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Volume XX, Number 37*
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His/Her Opinion is
Back...
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Dan Quayles visit
editorialized...
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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.
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Portland Singer Jac
qui Sutton prepares
for the Oregon Dance
consort...
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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
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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
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Black people have
monetry power, if
we'd learn how to
spend...
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September 26,1990
"The Eyes and Ears o f The Community"
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL BAND
INVITED TO AUSTRIA
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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.
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