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P ortland O bserver • D ecember
28, 1994
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Leadership, Tabasco Sauce
And Jobs: Conclusion
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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
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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.
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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.
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