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T he P ortland O bserver • M ay 18, 1994
Emanuel Healthcare Scholarships Announced
Nelson Mandela, “The
Star Of Africa”
Continued from front
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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,
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says
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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
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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. The scholarship is
S1000, renewable for up to four years.
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