M ay 26, 1993 • T he P ortland O bserver
P age A 6
Laurelhurst Elementary
Celebrates 70th Anniversary
Kid Search Finds A Great Kid
BY MATTIE ANN CALLIER-SPEARS
view w ith W ilhclm ina Models agents. Portland community that it is possible
Usually when you tell someone They then have the opportunity to to get up out o f the holes in life and rise
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that he or she has a deficiency, they appear in JC Penney Portrait Studio above it all w ith the help o f God and a
tend to fall into a slump and just giv e advertising and possibly be consid strong husband and a lov ing Christian
up to whatever it is that has become ered to appear in a JC Penney catalog fam ily.”
their impediment. This is not the case
1 asked Larissa and Elton w hether ■
Johnny s proud parents, Elton and
with the young man who’s accom Larissa Snuth-Clark, did n ’t hesitate or not they had explained their trial to
plishments were brought to my atten when describing their enthusiasm their son. Their response was —
tion.
about their son’s newly achieved suc
“ He’s the one that keeps us in
Johnny A n to n L aray A sher cess.
*
line And inanswer toyour question” ,
Smith-Clark (Long name, huh?) is
“I
am
so
the m other an
not very tall nor is he a big hulky kind happy” , says the
swers excitedly,
o f guy; however, he is unique, special mother, “ because it
“ Yes! we told him
and an overall great kid Johnny is a was a wish come
every thing and we
twelve and a h alf year old sixth grader true for Johnny .”
are doing our ut
who attends Whittaker Middle School.
His father was
most to do what is
When he was born, he vveighed-in at beaming also be
right in the sight
three pounds and three ounces in the cause his son tries
o f God and in our
fifth month ofhis mother’ s pregnancy
so hard “ la m hap
so n ’ s
eyes.”
His mother did not know whether or piest when he is
Johnny loves his
not he was going to make it.
successful and af
mom and dad and
Johnny is a “ C” and “ B” student, ter he has achieved
he is very aware o f
“ I know that he could do much better” , goals that he has
their deficiencies.
says his mother “ But-becausc o fh is set for himself.”
He also knows that
deficiencies, w hich are: a decrease in
“ He is a very
a successful recov
his motor skills-coordination o f his determined child” ,
ery fro m drugs
eyes and o fh is hands, he is identified his mother added.
Laurelhurst School 1st Grade class September, 1925
takes time, love
as
a
Special
Ed
student,
he
is
able
to
“
He
never
let’
s
his
and
patience. He
memorabilia from the past 70 years
Laurelhurst Elementary culm i- school, 840 N.E. 41st Avenue.
receive
(hear)
instructions
but
it
takes
s
e
lf
esteem
go
seems
to be brim
The
c e le b ra tio n
featured was on display. Student research on
lated its 70th anniversary celebration
him a little longer to process the infor down—even after Johnny Anton Laray Asher Smith-Clark
ming
over
w ith all
neighborhood
lan
dm
a
rks
and
a
ivith a reunion o f some 600 former Laurel hurst's Maypole dancers and
mation than it does a normal child”
negative
comments
three.
timeline
illustrating
school
events
from
students, parents and staff Thursday keynote speaker Judge James
One day as Larissa Smith-Clark, have been hurled at him by his peers.
“ I don’t ever want him to be
May 20) from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Burns Old photographs and school 192 3 to the present also w as on exhibit.
Johnny’ s m other, was shopping He w ill always get somewhere posi ashamed o f me” , Larissa mentioned.
in J.C. Penney, she came across a tive because he is not a quitter.”
Johnny, his parents and his grand
display advertising K id Search ‘92.
Johnny, his mother and his father parents (John & Bertha Smith) are all
She said to herself, “ I ’m going to enter traveled to Seattle. There—Johnny members o f St. Paul Church o f God in
As a baby i look at her for love and Affection.
Johnny. He’s just as good or better competed w ith other children from Christ; under the watchful tutelage o f
As a young man I look at her for Love and Affection.
than those other kids. And further across the northwest region The com Bishop J.C. Foster. Johnny sings in
Though we didn’t have a male In the House-hold we did fine.
more, I think that he is a very wonder petition was held at the Hyatt Re- the choir; is a soloist in the church and
Continued from front page ful child.” She filled out the form and
Moms worked hard anu provided for me as best she could.
gency-Bellevue.
he serves during a special time o f
Good times and Bad times, my Mother has always been there for me.
Festival courts, and a $4,000 check sent the form in along w ith a picture o f
“ I don’t ever want him to be serv ice, the liftin g o f an offering for
For some of you younger brotha’s, listen to ^our mother.
was presented from the Rose Festival Johnny.
ashamed o f me.”
the poor and needy. (This is a time that
Her words are words of wisdom., wisdom that’s established through
In January o f 1993, Larissa re
Association to Portland Youth Out
Johnny is aspiring to become a he especially loves because he enjoys
experience and observation.
reach Coordinator John Canda to ben ceived a letter o f congratulations from singer and a model. Whether he wins helping others.)
Follow her guidance, accept her advice, and know her knowledge, For it will
the Kid Search ‘ 92 w hich stated, “ K id overall or not—hopefully—this event
efit Youth Outreach.
Now the wait begins.
make you a good man.
Paul Linnman, news anchor on Search ‘92 is pleased to announce that w ill help motivate him so that he w ill
The winner w ill be announced in
A relationship between a mother and a son is special.
K A T U -T V and Bob M iller, morning Johnny is a regional finalist in the continue to pursue a career in singing July o f 1993 We (the Portland com
Vour mom will always worry and think about you.
personality on 1190 K E X served as Seattle region.” The letter continued and as a model. This w ill also serve as m unity) w ill await the judges decision
Vour well being will always concern her.
Master o f Ceremonies o f the K ic k o ff to point out instructions that each a point o f positive encouragement in w ith baited breath.
So brotha’s if changes need to be made you would have to make them.
contestant should follow to remain his life.
Luncheon.
W ith all the negative hype and
The greatest enemy is yourself my brotha’s, you make a difference.
The Rose Festival’s K ic k o ff Lun- eligible, such as: interviews, personal
“ We (Elton & Larissa) are recov media coverage, this is truly a success
We are on this sinful Earth for a limited amount of time, some longer than
cheon committee is headed by volun interaction (10%), appearance (30%) ering drug addicts:, Larissa shared, story.
others.
“ and I wasn’t able to see my son for ten
teer chairman Richard Ransome o f and personality (60%).
Congratulations Johnny from the
I am telling you, my friend, look after your mother while you still can.
The fourteen hundred regional years. So, you see, this is a wonderful entire Portland Observer staff. We
Southwest Portland
If not will walk into a cemetery to visit your mom. holding back those tears
The Delta A ir Lines Grand Flo finalists w ill receive a personal inter opportunity to show the world and the wish you continued success.
and pray to God for her soul.
ral Parade begins at 10 a m., at
I will always be my mother’s son.
Portland's Memorial Coliseum on
I will always be my mother’s baby.
Saturday. June 12. Some 500,000
I respect myself because I respected my mother first.
spectators w ill watch the parade from
“The End”
the streets o f Portland, and the parade
Use your intellect and live Positive!!!
w ill be televised live by KO1N-TV,
Peace My Brotha’s”
Channel 6. Paula Zahn o f CBS This
community—BUT NOT F A M ILIE S !
By A nthony Jason H as hi ng ton
BY PROFESSOR MCKINLEY BURT white collar and blue collar workers
M orning w ill jo in Shirley Hancock
Rather, organizations o f mutual inter
This is definitely the conclusion, and civ il serv ants who wished to sub
and M ike Donahue o f KO1N-TV to
est
which could consist o f friends,
for there arc other serious problems in stantially improv e their financial c ir
host the telecast. The Grand Floral
neighbors,
covvorkers-or even church-
this community that need addressing. cumstance Usually numbering about
Parade telecast w ill be syndicated to
sponsored
groups. This may indeed
African American
However a final ‘ wrap up’ is needed a dozen persons who had a common
an additional 30 m illion T V house
represent
a
practical form o f commu
base-same
employer,
neighbors,
etc
-
An improvement in finances is needed
Men’s Club, Inc.
holds in 15 states from Anchorage,
nity' development, one which would
-the
club
members
would
assess
them
by everyone in these d ifficult times.
Alaska to Atlanta, Georgia.
incorporate several elements for suc
I ’ve heard from Blacks, w lutes, Asians. selves a certain sum cut o f their sala
The Rose Festival runs June 3
cess which have been lacking; struc
ries
to
be
contributed
to
a
common
Hispanics, Native Americans, A fri
through June 27 and the Airshow is
tured cooperation, continuity o f ef
cans, you name them. Here is some pool each month, say $50 or a $100
July 16 through 18. This year’s theme
fort, close support and commitment. I
The
monies
would
be
invested
in
final input or direction.
is “ Among My Souvenirs ”
put forth this proposition when teach
such
common
stocks
as
met
the
ap
1 am able to identify a lot o f my
Dance* Dance* Dance* Dance
T H IN K
constituency because a number ofthem proval o f organizations like state pen ing that Urban Economics Course at
Texas BBQ Louisiana Fish Fry
Your Future Is Important
feel that their ethnicity may be at the sion funds. Most o f the time this Portland State University, but there
G o in g Io ( ‘o llc fc ?
Casual Dress
1 $5(M 0“ G I H ID ?* nukes life easier
root o f their economic problem and worked pretty well and, certainly, the were no takers- in the m inority com
2 $10,000 Siutknis I x\in K c i m m i k i i I |«>gr.un
Saturday, June 19, 1993
Not G oing ft» SdMM»i? ( liexK flii'» ( h it!
profits’ were higher than that paid by m un ity-o nly several groups o f stu
are quite frank in their comments. Let
1. J«4» Training - over 200 « xxultie s
Texas II Annex & Courtyard
2. $2,<XX) Cash litmus
3 I eatk-rslup
<Mlker Candidate Sdmol
me say this right o ff Being "disadvan the banks on savings accounts-w hich dents who worked it pretty well to
4. Good Pay ¡uni nxwv’
1625 N.E. Alberta
5 I hi or Service (^»jxstuiulics
taged” is a description that defines an would really be the case today How their adv antage.
6 P.M. to 2 A M
One other avenue o f finance
Help LuunrlJ —
increasingly larger segment o f our ever, I introduced this line o f thinking
Serve your Country
occurs
to me, for financing those
for
an
entirely
different
reason.
In
a
population these days regardless o f
l l 'i « great I ’art-Time Job
large
pieces
o f equipment necessary
conversation
w
ith
an
Asian
neighbor,
race, gender or national o rig in -a n d
206-6% 6201
to
expand
some
existing business or
Non-Profit Organization
I
found
myself
listening
very
atten-
in many cases, regardless o f skills
to
secure
a
large
ad
lucrative contract.
tiv
civ
as
he
described
the
ECONOMIC
The Wading Pool
obtained on the job or by training or
Not
many
trains
around anymore
DEVELO
PM
ENT
STRUCTURE
OF
I drove by the old park one day and education Presidents. Congress-per
but
you
may
have
noticed th a t
HIS
F
A
M
IL
Y
;
actually
an
“
invest
spotted the wading pool.
sons and other assorted leaders have
the
locomotives
bear
a
plate bearing
ment
club!”
It was empty now, a few leaves had little to offer other than rhetoric.
Those relatives possessing spe a “ Trust Equipment Certificate Num
You
arc
going
to
have
to
do
a
lot
kicking around it in the bright au
cial skills or training in particular ber” . This means that the railroad
tumn sun. I marveled how small it toward bailing your self out o f this
commercial endeavors were financed does not own the locomotive, but
looked, years later: only a couple disaster.
C ooperation and association from a common pool o f monies leases it from a Trust Company
feet deep. But as I drive by in my
accumulated by fa m ily members whose business it is to buy large
memory the water is there again among yourselves for the purpose o f
working at every kind o f occupation expensive machinery used by ra il
and my brother and I conduct identifying common problems, goals
imaginable laborer, clerk, cook, roads, mines, steamship companies,
splashy innertube raids with neigh and effective techniques for drafting
warehouseman,
berry picker, fast etc. 1 considered this route on a
borhood kids. A little girl, barely solutions should be a prime tactic to be
foods,
w
hatever.
A “ B oard o f small scale when 1 was in the commer
three, dangles her feet from the side vigorously pursued. After those trips
D
irectors”
set
the
amount to be c ia l stca m clca nin g business in
as mom holds on. In the pool kids to the library I have been emphasiz
contributed
monthly,
and
also selected Albany Oregon many years ago. I
yell and splash, run in and out of the ing, there should be a comparison o f
the business opportunities to be needed telescoping platforms to clean
notes
w
ith
others
who
have
been
sim
i
concrete circle. Fora second I think
pursued The scheme had been vvork- highway signs, bridges. It is worth
of my self there, pushing an inner larly inclined to improve their condi
in g w cll for fifteen years, even provid considering in an effort to advance
tion.
Cross-referencing
can
be
an
in
tube. I look up an see a guy driving
ing after school and summer jobs for economic development in the com
valuable
tool;
have
note
pads
and
a
slowly by a big smile on his face as
munity. Those Inv estment Clubs could
if he's remembering something tape recorder handy for these meet the children I visited several stores
do
it.
and shops o f their operations and was
pleasant, some summer day gone ings which ideally could lead to a
To those callers who arc serious
very favorably impressed When the
by. And 1 realize I'm looking out at regular schedule o f highly productive
about
progress, why don’t you call me
banks refused to lend them money,
me some 25 years hence and the conferences.
at
284-7080
and we can arrange to get
they
just
increased
everybody’s
as
This commentary on the value of
man in the car is looking out at the
a
room
near
me at 1708 NE Alberta.
sessment,
refinanced
their
cars,
or
associa,ionandcooperation might lead
kid he once was.
Ev
enings
or
Saturday
afternoons The
mortgaged
their
houscs-vv
hatever
you to consideration o f the concept o f
The money from this benefit goes fo r scholarships
It strikes me that both arc real in
neat
accommodations
can handle ten
necessary
IN VESTM EN T CLUBS Several de
their way as surely as these words
or
twelve
people
Bring
note pads or
Now
let's
pul
this
operation
in
the
P a r k in g a n d e n tra n c e in r e a r of b u ild in g
cades ago these organizations were
arc-one a memory and one but a
tape
recorder
or
both
perspective
o
f
similar
groups
in
our
fairly popular among groups o f both
S
I
J
“Brotha’s Love Your Moma”
Ahmad and Phylicia
Rashad To Be
Honored In Delta
Air Lines Grand
Floral Parade
“Economic Series” Harder To
Quit Than Cigarettes
(jeie/w a ti& n
$3.00
AMERICAN BRIDGE ASSOCIATION
PORTLAND UNIT
NATIONAL BENEFIT GAME
June 4, 1993
Multicultural Senior Center
5325 N.E. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Unit Meeting
Registration
Play
6:00 P.M.
6:30 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
Director: Johnnie Williams SR.
funny thought-frozen together as a
snapshot of time.
Congratulations To The Class Of ’93!!
More than 20,000 seniors in O r
in and Southwest Washington have
son to celebrate as they leav e their
h school years behind and look
ard their futures Suite Farm, Pepsi
I K A TU Channel 2, in partnership
h Project Graduation, arc encour-
aging ihcsc young people to celebrate
sober by financially supporting the
alcohol and drug-free graduation
events o f 144 schools
Through this jo in t effort, public
or private high schools in 23 counties
w ith a graduating class o f 25 or more
students were eligible for cash dona
tions and a “ Class o f ’93” banner for
their school-sanctioned parties Par
ticipating schools also arc being rec
ognized on K A T U in congratulatory
messages which w ill air in June and
Julv.
Present Scholarships PCC And Blazers
Portland Com m unity College
Skills Center celebrates unique gradu
ates T ra il Blazers w ill present schol
arship awards on Friday. May 28. at
1 lam The event w ill take place at the
PCC Cascade campus, Terrell Hall,
Rin 122, 705 N Killingsworth
Twenty-seven students in build
ing construction and business clerical
programs w ill be honored for comple school Keynote speaker for the occa
sion w ill be Pa, K irk, news anchor for
tion.
Trail Blazers Marshall Glickman, KPTV-12
senior vice-president o f marketing,
The PCC Skills Center programs
and Geoff Petrie, senior vice-presi in NE Portland aim to help the unem
dent o f operations, present scholar ployed and underemployed become
ships to five students The Blazers self-sufficient through short-term in
recently awarded the PCC Skills Cen tensive training in basic and technical
ter $10,000 to help students stay in skills.