November 21,1990 The Portland Observer Page 3
•Portland Observer
|by Mattie Ann Callier-Spears
Children Services Determines
Grace Collins Center
Meeting Standards
Grace Collins Memorial Center meets
“ the minimum standards," said David
Fuks, Children Services M etro Region
Administrator, fo r operation as a day
care fa cility, on November 9, in recom­
mending that a temporary certificate be
issued. A temporary certificate has been
issued to Grace C ollins fo r 6 months
with the fu ll expectation o f * ‘regular cer­
tification at that tim e,” said Fuks.
State Representative Margaret Car­
ter (D-18) commended CSD M etro A d ­
m inistrator David Fuks and the Grace
Collins Board o f Directors. “ Grace Collins
has been a com m unity resource fo r more
than a generation. Grace C ollins was
there when there were few services avail­
able to w orking people. Thousands have
benefited from the Center’s accessibility
and programs.”
“ I am very pleased at the remark­
able progress that has been made in re­
cent months. M r. Fuks is to be com ­
mended fo r a new spirit o f cooperation
between the Board and CSD. The Board
has worked very hard to bring the Center
into meeting state standards fo r opera­
tio n ,” Carter said.
“ I would encourage com m unity
service groups, church organizations,
businesses, our local unions, and com ­
m unity papers to review how they m ight
be able to assist the Center, in particular,
over the next six months. The Center
needs toys fo r the babies and toddlers.
Educational materials are needed fo r the
older children. Simple things such as
‘big blocks’ would help,” said Carter.
“ Volunteers could help w ith new
s ta ff
tra in in g
and
c u rric u lu m
development,’ ’ Carter said. “ As we move
towards the Holiday Season, Thanksgiv­
ing and Christmas, service organizations
looking for a project might consider Grace
C o llin s.”
The Grace C ollins M em orial Center
is located at 128 N.E. Russell, Portland
97212. Interested persons might also con­
tact M r. Ralph Davis, Chairman o f the
Board (287-8544) or LeVem e E. Davis.
LeVem e Davis is Principal at M artin
Luther K ing Jr. School.
F or more in fo rm a tio n , please
contact:
Jon Christenson, Staff
O ffice o f State Rep.
Margaret Carter
280-6003 (Portland)
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BRAIDING
Hundreds o f Oregon children die
each year from causes and circumstances
that are preventable, according to two
reports released by the Oregon Depart­
ment o f Human Resources. K evin Con-
cannon, D irector o f the department, said
he had ordered the studies as step one in
making Oregonians aware o f the “ trag­
edy o f lost potential from the unneces­
sary deaths o f children.”
‘ ‘When we consider the 84 children
who died o f abuse and neglect in this
state from 1985 to 1989” , said Concan-
non, “ we all clearly recognize the trag­
edy. ’ ’ The m ajority o f the 3,269 children
who died from all causes between 1984
to 1988 are an unknown tragedy, he
added. “ A great many o f those deaths
need not have happened and that fact
must force us to action.”
The Health D ivision report points
out that the rate o f death fo r Oregon’s
children is higher than the U.S. rate. In
one category, from 28 days to one year o f
age, Oregon’s m ortality rate is now a
third higher than the U.S. rate. Tw enty
years ago Oregon’ s rate was the same as
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the national rate.
According to the report, an interna­
tional comparison shows Oregon’s in ­
fant death rate is worse than that o f 17
other countries-countries w ithout the
economic advantages o f Am erica. A t
current rales, o f the approximately 41,000
children bom each year in Oregon, 700
w ill not live to celebrate their eighteenth
birthday. Listed in the report as s ig n ifi­
cant contributors to the deaths are pov­
erty and substance abuse.
“ The experts cannot tell us exactly
how many children ’ s deaths are prevent­
able,” noted Concannon, “ but they do
agree that substantial numbers die un­
necessarily.” Release o f the reports, added
the D H R d ire c to r, is step one in a cam­
paign o f public awareness that Concan­
non hopes w ill lead to direct action.
Both reports w ill be taken by Con-
cannon to com m unity meetings around
Oregon in December. “ W e’ re looking
for ideas and recommendations on sav­
ing the lives that constitute our future,”
he added.
Albina M inisterial A lliance (A M A ) Board o f Directors announced the
arrival o f the Emergency Services Program for the North and Northeast Portland
area, effective date was November 1, 1990.
A M A Emergency Services Program is designed to assist in meeting the
needs o f homeless fam ilies and predominantly low income persons residing in the
service area o f 1-5 to NE 82nd, and Colum bia Blvd. to E. Burnside. Helping to
provide for basic life needs: rent, transportation, energy assistance, com m unity
resources and/or referral, and dental services, w ill be the prim ary focus o f this
program.
The press conference took place on Wednesday, November 21, at the main
o lfic e o f A M A , 1425 NE Dckum. Speakers fo r the event included M r. D arryl
Tukufu, President and CEO o f the Urban League o f Portland; Rev. Dr. JOe Hardie,
President and C hair o f A lbina M inisterial Alliance; and Commissioner Gladys
M cCoy, County Chair.
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of Oregon Children
Dying Needlessly
Albina Announces Transfer of
Emergency Services Program
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S c rip tu re o f the
Louise Burton, who has been theLIEA PC oordinator/C om m unity Services
Coordinator w ith Urban League since 1980, is now the D irector o f A M A Emergency
Services Program.
The D irector o f A M A Emergency Services Program reports directly to
Cornetta Smith, C h ie f Executive D irector o f A M A . Ms. Burton along w ith two case
managers began their new jobs on November 1, 1990.
For more inform ation on this or other A lbina M inisterial Alliance Pro­
grams, contact Ken Ives at (503) 285-0493 or write to 1425 Northeast Dckum Street,
Portland, Oregon 97211.
The President o f A M A is Dr. Joe S. Hardie and can be reached at St. M ark
Baptist Church in Portland.
“12TH ANNUAL”
THANKSGIVING CRUSADE
opening year. (M rs. W ilson had already
graduated from Portland’ s W ashington
The seventh annual Christmas tree-
lighting ceremony at Pioneer Courthouse
Square w ill bring together 8,000 lights,
an 80-foot Douglas fir and K G W ’s tele­
vision cameras-as w ell as celebrity hosts,
M ayor Bud C lark, Santa Claus, many o f
the c ity ’ s favorite musicians and 12,000
appreciative spectators.
The November 23 ceremony w ill be
televised live at 7 PM by K G W -T V , and
hosud by KG W anchor Tracy Barry and
K IN K -R M 102 Radio’ s Rebecca Webb
and Les Samoff.
The program is again sponsored by
the Square’s neighbor, Pacific First Bank;
the ceremony’ s media sponsor is K IN K -
FM 102 radio. The cost o f erecting and
decorating the 80-foot tree is underw rit­
ten by the Association fo r Portland Prog­
ress to promote the low-cost Portland
Public Parking garages.
This year’ s stage show w ill include
performances by jazz musicians David
Frishbcrg and Nancy K ing; the rhythm
and blues band Pin & the H om its; rap­
pers The U -K rcw ; the western swing
group, The Wagon-Maestros; gospel
musicians rosetta Robertson and Johnny
G arlington; members o f the M artin L u ­
ther K ing, Jr. C hoir; and the Concord
Choir.
The actual ligh ting o f the tree w ill
be done by Weltha Wilson, 97, and Gladys
W oodle, 95 The tw o sisters are long­
time residents o f Corbett, which, w ith
the C olum bia Gorge Ranger D istrict,
have presented the tree to Portland. Mrs.
W oodle was among the 13 students who
attended Corbett H igh School in its
High School.)
They cite as one o f th eir fondest
memories the com m unity Christm as
celebrations o f their childhood, when
Corbett’ s fam ilies w ould gather at the
comm unity hall to open presents. Each
child was allowed to lig h t one o f the
candles decorating the tree. T his year, on
behalf o f Corbett and the Northeast
M ultnom ah County C om m unity Asso­
ciation, the tw o sisters w ill lig h t Pioneer
Square’ s Christmas tree.
The tree-lighting celebration w ill
conclude w ith the audience and p erform ­
ers combining to sing favorite C hristm as
carols. Songbooks containing the carols,
as w ell as the evening’ s program and a
calendar o f holiday events, are provided
by The Oregonian.
Nestled at the foot o f the tree this
year w ill be a new decorative barricade
depicting a 19th century village. The 8-
foot-tall structure was a jo in t p ub lic serv­
ice project o f carpenter apprentices at
the W illam ette Carpenter T ra in in g C en­
ter and painter apprentices provided by
painters’ D is tric t #55.
M any o f the tree’s 8,000 lights w ill
become glow ing memorials to friends
and loved ones as part o f the “ L ig h t U p
A L ife ” charitable campaign. F or a $10
contribution to the Oregon Hospice
Association, donors may m em orialize
one person w ith a lig h t on the tree. The
names o f all those so remembered w ill
be read during a public ceremony in
front o f the tree on December 26th.
Brunch Honors Local Families
W ith in the last two years Peggy
C ollins has been homeless, a victim o f
substance abuse, and separated from her
children. Today she and her fa m ily have
bounced back. Collins is recovering from
her substance problems and is back w ith
her children.
M etropolitan Fam ily Service w ill
honor the efforts o f the C ollins fam ily,
along w ith two other Portland area fa m i­
lies who have overcome sim ilar prob­
lems, this Sunday during a special awards
program held in conjunction w ith na-
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tional Fam ily Week. The awards pro­
gram w ill take place noon, N ovem ber
18, at the downtown Red L io n H otel,
310 SW Lincoln.
Nominations fo r this honor were
received from social service agencies
from throughout the Portland area, w ho
were asked to subm it names and in fo r­
mation on fam ilies who have e xe m p li­
fied the philosophy that “ fam ilies s till
count.” a panel o f com m unity members
then chose the Carol Ranney fa m ily , the
Ray and Sally D illo n fa m ily, and the
Peggy C ollins fam ily.
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4635 N.E. 9th
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November 22-25,1990
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Sunday Service 3:30 p.m.
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Special Guest from California
Phillip S. Nelson, P astor
Bro. James Robins with his guitar
Crusade choir singing nightly
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