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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
&
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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
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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.