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I he P ortland O bserver • D ecember 28, 1994 P age Leadership, Tabasco Sauce And Jobs: Conclusion m P rok . M< K im . kv B crt At our monthly neighborhood meeting of “those who appear to care” (and have proven it), we found ourselves in the Beaverton/Hillsboro area, having been invited out to visit the electronics plant headed by a former student o f mine at PSU. Also a member AOI (Associated Oregon Industries, he titillated the group by stating that he wanted to revive my “Motherwit-101” class for his em ployees (a term I often used for my Urban Economics class in the 1970’s- -only half jokingly). It was interesting to observe some of the reactions of my group to this “white boy’s” use o f the vernac ular, some startled, others bemused. It didn’t take long for him to define where it was he was coming from’, this during a luncheon talk. A native of South Carolina, he said that he had followed my series on both Los An geles and the current articles on south ern exploitation of lands and people. Our fugitive from “cracker land”, as he described it, wanted everyone to understand that the process mitigat ed against many whites as well as blacks—although it goes without say ing, “you have the double whammy.” Since it was about 21 years earlier that this plant owner had enrolled in a class of mine where the “Hilton Head” situation had been a key topic, viz a viz a National Geographic mag azine article, his spin on the subject had the avid attention ofthe group. A lot of attention was paid to the "gen erational” succession or cooperation situation I mentioned, Our 'friend' said he could not under stand how African Americans could walk off from billions in land reserves up and down American’s southeastern coast- -leaving the oldsters to fend for them selves against assessors, sheriffs, banks and brokers (college-bound baby). I just sat back and waited to see if the fur would fly, having been in sim ilar situations before. There wasn’t as much furor as you would think, but that probably was because the group had been exposed to my opinions and philosophies. Besides, the presenter mitigated his criticisms with information he had been re trieving since his student days. For instance he read from current laws of several southern coastal states-laws clearly designed to make it almost impossible for scattered heirs to form the necessary quorums or paper- signings in the timely manner that would expedite and preserve their inheritances (each year, right up to this day, tens o f thousands o f acres are foreclosed upon and auctioned off at sheriffs sales-for Malls, Con dominiums and Resorts). My former student rem inded the audience that back there’, we had designed a c lass project to discover i f there was a remedial procedure for the problem (several intheclass were from that part o f the country). Six months later after scores of letters to city, county and state offices, Cham- bers-of-Commerce, etc...to Black Colleges and professors and to just plain people on the tax rolls, gar nered by students home on vacation for the summer, there was a most pitiful response (little better, if any, from congressional delegations). It was like that famous passage from an old blues...’’An’ don’t nobody care’. Even locals! Black and white folks are going on record now... “We read Ebony, Jet, the black newspapers...about the do ings and goings’ and escapades ofthe African American leadership, offi cials, politicians and other prime m overs’...and to para phrase Shakespeare, it is Much To Do About Nothing!” Several at the meeting voiced my earlier thoughts, “Now that we have Mike Espy as Secretary of Agriculture perhaps now we can de vise meaningful programs to stop the land-hemorrge and exploit it for our selves as the Native American do” (old massa brought that to a quick halt, with a little help from Espy himself). Maybe there is still help. “Jesus, are you coming or not? Its getting late! New Clues To Oregon’s Early Peoples A handful of burned mussel shells are revealing important new information about Oregon’s first coastal settlers-they arrived thou sands ofyears earlier than previously thought. A wife and husband team of University ofOregon anthropologists has discovered that people inhabited an anc ient south coast site 8,600 years ago, making it the oldest site to be found between Mendocino, Calif, and the Canadian border. M adonna M oss and Jon Erlandson, assistant professors in the UO Department of Anthropology, who made the discover, are involved in a three-year project to survey, evaluate and date ancient sites on state coastal lands. The research is affiliated with the Coastal Prehistory program at the UO Museum o f Nat ural History. This is a very exciting discovery because anthropologists didn’t be lieve people were settling along the Oregon coast this far back in time,” said Moss. “This gives us an impor tant new piece to Oregon’s historical puzzle.” Erlandson said they found bro ken and charred shells at a number of sites indicting ancient people cooked mussels for food. Radiocarbon-dat ing determined the age of the shells. "We sent in more than 130 sam ples from sites all over the coast but most o f them proved to be less then 2,000 years old,” said Erlandson. “The 8,600 year old site brings set tlement ofthe Oregon Coast into line with the British Columbia and south er California coasts, where very ear ly sites are much more common.” Before this discovery, the oldest known “shell midden” site located on the present Oregon coast was 5,000 years old. But Moss and Erlandson believed coastal Oregon was inhab ited far earlier because early sites discovered elsewhere along the Pa cific coast date back 9.000 years. “If people lived on the coat to the north and the south that long ago, Polovin Earns Mary Kay Post Tatyana Polovin of Portland has achieved the position of independent Sales Director for Mary Kay Cos metics Inc. As Sales Director, Polovin will provide training, guidance, lead ership and motivation to other Mary Kay independent beauty consultants. Polovin joined Mary Kay in November 1993 as an independent beauty consultant. Her new position is a direct result of sales and recruit ing accomplishments. There are more than 7,000 Mary Kay sales directors. In preparation for the new position, Polovin attended a week long training sem inar at Mary K ay’s international headquarters in D allas, Texas. The sessions p ro v id ed tra in in g on p ro d u ct k n o w led g e, sales te c h n iq u e s, business m anagem ent and fash- ion trends. Furse Wants Defense Jet Scraped Tatyana Polovin Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc. topped $1.3 billion in retail sales in 1993 and becam e a Fortune 500 C om pany. As the largest direct-seller o f skin care p ro d u c ts in the U nited S tates, it m anufactures and d istrib u tes more than 200 prem ium skin care, glam our, hair care, body care, nail care, sun protection and fragrance p ro d ucts through a sales force of more than 350,000 independent beauty consultants in 23 countries world- wide. Trolley Makes Bright Appearance This Holiday Season The PGE-sponsored Vintage rolley has for the first time donned Christmas costume, wearing more an 800 energy-efficient lights as it akes its way through Portland. The :corated trolley not only helps to ake the holiday season in Portland bright one, but does so without ■¡ng wasteful thanks to its energy- fficient lights. The Vintage Tolley provides free :rvice from Lloyd Center to down- iwn and runs every half hour Mon- ay through Friday 10 a m. to 3 p m id Saturday, Sunday and holidays om 10 a m. to 6 p.m. In addition, a miniature rendi- on of one of Portland's vintage trol- :ys is a part of this year’s Zoolights it wa logical that people in Oregon also lived on the coast during that time period,” Moss said. That was on of the ideas the couple wanted to test when they made a proposal to Oregon’s coast. The federal Historic Preservation Grant- In-Aid program funds the project now in its third year. As many as 100 sites are being surveyed and tested with the assistance o f UO graduate students Mark Tveskov and Scott Byram. M oss and E rlandson say the discovery is im portant because it will shed light on the life and trading netw orks o f early popu lations. For exam ple, tools d is covered at the site are made from obsidian that originated in other parts o f the region. The couple believe many other ancient sites have been lost to ero sion on the coast, and that this dis covery also will help scientists un derstand the nature and rate of coast al erosion. Festival at the Metro Washington Park Zoo. The 6' x 16' trolley is decorated with close to 600 energy- efficient lights. The Zoolights Festival will run December 2 through January 1. It will be closed December 24 and 25. Hours are 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 5 to 8:30 p.m Friday and Saturday. The lights and other activities will continue for one hour pastclosingtime. Admission is $5.50 for ages 12-64, $3.50 for ages 3-11 and $4.00 for ages 65 and over. In fants under two are free. PGE encourages you to look for and use 5-watt and mini hol iday lights this holiday home decorating season A3 Portland Police Bring Toys To Kids It isn’t often that traffic cops serve as Santa's helpers, but this holiday season they did just that. St. Francis Dining Hall and the Portland Police traffic division helped Santa respond to letters from 40 homeless children who dined at St. Francis with their families. The Portland Police elves began collecting gifts for the children after learning that St. Francis Dining Hall Christmas toy supplies were alarm ingly low. Sargeant Peter Bates of the traffic division decorated his office Christmas tree with the children’s requests and encouraged fellow officers to help make the kids’ Christmas wishes come true. “The officers’ assistance is wonderful,” says Peggy Taylor, St. Francis Dining Hall manager. Intel Gives $1 million to Beaverton Institute Intel Corp, has made its largest cash donation ever in Oregon with a $ I million gift to the Oregon Grad uate Institute of Science and Tech nology, a private school in Beaver ton. Intel executive Keith Thomson said the donation would help sup port a graduate school helping meet the growing demands o f high-tech industries like Intel. The school’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering is the fastest growing and largest department on campus, with over 95 students and 17 faculty. The gift, which Intel will dis tribute over a five-year period, will support the department and the Man agement in Science and Technolo gy program. “Our growth will mean new jobs for Oregonians, and those jobs will need quality educated students,” Thomson said. “This is an exciting time to be involved in technology learning. The high tech industry is expanding and the need for highly trained individuals has never been greater. “As a knowledge industry , Intel is dedicated to supporting educa tion and building both the quality and quantity of the technology workforce in Oregon, with an em phasis on science and math,” Th ompson added. U S. Sen Mark O. Hatfield at tended an event celebrating the do nation as a special guest speaker. “This gift marks the fruition of a dream, which was begun in 1963 with the founding o f OGI," Hatfield said. Hatfield was instrumental in the establishment o f the institute during his term as governor of Ore gon. Upon accept i ng the check, OG I President Paul Bragdon said, “This is a commitment from Intel to the future of OGI and to the region. It demonstrates what can happen when academe and industry begin to think and work together. "This dedication shown by Intel is a substantial sign of the maturity and vitality for the state’s high tech nology industrial base. Today we are celebrating a generous gift, but we also are taking notice o f Ore gon’s new economic base and its high technology future.” Red Cross Encourages Blood Donations The holiday season is filled with traditions. One that Red Cross knows well is the traditional decrease in blood donations. Red Cross officials are en couraging healthy people to give blood this D ecem ber to avoid a repeat o f typical year-end blood shortages. Portland-area residents can help ensure that blood is available for patients needing transfusions this holiday season, by donating blood at the lobby ofthe U.S. Northwest Federal Building, 911 N.E. 1 Ith.on Friday, Dec. 30 from 6:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. Donors must be 17 or older, weigh at least 105 pounds and be in good general health. Donors can give blood every 56 days or eight weeks. Rep. Elizabeth Furse, D-Ore. said she will re-introduce her bill to halt the C-17 air transport program after a new study recommends that the Pentagon stop buying additional C-17s and instead by cheaper, cur rently available commercial alterna tives. The C o lu m b ia-W illa m ette According to a Rand Corpora tion report, using a cargo version of Chapter O f United Way has raised $16 m illion so far in its current the Boeing 747 could deliver more fund-raising drive. equipment to a battle zone faster than The total represents 82 p er C-17s and save taxpayers up to $20 cent o f United W ay’s $20 Mil-* billion over 25 years. lion goal, with com pany cam "This is simply more evidence paigns taking place through Feb that the Pentagon is throwing money ruary. away on a plane that can’t deliver,” O v erall, C am paign ‘94 is Furse said. “We can ’ t afford to waste running at a 5 percent increase money. It’s time we make wise over last y ea r's total at this time choices that keep our military strong C orporate gifts are up 6 percent. while using taxpayer dollars wisely." “ The average gift in our d i The C -17 air transport program rect mail effort is up 8 p ercen t,” is more than $13 billion over budget says W illiam Blanford, chairm an and years behind schedule, and can’t o f M eier & Frank. “A dditional meet its airlift specifications. Furse hopes to halt funding for the C-17 at ly, pledges are still com ing in from em p lo y ee s in v o lv ed in the end of this year’s authorization, for the total of 40 planes. Each plan costs an average of $533 million. Last year, Furse worked to ter minate funding for the C-17 at 30 planes. Despite overwhelming evi dence that additional planes could not meet airlift requirements, the House approved funding for 6 more plans - for a total of 32 - and ad Portland City Commissioner vanced funding for eight more trans Earl Blumenauer and his staff con ports. tribute gifts and other goodies to a Pentagon official are set to make Garlington Center client and their a decision on the future of the C-17 family. by next fall The Air Force commis This year marks the second sioned the Rand Corporation, aCali- year C om m issioner B lum enau fornia based think tank, to undertake e r ’s office has offered a ho li the study. day d o n atio n to G arlin g to n The holiday season presents many challenges for Red Cross. Winter weather forces people in doors, colds and flu interrupt many donors’ regular giving habits and people are busy preparing for and celebrating the holidays. The need for blood, however, is constant. Each day, area offices of the Red Cross must collect more than 600 pints of blood to meet patient needs in Oregon, Washing ton and southeast Alaska. Hospitals will be filled with people this holiday season who will need the lifesaving gift of blood to make it to the new year. Eligible donors are encouraged to share their health this holiday season, by giv ing blood. Just one donation can help up to four people. United Way At $16 Million Mark w orkplace cam paigns.” He at tributes the success to the im ple m entation o f a single pledge card. This allow s individuals to make their pledge and direct their gifts to the areas o f service or agen cies o f their choice, all on one form. United Way o f the C olum bia-W illam ette funds more than 1 80 agency program s in C lacka mas, M ultnom ah and W ashing ton C o u n tie s in O reg o n and in C lark County, W ashington. D o n a tio n s h e lp lo c a l c h ild ren , fa m ilie s and se n io rs in n ee d th ro u g h a v a r ie ty o f h ea lth and hum an care p ro gram s. Commissioner Blumenauer Played Santa To A Garlington Family Each staff mem ber makes a per sonal contribution to purchase gift items for a family who is experiencing difficulties Fam ilies are selected at random The gifts were delivered to the family in person by Blumenauer and his staff, a few days before Christmas. '* < • Congressman Ron Wyden, D-Ore. gets his point across during a town hall meeting held recently at the Northeast Precinct community meeting room. Wyden discussed some of the key issues that Congress will be debating this year in a series of talks around the Portland area. Join W eight W atchers today and cut the fat, not the food. WEIGHT WATCHERS NEW FAT & FIBER PLAN JOIN ANY MEETING ANY TIME CALL COLLECT - WEEKDAYS! 8:30 A.M . T O 5:00 m P. J Want to lose weight? You can count on the new Fat & Fiber Plan. 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