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"Still I Rise” Honoring Achievement
Editor's note: A s part i f a spe­
cial series leading to the annual Les
Femmes Debutante <& Cavalier Ball
in June we introduce you to a set o f
prospective Debutantes.
Along with many community
activities most o f our debutantes are
very active in their churches, schools,
tutoring programs for younger chil­
dren and other social groups.
As we have learned in the past
“It takes a whole village to raise a
child" and the Les Femmes members
along with the parents, churches and
schools take pride in working with
the young ladies to instill values,
morals and encouragement.
This years ball Chairperson Ms
Joann Travis and her co-chair Ms
Rica Brooks along with the members
of Les Femmes have worked hard to
make this a great affair.
In keeping with our theme for
the year “Still I Rise” each week will
feature a passage from the poem,
(passage 2)
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides.
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like tear­
drops,
Weakened by my soulful cries.
This issue of The Portland Ob­
server will feature Debutantes, Chas­
tity Danielle Clegg, Bahia Anis Cross,
Shanetra L e’Shay Fesser, JaJuan
Lynette Finch and Shontale Marie
Jackson.
Prospective Debutante Chastity
Danielle Clegg, a senior at Jefferson
High School, is the daughter of Mary
and Leonard Clegg.
What I bring to Les Femmes as
a Debutante.
“Black. The color that I am. It
tells a lot about my ancestors, and it
S h a n e tra L e 'S h a y F e s s e r
makes me push hard to get to my
goals. Coming to the Les Femmes
makes me proud to be around such
beautiful black men and women get
ting together to make things right,
doing things that make the black
community look good. I give the Les
Femmes my pride and my dignity,
cause we are all black and w e’re all
proud.
Beautiful. From the inside out, I
show my beauty with no words. By
the way I walk, the way I sit, the way
I dress, the way I listen, the way I
carry m yself with grace, pride dig­
nity and beauty.
Young. Not wise enough to know
what is around the corner or w hat’s in
store for me, yet young enough to
learn a little more.
Talented. Meaning that I can do
what ever I put my mind to.
Respectful. Meaning that when
I leave home, I leave with everything
that my mother and father taught me.
Female. Meaning that there are
not many like me, or who can com ­
pare to me.
S h o n ta le M arie J a c k so n
Bahia A n is C ro ss
1 Chastity D. Clegg a black, beau­
tiful, young, talented, respectful fe­
male. I come to Les Femmes all
woman ready to take on the world
and dominate!!”h)0*0*0*ospective
Debutante Bahia Anis Cross, a se­
nior at Benson High School, is the
daughter of Joy and Ray leary, Henri
and Zhalih Cross,
“I Bahia bring a spirit of happi­
ness to Les Femmes as a debutante. I
believe that happiness is the most
important thing. I believe that part of
the reason I was created was to en­
sure happiness in peoples hearts and
how can I do that if I have no happi­
ness in my own? I bring purity of
heart. 1 strive every day to keep my
heart and motives pure. The last thing
I bring to Les Femmes as a debutante
is a spiritual essence and a diverse
flavor. I share with the other debu­
tantes a desire to be close to God by
demonstratinggood morals and main­
taining our positions in what we be­
lieve. A diverse flavor because any
debutante will tell you “The girl is
definitely different” and I take pride
J a J u a n L y n e tte Finch
in that.”
Prospective Debutante Shanetra
L e’Shay Fesser, a senior at Jefferson
High School, is the daughter of
Y olanda M cC orvey and Randy
Fesser.
What I bring To Les Femmes As
A Debutante...
What I bring to Les Femmes as
a Debutante is my personality, my
character, my charisma and most of
all my goal to succeed in life. There
are a lot o f good things about myself
that I can offer to Les Femmes. Some
of these things can’t even be said. It
would be my body language in a
certain situation, it could be how I
carry myself when I am out with my
friends or relatives, but what is most
important and the thing I can’t forget
is the fact that I am a young African
American Women, who is going to
do something with her life. Besides
the fact that I am on my P ’s and Q ’s
at home and at school I feel that Les
Femmes will help me becoming a
mature well rounded woman.
I feel that I can offer Les Femmes
C hastity D anielle C legg
my opinion and feelings.
I think that as Les Femmes being
the well established organization that
it is that my opinion can help them
help me.
Prospective Debutante JaJuan
Lynette Finch, a senior at Benson
High School, is the daughter of Billie
Finch.
I feel that I bring a sense of
peace to Les Femmes. I am not a
person who looks for or takes part in
conflict. Instead, I try to help to calm
frazzled nerves and have the situa­
tion resolved by talking and not fight­
ing.
In addition to peace, I think that
I also bring happiness, a strong faith
in God, and a patience for the man
trials and struggles of everyday life.
The reason that I possess these
qualities is that I have an immensely
giving and trusting parent Which in
turn makes me trustworthy and re­
sponsible. So I guess that one could
sum it all up to say that I bring the
love and upbringing from my mother
to the Les Femmes Debutantes and
Cavaliers.
Prospective Debutante Shontale
Marie Jackson, a senior at Grant High
School, is the daughter of Gloria and
Edwin Jackson.
"W hat I bring to Les Femmes as
a debutante is a positive attitude and
support. I came to Les Femmes to
support the positive cause and have a
good attitude about it. The com m u­
nity service activities that we do
makes me feel good about m yself
and my community, this means a lot
to me.
Even though debutantes is real
tim e c o n su m in g I still try to
makeh)O*O*O* to everything that we
have. Some times it gets frustrating
when your stressed everyday. I try to
manage may time the best way I can
with school and work. I feel I have a
good attitude towards people. Some
times I am too nice and people try to
take advantage of that. That is what I
bring to Les Femmes as a debutante.
The senior debutante program
director is Rena’ Allen & co-direc­
tor is Dolores Jeffries.
Clyde Pays Dividends FUNIN THE SUN
Trade To Houston
Builds Drexler's Value
B y D anny B ell
A m o n g st a ffic ia n d o ’s o f the
gam e the ju ry is still out, o b se rv ­
ing th at it w ill be a few y ears
before the D re x le r-T h o rp e trad e
can o b je c tiv e ly be a s s e s s e d .
H ow ever “ v a lu e ” like “b e a u ty ”
is o ften a m atter o f p ercep tio n .
W h at is fact is that as the
p o st-se a so n p ro g re sse s the play
o f C lyde D rex ler has been p iv ­
otal to H o u sto n ’s su ccess.
And on reflectio n th a t’s w hat
i t ’s all about re ta in in g the c o v ­
eted N .B .A . ch a m p io n sh ip .
A lth o u g h D rex ler is a le g iti­
m ate a ll-sta r d e stin e d for the N a­
tional B ask etb all A sso c ia tio n ’s
Hall o f Fam e, the naysayer voiced
an o p in io n that he w as aging and
that his sk ills w ere d im in ish in g
O ld fa th e r tim e w as e n ­
croaching on his ab ilities to glide.
But as he has d em onstrated w ithin
the last w eek he can both sky and
g lid e w ith the best o f them .
C ly d e a v erag ed 17.4 in the
se rie s a g a in st Phoenix even a fte r
not sc o rin g in one gam e due to
illn ess
. In gam e one a g a in st the
S p u rs he sco red 25 p o in ts and
p u lled d o w n 12 re b o u n d s and in
g a m e tw o he c o n tr ib u te d 23
p o in ts w ith 6 reb o u n d s.
As M ike F ra tte llo o f T N T
S p o rtc a s tin g team c o m m e n te d
“ when M icheál Jordan cam e back
there w ere 17 gam es left (in the
re g u la r se a so n ) he ju s t d id n ’t
have e n o u g h tim e to fit in. But in
D re x le r’s situ atio n he cam e back
w ith 35 gam es le ft.”
“ Its like Rudy T o m jo n av ich
said d u rin g the p la y -o ffs your
goin g to see th in g s happen and
the team is going to sta rt to com e
to g e th e r.”
“ D re x le r h as p la y e d long
e n o u g h (w ith H o u sto n ) to feel
c o m fo rta b le and fit in w ith the
ro ta tio n .”
So we return the idea o f p e r­
c e p tio n . Ju st w hat did H ouston
w ant w ith D re x le r and his b a l­
loon paym ent to m ake it w orth
th e ir w hile to trade one o f the
p rem iere reb o u n d in g forw ards in
the league.
I w ould like to p ropose the
m a rk e tin g c o n c e p t o f D rex ler
r e tu rn in g hom e and re u n itin g
w ith H akeem O lajaw o n a m em ­
ber o f Phi S lam m a Jam m a.
T hen a n o th e r a sp ect is the
ta le n t and a b ility D re x le r brings
to the gam e.
As a num ber tw o guard he
can sh oot from the p e rim e te r, he
m oves w ell w ithout the ball, he is
d a n g e ro u s p e n e tra tin g to the b a s­
ket w here his m oves m ake deadly
inside and his ab ility to pass e x ­
cep tio n a lly w ell for a tw o guard
d o u b les the th re a t, and he is one
o f the best reb o u n d in g guards
playing c u rre n tly .
T hat dear re a d e rs m akes for
a c o m p le te package.
A n other m itigating factor for
H o uston is that V ernon M axw ell
is gone for the rest o f the season
due to p ersonal pro b lem s.
If D rex ler was sup p o se to be
insu ran ce he is paying back p re ­
m ium s in less than h a lf a season.
So in light o f p reced in g a r ­
g u m en t, H ouston ap pears to be
reap in g b enefits already from the
trad e.
A nd w ith all due re sp e c t
C lyde has a leg itim ate shot at a
c h a m p io n sh ip ring this year.
B ut all this w ould not have
h appened if the B lazer front o f­
fice had not offended C lydes sen
sib ilitie s o f fair play.
M isco n stru ed or not C lyde
felt that the B lazers w ere not g iv ­
ing him fa ir tre a tm e n t so he
w anted out.
T his even after sta tin g that
he loved P o rtland and w anted to
re tire here and ho p efu lly w ork in
the B lazer front office.
H ow ever fate stepped in and
w ith any luck this could be his
year.
Don’t let those kids waste an­
other summer parked in front o f the
t.v., instead give them a summer they
will never forget! Parents, now is the
time to grab a Portland Parks & Rec­
reation Summer Program Guide and
sign the kids up for summer camps
that will keep them busy all summer
long! Science, dance sports fitness,
foreign language, drama and arts!
Portland Parks has a summer activity
for everyone.
What: Portland Parks and Rec­
reation’s Summer Program Guides!
The guides include over 2000 class­
es and activities offered throughout
the city, as well as a map showing the
i n i t v n centers,
o n
locations o f com m n unity
schools, pools, and City Arts pro­
grams in your neighborhood.
When: Summer Guides will be
available now.
Registration by phone begin June
5th a, the Parks Reservation Center,
823-2525, (Visa and M astercard
only) from 8:30am to 7:00pm. Mail-
in registration begins immediately.
Summer classes begin Monday,
June 19, 1995.
Where. Guides can be found at
Multnomah County Libraries, City
Hall and all Park’s facilities. Or, call
us at 823-2223 and w e’ll mail one to
your home.
SHOOTOUT
FO R CHR IST!
THREE-POINT SHOOT-OUT CONTEST
128 NE Russell,
Saturday, June 10, 1995
from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
FREE Fried Chicken & Grilled Hamburgers
Speaker: Eric Knox
Bible Temple
Center Opens Summer Program
Trophies and Prizes
WIN a Walkman, basketball,
Grace Collins Sets Summer Youth Activities
B y D anny B ell
T he G race C o llin s M em o rial
C e n te r is g earin g up to p ro v id e a
m enu o f su m m er a c tiv itie s at no
cost for the c o m m u n itie s’s youth.
B eg in n in g Ju n e 10 “S h o o t
O ut F or C h ris t” w ill in au g u rate
the su m m e r. “ S h o o t O u t F o r
C h ris t” is a th re e -p o in t sh o o t-o u t
c o m p e titio n , that is fo llo w ed by
a p re se n ta tio n by a local youth
p a sto r (June 10 it w ill be E ric
Knox o f B ible T em p le C h u rc h )
after the p re se n ta tio n by the p a s­
4
tor, p a rtic ip a n ts break up into
gro u p s fo r d isc u ssio n o f issu es
re g a rd in g C h ristia n ity in th e ir
lives.
A fte r the d isc u ssio n there is
an a lta r c a ll. F o llo w in g the a lta r
c a ll, th ere w ill be a ham b u rg er
and c h ic k e n feed du rin g w hich
tim e tro p h ie s and p rizes w ill be
aw arded.
A lso in June w ill be a free
field trip for 6 -12 y o u n g ste rs to
an Act III T h e a te r for a m ovie.
T hen on the 24th o f June the
C o llin s C e n te r w ill h o ld its
m onthly “ S hoot For H o p ” . Shoot
F or H op is now in its fo u rth co n ­
tin u o u s year and sev en th year as
a w hole.
“S h o o t For H o p e ” e n ta ils I
on I b a sk e tb a ll c o m p e titio n and
best o f 10 freeth ro w s.
T he c o m p etitio n is follow ed
by a sp eak er w ho a d d re sse s the
dan g ers o f drugs and alc o h o l, and
the m erits o f a w ork eth ic and
e d u c a tio n .
T he program is clo se d with
or music cassette!
O.S.U. Football Movie
the d isp e n sin g o f refresh m en ts
and p re se n ta tio n o f p rizes and
aw ards.
The C o llin s C e n te r w ill also
be in v o lv ed in p a rtic ip a tin g in
F e llo w sh ip o f C h ristia n A thletes
B ask etb all day cam p in T igard
from July 17-21.
Shoo, Ou, For Christ is a once
a month program. W atch the Port­
land O bserver for further announce­
ments regarding any of the activities
mentioned. You can contact Danny
a, 281-6930 or 249-3750.
Come for a fun time
ages 9 - 2 0 plus
for info, call Danny at 249-3750
all participants m ust stay for com plete program for food
Sponsored by Grace Collins
Memorial Community Center
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