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J anuary 10, 1996 • T he P ortland O bserver
‘A ro u n d A b o u t Town ” For The New Year!
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C ora S mith
In preparation of a long evening,
two high-energy divas, S h irle y
L e v e rto n and R o salin d S to n e,
choose to chauffeur M s. C o ra
“ A rou nd A bou t To w n ” to ce lebrate
with those brave enough to endure
the loud clashes o f drums, horns,
hand-held noise makers, bal loons and
other special New Year’s Eve events
in downtown Portland.
Ms. L everton’s invitation to an
early dinner was timely and an ex
traordinary experience. Setting the
table were crystal glasses and gob
lets, antique place settings and spar
kling shining grand brogue silver
ware, placed on pearlized place mats
upon a beautiful glass table held in
position on the shoulders oftwo beau
tiful pearlized swans.
I he pace o f the even ing was set by
the beginning o f appetizers o f fresh
oysters and large bay scampi with
Shirley’s special seafood sauce. Nev
er mind the "rack o f lamb” surround
ed by cranberry sauce, fresh aspara
gus, sauteed mushrooms, mouth wa
tering melt-in-your-mouth butter let
tuce salad, rice and a special challah
bread A wine salute and conversa
tions about good health and wisdom
for the new year followed. An ex
quisite silver MacClau bird vase,
filled with purple orchids, added to
the atmosphere and a dessert was
served o f tasty lemon squares with
fresh organic non-fat milk.
The diva’s out dressed me, I wore a
black mohair and lace sweater with
black pants, they however, dressed
more in the glitz of the new year spirit.
Shirley’s son, G reg Synder, a dress
designer from Paris, France, now in
Orlando, Florida, wore a handsome
silk pleated back, belted front fabric
evening suit in oiive grey and silver,
highlighted by a beautiful pair of ear
rings from Paris. Rosalind and Shirley’s
guest from Seattle wore silver as well.
Education
With no rain in sight the venture
began. Locating Sangos’ was easy
enough, however, the parking was
more difficult, it seemed all o f Port
land was downtown - never mind in
the midst o f all the traffic, was the
preparation for the annual midnight
new year’s walk-a-thon and race.
After locating an unattended parking
lot, we were able, with the help o f
several others, to figure out how to
validate the car space.
W alkinga few blocks, we bumped
into Brittany Parrish, an image con
sultant, pepped up about her upcom
ing fashion show. She looked radiant
in black, however, it seemed to be the
color o f the evening.
Our first stop was “Shango’s Bar
and Grill” a place of peace and unity,
located at 333 S. W. Park Ave., where
owner Brian Tate was a perfect host.
He led us to an area where a buffet of
refreshments were being served. The
entire wall counter was filled with a
basic soul food menu. Shirley’s first
comment was “ifyou’d told me all this
wasavailable, I wouldn’t have cooked.”
Sorry Sh irley, the food was included in
the package and anyway we can ad
vance to the next entertainment loca
tion quickly. Besides, Shirley, your
favorite singer Linda Horn buckle and
her band is perform ing. Ja n ic e
Scoggins at the keyboard, prompted
Linda to sing her heart out and had
guests commenting that with such a
fabulous voice why hasn’t she made it
on the national charts.
S angos’s was filled with the hol
iday spirit, the beautiful people were
in strapless, sequin, lace, backless
short exciting holiday fashion with
exquisite h a ird o ’s and gorgeous
make-up, notably the universal
changes o f predominantly mixed
couples were on the scene.
As the evening continued, we
reached the two-month-old French
restaurant “ T oulouse’s” and its New
Y ear’s Eve gala. The former site o f a
french bakery, the Toulouse featured
the sophisticated sound o f the Shirley
N anette Jazz Q u a rte t and a full six
course dinner. The French rural menu
was a concept away from the Pari
sian french style which are smaller
portions. This restaurant provides
food for hungry Americans with large
appetites C h ef Paul Doeg explained
its food similar to what a French
grandmother would make. The open
pit stoves with wood fire grills made
a beautiful presentation o f the rotis
serie Cornish chicken. The menu
boasted oven roasted mussels with
sun dried tomatoes, baby greens sal
ad with house-cured salmon on lox
and an entree o f roasted Poussin with
savory bread pudding and a red wine
hunter sauce.
As usual, songress diva Shirley
looked beautiful from head to toe.
Seen were Dale Allin, T racy W ill
iams from KMHD, the Sean C ru z s’,
C arl and Ju d g e M ercedes Dietz
and frie n d s A lvena and J u d g e
A aron Brown
As midnight approached, every
one was armed with enough horns,
hats, and noisemakers to alert the
entire city. With hugs and kisses
Toulouse welcomed in 1996. Shirley
and Rosalind are you tired?, Don’t
be, silly girl, let’s get going.
Atwater’s was still alive and well,
the band o f legendary Mel Brow n,
Leroy Vin ngea r, G eoff Lee and Bob
H ernandey was absolutely w onder
ful. It was dream music for dancers
and they were out there having fun,
plus everyone was dressed to perfec
tion, many fashionable long dresses
were seen - also this was tuxedo city.
Seen was S h irle y B row n, G ail
P atterson, Je a n e tte and Ray Rook,
Gail and R obert Johnson, and Nellie
and M ilton Flynn from Seattle. A
train to old acquaintances and a broad
rangeofexciting music even allowed
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This Beaverton executive got more
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both personnel people and line su
pervisors, when looking pointedly at
me, he said, “on the advice of
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He went on to describe a modified
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but was not interested in doing any
repairs," he added with a grin. “ We
also completed a special, separating
canopy for one of the dams on the
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Every bit o f work on the Cathedral
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Waagmeester. “The old hardware and
cables were in good shape,” said
Waagmeester. "But we have to man
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stalled into the old tarp.”
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on Sunday, July 28 during a special
performance that will be announced
later. Admission to the concert se
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will be free, as always, says White.
She say contributions o f time, tal
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B y P rof . M ckinley B ijrt
T here may be hope. F in ally , I
am reaching that h ard -co re group
o f friends who w ere so adam an t
that I had launched an a ttack on
their m ost ch erish ed in stitu tio n ,
“The T rad itio n al Black C o lle g e .”
I sim ply intro d u ced the id ea that
there was a seco n d and m uch
larg er group o f youth w hose ur
gent ed u catio n needs dem anded
an altern ativ e stru ctu re.
Several o f these frien d s are
g rad u ates o f U N C F sch o o ls and
have know n me for m ore years
than they w ould have me recount
here I cannot say it any lo u d er or
any clearer than my clo sin g sta te
ment in my a rtic le , “The B lack
C ollege, III": “ We have to re a c h ”
all our youth and for m ost it is
increasingly the case that a four-
year co lleg e ex p erien ce may not
be an option -b lack , w hite, poor
or low er m iddle class.
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im m ediately ach iev ab le goal for
m any, m any m ore in these u n c e r
tain econom ic tim es. I com m end
those who have m oved from an
e a rlie r state o f u n c e rta in ty or
su sp icio n to accep tan ce o f the
reality and survival tech n iq u es
in that old m axim , “d iffe re n t
strokes for d ifferen t fo lk s." C o n
sidering the years o f d ed icatio n
to stru ctu rin g su ccessfu l tra d i
tional and n o n trad itio n al e d u c a
tional p ro cesses to rem edy the
situ atio n , som e suggest I am due
a little rig h teo u s in d ig n atio n .
Be that as it may, my position was
further reinforced several weeks ago
by a former student who is now a
senior executive out in Beaverton
computer-land. The circumstance
was a session on “Educating For
Diversity In The Workforce”, where
I, the consultant, sat back while this
white, middle-aged baby boomer
described his own educational expe
rience. As a freshman in 1974,he had
dropped out of my Portland State
Uni versity class and a little later aban
doned the entire university experi
ence. It was several years before he
returned.
Now, this was a man who was still
for a moment to play Happy Birthday
for yours truly, Cora Smith.
Shirley and Rosalind, it’s time to
go home, but it’s difficult to leave the
beautiful ambiance o f the 30th floor
with the spectacular sight o f the city.
At a glance, it was calm, beautiful
and serene as we welcomed in the
new year. Happy New Year, Shirley
and Rosalind, it’s 1996!
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