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Page 3 Portland Observer NOVEMBER 16,1989
News Around Town
Christmas Extra Days
and Special Events
At Portland
Saturday Market
Give a gift of the imagination this Christ­
mas. At Portland Saturday Market, you'll
find unique, hand-made crafts, offered to
you by the person who made them. Each and
every product is an original - individually
and carefully hand crafted.
For Christmas, Portland Saturday Mar­
ket will be open continuously from Dec. 16lh
through the 24lh. On Monday-Friday, Dec.
18-22, the market will be open from 11 a.m.-
5 p.m. And we will be open from 10 a.m.-5
p.m., Saturdays and 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on
Sundays, right up until Christ Eve!
We will have a variety of Christmas
festivities. Santa will give out candy canes
and take gift requests on Saturdays from 11
a.m. - 3 p.m. and Sundays from 12 Noon - 3
p.m., on the weekends of December 9-10,
16-17, and 23-24. The Dickens Carolers will
visit Dec. 9-10, the Fallen Angel Choir will
serenade on the 16-17, and Amber Tide will
play Dec. 23rd.
The variety at Saturday Market is un­
beatable, with products ranging from the
fashionable to the functional; from the af­
fordable to the luxurious. If you’re stumped
on gifts for the person who has everything,
gift certificates are available.
Take MAX to Skidmore Fountain, or get
parking validation at the following lots, with
a $15 purchase: Import Plaza at NW Davis
and First, Battleship Smokestacks, at NW
Davis and Second, and the Old Town Garage
at NW Front and Davis.
Experience Portland Saturday Market
this Christmas. Under the Burnside Bridge in
Old Town. When was the last time you
bought something from the person who made
it?
Portland Letter
Carriers Reach
Out To Help The
Children
The National Association of Letter
Carriers Branch 82 and the Portland Post
Office, today signed a joint pact encourag­
ing parents to advise their children that
should they become lost or find themselves
in a potentially dangerous situation, they
can rely on the Letter Carrier for assistance.
This action was prompted by the recent
kidnapping and tragic death of a small child
in our area, the letter continues.
“ Throughout the years Letters Carri­
ers, as a regular feature in the neighbor­
hood, have continuously demonstrated their
community responsibility by coming to the
aid o f people on their routes," said Dennis
J. Yuhl, Division Manager/Postmaster of
Portland. As an example last year the N a­
tional Association of Letter Carriers, Branch
82 and the Portland Post Office, along with
many other agencies and organizations agreed
to co-sponsor a special program known as
“ Carrier-Link.” This program is designed
to aid the elderly and shut-ins that may need
their help.
Regardless of these formally sanctioned
policies or programs,” continues Yuhl, “ the
Portland LetterCarriers have always shown
that they are a caring and concerned group
of professionals. It is my sincere hope that
if our action here today in anyway helps
give comfort or aid to the families of small
children, then we have been successful.”
1987 National Merit
Scholarship For
Negro Students
Recepient Off
To London
Jacqueline L. Tate, 1987 Gresham high
school graduate is off to London, England.
She is one of the twelve students chosen for
the Study Abroad Program sponsored by the
University of Maryland, College Park. Jackie
will be a second sen .ester junior while study­
ing at the University of London, Birk beck
Campus.
Some o f her activities that will be put on
hold while she is gone are: Executive Vice-
President of the Young Democrats, Treas­
urer of the Maryland Imagines W omen’s
Center, and organizer of numerous socially
activist rallies on the campus and on the
streets of our nation's Capitol.
Jackie has been nominated to the W ho’s
Who in American Colleges and accepted as
a member of the Golden Key Society, (a
college honor society organization).
Jackie will depart the U.S. on Jan. 4 and
return in May, 1990, after a month’s exten­
sion touring Europe.
Her mother, Lucinda, a member of St.
Andrew’s Catholic Church, and mentor
specialist at Portland Community College
Cascade Campus, says, “ W hat a terrific
way to spend her 21st birthday!” and “ Thanks
to the National and Portland Chapter of the
Links for helping to support minority stu­
dents from Oregon make their dreams of
furthering their education come true," “ My
daughter, Jackie, thanks you and I thank
you.”
/ " businesses received awards X
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annual Minority Enterprise Development
Week Luncheon October 4, 1989. Los Baez
Restaurant of Salem, John F. Richmond of
Bly, Columbia Design and Detail of
Portland and Temporary Staffing of
Portland received the awards with the
Skanner for "overall positive impact on the
minority business community."
The Minority Small Business Person of
the Year award went to Junki Yoshida,
president of the Yoshida Group. Mr.
Yoshida makes sauces, exports seafood to
Japan and develops golf courses.
The Minority Business Opportunity
Committee presented the Minority
Contractor of the Year award to Jerry Carter
of Jerry Carter Construction, Inc.
This year's luncheon was attended by
approximately 500 people. The booths at
the trade fair were enthusiastically visited
by the largest crowd this event has ever
drawn. It is definitely not one to be missed
in the future as it provides a good
opportunity to network with key buyers
and suppliers from the private and public
sectors. We salute this year’s award
recipients.
Bernie Foster, is Publisher of the Skanner
Newspaper in Portland/Vancouver. The
Skanner whose motto is "No Other Can Speak
for Us" has served the Portland area for over
24 years.
Representatives Sought For
Mrs. Oregon-America Pageant
SALEM -Local representatives are
being sought for the 1990 Mrs. Oregon-
America pageant. Candidates must be at
least 18 years old, a resident of the state of
Oregon for at least 6 months, a U.S. citizen,
of good moral character and married at
least 6 months by the date of the 1990 Mrs.
Oregon-America pageant. Final deadline
for entering is Nov. 27.
Judging will be based on 50% judges
interview, 25% evening gown and 25%
swimsuit.
Besides the Mrs. Oregon-America title,
awards will be given for community in­
volvement, congeniality, photogenic, most
years married, mother of the year, career
woman, most inspirational and preliminary
awards for swimsuit and evening gown.
The newly crowned Mrs. Oregon-
America will receive an all expense paid
trip to the nationally televised Mrs. Amer­
ica pageant where she will compete for
$ 100,000 in cash and prizes and the right to
represent the U.S. in the Mrs. World pag­
eant.
PSU To Present The
Comedy, ‘‘The Dining
Room”
A .R .G um ey’spoignantcomedy, “ The
Dining Room,” directed by Jack Feather-
ingill, plays Nov. 15-Dec. 2 in Portland
State University’s Studio Theater (Room
115, Lincoln Hall).
The play is presented Thursday through
Saturday at 8 p.m. (with a preview perform­
ance Wed., Nov. 15, and no performance
Thanksgiving, Thurs.,Nov. 23). Tickets are
$5 ($4 for students, senior adults, PSU
faculty & staff; $2 for all PSU students).
The Wed., Nov. 15, preview performance is
specially priced at $1 for all tickets. Ad­
vance tickets may be purchased through the
PSU Box Office, 725-4440, or at Lincoln
Hall the night of performance.
G urney's play is about an area of a
house assuming almost mythic proportions.
The dining room is the heart of a home.
Genteel, civil, perhaps a little silly early on;
neglected and forlorn, beloved reminder of
a more tranquil age, during the fast paced
and frantic presenL As a heart it beats
chillingly, ruefully, lovingly, and its tolling
resounds throughout the play and its throng
of characters.
Six performers change roles, person­
alities and ages as they portray the wide
variety of characters, from little boys to
stem grandfathers, from giggling teenage
girls to Irish housemaids. The talented cast,
including Bonnie Merrill, M elissa Karlson,
Molly Powers, Bruce Bowman, Scott Fin­
layson, and Ed Read, provide a theatrical
experience of exceptional range, compas­
sionate humor and abundant humanity.
Set design and lighting is provided by
Bruce Keller; costumes by Dominique Stines.
In addition, she will receive a cash
award, personal appearance contract, crown,
banner, trophy and become the spokesper­
son for Oregon’s married women.
The current reigning Mrs. Oregon-
America is 35 year old Brenda K. Huff of
Medford. Brenda is the mother o f five an
honors graduate of Oregon Institute of
Technology, is a full time dental hygienist
and has been married to husband Dan for
nine years.
The current Mrs. America is Jennifer
Kline of Minnesota. Jennifer 23, has been
married to Rick Kline, an automobile dealer
for three years. Along with the title of Mrs.
America, Jennifer received $100,000 in
cash and prizes and was selected second
runnerup at the Mrs. World pageant earlier
this year.
Additional information and an official
application will be sent to you by calling or
writing the Russell's at the above address
and phone number.
identification, how the Liquor Commission
administers laws affecting minors and al­
cohol, and what resources are available to
parents.
The panel of teenagers will discuss
how they stopped drinking and using drugs
and what helps them stay clean and sober.
In addition, they'll talk about what parents
can do to help their kids stay away from
drugs and alcohol.
In "Preparing for the Drug (Free) Years”
workshops, parents learn how to manage
their families in a way that motivates kids
to say “ n o ” to drugs. The special presenta­
tion at the Liquor Commission is being
presented in conjunction the “ Preparing
for the Drug (Free) Years” classes, but
“ will greatly benefit any family looking
for more information about drug preven­
tion techniques,” according to Fern So­
phia, co-organizer o f the event.
SALEM -O regon House Majority
Leader David Dix on Thursday praised the
Oregon Council of the American Electron­
ics Association for its “ courage and fore­
sight” in proposing that Portland State
University be a smaller, leaner branch of
the University of Oregon.
“ The A.E.A. is on the right track in
suggesting a six-year plan be formulated
for higher education in this state, and their
entire proposal took courage and foresight,’ ’
said Dix, D-Eugene. “ The A.EA . shouldn’t
be chastised for challenging the status quo.”
“ This is the first proposal that recog­
nizes a serious funding crisis for higher ed
and takes bold steps to address that crisis,”
he added.
Since the report was released late
Wednesday it has been widely criticized,
particularly by educators in the Portland
The A.E.A. study also recommended
the state spend roughly $100 million by
1997 to improve the quality of education.
much of that in the Portland metropolitan
area. Dix agrees with the idea, but feels that
as much as $150 million might be
needed.’'The nickel-and-dime problem
solving approach to higher education in this
state needs to end if we are to resolve this
crisis. We need a four- to six-year plan for
the system and a commitment from the
Legislature to make the kinds of capital
investments the A.E.A proposes,” Dix said.
Dix was one of 8 members of the
Oregon House who voted against the higher
education budget passed earlier this year by
the Legislature. He voted no, he said, be­
cause the budget was underfunded and
because it contained an increase in student
tuition rates.
“ The choice will be clear in 1991," he
said. ‘ ‘Oregonians and their legislators will
have to decide whether they want to have
second-rate schools by the year 2000 with
a system that forces our brightest young
people to colleges out of state, or a first-rate
higher education system they want to send
their kids to.
" I don't think Oregonians are inter­
ested in a second-rate system of higher
education, and that means demanding their
legislators find the courage and the means
to get the job done,” Dix said.
The Oregon A.E.A. study is one of
several requested by the Governor’s Com­
mission on Higher Education in the Port­
land Metropolitan Area. The Oregon Coun­
cil of the A.E.A. is a lobby organization for
the state’s high technology industry.
The Oregon A.E.A. proposal recom­
mends “ minimizing fragmentation” in the
system. It would establish a second O.S.U.
campus -- a technology center — near the
Oregon Graduate Institute, while the U of O
“ would assume leadership” o f P.S.U.'s
downtown campus.
“ We must remember that this is one of
many proposals the Governor’s Commis­
sion will study. It will he up to them to make
the final decision on what to recommend
regarding the future of higher education in
Oregon,” Dix added.
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Say You Saw It In The
SALEM -G ov. Neil Goldschmidt has
proclaimed the week of Nov. 12-18 as
“ Oregon Employment and Training Week”
to recognize the important role Job Train­
ing Partnership Act programs play in O re­
gon's economic development, to encour­
age all citizens and businesses in Oregon to
support JTPA programs, and to celebrate
the vital contributions these programs have
made in their communities.
A Governor’s JTPA Awards Reception
will be held Nov. 16 at the World Trade
Center in Portland. The Governor will pres­
ent 13 special J 1 PA awards to Oregon
businesses, individuals, and organizations
who have contributed to the development
of a skilled work force.
The governor’s proclamation for
“ Oregon Employment & Training W eek"
also commemorates J TPA programs' suc­
cessful completion of their sixth year in
Oregon. These programs provided voca­
tional skill training, on-the-job training,
and academic skill upgrading to more than
27,000 Oregonians last year alone. JTPA
programs arc also being recognized for
their contributions to the state side devel­
opment of effective partnerships by coordi-
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(that’s three dollars and five cents)
Proceeds to Mariah Taylor, North Port­
land Nurse Practitioners Health Clinic. Your
hosts: Lilian Sevier, Juanita Jones, Linda
Sevier, Carol Blakely, Jennifer Johnson and
Janice Ingersoll - Will provide complimen­
tary Hors d ’oeuvres.
This party will celebrate all those who
went "O ver-The-H ill” this year. Youknow,
the ones who turned 30,40, and 50 . . . So if
you were bom in 1939,1949 or 1959, w e’re
talking about you. Show proof and your
name will go in for a special drawing!
No House Party would be complete
without House Rules:
* You can’t come looking so cute that
you can’t sweat, cuz you gotta dance!
* DANCE CARDS will be issued once
again. There’ll be a drawing from the com­
pleted dance awards.
GRINDING will be permitted but as
before must be executed in a COUNl'ER-
CLOCKWISE motion! Please practice be­
fore coming to the party.
This affair is invitational. Bring your
invitation if you think none of the hosts will
recognize you.
St. Stephen’s Holds
Its Annual Italian
Spaghetti Dinner
S l Stephen’s Parish, S.E 42nd and Tayka
St., will hold it’s Annual Italian Spaghetti &
Meatball Dinner on Sunday, Dec. 3. Dinner
will be served from Noon to 6:00 P.M. in
Imelda Hall.
Special dinner prices will be offered
senior citizens. Special services include
“ speedy” take-outs and reserved parking
for the handicapped.
A Christmas bazaar will be featured that
will include gifts and craft booths, a sweet
shoppe and a wine cafe.
Sam and Chris Skinner are co-chair.
Larry Peabody is the chef. For more infor­
mation, please call 231-8157.
nating with the Oregon Economic Devel­
opment Department, private industry, the
State Employment Division, educational
organizations, labor, and local governments
to provide training services. More than
6,000 businesses in the past year have been
involved with training individuals for jobs.
These job training programs are of­
fered by six Private Industry Councils across
the state. They are administered at the State
level by the JTPA Administration within
the Oregon Economic Development De­
partment.
Responding to local needs, the Private
Industry Councils have developed effec­
tive strategies to combat the challenges
presented by such problems as plant clo­
sures and worker dislocation, youth unem­
ployment, the large high school dropout
rate, child abuse, drug abuse and juvenile
delinquency. JTPA programs have provided
training services to a total of more than
16,000 economically disadvantaged, handi­
capped, and at-risk youth this year.
The Governor’s JTPA Awards Ban
quet will be held Nov. 16, from 4:00 to 6:00
p.m. at Two World Trade Center, Mezza­
nine Level, 25 S.W. Salmon St., Portland.
'The Eyes and Ears o f the Community"
Office:
FAX #:
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Saturday, Nov. 25th
9:00 P.M. Until Closing
Donation: $3.05
PORTLAND OBSERVER
Portland Observer!
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Well known Oregon musicians, civic and business leaders, athletes and media person­
alities will gather Dec. 6 to participate in the second annual “ Celebrity Sing for C hildren"
at 7:30 p m . at the Carousel Courtyard on NE Holladay St., between 7th and 9th Avenues.
Ron Steen, Portland's premiere drummer, and KINK-FM 102 morning news anchor
Rebecca Webb will serve as co-directors of this year's community gathering. The choir will
again be directed by David Smith-English.
The sing -along is a benefit for the Children's Holiday Project, administered by O regon's
Children's Services Division, and is free to the public. The event is designed to involve
everyone in the metro area in the spirit of community celebration and giving. The public is
invited to sing along with the celebrity choir and to bring new toys to donate to the Children’s
Holiday Project which annually gathers gifts for children in foster care or group homes. The
Children's Holiday Project also helps a limited number of family groups. This year it will
serve over 2,000 children in Multnomah County.
The Martin Luther King Elementary School choir will make a special appearance this
year. In addition, there will be costumed characters for children including Cinnamon Bear,
Sparky the Pietro’s pizza dog and Fred M eyer's Fred Bear. The antique Looff Carousel will
be offering $1.00 carousel rides. Complimentary cocoa, coffee and cookies will be provided
by the Red Lion Lloyd Center.
The Carousel Courtyard is located between N.E. 7th and 9th Avenues on Holladay Street,
one-block south of the Lloyd Building with the green holiday lights. Parking is free in
surrounding surface lots, or take MAX to the carousel station at 7th Avenue.
The “ Celebrity Sing for Children” is hosted by Red Lion Lloyd Center, West Coast
Productions, and Pacific Development, Inc.
"Governor Proclaims
November 12-18 “ Oregon
Employment And Training Week”
Applauds P.S.U. Proposal, Says
Higher Ed Faces Crisis
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Party V At The Royal
Esquire Club
OLCC To Offer Help For Parents,
Kids Who Want To Avoid Drugs
Information for people interested in
helping kids avoid drugs will be offered at
the Oregon Liquor Control Commission,
9079 S.E. McLoughlin Blvd. on Nov. 30
from 7-9 p.m. This free presentation is
being given as a supplement to the “ Pre­
paring for the Drug (Free) Years” classes
now being offered to parents by the Oregon
Prevention Resource Center.
A panel of Liquor Commission Regu­
latory staff members will discuss ’ ’Minors,
Alcohol and the Law,' ’ and a second panel
of recovering teenage addicts will address
“ Hope for Chemically Addicted Children.”
Question and answer sessions will follow
each presentation. Parents are welcome to
bring their children.
The first panel will focus on subjects
such as the legal consequences for kids who
go to keggers or parties where alcohol is
available, the consequences of using fake
Second Annual Celebrity Sing-
Along To Benefit Oregon Children
(503) 288-0033
(503) 288-0015
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Believing Is
The Answer
by Tony Washington
When Linda Sue Horsley thinks about
the “ Stay-Clean” Program, she stales that
believing in herself and Jesus Christ has
caused many changes in her life. As a recov­
ering drug addict, Linda Sue has found that
burning the candle at both ends, brings on
negative results. "D rugs have made me
physically ill but my belief in the Lord is
helping me to a speedy tecovery. It was
something I had to do because of my two
sons, Michael, 12 and La Donte, 8. They are
good students (Sabin and Beaumont Middle
School) and under no circumstances shall I
put them through anymore turmoil which
has cost us our unity and togetherness,”
Linda comments.
“ The children of today arc tomorrow’s
resources and it is a parents rightful duty to
keep them to be the best they can be,” she
adds.
The “ Stay Clean” Program mandates
three (3) months of patient treatment and one
can see the positive changes that result upon
completion.
Linda recently completed a course in
Basic Education at N.E. Employment Train­
ing Center (P.I.C) and her attendance was
perfect. Upon graduation on November 9th,
she was selected to attend a intensive train­
ing course at P.C.C. Cascade Campus. Be­
cause the kids are living with her father, her
academic requirements afford little time for
extended visits, but they do have time to gel
together for prayers.
The Portland Observer extends heartfelt
well wishes to the compassionate mother
and prays too, for her speedy recovery.
Sincerely, Tony Ft Washington A Staff
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