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- I —,.«- P age BS T he P ortland O bserver • M ay 18, 1994 Emanuel Healthcare Scholarships Announced Nelson Mandela, “The Star Of Africa” Continued from front ▲ ter or subjugation o f indigenous people from Bushmen to that A frican gold and diamonds soon replaced abun dant farm land and freedom fo r re li gious sects as the lure fo r European im m igration. The B ritish and the Dutch (Boers) clashed bitterly and frequently over several centuries as they fought each other fo r control o f gold mines richer than Solom on’ s and diamonds from the blue clays o f the Kim berley, from w hich that “ Star o f A fric a ” came. M any o f us are fa m ilia r w ith the massive advertising o f the ‘ DeBeers Diam ond Syndicate’ , “ A Diamond Is Forever” . But how many know the history and power o f this interna tional p rice-fixing monopoly whose tentacles stretch from South A frica to Israel, to Amsterdam and Sw itzer land, from New Y o rk to London? I remember the obscene color photo graphs in the N ational Geographic Magazine o f black miners spread- eagled naked on metal frames at the end o f their shift so supervisors could poke in their bowels fo r any “ stolen” diamonds. N ext week, South A frica cont’d. “ The Rhodes Scholarship, the Israel Connection, The Chamber o f Mines Archives, A n Im portant B ib lio gra phy” Courtney Bailey, a Grant High School Vocational Mentoring Program student at Legacy Good Samaritan, is one o f five recipients o f a 1994 Legacy Emanuel Healthcare scholarship. A student with a cumulative grade point average o f 3.45 at Grant High School, Courtney is maintaining a 4.0 GPA in her senior year. She intends to study nursing, beginning at Portland Com- munity College. Additional Grant H igh School recipients are Tara Johnson and Marie Soller. Both wish to prepare them selves fo r a career in biomedical re search. Also, tw o Benson H igh School students received scholarships: L ily M ai and D om inick Gallares. They are planning to become physicians. A n E d u c a tio n a l co n fe re n ce hosted by Applied Scholastics Inter national spotlighted a unique new educational approach which many com m unity leaders now believe to be the only workable solution to increas ing levels o f violence and crime in inner cities across Am erica. The new educational technology, developed by Am erican author and humanitarian, L . Ron Hubbard, has :en effectively etlectively used in a numoer been number ot of Many people s till believe “ cash serving a hotel room, w ithout holding on the barrelhead” is the best policy. them w ith a credit card. It ’ s even “ I f I can’ t pay cash now ,” they reason, more d iffic u lt to get a car loan or mortgage w ithout a solid credit his “ I d on ’ t need i t ” But that’ s notalways true. C redit tory as p ro of o f your a b ility and w ill is almost essential to modem life , ingness to pay your debts. And there’ s even fo r those who prefer paying up always the chance an emergency w ill front. Try buying tickets by phone arise, requiring more funds than you from the stadium box office, o r re- have on hand. Establishing and maintain agood credit record is im portant, but getting started isn’ talways easy. Older Am eri Hope For Inner City Revitalization cans and women are two groups that may have more trouble than most. 12-year ja il sentence” that “ monopo inner city p ilo t programs throughout I f a woman ’ s credit cards or loans lizes the best times o f childhood.” It is the last year w ith the result that even have always been in her husband’ s a psychopathic institution that steals ex-gang members and homeless men name, fo r example, getting credit on valuable tim e away from fa m ily life have become productive, w orking her own can be d iffic u lt. Even i f she and “ doesn’t teach anything except members o f society again. made all the payments herself, there’ s Conference keynote speaker, John how to obey orders.” no record o f her credit a ctivity, only T aylorG ato, New Y o rk State Teacher “ The high levels o f crim e and o f the Year fo r 1991, is w ell known as violence that plague our society are a staunch c ritic o f c urrent educational not symptoms, but rather the results o f an educational system that is not system failures. W ith o ut a radical new approach w orking fo r many children,” Archer to education, Gatto says school is “ a says." io euutrauun, u u u u aaja « savs. ■ , / World War I “Doughnut Girls jy M ichael L eighton The o live brown color and ankle- ength skirts indicated a d ifferent era, Hit the message was the same. The Salvation A rm y is a fig htin g in it that combats human suffering. M onday in Portland, women sol- iiers o f the Salvation A rm y re-en- icted their role was as W o rld W ar I ‘Doughnut G irls” in historic W o rld iVar I attire. Coffee and doughnuts were dis- ributed free in Pioneer Courthouse Square as part o f a N ational Salvation Army Week. The tradition o f providing good w ill to the troops first began when so- railed Lassies went to the front lines j f France and Europe during W o rld War I. The tradition in Portland began in 1918 when the Salvation A rm y served coffee and doughnuts around the clock to servicemen at Union Sta tion. tion A rm y Week in Portland. A Sal vation A rm y Band quartet provided m usical entertainment. “ I t ’ s been very positive, I ’ ve met very frie n d ly warm people,” said Kathleen “ K athy” H oglund, a Salva tion A rm y volunteer soldier. Hoglund and Illd ra Smith were at the square in historic dress, but they addressed contempory social issues. Today, the Salvation A rm y is , tions, 280-4630. his. T hat’s w hy i t ’ s a good idea for spouses to establish separate credit identities, in addition to any jo in t accounts they maintain. Older consumers who haven’ t used credit in the past also lack a credit history. Retirees may have ad ditional problems. A computer re view o f their application may reveal they’ re “ unemployed,” possibly ig noring a life tim e o f employm ent. Many retirees move after leaving their jobs, closing credit accounts in the process. But unless i t ’ s made clear on the report, the closure may be inter preted as due to delinquency. A rela tive ly short time at the new address can be a stumbling block as well. Establishing cred it sometimes seems like a Catch-22; you can’ t get credit until you’ ve established a credit history, but you can’testablishacredit history u n til you get credit. D on’ t despair. These tips can help get you started. I f you’ re denied credit, check your credit report for errors or m isin form ation. You can request a free copy from the credit bureau whose name and address should be noted on your denial. T o o rd e r yo u r free co p y o f Y o u r C re d it: A C o m p le te G u id e (Ite m 603 A , fre e ), send y o u r name and address to : C onsum er I n f o r m a tio n C e n te r, D e p t. 6 0 3 A , P u eb lo, C O 81009. THE VOICE OF HOPE 1-800-572-1717 — Dystrophy —: / i V J Auto Service Students To Compete In Oregon Ford/AAA Auto Skills Contest Ten two-student teams from O r egon high schools w ill put their skills in automotive service to the test in the state finals o f the F o rd /A A A Student A uto S kills National Q uality Care Challenge Friday, M ay 13, at Clacka mas Com m unity College. “ T he A u to S k ills contest w ill help illu s tra te the need fo r an a d d itio n a l 6 0,0 00 q u a lifie d a u to m o tiv e te c h n ic ia n s in the auto s e r v ic e in d u s t r y , ” s a id D o n S c h o fie ld , V ic e P re sid en t o f A u to m o tiv e S ervices fo r A A A O r egon. “ A p ro p e rly train ed te c h n i Kathleen “Kathy" Hoglund (right) and Illdra Smith give a doughnut to cian m ust be able to w o rk on cars Eugene Morris of Portland. The women were in World War I attire to e qu ipped w ith as m uch c o m p u t re-enact the Salvation Army’s “Doughnut Girls" who served the ing p o w e r as a c o m m e rc ia l je t o f troops on the front lines during the war. the 1970s.” The Auto Skills contest pits teams against each other and the clock in a “ hands on” demonstration o f modem automotive service. The state’ s w in ning team w ill travel to W ashington, DC, to compete in the June 20 Auto S kills national finals. “ A A A Oregon and Ford M otor Company are proud to sponsor this opportunity fo r students to showcase their knowledge and a b ility in the demanding fie ld o f professional auto mobile service,” said Don Schofield. Each two-member team is se lected for the state finals on the basis o f a w ritten examination on automo tive service. The slate competition is a “ hands- on” test o f each team’ s a b ility to service a deliberately “ bugged” 1994 Ford automobile. The w inning Oregon team w ill receive scholarships and other awards donated by the automotive service industry and contest sponsors. Schools qualifying fo r the A uto S kills contest include: South Albany H igh School, Ashland H igh School, Sunset H igh School, M ountain V iew H ig h School, Oregon C ity H ig h S ch oo l, G resham H ig h S c h o o l, Ontario H igh School, Benson High School, T illa m o ok H igh School and Vale H igh School. The contest w ill begin at 10 a.m. and end 2 p.m. Friday, M ay 13. It is one o f the 50 state competitions being held in A p ril and M ay nationwide. rfadiien ïffa /e m e n f “ It was a touch o f home, and from that there’ s been such a favorable response that people s till talk about it,” said Richard Love, the Salvation A rm y d ivisional commander fo r O r egon and Idaho. Passers-by got a touch o f that hospitality Monday. M ayor Vera Katz o ffic ia lly launched National Salva and the funds may be used fo r tuition, books and other college fees. The Emanuel M edical Founda tion and Legacy Portland Hospitals Com munity Relations funds the schol arships, now a yearly com m itm ent o f $17,000. The application process be gins in February 1995. For inform a tion, call Jan Shea, C om m unity Rela Your Credit: A Complete Guide Revolutionary Educational Breakthrough Offers New Gallares was awarded the M edical Staff Scholarship, which was estab lished by the former Emanuel m edi cal staff in 1992. This is the fifth year scholarships have been awarded to high school se niors who reside in North and N orth east Portland and are planning to study for a health career. 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