November 9, 1994
Serving the community through cultural diversity
Volume XXIV Number 45
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Area Women Vie For Miss Black Oregon
Landlord Training Set
Air Fair Features
Astronauts
Aspiring astronauts and pilots can
meet Apollo 12 astronauts Friday during
the Oregon Air Fair’s student day at the
Oregon Convention Center. The event
features astronauts Pete Conrad, Richard
Gordan and Allen Bean and 250 exhibits
and aircraft displays. Students will also
have opportunities to fly an airplane sim­
ulator, build and fly paper airplanes and
experience jobs astronauts perform in
space. Saturday and Sunday the fair will
be open to the public. Admission is free.
Forum Set On Adult
Foster Care
Community forums sponsored by lo­
cal government agencies will be held for
residents wanting to learn more and give
their opinions about adult foster care home
services. The forums are scheduled Mon­
day from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Mid-
County Aging Services Division, 2900
S.E. 122 and Saturday, Nov. 19 from 2
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Southeast Multi­
cultural Center, 4610 S.E. Belmont.
East Africa Jewelry
Featured
Jewelry, crafts from East Africa and
other treasures will be featured by African
Team Ministries, Inc. Saturday, Nov. 19
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Nov.
20 from 11:30 a m. to 4 p.m. at the St.
Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church at the
comer o f Northeast Rodney and Knott.
Forum On Money
Management
TheCoalitionofBlack Men presenta
forum on personal/business finances and
money management Friday, Nov. 18 at the
Mallory Avenue Christian Church, 126
N.E. Alberta. A panel o f local bankers and
business owners will address and try to
create a better understanding of business
and personal finance and entrepreneur-
ship. There is no charge. Doors open at
6:30 p.m. with the program starting at 7
p.m.
P romise K ing
It is a scholarship affair. But they are
coming with brain and beauty. They are
the queens of Black Oregon. A carefully
selected group of contestants for the Sec­
ond Miss Black Oregon USA Scholarship
Pageant. Intelligent and brilliant in their
articulation, they exude pride and dignity
in the way they walk and in the very
original talents they display.
The day had gotten cold last Thursday as
we trailed these contestants, eight in number,
to their rehearsing area at the Lutheran Com­
munity Center on Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd. and Skidmore, to get them to comment
on their wishes and aspirations.
One by one they spoke with the dignity
o f a true queen.
Arletha Faye Phillip likes skiing, horse
riding, weight lifting and listening to music.
She would like to see less and less young
women o f color having children out of wed­
lock. She is a 1987 graduate of Tigard High
School, spent some years at Portland State,
majoring in Psychology and theater Arts.
And also a graduate o f Academy One mode I-
ing school. Oprah Winfrey and her mom are
her role models.
Tonya Thomas is a student at Roosevelt
high School. She likes to play volleyball and
basketball. She hopes to own her own busi­
ness someday. Miss Thomas thinks the Miss
Black Oregon scholarship Pageant would
help women feel good about themselves.
Angelic Brown enjoys playing piano
and dancing. She is currently completing her
school at Portland Community College. She
hopes to be a surgeon in future. Her model is
Mia Angelo.
Nathasha Ross attended Woodrow Wil­
son High School and Portland Community
College. She loves working with children,
singing and dancing. She is hoping to be a
film director and a fitness expert.
She believes this pageant will open an­
other positive outlet for minority women to
express themselves besides being a Rose
Festival princess. Janet Jackson is her role
model.
Donita Lincoln holds a bachelor degree
in communications from the University of
Portland. She loves singing and writing poet­
ry and having time with her family. Her
ultimate goal is to be a news reporter. She
said Jesus Christ is her role model.
Valarie R. Doakes is graduating this
December from George fox College as an
arts major. She enjoy aerobics, writing, and
working with her church. She would like to
by
Tammie Morris
Angelique Brown
Donila Lincoln
Valarie Doakes
Michelle Soles, 1994 Miss Black Oregon USA.
Donna Knight
Natasha Boss
see people o f color taking active roles in
politics, foreign Affairs and also in spiritual
matters. Herrole models areNelson Mandela.
State Rep. Margaret Carter, Oprah and her
parents.
Donna Knight attends Möller Barbers
College and PCC. Playing piano and design­
ing hair is what she love to do best. She has
a dream to earn her masters in business
Athlete turned dancer choreographer
David Dorfman, hailed as one o f the
world's most mesmerizing modern danc­
ers. presents a free master class for ath­
letes and dancers at Portland State Uni­
versity. The session takes place Saturday,
Nov. 19 from I p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Room
207 o f the Health and Physical Education
Building. Dorfman and other athletes are
also scheduled to perform next Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Lincoln
Performance Hall.
The Alzheimer's Association invites
families, friends and caregivers to honor
and remember loved ones they have lost or
are losing to Alzheimer's disease during a
candlelight vigil Thursday at 6:30 p.m at
the World Trade Center. 121 S.W. Salm­
on St.
A riet ha Phillip
administration and also to own her salon. Her
role models are Pastor Ida Simpson and her
mom.
Tammi Morris is a student at Jefferson
High School. If she is not singing, she is
perhaps working with kids or with the elder­
ly. She hopes to own a beauty salon and an
income tax agency.
Organizers of the scholarship pageant
Manager of Portland Cable Access Resigned
World Class Dancer At
PSU
Vigil To Honor
Alzheimer Victims
B
Queens Of Black Oregon
n nt nt u n i t u
a I c it b a r
Portland Police is offering a program
to teach landlords how to spot and prevent
drug activity and other problems on their
properties Friday, Nov. 18 from 8:30 a m.
to 4 p.m. at the Portland Building, 2nd
floor auditorium. A weeknight program is
held Nov. 16 and Nov. 17 from 6 p.m. to
9 p.m. at Kenton School, 7528 N. Fenwick
Ave. Register by leaving a message at
823-0955. For other questions call 823-
0283.
SECTION
(L to R) Lenny Edwards. Television Production Teacher at Jefferson; and Deborah
M. Luppold, G eneral M anager o f Portland Cable Access Television.
Deborah M. Luppold, General Man­
ager of Portland Cable Access Television
has resigned after elesen years of service.
Portland Cable Access Television is an
independent non-profit organization that
provides access to the medium of cable for
organizations and members of the com-
munity. Ms. Luppold is leaving PCA to
join the state office of TCI C'ablevision of
Oregon as Video Conferencing Manager.
On November 2. Ms. Luppold was feted
at a reception attended by over 150 people in
acknowledgement o f her years of leadership
and com m itm ent to the co m m unity.
Toyna Thomas
are promising “the best of it’s kind’’.
The event will be held Saturday,
Nov. 19 at the Holiday Inn rand b all­
room, 102 1 N.E. Grand. Doors w ill open
at 7 p.m. with showtim e scheduled at
7:30 p.m. A special appearance is by
Sean Strong and the N orthw est African
Am erican Ballet. Tickets are available
for $16 at Tiketm aster outlets.
Statement From
Mayor Vera Katz And
Commissioner Earl
Blumenauer
Regarding Bureau Of
Maintenance
Criminal
investigation
M em bers o f the Board, staff and busi­
ness associates shared stories o f Ms.
L u ppold’s accom plishm ents. During her
tenure. Portland Cable Access estab­
lished its business at 276 NE ML King
Blvd. undertaking one o f the first m ajor
renovations on what was then referred to *
as the blighted Union Avenue corridor.
P C A 's 7.500 sq. ft. facility was one o f
the first businesses dedicated to the re­
vitalization o f the M artin Luther King
Blvd. business corridor.
City of Portland Mayor Vera Katz
Ms. Luppold is recognized n ation­
and Commissioner Earl Blumenauer re­
ally as being one o f the forem ost experts
leased the followingjoint statement. Their
in establishing and running com m unity
statement is in response to media inquires
regarding an ongoing criminal investiga­
access centers. PCA is one the oldest
and largest access centers in the coun­
tion by the Portland Police Bureau of
try. She is also a leading proponent o f
possible misappropriation of public prop­
First Am endm ent rights and has often
erty by employees in the Maintenance
been quoted as saying “ I may not agree
Bureau.
with what it is you have to say, but I will
“ Allegations have been made regard­
defend your right to say it.” She believes
ing potential criminal activity associated
that one never has to w orry about the
w ith employ ees of the Bureau of Mainte­
voice o f the m ajority being heard, it is
nance. The matter has been under investi­
the voice o f the m inority that we must
gation over the past month by the Police
not silence. Over the years, many con­
Bureau, and two employees have been
troversial program s have been shown on
placed on administrative leave
P C A 's channels. These program s, be­
“ In the event probable cause is found
cause o f th eir controversial nature, are
for criminal activity, the City will press
the most well known. But lesser known,
vigorously for prosecution and restitution
yet enduring, are the program s produced
for any loss to the public as well as take
appropriate disciplinary action
by m em bers o f the com m unity which
provide valuable services to the reli­
“To protect the integrity of the on­
gious com m unity, seniors, persons who
going investigation, no further comment
are shut ins, diverse ethnic com m unities
will be made until the investigation is
and a host o f others.
complete."