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July 27. 1994
“Serving the com m unity through cultural diversity.
Volume XXIV. Number 30
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Community Center Brings Hope And Services
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Peace Camp Set For
Kids
A program to encourage peace and
non-violence for children ages 9-13 be­
gins Monday. The Northeast Inner-City
Peace Camp is held weekdays through
Aug. 12 at Gregory Heights Middle School
at Northeast 73rd and Siskiyou. Peace­
making skills will be developed through
re ad in g , w ritin g c ra fts, sin g in g ,
storytelling, exercise, puppetry and coop­
erative games. The program is sponsored
by the Women’s International League for
Peace and Freedom, the Gray Panthers,
Oregon Peace Institute and others. To reg­
ister, call Gerri Peck at 288-2497, Mary
Rose at 282-3172 or Rosanne Royer at
I 228-8563.
Musical Romance
Presented By Seniors
“In the Mood,” a musical romance
from the 20s into the future, will be pre­
sented free of charge at two performances,
Aug. 4 and Aug. 5 at 1:30 p.m. at the
downtown Meier and Frank auditorium.
The shows are conducted by seniors and
retirees over 55 who belong to the Older
Adult Service and Information System.
Bill Whitney is the director with Marilyn
Chalmers as musical director.
African Adventures
Every Weekend
The Portland Children ’ s Museum fea­
tures A rtistic African A dventures in
Omokunle Village every Saturday, Sun­
day and Monday from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Children can become a tribal king or queen
! by designing their own crown. A different
activity is offered each day. The museum
is located at 3037 S.W. Second.
Museum Features
Smooth Sailing
Performances o f Anchors Aweigh are
held during August at the Children’s Mu­
seum, 3037 S.W. Second. Youngsters can
build a vessel and set it sailing. A collec­
tion o f model ships, junks and sampans are
featured.
Scholarship Fund Dance
Set
The Arkansas Club o f Oregon will
present its First Annual Scholarship Fund
Dance Saturday, July 30, from 9 p.m. to 2
a m. at the Elks, 6 N. Tillamook. Tickets
are $5 in advance and $7 at the door.
New Lutheran Community Center on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Skidmore.
Desmond Cole plays a board game with Emi Sato, a visitor from Fukushima,
Japan, at the new Lutheran Community Center at Skidmore and Martin Luther King
Jr. Blvd.
A ctivities that “expand their think­
in g ,” he said.
H e’s recruiting adults to supervise
A new multi-purpose building in the
small
activity groups for children and teenag­
heart of the inner city is giving hope
ers
as
an alternative to gangs.
and new services to area residents,
He
explains how kids are hungry to be
in c lu d in g th e n eedy and less-
part
of
a
group, but too often are lured into
privileged.
destructive gangs.
Gilmore has witnessed the flight of busi­
The Lutheran Community Center on
nesses
and services from the area, including
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Skidmore
St. was built at a cost of $600,000. It contains many o f the more affluent citizens.
“ It’s left me with a deep sense of
two large multi-purpose rooms and other
sorrow
and a resolve to turn things around
smaller rooms.
Gilmore
said.
Rev. Rozell Gilmore, a native o f Georgia
“
I
’m
hoping that w ithin this com ­
and a long-time resident of the neighborhood
munity
we
can make a start by sponsoring
directs activities at the center.
positive
programs
and activities for children
T here’s hope the facility will fight
and
adults
by
providing
space and opportu­
some o f the deterioration and hopelessness
nity
for
other
groups,”
he said.
that has plagued the neighborhood.
His
goals
are
to
help
find solutions to a
Gilmore is providing programs and ac­
myriad
of
concerns.
He
has
been unrelenting
tivities for children and adults. He wants a
in
changing
the
destiny
o
f
kids
he comes in
place where children can learn the fine arts,
contact.
like music and drama.
by
P romise K ing
Neighborhood Celebrates 7th Annual Cookout
local neighborhood gathered Black O regon, USA contestants. The
Saturday for it’s 7th annual charm ingyoung women greeted people
cookout in the Mississippi in the audience and took turns for­
mally introducing them selves to the
H is to ric D is tric t of inner North
crowd.
Educational plans, achieve­
Portland. Organizers Annie Jennings
ments
and
personal philosophies were
and Diane Farmer Linkhart declared
shared.
Adults
clapped and children
it another success.
A
With thescen tofb arb ecu in gfood
and tables of salads, desserts, spe­
cialty dishes and other treats, a large
crowd greeted the arrival of the Miss
were inspired. They then performed to
Hero, displaying both talent and grace.
On hand was District 18 State Rep.
M argaret Carter, who later delivered
positive remarks. She was followed by
Vivian Parker who told how Boise Cre­ sentation. Arthur Axelson and Barbara
ate and Housing Our Families were McNulty earned a dinner certificate from
sponsoring a paint project for five Safeway Marketplace, Rose City, while
homes in the neighborhood on Aug. 13. Robert C. Brooks, proved his skills over a
(Call 335-0947 for more inform ation.) seven hour period barbecuing all catego­
It was an ideal day for friends and ries of meat and chicken, winning his
neighbors, old and new. Volleyball dinner prize for two courtesy of Safeway
games with Portland police were played Marketplace, Jantzen Beach.
The N u-R ite Way M arket on
on the lawn, wonderful food, and out­
standing young women representing the M ississippi and Shaver donated food
for the third year of continuous sup­
pageant, made it a great event.
Two winners were made for food pre­ port for the event.
Woman Joins Ranks Of Celebrated Black Inventors
Open House For
Apartment Upgrade
Housing Our Families will celebrate
the completion o f renovations ofthe Maya
Angelou Apartments with an open house
and neighborhood extravaganza Aug. 6
from 11 am . to 4 p.m. at 4013 N. Kerby
Ave. There will be food, performances,
games, activities and tours o f the apart­
ments.
Register For The Portland
Street Academy
Early registration for the Portland
Street Academy has begun. Students aged
13 to 21 are encouraged to register now for
the 94/95 school year.
The Portland Street Academy is a
learning center that provides services for
middle school and high school youth The
center has a positive and enriching ap­
proach to education. Students can earn
credit towards graduation, work to get
their GEDorCertificate of Initial Mastery.
Registration packets are available at
the Urban League of Portland, 10 North
Russell Street, Portland. For further infor­
mation, please contact Mia Sims at (503)
280-2658
ment for spiritual reflection and growth.
The center provides free moral, educa­
tional and social services, like scouting for
boys and girls, aerospace education, designed
to introduce inner city kids to aerospace tech­
nology. It also provides homework assistance
for school children, educational field trips,
and early childhood education.
The center encourages spiritual activities
through its Sunday services.
S p ecial assistan ce , like food and
clothing, and em ergency financial sup­
port is provided to those in dire need,
how ever, G ilm ore said these social ser­
vices w ill last as long as the center has
Israel Beray Davis practices voice and
the
reso u rces to sustain it.
keyboard in the new Lutheran
“ How long this will last, I’m not
Community Center.
sure. It all depends on the resources we will
He wants to establish and encourage pro­ gather from Lutheran churches and other cor­
grams and services that provide vision, hope, porate organizations,” Gilmore said.
The center is available to the general
self-respect, educational assistance, social
development and a caring, friendly environ- public.
A worker at Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. manufacturing plant sews
canvas for Dorothy's Paint Caddy.
by
P rof . M c K inley B ert
We take great pleasure in announcing
that Dorothy Williamson of Northeast
P o rtla n d has jo in e d that august
company of inventors whose inspired
innovations have contributed to the
performance, comfort and safety of
working persons in these United States.
A premier corporation of local patent
attorneys has completed the required search
for novelty, and our imaginative inventor has
begun the first manufacturing run of Dorothy’s
Paint Caddy. “No muss, no fuss! Free your
hands. No longer do you have to climb a
ladder and hold yourtrim buckets, your brushes
and other tools." O f course, this is the direct
and succinct way Williamson would put it,
being a professional painter these many years.
(She did 38 units of the Piedmont Plaza com­
plex in 1993).
In the professional parlance ofthe patent
people we have “ ...your invention concerning
a painters smock which is adapted from a
drawstring apron design. The apron is formed
on a canvas being shaped to cover the wearer s
chest, legs and sides ...importantly, the smock
is fitted in a chest region with a plurality of
elastic strips each adapted to hold a paint
container or painters tool " Much to be said for
either description.
The first manufacturing run of Dorothy ’ s
Paint Caddy has already begun at Wister Works
Co. at 2808 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,
a canvas products manufacturing facility. This
company is operated by Wiser Davis, another
enterprising African American. The paint
caddy is already on sale at the premises. The
phone number is 282-3446.
It is interesting that this very year is the
20th anniversary of Williamson’s enrollment
in the Minority Economics Class I taught at
Portland State University. The text for one
quarter ofthe three hour course was my own
book “Black Inventors of America," and need­
less to say. it is very rewarding to have former
students to surface and recount how they were
motivated or directed by that particular aca­
demic experience. You always remember those
who made it through, while successfully rais­
ing five children
Speaking of academic experience, our
‘painting lady" has had a rather eclectic expo­
sure to higher education, all of which has been
put to productive use. Bom in Huttiesburg,
Miss., Williamson was raised in Winslow.
Ariz, graduated from high school and at­
tended one year of pre-law at Mesa Commu­
nity College before marry ing Years later the
Dorothy's Paint Caddy was invented as
a way to hold brushes and paint
buckets to free the hands for painting.
Williamsons divorced and she moved to Port­
land with her five children. At Portland Com­
munity College she received an associate de­
gree (1973), which included basic design, art
and painting.
After graduating from Portland State Uni­
versity in 1975 with a degree in psychology
and criminology, Dorothy went on to become
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