Volume X X V Number 6
Serving the community through cultural diversity
Join In Celebrating Our
Preparing For
Science Bowl
Black History
Saluted
A team o f pregnant and
parenting students prepare
to compete in high school
academic tournament.
See Metro, inside.
Rev. John Garlington Jr. was
a pioneering leader in
Portland's African American
community.
See Black History, page B6.
A IIN IV E R S A R Y
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February 8, 1995
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Blazer Player Pledges For Vernon Kids
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n entire class of students from
Portland's inner city has again
. been adopted into a program
that can guarantee them a college
education.
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Ron Brown
Investigation Pushed
The nation’s first black Secretary o f
Commerce last week came under increased
Congressional scrutiny because ofhis com
plex business dealings. Republicans are
pushing a probe o f how Brown was able to
earn more than $400,000 from the sale o f
a company in which he says he invested no
money.
Schools Plan For
Earthquake
Concerns about earthquake prepared­
ness in Portland public schools has been
heightened follow ing last month’ s earth­
quake near Seattle. School district person­
nel are evaluating more than 100 school
buildings and facilities to determine where
upgrading is necessary
Stevie Wonder Will Not
Run
Music legend Stevie Wonder says he
is giving up on plans to run for mayor o f
Detroit The 44-year-old icon, said last
week, “ I thought about the whole political
thing, but thought, realistically, that music
is the best platform to express how I feel.”
W onder’s next album ’‘Convention Peace”
is due out in March.
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Portland Trail Blazer Chris Dudley addresses the students at Vernon Elementary after his $300,000 contribution to "I Have A
Dream” foundation. Program founder Eugene Lang of New York is seated at right.
(Photo by Donn Thomas)
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For the second consecutive year, Port­
land entrepreneur Roy Jay has been pre­
sented an economic development award
from the Oregon Assembly for Black A f­
fairs. Assembly president Calvin Henry
said Jay has been outstanding in develop­
ing economic opportunities for blacks in
Oregon. In particular. Jay was cited for
elevating Portland’ s national v isib ility as
being a future destination for m inority
conventions, conferences and meetings.
Number On Assistance
Grows
College Fund Supported
The United Negro College Fund is the
nation’s leading black non-profit organi­
zation in total fund raising and at number
69 ranks among the top 100 o f all U.S.
charities. During fiscal year 1994, UNCF
raised $91 m illion. The organization raises
funds to support students and programs at
4 1 private, historically black colleges and
universities.
Probe Now Targets
Ministers
The Whitewater investigation into
PresidentClinton’s business dealings while
he was Governor o f Arkansas last week
expanded its probe into monies the Clinton
campaign allegedly gave to ministers to
get out the black vote during the 1980s.
The White House immediately denounced
the probe asa “Republican inspired fishing
expedition.”
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Portlander Honored
Jay Praised For Efforts
W ith the ta lk o f w elfare reform
abounding in the Congress and Clinton
administration, the Census Bureau says
that more Americans are now on public
assistance. But the poverty rate has not
changed, in 1993, 15 percent o f all Am er­
icans were poor, a rate that is not statisti­
cally different from the previous year.
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Portland Trail Blazer Chris Dudley made
the effort possible by making a $300,000
contribution, the largest individual donation
in the history o f the Oregon “ I Have A
Dream,” program. It is also the largest g ift
from any professional athlete in the 14-year
history o f the national “ I Have A Dream,”
foundation.
Dudley’ s support w ill enable 76 fourth
grade students from Vernon Elementary
School at 2044 N.E. Killingsworth, to partic­
ipate in the program. Other sponsors are
Lynn and W. Page Mesher and Diane and
Terrence Pancoast.
As “ dreamers" they are promised $4,000
in college scholarships i f they successfully
complete high school and stay away from
drugs and crime.
In the meantime, the students benefit
from special programs ofeducational enrich­
ment during school.
Dudley and Eugene Lang, the founda­
tio n ’ s national founder, attended the an­
nouncement o f the sponsorship at the school
during an assembly on Tuesday.
This is the second class from the north
and northeast Portland community to go into
Kamau Sadiki
A
Portland man has been named
a 1995 Black Engineer of the
Year.
Kamau S a d ik i, a h y d ra u lic engineer
w ith the U.S. A rm y C orps o f E ngineers,
w ill be one o f 15 special honorees at a
Feb. 18 awards co nve ntio n in B a ltim o re ,
M d.
S adiki is responsible fo r co m p ute r
m o d e lin g o f the h y d ro -e le c tric system
o f dams in the P a c ific N ortheast and
southeastern U n ite d States.
A native o f South C a ro lin a , S a d iki
earned a b achelor o f science degree in
c iv il eng in ee rin g from H ow ard U n iv e r­
s ity and has been em ployed w ith the
C orps since 1980. He served as the fir s t
b la ck e m ploym ent program manager at
the c o rp ’ s d iv is io n o ffic e .
S a diki is a c tiv e ly in v o lv e d in co m ­
m u n ity service, in c lu d in g w o rk as a s c i­
ence a d v is o r to the Oregon M useum o f
Science and In d u s try 's A lb e rta Science
For K id s , an a fte r school program fo r
A fric a n A m e ric a n e le m e n tary school
c h ild re n and as an a dvisor to O M S I’ s
Y o u th A liv e ! science in te rn s h ip p ro ­
gram.
He is also chairm an o f the board o f
d ire cto rs o f the B la ck E ducation C enter,
an independent A fric a n A m e rican edu­
cation in s titu tio n .
He has studied A fric a n arts and h is ­
to ry in the N ile V a lle y , is fo un de r o f the
S irius S tudy G roup, a P ortland associa­
tio n fo r the study o f classical A fric a n
c iv iliz a tio n s and rece n tly returned fro m
B ra z il w here he studied capoeira, an
A fric a n -B ra z ilia n m a rtia l art fo rm .
He and his w ife , A m in a , have tw o
c h ild re n , Kum asi and Z aire.
Minister Group To Hear
Police Complaints
rea residents who may have a
Alliance officials said there w ill be no
complaint against Portland
interrogations, no badgering or any form o f
police can now get assistance
harassment
from the Albina Ministerial Alliance of Alliance staff members are not investi­
north and northeast Portland.
gators, but w ill assist in the completion o f
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The a llia n ce and the P ortland P olice
B ureau’ s In te rn a l In v e s tig a tio n A u d it­
ing C om m ittee is w o rk in g to create an
atmosphere where in d iv id u a ls w o n ’ t feel
in tim id a te d to file a c o m p la in t against
the p o lice
proper forms and forward them to the police
bureau’ s internal affairs division. It w ill be
the responsibility o f the person with the com­
plaint to follow -up the action.
The alliance office is located at 1425
N.E. Dekum
Tad McDowell pushes the commands to operate a new multimedia jobs network
computer at Lloyd Center, the first of the Oregon Employment Department
machines installed in the Portland area.
Job Help At The Mall
n in n o v ativ e m ultim ed ia
system that puts information
about jo b s erv ice s and
com m unity pro g ram s at
fingertips of Oregonians has been
inaugurated at Lloyd C enter in
northeast Portland.
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The new netw ork uses computers,
housed in a kiosk and equipped w ith touch
screen technology , to provide information
about job openings, unemployment, insur­
ance and community programs.
the The state Employment Department re­
cently unveiled the machine at Lloyd Center
as one o f the first o f 169 o f the units to be
placed in public buildings across the state.
The Lloyd Center kiosk is located on
the shopping m all's third floor food court.
EDITORIAL
HEALTH
SPORTS
ENTERTAINMENT
RELIGION
CLASSIFIEDS
BLACK HISTORY
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