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M arch 23, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver
T ra d e , Jobs
A n d W a g e s In A m e r ic a
WHAT IS COACHING COMING TO?
by
J ohn P hillips
N M Y S E N IO R Y E A R A S A
H IG H S C H O O L B A S K E T -
B A L L P L A Y E R ,! R E M E M B E R
T H IN K IN G O N E D A Y I W A N T E D T O
B E A H IG H S C H O O L B A S K E T B A L L
CO AC H I HAD A LL THE R ESPEC T
IN T H E W O R L D F O R M Y C O A C H
J O H N H IG G IN S , A T S T . E L IZ A B E T H
H IG H
SCHOOL
IN
O AKLAND,
C A L IF O R N IA .
The one thing I rem em bered
about Coach Higgins was he really
cared about all the kids that played,
on his team, or not. He did not have to
tell you this, you could tell it by his
actions. The old saying goes, “Action
speaks louder than w ords.” And that
is what made my coach so special to
me and my teammates.
In the early 1970’s 1 becam e the
head coach at St. Elizabeth High
School, and yes you can say a dream
come true. I had a good bunch o f kids
that I treated as my own. At the end of
my first year we ended the season 17-
16. Not bad for a team o f first and
second year players, only two juniors
and no seniors. One o f the juniors on
the team was a fine player. Led the
league in scoring, with more than
twenty points per game. His name
was Jeff Cunningham , w ho went on
to college and played very well.
But it was Jeff C unningham ’s
making the A ll-League Team that
showed me the ugly side o f coaching.
Before the coaches m eeting three
coaches call me to see who I would
vote for, for All-League. They had
offered to vote for my player if I would
vote for theirs. I was really bothered
by this, because I felt that some o f the
kids that should make All-League
Team, might not. And sure enough it
happened. It w asn’t one o f my play­
ers, but it was a player that should
have made the team. T hat has stayed
with me ever since.
Then two weeks ago, I sec where
Tyron M anlove, the outstanding
sophomore from W ilson did not, I
repeat, did not make The Portland
Interscholastic League, All-League
Team. The W ilson Trojans finished
second in league play behind Benson,
with a record of 16-2, and beat every
team at lease once. The two teams to
beat W ilson, was Benson and C leve­
land.
On top o f that M anlove was the
leading scorer in the league with a
23.7 average. Far and aw ay the best
player on his team and I feel the best
player in the whole P.I.L.
But because o f The P.I.L. open-
enrollm ent Policy, some coaches in
The P.I.L. did not vote for Tyron. In
an effort to prove a point. Well coaches,
you know who you are, the only thing
that you proved is that you are to
immature to coach our young men.
How childish can one be, to take it out
on a young man, who did not break
any rule. Coaches if you don’t like the
rules,change them. W ouldn’tyou tell
your player or your own kids that’s
the right way to do thing.
This has made me sick, that right
again sick to my stomach.
O f the five players that made the
All-League Team , Jason Franklin and
Earl Clark o f Benson, Jessie Coulter
o f Grant, K ’Zell W esson of Jefferson,
JoeG reeneof Madison and M anlove’s
teammate Leland M ayes, it will be
m aned for ever. One o f those kids
knowing he should not have made the
team over Manlove.
I hope this is a lesson to the
insensitive coaches that did not vote
forTyron Manlove. Stop playing God,
and let these young men play basket­
ball for the right reasons. If you ca n ’t
do that, do us all a favor and get out of
coaching, please.
North Portland E & M Sentry Gets
National Respect
T h e o w n ers o f N o rth P o rtla n d ’s
E & M S en try have e a rn e d resp ect
locally for fighting b ack w hen o th e r
g ro c e rs have (led th e a re a . Now
they have e a rn e d n atio n al reco g n i­
tion for it.
E & M was named to this y ear’s
Honor Roll in Progressive G rocer
M agazine, a leading national indus­
try publication. It was the owners,
Robert M alone and Chris Ehlers, that
netted the nom ination for the o u t­
standing crisis work they’ve done in
their neighborhood - a neighborhood
that in recent years has been plagued
with gang violence and increasing
crime.
M alone says he is pleased to be
listed am ong the top stores in the
nation. But the event is not without
some sadness.
“It’s actually quire unfortunate that
w e’ve become role models and that
other grocers have felt the need to
leave the area. In many ways this
neighborhood g eta bad rap. There are
still a lot o f wonderful people in our
com m unity. It ’ s a sad day when some-
one can win recognition ju st for stay
ing.”
W hen Safeway left the neighbor­
hood in the early 1980s, Fred M eyer
in the mid ’80s and A lbertson in the
late ’80s, The ow nersof E & M Sentry
didn’t just remain - they fought back.
Along w ith other m erchants and
homeowners, E & M Sentry has re­
cently helped form a local neighbor­
hood consortium. Its goal - to reduce
crime and support businesses. Formed
just over a year ago, the consortium
works to drive crim inals out o f the
com m unity through neighborhood
watch efforts and paid security. The
consortium also offers healthy activi­
ties for children, including a Boy
Scout Troop, field trips, a back-to-
school party and a street fair.
In conjunction with Portland C om ­
munity College, E & M Sentry also
sponsors a com puter learning pro­
gram for the local Boy Scout Troop.
The program show kids an alterna­
tive to gang violence - education.
M alone said the num ber of loiter-
Tjelp For Parents
by
H arvey L. R ice
All parents and grandparents
know that discipline is a difficult and
necessary part o f raising children and
grandchildren. You can learn how to
make discipline more effective and
more comfortable for you and your
children or grandchildren. Sign up
for the class “ Discipline That Doesn ’ t
Hurt” that will be offered at the St.
Johns Com m unity Center in the Craft
room on five M ondays, March 28,
April 4 ,1 1 ,1 8 , and 25, from 6:30 pm
to 8;3O pm.
Oregon State University Exten­
sion Services” Harvey Rice, M.S.T.,
Parenting Educator will explore such
topics as
D iscipline That D oesn’t Hurt-
And it works for 2-8 year olds! ex ­
plore our values as parents, the devel­
opmental needsof ourchildren, watch
videos, ta c k le d isc ip lin e p ro b le m s
w ith a new w ay o f th in k in g and
an a rse n a l o f te c h n iq u e s . U n d e r­
sta n d y o u r ow n and y o u r c h ild s
b e h a v io r and s e le c t th e d isc ip lin e
te c h n iq u e w h ic h b e s e t fits th e
n eed so c h ild a n d p a re n t. P le a se
com e g ro w w ith us a n d jo in the
fu n . C o m p re h e n s iv e w o rk b o o k
p ro v id e d a t c la ss.
Registration for the five week
series is required, and participation is
limited to 20 parents. C ontact the
PCC Cascade Cam pus Com m unity
Education office at 244-6111 E x t
5205 to register.
A p p lic a t io n p e r io d f o r O r e g o n
c h a r it a b le c h e c k o f f s
T he O re g o n C h a rita b le
C h e c k o ffC o m m issio n an n o u n ced
th a t o rg a n iz a tio n s w ho w an t to be
c o n sid e re d a s a c h a rita b le c h e c k ­
o f f to a p p e a r on fu tu re in co m e tax
re tu rn m u st a p p ly by July 1 ,1 9 9 4 .
F o r in fo rm a tio n , o r to re c e iv e an
application, call the D epartment o f
Revenue at 945-8288, or write to the
Departm ent o f Revenue, 955 Center
Street NE, Salem , OR 97310.
To be e lig ib le for c o n s id e r­
a tio n as a c h a rita b le c h e c k o ff, an
o rg a n iz a tio n m ust:
S u p p o rt p r iv a te c h a r ita b le
c a u se s o r e n g a g e in p u b lic a c tiv i­
tie s th a t a rc c o n s is te n t w ith p o li­
c ie s and p ro g ra m s o f th e sta te ;
E n s u r e th a t c h e c k o f f r e ­
so u rc e s w ill fund p ro g ra m s r e ­
su ltin g in b e n e fits to th e sta te
th a t a rc u n lik e ly to o c c u r u n d e r
e x is tin g p u b lic an d p riv a te p r o ­
g ra m s;
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Be q u a lifie d to re c e iv e tax -
d e d u c tib le c o n trib u tio n s .
T h e O re g o n C h a rita b le
C h e c k o ff C o m m issio n w ill m eet
in A u g u st to re v ie w th e a p p lic a ­
tio n s. In O c to b e r, th e C o m m is ­
sion w ill d e c id e w h ic h o r g a n iz a ­
tio n s a re e lig ib le to a p p e a r on the
1994 a n d 1995 in c o m e tax r e ­
tu rn s.
T he O re g o n C h a rita b le
C h e c k o ff C o m m issio n w as c r e ­
ated by the 1989 L e g is la tu re to
d e te rm in e if a c h a rita b le o r g o v ­
e rn m e n ta l e n tity is q u a lifie d to
re c e iv e c o n trib u tio n s by m ean s o f
a c h e c k o ff. C o m m issio n m em b ers
arc: R e p re se n ta tiv e L o n n ie R o b ­
e rts , S e n a to r T ric ia S m ith , R uth
M cF arland, R ichard P au l, B everly
V o n fe ld , Ron C h a s ta in , and R ick
M ain, ex o ffic io m em b er. O ne a d ­
d itio n a l m e m b e r is s till to be a p ­
p o in te d .
ers and shoplifters in his store’s area
has vastly dim inished since the pro­
gram started. “W e’ve definitely seen
an im provem ent,” he said, “and w e’ll
work with our employees, neighbors
and local churches to continue to
make a difference in the com m unity.”
“O ur main goal isn ’t to do crisis
m anagement, but to stop the prob­
lems before they start,” he said.
E & M Sentry is a m em ber o f
United G rocers. United G rocers is the
larg est re ta ile r-o w n ed c o o p e ra tiv e
in the P acific N o rth w e st serving
363 in d ep endently o w n e d stores in
O reg o n , W ash in g to n and no rth ern
C alifornia. T h e co m p a n y operates
d istrib u tio n c e n te rs in P o rtla n d and
M e d fo rd , O re. and is b e st k n o w n
by the n a m e s o f its a d v e rtisin g
g ro u p s - T h rift w ay , S e n try S u p e r­
m a rk e ts, S e le c t M a rk e ts , S h o p
S m a rt/F o o d W a re h o u se and P rice
C h o p p e r - o r b y in d iv id u a l store
n a m e s su ch as K ie n o w ’s, L a rry ’s,
W iz e r’s, F o o d -V a lu , H a n k ’s and
m any o th e r fin e in d e p e n d e n t g ro ­
cers.
OPBTV
B r o a d c a s ts R ic h
H is to r y O f J e w s
In O r e g o n
They cam e to Oregon with the
earliest E uro-A m erican pioneers.
From d e p a rtm e n t-sto re fo u nders
Aaron M eier and Emil Frank to former
Oregon G overnor Neil G oldschm idt
and Portland Mayor Vera Katz, Jews
have helped shape some o f O regon’s
m o st e n d u rin g in s titu tio n s . On
W ednesday, March 30, at 10:30 pm,
Oregon Public Broadcasting airs O r­
egon Jews, a documentary covering
the rich history o f the Jew s o f Oregon
from 1850 to the present.
In this half-hour docum entary,
P o rtla n d film m a k e r Jan B aross
chronicles the first three eras o f Jew ­
ish im m igration to the W est: the
1820s, when Jew s began leaving G er­
many to escape religious persecution;
the early 1900s, when Jews left E ast­
ern Europe to escape its program ; and
the late 1930s, when the rise o f N a­
zism prom pted the most urgent Jew ­
ish exodus of all.
Still photographs and interviews
with surviving im m igrants carry us
from the 19th century to the tum ultu­
ous W orld W ar II era, when Vera
Katz and her family arrived in this
country, as she recalls, “with nothing
in our hands.” O regon Jew s also
touches on the fourth wave, Russian
immigrants, who are currently arriv­
ing in Portland.
An aw ard-w inning docum entary
filmmaker, photographer and play­
wright, Baross said she began this
project after reading “Jew s of O r­
egon, 1850-1950,” a historical ac­
count by the late Steve Lowcnstcin.
“W hen I read the book, I thought,
‘G od, this is great,” said Baross. “ I
didn’tknow how much Jew s had con­
tributed to Oregon.
by
nation.
L a st y e a r I d e a lt w ith th is
p h e n o m e n o n in se v e ra l a rtic le s .
A nd in p a r tic u la r I c ite d the d is ­
p la c e m e n t o f a c o n sid e ra b le se g ­
m en t o f the b la c k w o rk fo rc e in
m a n u fa c tu rin g u n d e r the p re ssu re
o f h ig h -v a lu e im p o rts lik e a u to ­
m o b ile s. Y ou w ill n o te th a t in my
f irs t p a ra g ra p h h e re , I c ite o u r
tw o b r illia n t e c o n o m ists as sa y ­
ing th a t “ fo re ig n c o m p e titio n is
n o t re s p o n s ib le fo r o u r eco n o m ic
ills ” . T he g e n tle m e n seem q u ite
c o n fu se d do th ey n o t, fo r w h ile
th e re is a g o o d c o rre la tio n b e ­
tw e e n th e ir a g re e m e n t on “ m a ­
c h in e s re p la c in g p e o p le ” a n d the
e v e n ts in the te le c o m m u n ic a tio n
in d u s try an d fin a n c ia l in s titu ­
tio n s, th ey a p p e a r w ay o ff w hen it
c o m e s to e v a lu a tin g the lo ss o f
m a n u fa c tu rin g jo b s to im p o rts.
It is hardly worthy o f com m ent to
cite the oft-quoted figures on the real
or fanciful erection o f hundreds o f
thousands o f new jobs, a statistic
rattled off by not only this adm inistra­
tion but the tw o previous ones. This
desolate economic landscape o f fast
food and service jobs, many scarcely
above minimum wage, require m il­
lion to w ork two jo b s-e v e n where
both spouses arc already employed.
And many m illionsdo not have health
insurance, let alone a com pany pen­
sion or a retirem ent plan.
I w ill n o t b u rd e n (b o re ) you
w ith so m e o f the ra re fie d , e s o ­
te r ic a n d c o n f u s e d a r g u m e n ts
th e se tw o in te lle c tu a ls m a k e in
la n g u a g e o n ly o th e r e c o n o m ists
c o u ld ea sily follo w . S u ffic e to say
P rof . M c K inley B urt
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H E L E A D A R T IC L E IN T H E
A P R I L 1 9 9 4 S C IE N T IF IC
A M E R IC A N
M A G A Z IN E
S U G G E STS TH AT, C O N TR A R Y TO
PO PULAR
W IS D O M ,
F O R E IG N
C O M P E T IT IO N ( IM P O R T S ) IS N O T
R E S P O N S IB L E
E C O N O M IC
FOR
IL L S ,
IE .
OUR
LO SS
OF
H IG H - P A Y I N G - M A N U F A C T U R I N G
JO B S
AND
A
FALL
IN
“ REAL
E A R N IN G S ’ ( T H A T IS , A D O L L A R
SEEMS
TO
BUY
LESS
EACH
M O N T H ).
W hile the article is w ritten by
two leading lights of the A m erican
Econom ic A ssociation, there is an
insightful bit here and there that we
lay people can geta handle on. Though
our eye brow s are still raised over that
statem ent about “im ports”, we com ­
mend their observation, “Evidence
suggests that earlier fears that m a­
chines would replace people may be
closer to the m ark than thought”. I
don’t know who it could have been
who thought o therw ise-perhaps two
other h ighly educated econom ists from
Harvard and MIT.
Now, this type of job/w age dis­
placem ent dom inates the new s each
dav and we are especially draw n to
com m ent on the horrific losses in not
only the m anufacturing industries but
in telephone com panies and in bank­
ing and financial institutions. And
African A m ericans are being heavily
and disproportionately im pacted in
the latter three as new super com put­
ers take their toll on ranks that bal­
looned from affirm ative action only a
few decades ago. And “last hired, first
fired” reverberates throughout the
th a t a ll th e ir p a g e s o f s o p h is ti­
c a te d ra m b lin g s b o il dow n to a
p re se n ta tio n o f the fo llo w in g s u s ­
p e c t c o n c lu sio n . “ A ssu m in g th a t
the lo ss o f any U .S. m a n u fa c tu r­
ing jo b s w as m ade up by a g a in o f
n o n m a n u fa c tu rin g jo b s - - a n a s ­
su m p tio n b o rn e o u t by the a b ­
se n c e o f any lo n g -te rm up w ard
tre n d in the U .S . u n e m p lo y m e n t
ra te --th e loss o f 'g o o d j o b s ’ in
m a n u fa c tu rin g as a re su lt o f in ­
te r n a tio n a l c o m p e titio n c o r r e ­
sp o n d e d to a ...m in im a l lo ss o f
w a g e s” .
O u r tw o d iffic u lt-to -fo llo w
e c o n o m ists blam e the c o n fu sio n
o f the n a tio n on its fa ilu re to u n ­
d e rs ta n d the im p a c t o f th e ir tw o
m ain c o n te n tio n s ; firs t the c o n s e ­
q u e n c e s o f A m e ric a ’s slow p r o ­
d u c tiv ity grow th as co m p ared w ith
e v e n ‘e m e r g in g ’ c o u n trie s . T h e
d iffe re n c e , 1 % a g a in s t 3% is sa id
to b e a m a jo r fa c to r in A m e ric a ’s
tra d e im b a la n c e . S e c o n d ly , th ey
b la m e a c o n c e p t c a lle d t h e “ te rm s
o f tra d e e ffe c t” . F o re ig n c o m p e ti­
tio n can fo rc e a d e c lin e in the
p ric e s o f U .S. p ro d u c ts re la tiv e to
th o se o f o th e r n a tio n s. T he n e t
re s u lt is a re d u c tio n in real e a r n ­
ings b e c a u se the U .S . m u st se ll its
g o o d s m ore c h e a p ly and pay m o re
fo r w h a t it b u y s.
W hatever you say, Mr. Charley.
W e understand and neither do we
understand how to put it all together
again. However, we plain citizens
were dependent on you experts and
academ ics for effective operation o f
the system . You mean you ’re not up to
the job? Help!
JORDAN LACKS SK ILLS FOR THE DIG LEAGUE
M ichael Jordan three-tim e N.B. A. m ost valuable players, lacks the skills to make it in the baseball big league.
This may sound silly and unbelievable to Jordan’s fans but not the Chicago W hite Sox. The club coaches last week
sent the former N.B.A. player to the m inor-league, with an official approval.
Jordan has since recline to his m inor-league career w ith an R.B.I. for Prince W illiam .
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•
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this Saturday and Sunday, March 19 and 20. Guaranteed total prizes o f $10,000 and
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