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• P agi a / , •. •• i • *•*• *■• lu - .< •. í- OCT. 22, 1997 • Im Put The Halloween Candy Away - ’ -'T i A ;_ ,0.0 j :_j A h o u se . M ake a d ea l w ith y o u r k id s that H allow een candy w ill be rem o v e d a lte r ab o u t a w e e k .” s a id Dr. J a n ic e S tu ff, a n u tr itio n is t at the U SD A A R S C h ild r e n ’s N u tritio n R e se a rc h C e n te r at B a y lo r C o l le g e o f M e d ic in e in H o u sto n . A fter that tu n e, pick sp ecial tunes to g iv e can d y to y o u r k id s T a s t ing it o c c a s io n a lly w ill h e lp them sa tisfy th e ir sw e e t to o th .” f a tin g lo o m u ch candy on a r e g u la r b a s is c a n s o m e tim e s c a u se c h ild re n to d e v e lo p bad e a tin g h a b its. " C o n s u m in g to o m a n y s u g a ry fo o d s can a ffe c t a c h i l d ’s a p p e tite . ’ sa id S tu ff, a B a y lo r a s s is ta n t p r o fe s s o r o f p e d ia tr ic s . " I f they do not h av e a g o o d a p p e tite . they may n o t r e g u la rly e a t the fru its, v e g e ta b le s , an d m e a ts th e y n e e d to g ro w up h e a lth y an d s tr o n g ." T re a ts, o th e r th a n c a n d y can be g iv e n to c h ild r e n w h en th e y co m e k n o c k in g at th e d o o r. T h e re are plenty o f g o o d ie s o n e can sc a re up to g iv e tr ic k - o r - tr e a te r s . Small boxes o f raisins, granola bars, peanut butter crackers, low -fat co o k ies. and stic ks o f sugarless gum s are good O ther "n o n -fo o d ” item s, such as. crayons, sm all puzzles, pencils, and erasers will also work. " I t ’s im p o rta n t to let c h ild r e n h a v e fun on H a llo w e e n ," sa id S tu f f B ut it is a lso im p o rta n t to m a k e su re a f te r th e g h o s ts an d g o b lin s d is a p p e a r fo r a n o th e r y e a r, th a t c h ild re n a re " g o b l in ” up h e a lth y fo o d s. an J r • I ndustry Wal-Mart invests with American State Bank Retailer becomes major customer in minority-owned banks 'Wed-Mart is com m itted to developing business partner re- / at io nsh ips thro ugh- out the company that reflect our diverse base o f custom ers and a sso cia tes,' a c cording to Wal-Mart Vice President and T reasurer T e rri Bertschy. W a l-M art s to re s has e n te re d in to a r e v o lv in g lin e o f c re d it a g re e m e n t th a t m a k e s th e r e ta ile r a m a jo r c u s to m e r o f 38 m in o r it y - o w n e d b a n k s in 19 sta te s a n d th e D is tric t o f C o lu m b ia, in c lu d in g A m e ric a n S ta te B ank in n o rth e a s t P o rtla n d . G a te w a y B a n k , th e o n ly A f r i c a n -A m e ric a n ow n ed b an k h e a d q u a rte re d in M isso u ri, fo rm e d th e c o n s o rtiu m th at c re a te d th e $ 7 2 .5 m illio n c re d it f a c ility fo r W al- M art. th e n a tio n 's fo u rth la rg e st c o r p o r a t i o n a n d th e n a t i o n ’s n u m b e r o n e p riv a te e m p lo y e r. “ T h is is the la rg e st c re d it f a c il ity e v e r p u t to g e th e r by a m in o r ity -o w n e d b a n k .” sa id S h a rn ia " l a b " B u fo rd , G a te w a y ’s p r e s i d en t an d c h ie f e x e c u tiv e o ffic e r. "1 w an t to c o n g ra tu la te W a l-M art an d ev ery bank in o u r c o n s o rtiu m fo r fo rm in g a p a r tn e rs h ip th a t s tre n g th e n s th e a b ility o f m in o r ity -o w n e d b a n k s to in v e st in o u r c o m m u n itie s." " W a l-M a rt is c o m m itte d to d e v e lo p in g b u s in e s s p a rtn e r re l a t i o n s h i p s t h r o u g h o u t th e co m p an y th a t re fle c t o u r d iv e rse b ase o f c u s to m e rs an d a s s o c i a te s ," a c c o r d in g to W a l-M a rt V ice P re s id e n t a n d T re a s u re r T e rri B e rtsc h y . " T h e o p p o r tu n ity to p a r tn e r w ith m in o r ity -o w n e d f in a n c ia l in s titu tio n s w a s as im p o rta n t to W a l-M a rt as th e q u a lity o f th e p r o p o s a l G a te w a y p r e s e n te d ,” B e rts c h y sa id . W a l-M a rt S to re s , In c. o p e r a te s 2 ,3 2 9 W a l-M a rt s to r e s an d 4 4 2 S A M ’S C lu b s a c ro s s th e U n ite d S ta te s an d e m p lo y s o v e r 7 0 0 .0 0 0 a s s o c ia te s . W a l-M a rt a lso o p e r a te s in A r g e n t i n a , C a n a d a , P u e r to R ico , B ra z il, C h in a , In d o n e s ia an d M e x ico . T Free Class For SAT Test The Urban League o f P ortland's Whitney M Y oung, Jr. Education & C ultural C enter is offering a series o f free review sessions for the S cholas tic A ptitude l est (SA I ) and the G en eral Equivalent D iplom a(GED ). Elie SAT is the standard aptitude test taken by high school students interested in attending college I lie G ED is a high school diplom a equiva lency exam SA T review classes!.ike place M ondays and T hursdays from 5-6 pm . G ED reviews take place Tues days and W ednesdays from 5-6 pm. All sessions take place at the center, located at 10 N orth Russell Street. Participants should pre-register by re q u e s tin g an a p p lic a tio n from Daphne Bethel at (503) 280-2645 The SAT sessions are designed to help high school sophomores, juniors and seniors prepare for SA I exams offered inOctober/November. Decein- ber'January and March. May and June. "M any students do poorly on their SAT exam simply because they are unfamiliar with the format.' said I Jrhan League Education Director I racy W il- liams-Murphy "The rev iews will help students become familiar with the for mat o fth e test and learn how to work w ithinSA T tim e lim its" For m ore inform ation, contact Daphne Bethel at 280-2645 National Service granted $220.41 I allow ing MFS to expand the Experi ence Corps Program, w liich w ill help three m ore elem en tary sch o o ls W oodlaw n. Vernon and Humboldt I he fust grant from the Mey er M e morial Trust is to contili tie the current program m odel-supporting a wide range o f activities at Lent. Kenton and Atkison. Ihe second grant is from the C orporation for National Service, a federal agency I he "S e niors for Schools" grant challenges Experience Corps mem be rsto improve reading levels at H um boldt. Vernon, and W oodlaw n. Inspired by Presi- and O ksi ryi k Bx P rof . M i read and were m otivated by my book k i m . ex B i rt " B la c k In v e n to rs o f A m e ric a .” v e r y d a y , I ’m g e t tin g W anted to know if I had additional m o re in p u t a b o u t th e m aterial on black w om en scientists "B lack W o m en 's M arch" in d icatin g that its p u rp o ses cited and in my "B ase Line Essay" m ate rial developed for Portland Public stru ctu re may be radically d ifferen t Schools ( but deliberately om itted in from its m ale c o u n terp art tw o y ears final publication). ago. T h ere w as "S h irley A nn Jack- My in terp retatio n o f th e s c e n e ’ son, P h .D fro m Ml I and a Bell Labs in last w e e k ’s article seem s to be p h y sic ist (L u c en t Inc.), w o rld -re h o ld in g up rath er w ell as o u tsp o n o w n e d in a to m ic f ie ld ; D r. ken black w om en are q u o ted by the W y n etta S p en cer, m a th em aticia n A sso c iate d P ress and o th e r n a an d d esig n e n g in e e r at the Los tional m ed ia. “ ...T o see w hat they A la m o s S c ie n tific L a b o ra to ry ” . can do as a c o lle c tiv e S everal o f th e black w om en m aking effo rt ..d e v e lo p p ro g ra m s for te e n p re se n ta tio n s at the M a rc h ' are age A frican A m erican girls, w om en leaving p riso n and th o se e n te rin g from th is g ro u p an d still a c tiv e ly en g ag ed in m o tiv atin g young black b u sin ess o r p o litics. w om en to en te r the scien ces. It d o e s n ’t so u n d to m e as th o u g h A n o th er m et re c e n tly w ith a there will be m uch lim e left for w a l g ro u p o f w om en sc ien tists w ho low ing aro u n d in the m u rk y w aters heard au th o r A n d rea G ab o r speak o f a "searc h for id e n tity ." T h ese ab o u t her book " E in s te in 's W ife: x people p retty w ell know w h o th ey W ork and m a rriag e in the L ives o f are and w hat th ey are ab o u t. S e cure, indeed, they have a n n o u n ced , F iv e G re a t T w e n tie th C e n tu ry "m en and w om en o f all races are W o m e n " ( P h y s i c i s t C a r o l in e w elco m e"; R e assu rin g indeed. H erze n b erg , p h y sicist; Ruth B eck, A sister from C hicago w ith w hom d ire c to r o f th e "G lo b a l C lim a te I had a n u m b e r o f lively Fax e x C h a n g e p ro g ra m " and in itiato r o f c h a n g e s w a s c o m in g th r o u g h th e "W o m en in S cien ce and T e c h highly in d ig n an t o v er the e le c tro n n o lo g y P ro g ram " at A rg o n n e N a ics: "I just w ish o ne m o re stu p id tio n al L ab o rato ry . V ik in g P ress, turkey w ould ask me i f l ’m traveling $ 12.95 pb.) 1200 m iles to a to n e ' for so m e th in g Several local w om en w ho plan to — w hy. w hat h av e I d o n e to a n y attend called to thank me for the all b o d y ?” T he lady w ax ed on e lo the past “citations o f th e w onderful q uently, then finally cal ling m e and contributions o f African A m erican ' lettin g it all h an g o u t’. W om en" and w anted to know if I had m ade any "late finds” they could use "A nd I am expressing the opinion o f 90% o f the black w om en I know in their Philadelphia presentation. when stating th e re’s no rhym e, rea And it is absolutely am azing how far son or tim e for discussions about afield you m ust go to collect “ evi- ' apologies, reparations or restitution d en ceofourprogress” asE.F. Riching take y o u r ' sack c loth and ashes and w ould put it. shove it. We are dem anding equal I encountered the follow ing tid bit access, education and respect. A w hile read ing a book on the origin o f contingent ofblack w omen from here the herbalist, “ H om er m entions the were echoing the President o f the E g y p tia n Q u een and P h y sician , A FL-CIO at the w orking W o m en ’s Polydairm a w ho gave Helen a drug C onference, Equal Pay is No. 1" w hich w ould sooth every g rief and Tw o w om en engineers from B os pain and abate anger” (O dyssey, IV ton are hot on that issue o f m otivat 238). This was an Ethiopian Dynasty. ing teen-age A frican A m erican girls, Concluded next week, with bibliogra both stating that at an early age they phy. E O lder A dults Help C hildren siderable experience constitute an he E xperience Corps pro extraordinary repository o f help for gram, a national dem onstra our children With their energy and tion project recently re enthusiasm they can create service ceived funding (bran additional two activities that include: school fund years to help elementary schools in raisers, im provingacadem ic achieve need to im prove literacy am ong their ment. strengthening Parent-T eacher I st, 2nd and 3rd graders O rganizations, and developing and I he Experience C orps program implement ing after school programs. consists o f older adults (55 ') w ork I lie Experience C orps program re ing in team s to organize projects ceived funding from two sources to em bracing the needs o f elementary continue its effort to help elementary schools and their com m unities The team s help fill critical gaps opened up schools, t he M eyer M em orial Trust granted $ 150.000 to help with Lent. by school funding cuts and the in K enton, and A tkinson elem entary creased n eedso fy o u th . O ur goal isto schools, w hile the Corporation for m atch older A m ericans w hose con- P oru • • ___ __ a Black Women March Boldly - Don’t Atone Or Apologize L : J 1 J. J. fte r h a llo w e e n , p a re n ts m ay w ish to se t a tim e lin e fo r how lo n g tric k - o r - tr e a t c a n d y r e m a in s in th e - Thanks to you, all sorts of everyday d en tC lin to n 's"A m eric a Reads” ini tiative. this grant aim s to ensure that every A m erican child can read well and independently by the end o fth e third grade. Portland is one o f nine states nationw ide. M etro p o litan f am ily S e rv ic e 's I x p erien ce C orps hopes to d em o n strate that the rich and m ostly u n tap p ed reso u rce s o f o ld e r ad u lts w ill b rin g p ro m ise to o u r e le m e n ta ry sch o o ls in need. We e n c o u r age you to jo in the E xperience Corps P rogram and learn m ore ab o u t the in v estm en t o ld e r ad u lts are m aking in o u r future products are being made from the paper, plastic, metal and glass that you’ve been recycling. But to keep recycling working to help protect the environment, you need to buy those products. 4 BU Y RECYCLED D OSU Names Chair Of Ethnic Studies Department A nexpert in Hispanic culture, his tory, education and literature has been chosen as the first ch airo fth e Depart ment o f Ethnic Studies at Oregon State University. Erlinda Gonzales-Berry will lead the newest departm ent in O S U ’s College o f Liberal Arts, established last year to provide more educational opportunities for O regon State Uni versity students. The department was led on an interim basis by Kurt Peters, a specialist in N ative American cul ture and history, w ho will remain on the ethnic studies faculty . Gonzales-Berry was chair o f the Department o f Spanish and Portu guese at the Un iversity ofNew Mex tco for five years and had been on the faculty there since 1979. She also was on the faculty o f New M exico State University and Earlham College in In diana. and taught in public schools for four years in Cal i fom ia and New Mexico A frequent lecturer at national con ferences on ethnic studies, Gonzales- Berry also is a prolific writer. The new OSU professor has published one novel. "Plaetitas de G uayaba,” and just submitted a second manuscript. “ Rosebud," to publishers. Her articles and book chapters, along with her lectures, have touched on such subjects as the education o f Spanish-speaking children in the US., the portrayal o f w om en in Hispanic literature, and the Chicano m ove ment She directed the “Spanish for N a tive Speakers" program at the Univer sity ofN ew Mexico. Gonzales-Berry received her Ph D. in romance languages from the Uni versity ofN ew Mexico. 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