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T he P ortland O bserver • D ecember 0 1 , 1 9 9 3
T u rkey-M an ” Flies Again
For their third annual turkey drive
fo r FISH Emergency Services, the
Scientology Ladies Society once again
untethered their 165 pound live tur
key (also known as Portlander Kevin
Campbell) to help deliver the goods.
Campbell, known as a local art
ist, sign painter and car decorator
extrodinaire, dons the life -lik e turkey
o u tfit each Thanksgiving to help de
liver the Ladies Society ’ s Thanksgiv
ing contributions andaddalittle ligh t
heartedness. “ The holiday season is
not fu ll o f jo y and goodw ill when you
are cold, hungry and unsure o f where
you’re going to put your kids to sleep,”
Campbell stated. “ M y jo b is to lif t a
few spirits and let FISH clients know
that they are now safe, warm and w ith
good people who w ill help them. Their
road out w on’t be easy and may not be
short, but they are at the rig ht place to
sta rt A nd the more fun and creativity
they can muster, the easier it w ill be to
overcome barriers and get back on
bor” has provided hundreds o f thou
sands o f people with food, clothing
and personal supplies to see them
through slim times. “ People need to
remember that their neighbors are
people.
FIS H helped an estimated 17,000 periodically in temporary trouble and
people last year, 43% o f whom were need their help.” Colvin stated. Colvin
children. Gloria C olvin, Executive says “ help” can include anything from
Director o f FISH, points out that most donating food and clothing to volun
people seeking their help are capable teering at the center. This time o f year
individuals in temporary need o f help, finds FISH with a large in flu x o f
“ Recently we helped a fellow who people seeking help due to the colder
was w orking at a gas station that got weather. “ What we need the most
closed down. He and his fam ily were right now is warm clothes for men,
immediately at risk and in need o f women and children and volunteers
help. He was able to get enough food to come and help sort clothes and food
and supplies to see his fam ily through to give out,” said Colvin. “ W ithout
the volunteers getting the items to
until he could get another jo b .”
F IS H ’s theory is simple: i f you give out, i t ’s impossible to help some
collect in what some neighbors have one once they get here.”
The Ladies Society was formed
an excess of, and give that to the
four
years
ago by women scientologists
neighbors who need those items, then
who
wanted
to do community action.
the community would be better as a
For
more
information
about the Soci
whole and hopelessness, starvation
ety
contact
the
Church
o
f Scientology.
and crime would be next to non
FISH
Emergency
Services
is located
existent.
at
13th
and
SE
Hawthorne
Since its founding in 1967, this
motto o f “ neighbor helping neigh-
This year’s efforts also brought 30
turkeys and hundreds o f pounds o f
fresh and canned food fo r Thanksgiv
ing dinners, enough fo r about 200
their feet.”
But the Ladies Society brings
more than just a few laughs to FISH.
Gini Nellis, assistant director of FISH Emergency Services, receives over 600 lbs o f fresh vegetables
and Thanksgiving Turkeys from the Church o f Scientology ’s “Turkey Man”, Kevin Campbell
Viewing The Education Process
Through The Eyes Of A Very Gifted Woman
B y P rof . M c K inley B urt
W ell, let me get my manual o ff
the shelf, “ Covering Education: A
Reporter’ s Guide To Education In
Oregon.” And I m ight as w ell get out
“ The School T o o l” , a guide distrib
uted by Portland Public Schools: ...is
a resource that describes many o f the
p ro g ra m s and p o lic ie s o f the
district...an d h e lp fu l in fo rm a tio n
* *
politics and rhetoric.
Keep in mind that this compre
hensive evaluation o f a major urban
school system was written almost a
quarter century ago. It is as contem
noraneous as
poraneous
as universal
universal when
when consid-
consid-
about each school.”
Good show, but, really, what is at
the top o f my m ind is a very revealing
book that I have just reread for the
third tim e, a ll 464 pages; “ The C hi
cago Schools: A Social and P olitical
H istory” , by M ary J. H errick, Sage
Publications, 1971. I always review
some relevant part o f this gem before
embarking on any serious discussion
o f the contemporary education scene.
It is essential that one keeps his/her
perspective and m ind set in tune w ith
reality, not wavering in the winds o f
porary public school education he
txirarv
w ill be able to locate it in public or
teacher’ s reference libraries. I would
expand on the background and expe
rience this gifted educator brings to
bear - which includes a stint as class
room teacher at Chicago’ s black
DuSable H igh School, long the
nation’ s largest I have kept the book
at hand for years, gaining insight and
balance in my observations made in
ihe traumatic problems in both
school systems and workplaces around
teaching
and
adtnmtstrattve
strae-
itauiiiug
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tures and made an accurate forecast o f the country.
This daughter o f aChicago school
today’ s scenario. The author was
principal
has given us a vivid and
equally adept in her survey o f the
detailed
observation
o f classic inner
politics o f both city halls and school
city
school
system,
her views, as
boards - not to mention state legisla
teacher,
principal,
union
o fficia l,city
tures. I owe so much o f any under
councilwoman, administrator, parent,
standing I have o f the current educa
tion scene (and sometimes and ability researcher and historian. Next week I
to make chaos intelligible) to Ms w ill write again on the Oregon scene
and matters o f immediacy. I hope to
Herricks analytic ’ guide book’ .
It is my sincere hope that if the employ some o f the Herrick wisdom
reader is truly interested in contem- and perception.
p n n purchase
u rch aseed
u-
parent .„hr.
who would th
then
edu
cation on the free market. These solu
tions - realistic or utopian - are
actually being tested in one form or
another. Should they succeed, they
would
transform - the
...........................
- , public school
pupil expenditure.
“ But the results have hardly been
impressive and the demands for basic
changes in the school system persist
and grow in intensity. One cannot
escape the question: are the problems
m in i Like written yesterday.
raising Ihespecierofacollapscanda
"B y m X S a c t i o n w ith fundamental trausfonnauon o f the
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system o f public education.”
the quality and effectiveness o f ' public
“ There are many who believe
school education, especially in the
that
such is the case. A new system
'in n e r c ity ’ , had reached unprec
and
a new approach are required.
edented levels. The decade o f the
Somehow
parents must gain new
1960’s has seen experimentation in
power
and
influence
over the profes
the form o f demonstration projects in
sional administrator and the union
education, federal aid to low income
ized teacher. One approach is the
schools, widespread efforts at pre
school education and integration by demand for comprehensive commu
means o f busing. It was a period ol nity control. Another is the idea o f a
marked increase in unionization by voucher system in which the govern
teachers and a gradual increase in per ment would give hard cash to each
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Present Talk
On “Starting
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Business”
The p itfa lls and potentials o f
“ Starting Y ourO w n Business” w ill be
the focus o f a panel discussion pre
sented by the Urban League Young
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ber 8, 6pm, at the Slate B uilding in
Portland,800NEOregon Street,Room
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Beauty, Barber & N ail Supply. M ark
Green owns and operates a home-
based m ulti-level marketing organi
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Date: December 8,1993
Place: Portland Building
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Celebrate Diversity
neurs.
This broad-based group w ill ex
plain what owning a business is like.
Whether you want to sell cookies from
your home or own a m u ltim illio n d ol
lar conglomerate, this seminar is for
ing law.
HCS w ill accept public comment
on the draft Annual Performance
Report foe the FY93 CHAS through
December 22, 1993. Copies o f the
document are available from the D e
partment For more information about
the CHAS process and the draft APR,
interested persons should contact
David B. Foster, HCS Com m unity
Housing Planner, at (503) 986-2112.
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programs administered by the State
and information on how resources are
used to assist persons in need o f a f
fordable housing. The APR also p ro
vides information on the affordable
housing activities, including in itia
tives related to regulatory barriers,
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