Volume XX, Number 38
"The Eyes and Ears o f The Community"
October 3,1990
SUCCESSFUL TRAINING SESSION
FOR EDUCATORS
□ “SUCCESSFULLY
EDUCATING LOW IN
COME AND MINORITY
CHILDREN: IT CAN BE
DONE FOR ALL”
“ The Center for National Origin, Race and Sex Equity”
Northwest
Regional
Educ
Labo
BY PROF. MCKINLEY BURT
T
NEWS
Stewardship to the earth and
the environment, by Dr. A.
Lee
Hendersen,
publisher...PAGE 2
RELIGION
North Portland Bible College,
by Mattie Ann Callier-
Spears...PAGE 3
LOCKER ROOM
Curtis Delgardo, by Aaron
Fentress...PAGE 4
Steve J ones, former Portlan­
der, Broadcasts ¡(.nicks' game,
by
Ullysses
Tucker,
Jr....PAGE 4
ENTERTAINMENT
Howard Hewett, by Tony
Washington...PAGE 5
HIS/HERS OPINION
Can a long-distance relation­
ship survive? by C.M. Brooks
and Ullysses Tucker,
Jr....PAGE 6
Successful Blacks have obli­
gation to help innercity
youngsters...?AGE 8
he Jantzen Beach Red Lion Inn
was the site for this weeks’ three-
day seminar designed to equip North­
west educators with effective and proven
techniques to deal with multicultural edu­
cation and ‘at-risk’ children. The pro­
gram was prefaced by greetings from Dr.
Ethel Simon-McWilliams, Associate Ex­
ecutive Director of tne C e n te r “ W e are
pleased that you are participating in our
unique conference. You will hear how
some principals from throughout the nation
are successfully educating all children in
their equitable, drug-free school envi­
ron ments-particularly low income and Leadership Award, Save Our Youth of
minority students.”
America, W ashington D.C. 1989.”
The Sunday through Tuesday ses­
M ondays’ luncheon speaker was Dr.
sions began with speaker Richard E. Robert Barr, Dean College of Educa­
W ashington, principal o f Ballou Senior tion, Oregon State University College of
High School in W ashington D.C. A 25 Education. Dr. Barr has served on the
year professional, his honors include Teacher Standards and Practices
“ Outstanding Principal o f the year from
Commission and the State Advisory
the D.C. Association of Secondary School Board for Career and Vocational Educa­
Principals, 1988; and Distinguished tion. He has received three national awards
and has written and co-authored four
books on social studies, education at-
risk youth and alternative education.
Another keynote speaker was C on­
gressman Major R. Owens ofN ew York,
chair o f the House Subcommittee on
Select Education.
A Scheduled speaker is Mr. Ron
Herndon, Director Albina Ministerial
Alliance Head Start Program. Mr Herndon
was a prim e mover in the formation of
that very effective educational organiza­
tion, “ The National Association For
Schools o f Excellence” . This group
provided the teachers for the training
sessions, providing participants with the
opportunity to interact with some o f the
outstanding administrators in the field of
education today. Readers of this new s­
paper are fam iliar with my many cita­
tions of the accomplishments of this group
in implementing successful educational
experiences for youth from low income
families. I took a great deal of pride in
being included as a founding member.
Interestingly, while the “ Schools of
Excellence” organization has recently
published and distributed a very well
received manual for successfully educa­
tion low income and minority children,
“ Partners For Success: Business And
Education” , we find the following state­
ment made quite early on by the North­
west Regional Educational Laboratory
(1987 Annual Report):
Education Involving Business and
Human Resource Agencies-After years
o f cursory attention to how education
and business can benefit from close col­
laboration, public schools are increas­
ingly entering into new and creative re­
lationships with the private sector. These
initiatives include policy input from the
private sector, involvement with learn­
ers such as in literacy prom otion, direct
assistance from education in retraining
dislocated workers, faculty skill enhance­
ment and sharing o f facilities, equip­
ment and materials. NW REL is helping
to build new alliances and facilitating
the sharing of inform ation and exper­
tise.”
Among the noted principals partici­
pating:
Louise Smith, Charles Rice Elemen­
tary School, Dallas, Texas-Under Smith’s
leadership, Charles Rice Elementary
School’s citywide ranking for student
achievement rocketed from 88th to 1 st in
one year.
George Hughes, L ee Elementary
School, Milwaukee, W isconsin-Famous
for carrying a cordless telephone for
making instant “ good news” report cards
to parents, Hughes has led his school to
dramatic improvements in math and
reading scores.
Caroline Reedom , Paradise elem en­
tary School, Las Vegas, Nevada-Ancient,
run-down Paradise Elementary School
in one of Las Vegas’ poorest neighbor­
hoods has become a widely recognized
model school under R eedom ’sdirection.
The conference drew 170 teachers and
SEE TRAINING ON PAGE 8
Children's Learning Fair,
Walkathon
School
Antidrug Programs
revention o f drug and alcohol
abuse by youths themes the sixth-
annual C hildren’s Learning Fair
com panion walkathon next weekend.
The fair runs next Saturday and
Sunday (O ctober 6 and 7) in the M em o­
rial Coliseum Assembly Hall under spon­
sorship by Portland Public Schools. Doors
open both days at 11 a.m. and close
Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.
Just prior to the fair’s formal Sat­
urday opening, Portlanders will “ walk
aw ay from drugs” in a fundraising spon­
sored by M eier & Frank.
The walkathon, starting at 8 a.m.
and ending at 11 a.m ., stretches from
Holladay Park near Lloyd Center to the
coliseum, where participants receive free
breakfasts and fair admissions.
Proceeds from both the fair and
the w alkathon’s entry fees go the drug-
and alcohol-abuse prevention programs
in Portland Public Schools.
Portland-area McDonalds restau­
rants will donate the breakfasts. O ther
fair co-sponsors arc Z100 Radion, Fred
M eyer and KPTV.
The Oregon Federation o f Par­
P
ents for Drug Free Youth, along with
PayLess Drug Stores, Oregon Oil Heat
Com a m ission, Thriftway Stores, and
and
Channel 12, is participating by encour­
aging children to wear a “ My Choice -
Crug Free” fed ribbon and sign an anti­
drug pledge sheet during the fair.
Originated and coordinated by Port­
land Public Schools, the fair features
more than 70 nonprofit and commercial
exhibits with education-related products
and services for children.
Designed partly as a fun event for
children, the fair primarily focuses on
helping parents help their children to
learn.
Several Portland teachers will dem­
onstrate science, physical-education and
language-arts projects for children and
consult with parents about instructional
programs in public schools.
Fair exhibitors include hobby, book
and toy stores featuring educational toys,
gam es and materials as well as model
railroads, rockets and robots. A music
school will provide rhythm instruments
for children to use and Multnomah County
Library will demonstrate its new compu-
Correction
Last week’s edition mistak­
enly announced the appointment of
Harvey Lockett as manager of the
City of Portland's Disadvantaged
Business Entcrprisc-DBE-program .
Mr. Lockett was appointed by the
Oregon Department of Transporta­
tion’s Civil Rights' section and is a
State of Oregon employee. The
Observer regrets the error and any in­
convenience it may have caused.
terized card-catalog system.
M ascots for commercial exhib­
itors will provide hugs and photo oppor­
tunities, a live cheetah will be on display
and medical institutions will help chidlren
learn about poison dangers and good
nutrition.
Children also may have casts put
on fingers, taste healthy food, use com ­
puters, make personalized books, take
home growth charts and learn proper
tooth brushing and flossing.
Stage shows several times each
day will feature young fashion models
and dancers, good-nutrition skits, and
local broadcast personalities. Four stu­
dents from Roosevelt and W ilson high
schools and Jackson M iddle School, who
perform as an anti-drug rap group, will
be on stage several times each day.
Fair adult admission is $5. A d­
mission for youths aged 6-17 is $3.50.
Children under age 6 are admitted free.
WELFARE
REFORM GETS
UNDERWAY
JOBS For Oregon’s Future, the state’s
welfare reform program, officially be­
gins O ctober 1, making major changes in
the state’s aid to Dependent Children
program which provides assistance to
more than 32,000 sinlgc-parcnt families.
“ Through this new program, we
will be providing people on assistance
with help to become financially self-
sufficient,” stated Stephen Minnich,
adm inistrator of Adult and Family Serv­
ices, the state’s welfare agency. “ Our
aim is to enable people to move from
welfare to the workplace, into jobs which
allow them to support their families
without help from w elfare.”
SEE WELFARE PAGE 8
Photo by Ullysses tucker, Jr.
G. Franklin
Computer Service
!Y C. BROWN
nity College in 1984 and found em ­
ploym ent at a local company.
leo Franklin, ow ner of G. Fran­
However, it soon became clear to
Cleo that opportunities for advance­
klin Com puter Service, started
ment were limited and he knew self-
his business o f repairing and selling
employment was his best choice for the
microcom puters and printers in 1984
future. “ Even though there are many
on a part-time basis. In 1988 he took
problems being a black businessman,
the plunge and began running it full
you can still go farther than if you’re
time.
employed in traditional business,” said
His interest in computers goes back
Cleo.
to childhood. At age ten he knew he
And the problems are many; Cleo
wanted to work in the field of electron­
finds it hard to be optimistic about the
ics. After accidendy blowing the pic­
future. "W ithout investment capital,
ture tube o f his parents’ television set
it’s impossible to expand. It takes capi­
while trying to replace the back panel,
tal to advertise and market a company
he became interested in knowing how
but blacks find it difficult to get bank
things worked and his m other and fa­
loans to invest in their companies and
ther, rather than becom ing angry, en­
with the S and L crisis, credit is even
couraged his curiosity. W hile attend­
tighter.” Cleo feels many o f the lim ita­
ing Grant High School, a counselor got
tions on black businesses come from
him a job at Tcktronixs. W hen he re­
the pervasiveness o f racism: “ The rea­
ceived his draft notice in 1971, he decided
son blacks have trouble getting invest­
to enlist in the Navy where he learned
ment capital is that no blacks are in po­
to repair com puters. After his stint in
sitions o f authority in loan institutions
the armed services, he relum ed to Port­
to make a difference.” And he doesn’t^
land and eventually returned to his studies
and graduated from Portland Com m u­ SEE CLEO ON PAGE 8
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