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Page 4, Portland Observer, December 11, 1985 Jefferson H.S. displays W PA lithographs at I FCC gallery METROPOLITAN Heart of Black • man used in transplant In Jerr\ darner I lie heart o l a Black man was used in the lu st heart transplant in ( liegon I tie heart ot Robert I O lite . 27, xxas used last D iuisd ax to transplant in to tlie chest o l W esley M e r r ill. 44. bx d o c to is .it the (lie g o n H ealth Sciences I nixersitx (( i l ISI | O lix e was shot last W ednesday dm mg an alleged burglars attem pt at a N o rth e a s t P o r tla n d a p a rtm e n t i »live was shot once in the tace bx the reside nt o l the a p a rtm e n t and was p ro n o u n c e d c lin ic a lly dead at "B u tta lo Soldiers i ti.iii oal and gouache on bristol vellum. 1983. by Isaac Shamsud Dm Perspectives 3: Isaac Shamsud-Din A lt e x h ib itio n o l 27 draw ings and o il sketches lo t the H ilatuin O r/ix x c i bx Isaac S ha m sud D ili, one o l the N o ilh u e s l's toie in ost M io American artists, w ill he on xlexx at the P o rli.m il A it M useum tr o n i Dec ID th ro u g h Ian 26 I lie H ila h a n ( h h w c i (o r A tr o A m erican lo in nex I is the suhteet ot the m u ta i Sham sud D m created lo i the new lu s lic e ( e ilte t in P o rtla n d under commission Iro in the < hie Pei cent lo r P u b lic A it P ro g ra m I lie m in a i is “ the c u lm in a tio n o t tw o te a rs xcoik and n e arly 2(1 seats id re se a ich ," accoidm g to the a itis i It documents "th e struggles and a cco lti plishmenis <>t the A frican American ex o i k s and as doc u n ie n ts o t i tie ai determ ined to shale in the challenge o l the discoxeix. o|x*ning up, and set tlement ot the Western frontier " I lie m u ra l in clu d e s re p re s e n ta tio n s ot Instoiic.illx im portant but little known figures such as A o tk , tra n sla to r lo t the I excis and ( l.u k e xp ed ition . B ill P ic k e t t , s ta i o t in le t n a tio n a l W ild West stioxxs and Beam . e • .inn.ids lu s t Black xxom.m to practice law in ( liegon In p r e p a r a lio tl lo t the m u ra l, Sham sud D in d e ve lo p e d the com p o s itio n and lig u t a l d e ta ils in p ie lim in .ilx draw ing M ats Pnestei, c u ia to i ot the e x h ib itio n , com m ents that " t h e s u ix ix illg ketches are xa lu a b le b o th as in d e p e n d e n t art list's process I hex lange lio in spoil lançons sketches to blushed drawings and conxex the xig oio us dra ftsm a n ship and seiisitixitx Io the fig lile that ate c tia ia d e i istic o l s h a m .m l D m ' xcoik fo llo w in g its bow ing in the P o ll land At ' M il’ '. < • ; • • r . i ’ s ( i.ille i x . / ’i ' x / ' i ' i /, n e Haa¡ S ha" t in i I h n xx ill be gin a tw o se a l lo u t I In one hon ' W a li ’ i and I r ca , a ot gam zed bx I \ Io hi i I o m > ng Sgi x i. e I lie Per t/>ei lit i ' x senes is made |tosstble hx the s iip p o il o( the I lealior Andel on I iel ■ ■ 1 lia ’ itah ■ I Captured by Contras, Witness tells harrowing story 'y I d M y e r, a p h y s ic ia n Iro m W enatchee. \A A. to ld htv h ,m o w in g storx to a small audience at a chinch in Southeast Portland M xei said that he and a delegation ot other xolunteeis, along w ith several re p o rte rs , were k id n a p p e d lo t '(> hours as they travelled dow n a 'riv e r neat the ( ovta Rican border I tie delegation was in the aiea. tie said, to p io x e th a t c o n tra s were operaltng inside Nicaragua Renegade con tra leadei I den P astoia hud said the witnesses w o u ld he shot it tiles came in to the b a ttle area, hut A lte r Next week / ’ lerstate Ave., on I n M ei Bus Routes 5 and ' I A b o u t 7 ' lith o g r a p h s , som e o t w h ich are hand c o lo re d , have been selected fro m the Jellcrson collection, w h ic h to ta ls som e 2IM pieces, in eluding large wood parquet panels, a I ouis Hunce o il. a n d some fa b ric p ro o fs ol I tm b e rlin e lo d g e dra|X’ties ( )n displav at the I I I ( w ill he a series o l lit h o g ra p h s d e ta ilin g c o n s tru c tio n o t the G o ld e n G a le B rid g e , sexeral p o r tr a its , and botanical p rin ts (to m the Air H o o d N a tio n a l fo r e s t , w h ic h w ete later hand c o lo re d hx a d ilf e t e n t a rtis t I here ate also c a rto o n s hx I m e Pease. ( hegoman cartoonist who won the I94> Pulitzer Prize All o l the works (w ith the exception ot the cartoons) wete created between form atio n Your electric conmuqr isn’t going to U k e tra I a lo c .ll at lis t w ill b l k a x me to ' I . x pi lo inds the aiie u n i p x ra u ild s and then AI in an oi i e i n .i. xx H h I he i enow ned A! i n an h is to ria n u ( h o llit ia lias 111 Ben lo c h a m spent the last I ' x e .iis s tu d y in g I espitan histoix . c iillu ie . languages. and ancient and i . 'dein A tm an ait Io help spoils n her tu p , ( lit < i i 111.1 scili he h o id un’ a ali oi At' n an ails, o n i a te c a n d le s , A ft ,.m ( h o llilla , Am en, a n I inceiisi A \o id c ioxxds ,md con au e al the sam e ill . 's ' IU92 attei ' Hid c o n n ib u tio iis Epics of A n cie n t India 1 III 1 pn ot A n, 'em 1 ndi a \ 1 he 1 ip t e i. t iio n M M. ih .ib h .ilala anc1 ihe Ramatili». i. Ihe 1 XX I» gieai epu> ol India, tell the s|O! \ ot 1 lie s o u l’ s seau c h lo t u n its w ith io l.it Iro n t 1 oi «»Uh», ( I. •x! \ \ : em ails o l Bai le a lo te . w ill di SA UsS SOI ne td the hiddi u meanings m these ,’s and e xp la in w hai 1 a tin •se a I. is m a w ai slo t les II.ix e t o sax III |X III . 1 III sdav. a t’ o u i p e .u e 1 h c 1 7. W o r ld P e a n t lu xe 1 s il X . ' 1 Is.’u N 1 1 illan ook . ?s? 1 But you w i ll J u s t sw i t i li fro m an elec trie tu rn .ix c o r d e c trie I’ .i'c b o a r J h e a t to a h ig h x (fix ix in x t i. it u r . il gas t u r n . i n . ù o ii’ ll i t il x o u r h e a tin g b ills in h a lt. I lis t lo o k at t in x I la r i S ’ kV 's I s o •MOO H ock Shop In N ith e rl I m hian l) i Local artist to Africa the shopping c d In h u le Io a w o n lime I oi del.ids. p in D o n a tio n the 1 m tc il Slate s p la n tin g coi n and helping at daxc.rne ccnicrs in \ o rtheri Nic.iiaeua Some ot ilk - dideN 1H Ck' but tied x illa e e s and e tju i| iiiie iü »itu d e c ito te li in co n tra a ll.ic k gruesom e w o u n d s in llic te iJ Of i it ilialis " ( ou tra a lla i k ale aimed alm o i exi lusix elx at i it ihans rhe N k ai .i guan g o x e rilm e n i gixes arm s io the pe op le so ttiex ca ll d é te n d them selves." lie said A c iim im in contra la I tid A I x e i . i t o k i d i 11 ' x " 11 u i ■ 1 ' o x o . l to rc e the m Io a tta c k the n ow n t.u n itie s and to w n s p e o p le A u en tier c o o p e ra te or x o u 're eliminated Another o l Ins slide showed llic w re c k .n e o l a h e lic o p te r lio in the I lilted States, p ilote d hx Anici ai and " s i nt Ir om a ( I A amp n i l t im a s . " liia t was sho t d o w n w ith small ai ms tu t O ne o l the W itn e ss fo r Peace xolunteeis w ho was capltued hx con lias in N ic.ii.igu a last summer suite d I ’ortland Nox |9 lo o k l h lee lio u i s to c om pie le I he heat t pi oe la m al ( >11 Si is one o | two in I lie I ’ .ic il le N o i III west I lie oilier program is al the I liixetstlx ol W a s h in g ' on I lo pit al ill Sea I tie I he In i In a li iia ii'p la n l in the Northwest was p e rto i m ed al tin I liix e ts tlx o l W a h ingioii on Nox I s o l this seal k ille , -cnipt ui e Io N al agua Io xx g u t " , " a ai o t i c .. none h a w been harm ed 1 lux hase gone m io J angeious .ire.i Lisi summer ’su» is I he tirsi ma ior in sideiif Hi* ilides bowed volunleei i Iro n Di f i t M o yi'i llt’f ll ns ounts his i'xprifitwir es in Nicaragua to i Box Tom Kirtzie during bis visit to Portland (P tio to R ic h a rd J B ro w n ) I manual I fosp ital i Mice's fa m ily a u th o riz e d that Ins heart he donated in o id e i to help save M e i iil l's lite D o c to rs said tha t ( l i n e ’ s heart was m good c o n d itio n and was sluing M e n ili is aid lo be doing tine and im p lo s in e iin u u a llv tasi B e lo ie the lia iis p la n t . M e n ili was to ld hx do ctors that he w o u ld die unless he leceixed a new tieail I he o p e ia lio n 19 i ' and 1941. the d u r a tio n ot the W P A Begun in 1 9 1 ' as p a rt o t I ra n k ltn R o o se ve lt's "N e w D e a l," the W o rk s Progress (la te r renam ed " P r o j e c t s '') A d m in is tr a tio n developed programs to "perverse per sons' s k ills and sell respect hv ptov idm g useful w or k in a per m il o l m assive u n e m p lo y m e n t " AAorks created undei this program were then d is tr ib u te d to agencies such as the p u b lic schools I Ins c o lle c tio n has been in sto ra g e at le lle ts o n H ig h School lo i some lim e , and has onlv rece ntly been lu lls c a ta lo g u e d and fra m e d lo i d is p la y , th a n k s to the in itia tiv e o l P tn ilip a l N a th an lones and Art D e p a rtm e n t H c.n l H e n ry Sioblom I lie exhibit at I I I I w ill be hung as a class p ro je c t bx adxanced a it stu d e n ts , the re m a in d e r o t the c o lle c tio n rem ains on display at the high schixil I he 11 l < Ai t I i.iHer x is open It) a m ' p m . M on,I.tx through Satur d a x, and before and durin g weekend per I o r m alices. I all 241 '9 it I loi in I he In te rsta te I trehouse t u ltu ra l I enter ( l i t ( I A r tlia lle r x w ill exhibit a c o lle ctio n o t lith o g ra p h s and other a rtw o rk s cre a te d u n d e r the W o rk s P rogress A d m in is tr a tio n ( W P A ) . selected fro m the collection o l letter son H ig h S c h o o l, fr o m Dec io through 21. at Ihe I I I I . 5144) N lit FOR SALE s 50 I . m i >'»» " . it s S U iS g n 'x said llia t aside Iro m a little discom t o il , tliex were u n lia im e d Press at le n tio n was p io h a h lx lesponsihle tot then le la tixe lx benign tre a tm e n t, lie said A d iclin o u s walk through the mud Io a iiin g le cam p was xerv h a rd on sexeral o ld e r and oxer w e ig h t A ineiic.ins. h e s .ii.l. Iio w e .e i " l i t 5600 NE U n io n 287 533t: I No Need to hear L o w Prices are Here! Mon W omen terms o l to rtu ie . tliex were tortured " Alxer said th a t d u rin g th e ir cap tix itx . the witnesses talked w ith their captors and exen sneaked a tew snap shots o l them I lie con tra s, tna inlx vo tin g t'o xs, to ld them some o t the same c ritic is m s he It.id heard Iro m Unduvxvxir Socks S torkitxjs 4 '? Or w s Kids I'l'.V l X .' k'o n x un c d ’ I h e ll t a l l N o r lln x x s i N a tu r a l I ias. I hex x an hx’lp xx u h exerx t h in g tr o n i s u in g u p x o u r h e a lin g necxlv to f in a r it m g So d o n 't gtxe a n o th e r t h o u g h t Io xx h a t th e e le t t r i! c o m p a tis is g o in g lo t h i n k . .« xl M in h Natural gas costs a lot less. AA »o to S»»' 525 N E K illin g s w o rth 282 8252 NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS I' ■■ ...I 22b 4211 All mx ‘ .'I k.'S l Aston i ' ' s ’ v 11 A in, u n r 6 *1 . ' i l l I in i In G .t " k x» , H II D o ¡ ' " ’ I u, , ,, <4 ' h r 1 ‘ A' x •' ••. IX.» T Shirts Bafiy Ckittxs. Robin & Chris Clothing Store S .in d m is i.i c li t i c ' m the c a p ita l, tie said Alxer s.inl tliat out ot I ' t i t Witness lo r Peace xolunteeis w h o tiaxc gone m s » •' I. : - ... i
