N ovember 13, 1996 • T he P oru and O bserver
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Making a better downtown
T om Chase at the Vancouver
Food Center and J e ff Larsen at the
Day and N ite M a rke t have v o lu n
ta rily agreed to rem ove fo rtifie d
w in e from the shelves o f th e ir
and C o lu m b ia streets, between 8th
and 6th streets. T hroughout the fall,
expected to reduce alcohol p ro b
lems associated w ith the transient
population and increase citizen safe
M a yo r Royce E. P ollard invited
citizens to jo in him at lunch on
Thursdays in the park
A plan fo r redevelopment of the
Esther Short Park area is in place It
includes developm ent o f pedestri
an w alkw ays, street improvements
and b u ild in g opportunities.
ty
stores.
The tw o merchants took the step
to show th e ir support fo r a frie n d ly
The C ity o f Vancouver, D ow n
town Vancouver Association and city
residents are w o rkin g to upgrade the
image o f the area w hich includes the
and w elcom ing dow ntow n area.
Stopping sales o f fo rtifie d w ine is
historic Esther Short Park
The park is bounded by Esther
McMiles helps kids read
Seniors 50 and older can share
the e n jo ym e n t o f reading w ith
young students by volunteering
th e irtim e in the M c M ile s o f Read
ing program at O rchard’ s Elemen
tary School
The program is sponsored by
M cD onalds and the c ity ’ s Retired
and S enior V o lu n te e r Program
(R SVP).
Volunteers w ill go to classrooms
need fo r volunteers to tutor stu
and read to the fu ll class fo r 20 m in
utes on Friday, November 1 and again
dents and i t ’ s a great way to help
w ithout m aking a long-term com
m itm e n t," says B obbi Casanova,
RSVP director.
RSVP provides volunteers and
M cD onalds provides learning in
centives and an educational library
to assist teachers.
For more details, or to volunteer,
call 696-8221.
on N ovem ber 8.
Volunteers are invited to return on
N o v e m b e r 15 fo r th e R o n a ld
M cD onald assembly w hich winds up
the tw o-w eek read-a-thon.
The program goal is to show stu
dents that reading can be fun and
encourage them to read more and
im prove their skills. “ There is a great
Teens urged to sign up for grants
Local youth from ages 1 1 to 19
are invited to stop by the c ity ’ s
O ffic e o f N eighborhoods and pick
up an application fo r grant money
to use in com m unity projects. T ap
ping the Talents o f Teens (T 3 ) is a
county-w ide program fo r youth-
inspired projects w hich benefit the
com m unity. Grant amounts are up
the s tra ig h tfo rw a rd applications
to $1,000.
T3 grants are reviewed by a com
mittee fo r youth and adults. The pro
gram has funded such projects as
environm entally safe “ green clean
ing kits,” picnic table construction,
landscaping, tra ilb la z in g and theat
themselves,” says Beth Houston,
project coordinator. C all Houston
at 696-8222 o r drop by the O ffice
o f Neighborhoods at 1405 Broad
way.
Sponsors are the C ity o f Van
couver and C lark C ounty Depart
rical performances.
“ Teens are encouraged to fill out
ment o f C om m unity Services.
Head start brings national
speaker for education series
A lb in a Head Start and B lack U n it
ed Front are hosting guest speaker
Ida Love, award w in n in g p rin cip a l
from Kansas C ity, M issouri T hurs
day, N ovem ber 14, 1996,7:00 pm at
K in g N eighborhood F a cility, 4815
NE 7th Avenue. C h ild care p ro v id
ed.
As P rin c ip a l, Ida L o ve trans
formed an elementary school in K an
sas C ity by encouraging parent in
Fee: $32.50 ($21.25 c ity resident).
♦ B aton classes-Learn styles and
al new classes in the com ing weeks.
tempo w ith baton instructor, Sherri
Dolman. Tuesdays and Thursdays,
O ctober 29-N ovem ber 21 and De
cember 3 - 19 ,7 :3 0 -8 :3 0 p.m. Ages 6-
11 years. Fee: $52 ($34 c ity resi
♦ B a s ic lin e d a n c in g —G a il
S m ith , in s tru c to r. W ednesdays,
O ctober 23-N ovem ber 13,3-5 p.m
Ages 6 and older. Fee: $25.50 ($17
c ity resident).
C a ll Y outh Services, 696-8006,
fo r more inform ation and to regis
dent).
ter fo r classes.
♦Threads o f silver and gold--
C hildren w ill learn basic manners
and attend a “ K o o l A id Tea Party.”
Wednesday, N ovem ber 6-Decem-
b e r 4 ,4-5:30 p.m. Ages 6-10 years.
Seniors discover the great outdoors
People 50 and o lder w ill see the
natural beauty o fth is region on F or
ever Y oung H ik in g C lub day hikes
sponsored by the V ancouver Parks
and Recreation Department
A trip to D ry Creek Falls is Tues-
d a y,O cto b e r22, ffo m 9 a .m .-5 p .m ,
over medium terrain. Tacoma W a
hiking boots o r shoes w ith good
terfront w ill be explored M onday,
O ctober28, from 8 a m .-6 p.m., over
easy terrain
Hikes average five miles and are
rated for d ifficu lty. Easy terrain is fa ir
ly level ground, medium terrain in
ankle support. A van takes partici
pants to the trailheads Hikers meet
at L u e p k e , C e n te r, 1009 E
M cLoughlinBlvd.Takeasack lunch.
Register at M arshall Center,
cludes some hills. Hikers are encour
aged to wear appropriate clothing and
1009 M c L o u g h lin .o rc a ll 696-8236
fo r fee and other inform ation.
Indoor sports keep kids dry and spry
Vancouver Parks and Recreation
D e p a rtm e n t o ffe rs a S a tu rd a y
Sports C lin ic to introduce boys and
g irls ages 4 through 10 to soccer,
basketball and T -b a ll. C h ild re n
w ill be placed in age-appropriate
groups fo r games, s k ill stations
and scrimmages. Classes are on
Saturday, N ovem ber9 and 16 from
9 to 10 a m at B agley C enter
Gym . Class fee is $13 ($10 c ity
open to boys and girls ages 5 through
12. C hildren gain self-confidence
through a positive leadership style.
Monday, Novem ber 18 through De
cember 16. Beginners meet from 6
to 6:45 and advanced class from 7
resident).
Pee Wee Basketball fo r boys and
g irls ages 4 to 8 teach the basics o f
basketball through skil Is practice and
games. M in ia tu re hoops and ju n io r-
size balls are used. Class meets Tues-
days, N o ve m b e r 12, 19 and 26
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Bagley
Center Gym . Fee $ 18 ($ 15 c ity res
to 7:45 p.m. at Bagley Center. Fee
$ 3 1 ($27 c ity resident).
B a g le y C e n te r is at 4 1 0 0
Plomondon. C all 696-8006 to reg
ister.
ident).
Basic karate fo r self-defense is
Myers Joins Norris, Beggs & Simpson
She is a member o f W om en in
Thay lia Myers has jo in e d N o rris,
Beggs & S im pson’ s V ancouver o f
fice and w ill specialize in invest
C om m ercial Real Estate and is a
C e rtifie d C om m ercial Investment
Manager (C C IM ) Candidate.
N o rris, Beggs & Sim pson, in
business fo r over 64 years, is a
regional real estate brokerage, as
set and property management, and
mortgage fin a n cing firm w ith o f
ment sales, announced H Roger
Qualman. Executive Vice President
fo r the Company.
M yers has over seven years o f
com m ercial real estate experience.
P rio r to jo in in g the com pany,
fices in m a jo r cities in Oregon and
W ashington. It is a ffilia te d w ith
the New A m erica N e tw o rk, the Na
tio n ’ s largest organization o f inde
pendent industrial and com m ercial
real estate professionals.
she was a Real Estate Econom ics
M anager handling valuation man
agement fo r First Interstate Bank
M yers studied Business at C la rk
C ollege in Vancouver, W ashing
Thaylia Myers
ton.
African American wom en get it done
W ith thousands o f women con
verging on the N a tio n ’ s C apital from
across the country. The N ational
C o u n c il o f N e g ro W om en, Inc.
sounded a new voice o f leadership,
ownership and institution b u ild in g
for Black women on O ctober 10,
1996, by launching the N ational Cen
ters fo r A frica n Am erican W omen
and the D orothy I. Height Leader
Consumers can expect lo w e r p ric
es and better access to a variety o f
telecom m unication services i f the
proposed merger o f M C I and B ritish
Telecomm is approved, according to
U niversity o f Oregon business in
structor Y im in Zhou (pronounced
D jo). “ The m agnitude o fth is merger
is unprecedented in the telecom m u
nications industry and w ill have far
reaching consequences,” says Zhou,
an adjunct professor o f international
management at the OU Charles H.
Lundquist C ollege o f Business. The
Cora Masters Barry and newswoman
Renee Poussaint proclaimed to A m er
ica that fo r A frica n Am erican W o m
en their time has come.
The central issue focus o f the three
day event was “ W omen and W o rk ” .
merger, i f approved, w ill result in
one o f the w o rld ’ s largest telecom
munications companies, w ill reshape
tions on where this sig n ifica n t voting
and econom ic population is and how
should they be preparing for the 21 st
V ia Satellite A frica n Am erican
women were connected in over 38
cities across the nation to share their
views, concerns and recommenda
Century.
sumers product bundles that co m
bine access to local, long distance
and ce llu la r phone service w ith cable
livered and consumed.
Because a larger M C I/B T can
e x p lo it the economies o f scale and
benefit front the fierce tu r f war among
the dominant U S. telecom m unica
tions firm s expected to fo llo w this
merger. Source: Y im in Zhou, ad
junct professor o f international man
scope not otherwise possible, says
Zhou, whose research specialty is the
economies o f international com m u
nications industries, the new giant
company w ill be able to o ffe r con-
the Internet.
Zhou predicts that consumers w ill
agement, U O Charles H. Lundquist
C ollegeofB usiness,(541)346-3248;
e-m ail yzou@ darkwing.uoregon.edu
Portland State fall 1996
enrollment up to 3 percent
Portland State U niversity’s fall 1996
enrollment is up nearly 3 percent over
last fa ll’ s total, according to figures
released by PSU’ s O ffice o f Institu
tional Research and Planning.
PSU reported 14,768 students fo r
fall 1996, up 2.9 percent (420 stu
dents) from fall 1995’ s 14,348 total.
The 14,768 figure represents the high
est enrollm ent total at PSU since fa ll
1992, when 15,012 students were
enrolled at the university.
Students are also ta kin g more
classes at PSU this fa ll. The total
number o f student credit hours fo r
fa ll 1996 is up 6.7 percent over last
H igher education (O S S H E ) in stitu
tions, and remains the second largest
OSSHE institution in terms o f over
year’ s totals.
Ricks attributed much o f PSU’ s
enrollm ent gain to a m ajor increase
all enrollm ent.
The number o f non-adm itted stu
in the number o f graduate students.
a degree program ) is up 7 percent fo r
Graduate enrollm ent is up 6.2 per
undergraduate students and 8 per
cent fo r graduate students. A lso, the
cent over fa ll 1995, w hile undergrad
uate enrollm ent is up 1.9 percent.
Portland State has the largest number
o f graduate students enrolled at any
o f the seven Oregon State System o f
dents (those not fo rm a lly enrolled in
number o f out-of-state freshmen en
ro llin g at Portland State, w h ile small,
jum ped 48 percent, from 95 students
in 1995 to 141 in 1996.
Beep comes to Barber-Scotia College
The B la ck Executive Exchange
program visited Barber-Scotia C o l
The D ivision o f Business o f Bar-
lege recently b rin g in g fo u r execu
ber-Scotia College coordinated the
program which included class visita
tives to campus g ivin g workshops
tions, career awareness workshops, and
and lectures to students.
Beep brings hundreds o f A frica n
individual conferences w ith students.
Lectures touched on such topics as
Am erican male and fem ale execu
tives to H is to ric a lly B lack Colleges
and U niversities each year. Execu
“ the impact oftechnology in education
tive share, in fo rm and help prepare
students fo r the w o rk place.
as well as in future careers” and “ inter
nationalization o f the w orld econo
mies as it relates to higher education” .
Beep participants were George
Taylor, program director at Lockheed
M a rtin Energy Systems, Inc.; George
Sabb, Hub D iv is io n manager fo r
U nited Parcel Service; Haley Peo
ples, corporate contributions co o rd i
nator at JC Penney; and Reginald
Foy, national account manager fo r
A T & T Governm ent market.
The B lack Executive Exchange
Program is an in itia tio n o f the Na
tional Urban League, Inc.
Hilton: Higher Education
ference held in Canberra in 1987.
C o lin J o h n s o n was b o rn in
B y Dr. K eith O rlando H ilto n
When discussions o f the african
in tu rn , m eant an e x tra o rd in a ry
Diaspora usually occur, the main re-
c ia lly in his home state o f V icto ria . In
1979 he was asked to help the N orth
N arrogin in 1938. In 1959 he w rote a
com petition run by the U n ive rsity
bean.
Rarely, i f ever, is the country and
continent o f A ustralia mentioned.
Queensland Land C ouncil set up and
ch a ir the A b o rig in a l M in in g In fo r
m ation center In 1986, his poems
were printed in Greed For Green
Rarer still is it fo r A b o rig in a l people
published by Im pact Productions.
ing the E nding o f the W o rld .
g io n s o f the w o rld h ighlighted are the
United states, A fric a and the C a rib
to be included in discussions.
However these people are as much
a part o f the Black fa m ily as any o f us
liv in g in C a lifo rn ia , K entucky, the
Caribbean o r Egypt.
This oversight, unfortunately, does
not allo w a true or complete study o f
people o f A frica n descent.
For a closer look at some key
Black personalities in A ustralia, the
book. Inside B lack A ustralia: A n A n
th o lo g y o f A b o rig in a l P oetry by
K evin G ilb e rt is h ig h ly recom m end
ed. The fo llo w in g are b rie f bios o f
some m a jo r A frica n (A b o rig in a l)
male w riters: K e vin G ilb e rt, born in
the small country to w n o fC o n d o b o lin
in N ew South Wales. D ire c tly de
w right.
W. Les R ussell, B o m in M e l
bourne in 1949, he spent his early
years in rural V ic to ria He jo in e d the
Royal Australian N avy in 196 and
trained as a photographer in the Fleet
A ir A rm . H is later dedication and
hard w ork in the A fric a n /A b o rig in a l
com m unity gained wide respect that.
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mance.
television access and connections to
w orkload and responsibility, espe
play called The D elinks and won a
quarterly W esterly. He also w rote a
n o v e l in 1983 c a lle d D o c to r
W o o re d d y’ s Prescription fo r Endur
many A borigines to be one o f the
best stage and film actors ever. His
poetry is reported to show the depth
o f his involvem ent w ith his grass
A rch ie W e lle r was bom on July
13,1957. Hism other.ofScotancestry,
came from a fam ily that had a great
appreciation o f books and universal
culture and passed it on to the young
roots home country. He appeared in
Archie. One o fh is most popular books
M id d a r A b o rig in a l Playw rightsC on-
is G oing Home published in 1986.
Ernie Dingo is considered by
The most ambitious account of the human experience
N ew South Wales prison system. In
spite o f those tough years, he became
the co u n try’ s first A b o rig in a l p la y
(From left to right) Dr. Maya Angelou, Chairwoman o f the NCNW
Fund For The Future Campaign addresses the Leadership Luncheon;
National television personality, MSNBC TV Anchor Maureen Bunyan,
NCNW; and President/CEO, Dr Dorothy I. Height.
T h is is the th ird workshop presen
tation in a series designed to help
parents improve public education and
th e ir c h ild re n ’ s academ ic p e rfo r
the telecom m unications landscape
and eventually w ill affect the way
telecom m unications services are de
der.
He served 14 1/2 years under the
First Lady H illa ry Rodham C lin to n ,
C am ille Cosby, Essence E ditor, Su
san T aylor, C ice ly Tyson, First Lady
Kansas C ity schools.
Parents w ill discover techniques
scended from A b o rig in a l, Irish, En
glish stock, he lived in A b o rig in a l
reserves and fringe settlements u ntil
1957 when he sentenced to penal
servitude fo r life on a charge o f m ur
ship Institute
Opening remarks were made by
greetings by D.C. M a yo r M a rio n
B arry, the reading o f the N ational
Centers Charter by D r Maya Angelou
and vig ila n t ra lly in g cries from Dr.
They focused on reading, w ritin g ,
math and how to make the most o f the
school day. Under her leadership,
kindergarten students reached sec
ond and th ird grade reading levels.
She continues to ensure q u a lity edu
cation as deputy superintendent o f
to use at home to help ch ild learn,
discuss w ith other parents how to be
more involved in their ch ild s school
and meet others from the com m unity
who also want to see our schools
change and our ch ildren succeed.
Merger of communication
giants boon to consumers
Kids tackle manners, baton and dance
The Vancouver Parks and Rec
reation Department w ill start sever
volvem ent, im p ro vin g school atmo
sphere and strong leadership fo r staff.
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