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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
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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
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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
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OPINION
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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
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‘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
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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
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' 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
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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
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•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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“> ,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
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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.