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» <"» < * o* u lif3 F r a n c i s S c h o o n - \e s s p a p c r P.ooo U n i v e r s i t y o f O regon L i b r a r y Portland, Oregon ERVER PORTI APRIL 20,1989 VOLUME XIX NUMBER 15 Introducing Rose Jefferson, Festival Princess Benson and Grant Princess Taneisha Pannettte Manning , Jefferson Princess Holly Diana Milne Princess Cheryl Mason , Grant & w Grant High (From Left To Right) Manning, Oxgellque Witherspoon, Tracy Steinbrugger, Trisa Watson Sara Fowler, Erin Jennings, P rin ces Cherly Mason, VOLUNTEER OF WEEK Lonnie Bradley by Jimi Johnson Lonnie B radley, a warm and friendly person with a ready sm ile can be found volunteering his time filling out income tax forms for senior citizens at the Urban League o f Portland. This is a busy time for Mr. Bradley as the April 15th (17th this year) filing deadline has ju st past and he is getting sw am ped last minute request for tax assistance. Besides volunteering as an income tax consultant to Seniors, Mr. Bradley is also a freelance photographer and can be seen on num erous occasions taking pictures o f guest and dignitaries attending various U rban L eague functions around town. B radley, a service co nscience individual, has been nom inated several volunteer service awards including the 1989 National Urban Volunteer of the year award for his com m unity service and involvemenL Lonnie Bradley cam e to Portland in 1942 from Hope. Arkansas. A retired M erchant M arine, he has traveled extensively visiting several countries and continents including Africa. Bradley and his wife G ladys have been m arried for 35 years and have one son. developing goals and objectives of Neighborhood Revitalization for inner northeast Portland. In n e r N o rth e a st P o rtla n d neighborhoods have been the focus of many planning efforts in the past. Most of these have produced very little benefits or the people and businesses who live here. Some efforts have even aided in he further deterio ratio n o f the community. In other cities with problem s similar o those of Portland’s experience has >roven that the m ost creative and successful approaches to neighborhood revitalization and stabilization has come rom neighborhood residents and local organization themselves. Our goal here is to begin resolving som e of the historic planning conflicts Wallace Returns To Maranatha Police B u reau Double Reward Offered Community Involvement Critical and begin developing strategies among those affected, leading to a well c o o rd in a te d R e v ita liz a tio n and Stabilization plan for Northeast Portland. Lucious Hicks, has been asked to help with the coordination of this meeting. If you have any questions or need further inform ation prior to the m eeting, please give him a call at 464-5768. We look forward to your participation on W ednesday, April 26th at King Facility. INTERIM OFFICER NAMED IN PSU AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Portland State University Interim President Roger fcdgington nas a n n o u n c e the appointm ent of A rm ando Laguardia as Interim Affirm ative Action Officer for the University and Special Assistant to the President for Minority Affairs T he appointm ent is effective April 13,1989. Laguardia, who has been a faculty m em ber at PSU for eleven years, most recently served as D irector of the Upward Bound Program . He first came to the University as a coordinaiory for the School Desegregation Center in the PSU School of Education. A graduate of Portland’s Jefferson High School, Laguardia has earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Oregon. In addition to his PSU duties, he has served as executive director for CO SSPO , a Hispanic com m unity-based organization, and as curriculum consultant for the N orthw est Regional Educational Laboratory, Portland. Among his manv iidviw rv roles has been service on the State Advisory Council for • t •,* V M To Be Continued Next Week With S t M arys And MarshaU Nicole Retz, Julie Lupton, Emily Gleason BUF Seeks Meeting With Citizens The Oregon Association o f Minority E n trep ren eu rs, A lbina M inisterial Alliance, and the Black U nited Front w ant to m eet with residents and organizations on W ednesday, April 26, , Benson Rpn«in Hieh (From Left To Right) Ursula Madden, Princes Holly Diana Milne, Hellen Hoang, TwUa Cain '■> 'tniidh * m u Left To Right) Monica Horst, Ribin Beavers, Dionne Smith, Princess And Court Ruby Denise Mclemor On Sunday, January 15, 1989, at approximately 8:00 P.M ., Ruby Denise M clemore was found lying on the street in the 300 block o f N.E. Holman, which is one block west of Union Avenue. M clemore had been shot one time and was pronounced dead at Emanuel Hospital. The Victim was 21 years old and is described as being5 ’2", weighing 100 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a black beret, black leather jacket, w hite jeans, black leg warmers, and w hite tennis shoes. Mclemore had a record of prostitution arrests, and it was reported that she was "w orking” the night she was murdered. Detectives working the case have developed ihformation that there may have been w itnesses to this m urder and need thoseiddivjduals to contact them in order to further the investigation. O ne o f the detectives assigned to the case, Mike Hefley, stated “ After evaluating inform ation receive, and subsequent developm ents in this case, believe an arrest of the suspect is possible if we can talk to the w itness.’’ The original reward was for $1,000 and was offered by The C nm estopper Program An additional $1,000 reward is being offered by The Portland Police Bureau making the total reward o f $2,000 fo information leading to an arrest in thi case. Persons with information should contact detectives M ike Hefley or Tom Nelson at 796-3479. M aranatha Church elected Rev. W endell H. W allace, Senior Pastor, riday April 7,1989 at a spec ial meeting f the church membership. Reverend W allace, 65, brings to Maranatha a rich and varied background f urban and international Evangelism. The Reverend W allace acknowledged his call to the ministry and was ordained n 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri and ince then has traveled around the world (reaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ to >eople o f all walks o f life. In preparation for the ministry, W allace attended W arner Pacific College, Portland State University, Cascade and Jennings Lodge Colleges and received a B.Th from Warner Pacific inner city school oi Ministry in ucuun, M ichgan, P astored M aranatha Christian Fellowship Center in Detroit, M ichigan, served as Interim Pastor of The Bloom field Hills Christian Church in Birmingham, Michigan and Formerly Pastored M aranatha Church 1967-72). According to Wallace, his philosophy is that “ I do not separate the social aspects of Ministry from spiritual needs. The two must work hand in hand. The Corporate Body o f believers is an Enlargem ent o f this total aspect of body m inistry.” Antoine Stoudamire Going to Georgetown College. Reverend W allace’s professional experience includes form er member of the Presidential Advisory Board at The American bank o f Portland; Tutor and Counselor; Employment and Hiring Counselor; Trades Vocational Training and Hiring; President o f Portland M inisterial Alliance; Scoutmaster of Boy Scouts; Goodwill Ambassador Kiwanis, Full Gospel Businessman Fellowship, and NAACP Hospital Chaplain. In his travels around the world, scores of churches have been planted and established. An orphanage in Hong Kong, China was also brought to birth through his ministry. W allace authored four books. Bom To Bum , The Message For This Mess- Age, H ind’s Feet O f The Spirit Filled, and Giving The Pigs A Permanent Wave. W allace has served as a Goodwill Ambassador in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, W ellington, New Zealand, in Nairobi, East Africa and M anila, Philippines. Also, during the 1967 riots in amcrica, W allace was instrumental | in being able to quell riots in Portland I Oregon; FortW aync, Indiana; Newark I New Jersey and Pie Ku, South Vietnam Antoine Stoudam ire & M other Reba Allmon Antoine Stoudamire who will graduate from Jesuit High School in June has been offered a full atheletic scholarship to Georgetown University in W ashington, D.C. W hile in high school Antoine maintained a 3.5 average while at the same time pursuing a successful basketball career. He is thought to be the first student in the Northwest to be drafted by Georgetown. Antoine is the son of Reba Allmon who is a 1975 graduate o f Portland State University .The Portland Observer salutes Antoine Stoudam ire for this singular distinction.