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Tony Washington and Teresa Jenkins and The Behrens family, Sandra (from left), Alisha Marie, Jack and Lesa celebrate
Father's Day on the sternwheeler The Portland Rose.
A Day For Dad!
B y T ony W ashington
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The sternwheeler Portland
Rose has provided Oregonians
with quiet and relaxing cruises lor
years.
But on Father’s D ay, I had the
opportunity to enjoy the cruise
with four other families for two
great hours o f fun
Catering was provided by
Melody Maher (The Elegant A f
fair) which featured prime rib,
salmon, wild rice pilaf, green beans
with caraway, onion Caesar salad,
fresh fruit platter, rolls and butter,
and chocolate raspberry truffle
cheese cake.
Th e Portland Rose wanted
the best food p o s sib le and
chose M ah e r’s cate rin g se r
v ice , w hich has been p ro v id -
in g d e lic io u s fo rm al d in in g
m eals for 4 years.
“That's what I ’m here to do,”
Maher k.aid.
Relaxing on the boat was more
than exciting for me. It was a great
Fathers Day cruise!
Professor Mohamed M. Wader
announced the fromation o f a new
organization called Attica in the Mass
Media (A IM M ) which w ill be based
in Portland, Oregon The organiza
tion's purpose is “to keep track o f
media and other information sources
on the history, culture, tradition and
people o f Africa to update, elucidate
or correct erroneous or misleading
information related to the continent,”
emphasized Professor Wader, Pres
ident o f the organization.
The organization w ill serve as a
clearing house for other organiza
tions, institutions or individuals seek
ing information on A frica which will
be provided by knowledgeable A fri
can residents in the United States.
“The ultimate goal o f A frica in the
Mass Media is to present a authentic
picture o f Africa and its people by
analyzing and responding to issues
which appear in the media from time
to time with an open mind in order to
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With O regon’s exceptionally
beautiful weather for the Memorial
Day holiday weekend in mind as an
early summer kick off, get set for the
Labor Day holiday weekend, Sep
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summer with a joyous celebration!
A s O regon’s largest arts festival
- with an anticipated attendance o f
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land - Artquake showcases visual,
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arts to broaden public awareness,
appreciation and patrongage.
Artquake is a fam ily event. It is
an opportunity for people o f all ages
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goers can experience-in one festive
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form imaginable.
Artquake also uniquely exposes
the region’s arts organizations, cultur
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and develop ongoing patronage. Jt is a
bridge from summer’s season o f out
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new cultural season and new opportu
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The 1995 festival dates are Sat
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day and 10am to 6pm on Monday.
Artquake’s site is Portland’s south
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SW Broadway, between Morrison’s
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history Center and three blocks along
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educate the public and contribute to
the debate,” added Professor K o fi
Agorsah, Vice President.
Often issues related to Africa
are discussed by the media from
Western perspective and this tends
to ignore the roles culture and tradi
tion bring to bear upon those issues.
A IM M will strive to remind West
ern-educated non-African writers and
commentators about biases in their
coverage o f African news and events.
Incidentally, over time some o f these
biases have been accepted by the
public as fact, and if unaddressed,
future biases w ill probably be treated
similarly.
One o f the main thrusts o f the
organization is to work with news
organizations to minimize these bi
ases However, the organization does
not attempt to establish a franchise
over this effort as other responsible
groups and individual Africans are
encouraged to continue their work in
the same areas targeted by A IM M
What is needed is coordination.
Several A fric a n countries are
represented in the new o rg a n iza
tion in clu d in g E th io p ia , G am bia,
G hana, K e n y a , N ig e ria , South
A fric a , U gan d a, and Zim b ab w e.
Th e long term go al is to establish
a ffilia te s in other U S and C a n a
dian citie s. M em bers are not o nly
w ell educated in their academ ic
fie ld s but, they also have first
hand kno w ledge o f A fric a and its
people as native A frica n s.
Membership information can be
obtained by contacting the Secre
tary, K rys Ochia, PhD. (503) 771-
2004.
A IM M w ill estab lish co n
tacts w ith selected research in
stitu tio n s and em bassies o f A f r i
can co u ntries and other e x istin g
bodies in its effo rt to gather and
d issem in ate b alanced in fo rm a
tion related to the continent.
Did You
Know?..
...that during her life time the
typical black woman w ill become
pregnant 5 .1 times while the typi
cal white woman becomes preg
nant 2.8 times. And according to
the National Center for Health Sta
tistics, about half o f all black preg
nancies end in abortion while one-
third ofwhite pregnancies are end
ed by an abortion
that heart disease is the num
ber one killer in America. The
disease prim arily results from
stress, diets with too much fat and
a lack o f exercise. Interestingly,
| the disease plays itself out differ
ently among blacks and whites.
Among whites, clogged arteries
are the biggest problem while
among blacks enlargement o f the
heart is the deadliest problem. In I
both instances the ability o f the
heart to pump blood through the
system is reduced.
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study, the times o f the day you are I
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Hot Tubbing by the hour.
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..that according to an article
in Men’s health magazine, the av
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pump blood through your body. I f I
your pulse is 70 beats per minute I
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than that on a consistent basis,
| that’s bad.
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that this w eek’s favorite
quote comes from Mae West:
“ When I ’m good, I ’m good But
when I ’m bad, I ’m even better.”