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T I Observer, May 18,1983 OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SIDELINES by Kathryn H a ll Boyle he Albina M inisterial Alliance T and its programs were hosts, and featured guests as w e l l £ the T h irte e n th A n n iv e rs a ry Banquet held at Dishman Comm unity Center on Saturday evening, M ay 14. A t least 300 persons queued up for a buffet supper served prior to the even ing ’ s p ro g ram headed by Kay Toran, director o f A ffirm ative A ction fo r O regon State, who was principal speaker. T o r a n ’ s speech, title d “ I f W e D on’t, W ho W ill? " targeted direct ly at the black co m m u n ity, called for a renewal o f vigorous attention and action to guard gains made and to m ake fu rth e r gains in all important areas o f life in the central stream for black citizens. The Rev. Ira M u m fo rd , as master o f ceremonies, conducted the pro gram with wit and humor following the g ro up singing o f “ L if t Every Voice” by D ayto n Sm ith. Invoca tion was by the Rev. J .C . Foster. T h e Rev. M a tth e w W a lle y in tr o duced the guest speaker. Songs o f jo y were o ffe re d by a m ale vocal g ro u p , “ T h e M ig h ty W ings o f F aith.” T h e Rev. John W . O a rlin g to n , J r ., president o f A M A , gave C o rn elia Smith a “ great big thank you” for “ extraordinary Christian service and dedication to program ming fo r A M A and to the s ta ff o f F a m ily D ay and N ig h t C a re , an agency conducted by A M A to pro vide childcare in private homes. O th e r A M A aw ards fo r d is tin guished service, presented on the behalf o f A M A by C o rn elia Smith, went to the Rev. Marge Green o f the Ecumenical Parish and to the Rev. Louis M ille r o f N .E . L u th eran Mission. Also receiving awards were Joseph Sloan, Deather Sloan, James D o m in g e , C la rin e S m ith and the C o m m u n ity R elatio n s T eam o f Pacific Northwest Bell. Benediction was by the Rev. R. Andrews-Bryant. r4i John Coleman. Eplacopal ley mlnlater of Richmond, Vlrglnle. cheta with Deacon Alcona Bootee of Bt. Philip. 1st, w ill present his p o rtra y a l o f “ F red erick D o u glass” in a performance at Catlin-Gabel School on Friday evening. M ay 20, at 8:00 p.m . Called "A g itate: O ur W ork is not F in ish ed ,” the perform ance is to be repeated M a y 21 and 22. and again on M ay 27, 28 and 29. Sunday evening perform ances are at 7:00 p.m. A kn o w led g ea b le P o rtla n d School Board member, Cawthorne was recently elected to the 13-member Urban Boards Steering Com m ittee o f the N a tio n a l School Boards A s so ciatio n . T h e c o m m itte e p ro gram is to develop inform ation, re search and to re p o rt on issues affe c tin g school systems in the 72 cities o f the U n ite d Stales w ith populations over 100,000. Judge Aaron Brown and hie w ife . Alvenlce. w ith Judga Wilson A ry am ba. from K hartoum . Sudan. Coleman also gave Invocation in the State Senate at Salem, M ay 10. and later he had an audience with the Rt. Rev. M atth ew B igliardi, Bishop o f the Episcopal diocese o f Oregon. He returned to his home in Richmond, V irg in ia , this week where he is the director o f the Peter Paul Develop ment Center, effe rs o n H ig h Sch o ol, on its London, England, were also guests at a perform ance o f the Jefferson Dancers in thè high school auditori um. B; ' obbi Gary is at home following Ih er trip to Iowa C ity, Iowa, to attend the graduation o f her daugh ter, Carla G ary, from the College o f Law at the University o f Iowa, J lioncen in the history of Oregon toes fo r good public relations, w ill be honored at a dinner in regularly entertains visiting educa the G ran d B allro o m o f the H ilto n tors and persons interested in public H o te l on F rid a y , M a y 10. The ed u catio n by o ffe rin g scheduled Oregon Lung Association, through tours o f the building and a look-see its Pioneer C o m m ittee o f O regon, at Jefferson programs. will host the a ffa ir expected to draw Conrad Hunte, o f Barbados, who hundreds o f patrons. C h airin g the conducted a sem inar, “ Enriching banquet is Gerry Frank, assisted by Not Enraging Each O th e r,” for the Leo A d le r and P au l P h illip s , M o ra l R e -A rm am en t Conference Am ong the listed com m ittee m em week ending in P o rtlan d , also ad ohn Coleman, a lay-minister in bers is Pete M cC on n ell, O reyonian dressed a Jefferson class on “ Leader the E p isco pal diocese o f reporter. ship.” Students were treated to an V irg in ia , was in the c ity as a extra talk by H u n te when they in M cC onnell has presented to the member o f the speakers* teams o f co m m itte e fo r inclu sio n am ong sisted on hearing h im discuss the the M o ra l R e -A rm am en t C o n fe r those to be h on o red , the nam e o f " h o w - t o " o f p laying c ric k e t, the ence held here at the H o lid a y Inn- M cC a n ts S te w a rt, the first black game w hich made H u n te w o rld - Airport on last Friday thru Sunday. attorney in the state o f Oregon, who traveled and famous in 17 countries W h ile in the c ity , C o lem an was was licensed to practice law in this where the sport is N o . I on sports in v ite d to preach at a Sunday state in 1902. M cC a n ts S te w a rt’ s charts. morning service at St. Philip Church c o n trib u tio n to the history o f the Hunte. Cleiland Don nan o f Rich by the Rev. M . Ramsey Schadewitz. city o f Portland and to the state o f mond, Virginia, and Ann Rignall o f O regon was a feature story in the Black History section o f the Portland O bserver durin g F eb ru ary o f this year. M cC an ts S te w a rt’ s d au g h ter, K atherine Stew art F lip p in o f San One million teenage Americans, control group, that was also given Francisco, w ill arrive in the city to aged 12 to 17, also have hyperten medications but in a normal phy attend the banquet. General tickets sion, according to Mrs. Madeline sician-patient fashion, did less well. are $35.00. Patrons w ill pay $75.00 Lawson, a conference coordinator Also, in the high support group, a plate. and education services officer for he said, "blacks did twice as well as udge A a ro n Brow n and M rs . the Food and Drug Administration whites, and among those with (F D A ). higher blood pressure levels, blacks Brown entertained 20 friends at Also at the news conference, Mae did 3 times better than whites. A ll a b u ffe t supper F riday evening on S. W alton, president. National Tots this proves," D r. Saunders con the terrace o f th e ir hom e which and Teens Inc., a black youth group cluded, "th at the system that is o verlo o ks the W illa m e tte R ive r. sponsored by black parents, said available for the care o f high blood Honored guest at the inform al bar that stress and smoking are also pressure is not as good for blacks as becued salmon steaks cookout was causes for high blood pressure for other citizens." W ilso n N. A ry a m b a fro m among black people. He called for a national program Khartoum in the Sudan. A ryam ba, She and Kidney Foundation local that would include taking blood a judge o f the Supreme Court o f the President Michael Elmer agreed that pressure readings by all health care Sudan, is president o f the Court o f high consumption o f sometimes professionals, among them dentists, A p p eals fo r six regions o f the overly salty junk foods may be a pri nurses, pharmacists, etc.; setting up Su dan. T h e c o u n try counts 20 mary cause o f teenage hypertension. screening programs at work sites m illion in its population occupying The Foundation is especially and in churches. one million square miles. concerned about high blood pres In Baltimore, an intensive screen Judge A ry a m b a , a guest in this sure as it is a major cause o f kidney ing and monitoring program was set failure. up initially at 10 black churches and " W e want to involve the black the number has grown to 73, community more in our activities,” Saunders said. He cautioned against said Elmer. " A t present, blacks are mere screening and urged that com more reluctant than whites to do munity groups couple that service nate organs for kidney and other with education and follow-up o f transplants." hypertensive individuals. “ It is unfortunate that so many Church oriented programs will people suffer from hypertension,” reach black women more than men, Elmer declared, "when very simple he added. Black men should be en things can alter the condition. Just a couraged to seek medical treatment mint b in d s few intelligent steps, principally for hypertension even though 10 to adjustments in diet, can help control 13 percent o f treated males experi blood pressure." Everyone who has ence sexual dysfunction due to high hypertension should consult a blood pressure medications, he said. physician to identify necessary A change in drugs can often restore I. steps: exercise, dietary changes, sexual loss, he noted. weight loss, medication, etc., to " In any case, I give them the control the disease. Foundation choice,” Dr. Saunders said o f male spokespersons added. patients, "and let them decide.” J H Coalition fights hypertension erb Cawthorne, many talented as a speaker-author-monolog- Washington, D .C .: “ A healthy black nation derives from a healthy black people," declared M ona H . Bailey, national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., as she opened the first session o f "H y p e r tension: Breaking the Silence,” a national symposium at the Howard Inn on the Howard University cam pus, Saturday, A pril 23. Television anchor Renee Poussaint (W J L A -T V in Washing ton, D .C .), the session's keynoter, said, "A s black people, we are killing ourselves." She cited a recent D .C . study showing 13,000 drug addicts and 60,000 alcoholics and national data revealing that one out o f every four black Americans has hypertension or high blood pressure. "Black women have twice the number of heart attacks as white w om en," Charles L. C urry, M .D ., chief, cardiovascular diseases, Howard University Hospital, told the conference. Black women, sta tistically, suffer slightly more from hypertension than black men — 31 percent o f black women to 30 per cent o f black men. "T h e problem is not properly ad dressed," D r. Curry continued. "Obesity is probably a major fac tor. We can't tell yet why blacks have more high blood pressure. It may be due to salt intake and great er stress. We know that Alaskan Eskimos don't have any appreciable high blood pressure and it seems to be because there is not much salt there. In Japan, where the diet has a large amount of salt, stroke is the No. I cause of death." High blood pressure is a major cause o f stroke and heart attack. Like Curry, Elijah Saunders. M .D ., chief o f cardiology, at Provi dence Hospital in Baltimore, said, " A lot of our leadership worries about our people voting, but if they are not living, they can’t vote or do anything else.” A research participant in a five year federal hypertension study, Saunders said that a community- focused intensive program of support: free treatment, bus service to clinics, babysitters, counseling and hbp drugs resulted in a 17 per cent better performance among the low Income patients studied. A < 4 L o a n P ro g ra m and the M e d ic a l/ Dental Grant and Loan Program. The commission also provides in form ation to state agencies and the public regarding state, federal and some p riv a te fin a n c ia l a id p ro grams. B ro w n , the re -a p p o in te d co m missioner, is manager o f operator services for Pacific Northwest Bell She is active in various professional and com m unity organizations such as Progressive Business W o m e n , Am erican Business W om en, and is past p resident o f the A m e ric a n Society o f T ra in in g and D e ve lo p ment. Brow n is ac tiv e w ith J u n io r A c h ie v e m e n t, the ¡Joy and O ir l Scouts, and is a m em ber o f The Links, Inc. country o f the U nited States In fo r m a tio n A g en cy, has been in the company o f 14 other nationals from other countries touring the U.S. for several weeks “ to le a rn ,” said Aryam ba, "h o w Am erican govern ment operates. I am interested p ar ticularly in observing how the sepa ra tio n o f power is decided am ong the judicial, the legislative and exec utive branches o f government. W e are still developing our own system using the p a tte rn o f English and American systems. " O u r penal law system is derived from Indian civil law and needs up d a tin g ,” A rya m b a said. A ryam b a traced the geographical location o f the Sudan as being about 200 miles north o f the eq u ato r, and said the Sudan is friendly w ith all its neigh bors. H e said that the Sudan is not s u ffe rin g fro m fa m in e , b u t, “ we could be better fe d .” Sudan took a n eu tral stand w ith N ig e ria when other nations harshly criticized that country fo r its ab ru p t dismissal o f the m illio n persons expelled fro m N igeria earlier in 1983, the visitor said. A ry a m b a visited in P ittsb urgh , Arkansas and Nevada in his assigned tour o f the states. Part o f the time was spent in Reno, Nevada, at the fam ous N a tio n a l Ju d icial College where judges o f the nation register for refresher courses in subjects o f their choice. w. Vic Atiyeh has re-appointed G A lvenice Brow n to the state Sch o larship C o m m is sio n . ap p o in tm en t is subject to O regon Senate a p p ro v a l. Brow n was firs t a p p o in ted to the com m ission in 1981. H e r term w ill begin July 1, 1983, and will expire June 30,1987. T he seven-m em ber comm ission adm in isters a v a rie ty o f student financial aid programs for Oregonians attending post-secondary in s titu tions. Those program s include the Need G ra n t and Cash A w ard p ro gram s, the G u a ra n te e d Student From the American Philatelic Society: S T A M P COLLECTORS ALERTI Show of the decade cornea May 20-22 to Portland's Red Lion Inn, Lloyd Center. • First postal history exhibit • 38 dealers from U.S. & Canada • 360 frames exhibited from prize-winning collections • Counseling for juniors • Seminars, films, lectures on Her every phase of collecting IT'S PA N -P A C IFIC EXPO S3 Opens 10 a .m . dally, runa to 7 Frl., 6 Sat. b 4 Sun. (Admlaalon: 81.28, or 82.80 fo r ell 3 days) (W ant m ore details? C ontact Pan-Pacific Expo '83, 264-7093. POB 4066, Portland, OR 97208). J & CAR TELEPHONES THE BEEPER PEOPLE 713 S.W. 12th Street Call 224-BEEP for a free demonstration. Bring this advertisement for 55% off Hldel mar 15SJ Welfare picket set A c o a litio n o f hum an n gn ts groups spearheaded by the Oregon Human Rights Coalition is sponsor ing a picket line and demonstration at noon next Wednesday to pressure Ways and Means Committee C hair person Vera Katz to expedite fund ing o f the medically needy and two- parent fa m ily w e lfa re p ro gram s. Fair treatment for A .D .C . recipients who are in the JOBS program is an o ther dem and o f the picket to be held outside the w e lfa re o ffic e at T en th and E . B urnside. O th e r members o f the organizing coalition include the A F l -C IO , Grey Panthers, the O regon A n ti-H u n g e r P ro ject and Ecumenical Ministries. Joining them w ill be members fro m the G rassroots Leg islative C o a litio n formed two weeks ago by the Black U n ite d F ro n t, A lb in a M in is te ria l Alliance and the Citizens Party. A ccording to Janet H aw kins o f the Oregon Human Rights Coalition the dem onstrators “ recognize the need to p ro vid e q u a lity hum an service program s fo r lo w -incom e people.” The bills funding the medi cally needy and tw o-parent fam ily programs arc currently stalled in the Ways and Means Committee. One Inch Aluminum Blinds Mini Blinds 55% OFF with ih » ad Softlight Shades 40% OFF Woven Woods (Selected Patterns) SAVE 50% OFF ^Vertical Shades 40% OFFl L M . DIETZ COMPANY 1010 SE POWELL PORTLAND 97202 239-9014 M o n Thurs 8-6:30 I aoo m m j j Fri 9-8 OtrfMwo <a»M- <aaa Sat. 12-8 rat haa
