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Cerem onies In Dark Old M en . starring (L R) Ricky Peters. Hank M el
son. George Rankins. M arvin Johnson and H A H agood. w ill run
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m onies In Dark Old M e n chronicles a short period in the life of a
struggling urban b lack fa m ily , the Parkers, as they strive to break
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Public In v itatio n
The public is invited to an open house celebrating the relocation of the
Portland Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation on Friday, February 27. from 5 30
to 7 30 p m The event will take place at 3833 N E Killingsworth Visitors
may en|oy refreshments and displays focusing on sickle cell disease begin
rung at 1 p m during the day The Press is welcome to attend
A n n iv e rs a ry /H o m e c o m in g
Allen Temple C M E Church will celebrate its 38th Anniversary Home
coming, February 5th 8th at Allen Temple Church, 4236 N E 8th Ave
The theme for this year's celebration is "God's Family of Faith Moving For
ward" Thursday and Friday evening at 7 00 p m will be a Praise Time"
Thursday evening at 7 30 p.m will be the opening program Rev Joyce
Smith, Associate Minister at Community A M E Zion Church in Vancou
ver, W A, will be the guest speaker.
Friday evening at 7 30 p.m will be a music fest featuring Allen Temple's
Ensemble Choir, the Maranatha Church choir, the Sermonettes, the Bethel
A M E Inspirational Choir, Anise Hall, Goldby Irby and Calvin Allmon
The culminating program will be Sunday during the 11 00 morning wor
ship service An anniversary fellowship tea will follow the morning service
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It’s the year 1987 and the 2,st Century draws nearer everyday These
are the times of automatic, automated, and freeze dried Synthetic, syn
thesized and programmable
We've witnessed Black astronauts. Black
conglomerates and even seen a national holiday set aside in honor of a
Black man Time has moved and will keep on moving on. but, in spite of
a few triumphs, the battle of discrimination and double standards is far
from over In the words of Gill Scott Heron. "It's Winter in America "
(Literally.)
In early December, a Black band was playing at a popular downtown
hotel As the word spread among the Black citizens of Portland, Oregon,
the normally Caucasian patronage was replaced with a patronage of a dark
er hue One evening, as the band played to a capacity crowd, numbers of
perspective patrons were turned away due to limited seating As the even
mg progressed, the club manager grew desperate and proceeded to ask
the minority clientele, both youthful and mature, for identification. This is
outrageous, it's true, but this is a clear example of double standards
Please don't get angry, fust get smart and be prepared
Late December A California based concert company contacts Portland
in hopes of booking RUN DMC here enroute to their Seattle concert on
New Year's Eve All concert sites or venues turned the offer down cold
Why? It’s rumored that the Raising Hell concert tour has been marred by
violence, and they do not want to risk a repeat performance in Portland
But I ask you to tell me about the violence at Ozzy Osborne, Van Halen and
A C /D C concerts, who, along with their demonic overtones and wild be
havior. sometimes even encourage their audiences into less than favorable
behavior. They are allowed to perform time and time again It's simple
double standards
On January 8th, the City Council voted thumbs down on the renewal
of Fleetwood's liquor license due to complaints from the neighbors on the
noise and violence that goes on I have witnessed, personally, what goes
on at Fleetwood's, but it doesn't compare with what goes on at the Copper
Penny, Hooper’s and other drinking establishments that are still in opera
tion The only difference is Black clientele
It's up to us to face the fact that we are watched and fudged more severe
ly than our fair skinned brothers and sisters, and it is essentially up to us
to keep the peace and not give anyone a reason to limit our entertainment
or our lifestyle in general Is this giving up? I think not. brothers and sisters
This is getting on Never forgetting or giving up the struggle, but bottom
line getting what we want and so richly deserve
Fistfighting in, on. or around nightc lubs should |ust not he So when you
see a friend about to get into a c o n fro n ta tio n you pull him or het aside
and school them, take them outside or home-, but do something
Dope peddling is also, even if in reputation only enough to close down a
place in a twinkling of an eye. let alone using it When I ve seen it I simply
tell the participants that I don't appreciate it being done in my presence or
at one of my favorite places When I ve made the statement .is if tiy magic
the dope disappears So if enough of us take the responsibility and make
it not so cool to do. we can also che< k this problem
Minors on the premises can close a place down immediately So, please
when you see someone you know is under 21, question them, and tell them
if they want a place to go when they are 21, to please leave Also, make
sure you have your own I D with you, fust in case
It's 1987 and high time for progress Realize how few night spots feature
live RbB, 0 J or fuke box music It s a very small number
Think of how many Black artists came to Portland last year It's a very
small number
Think of how many RbB radio stations there are It's not even necessary
to count There's not even one Wake up Portland' There is something
very wrong here I'll bet there's no other city this size in the whole United
States that has almost nothing to offer as far as variety I don't like it and
I’m not moving I'm going to do what I can to make a positive change, and
I and we noed each other's help How about it? Let s face the facts
Finally, ladies and gentlemen, you can now have your cake and eat it,
too W hat do we mean? You can go from curly to straight or from
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"King Day” Thanks
Joe (Bean) Keller would like to thank the public for attending the Second
Annual King Day Celebration held this past Sunday, Jan. 18th, at the Red
Lion Inn (Jantzen Beach). The event had a few flaws, like any large event,
but overall was a success
A special thanks is going out to all the performers, speakers and volun
teers who donated their time to help make this a successful event
B E A N. will continue to produce an annual King Day Celebration in
rememberance of Dr. King and would look forward to your continuous
support
It was a pleasure working with members of the Martin Luther King Com
memorative Committee and, hopefully, we can work together in the future
Sincerely,
Joe (Bean) Keller
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