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Observer, May 18,1983
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE SIDELINES
by Kathryn H a ll Boyle
he Albina M inisterial Alliance
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.”
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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
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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
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at noon next Wednesday to pressure
Ways and Means Committee C hair
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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
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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
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