Page 4, Portland Observer, September 18,1986 METROPOLITAN Gospel singer Irby tours the south by Nathaniel S< otl (Photo: Richard J. Brown) DAVE FORD Hock Shop upsets neighborhood by Hubert Lothian The ( M w n v r has received several calls fro m irate neighborhood resi­ dents upset w ith the H ock Shop, a second hand store at 'fttltl N.E. Union Ave. The residents complained that they went to the shop after items were stol­ en fro m their homes and found the items fo r sale there, presum ably brought in by burglars. Several sug gested the store might be a fence oper ation. One man, w ho resides on N. W il­ liams A ve ., said he fo u n d bicycles belonging to his wife and daughter in the store. " M y daughter's bike was just being loaded onto a tru c k ," with many other bikes, he said. He was able to recover the bike after showing Hock Shop owner Dave Ford the bike license. A lter a camping tent and backyard batbeque were stolen recently, the man said he stood across the street and watclied the store entrance to see if he could catch the person who took his things. " I t seems to me he's running a semi legal fence for a lot o f the petty thieves in the neighborluNid." he said " A lot o l petty b u rg la ry goes right there; I'se sat and watched it." lo r d said he is not responsible for the com m unity's burglary problem , and that he has no way to tell it an item is stolen or not. "T h e re 's not a second hand store in the c ity that doesn't have this p ro b le m " he said 'W hen they gel one in the area they want to blame it for every crime com­ m itted. W'e d o n 't end up w ith any more s tu ff stolen here, in a low in ­ come area, than they do in Southeast." lo rd said tltat if someone can prove an item in his store has been stolen from them he w ill give it back. They can also contact the police and go through an o ffic ia l process which lakes some tim e and paperw ork, he said lo r d said he provides a service to the c o m m u n ity, that even local churches have b e n e fite d fro m his bargains. "T h e re 's no pickets out there," he said. The shop has had a stormy history since it opened in M ay, 1981. C o m ­ plaints from the neighborhood about the store being a possible fence opera turn surfaced almost im m ediately, and police visited the store frequently. "T h e y were on me top to b o tto m ,” said I o rd , try in g to put me out o f business." C harging harra.ssmcnt, I ord slapped the Police Bureau with a lawsuit, which remains under litiga lion Some o f the problems may be cleared up by an am endm ent to the c ity ’ s I9H0 pawn shop ordinance being con­ sidered by the C ity C o u n c il. The amendment would require about 44X1 pawn shops and second hand stores in the city to have a revocable perm it, allow police to investigate applicants for a record o f theft or fraud, require customers selling property to present id e n tifica tio n , require businesses to hold certain property for 15 days be HIM RADIO. IV E o n CO Northwetr'g Lo'pet’ G o ip e i G o rd A Top« A y tb e tru p d . r ( saus I a ‘A l t c\rr»icr muki * • » • • 1 IA C IJ O N Hom Z e n ith sa A lA d tO b »» nci » w fore reselling it, and require businesses to n o tify police when they receive frequently stolen items. A Police Bu rcau spokesman said the original law trriped reduce burglary and tire amend merit woukl hdp even mote. Northeast crime prevention coordi nator Sharon McCorm ack reminded neighborhood residents to mark their property. Engravers can be checked out from branch libraries for the pur pose, she said "T h e y ’ re not going to recover it i f there's not some way to identity it,” said M et ormack Ten-year-old " M a s t e r " G o ldie Irb y, who has been singing since he was three years old, returned to P ort­ land a lte i perform ing in Muskegon, M ich ig a n , M em phis, Tennessee, V ickburg, Greenwood and Jackson, Mississippi lire tour also took Irby to parts o f South Carolina I I k - Midwestern and Soutlrcrn lour was a firs t for Irby even though he has toured the West and Pacific North­ west extensively. He said at one place in Mississippi he sang at a church that sal in the muidle ol a cotton field And in Jack son. Mississippi, he was a special guest to W O A D 's Second Gospel f estival. W’O A D is a Jackson, M ississippi, radio station dial plays gospel music 24 hours a dav. I he le s liv a l was held July 27 and 2J4. In a d d itio n to appearing at the gospel festival, Irby met and sang with the Jackson Southern A irs and the A rchie Singers I ater this m onth, Irby and gospel singer Shirley Caesar w ill be in concert in South C arolina A native ol Portland, Irby is a fifth gradei ai Irvm gioii grade school He 1/2 OFF. And right now until N tA t'inber I. w e re even going one better fry offering a one-half pen cut discount »iff norm al interest rates on most consumer 1»tans w ith automatic payments from your First Interstate account ( Hir special loan H itlinesareopen week­ days from Ida in to 7 p.in., week­ ends from noon to 5 p. i n If you’re t< lobu.sv to rim to til»? bank for a loan, pick up the phone and call First Interstate Bank Bet auseweknow you're on the move, and that von need a fiank that can keep pace O w w Î m IM m «»*«* 4823 N Vancouver Portland. OR 97217 O ttica 287 2042 r.,c'.v has recorded on a 45 single record: "Bless Me, O I.o rd . Bless M e” and “ The Day W ill C om e." Irby has written two poems and d i­ rects the ad u lt ch o ir at the Greater f aith Baptist Church. ffe said the lour was tiresome but he enjoyed seeing things he hadn't seen before. “ I want to be a singer and a con­ cert pianist when I grow u p ," said Irby, who is teaching himself to play the piano. Irby said, "Sometimes I feel happy; sometimes sad when I sing certain songs." Irby’s mother, lam odia. said, "E v ­ erybody wants to be his (Irby's) man­ ager A man from New York offered us $50.1X10 to sign him to a contract." However, Rose Trice, Irb y’s grand m other, said, " I f we fin d someone who wouldn’t take up t»xr much o f his time and treat him right, we w ill sign him to a contract." The fam ily’s main concern is that Irb y ’ s career doesn't fall into the hands ol someone who is