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T he P ortland O bserver • J une 30, 1993
Fifth Grader At
Kenton Elementary Is
Thankful For Awards
Tiffany James is eleven years old, born here in
Portland Oregon. She has had a GPA o f 3.0 fo r the
last two years.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
First I ’ d like to thank
God who’s the head o f my
life because He’s the one
who made it possible for the
awards that 1 have receiv ed
1 earned my awards by pray
ing and asking God to be my
helper and believing in my
self that I can do all things
through Christ who strength
ens me
My long term goal is to go
to heaven and my short term
goal is to be a judge not just a
judge, but a God fearing judge
so that I w ill be able to help this
community to become God fear
ing successful people 1 would
also like to have a Christian Day
Care Center, so that 1 can teach
children about God while they
are young
1 would like to give my
mother, Lisa Lafaye Duckett,
thanks for supporting me, and my
teacher M rs Placenia for being a
good Christian teacher and all o f
the staff at Kenton School and all
o f my family.
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Temple Treasures Garage Sale, July 10th & 11th
Watch Ice Melt
And Win Two
Tickets On
United Airlines
On Thursday, July 8 at Washing
ton Square there w ill be a Square Too
M eltDown at Square Too.
W liciiw ill it drop? Who vv ill guess
the exact day, hour, minute and sec
ond? Where in the continental United
Slates w ill the w inner go9 Find out the
answers to these sizzling questions at
the Square Too MeltDown!
The vv inner w ill receive two tick
ets on United Airlines A ll you have to
do is guess w hen a 150 pound block o f
ice. w ith a model airplane frozen in
side, w ill melt enough to drop through
a hole in the table on vv Inch it sits. This
is your chance to go somew here really
hot w ith someone really cool Entry
deadline is Saturday , July 10 at noon
by P rofessor M cK inley P u r l
One would think so according to
the calls I ’ve been receiving from
readers—and from an inspection o f
articlesappcaring in the national black
press last year 1 wrote that no longer
would 1 continue as a member o f or
join any new African American group
that did not have enough respect for its
members to provide a timely financial
statement (even w hen the law requires
it)
Well, 1 held o ff thinking to give
some o f them time to respond to my
not-so-subtle hint. Forget it! July, ,993
is at hand and there have been no such
statem ents,
rep orts
or
acknowledgements yet (except for
fundraisers, o f course) Now, we could
pass this all o ff as a learning game’ or
a good plot for a comic opera-except
that the entire situation is more at a
tragedy rather than Comedy Store ma
te rial The econom ic and cul tura 1 seenc
for African Americans in many areas
has fallen to bare surv iv al lev els
There have been some acid com
ments from these quarters and from
national columnists in respect to the
number o f college graduates on the
staffs o f many o f these organizations.
Apparently , there is no direct correla
tion between education and adminis
trative abilities We knew that al
ready-remember the term "mother
w it” - but then hope springs eternal i n
the heart o f the naive, or something
like that And besides, we spent all
that time, money and sacrifice getting
these last two generations all them
Degrees Payback time?
The truth o f the matter is that
without commitment and a sense o f
ethical conduct, there w ill be no pro
ductive civic activity or commendable
social interaction. Nothing w ill m iti
gate against the contempt some seem
to have for their peers, brethren and
associates Perhaps we come down too
hard, but many o f the readers say that
they are so exasperated to be treated
almost like fools by smooth talking
media fixtures who in an "Inform a
tion Age” seem incapable o f either
practicing the art or employing the
related machines in an effective man
ner; “ We’ve supplied them the mon
ies” .
I understand folks, believ e me In
just the last two weeks there hav e been
some real weird reports like, “ Most o f
our group are business people (?) and
we've put on several affairs to raise
money for youth activities. We have
books’ , and account for all monies
the treasury receives However, d if
ferent people get the tickets printed
and there is no record o f consecutive
ticket numbers and to whom they were
issued” . There are many situations
like this where there may be no "mys
terious disappearance” or larceny ; just
inept nonsense Hardly inspires confi
dence.
But these are the ‘ little ’ people.
From across the nation there are re
ports. or at least accusations against
some name’ organizations o f misfea
sance and malfeasance Again, a lot o f
this derives not from crimes or delib
erate embezzlement, but from failure
to carry out standard business proce
dures I have said before that some o f
the “ retreat, travel and seminar money
ought to be spend on bookkeepi ng and
management classes” .
There are other deficiencies one
should not expect to find during an
age o f “ information explosion” and
certainly not among those claim ing to
have a social commitment What about
those detailed yearly statements o f
receipts and expenditures that the
government requires non-profit cor
porations to publish and/or have on
hand I f this had been done w e would
know things like “ The American C ivil
Liberties Union (A.L.C .U .) has been
getting money from the “ Tobacco
Company Lobbyists’ who have been
employing former Bush administra
tion officials to purchase votes against
Tobacco advertising prohibition in
Asian and African Countries (CNN &
C-Span). What about America.
And what about your personal
finances. I ’ve put my lawyers on two
local groups who have put my name
on grant applications where they re
ceived monies and I have had no
information before or after the fact
Better check out your friends I want
mine or a seat in one o f those pretty
foreign cars they drive. How about a
couple o f gold chains?
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest Joined Local
Groups And Sponsored Minority Youth Camp Out
Thanks, Tiffany James
Attention all bargain hunters! I t ’s
a once in a lifetim e gigantic garage
sale July 10th and 11th, when the
Portland Art Museum cleans house
and puts up for sale 100 years o f
accumulated treasures and assorted
good stuff Find out what’s been hid-
ing in all those nooks and crannies in
the Museum’s North Wing, formerly
the Masonic Temple. Items range from
umque furniture pieces to dishes, of-
Do Black Organizations Need Courses
In Reading, Writing And Arithmetic?
fice items to posters to (truly) the
kitchen sink,
M uriel Walsh (estate sale profes-
sional) w ill price, display and sell all
o f the items Food and beverages from
the Broadway Revue w ill be av ailable,
and i f five music w ill entertain you
throughout the day. Any purchase o f
$20 or more, receive a complimentary
framcable art poster. Those who pur-
chase a Portland Art Museum Family
Membership during the two day sale
w ill receive a $5 discount o ff the mem
bership price. And receive a Russo
poster with purchase o f a Centennial
Membership
The sale w ill take place in the
North W ing Grand Ballroom, 1119
SW Park Ave, Saturday, July 10th
from 10am to 3pm and Sunday, July
11th from noon to 3pm.
A dvertise in the O bserver
National fishing week is an an
nual celebration designed to intro
duce people to joys o f recreational
fishing and increase public awareness
o f conservation o f our fisheries re
sources. G ifford Pinchot National
Forest employ ees joined forces with
the NAACP. Willamette River Blacks
in Government Vancouver Trout
Unlimited, Wind River In n in Carson,
and other local groups to prov ide ur
ban m inority youths w ith a unique
opportunity OnFriday, June 11,1993,
about 30 inner-city youngsters and
their chaperons camped out ov ernight
in the Beaver Campground The group
also attended the Wind River Fishing
Education Day held at Bass Lake near
Bonneville Locks and Dam, the fol
lowing day. Last year , 24 youths
attended the camp-out and clinic The
camp out proved to be a success and
we decided to make this an annual
event.
“ As an African American female,
a mother, and a Forest Service em
ployee I knew this would be a wonder
ful way to introduce urban minority
youths to the recreational opportuni
ties that exist in the National Forest” ,
said Carmen Saunders, public affairs
specialist in the W ind River Ranger
D istrict” . Last year we wanted to in
crease participation o f non-traditional
youngsters We contacted Earl Ford,
ecosy stem staff officer in Vancouver
and the rest is history...”
During the camp-out the young
sters spent the ev cning learning camp
setup and environmental ethics such
as: keep the forest clean, don’t litter,
the importance o f clean water, and
proper ways to build a camp fire.
“ This was a great opportunity for
the Forest Serv ice to provide a recre
ational alternative for our children
that may stimulate them to consider
careers in the natural resources” , said
Ford
Ford also noted that they had a
tremendous outpouring o f support
from groups such as Trout Unlimited
w ho donated funds, caps, and other
goodies. Wind River Inn in Carson,
Washington; who provided fish and
burgers for dinner, and the North
west Land Management who pro
vided the campsite, “ I ’ m thrilled and
overw hel med w ith the responses from
the communities” , said Ford.
“ Our clubs intend to be leaders
in youth issues and we’ re proud to
support NAACP efforts to share the
joy o f fishing to inner-city young
sters” , said Jim Derry , Trout U nlim
ited
W e’re Open The 4th of July!
Employment Office
Opens In Rogue
Valley Mall
The Medford office o f the state
Employment Division announced the
opening o f an outreach office in the
Rogue Valley M all The office is be
ing run in cooperation w ith the Jack
son-Josephine job Council, Rouge
Community College, Southern Oregon
State College, and the Rogue Valley
Memorial Hospital Customers may
receiv e information on unemployment
benefits and help in obtaining em
ployment 10am to 3pm. Monday
through Thursday , and 10am to 7pm
on Fridays Contact; Jean Work. 776-
6060.
New JSEC
Coordinator Hired
The employment Division hasan
nounced the hiring ofRom ulo“ Ruma
Perez as the agency ’ s new Job Service
Employer Committee (JSEC) Coordi
nator Perez previously held the post
o f executive director o f Centro C ul
tural, a non-profit community organi
zation in Hillsboro, and several posi
tions w ith U S Bank JSEC is a state
wide organization made up o f private
employers who serve in an advisory
capacity for the division Perez w ill
begin his duties on June 28 Contact;
Michelle Kennedy, 378-3216.
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