Page 2 Portland Obaerver, March 2. 1983
BSERVATIONS
Dancers visit
S e n io r A d u lt S e rv ic e C e n te r seeks fu n d s
Dedication and hard work built
the Senior A dult Service Center
BY Kathryn Hall Bogle
which serves inner-Northeast Port­
land, and now contributions are
being sought to further its success.
A members-only function was
T W A S D IC K Gregory Day in
• ’The project is a very worthy
held, after the public a ffa ir, at the
Oregon on Wednesday, Febru­
one,** stated George Richardson,
home o f Soror Bobbie Nunn to fur­
ary 23. when the renowned author
Jr., SASC treasurer and member of
ther honor out-of-town sorors.
and human rights activist visited
the board of directors. "W e arc pre­
Portland briefly before traveling to
paring to go to the business commu­
N P O R TL A N D , the Ju-Ju music
Salem to keep speaking engagements
nity for financial assistance to help
of Sunny Ade of Lagos. Nigeria
made for him there.
renovate the unoccupied portion of
came to town to wind down— no,
the facility so that it can be made
wind up is more accurate— Black
O U N D E R S D A Y o f Alpha
for expanding programs
X Kappa A lpha S orority, with History Month. The Ju-Ju band of available
and for rental to other potential
19 musicians had hundreds o f peo­
Zela Sigma Omega chapter of
users. Senior citizens will be con­
ple dancing and rocking the floor of
Portland, the host, was celebrated
tacting business people from firms
Saturday, February 26 at the Cos­ the Masonic Lodge building on Feb­
large and small to raise $20,000. We
mopolitan A irtel. The chapter was ruary 24, from 9 p.m. to I a.m.
are hoping for a warm reception
chartered in 1933.
The Jimmy Johnson band, head­
from our business friends.**
Theme for the day was "Focus on ed by guitarist and singer Johnson,
Located at 4128 N .E . Union
Y o u th ." Principal speaker for the was well received in the warm-up
Avenue, the center was put on the
luncheon and public program was prelude to the Ju-Ju artists. I f emo-
FROM THE SIDELINES
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map just over one year ago with the
aid of funds from the City o f Port­
land and Multnomah County. Signi­
ficant community support was also
involved. Before the facility was
purchased, the center had been
housed in several inner-Northeast
Portland locations.
" F o r the elderly o f this part o f
town, the center is a vital link with
other members of their generation,"
noted Herb Amerson, director of
the SASC fund-raising project. " I t
brings people together— people who
might otherwise be isolated, without
outside contact. The center pro­
motes friendships among seniors,
gives them purpose, and provides
them with contacts to the commu­
nity they helped build."
The programs at the new center
are booming, according to A m er­
son, who says more needs to be
done. He states: "M oney just isn’t
available through government
sources to upgrade the facility and
make it the place our senior citizens
deserve The building needs painting
and carpeting and other repair to
make it fully useful for the 12,000
elderly persons in this part of town
fo r whom the center was estab­
lished."
In a d dition , there is adjoining
property that has potential for com­
mercial use but must first be up­
graded, says Amerson. Rental of
that properly could help make the
center self-sustaining.
"W e owe much of what we have
to our seniori citizens," says Rich­
ardson. "Contributing to this effort
is one way we can show our grati­
tude."
M a d e r drummer and m atter
dancer Jalal and Nafisa Sharriff will
appear in Portland March 3th. The
New York based couple will be the
most exciting instructors o f tradi­
tional African dance Portland will
see for a long time.
The class will be held at the Dan­
cer’s Workshop, 30 N .W . First, at
4:00 p.m ., and is sponsored by the
Northwest African Arqerican Ballet
Nafisa, currently the dance cap­
tain for the internationally known
Chuck Davis Dance Company, has
had extensive training in Modern,
Jazz, Ballet, and has mastered tradi­
tional dance forms from Senegal,
Mali, and Guinea, West Africa.
Jalal, currently the lead drummer
for Chuck Davis, has studied most
hand drum techniques, be it Latin
or African.
When grown children move back home
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parents are
M any
any middle-aged
middle-aged parents
are
facing a new, unexpected situation
in these hard economic limes. Just
when they have adjusted to the
"em p ty nest" and tranquility
reigns, the kids move back home.
Rising coals o f household main­
tenance and unemployment are the
m ajor reasons that families are
moving back together, says Marilyn
Lunner, County Extension agent.
Barbara Williams Thompson. Christa Shamsud-DIn, and Barbara
Ward visit during AKA Foundara Day program.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Dr. Matthew Prophet, superinten­
dent o f Portland Public Schools,
who spoke to the theme of "Youth
and the Family Structure." Seated at
guests o f honor at the speaker’s
table were Dr. Prophet’s wife, Fred-
dye Prophet, and their daughter,
Michelle Prophet, a third-year stu­
dent at Oregon Stale University.
Nearly 40 members o f the
Portland chapter were listed on the
programs and several of the found­
ing members of the local chapter
were among (hose in attendance.
The complete roster of the Portland
founders honored were: Emma
Chiles, Laverne Bagley Brown,
M ary Henderson, Allie Jacobson,
Martha Jordan, Ann Mohler, Susie
Patterson, Mildred Reynolds, Ruth
Spencer, Roberta Vann and Althea
Williams.
Announcement was made of the
winning selection o f Portland's
Christina Shamsud-Din, the choice
of Z.eta Sigma Omega, to be a mem­
ber of a domestic tour arranged by
the national office o f A K A . The
touring group is to visit ten Amer­
ican cities with all expenses paid by
the national organization. Barbara
W ard, chair of the local Domestic
Tour compeition, and Barbara W il­
liams Thompson, basileus o f Zeta
Sigma Omega, presented a check for
$150 to Ms. Shamsud-Din for
spending money while she travels.
The check is a gift from the P ort­
land chapter.
Out-of-town guests included sev­
eral AKA members from the stale of
Washington headed by Soror Bev­
erly Hopkins, basileus of the Delta
Upsilon Omega chapter in Seattle,
and by Soror Connie Lassiter of the
Zeta Omega Chapter in Tacoma.
A vocal trio composed o f Tina
Pitts, Elizabeth Britton, and Pat
Dobbins sang during the luncheon.
They were accompanied by Soror
Rochelle McElroy at the piano. The
Jazz Vocal Ensemble of Jefferson
High School was also a part o f the
musical program. Invocation was by
Soror Emma Chiles.
Founders Day Committee in­
cluded: Sorors Geri Hammond,
chair and C oordinator o f Cere­
monies; June Brown, Mary Hender­
son, M arian Jacobs, Elaine Jami­
son, Robbie Nunn, Maerice Smith,
and Barbara Ward. Marion Mitchell
is Ivy-League reporter.
The Reconsecration Service was
in charge of Soror Maerice Smith.
This service, in sorority tradition,
was closed to the public.
lions were left pent up by the blues
the crowds o f dancers had heard
from the Johnson interpretations of
gospel, blues, soul and jazz, then
they had it all wrung out when the
big talking drums o f Sunny Ade
called out. And they did call out.
Responses came from other drums
and singers and electric gui­
tars— and cool synthesisers. C om ­
plicated beats blended in unique
ways and were a never-ending
source of wonderment that all that
variance in harmony ot sound and
beat could be managed so smoothly
by 19 musicians at the same time—
without a baton to follow. Just Sun­
ny Ade and his guitar.
While parents love their children,
they cannot expect having adult
youngsters back home to be the
same as it was when they were
young. Adult children have lived in­
dependently o f parental rules and
managed their own homes and chil­
dren.
"Parents who are unaccustomed
to having their children at home esn
experience conflict unless mutually
agreed upon rules are established,"
says Marcelle Straatman. Oregon
Slate University Extension human
development specialist.
The transition o f moving in to ­
gether can be made easier if pre-
moving discussions cover aspects of
anticipated daily routines, responsi­
bility for household care, and social
relationships, Straatman adds.
To help merging families achieve
harmony, consider the following
suggestions:
•Determ ine what financial sup­
port adult children will contribute to
household expense. Costs will in ­
crease with additional family mem­
bers. Children form erly lived at
home free o f charge and parents
may be unaware o f the dent addi­
tional members will make in their
budget. A monthly family confer­
ence is recommended so the money
matters can be resolved openly.
•Establish laundry and house­
cleaning rules. I t ’s easy for young
adults to revert to childhood beha­
vior leaving mother with added
home chores. And it’s easy for par­
ents to lapse into their former par­
ental habits of picking up after chil­
dren.
•Set up a system for shopping,
food preparation, and cleanup. De­
cide how many meals will be attend­
ed by the entire family and the best
time for all to eat together. New
rules for kitchen etiquette might in­
clude each user leaving the kitchen
spotless after fixing his or her own
meals or snacks,
•Each family member must be re­
sponsible for accomodating the dif-
Moving in together requires time
and willingness to work out many
difficult situations, says Straatman
However, daily attention to solving
small problems can be an opportun­
ity for family enrichment.
The best way to live in harmony
and achieve independence is to rec­
ognize that i t ’s not the same as it
was before the adult children left
home. Scheduled family discussions
are essential in keeping communica­
tion open and the home livable.
WHAT IF ELECTRICITY
CAME IN A CAN?
Ann Odomah. Nigeria, student
at U. of Portland, and Janat
Omodaw. Nigeria, P.S.U.. pose
with ’’King ” Sunny Ada.
The powerful electric energy of
the drummers never flagged though
their sets (lowed one into the next.
Dancers were "o n their o w n " for
the band played on—and on. It be­
came a matter o f personal inspira­
tion and dedication of an individual
dancer to decide which step, which
part of his/her body would empha­
size his/her interest of the moment,
whether to dance alone or with a
partner— it all fit in with what the
musicians had in m ind— total ab­
sorption by the Ju-Ju music as the
bass drums muttered the shifting
rhythms and harmonies.
Black and white and Oriental
dancers, numbering into over 500,
mixed and mingled. College profes­
sors, truck drivers, artists, students,
they shy and the bold, all were
there. They’ll be (here again when­
ever Sunny Ade returns.
Jim Carner was promoter.
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o f all other members. I f there are
young children, agreements must be
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a family of adults. Determine who is
in charge of regulating their beha­
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