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T u t P oru AND O bsi rvkr • M arch 26. 1997
P aul
Rosemary Anderson Praised
Continued from Metro
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\leagues recalled how Anderson and
POIC affected their lives.
Graduating senior Trenise Janies
told The O bserver about getting
“ kicked out of school in the eighth
grade for fighting at fubm an Middle
School. It felt bad because I felt I w as
never going to go back to school.”
“ Mrs. Anderson gave me a lot of
advice and it felt good talking with
her," said Janies “She is a good role
model. I've been in school ever since
and have never had any grade less
than a C.”
"I never came to school, always
skipped to just hang out,” said W il
liam Booker who spent the ninth
grade at Jefferson High School and
the IOth grade at Roosevelt High
School before following his older
brother Ronald's lead o f enrolling at
POIC.
“ Mrs. Anderson was so com m it
ted to the school for so many years
that it taught me not to give up," he
said, now boasting o f a B average on
his last report card.
"I 'm proud o f my grandmother."
said Anthonie Pierson, a 1994 gradu
ate "I w asn't going to graduate from
my Fresno, California school, but I
went to school w ith her in the morn
ings."
Joe McHenry, director o f POIC's
diverse and technical programs, told
The Observer about A nderson's role
in getting food and clothing to people
who needed them for the winters,
and remembered her encouragement
for him to get the additional training
that led him towards his new posi
tion.
"This program could have failed
in the 1970s," he said, citing diffi
cult times for POIC. "She went out
to the com m unity and got spon
sors."
“This day is long overdue, " noted
Dr. Ida Simpson, pastor o f Faith
Temple Church and secretarv to the
POIC board. "She has really w orked
for the children."
Proclamations were shared from
Governor John Kitzhaber and Port
land Mayor Vera Katz
Noting that Anderson had "taken
bold and aggressive steps to keep the
center open through difficult limes,"
Kitzhaber said that because Ander
son had been "consistently recog
nized and honored for her dedica
tion and commitment to high risk
youth,' he was declaring March 20,
1997 as Rosemary F Anderson Day
“Over the last 29 y ears, Rosemary
E. Anderson has worked tirelessly
toward the development and imple
mentation o f academic preparation,
vocational training and job develop
ment and placement serv ices for dis
advantaged youth and adults o f the
State o f Oregon," Katz acknowl
edged
Citing A nderson's “ indefatigable
dedication to improving the educa
tional and economic status of sm-
Maya Angelou returns with
poetry messages
Continued from Metro
♦
"T he inspiration to w rite ...to
sing...to dance...to create a piece o f
architecture...is a blessing,” she said,
"a gift from God ”
"Then it is your responsibility to
work it, polish it, get that com posi
tion exact. Get that limn...a word
that writers should look at., get that
sharpness."
"Everybody is born with talent!”
she exclaimed, bemoaning the fact
that “by the time they are four or five
years old, it is knocked out o f them .”
"W hat do you mean? T here's no
lion under your bed," she bellowed
as an exam ple o f stifled creative
mental work.
A ngelou’s long-time friend. Dr.
Stephen M cPherson o f Portland
Com m unity College, asked the poet
to share her habit o f isolating herself
when she writes.
Although she lives in big houses
which a great grand niece calls
castles, Angelou said she regularly
books a room at local hotels.
“ I ask the m anager to take ev
erything o ff the w alls and 1 am
there by 5:45 a.m .,” she said. To
“calm my heart, I take a therm os
o f coffee, a bible, dictionary, the
saurus, deck o f cards and a bottle
o f sherry."
"This world is too much with us,"
said Angelou. "I try to get the world
away b y 6 :1 5. ..get to the place where
writers go to meet the maker."
“ Writing is hard work," she noted,
a d d in g th a t she fin is h e s her
m orning’s efforts by noon, “then I
act in the familiar" by showering
and dressing again.
"W hatever it costs to write the
gracious sentence, somebody has
already paid." she said.
The N orthw est A frican A m eri
can W riters W orkshop has been
gathering for eight years doing
“ k u um ba,” a word w hich m ember
Joe F ra n k lin o f P o rtla n d said
m eans "creating" and is also the
nam e o f the g ro u p ’s annual an
thology.
"She has helped our members in
their w ritings with her own ex
am ple." said Franklin. "W e wanted
the opportunity to meet and acknow I-
edge her."
The group meets at the North
Portland Library tw iceam onth. usu
ally the first and third Saturdays
Potential m em bers can w rite lo
NAAWW at PO Box 23036 I igard,
OR 97223.
dents and their families, the POR
board announced thaï the new name
for the alternative school would be
" I h e Rosemary I Anderson High
School."
A large color portrait o f Ander
son. which will be displayed at the
high school, was unveiled during
the program
A proc lamat ion w as also read from
the Multnomah County Board of
Supervisors
Anderson received airplane tick
ets for tw o to any w here on the South
west Airlines flight schedule
National POIC officials also pre
sented her with plaques of apprecia
tion
B5
Education Association
Head Retires
Robert G Crumpton, executive
secretary ol the Oregon Education
Association, announced his retire
ment today after 23 years o f service
lo the organ izat ion Crumpton dedi
cated his life lo children and educa
tion He began his career in educa
tion in 19 6 1 asa vocal music teacher
in Pontiac. Michigan, and within
the next decade moved up the lad
der and across the country in vari
ous roles within National Educa
tion Association state affiliates
I le joined the Oregon Education
Association as Director o f Field
Services in 1974 and was named
Executive Secretary in 1975 For
22 years he has been at the helm o l
the slate's most powerful union
Under h i s leadership, the Oregon
Education A ssociation has im
proved the benefits and working
conditions o f O regon's education
employees and worked to provide
O regon's children with the best
education possible. Since Crumpton
took office, the organization has
more than doubled in membership
and now represents 40,000 public
school teachers, other education
support personnel, student teach
ers and retirees.
“America’s Smithsonian” free public lectures
Portland State University, in
conjunction with I he Smithsonian
Institution's upcoming "A m erica's
Smithsonian" exhibit in Portland,
is hosting a series o f free public
lectures on the PSU campus from
luesday. April 8 through Friday,
April 18
I lie series show cases the diverse
know ledge o f II) Sm ithsonian
"Voices of Discovery" scholars.
The scholars are nationally and
internationally recognized in their
fields, which range from zoology,
planetary studies and artwork con
servation to anthropology, horti
culture and cultural history
All lectures will be held in the
Smith Center, 1825 SW Broadway
(between SW Montgomery and
Harrison streets) Each lecture lasts
a little more than one hour and will
conclude with a question-and-an-
swer period For more infonnation,
call Biian White at (503) 725-4467.
I'he PSU lecture series coin
cides with the traveling A merica's
Smithsonian ' exhibit which is ex
pected to draw thousands o f people
during its stay at the Portland Expo
Center between April 3 and May 6.
l ues, April 8: 7:30 p in , Ken
neth I rapp. "The Renwick Gal-
lery. C o lle c tin g C o n tem porary
Craft.' Room 294-296-298, Smith
Center
Wed . April 9. 7:30 p in., John
I ehnhardt, "A Baby Elephant for
the National Zoo K um ari's Story,"
R oom 294-294-298. Smith Cenici
I Inns., April 10 7 30 p in., John
I laworth, "Developing the National
Museum o f the American Indian,’
Room 338 (Vanport Room), Smith
Center
Fri . April I I 7 30 p.m., Bert
Drake "Studying the Biology ol
Rising CO2 and Climate Change,"
Room 338 (Vanporl Room), Smith
( enter
Sat . April I 3 2 p in., Nancy
Bechtol, “ Landscape the Future
(With the Environment in Mind)."
Room 338 (Vanport Room), Smith
Center.
Sun., April 13: 2 p in., Dwight
Bowers, "Another O p'n in, Anothei
Show"The American Musical I he
ater," Room 294-296-298. Smith
Center
Mon., April 14 3 30 p.m , Ste
phen Loring, "Anthropology and
Archaeology in the Aleutian Is
lands," Room 298 Smith Center
Mon., April 7:30 p in., Christo
pher Maines, "Understanding Art
through Science Scientific Ex
amination in the Conservation o f
Works o f Art," Room 294-296-
298, Smith Center.
Tues., April 15: 7 :3 0 p.m., Mary
Hagedorn, "Amazonian Explora
tions With Electric Fish,” Room
338 (Vanport Room). Smith Cen
ter.
Wed., April 16: 7:30 p in . Ste
phen Loring, "Anthropology and
Archaeology in the Aleutian Is
lands,” Room 3 38 (V anport), Sm uh
Center.
Fri., April 18: 7:30 p.m., James
Zimbelman, "A Close-up Look al
Mars,” Room 3 38 (Vanport Room).
Smith Center
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