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I nside U Richardson potential Jefferson Award-winner Focus on A.C. Gret • (part two) Questioning Authority Why do people cheat in relationships? -from a male and female perspective Page 3 Page 4 Page 7 n T U * ^ E u g e n e , O re g o n 97403 Z Page 9 P O R T L fiî» Volume XX, Number 28 ERVER "The Eyes and Ears o f The Community" No "Chinese Puzzle Boxes" Here! Motivated Young African Americans Learn Mathematics From 6000 year-old Models Provided By Professor McKinley Burt (Black Education Center, 1984) 25<P July 25,1990 Business Profile Jackie's Ribs in Salem Photo by Ullysses Tucker, Jr. By Ullysses Tucker, Jr. ackie W inters has spent the last five years building a very successful multi-unit barbecue business in Salem, Ore gon. Before embarking into the food service industry, Winters was just as successful as a city/state government employee and par ent. All four (the McClains) sons are grown and very successful besinessmen in their own rite. Billy is the General Manager for Stay- ton/Reedsport Ford; Anthony is an Inventor/Mechanic; Marlon has produced two gold record albums (Kenny G. and Nu Shooz) and plays guitar for the DAZZ Left: Geometry and Algebra, using the famed “ Golden Section’’ (3-4-5 triangle) invented by BAND; and the youngest son Brian manages one of the three Egyptian surveyors-not the Greeks! restaurants and designs sports Right: “ All computers use the 'Binary’ mathematics (base 2) developed by the African Scribes.’’ apparel. He has garments in Nordstrom’s and other sites around the state. They say that the “ apple doesn’ t fall too far from the tree. ’ ’ As a govemment/city em ployee, Winters worked for Model By PROFESSOR McKINLEY BURT concept of multiple editions of a single products of excellence to Portland’s Cities, the Children’s Service Di weekly newspaper in the Portland Met establishment For the 1969 Belmont vision, and served as Ombuds ell, it was placed before you ropolitan Statistical Area (specific edi Street School Press, I had generous as man for former Govmor Victor Atiyeh. last week. Not only an account tions for Albina, St. Johns, Milwaukee, sistance from both the Portland Man Winters is married to celebrated author of the flawed process by which East County, Beaverton, etc.). He was a ager of * ‘The Associated Press’ ’ and the Ted Winters (“ Lifer” and “ Lions Never the school district proposed to deliver to client of my early accounting practice. then “ Northwest Bell Telephone Com Kill” ) and the grandmother o f twin teachers and pupils alike a mandated Before being sabotaged by several envi pany” which furnished my Model 135 boys (Damion and Quinton, sons of “ Integrated Curriculum” which could ous, jealous members of the African Teletypewriters and special lines. In the Anthony-nine years old). The Ob highlight minority contributions to the American community, Mr. Williams Dalles local ranchers paid the tab, but on server caught up with Winters this past culture and technology of the w orld- revealed a plan to publish “ A SPECIAL Belmont Street I went through $47,000 weekend in between catering various but equally important to any of like EDITION FOR SCHOOL KIDS” de of my savings and $25,000 in loans-a functions, restaurants, and training the mind, there was given the example of a livered to classrooms every Monday. “ for profit” enterprise. You win some, owner of the fourth Jackie’s Ribs in structured response to a failing educa As we shall see, I am a firm believer in lose some! But, that is the American Clovis/Fresno, California. Her sched tion system mounted by a concerned the Buick Corporation’s admonition, way, where private enterprises pay for ule is tight and the demands for her and disaffected member of the commu “ Ask The Man Who Owns One.” the infrastructure-including education. services/food are great. Business could nity (The Dalles Computer/African In 1969 when I set up my Belmont In the same vein it should be noted not be better. mathematics & Communications Edu Street plant to construct with school that after seeing pictures and descrip P ortland O bserver - With the compe cation Project-am ong other). districts for education and curriculum, I tions of the projects in my book, Black tition the way it is in the restaurant in There have been of course a num incorporated an ASSOCIATED PRESS Inventors o f American, the Superinten dustry, why go into the rib business? ber of experience-crafted proposals made TYPE NEWS SERVICE structured re dent of Schools for Birmingham, Ala W inters - “ I felt inspired to get into the to school administration and board by spectively to elementary and high school bama would call for five weeks straight business. I believed that it was some talented members o f the community. students-to be delivered daily into se in 1970, trying to persuade me to aban thing, spiritually, that I had to do. I Let us cite several examples for they are lected classrooms of each school via don a “ backward Portland” and come knew that it would be a success. Ribs in counter-comment to the educational teletype (the “ Associated School Press” : down there and install the complete system are the one food that people universally establishment’s proclivity for importing all copyrighrts and service marks se in his schools. Oh, would that over the like and is beyond race. Everyone likes superpaid, superstars-few, if any of which cured; all rights reserved 1969, 1989 years a generous God could have blessed good barbecue, but they are not always have had demonstrated, successful class McKinley Burt). With the help of teacher- our area with such progressive and per able to find i t , especially in the west room experience similar to that o f the friends, I had designed related curricu spicacious administrators. In any case, and Pacific Northwest. I think that if teachers and administrators o f the lum and lesson plans utilizing current Birmingham’s caustic comments were you were living in other parts of the “ Schools of Excellence” (Remember events. There was provision for unat to no avail-and business sense aside, I country wiht the population the size of the Adams’ High School misadventure?). tended, overnight transmissions from had an irrevocable mindset and commit Salem and Portland, you would find The earliest example of such commu my Belmont office to the teletype at ment to intervene for “ Portland’s” several places. You don’t have that nity talent I can recall is that o f “ Mr. each school--copy that could be ‘ ‘taken obviously disabled constituency, many here. Besides, I like to cook ribs and Williams” , a Black newspaperman, who off the wire” by kids the next morning children and parents that I knew person barbecue. When I was in government, in 1947 or 1948 set up offices in the old for either lessons or the school newspa ally. What can I say? 1 loved entertaining and everything Fraternal Hall Annex on N. Williams per. Today’s activity at my Beaverton Next week we will be “ back at the evolved around cook-outs. It became a Ave. (then the heart of the Black com facility includes updating this system, district ranch” for further examination thing to get invited to Jackie’s for ribs. munity, now part of the coliseum com with the help of industry professionals. of the “ lesson plan delivery system.” I also thought that ribs would be profit plex). Again, some advisory comment for Editor’s Note: Please see pages 6 and 7 able.” Hiring six Oiegonian/Journal white other locals who, feeling qualified and for this newspaper’s response to the com P ortland O bserver - Once you formu reporters who were out on strike, he competent, think that they as well as munity’s alarm over failures of the De lated the dream about your restaurants, originated and implemented the first Easteners should be allowed to deliver segregation Curriculum. what steps did you take? W inters - “ Once I decided that I could * do it, I started doing some research be J School District's Star Trek Continued: Remember Buick's Ad, "Ask The Man Who Owns One"? W A New Home For HAP July 16,1990 July 1 6 ,1990-fmancial Services, Com The Housing Authority of Portland (HAP) is moving to its new home at New market West in donwtown Port land during July. HAP’s new address is: puter Services July 23, 1990-Housing Management, Rental Program, Low Rent Public Hous ing Program, Section 8 Housing Pro gram, and Inspection Team July 30, 1990-Executive Office, Ad ministrative Services OTHER HAP OFFICES: HAP’s Department of Planning, Development, and Intergovernmental re- lations'is already operating at New Mar ket West and may be reached at 228- 2178 as of July 23. HAP’s Maintenance Department is remaining at its offices at 8910 North Housing Authority of Portland 135 S.WAah Portland, Oregon 97204 H A P’s new telephono nombor is: 228-2171 We appreciate your patience as we settle into our new building in three moving phases. HAP’s offices will be open at the new location on the follow ing dates: 4 1 Woolsey Avenue and may be reached at 293-4602. HAP’S Columbia Villa office is remaining at 8920 North Woolsey and may be reached at 283-0085. HAP’s new office is a quick walk from Tri-Met’s Farclcss Square and just half a block from the Skidmore Fountain Max train station. We en courage you to use public transporta tion when visiting HAP in our new home. For more information about HAP’s move, please call Public Affairs Coor dinator Carol Jclinek at 249-5514. cause you have to know cost, about equipment, and factoring profits in the restaurant industry. You have to re member that my background in gov ernment allowed me to deal with multi million dollar budgets and labor costs. Food at Jackie's Ribs is very reasonably priced and portions are most generous. She serves beef ribs, pork ribs, chicken, pork briskets, baked bean, barbecued ham, and a wide variety of salads. We sat down and put together a prospec tus based on what it would take to run. We also looked at what I needed to make per day in order to make it work.” Portland O bserver - This is not your stereotypical rib place or “ juke joint” that serves rigbs. This is a nice restau rant. Why is the perception of rib places or places that serve good ribs associated with decadent neighborhoods? Winters - "I wanted a nice place. Again, everybody likes ribs. I think that image of the rib business keeps some people out of it - the joints. I wanted my ribs to be an experience. Whne people come to my house to have ribs and a party, it’s my home. ’Jackie’s Ribs’, the establish ment is also like my home. We try to make it as homey as possible without making it look like a smokey joint.” P ortland O bserver - How would you put into perspective where your restau rants are today? Winters - “ We have been very success ful (smiling). We opened our first ’Jackie’s Ribs’ not quite five years ago and it is getting better. For me to have moved from one spot (restaurant) to three in such a short time is tremen dous.” Portland O bserver - Recently, W il lamette Week and the Oregonian fea tured several barbecue restaurants in or around Portland. You were not mentioned...your reaction? W inters - “ Well, I guess the people who wrote the story concentrated only in Portland and were not concentrating on whether they were good barbecue es tablishments or what existed as barbe cue places here in the state. Portland, it’s not uncommon thinks everything re volves around Portland. We get a lot of people coming down from Portland to eat at ‘Jackie’s Ribs’ and I don’t feel slighted. We are the best-kept secret in Oregon.” P ortland O bserver - What is good bar becue in your opinion? W inters - “ There are several standards that go into good barbecue in my opin ion. One is the smoking of the meat. Second, the marinating of the meat and you never poor boil your meat. We never poor boil. When you poor boil, you take the natural juices out of the meat and we try to make sure that we are not cooking dried out meat. We do not speed up the process like most rib places. The sauce is very important also. I read in the story you mentioned about how one guy buys regular sauce and doctors it up. We make our own sauce. We don’t doctor anything. “ My heaviest influence in barbe cuing comes from Kansas City barbecue (Gates) is the best. Some of the old masters in Portland were -S cotties’ and ‘Mr. Powers’. Mr. Powers taught me a lot He taught me seasoning and spices.” P ortland O bserver - Where else did you learn about barbecuing? W inters - “ It was my mother’s favorite food. We used to like it as kids. When the lights went out, mom used to talk to dad to go get her some barbecue since the kids were asleep and as soon as you hit the door, the smell would wake up everybody. My mother loved barbe cue. ” Food at Jackie’s Ribs is very rea sonably priced and portions are most generous. She serves beef ribs, pork ribs, chicken, pork briskets, baked bean, barbecued ham, and a wide variety of salads. Jackie's serves no alcoholic beverages, but there is plenty to select from and you will definitely need some thing to “ chill out” the hot sauce she uses. So, the next time you’re down in Salem with the family or friends, drop in to see Jackie. It’sjust like home. She’ll even tie the “ bib” on for you. Teen Parents and Families Wanted □ In an effort to reduce the number of teen-age pregnancies, AMA is recruiting support, advocacy and advisory groups. Albina Ministerial Alliance (AMA) Family Day and Night Care Program, Teen Parent Department is currently recruiting teen parents and their families I for support, advocacy and advisory groups. These groups will address and provide parental education, pregnancy interven tion, prevention education, positive self enhancement education, community education regarding responsible sexual ity and outreach to youth at risk of early pregnancy. “ The overall goal of the project is threefold” , said Betty Hardy, Young Parent Coordinator for the Teen Parent D epartm ent. "W e want to reduce the number of teen-age pregnancies, pro vide parent education and support serv ices to teen parents and assist parents of the teen parent in order to maintain a strong family relationship and stable foun dation for the teen parent and their chil dren” , Hardy explained. For more in- formation-Betty Hardy at 285-0588 or 285-0493.