October 28, 1987, Portland Observer, Page 3
Emerald Awards
Speaker Captivating
The 1987 Emerald Awards presented by Zeta Sigma Omega Chapter
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was held Saturday, October 24th at
the Red Lion Lloyd Center.
The speaker, Regina Tyner, Public Affairs Director of Contel in Belle
vue, WA, was dynamic. She cautioned the audience to take heed to the
significant number of opportunities for advancement for the Black woman
and warned that many of these advances are at the expense of the Black
M cK inley Burt dem onstrates com puter use to grade school stud e nts in Dalles, Oregon, in 1964.
... A Man of Excellence
Regina Tyner.
man. She stressed rebuilding a cohesive Black community to face the
many challenges facing this generation. She also applauded Zeta Sigma
Omega for recognizing the need to commend deserving Black men of the
community.
The program also included a mini-fashion show starring Zeta Sigma
Omega honey-do's: Steve Breland, Earl Johnson, David Redmond, Harvey
Lockett and James Taylor. Fashions were provided by Charley's Leather
Lloyd Center.
the subsidiaries of our company in Adrian, Michigan, and in the West Indies
(a Bauxite Facility)."
I sat there shocked. What if this man had been permitted to install
this system in Portland Public Schools twenty years ago (as he tried to do)?
I could only say "Continue on. Brother, continue on . . . WORK!" "I had
hoped to get this system into Portland schools and be able to involve the
Black innercity kids as well as others. The greatest thing I had going for
motivation of Black kids was my illustrated documentation that the binary
mathematics of computer language was their very own heritage. After all,
as Plato said in his Timaeus, the Africans invented mathematics, letters,
astronomy, ad infinitum — and Isaac Newton said that an African astrono-
mer, Atlas, invented the concept of a sphere and spherical geometry."
I will allow Professor Buit to add to his description of the Dalles Com
puter Project in order to let the reader see just how innovative and effective
he is in designing educational systems for mathematics and technology.
"N ow keep in mind that this was a learning process in math and science
and LANGUAGE I used a ‘punched tape' input in some cases rather than
magnetic tape, this so that the students could SEE the Binary Mathematics
underlying computer coding, i.e. hole or no hole in the tape. That is, the
TWO STATES of being either off or on, yes or no, go or don't go, which
I comprise an alphabet whereby specific letters or numerals or commands
are generated by manipulation of the two states. This is well documented
as a system of computation developed by Africans over 4000 years ago
Just as with the computers of today, they used the system to not only add
and subtract, but to multiply and divide."
"Professor Burt,"’ I said, "in concluding this section of a two-part arti
cle, tell us what happened when you tried to get your award-winning
system installed in Portland Schools." "I came down to Portland in 1969
and set up a base and office on S.E. 24th and Belmont Streets. I had 8,000
square feet of floorspace, on-line terminals interactive with a nationwide
computer network, IBM equipment, and a complete curriculum printing
facility, including a $10,000 Itek plate-making camera. Chief offset presses,
binders, collators - you name it. There was $43,000 of my own savings
and equipment in addition to a $25 000 SBA loan (Somebody besides me
thought the project was viable.)."
"A fter a year of submitting proposals and getting games in return
from the ever-smiling superintendent down to the lowest echelons of the
Portland district
I turned to other uses of the equipment in order to sur
vive."
NEXT WEEK: Designing co m p ute r program boards for the 4 and
5-year-olds at the Lake Oswego M ontessori School and a project
tha t produced jobs fo r 300 m in o rity scientists and engineers._______
To open a coconut, use a clean screwdriver to punch holes all the way
through the three ridges (eyes) that appear on one end You can then
drain the liquid
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BEAUTY SUPPLY
1987 Emerald A w a rd recipients w ith keynote speaker Regina
yner (C). L-R: George Bell, governm ent; Thom as V ickers, educa-
on; Donald H unter accepting fo r George Hendrix, co m m u n ity ser-
ce; J im m y W alker, father; A nto in e S toudam ire, y o u t lr jr y n e r ^
One financing program offers home buyers increased buying power—a
five percent increase in the amount of debt you can carry on your loan
and a one-quarter percent reduction in the interest rate.
Wholesale
Pricing
On Groceries
Gone Public
I you know that for almost 30 years you could have bought some of
ir groceries at wholesale prices? The Bee Company, for over 30
irs, has offered the public weekly shipments of name-brand
ceries at genuine wholesale prices.
You'll find canned and
•kaged goods, pet foods, as well as frozen and close-dated deli
ducts on the shelves. The best feature is that you do not have to
< by the case. You buy just what you want to buy, just the amount
i need. Located at 800 N. Killingsworth, just east of 1-5, they are
>n Monday through Saturday 9:30 am to 6:00 pm. Isn't it about
e you save on your grocery bill?
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Earth was thrown from the side ditches toward the center.
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Volunteers Needed
The Black United Front has scheduled a community meeting of indi
viduals and Black community organizations for Thursday, November 5th,
at 7 p.m. in the King Neighborhood Facility, to discuss its plan for Saturday
School. Volunteer teachers, funds, classroom materials and additional
church sites are needed.
Persons wishing to volunteer as teachers or who want to provide the
other needed resources may call Karen Powell at the American Friends
Service Committee Education Program at 230 9427.
If we don't help and save our children, no one else will!
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533 N .E . K illin g s w o rth
503-288-6338
C o m in g to P o rtla n d :
"W illie Morrow
Date: Monday, December 7, 1987
Time: 6 00 p.m.
Place: Ramada Inn — Coliseum
Price: $15.00
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