T he P ortland O bserver • M arch 31,1993
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AHBAI Offers $25,000 In Scholarship Funds
To Black High School And College Students
The American Health and Beauty
Aids Institute (AHBAI) will award
scholarships totaling $25,000 for the
1993 school year to Black high school
an college students through two sepa
rate scholarships programs.
The Fred Luster, Sr Scholarship
Fund, established in 1992, in honor of
the late Fred Luster, Sr., awards 20
scholarships worth $500 each to col
lege-bound high school students The
“W ho’s That Lady” Scholarship Con
test awards 10 scholarships in amounts
ranging from $500 to $50 to Black
students currently enrolled in college.
“Education of our young people
is one of the keys to advancement for
the African-American community,”
said Nathaniel Bronner, Jr., chair
man of AHBAI and vice president,1
Bronner Bros., Inc. “AHBAI is proud
to provide financial support for these
students who represent our future.”
Recipients of the Fred Luster,
Sr. Foundation scholarships are
chosen based on their scholastic
record, school activities and extra
curricular activities. Inordertoqualify
for the “Who’s That lady?” Scholar
ship, students must submit an essay
addressing the significance of the
Proud Lady.
“AHBAI members fee, every
strongly about giving something back
to the Black com m unity,” said
AHBAI executive director Geri
Duncan Jones. “These two scholar
ship funds will further the cause of
higher education for Black students.”
The American Health and Beauty
Aids Institute is a non-profit trade
association representing the leading
Black manufacturers of haircare and
beauty aid products world wide. For
more informationon AHB A I’s schol
arship funds, contact AHBAI head
quarters, 401N. Michigan Ave., Chi
cago, IL 60611.
How Asphalt Improves
Board Sailing
Blazing New Oregon Trails
March, 1993
BY GOVERNOR BARBARA ROBERTS
This year, Oregon celebrates the
150th anniversary of the Oregon T rail-
-likely our nation’s first heavily-trav
eled cross-country route And although
modem interstate highways long ago
replaced the Oregon Trail, my admin
istration has kept its commitment to
blazing new trails that reduce urban
congestion and improve rural access
T hat’s why I am pushing Con
gress and the Clinton Administration
to get federal funding for the priority
transportation projects in our Oregon
Transportation Plan.
T he O reg o n T ra n sp o rta tio n
Plan is the sta te ’s 40-year blue
p r in t, for d ev e lo p in g a safe,
convenient and efficient transporta
tion sy stem that promotes economic
prosperity and livability throughout
Oregon. It incorporates all forms
of transportation—highways, bridges,
p u b lic tr a n s it, a v ia tio n , ra il,
m a rin e , b icy cle an d p e d e stria n
w ays-to reduce traffic congestion and
air pollution, improve connections
w ithin and among communities state
wide and strengthen economic devcl-
opment.
O regon’s population is growing
fast Public transit, highspeed rail and
safe highways are all part of making
sure Oregon is ready for the addi tional
one million people we expect over the
next 20 years And federal transporta
tion funds are critical, if Oregon is
going to manage its growth and trans
portation needs.
So I went to W ashington D C . fo
testify before the House Transporta
tion Appropriations Subcommittee on
March 23 and push for O regon's key
transportation projects.
For example, I asked for $45 mil
lion to plan for the high-speed rail
from Eugene to Portland The project
is part of a high-speed rail corridor
that extends to Vancouver, B.C. and
will increase rail speeds and efficiency.
Oregon is also moving forward
on the Westside Light Rail project,
and my request of $145 million in
federal funds will keep Oregon on our
construction schedule and pros idejobs.
Interstate 5 was built 40yearsago
and many sections are crowded and
unsafe Federal funds of $45 million
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will help improve 1-5 interchanges in
Salem and handle the traffic that will
double in the next 25 years.
I also asked Congress for funding
for other important projects:
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$4 million to improve and safe
guard one of Oregon’s transpor
tation treasures, the Pacific Coast
Highway (Highway 101);
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$9.3 million to buy buses and
build transfer sites in Salem and
Eugene;
•
$5 million for a control tower and
landing equipment at the Aurora
State Airport;
•
$5.2 million to improve the high
way to the Umpqua National For
est, and,
•
$2.25 million to help small com
munities across Oregon coordi
nate their land use and transpor
tation planning.
T hese federal tran sp o rtatio n
projects are important tools to help
Oregon manage its growth and its
transportation needs, but they are more
than that. They are an ins estment that
creates jobs, stimulates our economy
and lays a foundation for our future
CAPTAIN TOM
IS SEEING DOUBLE.
The wind has been good for Gorge eco
nomies. It’s been boom tim es lor Hood
River, thanks to 10,000 boardheads and
their multitude of fans. Trouble is, where
do they all stand when they bring their
sails to land?
City officials have a keen interest in the
spo rtin g crowd. So they schem ed
and p lan n e d , th e n called ab o u t
O reg o n L o tte ry funds for p o rt
im provem ents. Board e n th u sia sts
may not have understood the techni-
cal jargon, but they sure appreciated see
ing what it meant. A way bigger parking
lot, more beach, and .. . yes, a new building
with excellent rest rooms and food conces
sions. All told, a $600,000 project, about a
third of it paid for by Lottery dollars.
And why not? Board sailing has brought
th e big tim e to a sm all tow n.
For that they should be rewarded.
The Oregon Lottery is just happy
th a t w h e re th e r e w as a w ind,
there was a way.
It Does Good Things
Once Again It’s On Portland, The
“Apollo Night”!!!!
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Yes Portland, we are giving you
yet another chance to come out and
enjoy an evening at the “Apollo” . If
you missed the last one, I know that
you heard about it If you attended the
previous “Apollo,” I know you will
w anttoseeitagain.O ser 1,900 people
attended the previous Apollo, which
was held Saturday March 13th. We
strongly urge you to purchase your
tickets as soon as you can to get the
best seats possible. Tickets arc now on
sale at all Fastixx outlets in the follow
ing select Fred Meyer Stores: Beaver
ton, Stadium, Tigard, Tualatin, Oak
Grove, Gresham, Gateway, Hollywood
West, East Salem, Mill Plain, John-
son Creek, and Walker road. Tickets
are also available at One Stop Records,
Pearls Music Shop, Direction Hair
Salon, Geneva’s, Alberta Street M ar
ket, Portland Center For The Per
forming Arts, and the Civic Audito
rium Box Office. Remember, the Port
land “Apollo Night” is an entertain
ing event for all ages. Tell your family
and friends that they are all invited.
For more information on tickets
please call 224-tixx or 1-800-992-
8499 Peace, God Bless, and see you at
the “Apollo” ! ! ! ! Thanks for vour sup
port. For info on auditions or other
info please call “J” - Mack (Promoter)
(503) 224-2616
PCC Foundation Announces Scholarship Program
Scholarship applications for attending Portland Community College are
now available for the 1993-94 academic school year thiough the PCC
Foundaton. The Foundation office is located at PC C s Sylvania Campus,
12000 SW 49th Avenue, CC Building, Room B21.
Deadline for applications is Friday, May 14. All materials must be in the
Foundation office by 5 p.m. Any late applications will be disqualified.
Please contact the Foundation office at 244-6111, ext. 4696 for more
information.
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Program Awarded
Grant To Prepare
Minority Teachers In
Science And Math
The Portland Teacher Program, a
partnership program between Port
land Community College, Portland
State University and Portland Public
Schools to bring more minority teach
ers into Portland classrooms, was
awarded a grant recently from the
Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics
and Science Education Program.
The two-year, $112,424 grant
allows for ihree summer workshops,
each one week long, which are de
signed to help future and current mi
nority teachers strengthen their com
mitment to science math and technol
ogy education
The workshops will encourage
future teachers to consider math and
science education careers and will
help current teachers promote math
and science occupations to minority
students.
“The grant enables the Portland
Teacher Program to give math and
science enrichment workshops to 20
future or current teachers this sum
mer,” said Deborah Cochrane, PTP
director. “And, the grant will award
4ip<nds to the students selected to
participate ” Each student will re
ceive $155 for a completed work
shop.
Northwest EQUALS, math in
the M ind's Eye; and OMSI will each
offer a workshop, which will be held
five days a w cek for approxi maiely 3 5
hours for college credit
The workshops are open to PTP
students at PCC or PSU; to other
students of color at PSU who are
planing to teach, and to teachers of
color in Portland Public Schools.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower fed
erally funded grant was awarded
through the Oregon State System of
Higher Education
Catherine Col'ier. director of
Kcsourcc Des 'lopment at PSU wrote
the grant, in collaboration with Doug
Sherman, PSU School of Education
faculty m em ber, an d D eb o rah
Cochrane PTP director