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News In Brief
The Black United Fund
Of Oregon
Community Forum
Registration Opens or
Oregon Writers’
Workshop Classes
The Black United Fund o f Oregon
will begin this year's series o f Com m u
nity Forums with a w orkshop on grant
writing. This workshop will be held on
Tuesday, March 31, 1992 from 10:00
a.m. until 12:00 noon in the conference
room o f the U.S. Bank at 5505 NE
Martin Luther King Blvd. Com m unity
Forums are a series o f montyly work
shops that offer useful information to
nonprofit organizations.
Registration has begun for spring
trem classes at the Oregon W riters'
W orkshop. Taught by well-known
Oregon writers, the Workshop classes
are open to people of all skill levels who
wish to make a serious com m itm ent to
writing.
Sixth Annual Walt
Kellogg/Safeway
Easter Seals
Invitational Ski Race
The Portland W om en’s Crisis Line
is pleased to announce openings for its
spring volunteer direct service worker
training. Volunteers would receive a
forty-six hour training, spread out over
four weeks, which would prepare them
to answer the crisis line. Final date for
ap p licatio n for admission to the pro
gram is April 28. Trainings begin on
May 2.
The Sixth Annual Easter Seals Ski
Race will be held on April 7th and 8th
at M l Hood Meadows. This event is
held annually to raise money for Easter
Seals. It has been very successful the
past five years a lot o f fun too!
For more information call (503)
622-3101
‘People Are Beautiful’ Youth
Program
Portland Women's
Crisis Line
Register To Vote
Call 248-3729
Left right lower, Josiah Jones, Maurice Cowley, Xavier Friday. Upper, John Cowley, J. W. Friday
Oregon Police
Academy
Graduation
Graduates Complet 200
Hours
Of Law Inforcement
Training
Steve Bennett, Executive Director
o f the Board on Public Safety Standards
and Training, announced today that
Basic Corrections Class No. 79 will
graduate from the O regon Police A cad
emy in M onmouth, Oregon, on March
13, 1992.
The graduates have com pleted 200
hours training in Law, Human Behav
ior, Security and General Skills. Spe
cific subjects include: ethics, prisoner
transportation and restraints, defense
tactics, firearm s qualification, finger
printing, Oregon Jail Law, inmate rights
and responsibilities, and interpersonal
communication skills.
These officers will also be expected
to com plete a field training manual
with their agency training officer in
order to receive their certification, which
must be earned within one year o f their
em ployment.
Senator Jim Bunn, District 15, will
present the graduation address for the
cerem ony which will commence at 10
AM. in the Pacific Room o f the W erner
Center at W estern Oregon State Col
lege in Monmouth.
Awards will be presented to out
standing officers for perform ance in
academic achievement, professional
ism, defensive tactics, and physical
development.
Families of the students, supervi
sors, departm ent heads, and city and
county officials will be am ong the
guests.
Rehab'd
Cambridge Court
Apts. Opened
March 5, a Unique
Joint Venture of
Three Public
Agencies to Aid
Homeless
Families
The rehabilitated Cambridge Court
Apartments, which will provide hous
ing and support services for homeless
families, officially opened at cerem o
nies on March 5.
The 20-unit apartm ent project is a
unique joint venture involving the Port
land Development Commission (PDC),
Housing Authority o f Portland (HAP)
and Multnomah County Division of
Housing and Com m unity Services.
HAP is providing rental assistance
for tenants in the fbrm of Section 8
certificates from the U.S. D epartment
of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD). PDC is providing an acquisi
tion and rehabilitation loan to the
project. Multnomah County, through a
grant from the Robert W ood Johnson
Foundation, will provide on-site sup
port services to tenants including ac
cess to health care, jo b training and
child care.
Speakers were City Com m issioner
Gretchen Kafoury, Multnomah County
Com m ission Chair, G ladys M cCoy,
HAP Executive D irector Denny W est,
and PDC Housing Director Randall
Mullen. Special guests at the event
from W ashington, D.C. and Boston in
cluded the Director and Co-director o f
the Robert W ood Johnson Foundation
Homeless Families Program and HUD’s
Director o f Special Needs Assistance
Programs.
BY D. BELL
The Mallory Avenue C hris
night Basketball Program in several
ways. The church/Salvation Army pro
tian Church has instituted a
gram is based in inner north Portland,
series o f youth programs to
closer to our com m unity’s gang prob
meet the needs o f the com m unity’s
lem.
youth known as the People Are Beau
Also it offers an array of services
tiful Youth Program. The most intrigu
such as pre-em ploym ent medical and
ing com ponent is the midnight Basket
dental, H.l.V. prevention, alcohol and
ball Program. This is a joint effort with
drug counseling. The providers have
the Salvation Army.
booths set up at the site.
W illie Stoudamire, adm inistrator
Stoudamire said that Private Indus
for the church, was introduced to the
try council provides the pre-em ploy
midnight basketball concept in Prince
ment services, the Red Cross provides
George County Maryland. Stoudamire
H.l.V. prevention, and an anonymous
states that according to east coast stud
party provides drug counseling. Nego
ies m ost crimes occurred between 10
tiations are still in progress for the other
p .m .a n d 2 a .m . The studies also indi
services.
cated that a significant num ber of these
The basketball games are held at
crimes were com m itted by teenagers
Salvation Army Center on W illiams and
and young adults.
Killingsworth from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Therefore the M idnight Basketball
Friday and Saturday. The competition
Program was developed to deter young
is open admission, however there are
people from pursuing criminal behav
now eight organized teams., such as.
iors.
P.I.C. Redirections and Yaun Home.
Stoudamire says that the church
Stoudamire states that this program
and Salvation Army sponsored M id
creates a user friendly environm ent that
night Basketball Program differs from
is also nurturing. It also provides ser
the more publicized Y.M.C.A. Mid-
vices that the youth might not take ad-
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vantage o f or have access to change.
Another facet of the People Are
Beautiful is a before and after school
program run autonom ously by the
church. Itprovides supervision forchil-
dren ages 5-12 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
prior to school. Transportation to and
from school is provided by the church.
After school snacks are dispensed to
children and there is a format o f struc
tured activities including homework,
arts and crafts, computers, and recre
ation. Infrequent field trips are also
offer.
The third facet of People Are Beau
tiful is youth sports.
This program caters to children in
the first through sixth grades. It utilizes
basketball and is itself a basketball
league. Stoudamire estimates that be
tween 120-150 children participate in
this instructional league.
He says that basketball instills in
children the pursuit o f excellence, and
teaches them the merits of working
together as a team. Parents also benefit
by being able to spend more time with
their children.
Devon Corsair Saahir, 11-year old hockey player from Vernon school
(Blue Team of “Squirt Division"
BY PROF. MCKINLEY BURT
ow docs a bright eleven year-
com m itm cntand selfdiscipline. Devon
was cited last week in the “Portland
old student like Devon C or
Observer; African American Academic
sair Saahir at Vernon Elemen
All Stars: 50th Percentile in Reading
tary School get to be the only black
and M ath.” A versatile player on his
player in the "Squirt Division, Portland
“Blue Team, Squirt Division,” he is
Amateur Hockey A ssociation”? Well,
quite a competitor to say the least, play
it might not be that difficult if you have
ing at right wing, left wing or center, he
a dedicated mother like Bekkah Sahir-
also plays tackle in the Pop W arner
-and several very unselfish sponsors.
football league.
It helps loo if you’re an energetic
Devon began his rom ance with
young man with your own share of
skates and ice at an early age, thanks to
H
lessons encouraged by his mother at
the Lloyd Center rink. This led to a
very fortunate series o f events w hen, at
the age o f nine, our young skater went
to Danbury, W isconsin to spend two
years with his grandfather, Ahmed
Sahir, formerly o f Portland (Maurice
Baker, a carpenter o f very respected
skills). They were the only blacks in
this frigid little town, 1 Vi hr. drive north
of Duluth, Minnesota. Here, Devon's
white schoolmates quickly introduced
him to “the only game in tow n,” ICE
HOCKEY!
Returning to Portland last Au-
gusL young Devon was soon immersed
in the busy schedules o f the Amateur
Hockey A ssociation and the M att
Dishman Center (woodshop-cooking-
trampoline-OM SI). He has a w onder
ful support group in addition to his
mother, an employee o f Jeff Parks
E nterprises. His m aternal grand
mother, Fareeda Muhammed o f the
Amecn Executive Service secured a
scholarship for him, and he has two
great black male role models who act
as sponsors; Vernon Ambus a m er
chant seaman, and Leroy Hansen, a
policeman.
They are needed in another fash
ion, for ice hockey is a very expensive
sport with only the uniform provided
bythclcague: skates$ 1 2 2 ,stick $24,
kneepads $69, elbow pads $20., shin
guards $40., gloves $30-40, socks $ 14,
conf p g 7
The Friends Of Oregon
Ballet Theatre Host
“Ballet Warm-Up”
Befor Performance Of
Music, Myth And
Madness On March 20
The Friends o f Oregon Ballet T he
atre will host a “Ballet W arm -U p” be
fore O B T ’s performance o f “M usic,
Myth & M adness” on Friday, March
20.
Ticketholders for the Friday p er
formance are invited to join the Friends,
a support group o f OBT, for an infor
mal, pre-perform ance buffet and no
host “Barre” at5:30p.m . on the Second
Balcony lobby at the Portland Civic
Auditorium. The location, overlooking
the Lovejoy Fountain, is a perfect set
ting for ballet aficionados and ballet
novices alike to meet and to enjoy a
convenient dinner before the show.
The cost is $15.00 per person.
After the “Ballet Warm-Up,” guests
are invited to the Rehearsal Room at
7:15 on the First Balcony for “Perfor
mance Perspectives,” an informative
pre-curtain discussion led by OBT His
torian Carol Shults.
Additional lectures will be held at
7:15 p.m. on M arch 19 and 21, and at
1:15 on March 22. Admission is free to
all concert ticketholders.
For more information call Oregon
Ballet Theatre at (503) 227-0977.
OAME, Portland
Chamber
Announce New
Alliance
The Portland Metropolitan Cham
ber o f Commerce and the Oregon A sso
ciatio n o f M inority E n trepren eu rs
(OAME) will sign an agreement for
cooperation on Friday, M arch, 9 a.m.,
in the Portland Chamber Board Room.
The agreement will establish ini
tial steps for cooperation and collabora
tion between OAM E and the Chamber
to foster the growth o f their relationship
and provide additional opportunities
for each organization to assist the other
in attaining their respective missions.
As part o f the agreement, each
organization will extend library and
reference material use privileges to
members o f the other organization; or
ganize joint networking events; and
review opportunities to jointly apply
for grants for projects which are consis
tent with their respective mission state
ments. OAM E members will be invited
to attend Cham ber seminars at C ham
ber m ember prices. OAM E will appoint
a representative to sit on the Cham ber’s
Small Business Council and to act as a
liaison.
A ttending the signing w ill be
Samuel Brooks, founder and executive
director, O A M E, and president, S.
Brooks & A ssociates, Inc; A m elia
Lanier, chair, board of directors, OAME,
and owner, C arla’s Crab & Quiche
continued on page 6
A SBA/Score
Workshop on How to
Start Your Own
Business
The U.S. Small Business A dm inis
tration and the Service Corps o f Retired
Executives (SCORE) are jointly pre
senting “A Beginning Business W ork
shop" on Thursday. March 26, 1992
(8:30a.m . to4:30p.m .). This workshop
is especially recommended for those
thinking of starting their own business,
or those presently in business.
The theme of the workshop is “G et
ting Started R ig h t” It is taught by a
lineup o f practicing CPAs and attor
neys, business consultants and SBA
staff. You get their input on success and
failure factors, m arketing, record keep
ing, making your business plan, sales
prom otion/advertising, point o f sale
selling, SBA loans, and selecting the
right legal structure for your business.
A question and answ er period follows
each presentation. Participants get a
free business information kit.
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