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« • « ♦ ♦* x ♦ X * r <e » < » *' r «*r « « « nside Local doctor named for national commission Keeping up with form er N.B .A . player Steve Adams Citizens respond to education and Nike controversies in letters to the editor Should we prosecute drug abusing mothers? Part I I M ir Page 2 Page 5 r- v<?rs i t v e (J 9 e n e y Dr-. PORTLflNÖ’ Volume X X , Num ber 33 News Inside ERYER P o rtla n d S tate U niversity football p layer Jo e C arlisle is q u ietin g sk e p tics by d e m o n stra tin g his ta le n t on the field PAGE 5 . . ............. ................. hh MHI T he U nited W ay, an o rg an izatio n th a t is know n for th e h u n d re d s o f co m m u nity p ro jects it funds--from food a n d clothes for th e needy to P lan n ed P a r- e n th o o d -b e g in s its $20 m illion fund ra ise r PAGE 2 OPINION „ free ease o f youth. From Russell and Williams to Til lamook and W illiam s was one big hom e. O ne could always see a friend; every where you looked there was nothing but sm iling faces. The G athering was the per fect opportunity to recap ture those m om ents, and catch up on w here your friends ended up, and what they’re up to. T h e e v e n in g ’s events included a formal social; Saturday featured a Picnic; then it was back to Williams and Tillamook for a w in d -d o w n a t the « ■ ■ ■ ‘Y ” ...and one couldn’t help — but wonder what next year’s . . . Peggy and John W arren were two of the 800 people Gathenng has in slQre for in attendance at last Friday's " G ath ering ". them Ullysses T u c k e r exam ines the em o tional a n d physical b enefits of sleep PAGE 6 M L O livet, d u e to o v erex ten d in g its space cap abilities, is m oving its S u n d ay services to Stone T o w er c h u rch PAGE 3 . ' I I S S S M R e a d e rs—including R on H e rn d o n a n d Jo h n Ja c k so n -ta k e the forum in "L e t te rs to the E d ito r" PA G E S 2 ,7 T his w eek’s food page fe a tu re s a m anufacturer's cents-off co up o n -h av e y o u r scissors re a d y PAGE 8 O bo A ddy an d his b a n d O k ro p o n g w ere som e o f th e fe a tu re d guests a t th e A frican Festival PAGE 4 •Ullysses T ucker discusses emotional an d physical abuse •Angelique Sanders reviews the new P rin ce a lb u m , "G ra ffiti B rid g e" T he O b se rv e r is still seeking a fem ale to w rite th e " H e rs" p o rtio n of the opinion p a g e -d e ta ils a re on page x August 29, 1990 "The Eyes and Ears o f The Community" □ Northeast Portland high schoolers from the ’50s and early ’60s converged at the Holiday Inn for a reunion D ennis S p rin g e r releases his first a l bum PA G E 4 W lW il SMART MOVES Starts Anti-Drug Campaign for Youth TrailBlazers' Terry Porter and Jerom e Kersey helped launch SMART MOVES with Dan Clark, Tony M arti nez o f Z 100 radio and Dave Massing, Vice President o f Advertising for Pay less N orthw est by presenting a check for $17,000 to Neil Jaques, President o f the Boys & G irls Clubs of Portland M etro politan Area. This check was possible through the sales of Rip City Rap. The proceeds were donated to launch SMART MOVES in North Portland. A press conference was held at the Colum bia Club in North Portland where the program will be initiated in September, 1990. SM ART MOVES will provide opportunities for 200 inner city "at risk" youth, ages 10-12, 13-15 and their parents to participate in a year long program designeed to reduce pre- teen and teenage vulnerability to gang mem bership, drug/alcohol use and sex ual involvement. Special A gent, Kevin Colbye, o f the FBI announced that Boys Clubs of A merica is the only national youth o r ganization selected by the FBI for a concentrated agency effort in drug re duction. Parents that would like to have their children participate in SM ART MOVES can contact L inda W hite, C o lum bia Club Director at 7602 No. Em er ald or by phoning 289-8803. There is no charge beyond a Boys & Girls Club mem bership fee o f $10 per year. Orn 25< P Good Times... Good Friends The fourth annual Gathering took place this past Friday at the airport Holiday Inn, bringing in 800 people from around the nation. This annual event found tearful schoolm ates rem iniscing about the “ good o l’ days” , times spent hanging out at the C itizen’s Cafe, The D rag net, and the “ Y ” on the comer (remember the guys singing their do-whop songs?). It seemed there was no separation within the school areas; we were one big neighborhood. W hen you look back it seems like it m ust have been a fairy tale...the care D er 9 ? , 4 0 3 Page 5 Page 8 w J e a n n e H a rtz o g Director/Owner Sylvan Learning Center BY ULLYSSES TUCKER, JR. graduate o f the U niversity of Denver, Colorado, in E lem en tary Education/Physical Education (B.S.), Hartzog is m arried (32 years) to Dr. Ernest Hartzog, the A ssistant Su perintendent for the Portland, Public Schools. She has tw o children (D aniel,30; and Sharon, 29) and one grandchild (Jessica, 2 1/2). Hartzog is also very active in the Portland community. She is currently involved with the U nited Negro Col lege Fund Telethon, Portland Chapter o f Links, Delta Sigma Theta, the Vo cational Rehabilitation State Advisory Board, the Center for Com m unity M ental Health and a host of others. She is a mem ber o f Bethel A.M.E. church (“ Big B ethel” ). P ortland O bserver-W hat services do you offer? H artzo g - “ W e offer assistance in CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 Welcome Back to School Students and Teachers; Parents Too! (Pay Attention School Board) Jeanne Hartzog has been the Di rector/Owner of the Sylvan Learn ing Center for almost eleven years. She takes great pride in helping youngsters improve their basic skill level and self-esteem. Former Heavy weight Champ George Foreman Visits Portland Former Heavyweight Champion G eorge Forem an appeared recently in Portland at a benefit fund raiser for Stay Clean-Y outh in Action A gainst Drugs. The $50.00-per-plate dinner w as held at the Lloyd C enter Red Lion and drew a crow d o f more than 150. The num ber three contender for the crown now held by Buster Douglas, Forem an is scheduled to fight former cham pion M ike Tyson or D ouglas him self if Douglas is successful in his de fense o f the heavyw eight crow n against Evander Holifield ----- in O ctober. G e o rg e F o rem a n , A c - th e u n d e f e a te d tively involved in h e a v y w e ig h t, is youth program s h e ip in g P o r tla n d By, the form er CHRISTIE GREEN G ARY RUNNELS Roosevelt High School Parkrose High School and, at least for one day, gain some time to contem plate a busy and hectic sched here is a magic in the air as an ule. Students will prepare for another orbiting earth anticipates the fall series o f adventures with the education establishm ent - as will the teachers. equinox and spins toward another sea son o f NFL mayhem and Blazer M a And parents will experience the annual nia. Soon you’ll turn your clock back traumatic adjustm ents to transportation BY PROFESSOR MCKINLEY BURT T SHALAUNDA BROW N Jefferson High School schedules and meal times. For the moment (only) we arc going to assume that this new spaper with its forthright “ Educational Advocacy” for excellence in Portland’s school system CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 “> ,a k t a c ' O lym pics cham p d o n a g a in st dru gs and m inister also m ade special appearances at Peninsula Park, K nott Street Com m unity Center, and other sites in N ortheast Portland, urging youth not to get involved in drugs. Forem an is undefeated since his return to the ring. His appearance was sponsored by former top heavy w eight contender Thad Spencer. Portland Public Schools Prepares for the New School Year With Changes Portland Public Schools next Tuesday welcomes an estim ated 54,000 students to the 1990-91 academic year. More than 100 neighborhood and special schools for prekindergarten through Grade 12 open their doors for the first o f 178 instructional days ending June 11. The Portland School District, created in 1851, begins its 139th year of operations with more than 6,000 em ployees and a general-fund budget o f approximately $328 million. More than 350 school buses will operate on Portland’s streets and highways beginning the day after Labor Day. The buses will transport more than 14,000 elem entary and special-program students twice daily during the first three weeks o f school. School cafeterias also open for business next Tuesday, prepared to serve nearly 8,000 breakfasts and 26,000 lunches daily. Lunch prices remain at $1 for elem entary and middle-school students, $ 1.25 for high-school students. Several changes aw ait return ing students and instructional person nel: •A new elem entary school, Markham, LUNCH MENU Wednesday : Burrito w/Salsa Italian spaghetti T ossed salad w /low fat ranch dressing W arm biscuit Peach slices Low fat milk Fluffy rice W hole kernel com W aterm elon wedge Low fal milk Thursday Friday W hole wheat W iener wrap Baked potato wedges Carrot coins Applesauce Low fat milk Fish nuggets w /scafood/tartar sauce Celery chunks w/dip Animal crackers Banana half Low fat milk • >'■ * » : opens for students in kindergarten through G rade 5 at 10531 S.W . Capitol H igh way. It will reduce school crow ding in the southeast portion o f the W ilson Cluster. •Markham M iddle School, 10625 S.W . 35th Ave., has been renam ed Jackson Middle School. •The Carecr/Technical Education C lus ter Office, previously located in the Mark ham Site at 10531 S.W. Capitol H igh way, now is located at me M onroe Site, 2508 N.E. Everett St. ■Continuing Education for G irls, previ ously housed in the Child Services Center at 531 S.E. 14th A ve., now is located at the M onroe Site. ■Gregory Heights Middle School, 7334 N.E. Siskiyou St., is fully operational after extensive renovations. It now will house sixth-graders previously tem po rarily housed at the G lenhaven Site, 8020 N.E. Tillam ook St., plus addi tional students in G rades 6-8 from Lee E lem entary-now a K-5 school at 2222 N.E. 92nd Ave. ■Buckman Elem entary, 320 S.E. 16th Ave., debuts as a district wide m agnet program in the visual and perform ing arts for students in kindergarten through G rade 5.