Page 2 Portland Observer, December 7,1983
Seattle-ites protest MLK delay
by Rubtn Rangel
S E A T T L E — It was justice they
were seeking as 200 men, women
and children look a few "steps
down freedom road" by placing
temporary bumperslicker signs on
Empire W ay street signs which read
simply M artin Luther King, Jr.
Impatient over the delay in carry
ing out Seattle Ordinance 110692.
which would re-name a six-mile
boulevard that runs from the central
district to south Seattle, a predomi
nantly working class, multiracial
community, people rallied at Frank
lin High School Nov. 19 and took
steps to re-name the avenue them
Senior citizens invited to free Christmas dinner
Four hundred senior citizen* are
expected to join in The Salvation
Arm y's Rose Center Christmas
meal. Friday, December 16. at
noon.
The holiday meal w ill take place
The Rose Center. 1785 N .E . Sandy
Blvd., on the second floor Dona
selves.
Umbrellas were poised over street
sign poles to dry o ff the rain as
small groups went block by block
with slickers printed by the Aug. 27
Committee for Jobs. Peace and
tion* w ill be taken to cover coat*.
Reservations are required, and
w ill be accepted through December
13.
The menu include* a choice o f
roast beef or ham. potatoes, yams,
green beans, pear salad, rolls,
home-made cookie* and coffee and
tea.
Entertainment is by the “ C olor*
o f Christmas” ensemble, led by
Captain W illiam Hunter o f The Sal
vation Arm y.
For more inform ation call Rose
Center Director Pauline Lignes* at
234-0696
At • march aarller thia year. Seattle raaidanta put praaaura on tha
City Council to changa tha nama of Empira Way to Martin Luther
King Jr Way.
(Pho,° JoM
Freedom.
A committee spokesperson said.
" I l is shameful and inexcusable that
Chicanos, peace activists, Blacks,
Asians and others braved the rain
and cold to carry out the law o f the
the mayor and the city council can
pass an ordinance . . more than a
year ago and at this late date still no
actual signs are u p ."
It was with a sense o f duty to hon
or the great civil rights leader that
city.
The first o f the 500 new signs was
pasted up by City Council member
Sam Smith, who was recently re
elected in the Nov. 8 election.
Portland jazz great dies
Saxophonist Sonny King, 52, died
Friday o f a heart condition. Raised
in Oakland. King studied music
from age seven. At seventeen he
took to the road, playing with many
jazz greats. In addition to studying
psychology, he studied music with
Pharoah Sanders, M arion Brown,
C lifford Thornton and others. His
travels included Africa. South A m
erica, Asia and Europe.
King taught in the l ane County
School District, then moved to Port
land in 1979. In addition to playing
at local night spots he taught wood
winds at Jefferson High School and
in elementary and middle schools.
A memorial service was held at
Emmanuel Temple on Thursday. A
musical tribute will be held Sunday
night, 5:00 p .m ., at Jazz Quarry,
where he played every Wednesday
night.
M em orial
contributions
should go to the Sonny King Fund.
Oregon Comm unity Foundation,
522 SW 5th A ve.. Portland. OR
97204.
W interhawks
free!
People who bring two cans of
food to the Portland W interhawks’
December 14 game against the Kam
loops Oilers will receive free admis
sion— and the warm feeling of
knowing they helped The Salvation
Army.
The game, which starts at 7:00
p.m. in the Mem orial Coliseum, is
the Winterhawks’ annual "Salva
tion Army nig h t."
The signs had no directional or
street designation, though the o ffi
cial permanent signs will read:
"M a rtin Luther King Jr. W a y ,"
and many will indicate "s o u th ."
But the community did not want the
temporary stickers to be a substitute
for the city’s task.
Sources have learned that a spe
cial police unit was systematically
taking the adhesive signs down
following the protest. A few key
sticker-signs remain in place at m a
jor intersections but a plainclothes
officer was seen with a ladder taking
the new signs down. When con
fronted by local residents, the o ffi
cer identified himself and began to
question a resident, who was re
leased after a license plate check.
Opposition to the name change
has come from a few merchants on
Empire Way who have appealed a
King County Superior Court ruling
that the change was legal. The State
Supreme Court is expected to rule
on the case in December.
One peace activist who recently
returned from Europe said, "1 was
impressed that so many cities have
honored Dr. King’s work. When I
was in Eljore, France, I saw a street
named after M artin Luther King,
Jr. I felt at peace. I began to c ry ."
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