• » * H #' » *V » » v • » i r%> r**r*^w • e» * • • t * < * * t M '* « * « t v t * * * * ♦ ♦ « "Serving the community through culturan diversity Voluinn XXIII. Number 35 . * August 25. 1993 f i 'I ■ > rÆ * .V (The ^ n tlla n h © bseriier 25* Vi- r* 5? P • « • • J -.AO* Portland Stands Up For Diversity I ’ A ' ■ * ’ •» I; 7*! •- New Service System For Children And Families Becomes Law Service to ch ild re n and fam ilies in the department o f H um an Resources. It transfers certain duties and powers o f the c h ild re n ’ s Services D iv is io n (C S D ) to the new State O ffice. The New State C om m ission w ill be staffed by the fo rm e r O C C YSC . See re la te d sto ry on page A 2 1 Saturday Academy Saturday Academ y operates in eig h t sites around Oregon in a d dition to the Portland area program . Seeking to se n e m otivated young people front a ll circumstances. The Academy pro vides scholarship funds to students fo r its a ctivitie s re q u irin g tu itio n . Sec re la te d story on page A 3. Elderly Citizens Lose $32,000 In Bank Fraud Scheme A n 88 year o ld N E Portland man and his 86 year old w ife reported losing $7,000. Detectives also reported s im i la r in cid e n t in v o lv in g a 78 year old m an who lost $25,000. Senior citizens are targeted because they are generally viewed as having substantial sums o f money. See re la te d story on page A 4 PGE PGE is seeking perm ission from Oregon Public U tility C om m ission to raise its residential and sm all farm customers prices an average o f 7.9 percent. U nder the proposed increase, P G E ’ s average residential customers using 1,000 kilo w a tt-h o u rs per m onth w ill pay $53.33 an increase o f about ■ Participants enjoying the Standup Portland Diversity Picnic at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Saturday, August 21. This was a day long affair which included a staging of a "Living Postcard to the World". The aerial picture o f the Portland skyline is to be broadcast nationwide. Photo by Greg Benton Robert C. Maynard Succumbs To Cancer Robert C. M ay nard, e d ito r o f The O ak land T ribune, died at his O akland home after a lo n g fig h t w ith cancer. He was 56. M a y n a rd , a c h a ris m a tic leader w h o changed the face o f A m e rica n jo u rn a lism , b u ilt a four-decade-long career on the corner stones o f e d ito ria l in te g rity , co m m u n ity in volvem ent, im proved education and the im portance o f the fa m ily. He was co-founder o f the Institute for Journalism Education, a n o n -p ro fit corpora tio n dedicated to expanding opportunities fo r m in o rity jo u rn a lis ts at the n a tio n 's newspa pers. In the past 15 years, I JE has trained hundreds o f A m e ric a ’ s jo u rn a lis ts o f color, more than any other organization. In the 1980s, M aynard began a tw ice- w eekly syndicated newspaper colum n, in w h ic h he transform ed national and interna tio n a l issues in to d in n e r table discussions o f $3.90 per m onth Sec re la te d story on page B 4 rig h t and w rong. H is views w id e ly broadcast through regular appearance on T h is Week Red Cross Issues Yellow Alert For Type O Blood Report. He was a board member o f the in d u stry’ s most prestigious organizations, in c lu d in g the P u litze r Prize and the A m erican Society o f A cco rd in g to D r. Frans Petoom, P acific N orthw est Regional B lood Ser vices D irector, local O-negative blood use has been m uch higher than usual fo r the past tw o weeks. D u rin g the summer, tra ffic accidents ty p ic a lly in Newspaper E ditors. It was his lobbying in the 1970s that nudged the A S N E to adopt a goal o f d iv e rs ify in g A m e ric a ’ s new srooms by the year 2000. “ T h is country cannot be the coun try we w ant it to be i f its story is to ld by only- one group o f citizens. O u r goal is to give a ll Am ericans fro n t door access to the tru th ,” he W ith D avid B rinkley and th e M a c N c il Lehcrcr crease. Sec re la te d story on M e tro page sec tio n B Vancouver Mall Better Than Ever V ancouver M a ll’ s new food court on the M a li’ s second level seats 450 and features nine restaurants. A glass w a ll offers diners a spectacular view o f M t. Hood and skylights illu m in a te the d in in g area Richard K a rn o f “ Home I m provement” was special guest at new grand opening. Sec re la te d story on Page A 6 said in his p u b lic address to college students th is M a y at The Freedom Forum , in A rlin g ton, Va. In 1979, M aynard took over as e d ito r o f The O akland T rib u n e , w h ich ju s t a few years e a rlie r had been labeled “ A rguably the second w orst newspaper in the U nited States.” He bought the paper in 1983, ta kin g the title o f editor and president in the firs t management- leveraged buyout in U S. newspaper history. By do in g so, he became the firs t A fric a n A m erican to ow n a m ajor m etropolitan news paper. A fte r a decade o f ow nership by Bob A n d Nancy M aynard, the newspaper had won hundreds o f awards fo r e d ito ria l excellence. One m edia c ritic described the change: “ The T rib u n e covers the O akland area w ith more in sig h t than does its w ealthier com peti tors in nearby San Fran,cisco and the suburbs, and the paper has become a k in d o f jo u rn a lis tic farm team fo r larger papers such as Los Angeles Tim es. The T rib u n e won a P ulitzer in 1990 fo r its photography d u rin g the Lom a Pricta earthquake, and its coverage o f the O akland h ills fire was n o th in g short o f su perb.” It was the earth quake and fire , com bined w ith the national re c e s s io n and a troubled c ity economy, that fin a lly forced the M aynards to sell the T rib u n e in 1992. When the paper was sold, its m o s t v a lu a b le assets w ere its loyal readers and advertis ers, its scrappy edito ria l p ro d u ct and the V * H is early role models, w rite r Langston Hughes and Ernest H e m in g w a y , la te r gave way to his hero, D r. M a r tin L u th e r K in g . But he d id not w ant people to fo llo w his path away from fo rm a l education. “ I say to young people today that they must stay in school,” he w rote in his colum n la s t y e a r. “ A u to d id a c ts , s e lf teaches, arc o f an other age, I te ll them. School today is im p e ra tiv e . A l l th e most diverse newsroom ofany m ajor m etropoli ta n n e w s p a p e r in same, m y adventure suited me and served Robert C. Maynard, charismatic journalist leader and editor o f The A m erica. “ T h e M a y n a rd s Oakland Tribune that the O akland T rib u n e w ould be alive me w e ll. M y sister even agree. G ru d g in g ly .” M a yn a rd was most proud o f the E lija h P arish L o ve jo y aw ard he received fro m C olby College in M aine. The national honor is named fo r the ow ner o f an a b o litio n ist newspaper in A lto n I I I , w ho was k ille d by a p ro -sla ve ry m ob in 1837. “ Y o u have ra llie d employees in the face o f un ce r ta in ty and c itiz e n s in the a fte rm a th o f disaster, fo r the heart and soul o f your adopted co m m u n ity the way E lija h Parish Lovejoy once did in his, w ith fa ith , nerve and today i f not fo r Bob's keen a b ility to maneuver through economic m in cficd ls day after day. a p rin tin g press,” C olby president W illia m R C otter said as he presented the award in devoted a decade o f th e ir lives to saving the newspaper w hen no one else w ould. They b rought jo u rn a lis tic excellence and d ive rsity to the newspaper unm atched in its previous century o f publica tio n ,” w rote com petitor Dean Singleton in December 1992 after his M ediaNew s group purchased the T ribune. “ Bob M a yn a rd ’ s jo u r n a listic talent and dedication are o f course w e ll-kn o w n . B u t he does not get the plaudits he deserves fo r business acumen. It is doubtful year after year. M aynard, the son o f an im m ig ra n t from Continued on page A3 An expected 2,500 Metro-area children will receive clothing and school supplies when the Low Incom e F am ilies E m ergency (L.I,.F.E.) Center stages its eight annual back-to-school giveaway on August 28 from 10am to 3pm at Peninsula Park. The event, co-sponsored by Children’s World Learning Cen ter, attempts to provide impover ished children with a three-day change o f used, clean clothing and basic classroom supplies. Board members, employee and volunteers staff the giveaway. Executive Director Charles Carter said that the event has grown from two to three hundred children in the first years to last year’s giveaway to approximately 2,300 children Individuals, churches and cor porations have donated clothing, school supplies and m oney to L.I.F.E. Center to assist in the giveaway. “ We can use more clothing, but this year we desperately need more school supplies for these kids,” said board Vice-Chair Ri chard Riekel. “Every year we have to supplement any donated sup plies with purchases.” Volunteer to help with the giveaway are still needed For 26 years L.I.F.E. Center has provided food, clothing and household items to M etro area residents on awork-for assistance basis. For more information, con tact Charles Carter at 284-6878. Entertainment Sports Health News Oregon’s Health Plan: Are You Still With Us? Legal Aid Series 15: Visitation Tips Growing Old With Dignity “Needful Things’ Under the plan, Oregonians with an income below the federal poverty level. 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