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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1994)
P age A5 T he P ortland O bserver • M arch 30, 1994 Governor Appoints Multnomah County Residents To State Boards And Commissions . G overnor Barbara Roberts has appointed 35 Portland residents to state boards and com m issions over the past few m onths. FAIR DISMISSAL APPEALS BOARD • Jo h a th a n S. Ross has been ap pointed to the public m em ber seat . on the F air D ism issal A ppeals Board, replacing Janet M. Schroer, whose term expired. Ross, an attor ney, is trainer and m anagem ent consultant for Babicky C onsulting G roup in Portland. Ross has been confirm ed by the Senate to serve a term ending in June 1997. . The 20-m em ber Fair D ismissal appeals Board review s appeals from teachers dism issed by their school board. The board includes five m em bers in each o f these groups: adm in istrators, teachers, school boards and the general public. ELECTRICAL AND ELEVATOR BOARD • W illiam L. C o u lte r has been ap pointed to the Electrical an d E leva tor Board. C oulter is an elevator mechanic who has worked in the industry for 28 years. A t present he is a business representative for El evator Constructors in Portland. Coulter has been confirm ed by the Senate to serve a term ending in June 1996. • K eith E dw ards has been appointed to the Electrical and Elevator Board. Edw ards is a business representa tive for IBEW. He is a certified journeym an electrician and has b een w ith IB EW since 1969. Edwards has been confirm ed by the Senate to serve a term ending in June 1997. • E ileen M . M a u e r has been ap pointed to the Electrical and Eleva tor Board. M auer is a sales engi neer for Cutler Hammer Products, a subsidiary o f the Eaton Corpora tion. Mauer has been confirmed by the Senate to serve a term ending in June 1996. • R o b e rt L. G otham has been ap pointed to the Electrical and Eleva tor Board. Gotham is an electrical contractor and supervisor for Rose City Electric Company. Pending Senate confirm ation, he will serve a term ending in June 1995. The Electrical and Elevator Board was created by the 1993 Legislature to assist the director o f the D epart ment of Consum er and Business Ser vices in administering the state’s elec trical and elevator safety programs. COMMISSION ON BLACK AFFAIRS • E laine H. G ra n n is has been ap pointed to the Commission on Black Affairs. G rannis is a teacher and integration specialist for Portland Public Schools. Grannis has been confirmed by the Senate to serve a term ending in June 1994. She re placed Gayle Patterson, who re signed. • E m m a Jackson F ord has been ap pointed to the Commission on Black Affairs. Ford is a teacher and direc tor o f St. A ndrew ’s After School Program. Ford has been confirmed by the Senate to serve a term ending in June 1996. She replaced Dapo Sobom ehin, Ph.D ., w hose term expired. • A nderson D. DuBoise, J r . has been appointed to the Commission on Black Affairs. DuBoise is a diesel mechanic for Tri-M et in Portland. He has been confirmed by the Sen Unity Market Place Lazarus Art Society, Inc. in part nership with E & M Sentry m arket is opening The “ Unity M arket Place”, beginning April 30, 1994. The m ar k e t w ill be lo c a te d a t 9 0 9 N. i Killingsw orth, in North Portland, two blocks w est o f Portland Com m unity College (Cascade Campus). From 1 - 5 North, take the Killingsworth exit proceed to the Killingsworth stop sign, turn right (east), two blocks. Lazarus Art Society, Inc., has launched a “ Unity The Com m unity” Campaign to bring positive focus to the N orth /N o rth east C om m unity. Because o f negative publicity received due to a few unfortunate occurrences the area is perceived, by many that lives outside the com m unity, to be a crim e infested area. Lazarus A rt Society, Inc. em- barked on their cam paign last O cto ber to show com m unity pride and unity by doing a mural, the first of the “ Unity in The Com m unity” Murals. This mural was designed, painted and the wall, upon which the mural rest, was built by m em bers o f the community. People o f all ages, cultur ally diverse, from different occupations, both private and public citizens. Recently, a second mural was done in partnership with Lew is and Clark Law School and The Plaza A partm ent Com plex on the wall of the E & M Sentry Market. The mural is also in the area where “The Unity M arket” will take place. “The Unity M arket” is acontinu- ation o f our cam paign to bring posi tive focus to the North/Northeast area. By prov iding a week-end market place where artist and crafts-people, that produce quality hand-crafted items, can display and sell their wares. To provide culturally diverse entertain ment foods, and other activities that the entire family can enjoy. N ot only families that live in the N orth/N orth east area we are also looking to attract families from the broader Portland Community to com e visit and enjoy the festivities every week-end start ing Saturday, April 30,1994. If you are an artist crafts-person entertainer, vendor or patron and you want more information about “The Unity M arker” please call (503) 727- 2694, stop by 909 N. Killingsworth E & M M arket, or w rite 11919 N. Jantzen Ave. #220 for applications for vendor space etc. See You At The Market!! “There’s No usmess Like Show business’ *, by P rof . M c K inley B lrt Z DM HAT IS THE FAMILIAR TUNE THAT HAS INTRO- J DUCED SO MANY HARD H ITTIN G , FOOT-STOM PING : ENTER-TAINMENTS ON STAGE, Z SCREEN OR VIDEO. Som e are beginning to wonder if this isn’t a good way to introduce a ■ num ber o f so-called “minority busi- ■ nesses”. T hat is not to say there aren ’t a p n u m b ero f serious minded, successful ; entrepreneurs o f colorpracticing their ; com m ercial arts in this co u n try -ev en some in Portland. W hat we wish to Z describe here is an American phe- nomenon o f the last several decades • that has developed in ways not ex- • p e c te d o f a c tiv itie s su p p o se d ly • grounded in the very real and de- • m andingw orldofcom m erce.A num - ber of descriptive terms come to mind: ; planning, system atic, organization, ’ methodology, and o f course, informa- I tion retrieval and systems, libraries I and bibliographies, operating manu- I als, trade and professional organiza- • tions and the like (Hold on! d o n ’t • blame the victim yet). Increasingly, one is driven to the • opinion that “ Minority B usiness” as defined by your government and a ; host o f advisors and consultants is not ' well-described by the terms above. But, rather, it was founded upon and - operates by political realities and cth- • nic schem es. And by all means is not to be confused with that old-line, • usually revered and often successful ; activity that was described as “Negro ; business” . That glue held communi- ! ties together. In this first of a series on this odd • phenom enon, “ Minority Business, I shall endeavor to provide some tools PCC Plans Seminar For Women In Construction Trades • • • • ! 1 Portland Comm unity Col lege and the O regon Tradeswomen Network w ill sp o n so r an A p ril se m in a r, “W omen W orking,” an interactive session at which women in the con- s true lion trades can discuss issues related to their work. It is free and open to the public. and guidelines for exam ining the ‘creature’ and evaluating it as a prom ise or “a danger to your health’ that should be labeled like cigarettes. As many of you know, I cam e from the ranks o f industry and com m erce; first as w orker and craftsm an and later accounting, federal tax court prac tice, adm inistration and my own en terprises. And in my articles here over the years — and in the university business courses I designed and taught - 1 have always integrated the reali ties o f the real world. So it will be here, though it may disturb or even anger some. Often in these pages yo u ’ve read articles and ’letters from the readers’ com plaining about the failure of Portlands MBE (M inority Business Enterprise) to deliver on all the rash promises that were made and echoed throughout the com m unity. An illu sory rhetoric generated not only by the federal, state, county and city agencies involved, but reinforced at times by community activists who should have (or did) know n better. Unbelievably, and late as usual, the O regonian new spaper headlined an article questioning the progress of the various A lberta Street economic im provem ent program s. T hat, in turn, has provoked within the black com munity a lot o f discussion and bitter exchanges about such issues as“whcre did the money go? W ho got it? W as it funneled to the ‘ man ’ as usual through his black com patriots? W ho keeps the books on these things - do the con sultants and agents keep records and who do they report to? Are there public records we may exam ine? N ow , these shenanigans may prom pt a num ber of readers to refer to this past Sunday’s O regonian where CALENDAR “How To Win The Game Of Business” The April 9 sem inar will be held at the Red Lion Inn, 310 Lincoln Drive, in Portland, from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. To receive a brochure or for other reformat ion .contact RoscMcrric Christie, principal o f B.A .I.R., at 1- 800-887-8847. another’investigative ty p e’ article detailed the m ultim illion dollar over runs in the new M ultnom ah C ounty’s com puter program . The article de tails thcactivitiesof an incestors group o f apparently inept consultants who after several years of absorbent fees and salaries have produced little if anything. I, in turn, would refer back 23 years ago when I was called in as chief accountant to close down the “Albina Corporation” at the direction o f the G overnm ent Accounting O f fice (GAO). At the time, this com pany was the nation’s largest ‘M inor ity M anufacturing E nterprise’ and funded by the Small Business Ad m inistration and private foundations. I re fe r to th is d e b a c le sim ply fo r o n e re a so n . W h e th e r w e are ta lk in g a b o u t the A lb e rta S tre e t “ n o n -e v e n t” , th e fa ilu re o f th at A lb in a C o rp o ra tio n o r o f a g re a t deal o f M in o rity B u sin e ss in g e n e ra l — w e h av e the sam e re c u r ring d isa b ility at w ork. N o b o d y is w a tc h in g th e s to re , n o b o d y is k e e p in g the re c o rd s o r c o u ld ,e v e n if th ey w e re in an a p p ro p ria te p o sitio n fo r o v e rv ie w . “ B o ard s o f D ire c to rs ” w h o a re in v o lv e d are a p p a re n tly in e p t, d is in te re s te d o r w h a te v e r as m o n ito rs -- as in the U rban L e a g u e situ a tio n , m illio n s in re a le sta te alw a y s seem s to b e com e lo st to in te re sts o u tsid e the c o m m u n ity . As M arvin G aye said, “ W h a t’s g o in g o n ? ” That old-fashioned “Negro Busi ness” seem s alive and well in some cities, with assets in a single enter prise over a hundred million. W hile we have many of the “m inority Busi ness” entrepreneurs on federal eco nomic w elfare, attache cases and all. D oesn’t have to be; more next week. ate to serve a term ending in March 1995. He replaced R o b ert N. Edwards, M.D., who resigned. The 11-member Com m ission on Black Affairs works for the imple mentation and establishm ent o f eco nomic, social, legal and political equality for African-Am ericans in Oregon. It monitors program s and legislation designed to meet the needs o f Oregon’s African-American popu lation, and identifies and researches issues affecting the African-Ameri can community and recom m ends ac tions to the Governor and Legisla ture. PUBLIC WELFARE REVIEW COMMISSION • Stephanie W . Sussm an has been appointed to the Public W elfare Review Commission. Sussman is director of May wood Park and Cen tennial Centers for Mt. Hood C om munity College. She will serve a term ending November 1995, re placing J.D Hoye, who resigned. The 16-member Public Welfare Review Commission advises the Adult and Family Services Division on wel fare issues. Four o f the members are d istric t. T he b o a rd re v ie w s and a p p ro v e s b u d g e ts and c o n tra c ts, sets fa re s and ro u te s, and h ire s the g e n e ra l m an a g e r. CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL • Cory Streisinger has been reap pointed to the Crim inal Justice Council as a public member. She has also been reappointed as Chair of the Sentencing Guidelines Board. Streisinger, an attorney, is general counsel for the Port o f Portland. She will serve a term ending in June 1996. T he 2 4 -m em b er C rim in al J u s tic e C o u n c il stu d ie s and m akes re c o m m e n d a tio n s c o n c e rn in g the fu n c tio n in g , c o o rd in a tio n and fa c ilitie s n eed s o f the c rim in a l j u s tice sy stem . T he board also m akes r e c o m m e n d a tio n s c o n c e r n in g m ethods o f re d u c in g the risk o f future crim inal co nduct by o ffe n d ers by c o lle c tin g , e v a lu a tin g and c o o r d in a tin g in f o r m a tio n a n d d a ta re la te d to o r p ro d u c e d by all p a rts o f the c rim in a l ju s tic e sy s tem . More Appointments to come next week. recipients or form er recipients o f welfare or other AFS Services; four members represent business and pro fessional interests; four are public welfare policy specialists; and four are advocates o f public welfare from state agencies, or public or private organizations interested in public welfare. TRI-MET BOARD Loren L. W yss has been reappointed to the Tri-M et Board. W yss an in vestment counselor, is president and treasurer o f the W yss Family Foun dation. He has been confirmed by the Senate to serve a term ending in January 1998 • Philip R. Bogue has been reap pointed to the T ri-M et Board. Bogue, a retired consultant, is a consultant for the Portland Art Museum. He has been confirmed by the Senate to serve a term ending in January 1998. T h e se v e n -m e m b e r T ri-M e t B o ard sets p o lic y fo r the M u lt n o m a h , W a sh in g to n and C la c k a m as C o u n ty tra n s it sy stem w hich se rv e s o v e r 55 m illio n p a sse n g e rs a y ear, c o v e rin g a 6 0 5 sq u are m ile Eric Duane Salisbury Biographic Profile Professional artists face vexing challenges like having a clear career goal in mind eric is no exception. Except for a brief interruption in his career as an artist E ric’s heart and soul is always his art. Eric is both painter and teacher but the painter com es first simply because he is the painter, and because he is the painter he becom es the teacher, so it is thorough that medium that he expresses w hat it is to be taught. I think that part of the teaching became an automatic. W hen you have a desire to educate and share and to enlighten and to do those things you automatically tend to educate through whatever you are doing. And I tend to do it through visual arts and other areas too.For the m ost part I have always been a people person, I have always taken an interest in people and what their interests were, always feel ing is there som ething I can do. W hen looking at my work, I want them to come into the gallery and get a breath of fresh air. Something to releaser them from it all. Make them forget about all the violence, all the negative things that are going on out in the world. Look at something posi tive and reflect on things. It is very difficult to describe my style of paint ing because I think part o f it is because we are at a time in the w orld’s history where it seems like everything goes. There is no one type o f art any longer, it seems to be a combination o f every thing from history, from the past, and so a lot o f that has some influence in my life from the studies I have had. I love to watch everything, I look at everything. I ju st try to tell the truth, and I ’m kind o f straightforw ard, and I know that rubs some peole wrong, but that’s the only way I know how to com m u nicate best. As far a s a rt I n e v e r re a lly sp e n t a lo t o f tim e d is c ip lin in g m y s e lf in th a t a re a , it w as ju s t so m e th in g th a t cam e n a tu ra lly . S o m e th in g th a t I d id fo r le isu re and fun b e c a u se I c o u ld do it and I e n jo y e d d o in g it. I g u e ss I have been se lf-m o tiv a te d , m o tiv a te d by e v e ry th in g I g o t m o tiv a te d from . I have to give all the credit to may maker. T h at’s why I am here, th a t’s why I ’m doing what I do now. Som e day I hope to do some paintings that are dealing with some o f the imagery in a religious way. B ut I know som e o f the stuff may be controversial. If I do it I may have to be ready to go in exile. Controversy would stimulate me. I’ve done some sketches and I ’ve shared it with a few people and they were so stirred that I felt I did not want to do that at this time especially I thought I w anted to spend more time giving them som ething more positive to look at, to cheer on, and like a dram a, I feel that life is som ew hat like that. And I think even my art may end up being like that because o f the children’s series, very uplifting. 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