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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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BU Y RECYCLED
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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. She received
the President’s Award for O utstand
ing Teacherofthe Y eartherein 1983-
84, and was aw arded a Fullbright
Teaching Award to Germany in 1990.
rheethnic studies department fac
ulty also includes Patricia Sakurai,
w ho specializes in Asian-American
culture and history . A search is under
w ay for a fourth faculty m em ber spe
cializing in African American studies.
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