Page 3 Portland Observer March 30,1989
News Around Town
NORDSTROM TO
HOST CAREER
OPPORTUNITY
SEMINAR AT
WASHINGTON
SQUARE
LAWMAKERS
ASK GOVERNOR
TO INVESTIGATE
AFS WASTE
COMING SOON!
FASHION FAIR
(FASHION
SEDUCTION)
PCC SEEKS
APPLICANTS
FOR MINORITY
SCHOLARSHIPS
>
The 31st Annual ebony fashion fair
Portland Community College is
will
appear in Portland at the Earle A.
seeking applicants for 15 scholarships
SALEM - The governor should order
Chiles
Center, University of Portland,
available through the college's Ethnic
an investigation into the spending of
on
friday,
April 21, at 8:00 pm. This
Minority Education Assistance Award
Portland, Or. - Join us April 15 at
the state’s Division of Adult andFamily
famed
traveling
fashion show is produced
8:00 am for a complimentary career
program .
Services according to several members
by Ebony Magazine and is sponsored
seminar at Nordstrom, Washington
The program, now in its second year,
of the House of Representative. * ‘ Reports
by the Portland Chapter of Links,
Square and learn about career
offers required academic courses for
this week that $450,000 has been spent
incorporated for the benefit of Links’
opportunities in retail. Plus, meet
the first two years of a bachelor,s degree
on staff trips to Oregon’s finest and
educational and scholarship fund.
Nordstrom Buyers, Store and Regional
program and a two-year tuition waiver
most expensive resorts, including state
Mrs. Eunice W. Johnson, producer
Managers.
for each student selected, said Nick
paid boat trips, and ‘morale boosting’
and director of the show, personally
Our guest speakers will discuss their
Barnett, PCC Director of Minority
gifts to Adult and Family Services staff,
selects fashions from the exclusive
successful career paths at Nordstrom,
Recruitment
such as $195 leather bound, gold-
collections of famed designers such as
as well as answer any employment
PPC began the program last year in
embossed personalized notebooks to
frank composto, Bill Blass, Bob Mackie,
questions.
cooperation with the Portland Public
the top managers are deeply disturbing,”
Giorgio Sant’Angelo, Fabrice, Patrick
For further information and to make
Schools and Portland State University
the three stated in a letter to the governor.
reservations please contact 620-0555
to encourage minority students to enter ,( Kelly and Bruce Oldfield.
“ Information we have from sources
Mrs. Johnson is meticulous and
ext. 205. Seating is limited.
the field of education, where their number
within the agency lead us to believe that
thorough
in purchasing the most
are shrinking.
the initial reports of waste are just the
spectacular fashions available for Ebony
“ The current shortage of ethnic
tip of the iceberg.”
minority teachers will become a I Fashion Fair audiences.
Representatives Bill Markham (R-
More than 200 exquisite garments
significant crisis unless many more
Riddle), Ray Baum (R-La Grande), and
African-Americans, hispanics and Native complete with the latest accessories, 10
Beverly Clamo (R-Redmond) requested
female and 2 male models, commentator,
THE FIFTH GRADE
A m ericans becom e professional
that the governor should order an
music
director, stage and business
teachers,” Barnett said.
STUDENTS AT
immediate investigation into the agency.
Persons who want to apply for the managers, and wardrobe staff travel
“ The average welfare mother of two
IRVINGTON
grants should pick up application forms from coast to coast on a special chartered
receives $420 per month, plus $200 in
Because of the
from PCC Admissions offices at Cascade Greyhound bus.
ELEMENTARY
food stamps,” Markham stated. “ The
unprecedented
demand
for sponsorship
705 N. Killingsworth St.; Rock
leather notebooks that the state purchased
SCHOOL PLAN CLASS Campus,
of
the
show
by
charitable
organizations
Creek campus, 17705 N.W. Springville
to ‘increase employee performance’
around
the
country,
Ebony
Fashion Fair
TRIP
TO
Rd.; Sylvania Campus, 12000 S.W. 49th
would have provided food stamps for
now
tours
two
seasons
-
the
east and
Ave.; or Southeast Center, 2850 S.E.
SHAKESPEAREAN
nearly 20 families for a month.”
¡midwest from September through
82nd ave.
Baum said that he was very concerned
FESTIVAL IN
Application deadline is 3 p.m. December and the southwest from
about the waste in the Eastern Oregon
monday.april 10, in Barnett’s office on January through May appearing in
ASHLAND
Division which is headquartered in Bend.
Level B of the Student Center at Cascade more than 191 cities.
“ We’ve been hearing reports for months
Mrs. Clementyne Guy, General
The Fifth grade students at Irvington Campus.
about money wasted hotel rooms at
Chairperson
of the benefit performance
Contact person; Nick Barnett,
Elementary School are sponsoring a
fancy resorts and the nearly $30,000
indicates
ticket
sales are going
Director of Minority Recruitment,
100 family garage sale on April 1-April
that was spent last year chartering jets,' ’
exceptionally
well
and
expects an even
244-6111, ext. 5291.
2 at 2616 Northeast 14th Street (8:00
Baum said. “ We are talking here about
larger attendance than last year. Tickets
am to 4:30 p.m.) in a effort to raise
money that should be going to hungry
may be purchased at Mrs. C ’s Wigs
funds for a class trip to Ashland, Oregon
children and homeless families. If there
(707 NE Fremont), House of Sound
for the Shakespearean Festival. As a
is any agency in the state that should be
(3606 N. Williams Avenue), and Earle
result of the efforts of this industrious
run with a lean administrative budget,
A. Chiles Center, University of Portland
group of young people, $3,000 dollars
it’s this agency.”
(5000 N. Willamette Boulevard).
have been raised by the children through
Clamo said that she has discussed
Proceeds from previous shows made
a readathon and a community spaghetti
this matter with AFS staff in her district.
(t possible to make contributions to.
dinner. By doing odd jobs for neighbors
“ Staff morale on the front line is
paany local charities such as: POIC
and community residents, the students
extremely low,” Clamo said. “ Its really
(Portland Opportunities Industrialization
plan to raise additional funds. However,
tough to have to tell people you don't
Center); NAACP locally and nationally;
the students are less than $2,000 dollars
have money to help them feed their
St. Vincent DePaul Child Development
short of their goal with a scheduled
hungry children when you are looking
Center; Volunteers of America Day
departure date set for April 25, 1989.
at a new marble top desk and expensive
Nursery; Black Educational Center,
The students have been studying
silk decorations in the office.”
The St. Vincent de Paul Child Portland Art Museum; Martin Luther
Shakespeare in their classrooms this
“ We request that you order an
Development Center will welcome the King Scholarship Fund, Portland State
year. They are reading Pericles and
investigation into AFS spending,” the
comm unity to the center Tuesday, April University; Multnomah Association for
Cyrano de Bergerac, the plays they
letter to the governor concluded. “ We
11 at 10:00 am in honor of its 50th Retarded Children; United Negro College
hope to see come to life in Ashland.
owe it to the families in need and to the
anniversary. According to Tom Tison, Fund - locally and nationally, American
Donations towards the students efforts
taxpayers who are providing money for
director, * ‘This anniversary celebration Cancer Society, Oregon Division; Kidney
would be greatly appreciated. Interested
assistance, to make sure that every dollar
is not only to recognize the center and Association of Oregon; U.N.I.C.F:
parties may contact Irvington School
in the AFS budget is wisely spent for
its contribution to the community, but Eihiopian Aid (Africare, Inc.); American
for further information.
services that benefit the poor, not
also to acknowledge the many volunteers Heart Association, Oregon Affiliate, Inc;
bureaucrats.”
over the past fifty years whose Kerr Young Parents Program ar.d many
commitment to children has been so other groups and organizations.
strong.” TheSt. Vincent de Paul Child
Development Center provides quality
day care to low income Portland families.
The anniversary celebration, kicking-
off with a student band with rhythm
instruments in hand, also will feature
tours of the center, a display of historic
and current photos and a student art
NO COST SCREENING CLINIC
exhibit
The center, initially called Blessed
To determine if children
Martin DePorres Day Nursery, was
are eligible for treatm ent
Noted artist Peggy Houston
located at N. Victoria and Broadway.
at
Shivers will appear in concert at
Later it was moved to the comer of N.E.
SHRINERS HOSPITAL
Allen Temple C.M.E. Church
Williams and Graham and renamed St.
4222
NE 8th Ave. The event is
AND OUTPATIENT CLINIC
Martin’s Day Nursery. The center in
1973 moved to its present location, the
old
Immaculata Academy at 44 NE
Shriners care for a wide variety of orthopaedic and burn scar deformities,
Morris.
On its inception, the center was
including:
•the first interracial day nursery in the
• Sports Injuries to Bones
• Absent Arm or Leg
• Scoliosis
state.
Muscles or Tendons
• Myelodysplasia
• Dislocated Hips
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DEVELOPMENT
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Legg Perthes Disease
Hand Leg or Back
Problems
Following along with our descriptions
of the great African administrators and
engineers (“ Chief of Works” ), the
follow ing quote on an ancient
achievement is offered from page 1 of
Smith, A History of Dams, Citadel
Press, 1972.
“ ...Architectural historians have
written a great deal about the building
skills of ancient Egypt (and Ethiopia)...
but failed to mention one of the oldest
civil engineering structures in the world,
and the oldest known dam . Almost
5000 years old and twenty miles south
of Cairo, this remained the world’s largest
earthernbuilt dam for thousands of
years” . That title, “ the largesL” passed
to the Teton Dam in northern Idaho,
built by theU.S. Bureau of Reclamation
in the 1970’s.
This American dam collapsed in
1975 with a disastrous loss in life and
property (see current television ads of
U.S. West Telephone Company). But,
after 40 centuries, the African dam
was still standing in 1885 when
rediscovered by G. Schweinfurth, the
German archaeologist. Sort of reminds
you of Napoleon’s comment to his
soldiers lined up before the Great Pyramid
(1803), “ Forty centuries of greatness
look down upon you!”
In an earlier article I described the
urban and social planning associated
with the comfort and amenities of the
14,000 man workforce of an African
Shipyard. The following quotation even
further puts to lie the racist tales of
whip-driven and maligned slaves being
used to create Africa’s architectural
wonders. This passage is cited from
Segal, City Planning in Ancient Times,
Lerna Pubis, 1977.
“ To everyone’s surprise, the town
of Kahun turned out to have enough
houses for only a few thousand workers,
a far lower number than anyone supposed.
The old theories according to which
hundreds of thousands of slaves labored
under terrible conditions to build the
pyramids - were, to some extent,
disproved. The workers’ houses, while
not luxurious, were still spacious and
comfortable, each consisting of a small
central courtyard surrounded by two or
three bedrooms and a small storeroom.
At one end of the town there was a
group of luxurious buildings, quite
different in size and appearance from
the workers’ modest houses. Each of
these houses was built around a large
courtyard bordered on one side by a row
of columns. Living rooms were arranged
around the courtyard, and the bedrooms
contained raised platforms for the beds.
These houses, which even had guest
rooms and bathrooms, doubtless
belonged to the engineers and foremen
who supervised the work of constructing
the pyramid. Once the pyramid was
completed, Kahun was abandoned and
the town was soon buried in the drifting
desert sands.’’
Pretty nice Housing P rojects for
any era of civilization, I’d say. You
will never find these facts in American
high school or college texts - nor the
following from Sewell, Egypt Under
the Pharaohs, “ it appears that villages
and workmen’s dwellings were very
similar to those of present-day Egypt
(and the Sudan): small-roomed, one
storey houses with a terrace facing north
to catch the breeze... A typical richman’s
house...would be surrounded by a brick
wall and a large garden, although his
townhouse would have two and
sometimes three storeys.” If you have
always wondered where the Romans
and the Medieval builders got their
designs and building codes-now you
know!
Next week we will take a look at the
African architecture and icons found
around P o rtland, O regon - most of
which is passed off as being in the
Greecian or Roman mode. And we will
do an assessment of Solom on’sTem pie
and The Tabernacle. It is no wonder
that when I did a workshop on African
contributions in 1978 - including those
of the African-American inventors - a
white engineer in the audience rose and
said plaintively, “ We didn’t do anything
did we?” .
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Urban Innovations
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3833 N.E. Killinsw ÿ rth
Portland. OR 97211
OPEN 9 -4 30 & 6 9:00
SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1989
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scheduled for April 9th 4:00 pm.
A Donation of $8.00 is requested
Chitterlings • Meatloaf
Mix Greens • Beef Stew
Catfish • And Many
Other Southern Dishes
PORTLAND CABLE
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Including.
Cleo’s
Zesty Ribs In Sauce
- HOME-COOKED DESERTS -
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For Down Home Cookin'!
MEMBERS A GUESTS
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PCA INVITES YOU!
WHAT:
Video Showcase
WHEN:
Friday, April 7,1989 7:30-
9:30 pm
WHERE: Portland Cable Access
2766 NE Union Ave.
Portland, OR 97212
' V '
TICKETS: $10, $12, $15
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: PCP A BOX OFFICE, AND ALL
TICKETMASTER OUTLETS
FUNDED IN PART BY FRED MEYER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE
RED SEA RESTAURANT AND PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT
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M E E T IN G
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DATE:
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12,
TIM E:
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PLACE:
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5405 SE W oodward
P o r t l a n d , OR
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Phone :
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