Portland Observer June 25. 1961 Page 5
P otluck fo r Fungail Saturday, June 27, 1981,8 p.m., until...at Professor
Bill L ittle ’ s home - 5535 n.e.Cleveland.This potluck is a farewell to Eungai
Kumbula, African A ffairs Editor for the Observer who w ill be leaving shortly
F o rW A M O
f o r Zimbabwe.
By Marie M artin
C o m m u n ity C hoir p e rfo rm s at “ Early S u m m e r Song F e s tiv a l.” directed by Ken Berry.
(Photos: Richard J. B row n!
Ken Berry: Musician, producer
Grassroot News, N.W. - The in
dividual in the forefront of promot
ing and producing much o f the en
tertainment for Portland, displaying
local talent is Ken Berry.
“ I ’ m involved in growth and the
only way to insure growth is to con
sistently stay busy. In my youth, I
had many positive role models and I
always wanted to do something,
because I w ork fo r what I get...
everything I ever wanted out o f
life,” he said.
KEN BERRY
Among the latest productions
carrying the Ken Berry touch was
the “ Early Summer Song Festival”
and “ Timesound.” Other produc
tions are ‘ ‘ For Colored G ir ls ...”
Oral histories “ D uBois” and
‘ ‘ From the P u lp it; from the
People.” In 1978, he was awarded
the Jaycee ‘ ‘ Junior First Citizen.”
He also holds a blue-belt in Taek
wondo.
‘ ‘ Our youth in this day and age
need the stim ulation where there’ s
so many negative forces that keep
people from being able to develop to
their highest potential. Our young
need events toThvolve themselves
with so that they can feel a sense o f
belonging.”
Ken is among this generation’ s
most notable radio personalities,
whose involvement in radio reaches
back to 1969. ‘ ‘ We started w ith
YSOL, a small carrier-current
station that was transmitted within
the N .E. com m unity. It provided
those who had no previous ex
perience in radio to come in and
train. Later, many went to KQ IV.
Prior to YSOL, I worked at KGW
and had a show called ‘ ‘ Soul
T ra in .” It was there that I
developed my technical skills for the
communication business. I decided
to go back to school and went to the
U niversity o f Oregon and worked
for KLCC, KATU and KGAR.
‘ ‘ I ’ ve always been involved in
music and I make tim e fo r other
issues and events to build a stronger
foundation for myself.”
In response to a question regard
ing the growth o f the community, he
said, “ The community is a lot more
politically mature and w ill continue
to gather m aturity as time goes by.
We’ re going to need that inner
power so as not to get turned off. I
think people quit too soon because
you’ re always going to have to go
through changes. The only thing
certain about life is change.”
Ken w ould like to see another
radio station with a soul music fo r
mat. “ We’ re closer to that goal but
there seems to be an avoidance o f
the need for a Black station in this
town. There’ s a lot o f people, re
gardless o f race and creed, who
listen to soul. There’ s so much
fabrication in the music with disco
and this and that, so people are
confused so they don’ t know what
true soul really is. We’ re becoming
more aware o f the need for a soul
station which reflects the true music
that comes from A frica. We must
put the economic resources together
to make this a reality.”
His advice to the young in these
uncertain time? “ I have to tell them
what I tell myself. My motto is the
song ‘ The Greatest Love,’ the
greatest d iffic u lty that many o f us
have is setting apart our egos. I en
courage young people to take inven
tory o f themselves. The impression
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE SIDELINES
By Kathryn H a ll Bogle
Topping an original goal of $500
at an amount almost doubling their
hopes, the Portland Oregon mem
bers o f Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc., made a substantial
contribution to the 1981 campaign
ing o f the United Negro College
Fund.
The AKA contribution came as a
response to a nationally televised
UNCF musical event appearing
locally through KPTV-TV studio.
Radio coverage supporting the ef
fort was provided simultaneously by
KBOO.
Lou Rawls and Ed Mahon,
special host for the national hook-
up, make their appeals in support of^
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the aid to tra d itio n a lly Black in
stitutions o f higher learning.
Viewers across the nation p a rtic i
pated by telephoning their pledges
to the local T .V ., sponsors or by
appearing in person, sometimes on
camera at the sponsor station.
In P ortland, Barbara W illiam s
was hostess in her Lake Oswego
home to a telethon party where
guest cooled their pledges and
donations fo r UNCF to boost the
Portland total to $924.
•
A l Goldsby w ill be showing his
new works in “ Bronze Sculpture”
at the Sandpiper Gallery in Cannon
Beach for a 10-day period beginning
with a preview-Saturday afternoon
June 26 from 3 p.m., to 6 p.m.
Regular gallery hours from I
p .m ., to 6 p.m . w ill be observed
from June 27th through July 6.
Better not miss it! I
that I want to leave is a positive one.
The reason I do that is to separate
my ego from m yself and in that
way, I love everybody.”
SAFEWAY
Tina Abrams, a young, gifted and
Black student, courageously took a
stance last Wednesday, at a press
conference where N.E. community
representatives commented on the
possible closure o f Adams High
School.
She was the only student o f
WAMO who took the podium at the
press conference out o f the many
students who attended. She said she
was compelled to speak at the press
conference because she felt the
closure o f Adams is unjust and
because it w ould be a denial o f
quality education in the areas o f
computer science and business ad
ministration programs that Adams
offers.
“ It’ s like being evicted from one
house; being told that you could
move into another, and that one is
closed," she said. “ The reason they
are closing Adams, is to send Black
children to white schools so they can
remain open.”
Tina, 16, recently won a Bronze
Medal in the ACT-SO competition
for her poem titled: “ The Children
o f Atlanta.” She is an active mem
ber in the com m unity and is in
volved on issues concerning the
Black community.
Her goal is to become a successful
business woman, and the closure of
W AMO and the possible closure of
Adams will not detour her efforts.
INTERESTING
FACTS
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February has only 28 days in non-leap years because Roman
emperors Julius and Augustus Ceasar each took 1 day from
February, which originally had 30 days. They added those days
to July and August, which then had 30 days, and now have 31.
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Ants are the strongest creatures in the world based on ability
to lift loads. Ants can pick up a load 50 times heavier than their
own weight.
•
The initials we use for morning - A M. - mean exactly the
opposite in French where A M. stands for apres-midi. which
means afternoon.
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