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T he P ortland O bserver • J anuary 05, 1994
“Lou Rawls Parade Of Stars” Telethon
Continued from metro
Led by Gram my aw ard-w in
ning singer, Lou R aw ls, the “ P a
rade o f S tars” has played a key
role in m obilizing support for the
C ollege Fund, and has raised more
than $109 m illion in cash and
pledges since it first aired. P ro
ceeds from the show arc used to
expand educational opportunity
at UNCF schools, which currently
boast a com bined enrollm ent of
54,000 students - a 27 percent
increase since 1986.
T elethon activ ities will o rig i
nate from the E ast and W est
coasts. Lou will be joined in H ol
lyw ood by co-hosts and veteran
U N C F s u p p o r te r s
M a rily n
M c C o o , Ed M c M a h o n , P a tti
LaB elle and Alex Trcbek.
From the historic Apollo T he
atre in New York C ity, M otown
great G ladys K night will co-host
the festivities. The lineup o f fe a
tured perform ers includes the ver
satile Ben V ereen, the in sp ira
tional sounds o f the W inans, and
the explosive hip-hop beats of Kris
K ross and LL Cool J.
The celeb rities who will add
sparkle to the Hollyw ood m ar
quee and urge view ers to give
g en e ro u sly to U N C F arc Ray
C h a rle s , A n ita B a k e r, E d d ie
Ben Vereen
M urphy, M ichael B olton, Boyz II
Men, R obert G uillaum e, Frank
S inatra, O leta A dam s, Q uincy
Jones, M ichael M cD onald and
Gregory Hines.
D uring a recent conversation
Rawls expressed his delight with
the stars who have volunteered to
perform for this special an n iv er
sary edition of the telethon. He
said, “ I ’m confident the talent we
have lined up w ill m ake this a TV
special you w on’t want to m iss.”
He added, “ We also w ant it to be
the biggest ever in term s o f co n
tributions to the C ollege F u n d .”
Since the U N C F’s founding
in 1944, m em ber schools have
graduated m any o f the n a tio n ’s
leading A frican-A m erican citi-
Sutherland Electrical Contractors
Enhances Their Team
Sutherland Electrical Contrac
tors (SEC), Inc., a 64-year-old com
pany specializing in unique and chal
lenging industrial and commercial
construction projects, has hired a new
Industrial estimator, and promoted a
long-term employee.
Ken Maynard recently joined
SEC as an Industrial Estimator.
Maynard brings with him 20 years of
electrical estimating and management
experience. In the past nine months
with SEC, he has obtained several
industrial projects including Durham
Waste Water Treatment Support Fa
cility, McMinnville Water Reclama
tion Facility, and a petrol chemical
project for Arco.
“W e’re very fortunate to have
ken on b o ard ,” said SEC P resi
dent Bob A gee, “ his know ledge
a n d e x p e r t i s e on i n d u s t r i a l
projects m ake him a valuable re
source for our custom ers and a
real asset to our team .”
W esley (W es) R andall has
been a part of the SEC team for
over six years. He was recently
prom oted from M aterial H andler
to W arehouse M anager, w here he
is responsible for pick-up, dcliv-
Through the
Storm: Yolanda
Adams
Continued from metro
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sage in the style the young people
relate to.
Yolanda wants to insure that her
music and its messages reaches all
generations. She is particularly con
cerned about the young people. This
singer maintained a full time teach
ing job (elementary school) for eight
years, while pursuing her dream to
become a full time Gospel artist. While
her love for children remains strong,
her need to deliver the message of the
Lord has guided her to work full time
as a Gospel artist. She currently main
tains a busy concert schedule and is
now preparing to record her next
album.
The doors arc opening for
Yolanda Adams; she has been invited
to perform twice on the Tonight Show
hosted by Jay Leno. Tonight Show
music director, Brandford Marseilles
discovered her talent while driving
across country during his move from
New Orleans to Los Angeles. She has
become a regular face on the Bobby
Jones Gospel Hour, and her music is
being played across the country by
both Gospel and secular radio sta
tions.
This multi-talented artist de
scribes her music as, “contemporary,
jazzy, and fun.” "I equate my music
with freedom. Freedom means being
able to laugh and smile. My music is
here to encourage those who arc look
ing for a better way of life.”
Ken Maynard
Wesley (Wes) Randall
ery, m aintenance, and repair o f
all o f S u th e rlan d ’s vehicles and
tools. “O ur prim ary resp o n sib il
ity in the w arehouse is to keep up
on supplies so that our e le c tri
cians have w hat they need to stay
on schedule at the job site,” e x
plained R andall.
“We depend on Wes and the
warehouse crew to keep things run
ning smoothly,” added Agee, “Qual
ity control in the warehouse is an
essential part of our ability to com
plete projects on time and on budget.”
Sutherland Electrical Contrac
tors employs over 85 skilled profes
sionals, and has a reputation for suc
cessfully completing projects which
require specialized construction and
technical assembly, such as; the
Morrison Street Birdge lighting, the
Portland Center for the Performing
Arts, and the Oregon Museum of
Science and Industry (OMSI).
zens. Am ong them are the Rev,
Dr. M arlin L uther King Jr., no v
elist Alice W alker, form er V ir
ginia G overnor Douglas W ilder,
opera diva Leontyne Price, film
maker Spike Lee, A tlanta M ayor
M aynard Jac k so n and fo rm er
United Nations A m bassador A n
drew Young.
W illiam H. Gray III, current
president and ch ief executive o f
ficer of the United Negro C ollege
Fund, says that the history of the
o rg a n iz a tio n and its m em b er
schools are filled with successes -
- as well as challenges. Among
today’s challenges, Gray says, is
to m aintain and expand facilities
to acco m m o d ate a co n tin u o u s
growth in en ro llm en t, and to re
tain and recruit ex cellen t faculty
and staff m em bers.
“Even as we take a m om ent to
celebrate 50 years o f accom plish
ments for our schools and our
graduates, we c a n ’t rest on our
laurels,” Gray says. “ As more stu
dents look to us for a quality ed u
cation, we m ust go the extra m ile
to ensure that adequate resources
are available to make their c o l
lege experience m eaningful and
rew arding.”
“The efforts o f Lou Rawls,
his celebrity friends and the co r
porate sponsors o f the Parade of
Stars arc a trem endous help to the
United Negro C ollege Fund, and
we are m ost ap p reciativ e.”
The show will be beam ed into
m illions of A m erican households
through a com bination o f telev i
sion netw ork affiliates, in d ep en
dents and cable statio n s, in clu d
ing superstations WGN and BET.
The public also can catch the show
through special radio sim ulcasts
in selected cities.
The “ Lou Rawls Parade of
Stars” telethon is made possible
with the support of its national
and founding sponsor, A nheuser-
Busch C om panies. The St. Louis-
based corporation underw rites the
production of the program , and
through its B udw eiscr brand, p ro
vides national prom otional, ad
vertising and m arketing support
for the program .
The Kellogg Com pany is n a
tional co -sponsor for the ninth
consecutive year. Kellogg p ro
vides substantial support for lo
cal segm ents of the telethon in
m a rk e ts a c ro s s th e c o u n try .
A m erican A irlines and AT&T arc
associate sponsors. A m erican, in
conjunction with the telethon, will
o n ce a g a in sp o n s o r the “ F ly
AAway C h allen g e.”
E xtra-Strength Tylenol is the
c o n tr ib u tin g
s p o n s o r, an d
C h u rch ’s C hicken is a co ntribuí-
Gladys Knight
ing co-sponsor. O ther p artic ip a t
ing sponsors are G eneral M otors,
E c k c rd /A m c ric a n H e a lth and
Beauty Aids Institute and Avon.
W ayman F. Smith III, co rp o
ra te a ffa irs vice p re s id e n t at
A nheuser-B usch, the teleth o n ’s
founding sponsor, noted the sig
nificant co n tributions that UNCF
graduates have m ade to A m eri
can society. Smith called on view
ers o f the “P arade of S tars” to
m ake a special contrib u tio n in
honor of U N C F ’s 50th ann iv er
sary.
Said Smith: “T his year m arks
a m ilestone for UNCF, and ev ery
one can support this im portant
o rg an izatio n by tu n in g in and
m aking a personal financial co n
tribution. The stars have done
their part by d onating their time
and talent. The financial success
o f the program now depends on
o u r te le v is io n v ie w e rs an d
frien d s.”
O ther popular stars who will
jo in R aw ls on the “P arade of
S tars” include T evin C am pbell,
B eB e & C eC e W in an s, K eith
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W ashington, Jam es Ingram , M a
vis S taples, Jade, Johnny G ill,
V e sta , M o n tel W illia m s , PM
Dawn, L eV ert, TV w eatherm en
S pencer C h ristian and W illard
Scott, A ngie & D ebbie, Teddy
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Sw eet Honey in the Rock and
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M ore than 54,000 stu d en ts at
UNCF schools benefit from the
co n trib u tio n s generated by the
telethon. The show m akes it p o s
sible for young people to develop
necessary academ ic and le a d e r
ship skills to m ake a d ifferen ce in
society.
Nearly 90 percent of students
attending UNCF schools req u ire
financial assistan ce to com plete
their college education, since a
m ajority com e from low -incom e
fam ilies. C ontributions generated
by the “ Lou R aw ls p arad e o f
S tars” telethon help U N C F c o l
leges and u n iv ersities keep tu
ition low.
(For exact show tim es, please
consult local listing
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