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April 11,1990 Portland Observer Page 7 N ews A round T own Good Friday Procession to Walk M.L.K.J. Blvd. to the New Convention Center Over 250 members o f the Portland Organizing Project (P.O.P.) are expected together at noon on April 13 at Im m acu late Heart Church (2926 N. W illiam s) to participate in a Good Friday Pray Pro cession that will take place in the streets of Northeast Portland. The Procession is intended to be a sign o f hope for the community and reflect the com m ittm ent of church and neighborhood people to overcome the problem of crim e, poverty and unemployment in neighborhood throughout the City. The Procession will begin atlm m acu- late Heart Church and culm inate near the new Convention Center. In between, participants will walk the streets of Northeast, stopping at predetermined places to call attention and pray over signs o f death and resurrection. The theme o f this year’s procession is “ Let the Trumpet Sound” which symbolizes the hope that Easter brings to Christians every where-and especially to those who suffer from injustice and poverty, ac cording to the P.O.P. “ Let the Trumpet Sound” is also the title o f Stephen B. Oates biography on Rev. Martin Luther AMA, Coalition of Black Men & P.O.P. Express Support For Mayor’s Revised First Source Jobs Policy; Large Tiirnout At Council Vote Expected Leaders o f three Portland com m u nity groups greeted the release o f the M ayor’s first source job policy as an “ important new tool” in the fight against crime and unemployment in the city. The three organizations have worked for the past year with the M ayor’s O f fice to develop a Jobs Policy that would benefit Portland residents, North-North- east residents and African Americans. Members of all three groups plan to be present in large numbers to testify at a City Council hearing on the Policy on Wednesday morning, April 11. The Policy is expected to come up for a vote around 10:30 a.m. “ Overall, I would say that w e’re pleased with the M ayor’s Policy” , commented Bishop A.A. W ells, Pastor of Emmanuel Tem ple & First Vice President of the Albina M insterial A lli ance (AMA). “ It is significant that a City Policy acknowledges the economic realities & hardships that some o f our people face. For exam ple, the docu ment points out quite clearly that the unemployment rate for African A m eri can youth is four times the overall unemployment rate.” Bishop W ells recently presided over the funeral of a youth gang mem ber who was killed by gunfire after a firebombing o f a N orth east Portland home. “ W e see the Policy as an important new tool in the C ity’s fight against enm e and unem ploym ent,” said Jim Francesconi of the Portland Organizing Project (P.O.P.). ‘ ‘The policy has great potential but we do have some specific suggestions to the Mayor on how it can Urban League to Assess Needs of African Americans in Portland The Urban League o f Portland will conduct public community forums to assess and identify the current needs of Portland African-Americans. Those wishing to participate may attend one or both forums. The first will be held Tuesday, April 24, 1990 at Matt Dish man Community Center, 77 NE Knott Street, and the second one will be held Thursday, April 26, 1990 at the M.L. King Facility, 4815 NE 7th Avenue. Both sessions will be held from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. For more information, call 280-2600. be strengthened. We plan to raise those with him before the policy com es up for a vote next W ednesday.” Leaders o f the three organizations came together over 12 months ago when it became evident that only a handful of the construction jobs for the new C on vention Center were going to North/ Northeast residents. The goal o f the discussions with the M ayor’s Office over the past year has been to insure that the jobs that are created as a result o f Portland taxes - benefit Portland residents. The most recent public meeting on First Source occured on February 3 when over 350 people from the organi zations met with Mayor Clark and Com m issioner Bob Koch at St. A n drew ’s Church. Both City Council members gave their strong support to the policy. “ I see this policy not only benefiting the African American community - but the entire city,” said Harold W illiams, of the Coalition o f Black Men. “ I also think that the work o f these three or ganizations over the past year has been very significant. W e have come to gether around a common concern and helped to bring about something that can really have a positive impact on all Portland neighborhoods.” The policy would target a specific percentage of jobs to Portland residents and North/Northeast residents on Pub lic W orks projects and agreements reached with private com panies that receive assistance from the City. It would also allow for a process whereby the City can enforce those agreements. AMA Banquet Holds Annual Banquet The Albina M inisterial Alliance will hold its 11th Annual banquet “ Com m ittment with Action-Agenda For the 9 0 ’s ” on Friday, April 2 7 ,1 9 9 0 ,7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn-Airport (John Q. Hammond Trade Center). Mr. Charles Jordan, Superintendent of Portland Bureau of Parks and R ec reation will be the speaker. Ticket price is $29.95 and can be purchased by calling the AMA office at 284-0493. A lbina M inisterial Alliance is a non profit organization which operates on donations and grants. The community gives to AMA and it, in turn, gives back to the community through its programs and services. The Locker Room Ullysses Tucker, Jr. King. The procession intends to honor King by staying on M.L.K.J. Blvd. for a large portion of the procession. The procession will end near the C on vention Center and occur two days after the City Council is expected to vote on a “ First Source” Jobs Policy for the City. M embers o f P.O.P., the Coalition of Black Men, and the AMA came together over a year ago when it became evident that the construction o f the new C onven tion Center resulted in very few jobs for people in North & Northeast Portland. The Portland Chapter o f Jack and Jill of America, Inc. presents its annual Spring Tea on Sunday, April 29,1990, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Town Hall, 3425 N. Kaiser Center Way. This year’s special event is a theme tea entitled “ Sun C ountry” , that in cludes an afternoon o f tasting delica cies from the regions o f Hawaii, M ex ico, California and Southern states. Tea tables will be judged by Geneva Jones, Cooking Experts on AM NW; Sharon M itchell, Reporter on PM Magazine; Kathryn Bogle, noted Colum nist, Art Alexander, A ssistant to Commissioner Mike Lindberg and Robert Phillips, President of the Portland NAACP. There is no admission charge, but donations will be accepted. Jack and Jill of America, Inc. is a national organization whose focus is providing educational, social, recrea tional, and cultural enrichm ent of m i nority children. Adoption Sunday April 29th is “ Adoption Sunday.” Over a hundred churches throughout the state have been invited to partici pate. On April 29th pastors o f each church will speak on adoption in their morning service. They will invite the congrega tion to open their hearts and homes to a Black chid that is waiting for a loving home. Also, lavender ribbons will be passed out for tying on car antennas to show support o f the children w aiting to be adopted. Adoption Sunday is spon sored by One Church, One Child and OCOC Board of Directors; each board m ember is a pastor. One Church, One Child is an organization whose goal is to have each congregation com m it it self to yielding at least one family or single person from among its members who will adopt a waiting child. Oregon families are invited to open their hearts and minds to One Church, One Child challenge: Adopt a Black Child!!! For more information, call One Church, One Child of Oregon at (503) 285-7634. pal Church Hall 120 NE Knott Portland Cost: Adults $6.00, Children under 12, $3.00 For tickets, call Bonnie . . . 287- 3724 or send a check to Immaculate Heart Church, 2926 N. Williams, Port land, OR 97227. OMSI Seeks Volunteers The Oregon Museum o f Science and Industry is looking for perm a nent and temporary volunteers, ages 16 and older, to work in various de partments throughout the museum starting May during the new Dinosaur exhibit. OMSI needs explainers, who will work on the main floor to answ er dino saur questions; Chemistry and Physics Laboratory workers, to demonstrate and work with visitors on various experi ments; C uratorassitants, who will work with OMSI’s Curator to categorize, clean and store many of O M SI’s collections; data entry workers; photographers and graphic artists for exhibit production; admission workers; Discovery Space greeters; and workers with clerical skills. A pplications are being accepted through May. Contact OMSI at (503) 222-2828 or write to OM SI, Com m u nity Resources Director, 4015 S.W. Canyon Rd., Portland, Orc. 97221. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Arc you concerned about crime, gang activity, and youth prostitution in your neighborhood? W E NEED YOUR INPUT! Current services to the African Ameri can youth are being exam ined by the Children and Youth Services Com mission (formerly the Juvenile Serv ices Commission). Two separate forums have been sched uled at the King Facility, 4815 NE Seventh Avenue on the following dates: A pril 12th 7:00 -9:00 p.m. 7:00 - 8 :0 0 -S ervice Provider Input 8:00 - 9:00~C onccm ed Parents, Fam ily, Citizens A pril 19th 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. 7:00 - 8:00 -C o n ccm cd parents, family,citizens 8:00 - 9 :0 0 -S crvicc Provider Input Everyone is welcome: service pro viders,com m unity m embers, parents, current Children and Youth Com m is sion Contractors, kids. Hope to sec you there! Clubs at Payless Drug Stores in Oregon and southwest W ashington. Proceeds from the sale of the cassette are being donated to the Boys and G irls Club o f Portland to help their “ Sm art M oves” program. To tip off the debut o f “ Rip City Rhpasody” , Kersey, Porter and Young are scheduled to be at the Payless Drug Store in Beaverton Mall on Thursday, April 12 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. to auto graph copies o f the cassette Jack and Jill Portland Chapter Spring Tea COMMUNITY CALENDAR Enjoy the atmosphere and flavorful cuisine o f Southwestern Louisiana at Im m acu late H e a rt C h u rc h ’s an n u a l chicken an d seafood G u m b o D inner. Date: Saturday, April 21, 1990 Time: Noon until 8:00 pm Place: St. Philip the Deacon Episco Blazers Rap On Z100 To Benefit Boys And G The Boys and Girls Clubs “ Smart M oves” program is being developed to help youth identify and resist peer, so cial and media pressures that promote high-risk behavior. The program will help provide information and resistance skills needed to say “ N o” to gang membership, alcohol and other drugs “ Rip City, Rhapsody, Portland, O re gon, USA. Rip City, Rhapsody, W e’re the Blazers and we love to play . . . ” Add a little bass music to those lyrics, some Portland rap m usicians and three Portland Trail Blazers basketball play- ers-tumed singers, and you’ll hear the latest song talking about one o f the hot- tes teams in the National Basketball A s sociation’s W estern conference: “ Rip City Rhapsody” . Blazer players Jerome Kersey, Terry Porter and Danny Young teamed up with radio personalities Dan Clark and Tony Martinez of ZlOO’s Morning Zoo and local songwriter Josh M ellicker to pro duce “ Rip City Rhapsody” , a rap song about the Portland Trail Blazers electri fying the fast-paced fame of professional basketball with their spectacular play this season. The song can be heard on Z 100 and cassettes are being sold for $3 and to sexual involvement. The Boys and Girls Clubs o f Portland are open to youth aged 7 to 18 for S 10 per year m em bership. They offer a variety o f options for their members such as homework assistance, team sports, outdoor activi ties and more. “ The 'Smart Moves' program is new to Portland. It was developed by the Boys Clubs o f America and is a concept brought to Portland when Executive Director H.C. “ Butch” Holden was hired last September. Clark and his radio partner, Tony Maruncz, have dabbled in writing jingles lor the Morning Zoo show. So it w orked well for Clark to work on sound effects and friend Josh M ellicker to w rite the music. M artinez wrote the lyrics and came up with the title. * ‘It’s like a puzzle with w ords,’ ’ Tony said o f writing down basketball terms and listening to Schonely announce the game. He listened closely to “ The Schonz ’ ’ and that’s how a few o f the lyr ics came about: “ Rip City Rhapsody” was the brain storm o f radio personality Dan Clark, a “ Steal it, Score it, Lickety Brindle member o f Portland’s Morning Zoo on T hat’s what we call Swish and Z100. He w anted to write a fight song Sw indle” for the Blazers because they were play Once the song was presented <o Blazer ing so well, Clark said. personnel, it took about two months for “ I ju st wish I would have thought of ' “Rip City Rhapsody” to debut in the it two months earlier,” he said of his Portland market. January idea. Rod Strickland: Kicking Up His Spurs In Texas by Ullysses Tucker, Jr. Rod Strickland was very unhappy in New York with the Knickerbockers. Like all NBA players, he wanted his minutes and the opportunity to show his skills night in and night out with the best athletes in the world. Strickland did not hide his displeas ure in playing behind former “ Rookie o f the Y ear” , Mark Jackson, consid ered by some critics to be over-rated and a step slow by point guard stan dards. The Knicks tried everything. Splitting minutes, playing them together, individual meetings, and nothing worked. Jackson pouted when Strickland subbed for him and vice-versa. It got real ugly at times, according to the New York papers, but Strickland says that he does not want to talk about it. He calls it the past. “ I’m not going to say much about the New York situation,” he said. “ Things arc great for me in San A nto nio. I’m doing fine. I’m with a great organization, playing with a lot of tal ented players, and a fine coaching staff. I really like it here.” According to Spurs' Coach Larry Brown, his team had no choice in trad ing Maurice Checks, who they acquired for Johnny Dawkins from Philadelphia before the season, for Strickland. Checks was unhappy with the trade and ex- pressed his feelings by living in a hotel, 1 Who was the first track and field athlete to win four Olympic gold medals9 2. What was Muhammed Ali’s name before it was changed to Muhammed Ali? 3. Who was the first to win the Masters Tournament four times9 4. What is the most popular sport in the world? 5. In tennis, how wide is a singles court? never accepting San Antonio as his new home At the end of the season, Cheeks would have become a free-agent and hard to retain because o f his unhappi ness. The Spurs got something for Cheeks while they could. It's business. In short, the Spurs gave up the stabil ity to today for along range future with Rod Strickland. At 23 years old, Strick land is twelve years younger than Cheeks. “ I wanted Rod when he was at DePaul. H e’s tough. W hen my owner originally asked me about the trade, I told him that it would be phenomenal in the long range, but short range real tough,” said Brown. “ I can’t think of a kid coming to a team with any more pressure. He came in during the middle o f the year, we were going great be cause Mo helped us out with his leader ship, and he helped our young players. Then all of a sudden, Rod com es in February and not only did we bring him in at the time, we lost Vernon M axw ell, our sixth man. It’s tough losing two key players like we did, but after struggling a little, we made the adjustment. Rod has a good future here.” Strickland has a different opinion about the pressure some say that he is under. All he wants to do is play bas ketball and do well in the upcoming NBA playoffs. “ It’s always pressure in this league, regardless of who you are,” he said. “ I just want to come out and help the team win. T hat’s the bottom line.” C u r rently, Strickland is averaging alm ost 14.0 per conest and eight assist. He is happy. David Robinson, the “ A nchor” of the Spurs and leading candidate for “ Rookie of the Y ear” , is a strong Rod Strickland fan too. He said “ They are definitely different types of players,” smiled Robinson. “ Mo had a lot more experience. He had more leadership qualities, he was more subdued, and controlled. Rod likes to take chances, he penetrates, dishes the ball well, and you have to sec the blind passes. Rod is a tremendous talent and 1 think our_ Test Your Sports Trivia 6 How many heads are there on a croquet mallet? 7 Where is the world’s largest bullfighting ring? 8 What sporting good is not less than 9 inches nor more than 9 14 inches? 9 Who was nicknamed “The Georgia Peach" and was one of the first players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame? team has done a good job in making that transition to a new point guard at a criti cal point during the season. 'H e ’s going to be great for us in the future. His biggest thing in New York was ju st getting the time and know ing that he was the man. Here, he knows that he is the m an.” A solid endorsem ent from Coach Larry Brown, great praise from the team’s lranchise player, David Robinson, and a com petitive young team. W hatm roe can a player want? “ An NBA Cham pionship is w hat life is all about in this league,’ ’ he said. “ T h at’s what I live and play for every time I step on the basketball co u rt.” Perhaps, he will get a shot at the Knicks one day. SHORT SHAKES Richard Maughan, KATU’s Sales DepL, how long does it take to pay off for losing your NCAA Final Four bet? Yes, I picked UNLV from the start! You picked Arizona . . . Ken Fields, thanks for your prom pt payment o f those cold H enrys-they are still chilling in the fridge . . . A great quote from C oach Larry Brown of the Spurs, “ I will take a Georgetown player any day o f the week,” he said “ 1 like the John t ompson style. His guys hustle, play good d e fense, and they don’t take it personal when you scream at them because they are used to it.” Brown made his c o m ments after being asked about form er Hoya star Reggie W illiam s, w ho was picked up on waivers from the C lev e land Cars. W illiams was a form er first round of the “ L.A. C lippers” . . . My warmest regards to Terry Porter o f the Blazers and his family. P orter’s m other died last Friday after complications from a stroke. The funeral is scheduled to be in Milwaukee. Louise Porter w as 62 years o ld . . . Roy Tarpley, please w ake up and get your life -d ru g s are a drag and basketball is a kick . . . C ongratula tions to W ayne and D enise C ooper. The lovely couple celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary this week. 1. Jesse Owens 2. Cassius Marcellus Clay 3. Arnold Palmer—in 1958. I960, 1982. and 1984 4. Soccer I In places other than the United States. soccer is referred to as football.) t. 27 feet <8 2 meters) wide 6. two 7. Mexico City The Plaza de Toros Monumental 8. the circumference of a baseball