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’ '.
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( 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
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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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:
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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 .
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Natural gas costs a lot less.
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525 N E K illin g s w o rth
282 8252
NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS
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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
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