said that I was the firs t Black queen to have ever been selected in 72 years o f existence o f the Rose Festival. I thanked the Rose Festival along with the mem­ bers o f my fam ily, community and all organizations because they showed their appreciation and sup­ port. When 1 became Queen I never looked at my experience as being the firs t Black queen but rather as someone who could best represent the Portland Rose Festival. Later, 1 looked back at being the first Black Queen and it hasn’t hit me yet, if it’ s suppose to hit me harder.” The Rose Festival is tied into the Portland school system which for a significant number o f inner city youths was quite in sig n ifica n t in terms o f education received, yet Robin excelled. " M y interest were always math and science and toward the end o f my junior year, I looked for a career field that included math and science. Engineering was dominant in this area and airplanes have always been one o f my fascinations.” One o f R obin’ s m ajor achieve­ ments is in the area o f Track and Field. " I did a bit better at the U niversity o f A rizona than I an­ ticipated. My first goal was just to make it to the nationals. Two weeks ago, in A u stin , Texas, 1 won the national title in the 400 meter hurdles. That wasn’ t expected. Locally, in my senior year, I won the dual, district and state titles.” Included in R obin’ s peer group are a highly visable bunch o f youth A rtharee named M anager BARUTI L. ARTHAREE Including real property. N .E ., long established. Specializing in BBQ and deserts. Inside and outside seating. 75% take out, $30,000 dow n, flex price and terms. Call Victor Mosso for details. Office: 238-1281 • Res: 246 0206 FREEMONT FOOD bRECORDS Delicious Soul Food Open 2:30 P.M . U ntil.. 1329 N.E. Fremont BILL TAYLOR & A SSO CIATES REALTY Portland. Oregon 284 2628 ARMOUR S BACON , a r m o u ARMOURS PAN SIZE r HOT DOGS ARMOUR a ?,'2 oz. 98c QUEEN ROBIN M A R K S who aren’ t that m otivated and whose vision stops at the here and now. Their conversation is centered around gaming and making it on others. " I wish I could take those individuals somewhere else where other peers are doing something. In A rizona, you see Blacks getting their thing together and you see LETTUCE those who aren’ t. I t ’ s out there if you really go for it. My advice to my peers is to be yourself, go fo r the stars and reach for the top.” $400 W _. ho • ■ will speak for us? »-» ■ I . I J a <- «> A /I B aruti L. Artharee has been named National Product Manager for Boise Cascade Paper Group. He is responsible fo r the Business Forums product line. Artharee attended L in fie ld College in M c M in n v ille , Oregon and was chosen to be a member of "O u ts ta n d in g Young Men o f America” in 1980. Artharee has been a sales repre­ sentative fo r Boise Cascade fo r seven years. Boise Cascade is an integrated forest products company engaging principally in the manufacture, dis­ tribution and sale o f paper, packag­ ing and office products, wood pro­ ducts and building materials, and in the grow ing and harvesting o f timber to support these operations. Its manufacturing and distribution fa cilitie s and its tim ber lands are located p rim a rily in the United States and Canada. RESTAURANT b DELI GRAND OPENING The Black Educational Center w ill sponsor a 2 day conference title d , "W h o W ill Speak For Us? Preparing Black Children to Meet the Challenges o f the F u tu re ," on June 26 and 27, 1981 at 1639 and 1640 NE Alberta St. The conference w ill focus on strategies to involve the total com­ munity in developing models to im­ prove the quality o f life fo r Black children from infancy through the teen years. D errick A. Bell, Jr., Dean o f Law School at the Univer­ sity o f Oregon w ill be the keynote speaker. D errick A. Bell, J r., has been both a practitioner and a teacher in the field o f civil rights. A professor o f law at Harvard University from 1969 through 1980, he also litigated c iv il rights cases throughout the South during the 1960s. He has written at length on racism and poverty and specifically the long-term effects o f the Brown decisions. r He served as dire cto r o f the Western Center on Law and Poverty, a project which provided recruitm ent, tra in in g , and budgetary and technical assistance to the seven legal services programs in the Southern California area. W orkshop topics include: Black Operated Adoption Programs; Op­ tions in the W o rld o f W ork; Education vs. T ra in in g ; Psychological Development; Black H istory and C u ltu re ; Education, Employment and Training; Parental Involvement in Education; Combat­ ting Social Oppression; and In ­ novative C om m unity Based Programs. For registration in fo r ­ mation call 284-9552 or 282-9465. 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The basis o f the suit, which w ill be a federal court civil rights suit under the 14th Amendment, is: 1) The district policy adopted in 1965 involved mandatory disposal o f Black students at prim ary and middle school level to predominate- ly white schools and prevented the return to neighborhood schools. There was no counter-balancing policy requiring white students to transfer to Black schools. 2) The natural and foreseeable consequence o f this program was the eventual destruction o f enroll­ ment problems fo r predominately Black schools. 3) Closure o f W ashington/ Monroe and Adams would have a disproporionate effect on Black students in the d is tric t. The dis­ proportionate impact on Blacks was a natural, probable, and foreseeable consequence o f past practices and policies w ith respect to desegregation. Ordinance considered Lloyd £e n ter_N ewb«2r^s_C£u p on _ "BLUE DUCHESS" HAIR CONDITIONERS 8 oz. Bergamot. 8 oz. Protein Lanolin C ream , 3 H oz. 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Cawthorne said he w ill file the suit as p la in tiff, but that he hopes others with greviences will come for­ ward and join as plaintiffs in a class ac.tion suit. ____ 1 The M ultnom ah C ounty C om ­ mission w ill consider attachment o f penalities for persons who refuse to obey the order o f a Sheriff to leave an o ffic ia l emergency zone. The hearing w ill be held at the C ourt House, Room 602, on June 25th, at 9:00 a.m. and give your dog the better alternative to dry dog food. Ken-L Ration Tender Chunk s. Cuts and chews like chunks off lean meat. STORE C O U P O N ^- Save 3 0 e any size, any flavor. U « m Iff y* 'I 96 ( »Bt n I * A s..... . >i|»*.>f y.»,' ..«••y oi< ep* il«.s < i m u x m ' ho m • • MSl,M»»ri* i»»ly w tw n . un lb * sy*x .l^ s l IwiwfcM K*) Q i m i L fh w .ll yiw. lew »h* I . p t » n li# »J It».» I«»,.)*». |tli»s ?• l.w I m h h |I.< h | A n y.N liT i u *e mny («wssi.fiilf* I.. » . m I A.lF»«ji»ite |M .«il <4 pu.< Intse •«»»>yl l»e x. »bn .,»*»». 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