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P ag e D ecember 4 SPORTS The Coalition ol Black Men PREP BASKETBALL STARTS FOR P.I.L. BOYS AND GIRLS by J ohn P hillips Football anil V olleyball are over for the Portland Inlcrseholastie League for this season and that m eans the start o f Pre-Season Basketball. B enson’s B oys And G irls Team s got o ff to fast starts in non-league gam es. T he Boys Ran Pass last year stale tournam ents runner-up, 68 to 50 on T e c h ’s hom e court. Jason Franklin led Benson with 15 points and Earl d a r k added 13. W hile Ed Stone scored 12 for the T echm an. The next gam e w as not as good to B enson on the road at W est Linn. T ech lost 62 to 53. Franklin w as the only offense for B enson on this night w ith 11 Points. B en so n 's G irls are Hying high after two big w ins, one at hom e and one on the road. H illsboro w as no m atch for Tech, and lost at B enson, 95 to 27. it was a total team effort, as M onica W alts led with 23 points. Kim G reen pul in 18, and M fon U doka added 17. But that w asn ’t all, R eshaw n Lew is had 13 and N icole Bradford, 12. On the road at W est Linn, Benson scored even m ore, this tim e, 102 to 50 over the Lions. Benson G irls w ere P.I.L. Cham pions last year, used at full court press and got easy last break baskets all night long. U doka scored 2 9 big points and W atts made 19, as Lew is added 14 m ore. Sara G reen also scored 14 points for Benson. W ilson’s Boys opened its season on the road at L.akeridc. And w hat a gam e it was, 73 to 72 Trojans. Tyron M anlove had a m oster gam e w ith 35 points, D avis jack so n h elp ed o u t with 16 points. 1 he T rojans then played host to Franklin o f Seattle, W ashington and scored a easy 70-56 win. Again die tw o big guns for W ilson was Jackson with 18and M anlovcw ith 15 Points. W ilso n ’s G irls won one and lost one in the first tw o gam es. They lost at G lencoe 63 to 34. C arla Parker led W ilson with 10. T he T rojans win cam e over Franklin o f Seattle, 64 to 35. Cory N akata and Parker Both scored 10 Points each. Jcffrson s Boys also opened on the road at lake O sw ego in a low scoring gam e, the D em ocrats cam e aw ay w ith a 42-38 win over the L ak ers. line U doka led Jefferson with 14 points. U doka again w as the big man for the D em os with 23 points in a 79- 66 win o ver T ualatin. Jelfcrson G irls lost their opener on the road at C entennial, 49-46. in was the first gam e back for star player Erica M ashia, after tearing ligam ents an d cartilage in her left knee. She had a good gam e with 21 points. M ashia scored alm ost 17 points a gam e last year before she went down with the injury. In other P.I.L. action for the Boys it w as Franklin over Sandy, 58-48. G rant loses to C entral C atholic 73- 55. Madison easy over Parkrosc 75-56. Putnam just got by Cleveland, 64-61, R oosevelt cam e up short, 65-61 in overtim e to M ilw aukie. In G irls gam es, it was Reynolds over M adi son, 33-31. Sandy big over Franklin, 63-34. C leveland easy over Putnam , 52-28. Jesuit all over M arshall 84-33. R oosevelt 47, M ilw aukie 30. and A loha 84, G rant 28. All these gam es were played Tuesday N ovem ber 30, A Gathering Of Black Males: For M e n and Youth Of African American Descent Black Males. Featuring Dr. Jaw anza K unjufu. Dr. K unjufu is a renow ned ed u cator. Best known as the author ol num erous books about the state o f young Black children in A m erica. His titles includcC ountcring theC on- spiracy to Destroy Black Boys, Vols. 1,2 & 3, C ritical Issues in Educating African A m erican Y outh, D evelop ing Positive Self Im ages and D isci pline in Black C hildren, M otivating T opic: “D eveloping Positive A s pects, S ocialization & G row th in Y oung Black M en ” Date: Friday, December 10, 1993 L o cation : M a llo ry A v e n u e C hristian C h u rch , 126 NF. A lberta, Portland, O R 97227 Time: 7:(X) - 9:00 pm. Cost: Free Healthy buffet food will be available. T his is another in a continuing scriesofcvenLs about Black m ales lor were quoted in The B altim ore Sun. Increasing youth m em bership has been one o f the goals o f Dr. C havis, who at 45 is the N A A C P ’s youngest E x e c u tiv e D ir e c to r in th e o r g a n iz a ti o n ’s 8 4 - y e a r h is to ry . C havis, w ho joined the N A A C P at the age of 12, has m ade youth a priority in his ad m in istratio n . He has talked openly, for exam ple, o f his co n n ec tions with controversial political hip- hop artists, Sister Souljah and Public Enem y - not the typical contacts o f an N A A C P leader. C havis told T he Sun that the “overall grow th is in direct response to an aggressive recruitm ent c a m p aig n .” He had announced dial the revitalization o f the N A A C P 's 1.5 m illion inactive m em bers is the next step to increasing N A A C P m em ber- The N ational A ssociation for the A dvancem ent of C olored People an nounced today that its m em bership has increased about 20 percent since N A A CPExecutiv e D irector, Dr. B en jam in F C h a v is, Jr. took his post this 1993. past April. O ther Pre-Season gam es played The m em bership o f the N A A C P on Friday D ecem ber 3, 1993. Boys, has grow n from 5(X),(XX) to 615,000, G lencoe o ver M arshall 71-51. G re with h alf o f the new m em bership sham in overtim e 57-55 over Franklin. being 25 years o f age or younger, said R oosevelt o ver Sandy, 66-55. G rant N A ACP officials. gets by T igard,61-49. Sunset by C leve The N A A C P has more than 2,(XX) land 66-53. units ^ “ ap p ro x i In girls play in was C leveland m ately 6 0 0 youth and c o lle g e c h a p over M ilw aukie, 53-31. C lackam as ter. Big over M arshall 53-19. T ualatin “O ur children are com ing back ran pass F ranklin, 55-28. Sandy had hom e,” N A A C P D eputy E xecutive their w ay w ith G rant, 74-43. And Director, Lew is M yers told a crow d Jefferson got 31 big points from all- recently at a B altim ore C ity N A A C P around g u ard , E rica M ashia, in a 74- Branch annual breakfast. His rem arks 60 win o ver Putnam . C O A L Violence In America: “More American Than Apple Pie" each year. Since 1900 an estim ated 850,000 civilians have been killed by bullets. Betw een 1938-88, m ore A m ericans d ie d fro m gunshot w ounds (1,209,199) than from all our country’s w ars (1,177,956). C orporate violence from cigarettes, alcohol and drugs kills m ore than 500,000 people a n n u ally. T here are 20 m illion jail adm is sions and rcleasesannually. O ne-third o f all pregnant w om en arc battered, and 2.5 m illion children arc abused annually. A w om an is nine tim es m ore at risk in her hom e than on the streets. T here are upw ards o f 100 m illion private firearm s, with 2.5 m illion new hand guns produced each year. If the present pattern o f incar ceration continues, by the year 2000 40% o f all A frican-A m erican men ages 18-25 will be in prison or jail. W ork related deaths from corporate w ar on d ru g s -fu rth c r underm ine our violence are six tim es greater than national ability to address the social hom icides. Every year occupational and econom ic cause o f violence, and diseases cause 350,000 new illnesses further escalate racial and econom ic inequalities. and up to 2(X),000 w orker die from M oreover as violence escalated such diseases annually . aboard because o f the grow ing inter T he U .S . has been the only co u n national chaos o f unequal wealth., try to use an atom ic bom b, not once but tw ice, against the civilian pop u la scarcity and environm ental destine tion, the new w orld disorder w ill in tions of H iroshim a and Nagasaki. tensify the conditions o f poverty, ra Since W .W . Il, the U.S. has been cial disparity and governm ent inac involved in 25 overt or covert military tion at hom e. Even though we worked interventions. T he C ensus Bureau estim ates that o ver 158,000 m en, hard for the Brady Bill, the reign of violence will not go aw ay w ith its w om en and children died in Iraq Irom die G u lf W ar. The U.S. accounts for passage nor by putting m ore cops on 57% o f all arm s sales in the w orld. the streets, building m ore jails or V iolence infects our m ost basic insti enhanced death penalties. T his co n tutions and relationships. C orporate dition is n ot ju st acrim in al ju stice and crim e and violence from the suites a public health issue. O nly a co o rd i killshu n d red so ftim esas many Ameri nated, m ultifaceted com prehensive cans as gunfire in the streets, yet there strategy that serves all individuals, arc m ore anim al shelters in the U.S. fam ilies, com m unities, cities, co u n than shelter for bettered w om en, more ties, slates and the nation can turn the legal gun dealers than gas stations. tid e o fv io le n c c .O n ly w h en w e dra m a tic a lly re d u c e th e p o v e rty and The current orgy for m ore cops, jails th e r a c ia l d is p a r ity in A m e ric a and p u n ish m e n t from the W h ite ca n w e h o p e to s e c u re s a le n eig h H ouse, the C ongress and M ayors; b o r h o o d s . V io le n c e c a n b e r e w aging a war against v iolcnce at home d u c e d a n d p re v e n te d if th is n a w ith the sam e m eans as the G u lf W ar; tio n d e d ic a te s its e lf to p ro d u c in g holding 13-ycar-old children legally p r o d u c t i v e p e o p l e , f u n c ti o n a l responsible as adults, will have the f a m ilie s a n d a c tiv e c itiz e n s . sam e counlerproducti vc results as the Scientology Federal Appeals Court Win: A Precedent-Setting First am endm ent attorney Lee Boothby called the federal appeals court decision in a Scientology case “the best that’s ever com e dow n in this area o f religious freedom .' The 11th U.S. C ircuit C ourt o f A ppeals in A tlanta ruled T hursday that a C learw ater, Florida, charitable solicitation ordinance,w hich required disclosure o f the use ol church do n a tions, was unconstitutional as an ex cessive entanglem ent o f governm ent in religion. T he three-judge panel said the City o f Clearw ater m ust prove the ordinance w as w ritten w ithout the political intent o f dam aging the Church o f S cientology, w hich has challenged the ordinance since it was enacted in 1984. “This w as never really a c ase about disclosure laws,” said Boothby, who is genera! counsel for the Council on R eligious Freedom , a W ashington, D C.-based coalition dedicated to protecting religions from excessive governm ent intrusion. “T he ordi nance w as really a tool to investigate churches about m atters governm ent has no business getting into.” B oothby called the decision “ very com prehensive, very detailed and wcll-analyzcd...an important precedent VHIGHEST BID WINS!ft 4X4'S A PICKUPS ☆ SEDANS A WANS & MORI 100 VEHICLES - 4 FULL DAYS IO: ft ft CHECK OUT OUR LOW MINIMUM BIDS LOOK OVER MAINTENANCE RECORDS ft HEAR THE ENGINES RUN >VPUBLIC A U C TIO N # DECEMBER 9 ,1 9 9 3 -1 0 :0 0 AM SA, Fleet Management Center, 9226 NF. I1W Y 99, incom er, VVA 98668 (206) 699-1019 For Recorded Info that will be follow ed in other cases.” The appeals court also ruled that the Church o f Scientology is entitled to attorney’s fees and court costs for its suc cessful challenge of an earlk r version of the ordinance. “This is a tremendous victory for the Church of Scientology and all chinches ami religions,” said Richard Haworth, spokesmen for the Church o f Scientology in Clearwater. “The Court has reminded the City that it has no business meddling in the financial affairs of our church or any church. Them is to he no specter of Big Brother looking over the shoulder ol churches.” Haworth called for the City to join with •he Church in looking to the future by putting aside the 9-ycaf-old ordinance and pouring City resources used to defend it into community development projects. A com panion case challenging the ordinance, filed by a coalition of na tional religiousgroups including Ameri cans United for Separation of Church and Stale, the American Jewish C on gress, the N alionalC ouncilofl hurches o f C hrist and local churches remains pending before a federal district court judge. P O R T L A N D O B S E R V E R O ffic e : (5 0 3 ) 2 8 8 -0 0 3 3 F ax # : (5 0 3 ) 2 8 8 -0 0 1 5 and preparing Black Y outh for S u c cess and others. In th is inactive sessio n , Dr. K unjufu will explore the dynam ics o f A m erican culture w hich have c re ated a clim ate o f failure and d issatis faction am o n g o u r young Black men. He will also share his insights on how to counteract these dynam ics. C ontact Bruce W alls 286-2188 or M accco Pettis 280-6693 for m ore inform ation. NAACP Increases Membership By 20 Percent, With More Youth Joining Children’s Cultural Center To Open In Portland W D C -D r. D avid S atcher, D irec tor, C enter for D isease C ontrol and Prevention: “ V iolence is the leading cause o f lost life in A m erica.” For A frican A m ericans, the various a f fects o f institutional and interper sonal violence poses the m ost serious threat to survival since slavery. II all A m ericans were killed by guns at the sam e rate as young Black m ales, 260,000 people would be m urdered 08, 1993 • T he P o r t l a n d O bserver * ship. In addition, C havis told T he Sun that two o f his goals - the creation o f “ M otown S ound” - type song, “com e Back H ome to the N A A C P,” and the beginning o f com puter netw ork lin k ing the o rg an izatio n ’s 2,108 units - are being met. C h a v is sa id to d a y he w as g la d th e m e d ia w as ta k in g n o tic e o f th e g ro w th o f th e N A A C P . “ T h e N A A C P is o n th e m o v e , a n d p e o p le a re fin a lly b e g in n in g to r e a liz e it ” h e sa id . “W c arc y o unger, larger and stronger. W e are m ulti-racial and progressive. W e are becom ing inter national. A nd we will take on the position o f leadership in the civil and hum an rights arena in the 2 1 st c e n tury,” said Dr. Chavis. i • Celebrate Diversity \ \ h at’s it like to live in an A fri can v illage.com m unicate with drum s and wear a king s robes? Portland youngsters w ill be able to expenencc all llial, anil m ore, w hen the new C h ild re n ’s C u ltu ral C en ter o p en s January 17, 1994 in S. W . Portland. The A nnex B uilding at the C h il dren s M useum is being transform ed into the im aginary N igerian village of O niokunle, thanks to a geneious grant form the Junior League ot P o rt land. 1 he interactive exhibits w ill give visitors a glim pse o f contem porary life am ong the Y orubapcoplcof south w est N igeria. C hildren will be able to barter in the m arketplace, exam ine books and com m on household goods, try on traditional Y oruban dress, and experience the sights and sounds o f a w orld that s thousands o f m iles aw ay. “ I’m really excited about the p o tential for educating children and their fam ilies on another way to view the w orld," said Junior League President K ris Kern. M u se u m D ir e c to r B ob B ridgcford added, “O ur partnership with the Junior League enables us to p ro v id ca rich m ulti-cultural learning experience lor thousands o f Metro- area youngsters.” O niokunle Village w aspurchascd by die Junior League o f Portland from the C h ild ren ’s M useum o f Houston. A local advisory board of educators, artists, and com m unity activists has r e v is e d th e e x h ib it to f it o u r c o m m u n ity ’s needs. M em b ers o f P o rtlan d ’s ow n Y oruban com m unity have also been involved in the project. T he C h ild re n ’s C ultural C enter will be open to d ro p -in visitors. G roup tours anil special presentations can be scheduled through the M useum at (503) 823-2227 T he C h ild re n ’s M useum is lo cated at 3037 S. W . Second A ve., o ff B arburB lvd. It’s open every day from 9ain-5pm . A dm ission is $3.50 for everyone over the age o f one. DIABETIC FOOT STUDY Portland Diabetes & Endocrine Associates are accepting diabetic patients with foot ulcers for participation in a Phase III clinical study of an investigational wound-healing drug. If you are eligible to be in the study, you will receive study-related treatment at no charge. You must have diabetes and an_ulcer on the bottom of your foot. 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