Portland Observer, April 15, 1982 Section II Page5
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE SIDELINES
BY Kathryn Hal! Bogle
by Kathryn H all Bugle
Pul together fun and fashion ap
p arel, T A L L ta ll men and pretty
ladies, add flowers and strains o f
music and mix them w ith a light
heart in the ballroom o f the H ilton
Hotel. Arrange to have several hun
dred loving and caring people for an
audience and you will have the prin
cipal ingredients C lau d ia M a rtin
em ployed fo r a highly successful
“ B lazer’s Special O lym pics” p ro
gram last Saturday evening.
C laud ia, M rs. LaRue M a rtin o f
the Portland Trailblazers, beautiful
ly gowned in pearl gray satin, coor
dinated the pre-Easter event. Under
scored on the printed program was a
reference to Colossians 3 :2 3 , 24
which begins, “ And whatsoever ye
do, do it heartily as to the Lord.”
Proceeds o f the evening were
charted for the Oregon Chapter o f
the Special Olympics, the local or
ganization o f an in tern ation al o r
gan izatio n al program o f physical
fitness, sports training and athletic
com petition for mentally retarded
children and adults. The “ Blazers,
Past and Present," sponsors o f Sat
u rd a y ’ s event, count themselves
among the 250,000 volunteers in the
nation who assist mentally retarded
in d ivid u als to p artic ip a te in the
body and morale building program
o f Special Olympics sports.
OLD TOWN MERCHANTS
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Buzz Willits, for several years active in various innovative employment
and training programs in the N .E . Portland Model Cities community, has
recently opened Buzz’s Couch St. Place. Buzz’s is Old T o w n ’s newest es
tablishment for light dining and com fortable ambiance while enjoying
your favorite beverage. Located on the main intersection in the N . W . His
torical D istrict area, Buzz’s features rotisserie chicken, make your own
tostada bar, and other tasty, light dishes, which you can enjoy indoors or
on the sidewalk in the coming warm weather. Come and meet your friends
in the pleasant atmosphere and choose from our selection o f fine domestic
and imported beers and C alifornia and Northwest wines. Food offerings
are available at all hours.
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“ D o it h eartily,” the verse said,
and the Blazers did. The Blazers, in
cluding coaches and trainers, are all
stars and they brought along their
wives and fam ilies to help them
model the fashion garments in the
starshine. They sauntered, strolled
and trod the boards like true profes
sionals.
Clothes came from Frederick and
Nelson, Nudelmans, N ike, Edward
Hamilton Furs, Jantzen and Helen’s
Pacific Costumes. Fashion coordin
ator for the show was M ary Posey.
Cosmetics and make up were by
A ida G rey o f Lake Oswego. H a ir
styles were by Jon and Company.
The presentation opened w ith a
dramatic tableau o f fashions o f the
historic past, went rapidly to career
clothes o f the present, garments for
the active life, on to after-five dress
ing and wound up with formal wear
and furs.
A few o f the nearly fifty persons
who modeled were: Lloyd Neal and
his wife, Marcia, who only that day
received n o tific atio n that she has
passed the bar examinations and can
now officially use as her title A tto r
ney Marcia Neal. Anise H all, popu
lar professional model appeard in
the tableau costumed in the mode o f
C le o p a tra ; C a ro l Jones, w ife o f
former Blazer Steve Jones, who rep
resents the designer clothes o f A l
bert Nipon wore striking black and
white garments on each o f her a p
pearances; D a rn e ll V a le n tin e , a
rookie guard from Kansas U niver
sity had lots o f friends in the audi
ence. There were Jack Ramsey and
Mrs. Ramsey who modeled specta
tor a ttire ; Greg S m ith , a form er
Blazer, now an ad man for K G W ;
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Nighttime drama with glimmaring highlight» — Jean Patou's gray
beaded gown with dyed partridge feathers and pale gray maribou
feather lined coat.
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the lovely Brenda Natt (Mrs. Calvin
N a tt); M ich ael H a rp e r and B illy
Ray Bates o f " D r in k Your M ilk ”
fame drew extra applause for their
individual performances.
M r . and M rs . H a rry G lick m an
enjoyed it all from a table close to
the runways.
N o la Bogle, p o p ular c o n tra lto
w ho freq u e n tly sings at Blazer
games, sang “ People” and, later,
Ken Berry and his Time Sound En
semble sang “ Greatest Love.” Both
song sets were accompanied by the
Jefferson High School Band.
M ore than a score o f worthwhile
gifts were claimed as door prizes.
T w o basketballs, autographed by
Blazer players were placed in silent
auction. Winners were Donald M al-
la tta n d O .B . H ill.
Bill Schonley and Claudia M artin
teamed as the show ’ s com m enta
tors. Dick Bogle o f K A T U -T V was
master o f ceremonies for the excit
ing, fast-moving affair.
•
The Lincoln H igh School repre
sentative to the Rose Festival Court
for this year will be Joelle Rankins,
daughter o f George and Constance
Rankins. Princess Joelle. popular
among her classmates at Lincoln has
been active in student activities dur
ing her fo u r years at L in c o ln . A t
present she is president o f the pep
club, is a student body cabinet mem
ber and is speech team captain with
plans to compete on the state level in
a forensics meet later this month.
Carla Williams, also a graduating
senior at L in co ln , was among the
seven finalists at the important high
school assembly on Monday o f this
week.
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Tickets are going well fo r the
lo n g -an ticip ated Ebony Fashion
Fair scheduled for Friday evening,
A p ril 23, at the Civic A uditorium .
Sponsors are the Portland Chapter
o f The Links, In c ., who have ear
marked the proceeds for the United
Negro College Fund, the Senior C i
tizens A dult Center o f N .E . P o rt
lan d, the T u c k e r-M a x s o n O ra l
School, and the Links Educational
Scholarship Fund.
M rs. Johnnie Stokes is president
o f local chapter o f Links and Mrs.
Jacqueline Brow n is chairm an o f
this year’s Ebony Fashion Fair pre
sen tatio n , " T h e L o o k o f E le
gance.”
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