<**-OVV W-VW^'V'W ▼ ▼ V ▼ V rVTVA^ ~ “ i V o lu m n X X III. N u m b e r 3 2 t in ♦ V t wy A ugust 11., 1993 “Serving the com m unity through cu ltu ral diversity." .y,'.-'“ •5.« .r ■ ». 5, J * ■ t *- •A"*/- L ife in the P ortland M etropolitan A rea ^ tr r lla n h © bseriier -, ! . . • l>- 1---.V T h e O v e r lo o k e d G e n i by Dan Bell Delores Dillard a former relail clerk at Clackamas Town Center has found her wav into an instrumental position that provides col lege fellow­ ships for people of color at Warner Pacific College Mrs Dillard sen es as the coordi­ nator of Multi-Cultural students en­ rollment at W arner Pacific College She is also a student there Her journey toward her present, status be- ■ in w hen she a member of Marantha church she heard about the Garlington Fellowship from then pastor Wendall Wallace. Sr. Ms. Dillard maintains that both the existence of the Garlington Fel­ lowship and Warner Pacific College ire two unfamiliar and low visibility assets to community. The Garlington Fellowship which is grant given to students of color who have maintai ned a 2.75 or better grade point average was institu ted in memory of the late John Garlington and his wife in 1987. Ms Dillard became a student at W arner Pacific in 1991. At this time, the administration of the Garlington Fellowship and recruitment o f m i­ norities lacked focus and a person to administer the program Kenneth Thomas program di­ rector sought Ms Dillard because she had developed a reputation for x.-ing a v ocal student regarding Afri­ can-American affairs She mentored other students, and more importantly her devout faith in Christianity She accepted the challenge and now serves as the coordinator. In this capacity she serv es a myriad of func­ tions including supervising and re­ cruiting, campus orientation and retention efforts for African-Ameri­ can. Mexican-American, and His- Kimbro Kidds A chance to witness the creative talents of inner-city youths aged 10- 16 w ill take place at a press confer­ ence held at the Columbia Boys and Girls Club, 7602 N Emerald, at 10 a m. Aug. 9. Kidd Graphic Design is a new company formed by six high school- aged youths with their eyes on the future. Led by Marcel Irving, the youths have already secured service contracts from two clients and have began discussions with several oth­ ers. The materials created for these clients—as well as layouts of other finished w ork-w ill be on display. The completed business plan of the company will also be av ailable. Also on display will be a newspa­ per named The Portland Informer, a new spaper created by Kimbro Kidds and made possible in part by The Vanguard at Portland State Univer­ sity. The Portland Informer is the result of efforts made by a group of Kimbro Kidds, aged 10-13 and headed by Shalon Irv ing. They took charge of all aspects of newspaper publishing, including reporting, writing, editing, photography, layout and design. Marcel and Shalon Irving, cre­ ators of Kimbro Kidds, a non-profit, community-based organization, be­ lieve early business training and mo­ From left to right: Tiffeny Shockey, Ryan Shockey, Delores Dillard (Center), Regina Morgan, Isabel Ramirez photo by Veronica Green tivation can spark natural entrepre­ neurial talent. Kimbro Kidds has panic (non Caucasian). Asian-Ameri - Garlington Fellowship. Provides in- relates. ‘That to often high school Ms. Dillard graduates next year sponsored a summer pilot project to can and native American students In service work shops designed to students communicate to a sense dis­ at which time she intends to pursue teach youths aged 10-16 business addition she prov ides academic ad­ heighten awareness of the issues af­ illusionment and resignation citing graduate school for the ministry. basics while providing the real world visement to students of color and fecting the needs of multicultural stu­ their grades are not good enough to Warner has offered a position there employment experience they need to and she has other employment oppor­ international students and counsels dents arc among some of her duties. get into college.” own and operate a small business. Howev er she spoke most pas­ Consequently she hit upon the tunities as well and mentors students from various We inv ite you to investigate the Whatev er her decision her talent credibility of the designs and the com­ ethnic and culturally diverse back­ sionately about her efforts to reach idea of speaking to middle school grounds. She selects the recipients young people and her attempt to tran­ students to help them see that college and aplomb will be deeply appreci­ mitment to the public shared by the ated wherever she goes. a n d a d m in iste rs th e c o lle g e s ’ sit some hope to young people. She is an attainable goal. youths A panel representing both Kidd Graphic Design and The Port­ land Informer will be available to answer question and provide more economy that created 4.1 million new Senator Hatfield issued the fol­ get-entitlem ent spending. Entitle­ detailed information about these ex­ jobs between 1988 and 1990. Small lowing statement after the Senate’s ments and mandatory spending now citing projects. companies make up 95 percent of the vote on the Budget Reconciliation take up almost $1 trillion of our $1.5 Fostering a New Generation o f trillion budget and, taken together, 81,000 businesses in Oregon. Ulti­ Aline, Communications Inc., the employer of Katheryne Eggleston, Bill: Business Leaders mately, taxes will have to be a part of w ho w as recently reported missing, announced a reward of up to $5000, for The problem 1 have with this represent 96 percent of spending any deficit reduction plan, but this information which would assist Detectives in determining the whereabouts package is that it simply doesn’t re­ growth over the next several years. PORTLAND OBSERVER I am also deeply concerned with plan raises taxes immediately while of Eggleston. Anyone with information which they feel may assis, investi­ ally address the deficit and it fails to UlliCC: (503)200-0033 delaying spending cuts to the so-called gators in this case should call the Portland Police Detective Division at (50.3 ) Fax«; (503)200-0015 deal with a massive problem that the effect this package will have on out years; in 1997 and 1998 823-0400. The investigation is continuing makes up the biggest part of the bud­ small business, a vital sector of the Hatfield Votes No On Budget Package Reward Offered in Woman’s Disappearance “Spirit Of Portland Awards” Nominations are being accepted through September 10, 1 9 9 3 for the “Volunteer Recognition Award”, “Neighbor hood of the Year", “Outstanding Public Service Award”, and “Business of the Year”. N om inations are now being sought for the 1993 Spirit of Portland Awards Among these awards is the Volunteer Recognition Award, w hich is given annually to volunteers, cither groups or individuals, who have con­ tributed to the quality of life in Port­ land through programs or special ser­ vices. Approximately one hundred citizens hav e been recognized for t hei r volunteer efforts since Mavor Bud Clark established the Awards in 1985 In addition to the “Volunteer" award, the Mayor’s office will be recognizing a neighborhood, a city employee, and local businesses for their outstanding service to citizens The "Neighborhood of the Y ear" will be awarded to a Portland neigh­ borhood which best exemplifies the “Spirit- of Portland Pas, recipients include Brentwood-Darlington and Piedmont Neighborhoods • > • A « The “Outstanding Public Sen ice" award will be given to a City em­ ployee who has demons! rated extraor­ dinary efforts to assist citizens and projects beneficial to Portland The “Businessof the Year ” aw ard will be presented to Portland busi­ nesses who have demonstrated a com - mitmcnt to both aiding community and revitalizing the local economy through their actions. Nominations for the awards will be accepted from any citizen or group through September 10, 1993 Nomi­ nation forms are available at Dislnct Neighborhood Offices, the Mayor's Office, City Commissioner'sOffices, and at the Office of Neighborhood A ssociations Selections for the awards will be made by a committee of citizens and representatives from the M ayor's and Comnussiom is Offices. Another School Year: The Curtain Rises By Prof. M cKinley Burt If this were a play in the legiti­ mate theatre, the house lights would havedimmedand an anticipatory hush would have passed through the audi­ ence. Then the crackle of programs being put away and the soft rustle of garments as the audience settled back And the critics would be poised with their sharp little deadly pencils. But. our scenario is, instead, an­ other back-to-schooT stampede -- one that no community is ever quite ready for no, budge,-wise, not capac- ity-wise, not teaching-wise, not nur­ turing wise What most communities across the nation seem quite ready for - our opinion shaped by recent read­ ings of selected media - is a full resum ption of urban education struggles in both big city and rural ireas as antagonists and protagonists setting forth to do battle, comfortable ind assured in their well-rehearsed roles Most of these scripts arc the hole cards of wha, you might call “stock companies" or local education reper- toiv theatres - time-proven produc­ tion*. that guarantee each year a full lit Ivlligercnt) house The standard • » V « t • » « • • • • » « « • <• * < * * plots include classroom size, pupil Robinson to the position of Assistant load, length of school year/dav, site- secretary of Education in the Clinton based management, parent involve­ Administration 1, will be interesting ment (power), bussing, tracking and to see if, twenty years later, minorities its myriad metaphors. Retail man­ with excellent program packages such agement takes it all in and position as I had will be given any better personnel and stock for the back to reception than 1 had with the regime school rush. of Dr Regina Goff, a black woman In the state capitals and in Wash­ who was head of the “Office of Edu­ ington D C., there has been little cation" during the Nixon administra­ change if any in the educational sce­ tion nario (read “bureaucracy”), accord­ So, another black female has ing to my correspondents It has been entered the hallowed, higher halls of seven or eight years since I've been in bureaucratic education, thisone fresh D C forany personal interaction with from a key position in The National members of the educational estab­ Education Association. I, will be in­ lishment There was no meaningful teresting to see if she w ill have any change then from the firs, go-arounds more real power than that given to Dr. I had in 1969, 1970 and 1971-T h e Goff those several decades ago - day s when I wasbnght-cyedandbushy when, after I was sent on any number tailed to push through the Programs of "fool s errands" around the D C and projects I had designed Naively, grant and program divisions of her 1 believed that because I'd won that office. I got the confession, “we' re­ National Science prize for “ The Dalles ally don', have any power around School D is,net” , my experience- here - I’ll sec if I can gc, you some proven projects would be snatched up help out there in Oregon" I'm wait­ like ho, cakes Again, I learned “you ing! do it yourself’ Here in Portland, I believe the These thoughts occur to me as I issues this fall, will center primarily rev iew a scries of news articles on the aro u n d site-b ased m anagem ent ap p o in tm e n t o f S h aro n P orter (parent involvement), "tracking" • « « « * * * * \ * * * * *.•, * I * * t * .* * * * M •jL.» I A.«* * n J . ’• V ■ , , ) . ‘z.’ A . . '• .A .* » * N «4L (no matter by what name you call it), and “Test Scores”. The latter instruments of course are a measure of the lev el of education the children arc receiving. The first week of last July saw the release of district achieve­ ment test scores and the community/ was shocked (district staff only disappointed) These spring semester test measured reading and m ath skills for all district third graders, and eight schools, all in north and northeast Portland, fell below the baseline You well know the familiar ring of the names. Ball, Humboldt King. James John, Meek, Sabin, Vernon and Wilcox, equally well you know the stock explanations, many of which have no, changed the past 25 years (check ou, the exploding gang popu­ lation on the streets). District adm in­ istrators tell us of a geographically unstable population, a ‘sudden’ in­ flux of children without preschool experience, and a lack of parental involvement". This last wall of mis­ trust (experienced - based) has to be solved and it will take more than the usual rhetonc from either adminis­ trators or activ ists More next week ♦ r ’ <* .*** • ' ■■ • I ;“k *» .• A f t trv •We" J? & <5