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November 7,1990
"The Eyes and Ears o f The Community"
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Danny Glover:
More Than Just An Actor
News
Dr. Manning Marable
Along the Color Line,
The Crack Crisis
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Religion
The unification of
John Marlene and
Cornelius Williams
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uled visit to Portland last Thursday,
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promoting the Literacy program. The
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actor was greeted at the M artin
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Luther King and Ainsworth St. Safeway
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The Locker Room
PSU’s Nick Carter
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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.
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Helping Children Do Well In School
Opinion
Dating outside your
social class
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INDEX
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News
Religion
Locker Room
Entertainment
Opinion
Business
Classifieds
Bids/Sub Bids
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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
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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.
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Northeast
Health Clinic
Awarded
Grant
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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.
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Rigler Elementary uses but
tons, photographs and professional
artwork to emphasize responsible
student behaviors.
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