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A pkjl h , 1993 • T he P ori land O bserver P agi - B2 Magic Johnson Foundation Buoys Minority Bank With $1 Million Deposit Portland Trail Blazers’ Buck Williams Teams Up With National Kidney Foundation Portland T rail B lazers' A ll-Star pow er forw ard Buck W illiam s has team ed up w ith the N ational K idney foundation, Inc. (NK F) as a national celebrity spokesperson to step up the fight against kidney disease. “O ff the c o u rt, kidney disease has affected my family, and our fam ily is ju st one o f 20 m illion A m erican F am i lies w ho have to deal w ith kidney and urinary D iseaseseveiyday,” W illiam s said In 1992, W illiam s’ m other died <W blC M A G IC JOHNSON FOUNDATION IN C Hi pay to 4TWN INC THE CfXfB O f ™ 2 10002 1 0 0 0 .0 0 .0 0 O tR S NATIONAL BAN K <zr 7/lftfïfw \ OPM** z no 100 <X¿, n at - DOLLARS f c • _ O O O O I*O O O O O O O i OOOOOHI people. Founders national B ank o f Los A ngeles (FN BLA ) began d oing busi ness as national bank on January 22, 1991. It acquired certain assets and assum ed the deposits o f w hat h ad been Founders Federal Savings an d Loan A ssociation from the Resolution T rust C orporation (RTC). T here are six shareholders w ho w on all o f the issued and outstanding com m oncapital stock o f FNBLA w hich is a certified A frican A m erican ow ned financial institution “O ur m ission is to m ake a differ ence in the com m unities we s e n e by Bry son stated. providing, on a personalized basis, T he m ission o f the foundation quality fin an c ial services th a t are is to raise money as a public chanty needed by th e consum er, sm all and to fund H IV and AIDS organizations m edium businesses and professionals specializing in education, prevention located in our m arket areas," said an d c a r e g e a re d to w a rd s y o u n g V incent M l Bryson, president and C E O ofT h e M agic Johnson F oun dation, Inc. (M JF), announced that the foundation has m ade an initial deposit o f $1 m illion in C a lifo rn ia's only A frican A m erican ow ned com m ercial bank, th e F ounders N ational Bank o f Los A ngeles "M agic Johnson F oundation" is com m itted to being actively involved in all aspects o f its com m unity. W e w ant to contribute to econom ic em pow erm ent as well as the educational em pow erm ent o f our com m unity,” “ Magic Johnson Foundation " is committed to being actively involved in all aspects o f its community. We want to contribute to economic empowerment as well as the educational empowerment o f our community, ” Bryson stated. C arlton Jenkins, m anaging director o f the bank "B elieve me, a deposit such as th is by the M agic Johnson Foundation is very m uch welcom ed It w ill enable us to continue to take an active role in the rebuilding o f our com m unities an d expand F ounders’ products and services,” Jenkins added. T he M agic Johnson Foundation w as founded in D ecem ber, 1991 as a national public charity by E a rn n John son, R. and is recognized u nder sec tion 501 (C) (3) o f the Internal Rev enue Code M em bers o f the B oard of D ire c to rs in c lu d e, D ebbie A llen - N ixon, A rsenio Hall, Earv in Johnson, Jr., M ichael Jordan, Lon Rosen, Joe Sm ith, A lonzo W allctte an d D enzel W ashington. Blazers, Z100 And Local Musicians Jam For Boys And Girls Clubs Of Portland o f chronic kidney failure. "W e are th rilled to have Buck W illiam s on board w ith the N ational K idney F o u n d atio n ,” said D onald W ilson, N K F C h airm an “ It’s so im portant th at people like W illiam s are w illing to becom e involved an d help us reach the public. "W illiam s is a very enthusiastic individual, and w e’re looking forw ard to his w orking on our aw areness cam paigns, including a future public ser vice an n ouncem ent for television, T he leading causes o f kidney failure are h igh blood pressure and diabetes. "H igh blood pressure is a silent d ise a se -o n e that may not cause any sy m p to m sat a ll- a n d A frican-A m eri cans need to be particularly are o f high blood pressures," W ilson said. "They tend to develop h igh blood pressure m ore frequently, at an earlier age and m ore severely th an w hites, an d to suffer more com plications such as chronic kidney disease,” he said “ If th e re 's one th in g w e w ant everyone to learn, it’s to have your plants.” blood pressure checked regularly,' said W hile 80,000 A m ericans die each W illiam s. "B etter screening an d ear- year o f kidney diseases, m any kidney licr treatm ent can improv e every o n e 's diseases are preventable or treatable. W ilson said. “ I’ve seen how kidney failure affected my m other, and I w ant to h elp a n y o n e w h o is e ith e r in a s im ila r s itu a tio n o r w h o h a s a c h a n c e to ta k e ste p s to p re v e n t kidney failure,” W illiam s said "T he N ational Kidney Foundation w orks throughout the country to teach people how to prevent kidney diseases, and they have w onderful program s and services for people on dialysis and those w ho hav e received kidney tran s In support o f the P o rtlan d com m u n ity , A m e r ic a n H o n d a a n d Concord ia Col lege, i n cooperation w ith the local H onda A utom obile D ealers, arc sponsoring a Sum m er B asketball League for the second year in a row. T he league starts June 20th and BY HAROLD BELL O n Tuesday M arch 2, 1993, the W ashington Post published a story,: “ T hey D id A D em o litio n Job O n B ig h o u sc ,” by sta ff w rite r Jo n ctt H ow ard, about the forced resignation of W inston-Salem State University leg endary basketball coach C larence “ G aines, w ho despite being the second vviningest coach in college basketball history, never received the respect he G otta Love it” w ere w ritten, produced an d arranged by John Sm ith o f Nu S h o o z , R ic k W a r itz a n d T o n y M artinez. T his year m arks the fourth tim e the Blazers have team ed w ith the Z 100 M orning Zoo and local recording a rt ists to produce a m usic cassette P ro ceeds from the sale o f th is y ear’s cas sette, and a special "B lazertow n” T- shirt, produced by S tarter Sportsw ear, will go tow ards ex panding activity program s for the Boys and G irls Clubs o f P ortland PDX Sportsline On Paragon Cable Hosted by John Phillips Day Monday Tim e 8 30pm Channel 30 & 38 (live) * f 4 * • • reer. T he N K F, w hose w ork is funded entirely by the public, helps more A m ericans prevent, treat an d cure k id ney an d urinary tact diseases th an any oth er voluntary agency'. ends w ith an aw ards banquet in A u gust. Practices w ill be once a week. an d to help the kids b uild self-esteem. S ign-up for the league is going on G am es w ill be on Sunday s at Concordia now. Just go to the P eninsula G rade College. T he league is open to boys and School G ym on any M onday evening girls from the 3rd to the 10th grades. betw een 6:30 an d 8:30pm and ask for We encourage all skill levels to jo in Jam es Johnson. lacks In Media... And ighouse- Short Changed crom left to right (back row) Blazers Terry Porter, Reggie Smith, Tracy Murray and Joe Wolf; (front row) members of the Columbia Boys and Girls Club o f Portland who participated in the recording of ‘Blazertown, ” Tomeco Qualls, Clyde Bell, Elijah Jackson, Detoya Burrell and Janyell Miller. “ B laz erto w n ” sh o w cases lead vocals from H akim M uham m ed and J M a c k o f th e P o r tla n d - b a s e d rap group, U-Krew. Local R & B m u s ic ia n A ndy S to k es p ro v id e d lead vocals for the flip side, “Ya G o tta L ove it.” w h ile M a rg a re t L inn, V alerie D ay, T racy H arris, along w ith m em bers o f the Blazer D an c ers a n d C lyde B ell, D etoya B urrell, Janyell M iller, E lijah Jack- son and T om cco Q ualls o f the C olum bia Boy s an d G irls Clubs sang backup on both songs “Blazcrtovv n” and "You treated by either dialysis treatm ents or transplantation. W illiam s has been a m em ber o f the T rail B lazers since 1989. T his year, he becam e one o f only 18 players in NBA history to record 10,000 points and 10,000 rebounds during his ca- Summer Basketball League Sign-Up O u r goal in this league is to have fun deserved. He only needed 49 m ore w ins to beat out the late A dolph Rupp o f K en tucky to becom e the all-tim e w iningest N C A A coach. O ne reason th is 70-ycar-old A fri can A m erican know n as B ig h o u sc-6 foot-6,275-pounds—nev cr received the credit he so richly deserved, according to D ean Sm ith o f the U niversity o f N o rth C a ro lin a , co ach o f co lleg e b ask etb all’s N O 1 ranked team , is because o f an insensitive racist sports m edia Ms. H ow ard’s colum n not only explained how B ighousc got the shaft from his univ ersity fam ily-C hancellor C leon T hom pson, Vice P resident o f A cadem ic Affairs Dr. A lex Johnson, and A thletic D irector Albert Roseboro- -but ironically reflected a glarin g lack o f respect for the Blacks m entioned in L ast year, the B lazers produced B ust-a-B ucket,” w hich w on the Port- and M usic A w ard for Song o f the fe a r T he T rail B lazers are now hit- ing the airw aves and boom boxes vith th is y e a r's cassette project fca- u rin g two new songs, "B lazertow n” ind “Y ou G otta Love It.” B lazers Terry Porter. Joe Wolf, rra c y M urray an d R eggie S m ith earned w ith an assortm ent o f local n u sician s to record the cassette w hich vill benefit the Boys and G irls Clubs )f M etropolitan Portland chances o f av oiding kidney failure. C hronic kidney failure is treated by either dialysis treatm ent or kidney failure.” C hronic kidney failure is men from m edia an d academ ia to jo in in a rountable discussion o f W hite m ale attitudes tow ard Black m en O ne o f the fiv e panelist included A ndrew Hacker, the au thor o f the 1992 best seller, “Tw o N ations Black And White; S ep arate, H o stile, U n e q u a l.” Mr. H acker had th is to say about Black m en and success: “ W e decide how many o f you will be allow ed into w hich positions and how m any is too many. A nd we pick the Bill C osby’s, we pick the C ollin P ow ell’s. W e do that, and we are very careful about the n u m the m edia in term s o f recognition, and frequently robbed o f our identity. I called Jim that very sam e day an d told him how I felt. He apologized for the oversight an d prom ised he w ould make it up to me. T h at was three years ago an d I h av en ’t heard from him since. B u t tr u ly . I ’ u n d e r s ta n d h is problem , an d I forgive. I have been a m edia personality (athletics, com m unity and sports jo u r nalist) for close to 35 years in this town. A s a pioneer in D C. radio and television sports shows I have set trends, bers.” Yet w hen you ask W hite editors not follow ed them . “ Inside Sports” about slights and oversights tow ard w as my b rain child, my original tag B lacks in m edia, they point out that Today you find T V an d radio shows, we arc a little too sensitive. B ut n oth new spaper an d m agazines, using that tag in w hole or part. B ut before I ing could be further from the truth. I was not identified in the colum n started an d in s id e Sports” radio show as a sportscaster or talk show host, but in 1974 there w as "Inside” nothing. I w as the first to w rite sports com as a W ashington, D C. consultant. C onsultant o fw h a t? T h is k ind o f non m entaries for radio an d T V shows. I recognition put dow n o f Blacks by the conceiv ed the first sports m edia round m edia brought back a painful memory table at W O O K Radio in 1974. T he o f another interview w ith W R C-TV 4 p articip an ts were G erald Burk o f the A fro -A m erican N ew spaper, C huck anchorm an Jim Vance. T aylor the W ashington B ullets color T he interview took place on a analyst for T V 20. an d the late Ron N orthw est corner at 14th and V in w h a t w a s th e n th e h e a r t o f Sutton and G reg M osso o f W HUR Radio. In 19751 becam e the first Black W ash in g to n ’s D rug Com bat Zone Since his arrival from P h ilad el to host an d produce my own T V sports phia in the late ‘6 0 ’s, Jim V ance and special on NBC affiliate W R C-TV 4 h er story’. It w as the kind o f blatant insensi I had b ecom e—so I th o u g h ,—good th an k s to and assist and support o f Jim tivity that is so often accorded Blacks friends We w orked together on nu Vance. In 1980 I becam e the first sports in the W hite m edia I had a serious m erous com m unity projects an d were m edia personality to be cited by the often tennis partners w hen our busy problem w ith the w ith the disrespect W a s h in g to n ia n M a g a z in e as i t ’s schedules allow ed us the tim e T his show n m yself and my colleagues Earl “W ashingtonian o f the Y ear.” particular interview focused on the M onroe, a W inston-Salem and NBA Inside Sports has grow n from a accidental death o f a little child at one basketball legend, and Ted Blunt, a W inston-Salem basketball A ll-A m eri of the com m unity program s in the local talk show to a talk show w ith a can an d now a city councilm an in area, and M r V ance w anted some national flavor Rad io a nd T V c ri t ic N orm an C had W ilm ington, Delaw are, that I called "in sid e” inform ation on the how and why o f th is tragedy He w ondered o f the W ashington Post says, “ Inside the sports editor, G eorge Solom on O ur conv ersation rem inded me of w hat the com m unity could do to avoid Sports is the best sports talk show I hav e ever heard ” w hat D ean Sm ith said about racist som ething sim ilar W illiam Taaffe, form er radio and T hat night on the six o ’clock sp o rts ed ito rs, an d rein fo rced my T V critic for the W ashington Star and aw areness o f our need to celebrate new s w hen Jim V ance introduced me S p o rts Illu stra ted M a g az in e says, Black History M onth for 12 m onths o f as a "com m unity activist” all I could "H arold B ell’s Inside Sports is easily the year For W hite A m erica, p articu do was shake my head the most reflective and provocative W hat a shallow introduction If larly the W hite m edia (assisted by a radio sports show in W ashington Its G eorge M ichael had done that I w ould few h and picked house boys and girls) guests actually say som ething T he have not taken it personally. But Jim refuses to accurately report on A frican other shows arc bland by co m p ari V ance7 A m an w ho blam ed his co A m erican accom plishm ents and co n son ” caine use on the pressures o f being a tributions to this country In the 1992 N ovem ber issue o f Essence M agazine, an article tilled, "Why W hite Men Fear Black M en ” Essence inv ited five w hitc Harold Hell writes for The New- black m an in a W hite m edia He cer tainly understood how we (B laekscol- Observer in Washington, D C. leclively) have been short changed bv Continued next week . * >• »Cs* f t' < *