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♦ * ♦ * * * * ♦'4 H • * » jv V» , ♦ ♦ « 1 4 ♦ Vv*e . *’ > • / # • • • ♦ ♦>* • * ♦ < ' »-♦ •-♦ » * « PO R TI. Volume XX, Number 37* » :iv ERVER His/Her Opinion is Back... PAGE 4! Dan Quayles visit editorialized... PAGE 8 1 The Musical Extrava ganza Benefit is on the way... he Jefferson High School Band has received an invitation to par ticipate in the 20th International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria, next summer. Selected in a nationwide screening process, the band w ill travel to Austria in July 1991 and w ill perform and compete w ith 50 to 60 ensembles from 15 to 20 different countries participat ing in the festival. The 45 member band is the only group form Oregon invited to the festival. The band w ill have to raise about 5100,00 in the next year in order to make the trip. On Sunday September 30, 1990 (3-5pm), the Portland Chapter o f Links w ill sponsor “ A Musical Explosion” , to help raise money fo r the trip. The show w ill feature Ron Steen, Thara M em ory, Goldie Irby, Garland T h ompson, Leslie W illiam s, Brenda P h il lips, Danny Osborn, Georgene Rice and Friends, and Sharon M itche ll o f KG W - T V 8 w ill host the show. Tickets can be purchased at Mrs. C ’s W igs, Jefferson High, and from Portland Links mem bers. For more inform ation, call 280- 5180. I am pleased to announce the recent appointment o f Harvey Lockett as manager o f the Department o f Trans- portations Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (D B E ) Program. Harvey Lockett Selected in a nationwide screening process, the band will travel to Austria. PAGE 4 Portland Singer Jac qui Sutton prepares for the Oregon Dance consort... PAGE 7 The Portland Observer wishes to thank all of those who submitted their inquiries on the HIS/HERS column. We recently made a se lection: C.M. Brooks. The HIS/HERS col umn may be found on page 5, and this week's topic is losing a mate. Back to Square One by Professor M c K in le y B u rt The office is expected to remain closed fo r four or fiv e months, until remodeling o f the M ultnom ah level o f the L lo yd Center M all is finished. When the o ffice reopens, it w ill be located inside the m all on the M ultnom ah level, rather than outside, where it currently exists, “ The new o ffice w ill be larger and provide more workstations than the cur- rent o ffice, to help provide quicker serv ice to customers,” Ward said. Other local D M V offices are the Northeast Portland office at 1836 NE 82nd Ave., the West Portland o ffice at 1502 SW Sixth Ave., the North Portland office at 8260 N. Interstate Ave., and the M all 205 office at 9904 SE Washington St.tsa: E S S P R O F 1 11 hat was a gratifying response to last LLOYD CENTER DMV OFFICE SCHEDULED TO BE CLOSED The L lo yd Center D M V o ffice w ill be closed beginning September 29, 1990, due to extensive remodeling o f the L lo yd Center M all. The office w ill not reopen until remodeling o f the m all is com pleted. Customers arc asked to v is it other Portland area offices during this closure, and to take advantage o f D M V ’ s m ail-in service. B U S Center or Clackamas Town Center. Another point I ’d like to make is that I am s till encountering a number week’s article detailing several youth o f parents who arc ju s t devastated after activities that could be sponsored by one short look at news accounts ofthe parents-program s capable o f being in financial burdens which must be as stitutionalized by successive generations. sumes in order to get their children through As I said even earlier, these arc the kind c o llc g c -th is , taking into account the o f grassroots experiences and traditions availability o f grants (decreasing). Some that kept our group intact for w ell over a are further depressed when, after earlier hundred years. enthusiasm over the glow ing ads extol Before going on let me take ling the virtues o f “ attending a Southern care o f a matter I ’ ve put o ff for several Black C ollege” , closer investigation weeks. There is a most usefull FREE reveal new, seemingly insurmountable B O O K L E T that should be sent fo r by obstacles. Here, A frican Am erican par every parent/household in the com m u ents q uicly find they have the very same nity. This ‘ ‘Consumer’s G uide” lists financial constraints as white parents hundreds o f publications covering valu w ith in the same income; the latter, able inform ation on every aspect o f liv many o f them, have long since discov ing, w ork and p la y -m a n y o f the p u b li ered that they cannot support one or cations are free and many others priced more o f their children at an out-of-state as low as fifty cents or a dollar. in s titu tio n -th a l is why so many o f them Subjects cover a vast range o f are found at the U niversity o f Oregon, inform ation: day care, education, health Oregon State U niversity, and Portland care, safety at home or on the jo b , con Slate University. sumer products, auto care and repair, But the situation we have at home repairs and maintenance, careers, these schools is a frightening drop in com m unity organizations, vacation Black enrollm ent compared w ith the choices, travel lips, youth activities, inter 1970s, and at the same time and in esting books or magazines, self-improve crease in the dropout rale among the ment, new business ideas, m oving tips, same group. I had perceived this trend recipes, jo b selection, toys, sports, you in process as I took early retirement at name it! Portland State U niversity in 1982. This For this free government p u b li is why 1 have w ritten on the subject cation and placement on a continuing several limes, advocating a structured, m ailing list, write to St. James, C on w ell-inform ed parent group w ith a sumer Publications, Pueblo, Colorado com m itm ent to greatly increasing A fr i 81002. Also, in ligh t o f the increasing can American enrollm ent in OREGON number o f children being injured in the S C H O O L S -a more affordable path to home w hile trying to prepare meals w ith higher education, especially consider electronic devices, I would suggest a ing the current economic turn down which copy o f ‘ ‘C om eC ook W ith Me: M ic ro it appears w ill be w ith us for some lime. wave C ooking For C hildren.” T ry B. SEE B A C K ON P A G E 2 Dalton bookstore, downtown or Lloyd T City Appoints Lockett to D.B.E. □ Harold Lasley discusses Lockett's D.B.E appointment PAGE 3 Black people have monetry power, if we'd learn how to spend... 25<P September 26,1990 "The Eyes and Ears o f The Community" JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL BAND INVITED TO AUSTRIA T V ~ 1 1 Photo by Ullysses Tucker, Jr. James Berry, Owner, One Stop Records b ling; Trent, 13; and Y u liis , 9) c h il dren. He is forty-seven years old. The ames Berry is a civic-m inded Business Profile caught up w ith Berry busi nessman not just interested at the record store. in making money, he is also interested P o rtla n d O b server-H o w does a in providing jobs for the black comm u person go from d rivin g as a m otor man nity, being a role model, and boosting fo r the Chicago Transit A u th ority to the image o f the Northeast area. ow ning a record store in Northeast Port A native o f Chicago, Illin o is and a land? 1974 graduate o f Portland State U n i B e rry -” I le ft Chicago because o f versity in Elen aiuuy Education (1974), the weather. I t ’s cold back there. W hile Berry left the midwest because o f the 1 was stationed at Fort Lew is (U.S. harsh weather Before opening up One A rm y), Washington, 1 visited Portland Stop Records five years ago. Berry a few times and I decided to come back worked w i th F OIC, the S tate o f Oregon here fo r school. I ended up at PSU ma Em ploym ent D ivision, and as a motor- jo rin g in elementary education, but 1 man fo r the Chicago Transit A uthority. ultim ately decided that I was a business He attended Parker High School in man instead o f a school teacher. Before Chicago. One Stop Records is not ju s t a owning the record store, I owned the record store, it serves as a place where NE Business Center and a distributing young people can come by to talk w ith company. I s till own the Business Cen someone they respect. O ften times, ter. young people make one stop for rec P o rtla n d O bserver-Y o u own one ords, advice, opinions, and Berry is the o f the few record stores that caters to man for it all. T ru ly One Stop. the taste o f black consumers, do you Berry has some definite ideas for feel like you have an obligation to them? how black busincsscs/black business B e rry -” Yes. M ost o f our motto is men can help the black com m unity. He to make sure that we get the kind o f also has a vision for North/Northeast music that you can’ t get at Fred M ey Portland in the areas o f economic de ers, K -M art, or G .I. Joes’ s, that’ s our velopment and youth services. niche.” P o rtla n d O b server-Is this truly a A member o f M om ingstar Baptist Church, Berry and his w ife Valeric arc place where a person can make One the proud parents o f four (Robin,20; Stop and find everything they need? D om inica, 18; who is attending Gram- SEE BERRY ON PAGE 5 BY ULLYSSES TUCKER, JR. J Harvey has extensive experi ence in the C ity o f Portland's m unicipal government, having served as an assis tant to form er Commissioner Charles Jordan in the Department o f Public Safety and Public A ffa irs, and to D ick Bogle in the Department o f Public Works. D ur ing his employment w ith Portland, he developed and implemented affirm ative action procurement programs for the C ity's capital improvement projects and professional, technical and expert serv ices. Harvey has a law degree from W illam ette U niversity, been self-em ployed, and has run fo r p olitical office. His w ork has demostrated a stron com m itm ent to the socio-economic devel opment o f m inorities and women. 1 also want to take this opportu nity to recognize V em ell West fo r his service as A cting D B E Program M an ager fo r the past several month. V em ell has made some outstanding contribu tions to the administration and opera tion o f the D BE program during his career w ith the Department. He w ill continue to play a vita l role as aContract Compliance Specialist in the D B E Pro gram. Quayle's Visit Results in Riot by Angelique Sanders V ic e P resident D a n fo rth Quayle’ s Rose C ity v is it on Monday mirrored Bush’s May visit, drawing hun dreds o f rioters downtown and blocking traffic. The $100-a-plate--$2500 to meet Q uayle-luncheon resulted in pro testers lining Broadway and Sixth A ve nue by the H ilton Hotel. O fficers carted o ff 43 rioters. One hundred police were called in, and mobbed the dow ntow n area to re-route the ever-slowing traffic, and were stationed at Pioneer Place as late as 10 :30 p.m. that night, ten hours after Quayle arrived. Buses ran gener a lly 10-15 minutes late, and cars were brought to a near standstill as late as 6 p.m. that evening. Protesters were inducing vom iting , and pushing and shoving. Quayle fle w down from Seattle (where he spoke the previous day) fo r a Republican fundraiser w ith Oregon Suu? Representative Danny Smith. The lunch eon is expected to bring in $40,000 towards S m ith’ s campaign fund. »