► ♦ ♦ » 4*4 ♦’< r'i 4 <♦ « * 4 » r < ♦ * * ♦ ♦ * • * * * ^ * * ♦ * '* * * • * <' «f • V # • ♦ » • • < » * 1 >4 « «r ♦ 4 ♦ 1 ,<r»4l r *-< -4 ♦ <>40* : :p a p e r Room M rs 'on L ib r a r y e £ r. Portland, O regon PORTLfi Volume XVIII, Number 36 •X> V -*. .\<y. ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK In tro d u c in g : Observer’s Com m entary u rp ris in g ly C o m m issio n e r D ic k B o g le ’s “ G ang S u m m it M e e tin g ” p ro d u c e d som e w e lco m e d re s o lu tio n s (see re s o lu tio n s ). H o n e s tly , many of us in the Black co m m unity had little fa ith that the sum m it w ould give us anything to grab onto. But it did — Namely, S Mrs. Lela Roberts, Principal Humboldt School Portland, Oregon Portland City Commissioner Dick Bogle C aptain - Fire D epartm ent Portland International Airport ___ Port O f Portland______ Shirley Proctor Volunteer Coordinator Northeast Youth Service Center W E L C O M E !!! Evelyn Allen and Lois Lackley Lois Lackley and Evelyn A lle n o f Los A ngeles, CA. are the g u e st at the hom e o f Gary Ann G arnett and Ms. B irdie Lee Taylor, Portland, O regon. The Portland Observer Newspaper Open House And Uniquely Yours Boutique & Nail Salon Grand Opening August 5th, 1988 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. 525 & 517 H.E. Killingsworth Portland, Oregon July 27,1988 “The eyes and ears o f th e com m unit y" Born in the State of Alabama, Captain Fowler attended college in Ohio where he met and married Sylvia Baker. After graduation, they moved to California to manage a horse ranch. Life on the ranch was a mix of buying, selling and training horses. It was also filled with the summers Captain Fowler spent as a volunteer firefighter. “ California is known for its big, out-of-control fires.” he said. “ So. each summer I would volunteer for the firefighting brigade. I also took tests to become a firefighter with the L.A. Fire Department. When I discovered it would take upward to three years before I would get an op portunity to join the department, I joined the Air Force and its fire depart ment. I was in the Air Force for five years and achieved exactly what I wanted to achieve.” Life in the Air Force meant moving the Fowler family from Califor nia to Michigan to Germany and eventually to Oregon. “ When we moved to Germany, my son, Allen, was 3 years old. When we returned to the states, he was seven. Germany was a growth experience for ail of us,” he recalls. The first time Captain Fowler visited Oregon, he fell in love with it. Once out of the Air Force, the Fowler family moved to Oregon, and once again Captain Fowler was able to achieve what he wanted. “ When I was a child, my mother and my father taught me strength and love. At the time, we lived in a segregated society where there was a lot of hate, but my parents never taught me to hate anyone. I was taught to go for my goals. When Dr. Martin Luther King had the first demonstration at the 16th Street Baptist Church, I ran away from home (he returned after the demonstration was over) to go and get involved in that. It was a positive learning experience,” he remembers. In addition to his duties as Captain, Captain Fowler teaches a course at Portland Community College - “ Crash Firefighting Rescue” and "Fire Department Orientation.” “ I encourage young people to do well in school and to take a look at colleges like Portland Community Col lege and Mt. Hood Community College. Both have an excellent Fire/S- cience Program. It’s a two-year program where you earn an Associate Degree in Firefighting. After you get the degree, you then start taking tests for the fire department you want to work for,” he explained. Promoted to Captain In 1987, Captain Fowler believes that we can effectively inspire our youth by giving them positive encouragement, positive work opportunities and experiences, a positive family environ ment, adequate education and love. “ My wife’s father introduced me to firefighting,” he said. “ He was a firefighter. After my first visit to a firehouse, I knew that I wanted to be a firefighter. That’s what I call “ be ing inspired.” This fall, Captain Fowler’s son Allen will attend Howard University. "Our family, friends and relatives are very proud of him. He's an achiever,” Captain Fowler said with a big smile. The Portland Observer congratulates Captain Fowler and is proud to salute him as our “ Role Model of the Month” • It brought to gethe r C ity and C ounty C om m issioners to w ork on problem s that a ffe cts us all; • It allow ed both the m edia and the p u blic to observe the proceeding; • It gave the A frican-A m eri can co m m u n ity the o p p o rtu n ity to see and hear many of the men and w o m e n w h o e v e ry d a y design and enforce laws that govern behavior and treatm ent of others. A lthough the S um m it M eeting produced less than Black O rego nians had hoped for, hats o ff to C om m issioner Bogle for having the courage to go forth w ith an idea he believed w ould benefit the m ajority To expand upon the S um m it and the C ity /C o u n ty ’s a b ility to resolve the problem of d ru g / gang a c tiv ity in N o rth / Northeast, the Portland O bserv er makes the fo llo w in g recom m endations: • Im m ediate approval and en forcem ent o f the resolutions. • That A frican-A m erican w o men (from th is p oint on) be brought aboard to help resolve issues relating to th e ir children and their com m unity. • That radio and television stations, perform ing arts in s titu tions, bands, art m useum s, his torical societies, Portland public schools, the Black and w h ite c h u rc h , e tc. S p o n so r yo u th oriented festivals, tours, show s, con ce rts and co m m u n ity events. • That all citizens living in N o rth /N o rth e a s t Portland make a greater e ffo rt to understand t h e i r s o c ia l a n d c u lt u r a l differences. • That the process of id e n ti fying d rug/gan g resources be extended to include lesser know African-A m erican organizations, who, for m any years, have been w orking very hard to help Black youth achieve success. Joint City/County Gang Policy Resolution Monday, July 2 5 , 19 8 8 PARTICIPANTS C o u n ty C hair G ladys M cC oy M ayor Bud Clark C om m issio n e r Earl B lum enauer C o m m issio n e r Pauline A nderson C o m m issio n e r P olly C asterline C om m issio n e r D ick Bogle C o m m issio n e r G retchen Kafoury C om m issio n e r Bob Koch C o m m issio n e r C aroline M ille r C om m issioner M ike Lindberg A u d ito r A nne K elly Feeney A u d ito r Barbara Clark S heriff Fred Pearce D is tric t A ttorney M ichael Schrunk W HEREAS, know n crim in a l gang m em bers have com e to th is co m m u n ity to sell drugs, especially “ cra c k ” cocaine, and gang- related violence has reach an intolerable level; and WHEREAS, gangs are involved in o th e r crim inal a c tiv itie s rang ing from e xto rtio n and in tim id a tio n to hate-m otivated assaults and the m anufacture of m etham phetam ine; and W HEREAS, solving gang problem s dem ands active pa rticip a tio n not only by affected neighborhoods, but by the c o m m u n ity as a w hole; and WHEREAS, the spectrum o f persons associated w ith or af fected by crim inal gangs stre tch e s from the very young w ho adopt gang co lo rs and behaviors, to those w ho preach and p ractice racist violence, to those w ho engage in organized e xto rtio n , to those w ho m anufacture and d is trib u te m etham phetam ine, and to the seldom - seen operators of “ cra c k ” houses; and WHEREAS, an e ffe ctive response to gang problem s m ust pro vide a co n tin u u m of strategies, from p ositive youth o p p o rtu n itie s, prevention and treatm ent, to arrest, p rosecution and incarcera tion — services w hich are provided by a variety o f governm ents; and WHEREAS, hard-core crim inal gang m em bers, the drugs they sell, and the chem icals that becom e the drugs they m ake and sell move in interstate com m erce; and WHEREAS, in ca p a cita tio n of gang m em bers through im p riso n m ent and c lo s e r probation and parole supervision requires the state, w hich has prim ary re s p o n sib ility fo r co n victe d felons, to co n tin u e to expand prison and juvenile fa c ilitie s; and WHEREAS, as long as the c o n d itio n s w h ich lead to drug use and gang particip a tio n continue , the co m m u n ity w ill s u ffe r the e ffe cts o f d rugs and gangs; N O W T H E R E F O R E B E IT R E S O L V E D T H A T A ll u n its and branches o f governm ent involved in solving crim inal gang problem s cooperate in the creation of a c o n tin u in g gang in te llig e n ce base available to each c o n trib u tin g agency, w ith the aim of e lim in a tin g crim in a l gangs; and THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED th a t th is p o lic y ad dresses all gangs engaged in crim in a l activity, and that it is the crim inal a c tivity of these groups, and not m erely th e ir association , w hich concerns our co m m u n ity; and That we applaud the e ffo rts o f com m unity-based organizations such as the D istrict C o alitions, the N.E. C o a litio n ’s Y outh G angs Task Force, and the C o a litio n of B lack Men, and pledge our fu ll support to th e ir efforts; and That sin ce gangs attra ct m any youth at-risk o r “ gang-affe cted” Continued o n P .3 OBSER VER ’S CITIZEN OF THE WEEK Citizens Involvement In Teaching Youths Providing Children With A Chance to GROW Parking A vailable In Rear O f B u ild in g on N.E. C hurch St. By: Dr. Carl Parker Happy Anniversary!! To Danny and Mattie Holland Who Celebrated Their 16th Wedding Anniversary On Saturday. July 23rd, 1988 With A Steak & Lobster Party At Their Residence. CONGRATULATIONS! FROM ALL OF US! Y o u r F rie n d s ... You K now W ho W e Are ... □ Greetings to parents, teachers and community supporters: e at CITY (C itizens Involve m ent in Teaching Youth) w o u ld like to bring you up to date regarding the recent a c tiv itie s that have occurred in the program during the school year 1987-88 Thus far th is year the program has served over 50 stu d e n ts in grades K indergarten to sixth. S ince Janu ary of th is year Jan G entry has W Dr Carl Parker served as co o rd in a to r on a part- tim e basis. She has served w ell in m aintaining open co m m u n ica tio n w ith school personnel. She also arranged the schedulin g fo r the tu to rs. She has reported that school personnel support the C I TY program and believe it is an essential service fo r the children. T utors w ho have w orked fo r CITY during the year have been: R ichard B rock, Lauren C len- denen, Ja cquelin e Daniels, Am y Delia, M ontreal G ranville, Sandra Continued on P. 3 SALUTING MR. 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