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9f rid ° f ,he bu" al° wé're rid of the lndians-" ln less than 50 years, the systematic extermination of the buffalo who once
blackened the .windswept plains helped white Americans win the desperate struggle over the last unceded territories of a once endless Indian domain The American
Experience presents an encore broadcast of The Way West, this month on PBS. Left photo: The Kansas Pacific Railway uses buffalo heads for advertising purposes to
encourage people to go west. Right photo: Chief American Horse and the great Oglala war chief Red Cloud.
YMCA Black Achievers Program In Full
Swing For Upcoming School Year
“Each One Must Reach One and
Teach One,” is the motto ofthe Black
Achievers Program (BAP) o f the
YMCA Columbia-WillameU, and the
program is doing just that. After one
year o f running on a trial basis, the
program wi 11 k ick-off its second year
this September.
“Our mission,” noted BAP Di
rector Fawn McDaniel, “ is to chal
lenge African-American youth to
reach their highest potential and
achieve greatness.” The central pur
pose ofthe Black Aciiieveis program
is to help African-American high
school students set and attain high
educational and career goals. To
emphasize this, African-Americans
jvho have achieved in the profession
al world are used as role models.
Notes McDaniel, “through this pro
gram o f one-on-one counsel ¡ng, train
ing, and exposure to the career world,
students will be inspired to reach
their highest potential.”
The Black Achievers in Indus
try program was originally founded
in 1971 by Dr. Leo B. Marsh and
YMCA boardm em berCarrieTerrell
atthe Harlem Branch YMCA in New
York City. The Harlem YMCA
sought to achieve its goal by creating
a forum to foster an ongoing interac
tion between Black youth and Black
adult role models. Since the success
ful inauguration o f the Harlem pro
gram, Black Achievers programs
have been initiated in several other
cities including Chicago, Washing
ton, D C., Atlanta, Detroit, Boston,
and Louisville, KY Regardless ofthe
make-up o f the individual BA pro
grams, each shares the apparent goal
o f the first program founded in
Harlem -- to help youth set high
education and career goals through
role models and examples o f high
achieving adults.
“The Black Achievers programs
also attempt to counteract the influ
ences o f many o f society’s ills today
-- teenage pregnancy, drug use and
p o v e rty ,” co m m ented M ichael
Mangum, chairo fthe Black Achiev
ers steering committee. “ BAP give
our young people a chance to chal
lenge themselves, set goals for them
selves and work toward a positive
future.
O f a goal to serve sixty students
during the first year, seventy-five
Port land-area students were served.
The goal, for the 1995-1996 school
year is 150. Students from all Port-
land-area high schools are encour
aged to participate. Field trips and
tours o f corporations, career days,
jo b shadow ing, m entoring, and
hands-on learning are just some o f
the activities that Black Achievers
will have he opportunity to experi
ence.
Students have fifteen expecta
tions they must meet in order to be a
Black Achiever. O f the fifteen goals,
for example, students must stay in
school and achieve a high school
diploma or G.E.D., increase their
G.P.A. by .5, make a verbal and
actual commitment to the Program,
and formulate career goals.and work
toward them. By meeting all fifteen
cultural, career, and social aware
ness. In addition, the parents / guard
ians o fth e Black Achiever will be
strongly encouraged to take an active
role in the Program. Since the pro
gram will be facilitated through Port-
land-area schools, interested students
should directly contact their high
school counselor.
At the heart o f the Black Achiev
ers Program is an annual gala event
that recognizes the adult Black
Achievers from the business and pro
fessional community.
The Black Achievers Program
ofthe YMCA Columbia-W illamette
will host its recognition banquet on
Thursday, September 14, 1995, at
the Airport Ramada Inn. Corpora
tions such as Portland General Elec
tric, QG investments and Bank o f
America will honor their outstanding
employees.
Horizon Air Offers Lower Fall Fares
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Trend Sees More Arrests Of Juveniles
career criminals.
Republicans in Congress have
threatened to cut or eliminate many
ofthe programs contained in the law.
“ T his rep o rt is a road m ap to
the next g en eratio n o f crim e un
less we do som ething now ,” Reno,
w ho has long been co n c e rn e d
a b o u t e sc a la tin g youth crim e,
said in a statem en t.
The Justice Department said the
report represented its first compre
hensive compilation ofjuvenile crime
data.
Among other findings, the re
port said guns had been used in eight
Corrections Leader
Named Top Executive
The d ire c to r o f M ultnom ah
C ounty C om m unity C o rrectio n s
has been nam ed P ro b atio n Ex
ecutive o f the Y ear by the N a
tional A ssociatio n o f P robation
E xecutives and Sam H ouston
State U niversity.
T h e a w a rd to T a m a r a
H o ld e n w as p r e s e n te d la s t
m onth. H olden is the first w om
an to receiv e the aw ard w hich
has been p re se n te d a n n u a lly
since 1989.
H olden has served in her
current post M ultnom ah C ounty
since 1992. She has w orked in
the field o f co rre c tio n s for m ore
than 20 years, w ith p rev io u s
w ork in U tah D ep a rtm e n t o f
C orrectio n s as d ire c to r o f field
Tamara Holden
o p e ra tio n s and w arden o f the
Utah S tate P ris o n 's South Point
facility .
NOW
Till January 1996
out o f ten murders committed by
juveniles, and the number o f gun-
related murders had tripled between
1984 and 1991.
The majority ofjuvenile mur
ders involved handguns, and youth
handgun homicides increased five
fold from 1984 to 1993.
T een ag ers w ere m ore lik e
ly to be v ic tim s o f vio len t crim e
than ad ults o v er the age o f 25,
the rep o rt found
Other studies have shown a
clear link between child abuse and
neglect and future delinquency and
crime committed by an adult.
Police Net
Heroin, Make
Arrest
A one-month investigation in
volving the distribution o f heroin in
east Multnomah County has result
ed in the arrest o f a Gresham man,
according to members o f the Re
gional Organized Crime Narcotics
Agency and the Gresham Police
Department
Juan Tirando, 35, was arrested
Aug. 21 on federal charges o f pos
session with the intent to distribute
heroin.
Police said they seized 363
grams o f heroin during the search
o f his residence at 206 S.E. 188th,
#33 in Gresham.
Tirando was lodged in the
Multnomah County Justice Center.
No bail was set.
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Arrests of juveniles for violent
crimes will more than double over
the next 15 years if current trends
continue, according to a Justice De
partment report released Thursday.
The estimate by its Office o f
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention was based on arrest data
from 1983 through 1992 and a pro
jected 22 percent rise in the nation’s
youth population.
Attorney General Janet Reno
said various steps, including full
implementation o f last year’s anti
crime law, should be taken to stop
young delinquents from becoming
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