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February 24, 1988, Portland Observer, Page 5 Portland’s Black Professional Network County Chair Gladys McCoy joins the 100-plus individuals as Amelia Lanier cuts the cake at a community reception. Photo by Richard J. Brown by Dennis G. Payne Realizing the need for an or ganization to serve all Black Pro fessionals, regardless of craft, trade or profession, in October, 1987 a group of individuals started planning for the creation of Portland's Black Professional Network. The group was brought to gether by Dennis G. Payne, who developed the idea based on the Black Professional Forum estab lished by Black E nterprise Magazine. The group has been meeting since October, once a month on the second Sunday at Pacific Power and Light's District Office FREE PHYSICALS FOR THOSE WITH LOW INCOMES Neighborhood Health Clinics, Inc. will be sponsoring free physi cals for people with low incomes. The physicals will be held March 1,2,8 & 9 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and March 4 & 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The phys icals will be held at St. Andrews Church - Community Center, 806 NE Alberta. Appointments are necessary. Call 288-5995 during business hours for an appoint ment. The physicals will include a physical exam ination, blood pressure evaluation, urine test ing, and distance vision screen ing. The physicals will be ad ministered by a family practice physician and an adult nurse practitioner. Participants will re ceive a written evaluation of their health status. For more information please call Neighborhood Health Clinics, Inc. at 288-5995. (15th and N.E. Fremont), and has grown rapidly from 12 to over 90 individuals. By-laws have been drafted and officers nominations were made at February’s meeting and will be adopted and elected at the March 13th meeting. The stated purpose of the or ganization is to “ bring Black people of diverse professions, backgrounds, talents and skills together, to work towards indi vidual, collective and economic goals that will enrich our lives, en rich our communities, and enrich the lives of our families." The organization decided to honor Black History Month by hosting a Community Recep tion last Sunday, February 21st, at the Interstate Firehouse Cul tural Center. Over 130 individuals were present, sharing good times, conversation and food. The event was catered by Karla's Krab’s & Quicke Delight L&S Catering and music was provided by Ken Berry, Danny Osborne and Friends. The event was or ganized and supervised by Anita Noble and volunteers from Port land’s Black Professional Net work. Speaking to the reception, De nnis G. Payne listed the organiza tion's goals as: 1. to provide mentors and role models to our children for the growth and development 2. to provide growth and op portunity for the development of Black Professionals through training and seminars, and 3. to encourage,support and develop Black Businesses to maintain a strong community and build a better tomorrow. Dennis went on to say that the only qualification to join is that you are BLACK and want to build upon your B lackness for a better tomorrow. The organization will be joining the National Black Pro fessional Network and will serve as the country's anchor to the great Pacific Northwest. In closing his remarks, Dennis stated that everyone’s participa tion and support is needed and demanded and that the next meeting will be Sunday, March 13th, 2:30 p.m. at P.P.— L.’s Dis trict Office. Computer Training for Older Workers The C enter fo r Urban Educa tio n ’s New D irectio n s program is o ffering co m p ute r tra in ing for mature workers. The program is d esign e d fo r kn o w le d g e a b le adults w ith a life tim e of learning and s k ills who want to develop co m p ute r s k ills to remain in or re-enter th e ir fie ld of expertise. The eight-w eek tra in ing pro gram includes guided class in stru ctio n , softw are dem onstra tions, hands-on co m p ute r exper ience, one-on-one tu to rin g ses- ssions, resume preparation, job search training, and special as signm ents. Trainees are also given the o p p o rtu n ity to put th e ir s k ills in to practice in a job se ttin g through a subsidized w o rksite for e ig ht weeks, that could lead to a perm anent p o si tion. The program is funded by the Private Industry C o u ncil and seeks men and w om en of all racial and e thnic backgrounds. Anyone interested should call the C enter fo r Urban Education at 231-1285 and ask about New D irections. According to the American Heart Association, high blood pressure is particularly prevalent in middle-aged and elderly people, blacks, obese peo ple, heavy drinkers, women who take oral contraceptives, and people with diabetes mellitus, gout or kidney dis ease. High blood pressure is also more prevalent among men than women. MARCH 1 DEADLINE FOR MINORITY-STUDENT AWARD APPLICATIONS March 1 is the deadline for Oregon Black. Hispanic and Na tive American students to apply to the state's public, four-year col leges and universities for waiver of tuition and fees. Under a program adopted last May by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education, 146 Oregon first-time freshmen from these minorities are eligible to receive the waivers each year. The waivers, worth about $1,500 annually, are awarded competitively only to students who meet all normal admission requirements. Students from the three minority groups qualify be cause their rate of enrollment at State System of Higher Educa tion institutions has been only about half that of the general stu dent population. Persons requesting applica tions by March 1, and sub sequently completing and return ing the application, can be consi dered for admission for Fall 1988. Applications are available by writ ing or calling admissions offices at any of the eight institutions: • Eastern Oregon State College, La Grande, Ore. 97850. • Oregon Health Sciences Uni versity, Portland, Ore. 97201. • Oregon Institute of Technol ogy, Klamath Falls, Ore. 97601. • Oregon State University, Cor vallis, Ore. 97331. • Portland State University, Port land, Ore. 97207. • Southern Oregon State Col lege, Ashland, Ore. 97520. • University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore. 97403. • Western Oregon State Col lege, Monmouth, Ore. 97361. The tuition-and-fee waiver program , considered to be among the nation's most aggres sive higher-education affirmative action initiatives, is intended to increase num bers of underrepresented-minority stu dents on the eight campuses. 1988 Act-So Efforts The Portland Planning C om m itte e for Act-So, Brain C h ild of the NAACP, is revving up fo r the 1988 n a tio n a l c o m p e titio n s chaired by Kenneth Edwards of the N ortheast Youth Services C e n te r, th e A fro -A c a d e m ic C u ltu ra l, T e c h n o lo g ic a l and S c ie n tific O lym pics C om m ittee is a c tiv e ly r e c r u it in g and s o lic itin g names of 9th-12th grade youth who show excep tional talen t in the hum anities, sciences, perform ing arts and visual arts for a May 13th local co m p etitio n . Conceived by C hicago c o lu m nist, Vernon Jarrett, Act-So is "an in-depth saturation cam paign to discover, develop, nur tu re and re w a rd a c a d e m ic a c h ie v e m e n t a m o n g t h is n a tio n ’ s B la ck h ig h s c h o o l s tu d e n ts ." Rooted in the firm co n victio n that our youth can achieve in the classroom at the same su pe rio r level at w hich they achieve in the a th le tic arena, it is the goal of Act-So to afford the same respect for sch olastic and cu ltural achieve ment that is awarded the heroes of the w orld of sp orts.” And since there is a national agenda to save our y o u th ” , says Ken Ed wards, “ Act-So is one more co m m unity e ffo rt to reward and recognize our young people for outsta nd in g achievem ents and to fo ste r th e ir co n tin u a n ce .” R ecognition is given in the form of medals and money on the local and national levels. The national c o m p e titio n this year w ill be held in June in W ashington, D.C. Of the four d is c ip lin e s co nside re d, there are 21 cateories (a student may enter up to three of these): M u s ic c o m p o s itio n , o rig in a l e s s a y , p la y w r itin g , p o e try , biology, chem istry, e le ctron ics, photography, and sculpture. The Act-So co m m itte e hopes to have 16 fin a lis ts attend. "That, how ever," says Mr. Edwards, “ w ill depend greatly on the num ber of youth p articipa tin g — and we hope the response w ill be trem endous — and m ost im portantly on the am ount of money that can be raised to sup p o rt o u r lo c a l c o m p e titio n , w hich is where we cu rrently need the m ost com m unity su p p o rt." H a v in g no d o u b ts th a t P o rtla n d w ill be very w e ll represented at the N ational level, the Act-So com m ittee, co n s is tin g of Renee W ilkerson- Anderson, Mary Taylor, Carmen Walker, Alene Grice, June Key, C le v o n n e J a c k s o n , L u c io u s H icks and George Hendrix, is busily forging ahead. A ll donations to this e ffo rt are tax d ed uctible and should be m ailed to: Act-So, P.O. Box 11367, Portland, OR 97211. A p p lica tio n s may be secured from a ll high s c h o o l in te g ra tio n specialists, the Portland NAACP o ffice, the Urban League of Portland or by ca llin g Mr. Ed wards at 280-2600. C losing deadline is February 26th. CALENDAR Rights on Trial Forum CANCELLATION Sat., Feb. 27, 8 p.m., M usicians U n io n H a ll, 325 NE 2 0 tn , Portland, 6:30 p.m. chicken d in ner. Door donation, $2; low in com e $1. Dinner, $5.50; low in come, $3. Call 249-8067 or 236-6154. N ic a ra g u a n a rtis t, C a rlo s M ontenegro, slide show of his w ork and the new c u ltu ra l in s titu tio n s in revolutionary N i caragua. Success Through Phonics Sat., Feb. 27,9 a.m. -12 noon; 1-4 p.m., PSU, L incoln Hall A u d ito r ium, $15, scholarship available: Call 282-6925. For in fo call Mary Garrett, 620-2200 or Phil Bran- som, 636-8126. “ Punch” Puppet Show Sat., Feb. 27, 3 p.m., H ollyw ood Branch o f the M ultnom ah Coun ty Lirbrary, 3930 N ,E. Hancock. Free. Reception to Honor Oregon Women of Historical Significance Fri., March 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Oregon H isto rica l Society, SW Broadway at Jefferson. $5 at the door. Call fo r reservations, 232-1872 or 658-6057. Volunteers Needed for Field Experience The S ickle Cell Anem ia Foun d atio n needs volunteers for m edical-related services. If you need fie ld experience as a m edical assistant, p le bo tim ist, lab tech or other m edically- related experience, lend us a hand and earn school cre d its at the same time. C o n ta c t th e S ic k le C e ll Anem ia Foundation today — call (503) 249-1366. Ask for Mrs. Taylor. This will be the day when all of God's children will >e able to sing witn new meanino -Martin Luther King, Jeannette Jeyan School < ^eauuny Children’ s Dental Fair THIS BOOKLETCAN CHANGE THE MAY YOU PLAN TO PAY FOR COLLEGE. THE G I. BILL PLUS THE AR M Y COLLEGE FUND CAN BE WORTH UP TO $25.200 TOWARD YOUR COLLEGE EDUCATION Here’s how it works: First you contribute to your education— $100 per month for the first full 12 months of your enlistment. Then the government contributes—up to $9,600. Thats the G.I. Bill. With the Army College Fund, you can add up to $14,400 more! (See table below.) 2 vears $9,000 $17.000 1 years $10.800 $22,800 4 vrais $10,800 $25.200 And the rewards of being a soldier go far beyond earning money for college. You’ll also learn self-reliance, discipline, team-work and pride. So when you do get to college, you'll be able to get the most out of it. For more information about this program and how you can qualify for it, see your local Army Recruiter today. O r call toll tree 1-800-USA-ARMY. You’ll find out that paying for college through the Army pays off in more ways than one. ARMY. „ BEALLVOUCANBE. Sat., Feb. 27,OMSI, 4015 S.W. Canyon Rd. In honor of the ad vances in dental technology and N a tio n a l C h ild r e n 's D e n ta l Health Month. Black History Concert The Story of the Spirituals Sun., Feb. 28, 4 p.m., Marana- tha Church, 4222 N.E. 12th. Featuring Dorothy Butler, Helen Oakley, Em m ett W heatfall, Ada Jackson, Cleo B utler, P hillis W hitm ore and Ray Tellis. Dizzy Gillespie Celebrated Fri., Feb. 26, 9:00 p.m. Eastern tim e on PBS. Check your local lis tin g for tim e in your area. Proposals Sought for North Portland Enhancement Program The North Portland Enhance m ent C om m ittee w ill hold an in fo rm a tio n a l m e e ting Wednes day, March 2, to answ er ques tio n s and d iscuss g u id e lin e s for s u b m ittin g proposals fo r pro je c ts to benefit North Portland. The 7 p.m. m eeting w ill be at St. Johns C om m unity Center, 8427 N. Central St. Moment W ithout Prior Gordon Parks Names Mon., Feb. 29th, 10 p.m. East ern Tim e on PBS. C heck local lis tin g fo r tim e in your area. Panel Discussion Forum Saturday, Feb. 27th, 7 30 p.m., public panel discussion forum, "Malcolm X Legacy For Today." 2732 N.E. Union. Info, call 287- 7416. Kindergarten & 4-Yh Old Class • • • • Reading Readiness Number Concepts Social Studies Arts & Crafts 21/2 - 3-Yr. Old Class • • • • • Educational Toys Letters Number Concepts Social Behavior Arts & Crafts DAY CARE CENTER 606 N.E Fremont 287-5656 Hours. 6:30 - 6:00 2!6 - 6 years old Back to Basics and Lots of Loving Care L vo n to d by I M S u r» o l Ortgon S ttll Ol * • « t rfn tO I t t c h t r S Wholesale Pricing < On Groceries Gone Public Did you know that for almost 30 years you couia nave bought some ot your groceries at wholesale prices? The Bee Company, for over 30 years, has offered the public weekly smpments of name-brand groceries at genuine wholesale prices. You'll find canned and packaged goods, pet foods, as well as frozen and close-dated deli products on the shelves. The best feature is that you do not have to buy by the case. You buy just what you want to buy, just the amount you need. Located at 800 N. Killingsworth, just east of 1-5, they are open Monday through Saturday 9:30 am to 6:00 pm. Isn't it about time you save on your grocery bill? PHONE 283-3171 They’ll Tell Yeu All About It