Page 8 Portland Observer AUGUST 17,1989
100 BLACK MEN OF ATLANTA
HONORS HARDEE’S
The 100 Black Men of Atlanta recently honored Hardee’s Communica
tion Services department with an Award of Excellence for writing and
producing an 18-minute video presentation, which will be used to publicize
and help raise money to fund its ‘ ‘Project Success” program. The award was
presented toColumbus Vines, Area 3 Vice President, and Maurice Bridges,
Director of Public affairs, who represented the company.
A non-profit organization, which is comprised of Atlanta’s leading
business, civic, education and government leaders, the 100 Black Men of
Atlanta started ‘‘Project success” two years ago. Under the program, they
“ adopted” a class of 28 students from Archer High School in the predomi
nately black Perry Homes housing project in downtown Atlanta, guarantee
ing each student a tuition-free education at the college of their choice.
High School Principal, Dr. Robert Dixon, proudly notes that students
participating in ‘ ‘Project Success have raised their overall grade average to
a B or higher level, and have reduced absenteeism.
“ Words can ’ t explain our gratitude to Hardee’s,” noted Joseph Hoffman,
the group’s President, and a leading orthopedic surgeon. “ You have shown
that you care about the education of inter-city kids and about the communi
ties in which you operate. We will be forever grateful.”
Those responsible for writing, filming and producing the award-winning
video are Bill Fairley, Jeff Marshall and Chuck Shelander of Communica
tion Services’ and Maurice Bridges and Jerry Singer of Hardee’s Public
Relations department.
NEW HUD
OFFICE
CREATED
Declaring his determination to “ in
volve occupants of public housing at
every management decision level,”
Secretary of Housing and Urban De
velopment Jack Kemp today an
nounced the creation of a new fed
eral ‘ ‘Office of Resident Initiatives’ ’
(ORI).
Speaking at a HUD_sponsored na
tional workshop for public housing
resident managers in Arlington, Va.,
Kemp also made known that he has
approved a $5 million demonstration
grant program to assist in the estab
lishment of child care facilities in or
near low income housing projects.
“ The launching o f the ORI,
“ Kemp said, “ is one of a series of
positive steps we are taking at HUD
to implement President Bush s goal
and my goal to give public housing
families a greater voice in everyday
decisions. How disadvantaged Ameri
cans can improve their living condi
tions, acquire job skills and more
income help rid their neighborhoods
of drug dealers, and become home
owners is not something that should
be determined solely by local, state
and federal authorities.”
Kemp said he has instructed the
managers of all 10 HUD regions to
appoint coordinators to work with
resident public housing mangers
throughout the nation.
The Secretary explained that the
$5 million child care grant program
will assist non-profit organizations
to establish centers for the care of
pre-school children.
America’s Home Grown Players Figure Into U.S.
National Team’s Plans For Los Angeles Marlboro Cu|
«J >*
Twl
1
Until recently, top U.S. soccer
players were mostly of European or
Hispanic heritage, and they acquire a
passion for the sport from their
immigrant families. But Amcricahas
just started to grow its own talent and
the result is that black Americans are
now emerging on the international
soccer scene.
The two top black players on the
U.S. National Team, Jimmy Banks
and Phillip Gyau, will line up with
their teammates when the kick-off
begins for the Marlboro Cup of Los
Angeles on Thursday, August 10,
and Sunday, Augustl3.
Gyau, 2 4 ,a forward from Clinton,
Maryland, is carrying on his family's
international soccer tradition. His
father Joseph was a standout player
known as “ Nana” for Ghana at the
1964 Olympics.
Gyau debuted with the U.S. Na
tional Team this year at the opening
game of the New York Marlboro
Cup, on June 2nd. In first appear
ance, he scored the game-winning
goal against Benfica of Portugal.
Since 1985, Banks has made 14
full, international appearances with
the U.S. National Team, most re
cently against Guatemala in the June
17 World Cup qualifying match, in
which the U.S. captured a 2-1 vic
GREAT BLACKS
LIVE
AFTER A THOU
SAND YEARS
¿.-.I?
S'
4T •«*
' r: <•
. V "
V •
•S
Refreshing stories of Black people
from the past come to life in Mark
Hymans’s new book. It answers a
score of unheard of questions: Could
Caesar’s Black son by Cleopatra have
ruled the world? Were Black gener
als in history and the Bible the great
est of all times? Were Black people
the first Egyptians? Where is proof
that Blacks sailed to America before
Columbus?
This unusual book carries two titles,
something new in the industry. The
titles are Black Shogun of Japan and
Sophonisba: Wife of Two Warring
Kings. The two characters lived 1200
years apart. Black Shogun tells of an
African living in Japan in the 9th
Century. This was seven hundred
years before America was discov
ered. His family of military leaders
had lived in Japan for centuries. The
Shogun’s name was Sakanouye Tam-
mamara Maro. He rose in military
rank to compete with the highest in
the nation. Later, after saving the
Japanese from the fierce Ainu, was
made Shogun.
Sophonisba, a princess of Black
Carthage during the Second Punic
War (216 B.C. to 201) was the niece
of the great Black general, Hannia-
bal. When the tide turned against
Carthage, Sophonisba was given to
Black King Syphax who was fight
ing Carthage for Rome. She had al
ready been given to Massinissa, a
Numidian, who later became an en
emy of Carthage. She poisoned her
self to escape capture by Rome.
Information on Black Shogun of
Japan and Sophonisba: Wife of Two
Warring Kings can be made avail
able by writing to Violet B. Johnson,
Mark Hyman Associates, Inc. 5070
Parkside
A venue,
Box 36,
Philadelphia,PA 19131. (215) 473-
0050.
♦
:
y >
<u..Z
W
¿¿¿è
S U R G E O N G E N E R A L 'S W A R N IN G : S m o k in g
B y P re g n a n t W o m e n M a y R e s u lt in . F e t a
In ju ry , P re m a tu re B irth , A nd Low B irth W e ig h t..
■¡Si
«
*
’•
"*
*
tory.
To Gyau ethnicity and race are
not barriers in soccer, “ If I meet a
guy who can’t speak English, but we
both play soccer, that is the common
language,” he says. “ The game is
the same all over the world so we can
understand each other.”
The Los Angeles Mar lboro Cup, a
four-team, two-day tournament to be
held at the Coliseum, culminates a
series that in just three years has be
come the premier soccer event in the
United States. It will feature the USA
vs. Juventus, a perennial European
power, in the opening game at 7 p.m.
on Thursday, August 10.