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Page 10 Portland Oboorvor. September 3 . 1001 Sports Talk by R on Sykes. Sports E d ito r “ T h e Ducks are one o f the valid contenders for the P A C -1 0 title ." — Rich Brooks, Coach, U niversity o f Oregon T h e U n iv e rs ity o f O regon opens the 1981 fo o tb a ll season Saturday, S ept. 3 , ag ain st F re s n o S ta te , at Fresno. I t ’ s believed by the fa ith fu l D uck follow ers th at this w ill begin the run for the roses. T o say Oregon is loaded would be the same as won d ering i f George H erschel W a c k e r can play football, or i f Pablo Picas so was really a Spanish p a in te r. It w ill be a night game starting at 7:30 p .m ., and w ill be the o ffic ia l dedica tion game o f the new Bulldog Stadi um . A crowd o f 3 0 ,0 0 0 is expected to be on hand as th e L e m o n an d G re e n starts th e f i f t h season fo r head coach Rich Brooks. “ I h a v e a set o f ru n n in g backs that are as good as any in the nation in d e p t h ,” b eam ed B ro o k s . T h a t la tte r s itu a tio n , h o w e v e r, was changed so m ew h at in th a t s e n io r ta ilb a c k D w ig h t R o b e rts o n , th e f if t h le a d in g scorer in school h is to ry , w ill redshirt this season. Last year, Robertson had to share the as signment with Reggie B row n, a ju n io r college tra n s fe r w h o w o u ld up dom inating the position, rushing for 149 yards in his debut against S tan ford. B ro w n is considered p o te n tia lly one o f th e n a tio n ’ s to p ru n n in g b ac k s . W it h th e d e p a rtu re o f Q B Reggie O g b u r n .. . B row n w ill have m ore opportunities to show why he is so h ig h ly ra te d . T h e 6 -0 , 2 1 0 pounder is explosive o f f the ball and elusive in the open field. A n d back ing B ro w n is speedster sophom ore H a rry Billups and kick return spe cialist C h o o C h o o Y o u n g . A t f u ll back, the Ducks are equally strong with senior Vivie W illiam s, 6-1, 230 p o u n d s , w h o is w ith in ran g e o f A h m a d Rashad's school record fo r career ru s h in g .. set to s ta rt, w ith tw o proven standouts behind h im , ju n io r T e rra n c e Jones and sophom ore L a d a ria Johnson, who at 6 -2 , 2 2 4 -p o u n d » can also p la y ta ilb a c k . W illia m s has not p ra c tic e d , w h ile c o m p le tin g some sum m er school acad em ic re q u ire m ents. W il l th e D u c k s miss O g burn? Kevin Lusk th in k ! not. Lusk, heir apparent to Reggie’ r jo b , has a rifle a rm . Passing m ay be m ore in vogue fo r the Ducks this fa ll, and the likely starter, ju n io r Kevin Lusk, had a sparkling completion percent age last year, in support o f the de p arted Reggie O g b u rn , o f .6 3 9 (4 6 o f 72 fo r 573 yards and four T D s ). I f in ju r y im p a irs K e v in L u s k ’ s s ta rt th e n s o p h o m o re E d m u n d Rivera, who did not have a throw ing attem pt as a freshm an but is highly touted by the Duck coaching s ta ff is wasting in the wings. R e c e iv in g lo o k s s o lid , as th e Ducks return leading w ide receiver G reg M a s e r, a ju n io r , whose fin e m oves an d sure h and s last y e a r earn ed h im 32 re c e p tio n s fo r 611 yards and tw o touchdowns. But per haps the biggest find o f the season is another wide receiver is sophom ore O sb o rn e T h o m a s , w h o missed last season d ue to a h a n d in ju r y , an d now is listed as num ber one a fte r a brilliant spring season. The 6-1, 178- p o u n d fly e r ca u g h t e v e ry th in g in sight an d m o ved up o n th e d e p th chart fro m th ird to the top. Both tight ends o f last year, Greg Hogenson and T im T y le r, return. W ith veterans M ik e D eleg ato , 6- 4, 243 an d S tuart Y a ts k o , 6 -6 , 266 pounds, returning to bolster the o f fe n s iv e lin e , D u c k ru n n in g backs should have a field day. T h e D u c k s are also high on the secondary, led by a ll-A m e ric a can d id ate at c o rn e rb a c k , ju n io r Steve Brown. Bring on the wine and roses. I w a n te d to w r ite an a rtic le on G eorgia’ s all-everything superman, man fro m M a rs , H erschel W a lk e r. But th e th o u g h ts , th e w ords cam e cascading down so fast and furious, not u n like th at great spectacle that to o k place on M t . S t. H elens. T h e m a n , W a lk e r , is so a w eso m e. So much has and w ill be w ritten about this man from another planet. A t 6- 2, 230 pounds and the possessor o f 9.3 speed fo r 100 yards, one is just captured by the awesomeness o f it all. So instead I ' l l just sit back and en jo y his e x p lo its on th e g rid iro n this year. This young man is so com plex, he seemingly handles so much, so well, in his early years that it has inspired me to use one o f this young m an’s poems. Z wish they could see the real person in me. Someday I reckon they w ill know Z'm nor only here f o r the show, ¡h a v e one man upstairs, I always pray. They do not know. 4 T H E 8 D A Y P L A N T O S T O P S M O K IN G H A S H E L P E D M IL L IO N S T O O V E R C O M E T H E S M O K IN G H A B IT . Psychological and physiologi cal presentations along w ith film s and group discussions each evening are emphasized to help you put it out o f your life. I t ’s not nearly as d iffic u lt when you jo in a group at our clinic and it is F R E E . C om , let us help youl Sept. 13-17, Sun. through T hu rs., Portland Adventist C om m unity Services C e n te r, 6611 SE P ow ell B lv d ., P o rtla n d , O re. 97206. 7 p m , F R E E . For m ore in fo rm atio n or to register for the class, please call 774-7323 on M o n days through Thursdays between 2 and 4 pm. P ro -S c h o o l 8 t o r y T im o s at branch libraries, for ages 3-3. W e d ., Sept. 16. 10:30 am at A lb in a (3603 N E 13th, 287-7147); F ri., Sept. 11, 10:30 am , at N o rth P ortland (312 N Killingsworth. 284-3622). KBOO In v ite s y o u to Tear out this ad and tape it to your radio. Now everytim e you go to turn on your radio y o u ’ll be reminded of KBOO So turn yo u r dial to »0.7 fm. We may be playing classical music or Jazz You might be In time to hear live broadcasts of Portland City Council meetings or foot stomping country and folk music, or any other of our wide variety of special Interest program s Try KBOO September 9-14.. We re having a CBLBBBADIO. 5 days of some of the finest we have to offer We’ll be raising money because we re listener supported, non com m ercial radio, broadcasting free of mass m arket demand We need your help, so turn to KBOO September 9-14 for CBLBBBADIO. In a word we're But they w ill see one day. — Herschel W alker unconventional w e 're KBOO, 9 0 .7 fm Cel! Talk noncommercial listener supported radio 66 SW Yam hill. Portland. Oregon 97204 222 6266 by A sm ar A bdul Seifullah In D e c . 1979 M ic h e á l W a y n e Jenkins was sentenced to a to ta l o f 123 years in prison. A 6 0 -year m an d a to ry m in im u m sentence was im posed as p a n o f M ic h e á l's sentence. H e has been called a m o ra l, savage and beyond redem ption. A t the time o f M ic h e a l’ s sentencing he was 17 years old. A professional evaluator had described Jen kin s as fo llo w s : “ M r . J e n k in s has a m p ly d e m o n s tra te d th a t he is an a m o ra l, predatory and extremely dangerous young m an. H e has consistently re sisted a ll tre a tm e n t e ffo r ts , and crim in a l sanctions have had no e f fect on his behavior. W e Firmly be lieve that M r . Jenkins should be in c a rc e ra te d fo r th e rest o f his life without benefit o f parole or custody reduction.” M icheál was born and grew up in P o rtla n d , th e youngest o f six c h il dren whose m o th e r died o f cancer three years ago. M icheál admits that he has been running wild most o f his life . A c rim in a l a rre s t re c o rd 37 inches long, including 23 felony a r rests since he was 8 years o ld , pre cludes M ic h e a l’ s present incarcera tion. I t ’ s hard for many o f us to under stand people like M icheál W . Jenk ins but then most o f us d o n ’ t want to u n d e rs ta n d o u r c h ild re n . Yes, Micheál is one o f our children. H e is as much a part o f us as the music we listen to , th e shoes we w e a r, th e tears we cry and the love we never seem to get en ou g h o f. M ic h e á l W ayne Jenkins is the ghetto person ified. H e is the creation o f a society inside society. A spaw ning-ground fo r c o rru p tio n an d v ic e , a place w h ere a 1 7 -y e a r-o ld c h ild can be sentenced to 123 years in prison be cause his c o m m u n ity did not care enough to clean itself up. It is jus: too easy to w rite Micheál o f f — to say that he got what he de served. S u re he has to accept th e burden o f his acts but part o f the re s p o n s ib ility is o u rs . P a rt o f th e blame must be placed on the permis siveness o f our co m m u n ity. The at- tude that exists in our com m unity. T h e N a tio n a l C o m m is s io n on C iv il D is o rd e rs , th e K e rn e r C o m mission, created by Presidetn L y n don Johnson to determ ine the com p le x io n o f A m e ric a , had these words to say: “ O u r natio n is m o v ing toward tw o societies, one Black, one w h ite — separate and unequal. W h a t w h ite A m erican s have never fu lly u n d e rs to o d — b u t w h at the Negro can never forget— is that white society is deeply implicated in th e g h e tto . W h ite in s titu tio n s created it, w hite institutions m ain- tia n it and w h ite society condones it .” W h ite A m e ric a has to b ear th e burden o f its creation but m ore im p o rta n t, Black A m erica must begin to re fo rm the m o n s tro u s c re a tio n called the ghetto. Y oung men lik e M ic h e á l Jenkins m ust be g iven th e o p p o r tu n ity to g ro w in to h e a lth y h u m a n beings. T hey must not be closeted away in institutions to rot their lives away. I f in fact this continues to happen then we might as well throw in the towel, we might as well sign up for the gas and napalm . O ne o f the most d istu rb ing facts about the Jenkins case is that three judges found him to be so corrupted that they closed out all possibility o f his re h a b ilita tio n . T h e y sentenced him to m o re tim e th an most life rs get fo r m u rd e r. T h e D is tr ic t A t torney, H a ro ld H aas, was appalled because M ic h e á l got a 2 0 -y e a r p a ro le d a te , in stead o f th e 6 0 years recom m ended by the c o u rt. “ H o w in the hell can anybody be appalled when a 1 7 -y e a r-o ld y o u th faces 20 years in p r is o n !” T h e ra p e th a t M ic h e á l was s u b je c te d to in the newspaper— was in fact the rape o f the Black com m unity. T hey put his picture in the p ap er— his d ark oval face peering fro m behind bars and th a t p ic tu re re p re s e n te d the incarceration o f our co m m u n ity. It showed w h ite A m e ric a w h a t h a p pens to niggers who get out o f line and it created a false image o f Black y o u th in g e n e ra l. T h e y used M ic h e a l’ s s u ffe r in g , his p a in , his uncertainty about life to instill fear in our c o m m u n ity . T h e press re in fo rc e d a ll th e n e g a tiv e ideas th a t whites have concerning Blacks. I personally know w hite inmates w h o have c o m m itte d fa r w orse crim es th a n M ic h e á l an d none o f them received the lynching M icheál d id . T h e w h ite press does put up w hite crim inals fo r p ub lic ridicu le. But when a B lack m an co m m its a c rim e th ey m ake d a m n sure the whole w orld knows about it. “ T hat is a very racist approach to jo u rn a l ism ." It is not enough for us to read the news, we must at some point be gin to und erstand th e im p lic a tio n behind the news. M ic h e á l W ayn e Jenkins is not a hero, he will not be remembered for his scout badges or a n y th in g c o n nected to normalcy. M icheál W ayne Jenkins— is a sacrifice. H e is a sacri fice that should be rem em bered by all o f us. H e is the reflection o f the g h e t t o .. .o u r h o m e — th e p lace where we will raise our children and it is terribly im portant for us to cre ate conditions favorable for them to grow up in. “ L et us rem em b er M ic h e á l and all the other M icheals out there on the streets today. Their mistakes are only screams echoing in the night o f neon madness. T u rn o u t the neon and tu rn on the lig h ts — let them have lig h t— let there be a guide___ W h o w ill lead the c h ild r e n — i f we don’ t????” Project connects jobs with workers (C ontinued fro m page !, column 3) lab o r. “ W e have scores o f satisfied employers who are not only pleased with the performance o f the workers but in a ll cases the la b o r costs are re a s o n a b le .” E m p lo y e rs get w hat they w an t and the w orkers earn the needed e x tra in co m e. O fte n the Save money on your insurance. A uto • Life • Fire Com m ercial .Truck! M o n th ly Payments R it. H. Jenkins S a m RapiManiMr»« 3714 N William. Portland Oregon 97227 (9031 2«9 FARMERS Í 4f s N pw World Id* Instnanu; Co Mprr.ei KldfMl WA earn in g s su pp lem en t re tire m en t incomes and the money is critical to m a k in g ends m eet. M o s t people d o n ’ t k n o w it , but earnings fro m jo b s constitute most o f the income fo r those people o f retirem ent age. It isn’t that the money earned from jobs is so great; i t ’ s that retirem ent and other income is so lo w .” M o st o ld e r w o rk e rs have low incomes and need to supplement re tire m e n t pay w ith e m p lo y m e n t. From 80 to 90 per cent o f the retired fo r a h a n d -o u t. Q u ite the c o n tra ry , they h ave good skills an d years o f experience w hich they ju s t want to use on a jo b . T h ey have w hat have been called old-fashioned virtues— intense desire to w o rk not o nly fo r the m oney, but also fo r w hat w ork does fo r their self-esteem. They un derstand p ro du ctivity and they take pride in their w o rk . A b o u t o n e-h alf o f our clients are interested in fu ll tim e and fu ll p art-tim e jo b s .” F o r those persons o ver 50 w ho seek fu ll-tim e , perm anent e m p lo y m ent, the agency provides a jo b de velopment and referral system. T h e S e n io r Job C e n te r is c u r rently taking applications for w o rk ers. “ T h e y m ay c a ll 2 3 9 -6 5 6 6 fo r an a p p o in tm e n t,” M a rk u s said. “ O f course we en cou rag e anyone w ho needs one o f o u r w o rk e rs fo r either fu ll o r p a rt-tim e work to call us to o .” E SHOP IENOWS FOR BRA N D S you kn ew V A R IE T IE S y o u lik e SIZES y o u w o n t TH. r ,« n O I* « t | In T .w n *«»*« 1909 • Ml l » ) • »»«»• a i . m a«Atti.. • I.M, a l l Marnwa • a m i i o i . m r m t n ».«alar • t a t a l a l . M ill, , 51,a a w .,i a.'f<>ia. • uina a m • I 0»» IM aa • a il o t , i,i a „ . o s a , • HI m . CHy • O ak a , » . , w m >, at im m „ * 'a x ill persons over 62 still receive income from employment. T he center cu rren tly refers older wokers to approxim ately 300 handy- m a n -ty p e jobs a m o n th , and these m u ltip ly through the new contacts. W orkers are available in all but the licensed c ra fts (e le c tric a l, m a jo r p lu m b in g , e tc .). 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