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Portland Observer March 11, I992...The Portland Observer...Page 5 RELIGION Totally BY MATTIE ANN CALLIER-SPEARS When I was a very little g irl, grow ing up in the south, I can remember some o f my grandmother M ary’s un selfish actions, in the once small com munity o f Gonzales, Louisiana. I can remember a time when we had gone to stay for the summer; as we did on a year basis. M y granny and Papa John loved us dearly. When we would arrive via a big black train called the “ ow l,,” our Papa John would flag down the train by standing on the tracks and waving a kerosene lantern, late in the evening, or by waving a large piece o f cloth, in the day lit hours. The big train would slow down and the conductor would gather us up and hand us down, singularly, to our grandpa who was standing at the door w ith outstretched arms. I do be lieve that we had the biggest grandpa in the whole w orld; but, that’s an entirely different story. A fter Papa John had extracted us from the train, we would be transported in a big horse drawn wagon or, later on, in a big black automobile that was so big and spacious that our feet couldn’ t touch the floor. When we would arrive, Papa John would blow the horn to announce our arrival. Then, as we pulled up to the big, wide gate, to the outer yard, Papa John would get out and open the big gate. We, my sisters and brothers and me, would try to peer over the big seats in the car to see what Papa John was God Can’t Use Complacent Christians doing. He would yell, “ You chullcn, sit d o w n in d e y !” Wc would scurry back to our seats and wait for Papa John to drive the car into the yard. Papa John removed us one by one from the car. He would instruct the taller ones to open the gate to the inner yard while he got the luggage out. Our Grandma Mary would be w ailing in the doorway w ith a dress on that had yards and yards o f material. When we would hug her, we would all hug at once like little piglets crowding around a mama sow at meal time. After kissing every child, she would ask, “ Are you Hungry?” Our Granny would have so much food prepared just for us. She knew what each child liked - so, she would have something for each appetite. The big middle room, heated by a giant wood stove, had a table laden w ith goodies. The smells that just lingered in the air were un matched by anything anyone would ever smell in their whole, entire life time. “ Hum-hum good!” One year, as we were awakened in the morning, Granny came into our room and told us that she would not be at home because she had to go to Miss So and So’s (can’ t remember her name) house because she was ill. We saw Grandma M ary take a satchel, put on her coat and leave the house. We lay there, in our beds, and quizzically won dered what we were going to do w ith Granny out o f the house. Papa John had already gone out into the field to do his For you And The Community Plant Tag Printers Portland Parks and Recreation is looking fo r several volunteers w ith steady hands to block p rint rose identi fication signs. About 200 signs needed by May, materials are provided. The signs may be printed at home or on site at Washington park, Peninsula Park or Ladds Addition Park. Teachers’ Assistants Classroom assistants help teachers at Portland Center for Hearing & Speech in Southwest Portland by reading, sing ing, playing and talking w ith young, pre-school children who are speech and language delayed. One-half day per week during the school year is asked. M inim um age = 21. Signers Portland Im pact’s Youth and Fam ily Services - The Neighborhood Accountability Board assigns conse quences to first-tim e juvenile offend ers. M inim um age = 16. The Citizen Advisory Board ad vises on com m unity needs, implem en tation o f actions and serves as liaison to the community. M inim um age = 14. W ashington C o u n ty Special O lym pics - Several committees work to organize local athletic tournaments, I f you are skilled in sign language and have a few hours to spare several agencies would like to hear from you. The Salvation A rm y ’ s Rose Cen te r - in Northeast Portland is seeking someone to sign for deaf senior adults who meet two mornings each month and someone to teach a beginning sign lan guage class could be held any weekday. M inim um age - 55. V ision Resources F o r Indepen dent L iv in g - In Northeast Portland needs on-call interpreters to assist blind- deaf clients who come to the center fo r classes. M inim um age = 21. W ashington C ou nty C o m m u n ity A c tio n - is looking for an interpreter to serve as liaison between a teacher and deaf partents o f a child w ith lim ited speech. M inim um age = 16. Historical Women Come to Life in Student Multi-cultural Program Emanuel Scholarship Announced Youth Committee Members Committees serve a vital role in an agency’ s a b ility to anticipate and re spond to the needs o f the community. Youth members offer a valued perspec tive and develop many new skills. Current openings fo r youth include: H istorical women came to life in H ollyw ood Primary School’ s“ Celebra- tion o f Womens’ H istory M onth” pro grams, March 9 and 10 at Grant High School. Students’ study o f women in math and science culminated in a musical drama featuring students and parents portraying historical women. “ It is important fo r children at an early age to be aware o f the outstanding contribution women have made to soci ety beyond their traditional roles,” said Sue T aylo r, H o llyw o o d 2nd grade teacher. “ Parent participation in the event is outstanding and strengthens efforts between the school and com m unity to provide a positive learning environ ment for students,’’ T aylor said. Parents shared in the research and mothers dressed in period costumes for the stu dents. t re cru it participants and volunteers. M in im u m age = 16. Outdoor Special Event Friends o f T ryon Creek State Park - Offers many possibilities fo r volun teers in a beautiful Southwest Portland setting. March signals the start o f an active season when volunteers stroll the trails to help visitors, spend a Saturday morning m aintaining the trails, or assist w ith the annual spring T rilliu m Festival on A p ril 4th and 5th. The k ic k -o ff for hosts and tra il maintainers is March 21st Groups are welcome. M inim um age = 18 unless accom panied by an adult. Emanuel Hospital and Health Cen ter announces that it w ill award four $100 college scholarships fo r high school students intending to study fo r a career in a health-related field. The scholarship is available to students who reside in North/Northest Portland and who have a high school GPA o f 2.75. The scholarship is renewable and may be used fo r tuition and other co l lege fees fo r up to four years o f college. The student should intend to pursue a career in an accredited medical pro gram on a fu ll-tim e basis and the areaof study should be a healthcare career that is represented at Emanuel. M inorities are encouraged to apply. Application deadline is A p ril 10, 1992. Applications arc available in the Portland high school counseling o f fices. For more inform ation, call Jan Shea in Emanuel Com m unity Rela tions, 280-4630. morning plowing. Before Grandma M ary left the house she reminded us each to be good children. She also gave each child instructions for the day. Plus - Papa John was still about. Granny was gone for nearly a week. She would come home in the evenings, prepare dinner and adequate food for the next day. W ith a hug and a kiss, she would be o ff again. We knew that our Grandma Mary loved us - but, her love for us did not detour her duties as a strong Christian woman. As she sat in her big rocker w ith one o f us nestled on her wide, soft lap, she would explain why she had to go o ff like she did. She said that, as Christians, wc arc obi ¡gated to take care o f one another. Miss “ So and So” had no children. She had no one to take care o f her. So Grandma Mary felt that it was her Christian duty to care for her until she was able to get about on her own. She said that God would be pleased with what she did even if people did not think w ell o f what she did. She o ft times said, “ We have to do what pleases God." M y Grandma M ary was a totally committed Christian woman. She took care o f her home and she made time to care for others in the community. She made it her business to know what was happening in the com m unity so that - i f there was anything that she could do to assist, she would be right there in the thick o f things or she would walk over to someone’ s house and solicit their assistance. She said that wc had to help one another. I can re mem ber m y Grandma M ary organizing a sewing circle to make quilts or p illo w cases and sheets or clothing for those less fortunate. She would cook extra at dinner time so she could send some food over to someone’s house. She would stand on the bayou bank and pray for the sick. M y sisters and brothers and 1 would stand inside the fence and watch her as she would lift her arms into the air as she prayed. She had unshakable faith. M y little brother, Ronald, had asthma real bad. Mommie and Daddy had taken Ronald to many doctors w ithout any results. Grandma M ary told Mommie to send Ronald to her. M om mie sent Butte’ (Ronald) to Granny. She knew that prayer would bring about change. Grandma Mary took Ronald down to the bayou. This time she took her fishing pole w ith them. It was ju s t she, Butte’ , the fishing pole and the Lord. As she prayed, she baited her hook, flung it into the bayou. She continued to pray. She caught a large fish w ith a big, mouth. She held this fish in her hands and instructed Butte’ to breathe into the fish ’ s mouth, while she hurled it back into the water. She believed that God would let the asthma go into the fish and away from Butte’ . She be lieved. She stayed on that bayou bank and thanked the Lord for blessing her grandchild. Ronald has not had asthma The Jefferson Dancers In Concert W h a t The Jefferson Dancers in Concert Six shows: Tw o different pro- 11 grams Where: Portland Center for Per forming Arts Intermediate Theatre Port land, Oregon When: A p ril 28,29,30, M ay 1,2,3, 1992 8:00 p.m. each night Program: Jefferson Dancers’ 1992 repertoire is a m ulticultural blend o f choreographic gems, including another powerful, live ly A frican number by Portland’ s own Bruce smith and an exciting Brazilian m artial arts/modern piece, Roda Da Noite, by Gretchen Kneir. Other pieces include Crayola, a colorful ballet by Dennis Spaight; tw o pieces b y the in fa m o u s D o n a ld M cKayle, Rainbow Round M y Shoul der and Games; a tap-jazz collaboration by Julane Stites and Terry Brock called Take 8-7-6-Five; and another modern piece by Gretchen Kneir, Beneath the Gathering Cloud. In addition, Julane Stites’ perennial fa vo rite . L oo kin g Glass, is sure to please. Tickets: A ll seats reserved: $6, $ 10, $12.50. Available at the PCPA Box O ffice: 248-4496 and at a ll Fred Meyer Fastixx outlets: 224-8499. (Prices in clude user and convenience fees. M ail and phone orders subject to additional handling charge.) Free Health Screening Offered The hospitals and health care orga nizations o f L E G A C Y H E A L T H SYS T E M invite area seniors (age 55+) to attend a REE H E A L T H SCREENING. The screening provides numersous im portant health tests and services, in cluding: blood test (cholesterol, blood sugar, and others), general physical assessment by nurses, blood presure, dental and oral cancer check, vision and glaucoma check, hearing test, lung health check, n utrition counselling, breast concer self-examination instruc tions, colorectal cancer screening, and others. For those desiring the fu ll blood lest, it is suggested you arrive in a fasting state - no food or d rink (except water and medications) fo r the previous 12 hours. Know n diabetics should fo l low their regular eating schedule. Screenings are conducted weekly at different locations throughout the Portland M etropolitan area. Please call W inctta Sodcrlind, R.N. at 241 -3478 to obtain a schedule o f screening dates and locations. since that day. D on ’t be afraid i f you appear d if ferent to everyone. As a Christian, you are different. The scripture tells me that we are a peculiar people. (Deut. 14:2 & Titus 2:14] The dictionary defines pe culiar as “ uncommon, unusual, d istin guished in nature or character from others (others being trangressors or sin ners). D on’ t w orry about it i f people talk about your not being like the others. You don’ t want to be like the others any way. People are going to hell in a hand basket. T hat’s right! A ll bunched up together. They are wanting so badly to be like the others not taking into ac count where the others are leading them. Have you ever tried to turn around in a crowd and go the other way? You can’ t do it. The crow d’ s continued move ment and occasional pauses affords you no way out until you have reached the destination. Many times you find that you have arrived some place and it wasn’ t your intentions to go that far. Think about it! Pray about it! Ask yourself this question. Is this what God wants me to do? Stay on the path o f “ righteousness.” Matthew 7:13 reads - “ Heaven can be entered only through the narrow gate! The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide enough for a ll the m u lti tudes who chose its easy way. But the Gateway to L ife is small, and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it.” [T L B ] These words were spoken by Jesus C hrist to the multitude in his Sermon on the M ount. Big is not always better,! Be totally comm itted! Dare to be different fo r the Lord! I remember a statement that Rev. John H. Jackson made during one o f his many sermons, he said, “ D on’ t w orry i f people are talking about you. When you should w orry, is when they stop talking.” I f no one is complaining about your Chris tian walk - then, maybe you noticed. “ Oooo - ooo - oooh!” Now, that’s real bad when you can’t tell the Christians from the sinners. Stop sitting by watching things happen, sticking your head in a hole like the ostrich and let the w orld go to hell on a greased slide. Christians! W akeup! Stand up and be counted! Do the w ork o f Hun who sent you. C hrist said in Matthew 7:24- 26, “ A ll who listen to my instructions and fo llo w them are wise, like a man who builds his house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents, and the floods rise and the storm winds beat against his house, it w on’ t collapse, fo r it is b u ilt on rock. But those who hear my instructions and ignore them are foolish, like a man who builds his house on sand. For when the rains and floods come, and storm winds beat against his house, it w ill fall w ith a m ighty crash.” Senior Princess Selections Start Monday, March 16; Queen’s Coronation Moves To New Date I t ’s a sure sign that the Portland Rose Festival is just around the comer. The countdown to see who w ill be the 1992 Queen o f Rosaria begins Monday, March 16 when the firs t Rose Festival senior princess w ill be selected. Parkrose H igh School w ill an nounce its princess during an assembly at 2.10p.m. at the school. Tw elveother princesses w ill be crowned in ind i vidual ceremonies at their respective Portland-area high schools continuing through Monday, A p ril 13. Monthly Meeting For The Gray Panthers Gray Panthers m onthly meeting, Saturday, March 21 at 1819EverettSt., 10a.m. to noon. Agenda includes panel discussion on IM P A C T O F T H E P R E S ID E N T ’ S BUDGET ON W O M E N A N D C H ILD R EN . Panelists are: Terry Rogers, attor ney, director o f Multnomah County Legal A id and co-founder o f Human Services C oalition o f Oregon; Sharon Gary Smith, director o f Portland Black W om en’s Health Project and Mariah Taylor, RN, PN director o f North Port land Nurse Pracititioner Com m unity Health clinic. M onthly meetings open to a ll-A G E A N D Y O U T H IN A C Magnificent Laurelhurst Large Elegant Rooms—Formal Dining Room—Breakfast Room Sunroom Tucked Away O ff Bedroom With Lots Of Storage Three Large Bedrooms—Two Baths U pstairs-Pow der Room On Main Impressive Extra Large Living Room With Italian Tile—Fireplace. Hardwood Floors Thru-Out. Natural Woodwork. Basement Has High Ceilings. Also Houses Double Car Garage. Furnace Is Gas With Air Filter, Also AC. Sprinkler System. Built In 1929. Approximately 2450 SQ. FT. Lot 6098 SQ. FT. Slate Roof. Taxes: 3,770.18 $265,000.00 Sales Associates Florence Shannon - 775-2151 Nancy Marcus - 775-6632 Office: 775-4699 Professionals 100, Realtors 4111 S.E. Woodstock Ave. Portland, OR 97202 T IO N ! Catholic Charities of Western Oregon Conference Catholic Charities o f Western O r egon w ill host a conference on Saturday March 14, 1992 to be held at the U n i versity ofPortland, 8:00a.m. - 5;00p.m. Fr. Thomas J. Harvey, President o f Catholic charities USA, w ill speak on the future social needs in the united States. Oregon Department o f Human R esources D ire c to r, K e v in W . Concannon, w ill discuss human service needs in Oregon. Several workshops sessions w ill be offered, fo r Registra tion information, contact the Catholic Charities office 233-8362. A d vertise Photo by Dave Lawton Chemotherapy Seminar Barnstormers Return To OMSI Cancer patients and their families can achieve a better understanding o f chemotherapy during a free morning seminar sponsored by Legacy Health system. “ Chemotherapy and you: Self-Help During Trcatment for Patients and Fam i- lies” w ill be held Saturday, March 21, from lOa.m.-noonatGoodSam aritan’ s Neurological Sciences Center A u dito rium , 1040 N.W . 22nd Ave. Speakers w ill b e : Ralph Weinstein, M .D ., medical oncologist; M ary Ann Jenck, Pharm.D.; and Stacey Agee. R.N., oncology nurse. They w ill dis cuss how chemotherapy works, why certain drugs arc used for particular cancers, and how to handle common side effects. O M SI w ill be buzzing w ith radio controlled models at the 12th Annual Barnstormer R/C Static Show March 21 and 22. Visitors w ill become judges and spectators o f a variety o f hand crafted model airplanes! Also slated for the show w ill be film s about modeling, workshops and ongoing model building ¡hstruction. Models may be registered on Saturday from 10a.m .to2p.m .,entryfeeis$5.00 per model, w ich does not include m u seum admission. For more inform ation on becoming a participant, call Steve Tischlcr at (503) 639-0798. FREE HEALTH SCREENING FOR OLDER ADULTS 635-3758.