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Chinese
recognize
Staple Singers inspire
O b itua r ie ò
Alvin Russell Jr.
Concertgoers
1956 - 1997
hear uplifing,
F u n e ra l se rv ices w e re h eld T h u rs ­
d a y , Ju n e 26, 1997 at K illin g s w o rth
L ead ers o f tw o sta te -c o n tro lle d
g ro u p s say C h in a has freed o m o f
rousing set
L ittle C h a p e l o f th e c h im e s -4 3 0 N.
K illin g s w o rth St.
A lv in R ussell, Jr a g e 4 1 w a s b o m
'Fi rst
Family of
Gospel’
make
return to
Portland
J a n u a ry 17, 1956 in P o rtla n d , O r­
egon
H e a tte n d e d C o lto n G ra d e -
S c h o o l a n d O r e g o n C ity H ig h
S c h o o l. H e has liv ed all o f h is life in
th e P o rtlan d area
H e w o rk ed as a m a c h in is t fo r
B o e in g in G resh am fo r th e p a st 23
y e a rs .
A lv in d ied Ju n e 2 1 , 1997 .
O ffic ia tin g p a sto r w a s R ev . Dr.
L e R o y H a y n e s , J r . fr o m A lle n
T e m p le C M E C h u rc h in P o rtla n d ,
OR.
B u ria l w as at W illa m e tte N a tio n a l
C e m e te ry -P o rtla n d , O re g o n
Jerry E. Allen
July 12, 1940 -
June 29, 1997
F u n e ra l se rv ice w e re h e ld M o n ­
d a y , Ju ly 7 ,1 9 9 7 at G o o d S a m a rita n
C h u rc h o f G o d , 1737 N E A lb e rta ,
P o rtla n d , O reg o n .
B o rn in L u b b o ck , T e x a s, h e c a m e
to P o rtla n d in 1942 a n d w as ra ise d
Mavis Staple presents a message o f faith.
a n d e d u c a te d here.
In te rm e n t w as at R o se C ity C e m ­
(Photo by Yvonne Lerch)
relig io n , but said fo reig n m is s io n ­
aries do n o t b e lo n g in the co u n try .
T he o fficia ls, sp e a k in g at a b rie f­
The Staple Singers,
making their first Portland
appearance in more than
a decade, closed the Wa­
terfront Blues Festival on
Sunday with an uplifting
and rousing set.
The “First Family of
Gospel” - Pops Staples
with daughters Mavis,
Yvonne and Cleo, scored
top 40 hits in the 60s and
70s with such songs as
“I’ll take you there" and
“Respect Yourself.”
The 1994 Grammy-win­
ning '"Father-Father” at­
tests to the Staples con­
tinued quest to create
music true to their per­
sonal convictions: Mes­
sages of hope, faith and
brotherhood.
And they did on Sunday
night!
ing fo r fo re ig n re p o rte rs , d e n ie d
a c c u sa tio n s by re lig io u s a c tiv is ts
th at C h in a 's C o m m u n is, lead e rs are
sy s te m a tic a lly a tta c k in g in d e p e n ­
d en t relig io u s activ ity . S uch c o m ­
plain ts hav e p ro m p te d co n se rv a tiv e s
in the U S. C o n g re ss to d e m a n d tra d e
san ctio n s a g a in s t B eijing.
“ T h ere is no g e n e ra l p e rs e c u tio n
in C hina. B ut C h in a b ein g so v ast,
y o u c a n n o t e x p e c t the p o licy o f re ­
lig io u s freed o m to b e ap p lie d c o m ­
p le t e ly e v e r y w h e r e ,” s a id H a n
W en zao , p re sid e n t o f the C h in e se
C h ristia n C o u n cil.
“ W e d o hav e p ro b lem s. H o w e v e r,
the situ atio n is not as b ad as so m e o f
the W estern m ed ia sa y .”
Christianity is spreading rapidly in
China, with som e 10 million church
m em bers and up to 500,000 new believ­
ers joining every year, according to L uo
G uanzong, chairm an o f the T hree-S elf
Patriotic M ovem ent Comm ittee.
Despite increased openness about
religion, Beijing insists on controlling
allchurch activity. Independentreligious
leaders have been jailed and harassed,
and Roman Catholics are barred from
contact with the Vatican.
e te r y .
An Open Letter
To All Our
Friends:
W e w o u ld n o t w a n t to o v e r­
look an y o f o u r frie n d s in sa y ­
ing, “ T h an k y o u .”
T h e fa m ily o f D a n n e lla
B letson w ish to ta k e th is tim e
to th a n k y o u fo r all y o u r
p ray ers, su p p o rt, an d k in d n e ss
y o u b esto w ed u p o n us d u rin g
th e loss o f o u r m o th er, g ra n d ­
m o th e r, g re a t g ra n d m o th e r,
siste r and aunt.
Y o u r k in d n e ss m ean t far
m o re to us th an w o rd s can
e v e r tell. W e ask th a t yo u c o n ­
tin u e to p ray fo r us.
- T h e D a n n e lla B le tso n
F a m ily
Fighter turns to religious healing
The Rev. Alfred Audette has been
ordained only five years, but he leans an
experienced, com passionate ear into
the confessional grill: w orld-savvy but
ne ver w orld-w eary.
“There isn’t a businessm an w ho can
tell m e anything I h aven’t lived before.
There isn’t a married man o r w om an
w ho can tel I m e anyth ing I haven ’ t heard
before. And there isn’t a kid w ho can tell
m e anything I h av en 't seen before,” says
the pastor o f St. M arguerite B ourgeoys
parish.
He states this matter-of-factly, w ith­
out a boast or sigh, know ing that not
m any priests o r clergy o f any denom i­
nation have lived the life he has lived:
husband, father o f four, w idower, grand­
father o f 14 - “eight in Texas, four in
M aryland, one in Virginia, and one in
heaven” - and now adm inistrator o f a
rural church with a leaky ro o f and a
h em orrhaging debt that g o t him in
trouble with som e parishioners when he
years, not your w arm hom e environ­
m ent,” he said. “T here w ere no family
pilot’s license and no longer rents a
plane at nearby D anbury airport to take
on.”
Entering the A ir Force, he “ kept hus­
tling everybody, including the general,
hot-shot tighter pilot with 200 m issions
over North Vietnam. A ir Force consult­
ant on race relations, business entrepre­
neur and adviser to police departments.
pulpit did not begin with a pious m other
praying for a priest in the family.
Preachers nix
Roswell space
alien stories
S o m e pre a c h e rs in th is N ew M e x ic o to w n w h ere
alie n s a lle g e d ly lan d ed 5 0 y e a rs a g o say S atan is
b e h in d the g ro w in g b e lie f in e x tra te rre stria l life.
P asto r Jim S u ttle o f R o s w e ll’s n o n -d e n o m in a -
tio n al C a lv a ry C h a p e l said o n S a tu rd a y th a t th e ten s
o f th o u s a n d s o f p e o p le w h o h a v e flo c k e d to
R o sw e ll’s U F O sp e c ta c u la r th is w e e k w e re d raw n
by th e d e v il’s “ alien m in io n s .”
“ P eo p le a re lo o k in g to U F O s as a re p la c e m e n t
fo r G o d .” said S u ttle, o rg a n is e r o f a c o n fe re n c e
g iv in g a C h ristian spin on a lie n s. “ T h is is Satan
d is tra c tin g p e o p le from th e L o rd .”
S tan C ro sb y , o rg a n is e r o f th e six -d a y U F O e x ­
tra v a g a n z a m a rk in g an a lle g e d alie n crash lan d in g
in th e d e sert n e a r h ere on Ju ly 4 , 19 4 7 , b ru sh ed o f f
the c riticism an d said th e e v e n t a llo w s p re a c h e rs to
sp re a d th eir m e ssa g e ev en w id er.
“ I f alie n s sh o w u p h ere let th em (p re a c h e rs) try
to c o n v e rt them ... if n o t, th e y ’re free to sp read th e
w o rd to the to u rists,” C ro sb y said
C h u c k M issler, a C h ristia n m in is te r from Idaho,
has co m e h ere to d o ju s t th at M issler, lead sp e a k e r
at th e A lien E n c o u n te rs co n fe re n c e , said alie n s are
“ fallen an g e ls” from a n o th e r e a rth ly d im e n sio n
ra th e r than a n o th e r p lan et.
H e b e liev es a m a jo r c o n flic t is b re w in g b e ­
tw e e n C h ristia n s an d alien h o rd e s. “ W hen C h rist
re tu rn s, the b a ttle w ill b e g in .”
T h ro u g h o u t th e w e e k ’s fe s tiv itie s, p e o p le w h o
claim to hav e b een ab d u c te d b y a lie n s said the
b e in g s that to o k th em a p p e a re d to be b en e v o le n t
and not n ec e ssa rily far fro m G o d .
“ T h ey to ld m e th at th ey ’re h e re to sav e u s,” L eah
H aley, w h o cla im s to h av e b een a b d u c te d o n m an y
o c c a sio n s, said “ T h ey d o n ’t w a n t u s to d e stro y o u r
p lan et an d each o th e r ”
Jo h n M ack, a H arv ard p s y c h ia try p ro fe sso r and
U F O research er, said a m ass v is ita tio n o f alien s
w o u ld d ra stic a lly c h a n g e o u r re lig o u s, m ilitary
an d eco n o m ic in stitu tio n s an d fo rc e an o v e rn ig h t
re w ritin g o f c o n v e n tio n a l w isd o m s.
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(503) 281-4891
A.A. COX, SR.
Mortician & Funeral Director
com bat flying days that trem ble as car­
penters bang aw ay at the roof.
“ I was ¡n an o rphanageforanum berof
began bingo as a Band-A id
The m ortgage seem s to have bugged
him m ore than dodging SA M missiles
over H aiphong harbor. M ulling over
parish finances, he forgot to renew his
the altar boys up for a ride.
G raying, trim and handsom e at age
64, A udette is evidence o f a recent
phenom enon in the C atholic Church:
the late, late vocation. His path to the
Cox Funeral Home Inc.
“ My m other passed aw ay w hen I w as
very young,” he rem inisces in a parish
office decorated with holy pictures and
photos o f his family, ordination and
CHARLENE COX TANNER
Manager
role m odels, but at nearby Attleboro
(M ass.), there w as a tiny airport with
JEROME G. TANNER
A. Funeral Director
smal I planes and dash ing pi lots to dream
to get into flight school.” O n a blind date
at the officers’ club in W ichita, he met
Mary A nn Poling. “She w as dynam ite. I
proposed to her 25 seconds after we
met. cal led her every day after that for 10
days and married her tw o m onths later ”
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