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Dance artists visit Jefferson High
Recent visitors to Jefferson H igh
School were Brenda B u fa lin o and
H oni Coles. Coles is considered to
be one o f the finest exponents o f
jazz and tap dance today, he was
creator o f the centipede steps, steps
that continue w ith o u t ever repeat
ing.
Coles was manager o f the A pollo
U n iv e rs ity o f New Y o rk at New
Paltz. She has perform ed concerts
throughout the east and is currently
creating w ith Ed Summerlin an o r
chestral piece for tap dance solo.
Theatre fro m 1960 through 1976.
His first performance on Broadway
was in “ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”
and he was featured in “ B u b b lin ’
Brown Sugar.”
Brenda B u fa lin o is considered a
pioneer in the resurgence o f jazz and
tap dance. She is on the faculty o f
the Theater Department o f the State
Coles and M s. B u fa lin o were
guest a rtists w ith the Jefferson
Dance Program.
Shopping mall plans revealed
Plans for development o f “ Union
Square,” an approxim ate ly h a lf-
m illion-dollar mini-shopping mall in
the form er K ienow ’ s b u ild in g at
U n io n Avenue and N .E . M o rris ,
were revealed today by the U nion
Square Development Group.
“ The center is designed to create
opportunities for small businesses to
operate in a prime location, to pro
vide much-needed employment op
p o rtu n itie s and generally to con
trib u te to the econom ic develop
ment o f the inner northeast area,”
according to Howard Glazer, princi
pal o f The Architects Forum, which
is planning the development.
P relim inary plans provide space
fo r six to eight sm all businesses
within the 12,000-square foot build
ing.
The proposed center is easily ac
cessible from Union Avenue, along
which more than 20,000 vehicles tra
vel da ily. A d d itio n a l advantages
which are related to the geographic
location include easy freeway access
and proxim ity to Emanuel Hospital
and the Emanuel development area.
Prime leasing targets include a
convenience grocery, fast-food ven
dors and service industries, all need
ed to serve area residents.
Glazer, who has previously in
spired neighborhood renovation
and rehabilitation programs by in i
tia tin g renovation o f single b u ild
ings, anticiptaes sim ilar im pact on
lower U nion Avenue as a result o f
the development. The Union Square
group is working with local business
and city and neighborhood organiz
ations which are spearheading the
economic redevelopment program
in the northeast Portland area.
Plans call fo r an attractive land
scaped shopping arcade w ith a
broad covered walkway and parking
for 40 cars. Additional parking area
is available for development.
Leasing inquiries are currently be
ing directed to The Architects F or
um.
We went to the streets w ith, “ Do
you think M ayor Frank Ivancie has
been good fo r P ortland and P o rt
landers?”
Raymon H. Edwards, Bus D river
— “ H e ’ s a ll rig h t. He is doing as
w ell as any o f the rest o f them . I
think the M ayor is O .K .”
Charities slight poor minorities
A new ly released study o f the
funding patterns o f Oregon c h a ri
table fo u n d a tio n s shows that the
m ajority o f their grants go to a rela
tively few institutions and that little
money goes to program s serving
m inorities, the poor, the elderly or
the handicapped citizens o f Oregon.
Federal and state support for so
cial programs, education, the envir
onm ent, and com m unity develop
ment are ra p id ly decreasing. This
reality brings the role o f charitable
c o n trib u tio n s o f p riv a te fo u n d a
tions added significance.
C haritable in stitu tio n s make up
an enorm ous in d u s try . Last year
Americans gave more than $47 b il
lio n to private n o n -p ro fit in s titu
tions. Although foundations supply
only about 5 per cent o f the funds
given to charity, they are o f particu
lar importance because o f their as
so cia tio n w ith other p rivate and
public funding sources and the deci
sions they make to fund or not to
fund have great influence on the dis
tr ib u tio n o f other p h ila n th ro p ic
funds.
Oregon has more than 130 foun
dations, with $190 m illion in assets,
that gave $16 m illio n in grants in
1980. The basis o f any foundation is
a pool o f donated funds and inter
est from investments.
The P o rtla n d C om m ittee fo r
Responsive Philanthropy examined
the 1978 and 1979 grants o f 35 o f the
state’ s largest foundations and the
policies o f twenty o f those.
Among their findings are that:
•O ver h a lf o f the funds go to 30
institutions.
•Barely one per cent o f Oregon’ s
fo u n d a tio n funds go to program s
run by or for racial minorities (8 per
cent o f the state’ s po p u la tio n are
minorities).
•Barely one per cent goes to hous
ing and community development.
Funding allocations were: Educa
tion, 34 per cent; art and culture, 16
per cent; social services, 13 per cent;
health and handicapped, 12 per
cent; recreation, 7 per cent; religion,
5.5. per cent; science, 2.5 per cent.
Foundation grants, when exam
ined according to the populations
they served, included: youth, 17 per
cent; handicapped, 4 per cent; the
p oor, 2 per cent; the e ld e rly, 1.8
per cent; w om en, 1.4 per cent;
Blacks, 0.5 per cent; Hispanics, 0.03
per cent; Asian-Am ericans, 0.2 per
cent; N ative A m ericans, 0.2 per
cent; veterans, 0.03 per cent; gays,
0.01 per cent; consumers, 0.1 per
cent.
Recipients o f the largest grants
were: Willamette University, United
W’asy, Oregon Museum o f Science
and In d u s try (O M S I), A rts and
C ra fts Society o f O regon, and
YM C A (statewide).
O f the 25 in s titu tio n s receiving
the largest amounts o f money, most
are large, impersonal in stitutions.
Eleven are colleges and universities,
3 are hospitals, 3 are art institutions.
Sm aller, more personal organiza
tions are le ft o u t. Revealing are
com parisons: R ecreation (B oy
Scouts, $134,150; Boys’ C lubs,
$1 10,725; Y M C A fitness center,
$138,200) as compared to battered
women’ s programs (Bradley-Angle
House, $17,460, Raphael House,
$12,000). H igher education ( W il
lamette U niversity $697,765; OSU
$316,450) compared w ith those fo r
m in o ritie s (M a rtin L u th e r K ing
Scholarship, $18,350; Colegio Cesar
Chavez, $12,290; Indochinese Ser
vice Center $26,640; O rganization
for Forgotten Americans, $11,600).
The study suggests that the deci
sion to continue funding large, es
tablished organizations is the result
o f the make-up o f the foundations’
boards.
Decision-makers o f the founda
tions are predominantly male, w ith
76 per cent. Women make up 24 per
cent o f the trustees. Only 4 per cent
o f the trustees are m in o ritie s and
only 10 per cent o f the foundations
have trustees who are minorities.
Trustees o f the foundations come
David Douglas School D istrict in
East M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty w ill ask
voters to pass a $18.7 m illio n tax
base in the May prim ary, according
to Jeanne M agm er, com m unica
tions and inform atio/services coor
dinator for the district.
Mrs. Magmer said the voters last
approved a tax base ($3.5 m illion) in
1964. Since 1968, she said, each year
the d is tric t has asked the voter to
approve a special levy.
The school’ s budget fo r 1982-83,
> she said, is $21 m illio n , o f which,
• basic school support from the state
? is a projected $6.9 m illio n w ith
' another $2 m illio n to be derived
fro m M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty Educa-
• tion Service D istrict, (ESD), tuition
> and the interest from investments.
;
In 1980, she said, the voters
• turned down a tax base and i f the
• one presented in the May primary is
' successful, " i t can support 60 per
cent o f our budget each year for the
next three years.”
On the other hand, she said, “ I f
the tax base is defeated, the district
[District 40) w ill be required to hold
a [another) special levy election for
a p p ro x im a te ly $3 m ilio n , the
amount over the 6 per cent lim ita
tion the district needs to balance the
budget for 1982-83.”
D avid D ouglas School D is tric t
as school districts through-out Ore
gon and the nation is faced with the
very real possibility o f cutting " p ro
grams and s ta ff.’ ’ M rs. M agm er
said, “ i f you have to reduce the
budget you w ill reduce the quality o f
education the kids w ill get.”
E ig h ty -fiv e per cent o f the d is
t r ic t ’ s budget are people-related
costs, she said. The 1982-83 budget
projects a reduction o f three admin
istrative positions, five and one-half
teachers and tw o classified p o si
tions.
The d is tric t operated one high
m ainly fro m wealthy fam ilies, are
corporate executives, bankers or
prominent attorneys. Only six foun
dations have c rite ria fo r choosing
board members— most come from
the fam ily or corporation involved.
None o f those interviewed had plans
to d iv e rs ify the m ake-up o f th e ir
boards.
It has been suggested that one o f
the im portant roles o f foundations
is to support in n o va tive , untested
program s since they are not ham
pered by government restrictions.
Oregon foundations have been un
w illin g to take risks. One reason
m ight be that most fo u n d a tio n s
have not reached out to community
groups. Most founda tions do not
evaluate the results o f grants they
have made.
A lso , fo u n d a tio n s have given
little help to community-based self-
help program s. In P o rtla n d alone
there are 300 self-help groups.
Recommendations include:
•F o u n d a tio n s should give sub
stantial support fo r self-help p ro
jects, especially those operated fo r
and by m inorities, the elderly, the
poor, the handicapped, and women.
Foundations should give substan
tial help to innovative programs.
•Foundations should have written
affirm ative action programs to cov
er the boards, staffs and advisory
boards.
•F o u n d a tio n s should in volve
large segments o f the community in
their operations.
•Each foundation should actively
involve the community.
•Each foundation should publish
its purpose, criteria, guidelines, etc.
•Each foundation should have an
annual open meeting fo r potential
grantees and the public.
•Foundations should adopt goals,
objectives and priorities fo r grants.
Grants should be directed at solving
specific problems or accomplishing
specific aims. They should make
long term commitments to new pro
grams and projects.
M yrtle Goods— “ Yes, he did a lot
o f things to improve the city. From
what I ’ ve heard I think he’ s good.”
D uane Phipps, salesman— “ In
some respects I appreciate him. But
he doesn’ t seem to listen to the
people. He has alienated the C ity
Council. In our community he said
he made a commitment economical
ly to both Black and white. 1 don’ t
see th a t com m itm ent happening.
I ’ m not impressed.”
K athrin Bruns, housewife— “ Be
fore Reagan came in Ivancie was not
good fo r Portland. Now, the federal
governm ent has put pressure on
him. The quality o f life w ill decrease
a lot in this city. The way he handled
the police/opposum situation just
showed his ignorance. What he did
to Charles Jordan was very poor.”
M rs. Y.C.
— “ N o, I d o n ’ t
think he’ s the best man. There have
been other mayors who have done
more for the Blacks.”
Roy K noll, retired— “ He should
do more fo r handicapped people,
but a ll in a ll I th in k he’ s doing a
wonderful jo b .”
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school, two middle schools and nine
elementary schools.
Mrs. Magmer said the district has
been in a declining enrollment situa
tion since 1968 and this does affect
hirin g and the number o f teachers
the district can employ.
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