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- » f 4 - ô * « » • H V ♦« • ♦ V r l « 4« ♦ • ♦ # *♦ Volunteer for the Literacy Program! « . •<v A - , i *’s À A/M ■ ■■ .h\ •<, PORTLfl i- * .v - BSERVER 25<P ‘*-•1 4‘ ‘ * '♦ *J 1 '^v * Volume XX, Number 43 November 7,1990 "The Eyes and Ears o f The Community" ■ \ ’ * I« • ,«• f**. Danny Glover: More Than Just An Actor News Dr. Manning Marable Along the Color Line, The Crack Crisis PAGE 2 j 1 Religion The unification of John Marlene and Cornelius Williams I PAGE 3 $ A ctor Danny G lover, star o f L E uled visit to Portland last Thursday, T H A L WEAPON 1 & II, COLOR promoting the Literacy program. The PURPLE, and more recently , popular TO actor was greeted at the M artin SLEEP W IT H ANGER, made a sched Luther King and Ainsworth St. Safeway Volunteer for the Literacy Program The Locker Room PSU’s Nick Carter PAGE« Entertainment Polly - Comin Home While only 5 - 8% of Oregoni ans can be termed illiterate (Na tional Adult Education Proficiency Test. 1986, and Oregon BASIS statistics, 1990), Approximately 36% o f our unemployed and un deremployed adults read at less than ninth grade equivalency. 60% of the same population does not have basic math skills (under 7th grade). Store by a group o f enthusiastic fans, including students from Whitaker Middle School, who presented him with an award for his outstanding contribution in the fie ld o f education. Glover said he tries to encourage people who cannot read to "C o m e out o f the Closet,” and take advantage o f the resources that are avail able to better their skills. He noted that in professional sports, athletes who leave school early and sign contracts for m il lions o f dollars eventually go back to school and complete their education because it is just too embarrassing to be branded illiterate. "W e are liv in g in a highly techni cal society that mandates you must be able to read in order to function.” G lover stated that, “ there are 27 m illio n functional illiterates in Am er ica alone. But, even more astonishing, there are 45 m illio n who read at or below the 9th grade level. I try to en courage youth to stay in school and complete their education’ ’ . G lover also expressed concern that too many youth today are more interested in watching television or listening to music. "Ih a v e no qualms about that” , he added, but emphasized the importance o f parents getting involved to help their kids m axi mize their reading skills. Glovers’ visit to Oregon was sponsored by Safeway Stores, Inc. and Coors. He made other appearances at Jefferson High School and other Safeway outlets. FOR BLACK NEWSPAPER SCHOLARSHIPS Clovis Campbell, second from left, president of the West Coast Black Publishers Association, accepts a check from Les Zuke, second from right, director of communications, Philip Morris USA, to underwrite the organization's college scholarship fund, during the Association's recent 7th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, NV. With them are, from left, George Powell, consultant to Philip Morris USA, and Joe Coley, publisher of the "Bakersfield Observer." The scholarships, said Campbell, publisher of the "Arizona Informant," are for students interested in working for the betterment and growth of the Black print media. Founded in 1971, the association has a membership of 22 weekly publications in 18 West Coast cities. PAGE 5 Helping Children Do Well In School Opinion Dating outside your social class PAGE 6 INDEX 2 3 4 5 News Religion Locker Room Entertainment Opinion Business Classifieds Bids/Sub Bids 6 9 9 11 Next Week Community Care, Linda Peoples Brings Joy to hundreds of "Trick-or- Treaters" on Halloween. A look at a rising star: New York City Police commissioner Lee P. Brown I f you have a child in school you know about report card day, that fateful day o f reckoning. W ill your pride and jo y come bouncing home bursting w ith happy news, or w ill it be time once again to review the sad Parade o f Ex cuses: What can a parent do to help the young one succeed? Consumer Education Research Center has published a book that de scribes many new and innovative tech niques that can help both you and your child be happier and more satisfied on the day the report card comes home. Based on recently conducted research, HOW TO HELP YO UR C H ILD R E N A C H IE V E IN SCHOOL includes a five- step plan for better school performance. For your copy send $3 (plus S1 p&h) to ECDRC-Education Task Force, 350 to blame failure on unfair teachers, or Scotland Rd., Orange, N.J. 07050. distracting classmates, or bad luck or How w ell a child does in school twenty other reason, rather than admit depends in a large part on the child's they just didn’ t do the work. study habits. There is no substitute for Many young people claim there arc hitting the books, and no short-cuts to not enough hours in the day to do all the getting an education. things they want to do-and study too. Yet many students do not believe There may be some truth in that, but that the hours spent studying o r amount most often there is not a shortage o f time, o f work they do w ill make the difference but a lack o f planning. To encourage between success and failure. It’s far easier better use of time, have your school- agers draw up a weekly schedule. By w riting down how they spend their days, hour by hour, young people may be sur prised how much time they are wasting. By organizing their time, planning their study hours and sticking to the schedule, they may find they actually have more lim e fo r “ things” . Encourage your youngsters to be faithful to the schedule, and make sure they have reasonable quiet, w ell-lighted place to study, far from the distractions o f the radio, record player and television. You an also help by taking a daily interest in your children’ s school work and reviewing homework assignments w ith them. Ask them to give a summary o f a chapter they have just read, or to explain how they solved a math prob lem. By asking specific questions, you can help them focus their thinking and see where their weaknesses arc. The book gives parents explicit strate gies to help their children leant skills, attitudes and behaviors that characterize successful learners. It explains in detail: *how positive self-talk, images and questions related to the task at hand can increase attention. •how motivating children means helping them change their perception o f themselves. • the five strategies for learning and remembering. •an effective, organized study and note-taking system. •how to help students redirect their attention away from fear o f failure and toward productive ways to do w ell on tests. • w Northeast Health Clinic Awarded Grant T X.- “ ' .1/ ‘ , X J V* •■■J-; • r •• he Oregon Com m unity Founda tion has awarded a $30,000 grant to Neighborhood Health C linics, Inc. o f Northeast Portland to increase the num ber o f women who receive prenatal care services. Lack o f adequate prenatal care has been identified as a major cause o f infant m ortality and m orbidity in N orth east Portland. The grant w ill be used by the C linics to train and place six out reach workers in the comm unity. The outreach workers w ill be V IS T A volun teers and w ill receive a stipend for their work from grant funds and from the federal A C T IO N agency. Outreach w ill begin in january, 1991. The project was initiated by the Oregon Com m unity Foundation after a series o f community forums on the topic o f infant m ortality sponsored early in 1990 by the North/Northeast Economic Development Task Forces in coopera tion w ith the Black United fund o f Ore gon, United W ay o f the C olum bia-W il lamette, Albina Ministerial Alliance, and the Community Foundation. The resulting report, entitled "In fa n t M orta lity Am ong Low Income Residents in North/Northeast Portland and Recommendations for Reduction” showed that nearly 20% o f women g iv ing birth as residents o f North/Northeast Portland received inadequate prenatal care. This compares w ith a statewide rate o f 10%. The U.S. has a poor record on infant m ortality ranking 20th among developed countries w ith an infant m or tality rate o f 9.7 deaths fo r every 1,000 lives births. Oregon’ s rate is 8.8/1,000. The outreach workers to be funded w ith the grant w ill live and w ork in the Northeast community. Women w ill be identified early in their pregnancies and provided w ith information and assis tance in receiving adequate prenatal care. This assistance may include arranging necessary medical appointments, trans portation, and child care, and follow ing up to make sure services are received. The project w ill reach 200 pregnant women in its first year. Sim ilar projects have been successful in Cleveland.Ohio, San Diego, C alifornia, and Houston, Texas. The grant was awarded by the Ore gon Community Foundation in June 1990 and was made contingent on Neighbor hood Health C linics receiving approval fo r the project from the federal A C T IO N program. That requirement has been met and outreach workers are cur rently being trained. The grant was made from the W illia m Swindells, Sr. M em o ria l Fund and the James and Marion M ille r Fund o f Foundation. The Oregon Com m unity Foun dation was established in 1973 to attract and administer private charitable re sources for the benefit o f people through out the state o f Oregon. The Founda tio n ’s assets o f approximately $67 m il lion from over 170 permanent funds have been contributed by individuals, corporations, and non p ro fit agencies. W ith earnings from these funds, the Foundation supports a wide range o f charitable organizations providing serv ices to Oregonians. Î.X Í K. & $ if. Si & $ Ss & g •S' ft! it Promotion Emphasizes Good Student Behaviors Rigler Elementary uses but tons, photographs and professional artwork to emphasize responsible student behaviors. I ♦ ♦ • • * ♦ * • ••• • • {>• •• • • • a * * *■* ’ * ,. 't ‘ ■ ‘ t * * '* * ■ * • ■ • * ■ ''* ftfl* '< . . 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