Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, September 23, 1992, Page 7, Image 7

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    September 23, 1992...The Portland O bserver-P age 7
Business After Hours Networking
Mark Your calendar fo r these events:
Thursday: September 24, - 6:PM to ????
Location: “ C lub M ax” - Red Lion
-3 1 0 SW Lincoln/D ow ntow n
Occasion: Thomas Caddy’s 49th
Birthday & O BN Networking Party
Special A ll You Can Eat B uffet -
Yes I t ’ s Free! (First 200 O nly)
Tuesday : September 29, 1992 -
6:31 P M -9 :0 0 PM
Location: Travelodge Hotel -1441
NE 2nd Avenue
Occasion: O BN Business “ M IX &
M in g le "
S till O nly $3. M em bers-$5. Non-
Members & Guests
Come to network w ith some o f
Portland’ s business owners and opera­
tors. Bring business cards, sales staff,
brochures and your best sales pitch!
Also, we w ill be distributing forms
for listings in the upcoming 1993 O r­
egon Film & Video D irectory - A great
resource for movie and commercial
production companies (hat may be look­
ing fo r a m ultitude o f goods and ser­
vices here in our own local area. I f they
don’ t know who you are... then they
w ill probably buy from your com peti­
tor. Come and pick up your form on
September 29. - Deadline fo r up to 3
free listings is Oct. 1,1992.
This Invitation From Oregon Busi­
ness N etwork - Portland “ Partners In
Progress” For membership or other
“ no pressure, no hassle info, call 244-
2689, Ext.22
Kaiser Permanente
Offers Health Education Classes In
North Portland
Several classes open to the public
are being offered in North Portland this
fa ll through Kaiser Permanente. For
registration or further inform ation, call
Kaiser Permanente’ s Health Education
department at (503) 286-6816.
Cholesterol and fat in your diet
may increase your risk o f heart disease.
“ H ow to L ow er Y o ur Cholesterol”
teaches how to plan meals and m odify
recipes to cut fat and cholesterol intake.
Classes w ill be from 9 to 11 a.m. on
Saturdays, Oct. 3 and Oct. 17, at Bess
Kaiser Medical Center, 5055 N. Greeley
Ave., Portland. Cost is $15 fo r Kaiser
Permanente members, $32 for the gen-
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it, you’re the best you've ever looked.
So call Weight Wathchers today.
And get prepared to handle a whole
lot of compliments.
eral public. A spouse or other support
person is encouraged to attend at no
extra charge. Please register at least 10
days before the class starts.
“ Parenting Skills (Ages 5 to 12)” is
fo r people wishing to improve their
parenting abilities, the eight sessions
are from 6:30 to8:30p.m . on Thursdays,
Oct. 15 through Dec. 10, at Kaiser
Permanente’ s Education & Conference
Center (Tow n H all), 3704 N. Interstate
Ave., Portland, cost is $72 fo r in d ivid u ­
als or couples who are Kaiser Permanente
members, $140 fo r the general public
(fee includes textbook). Please register
at least 10 days before the class starts.
Portland Publifc Schools celebrates
National Hispanic Heritage Month Sep­
tember 15 through Qctobcr 15.
Stiidents throughout the school d is-
trict w ill learn about* achievements o f
Hispanic Americans and their contri­
butions to our country, state and city.
Understanding Hispanic contribu­
tions is part o f the Portland School
D is t r ic t ’ s n a tio n a lly re c o g n iz e d
M u ltic u ltu ra l/M u llie th n ic Education
program. That program increases stu­
dent understanding and appreciation o f
the history,culture and contributions to
society o f different ethnic groups and
cultures.
African-atncrican Baseline Essays,
fo r example, provide teachers w ith a
general framework from which they
can lead students in an examination o f
the African/A frican-Am crican experi­
ence from antiquity to the present. H is­
panic Heritage lesson plans are being
prepared for distribution throughout
Portland Public Schools and American
Indian Baseline Essays w ill be intro­
duced this year.
A ctor, director and p la yw rig ht
Michael Lange recreates m ilitant c iv il
rights activist M alcolm X delivering
his electrifying speech “ The B allot or
the Bullet.” This one-man performance,
entitled “ The Legacy o f M alcolm X
Revisited: “ The B allot or the B u lle t’ .”
takes place Saturday, Oct. 10, at 7:30
p.m. in the Smith Center Ballroom ,
Room 355 in 1825 S.W. Broadway, on
the Portland State University campus.
Advance tickets are $6 for general ad­
mission and $5 for students, senior adults
and K B O O members. Tickets are $7 at
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Free Health
Screening
Offered
Paragon Cable is offering a $10 reward for the
return of all Paragon Zenith Cable Converter boxes
on our “missing” list with sendee numbers ending in
1,000. Call Paragon or turn them in at your nearest
Paragon service office.
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The hospitals and health care orga­
nizations o f Legacy Health System in ­
vite area seniors (age 55+) to attend a
Free Health Screening. The screening
providesnumerous important health test
and services, including: blood test (cho­
lesterol, blood sugar, and other), gen­
eral physical assessment by nurses,
blood pressure, dental and oral cancer
check, vision and glaucoma check, hear­
ing test, lung health check, nutrition
counselling, breast cancer self-exam i­
nation instructions, and others.
For those desiring the Full blood
test, it is suggested you arrive in a
fasting state - no food or d rink (except
water and medication) for the previous
12 hours. Known diabetics should fo l­
low their regular eating schedule.
Screenings are conducted weekly
at different locations throughout the
Portland M etropolitan area. Please call
Carmen Lawson, R.N. at 241-3478 to
obtain a schedule o f screening dates
and locations.
Converters from accounts active within the last 30 days do not qual­
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the door.
“ The Ballot or the B ullet,” one o f
the few speeches which M alcolm X h im ­
self titled, addresses his philosophy o f
black nationalism, encouraging African
americans to back their personal p o liti­
cal concerns w ith their economic re­
sources. “ His views should not be taken
lig h tly ," warns Lange. “ He urged us to
take political and economic control o f
our communities. We must finish the
race he was running.”
M alcolm X rose to national prom i­
nence as the leader o f the Black M uslim
movement. Once labeled “ the angriest
man in American,” his revolutionary
rhetoric branded him an advocate o f
violence, but he was deeply committed
to freedom and self-actualization for
blacks.
Michael Lange has written several
plays and he is a documentary film pro­
ducer. He is currently a drama instructor
at M errett College in Oakland, C alif. His
brother, Ted Lange, appeared regularly
an the television series “ The Love Boat” .
His father performed at the Ebony Show­
case Theatre in Los Angeles. But it was
Alex Haley, author o f “ Roots” and “ The
Autobiography o f M alcolm X ,” who first
remarked that Lange’ s appearance and
gestures resembled those o f M alcolm X.
Since then, Lange has recreated the c iv il
September 2 4 - A n experimental
program that has succeeded in turning
one troubled high school around could
provide a model o f change for troubled
high schools across the country.
This Sunday’ s Parade magazine re­
ports that the program, called “ Security
Dads,” begun last year to maintain order
in A rlington High School in Indianapo­
lis, a school plagued for years by gangs,
guns, knives and fear, has accomplished
considerably more than its original goal.
“ Security Dads” was started by Linda
Wallace, a nurse whose daughter attends
A rlington, when she asked her husband
Antony to accompany her to a school
event to see i f his presence would bring
some semblance o f order.
“ We had a football jamboree,” Mrs.
Wallace recalled, “ and the students were
yelling, throwing things from the stands,
walking out on the field, and the parents
were taking their kids and leaving. Then
came a talent show and, again, the kids
were so rowdy, it was unbelievable. They
hollered and screamed. We couldn’ t
handle it. We had to stop the show. The
police had to come and get kids out o f
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Temple Baptist Church
For Thè
1319 NE 7th
Fireside Room
Tuesday
12:15pm
Maranatha Church
5K and 1 Mile RUN/WALK
4222 NE 12th
(Enter Skidmore)
Sat
9:30
SUNDAY OCTOBER 1 1 ,1 9 9 2
8 :3 0 AM - N O O N , W A T E R F R O N T PARK . PO R TLA ND , O REG O N
A community event with a mission. The Curt & Control Of Breast Cancer.
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Wed
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Beans or Corn
Town House brand quality
granulated sugar, for all
your baking needs.
16-Oz. Cut or Sliced Green
beans, 17-Oz. Whole Kernel
or 16.5-Oz. Cream Style Corn.
This is an opportunity for women of all ages, sizes, shapes and colors to |om
together and make their voices heard for a cause that is truly personal, the 5K has
been designated for women only This race is being presented to benefit the Susan
G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, which funds breast cancer research and
promotes awareness, education and earty detection o, the disease The Race 75% of
the proceeds stays in the community to be used for local education 4 Mammography
Programs 25% ot the proceeds will help ongoing national breast cancer research
grants and the Breast Cancer Hotline 1-800-IM AWARE
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her husband, those are big kids, and no
mother can ye ll at them and make them
behave. But maybe a father could do
something. She bought a T -shirt sport­
ing the school colors w ith “ Security
Dad” printed on the back.
Her idea succeeded and since
then,’ be number o f Security Dads on
call to appear at school events has grown
to two dozen. A rlington is a school w ith
1650 students, a third o f whom are being
raised by single parents, m ostly m oth­
ers.
Anthony Wallace talked to the kids
“ w ith respect, and they listened,” Linda
Wallace recalled. “ He did n ’t yell or
cuss. He treated them like they were his
own kids. It was fantastic.”
It was also clear that a void in the
lives o f many youngsters, created by an
absence o f fathers, was being filled.
“ The kids respect us, and we respect
them,” explained Carl Black Sr., one o f
the Security Dads.
“ What works is that father image,”
added Ron Cheney, “ so we don ’ t need to
say very much. Just being there is what
counts. W ith an officer, they think, ‘ Hey,
I must be in trouble." W ith us, they smile
and say, *hey, what’ s up?’ And we love
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rights leader in more than 50 perfor­
mances, inclu ding performances on
Public Broadcasting Service stations.
F ollow ing Lange’ s one-man per­
fo rm a n c e , s p e c ia l g ue st K w a m e
Somburu, who worked w ith M alcolm X
in the Organization o f AFro-Am erican
U nity (O A A U ), w ill lead a discussion o f
M alcolm 's life and work. Somburu has
been active in local, national and inter­
national social and p o litica l issues since
1960. In 1963 he helped found the Free­
dom Now Party, an independent black
political party; and he has been an active
socialist since 1965. He attended nearly
all o f M alcolm X ’ s lectures and he was
present at the Audubon Ballroom in
New York when M alcolm was assassi­
nated in 1965. Somburu continues to
work in many arenas against all fo rm s o f
oppression.
Portland State U niversity Students
for U nity jo in w ith K B O O radio and the
Black Educational Center in presenting
Michael Lange in his re-creation o f
M alcolm X and presenting Kwame
Somburu in his post-performance dis­
cussion. Proceeds from the event ben­
e fit KBOO, the Black Educational Cen­
ter and the Somalia R e lie f Fund. For
more inform ation, contac*. Dan Shea at
725-5081 or, between 10 a.m. and 3
p.m., call Gary B ills at 233-1629.
Experimental Program May Provide
Model for Troubled Schools
there.”
In the spring o f 1991 when a second
talent show was scheduled, Wallace told
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Michael Lange Portrays Activist
Malcolm X In Benefit Performance
Portland Public
Schools
Celebrates
National Hispanic
Heritage Month
7:00pm
7 00pm
7:00pm
5:00pm
7:00pm
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