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in playoff action Monday night, Ramone Bethune of Lin
coln tries to score the basket over Stephen Lawrence of
Benson. Benson beat Lincoln 80-58. Benson advances to
the 24-team sub-tournament which begins play Thursday
night. The girls 4A State Championship game will be held
at 8:45 p.m. at the Chiles Center.
Roberts Sees His Responsibility With
Black Students As Role Model/Counselor
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In a world of black and white,
Stan Roberts sees the brighter colors.
Roberts has always been able to view
life for what it really is and refuses to
see it any other way. No pessimist,
Roberts is one who instead takes ad-
vangtage of the opportunities presented
him.
A senior psychology major at
Western Oregon, Roberts grew up not
knowing who his parents were. His
mother died when he was about one
year old. and for various reasons, hasn’t
seen his father in years. Through his
mother’s wishes, Roberts’grandparents,
Clarence and Dorothy Welsh, have raised
Stan and his brother, Matthew-and kept
the boys involved in church. Family
means a lot to Roberts, now 23.
“ A family is everyone who
cares about each other,” Roberts said.
‘‘God matters in my home. We believe
if you keep prayer in your family you
will stay together.”
That sense of family and car
ing formed the backbone of Roberts’
values. In high school (Grant High School
in Portland), Roberts wanted, as a mem
ber of the basketball team,to win a state
championship so badly that he took it
upon himself to make sure “ things were
going right with the team.”
Roberts, now a senior member
and team captain of Western Oregon’s
basketball team, will not only console
his teammates, but he’ll call their par
ents and alk about family matters, life
and whatever comes to mind. His hard
work, on and off the court, earned Roberts
and Grant High a 26-1 record, a state
championship and honorable mention
all-conference accolades for Roberts
himself.
When the time came to decide
where he wanted to attend college,
Roberts didn’t want to stray too far
from his home. “ I didn’t want to go too
far,” Roberts said. “ I wanted to con
centrate on my education. I knew I
wasn’t going to play professional bas
ketball, but I still wanted to play in
college.”
Roberts decided on Linfield
College in McMinnville, but things didn’t
mesh for him there. He looked at a
couple of all-black colleges, but in 1988
decided to attend Western Oregon. “ I
wouldn’t have minded going to an all
black school,” Roberts said. “ You learn
things from a different perspective-more
about black history-but I have to face
reality. The world is not all black.”
Neither is WOSC. With a stu
dent population nearing 4,000, there
are just 40 black students on campus.
Roberts has no answers why more blacks
don’t attend Western, but he also hasn’t
experienced any problems. If he had,
Roberts says he wouldn’t be in Mon
mouth.
However, Roberts does feel
that pressure was the reason students at
Western were finally given a day to
observe Martin Luther King’s birthday
(it was made a campus-wide holiday
this year). “ Why now and not three or
four years ago,” Roberts asked, reas
suring that he wasn ’t trying to lay blame
on anyone. “ I honestly feel that the
school felt some pressure from students
and faculty. I wish it wasn’t that way,
but that’s what I feel.”
In life, Roberts, like King, wants
to help people. He chose the psychol
ogy field for ther same reason. “ I’ve
always liked helping people,” Roberts
admitted. “ In high school, I worked
with counselors, assisting them with
students.”
That experience carried over
into what might be a possible career in
counseling. “ I was thinking about going
into social work with teenagers, maybe
younger,” Roberts said. “ I’m also work
ing on my health minor, so I may look
at sports psychology.”
Currently, Roberts is complet
ing his fina! season of basketball on a
Western Oregon team that returned only
three players from the season before.
Roberts, once again , has made it his
personal goal to keep his teammates
from getting down on themselves. He
also is a member of the Multicultural
Student Union, which is sponsoring
month-long activities in February to
celebrate Black History Month.
“ I like to win-being a senior
and a captain, I have to keep a positive
attitude,” Roberts said. “ I have a re
sponsibility to be a positive role model.”
And with his attitude about life and re
ality, Roberts has proven that he indeed
is a person to be looked up to.
When G arrett’s
Eight minutes have gone by in PCC career was over
the game when he finally hits the court. the tim e cam e for
He doesn’t start, but his presence in a Garrett to find another
game is as important as any starter on school where he could
the team. He tries to work himself free play basketball and
across the baseline. Trying to find a continue his education.
pick that will turn him loose, setting According toGarrett his
him free to find his spot, the left comer two choices came down
beyond the three-point line. He finds to Pacific and Western
that pick. He finds that spot, and he Oregon State College.
lakes that shot. He nails it. At least 52.9 Garrett chose Pacific
percent of the time. Such is the playing where he is majoring in
life of Pacific Universities’ Courtney Management and mi-
Garrett. The Boxers 6-3 guard/forward noring in Psychology.
is the best three-point shooter in NAIA
"I decided on Pa
District II basketball.
cific because I knew I
A Lincoln High School graduate could get a good educa
in 1986 Garrett’s basketball career has tion there and I liked
travelled through Lincoln, Mount Hood the things they were
Community College, Portland Com doing with their pro
munity College and finally Pacific Uni gram," said G arrett.
versity in Forest Grove. Along the way
"Pacific had a lot of
Garrett has experienced stardom, los plans for the future in
ing, injuries, roll playing and winning. terms of travelling out
At Lincoln High School Garrett side of the Northwest
played on a team that was a consistent which we have done
loser during the mid-eighties.
But since I’ve been here like
Garrett did his part in trying to help the going to Utah and Ha
Cardinals win by scoring 13 points per- waii. I also liked the
game his senior year, earning Honor fact that Forest Grove
able Mention all-Portland Interscholas was close enough to
tic League honors. According toGarrett Portland so I could
he relied heavily on his outside shoot come into the city and
ing. Unfortunately for Garrett’s scor visit my family."
ing average the high school three-point
Garrett said that
line wasn’t put in until after he gradu he has a younger brother
ated.
who is a senior and
“Not having the three-point line playing for Lincoln's varsity basketball
in high school hurt my average because team.
most of my shots were from long range,”
"We try to support eachother,"
said Garrett. “If we did have three- said Garrett. "I try to come into Portland
pointers then I’m sure we would have and see Justin play as much as possible
ran more plays specifically for me to and he comes to see my games out
take the three-point shot.”
here."
Nonetheless Garrett did score
In Garrett's two seasons at Pacific
enough points to receive attention from he has helped the Boxers turn their
Mt. Hood were he decided to continue program around. In the last two years
his basketba 11 career. B ut injuries forced Pacific has posted 16-12 and 18-9
Garrett to give up basketball for awhile. records. Both are the schools best in ten
According to Garrett he almost gave up seasons. But Garrett's contributions
the sport entirely.
haven't been in dire demand as they
“ At Mt. Hood I broke my foot, were atLincolnand PCC. In fact Garrett
tried to rehabilitate over the next sum doesn’t even start for the Boxers despite
mer then tore ligaments in my ankle,” possessing the highest three-point per
said Garrett. “After going through that 1 centage in the district. But Garrett has
decided to give up and just go to PCC to kept his playing time in perspective.
get my education.”
"I like my roll of coming off the
Garrett said that while at PCC he bench," said Garrett. "I know that I
began to, “dream of playing again.” could be somewhere else starting and
Finally Garrett decided to try out for the scoring a lot of points but I did that at
PCC team, making it and playing his PCC and we didn't win. Here I have a
first year as a roll player. According to specific job and that is to come off the
G arrett that follow ing sum m er he bench, score some points and heip us
worked himself hard playing summer win. And I feel I do that very well."
league basketball. The following year
In the 1990-91 season Garrett has
his hard word paid off as Garrett aver averaged 8.6 points in only 16 minutes
aged 20 points per-game that season. of playing time per game. One thing
Garrett was once again all-league cali about Garrett's playing time is that it is
ber. But he was still playing for a losing consistent. Boxer Head Coach Bob
team as PCC failed to come close to any Bonn has been known to yank Garrett
form of a championship team.
whether he's hot or not.
"I can’t complain about my min
utes because we have a lot of depth on
our team," said Garrett referring to the
Boxers nine man rotation. "Sometimes
I'm hot and sometimes I'm not hitting.
Either way I play the same amount of
minutes because it works for our team
and helps us win."
Bonn said that he feels that
Garrett's good attitude about playing
time is a big reason for his teams suc
cess this season.
"When you have a player like
Courtney who can light it up it’s hard to
notplay him more," said Bonn. "But we
have so many good players on this team
that I can use so many different combi
nations to hurt our opponents. One of
our most deadly is definitely when
Courtney is on the floor and shooting
well."
Last week the Boxers defeated
Western Baptist College to advance in
the District II playoffs. Garrett once
again came off the bench to knock down
a clutch three-pointer late in the game to
give his team a lead. This week the
Boxers travel to Idaho to play heavily
favored College of Idaho in the second
round of the playoffs.
"We'd like to go all the way to
nationals," said Garrett. "If we play as
a team we can upset C of I and advance."
If Garrett is hot you can bet the
Boxers will do just that.
Loca! Scouts Do a Good Turn
Scouts from your community will
join 12,000 volunteers region wide to
do their Good Turn for Goodwill on
Saturday, March 2, 1991.
Local Scouts will distribute Good
Turn day bags to homes in their neigh
borhoods some time between February
17 and 25, and then return on Good
Turn Day after 9 a.m. to pick up the
filled bags. Goodwill needs donations
of clothing, housewares, small electri
cal appliances, toys and books. These
donations will be taken to local collec
tion sites and then transported by vol
unteer truck drivers to Goodwill.
The collection sites in your area
are located at the Fire Stations at 1905
NE Killingsworth and 5247 N. Lom
bard. Households that do not receive a
Good Turn Day bag may do their Good
Turn and take their donations to these
collection sites before 2 p.m. on Satur
day March 2, or to the Goodwill at
tended donation center collection trailer
at the St. Johns Fred Meyer, 6850 N.
Lombard.
These donations will provide
employment for people with disabili
ties at Goodwill Industries during the
months community donations are usu
ally slow.
Goodwill Industries employs 550
people, 340 of whom have physical,
mental, or emotional disabilities. Good
will also offers evaluation and testing,
work adjustment and skills training
programs, and job placement services.
Last year Goodwill paid more than S2
million in taxable wages to people with
disabilities.
Volunteers who work together on
Good Tum Day to collect donations for
Goodwill include Cub and Boy Scouts,
Explorers, parents and unit leaders, East
Portland Rotarians, the Oregon Army
National Guard, Oregon trucking in
dustry companies and drivers, and other
interested persons.
Scouts will distribute nearly 250,000
bags to homes throughout Oregon and
southwest Washington.
Edna Pittman, President of the
Portland section of the National Coun
cil of Negro Women, is the volunteer
chairperson for the North/Northeast Boy
Scout District.
Pepsi Sends Glory To 20,000 Schools
And African-American Groups
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Pepsi-Cola Company is providing
more than 20,000 copies of “ Glory,”
the Academy-Award winning Civil War
movie of ordinary men who performed
extraordinary deeds, to schools and
community groups nationwide in com
memoration of Black History Month.
These African-American soldiers fought
and died because they believed in free
dom and liberty for all Americans. Their
story is an important lesson for all
Americans.
The Pepsi-Cola “ G lory" educa
tion packs include a specially-edited
version of ‘ ‘Glory ” with an introdution
from Lt. Cmdr. Montel Williams, U.S.
navy reserve, a full-color movie poster
and a lesson planner to assist teachers
who plan to use “ Glory” as a part of
their Black History Month lessons.
“ Glory” can be an important dis
cussion catalyst on the role of African-
Americans in the military. Beginning
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with Crispus Attucks-an African-
American.and the first man to die in the
Revolutionary War-and continuing to
the present, African Americans have
fought for all American in defense of
life, liberty and freedom.
“ It is vital that our youth and all
Americans learn and understand the
contribution that African-Americans
have always made-and continue to make-
toward ensuring freedom,” said Sam
Hall, manager of community programs
for Pepsi-Cola. “ ‘Glory’ is testament
to the courageous role African-Ameri
cans played in the Civl W ar.”
“ Glory” won three Academy
Awards, as well as the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Col
ored People’s (NAACP) Image Award
in 1989 for Best Motion Picture. “ Glory”
tells the story of the 54th Infantry of
Massachusetts, a unit made up of Black,
former slaves, during the Civil War.
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The unit, led by white officers, served
heroically during many Civil War battles.
In fact, 23 members o f the 54th were
awarded the Congressional Medal of
Honor-this nation’s highest award for
combat bravery.
“ The lesson planner in the Pepsi
Cola education pack will help teachers
in junior and senior high schools pre
pare students to see the film, under
stand its relevance and to look more
deeply into studies on the making of
America,” said Hall. ‘‘Pepsi-Cola is
proud to distribute “ Glory” because it
can assist with the studies of African-
American history, literature, creative
writing and a host of other interrelated
subjects.”
Distribution of the Pepsi-Cola
education pack includes more than
20,000 junior and senior high schools,
117 historically and preffominandy Black
colleges and universities and 1,000
African-American community organi
zations across the U.S.
“ We applaud Pepsi-Cola for im
plementing this large, national distri
bution of the “ Glory” motion picure
package and we arc very pleased that
each of our 117 Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
will be included in the distribution,”
said Dr. Samuel L. Myers, president of
the National Association for Equal Op-
portunity in H igher E ducation
(NAFEO). “ This historic action is a
welcomed and imaginative innovaiton
that responds meaningfully to the
urgings of the late Dr. Carter G. Wood-
son (founder of Black History Month),
that we should collect, preserve and
promote Black history for the good of
the nation.”
Pepsi-Cola company is headquar
tered in Somers, N. Y., and is a division
of PepsiCo, Inc.