Page 6 -T h e Portland Observer-September 5,
1990
African American
Singles Network
The Portland Metropolitan Area may
not be as large as Chicago or Detroit, but
Portland can be huge and pretty lonely
when you’re single and African Ameri
can.
According to the 1980 U.S. Census
(1990 Census not out yet) there are ap
proximately 33,622 African Americans
living in this area. Amazing, isn’t it!
W ere you surprised by the number. Well,
I was. Why?, because for as small as
Portland is, it’s extremely large when
you have no viable vehicle for introduc
tions to other singles like yourself. Many
o f us wonder if we really are out there.
W ell, we are, however we really have no
way to meet each other in a professional,
no non sense atmosphere.
Well, that’s where our organization
comes in. We want to make getting to
know each other easier.No night clubs,
no lounges, no “ secret lives’’, no bars,
just people with their lives in order, who
are unattached and want to actively do
something about that. We are not a dat
ing service, we do not “ match anyone.
However, what we do try to do is make
meeting others exciting, enjoyable and
most of all, fun. Remember the ‘kid in
the candy store’ analogy, well this is the
kind of atmosphere we want to create.
Have you ever really thought about
the way we meet each other in Portland?
There’s only a very few places, I ’m sure
you can name them better than I could.
Now, think about the quality of those
dates. For your own personal reasons,
were the prospects less than desirable?
Did you have better luck with chance
meetings? Most of those you met in a bar
were worse, weren’t they?
So what did you try? Back to the
night clubs, sticking to chance meetings,
asking friends to introduce their friends
to you, try other ethnic races, bury your
self in your work, settling for what ever
you could find, giving up the whole idea.
Or were you the trailblazer type.
Did you pull out the old yellow pages
and try the sophisticated approach. The
serious hunt! Okay, what did you find?
Nothing? What did you pay? To much of
something you’d rather not mention! We
know that too. So back to the nightclubs,
or to “ giving up.” Well, we don’t want
you to do that .ju st like we didn” t want
to do it either. So a few of us friends got
together one day over pizza, large of
course, a pitcher of Coca Cola and the
African American Singles Network was
conceived. We wanted a forum for pro
fessional African Americans to network.
We are not a dating service, as stated
earlier, we wanted members to be single
only because we wanted a more sophis
ticated way by which we could meet
other African American who we could
be sure was single. If that is what the
members wanted. We also wanted more
elegant ways of which to interact with
each other as well as more exciting ac
tivities, too. We also wanted an avenue
to assist our members in moving out the
“ passive role of meeting others and
provide a way to ‘ ‘actively” take charge
of their personal destiny just like they
had their professional one.
Brainstorming assisted in the dis
covery of terrific ideas for interacting.
At least four annual events will be spon
sored by A.S.S.N. One of which will be
the Winter Fantasy Ball. This will be a
black tie event at one of the major hotels
in the area. There will be a champagne
fountain and elegant hors d ’ oeuvres will
be served. Love songs and candlelight
will set the mood. And one lucky couple
will win “ The Night On The Town”
drawing, with their own luxury limou
sine at their disposal for the evening. It
will be a night to remember. We also will
sponsor an annual weekend ski trip to
romantic timberline Lounge for skiing
and romance. All of these events will be
open to members at very low cost or free.
As well as, some events will be open to
members only.
We envision in the near future other
ways to meet members with videos as
well as the newsletter. Soon enlarging to
other cities so that if members move to
other states, their membership can move
with them.
And yet, ideas and plans are great
but without hard work and sacrifice, they
will remain just that, ideas. However, it
shouldn’t be just our dream, it should be
yours too,. Just imagine all of the oppor
tunities for adventure, fun, excitement
just waiting for you. Portland will be
come much more inviting to other Afri
can American professionals moving here.
They’ll see how we socialize and know
that there’s something happening in
Portland that’s not happening anywhere
else. But to make it happen we must have
you join us. Only you can make it hap
pen;, you’re the key to its success. W ith
out you its back to the bars, night clubs
chance encounters...
As a special offer, to the first 10
gentlemen who sent this ad to us with
their names and addresses, if they qual
ify, will receive a twelve month’s mem
bership with all the benefits of our regu
lar members F <EE! $50 processing fee
is all that is re ,ir ed. This is a $139.00
value. So tell
<• friends and hurry!
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You’ve just about given up!
You’ve tried the dating scene: night clubs, bars, social lounges.
All the prospects just were not what you were looking for in a
permanent relationship.
We understand how you feel. The African American Singles
Network Dateletter is what you need. It offers unique opportunity
to meet qualified, pre-screened singles who are eager to meet you as well.
The Dateletter provides:
•Intriguing articles on dating, loving and relationship success.
•Notice of cultural and social events where the possibility of meeting other African
American Singles are greatest.
•Detailed info, on singles who are interested in a long term, meaningful r Jationship.
•Privacy is assured! *
A confidential way to select only those individuals who are most compatible with
the type of person you wish to spend time with. So come on! Send in the coupon
below. It may be the best thing you’ve ever done!
Please send me more information and a membership packet. I don’t want to let this
unique opportunity pass me by. I have enclosed $2.00 for shipping and handling.
Nam e:_____________________________________ Male___ Female___
Add ress: ______________________________________________________
City/State/Zip:_________________________________________________
I certify that I'm 21 years of age or older, single, and African American.
Signatu re :___ _________________________________________________
African American Singles Network, P.O. Box 12514, Portland, OR 97212,
(503)293-7979
KBPS 1450 AM AIRS “CLASS OF
2000: THE PREJUDICE PUZZLE”
Black teenagers in Bensonhurst,
young Navajos in Albuquerque, young
Latinos in California,
Amerasian children in Philadel
phia, and physically and mentally-im
paired young people everywhere have
one thing in common: the “ melting
p o t” isn’t working for them.
Instead, they are forced to grow up
in a society where prejudice is an eve
ryday fact of life that limits what they
can do, quashes their hopes, and threat
KBPS
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It’s A
Small World
225 N. Killingsworth
Portland, OR 97217
285-9008
Carolyn Sims, Owner
Enriched * Stimulating
Eearning Environment
five to 22 minutes each will air during
the week, culminating a two-hour na
tional call-in LIVE from NPR’s Wash
ington, D.C. studios at 12 noon Satur
day, Sept. 15. Peabody Award-win
ning journalist Scott Simon will host.
The ‘ ‘Prejudice Puzzle” reports pres
ent the voices of a cross-section of
America’s young seldom heard in the
media: blacks, whites, Hispanics, chil
dren of multiracial families, teenagersin
the Alaskan bush, Native Americans
at a powwow, Amera
sian children looking
for acceptance, gay
Portland Public Schools
and
straight friends
546 Northeast 12th Avenue
talking about sexual
Portland, Oregon 97232
identity, and teenager
Phone: 280-5828
in jail.
ens their future.
From Sept. 8-15, KBPS AM and
National Public Radio’s award-winning
news magazines will focus on the lives
and biases of young people, and how
they deal with prejudices and stereotyp
ing.
“ Class of 2000: The Prejudice
Puzzle,” the first presentation of NPR’s
Special Project, is funded by a grant
from the Corporation for Public Broad
casting. More than a dozen reports of
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on KXL 750AM
Executive recruiter and career ex
pert Martin Bimbach advises listeners
on job searching, interviewing, career
exploration, and much more during “ Jobs
and Careers” airing Saturdays 6 to 7pm
on KXL 750 AM.
From college students to executives,
first-job seekers to those seeking long
term career satisfaction, all will benefit
by tuning in to “ Jobs and Careers” .
During this informative and innovative
program, Bimbach guides listeners
through fundamental skills such as res
ume’ writing and interviewing techniques,
offering the secrets of climbing the cor
porate ladder and getting a promotion or
raise.
In America’s ever-changing and com
petitive job market, people need to be
armed with the best information and
make the best first impression during
their search for a new job or career.
KXL’s “ Jobs and Careers” helps listen
ers gain the knowledge and skills they
need to select the right career path.
DINOS ON DISPLAY TWO MORE
WEEKS AT OMSI!
Visitors have only two weeks to
witness a prehistoric head-smashing
battle between twow Pachycephalo-
sauri at the Oregon Museum of Sci
ence and Industry. OMSI’s all-new
action-packed dinosaur exhibit, fea
turing 14 dinosaurs which have never
been seen in Portland, will be on dis
play through Sept. 9.
This action-packed exhibit fea
tures dinosaurs made by Kokoro
Company Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, and
focuses on behaviors of present-day
and prehistoric animals in a jungle
like atmosphere. Visitors will also see
a mother Maiasaura nurturing a nest of
hatching eggs and babies; a 20-foot-
tall Albertosaurus chasing a 20-foot-
long Euoplocephalus; and will learn
about the fierce flesh-eating, warm
blooded Deinonychus as it joins others
to capture its prey. All dinosaurs move
and roar and appear to come to life in
their jungle-like setting.
In previous years, OMSI had di
nosaurs which stood alone. This year,
DINO-MIGHT! includes dinosaurs in
groups, acting out different behaviors.
Examples of behavior patterns of pres
ent-day animals, including nesting,
eating and dominant behaviors, will
help visitors understand how dinos-
might have acted over 100 million
years ago.
Admission to DINO-MIGHT! is
free after OMSI admission. Museum
admission is $5.25 for adults; $4.25
for seniors; $3.50 for students, age
three through 17; and free for OMSI
members.
OMSI is open 7 days a week from
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on
Fridays. OMSI is located at 4015
S.W.Canyon Rd., in Portland. Call
(503) 222-2828 for more information.
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Answer the Call of the Riled:
Volunteers Needed at
Metro Crisis
Intervention Service
Metro Crisis Intervention Service is
recruiting volunteers to staff its 24-hour
telephone intervention and information
referral phone service. The agency needs
volunteers for daytime, evening and
weekend shifts. Classes for fall training
begin Saturday, Oct. 6; sessions are held
evenings and weekends for the conven
ience of people with daytime commit
ments.
No experience is necessary, though
applicants must be at least 18 years old.
Metro provides 57 hours of training for
applicants accepted into the program.
Volunteers typically work one four-hour
shift per week. Call the Metro Crisis
Intervention Service volunteer coordi
nator at 226-3099 to apply. Metro Crisis
is a United Way member agency.
Doggett Elected to PMN
Program Committee
Tom Doggett, vice president of tele
vision programming, Oregon Public
Broadcasting, has been elected to a three-
year term on the Pacific Mountain Net
work program committee.
The Pacific Mountain Network
(PMN) is a nonprofit regional public
broadcasting network owned and oper
ated by public television stations through
out the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific
Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii. PMN’s ac
tivities include programming, distribu
tion, research, promotion, training, pro
duction, and learning services.
The program committee is elected
by program managers of affiliated sta
tions. One of the major functions of the
committee is to serve as a channel be
tween local program managers and PMN
and the national public broadcasting
organizations. The committee also helps
distribute the Program Fund, a grant from
the Corporation for Public Broadcast
ing, to assist member stations with pro
duction.
Doggett, who joined KOAC-TV as
a television producer-director in 1965,
has successively been production man
ager for KOAC radio and television, di
rector of radio and television program
ming for Oregon Educational and Public
Broadcasting Service, director of TV
programming and production for Ore
gon Public Broadcasting, and, since 1988,
vice president of television program
ming for OPB.
TO GATHER FOR
CONVENTION CENTER OPENING
CELEBRATION
Army and Air Force Hometown
News - Army Reserve Private
Velma R. Sanders has complete
basic training at Fort Jackson,
S.C.
During the training, students
receive instruction in drill and
ceremonies, weapons, map
reading, tactics, military cour
tesy, military justice, first aid, and
Army history and traditions.
She is the daughter of Velma
J. Sanders of 846 NE Emerson,
Portland, OR.
The private is a 1937 graduate
of Cleveland High School, Port
land.
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A neighborhood event to celebrate'
the convention center opening will be
held Sunday, September 23, at 1 p.m.
Beginning with tours of the new site,
guests will move to the Carousel Court
yard for music, refreshments and other
entertainment.
The Portland Office of Neighbor
hood Associations has joined with or
ganizations and businesses from he Lloyd
District, including the North/Northcast
business Boosters, the Holladay District
Association and Pacific Development,
in sponsorship of the event.
Guided tours at the convention cen
ter will be followed by a “ Welcome
Neighbor” reception, featuring the “ Good
Neighbor Awards.”
The Good Neighbor Awards are
intended to promote a feeling of fellow
ship and pride in being Portlanders and
neighbors, and to recognize people who
make a difference in small, important
ways-by being friendly or helpful, or in
some special way contributing to the
overall quality of the neighborhood.
Following a musical path to the
Carousel Courtyard (on Northeast Hol
laday Street, between Seventh and Ninth
Avenues) guests will be entertained by
the Michael Harrison Band from 3-5
p.m., and enjoy complimentary refresh
ments and free rides on the Looff Carou
sel.
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Parent Support Group
Reactivates With Picnic
Parents of children with down syn
drome are re-activating the down syn
drome parent support group. It is the
intention of this group to involve parents
of children of all age groups.
There will be a picnic to round up all
interested individuals and their families
on Saturday, September 22,1990 begin
ning at 11:00 am at Montavilla Park
located at 8219 N.E. Glisian. People are
to bring their own food and beverage (no
alcoholic beverages, please)! There will
be lots of socializing and games fora va
riety of age groups.
For more information please con
tact: Multnomah County: Joan Mcdlen
244-3289; Washington County: Pat
McFall 640-9301 ¡Clackamas County:
Roberta Monger 657-0849;Vancouvcr and
Clark County Judy Marick 694-1284.
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