Portland observer., November 19, 1997, Page 3, Image 3

NOV. 19,1997
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Katz Appoints Webb to Commission
M a y o r V e r a K a tz h a s a n ­
n o u n c e d th e a p p o in t m e n t o f N o e ll
W e b b as a C o m m is s io n e r to th e
P o r t la n d D e v e lo p m e n t C o m m is ­
s io n W e b b w ill fill K ay S t e p p 's
u n e x p ire d
te r m
on
th e
PDC
b o a rd .
W e b b is p r e s id e n t o f W e b b &
A s s o c i a t e s , In c . a n d T e m p o r a r y
S t a f f i n g , In c .. W e b b & A s s o c i ­
a te s p r o v i d e s p e r s o n n e l, i n f o r ­
m a tio n m a n a g e m e n t a n d m e d ic a l
t r a n s c r i p t i o n s e r v ic e s t h r o u g h ­
o u t O re g o n , W a s h in g to n an d
C a li f o r n i a .
S h e is a ls o th e
m anager of
W e b b P ro p e r tie s , L L C . W e b b
P r o p e r t i e s is d e v e lo p i n g a 3 9 -
Continued from Front
t r e p r e n e u r i a l p e r s p e c ti v e to th e
P D C B o a r d a s w e ll as e x p e r t is e
ties to a nonprofit agency.
" H e started th at o ffic e , an d o p e r­
ated u n d e r d iffe re n t m ay o rs, said
d e v e l o p i n g r e n ta l h o u s in g
" N o e l l ’s e x p e r i e n c e in p r o v i d ­
K ath lee n .
H is m o th er recalled how he "n e v e r
faltered o r saw th in g s n e g a tiv e ly ... a
g re a t m an , w o n d e rfu l son, b e a u tifu l
frien d , h u m a n ita ria n , c o u n se lo r and
in g c o m p a n i e s w ith e m p l o y m e n t
r e s o u r c e s is a p e r f e c t m a tc h w ith
P D C ’s f o c u s o n n u r t u r in g e x i s t ­
in g lo c a l b u s i n e s s e s ," s a id K a tz .
W e b b is c u r r e n tl y a m e m b e r
o f th e N a tio n a l A s s o c i a tio n o f
p e a c e m a k e r.”
The plaque read: "1997 M ayor’s
T e m p o r a r y S e r v i c e s a n d th e U r ­
Spirit o f Portland Award, for dem on­
b a n L e a g u e . H e r c iv ic i n v o l v e ­
m e n t in c l u d e s s e r v in g as b o a rd
strating a com m itm ent to the com m u­
nity and m aking positive contributions
m e m b e r o f th e P o r t la n d P la n n in g
C o m m is s io n , b o a rd c h a i r o f th e
N o r th e a s t C o m m u n ity D e v e lo p ­
m e n t C o r p o r a t i o n , a n d th e S m a ll
W e b b , an A fric a n -A m e ric a n ,
B u s i n e s s D e v e lo p m e n t C e n t e r
A d v is o r y C o u n c il
S h e a ls o
w o r k s w ith y o u n g p e o p le h a v in g
v o lu n te e r e d w ith J u n io r A c h ie v e ­
m e n t a n d th e P o r t l a n d P u b li c
b r i n g s a s m a ll b u s i n e s s a n d e n -
S c h o o ls T e e n P a r e n tin g P ro g ra m .
u n it m i x e d - u s e r e n t a l h o u s i n g
p r o j e c t a t S W . 1 5 th a n d A ld e r in
th e G o o s e H o llo w n e ig h b o r h o o d .
to our city and neighborhoods "
"H e lived his life fully in accord with
his principles o f respect and regard for
all o f his fellow hum an beings," said the
event's printed program.
O th e r rec ip ie n ts in clu d ed : B u si­
n esses o f the Y ear, T h e B ike G a l­
Noell Webb, brings small business experience to the Potland
Development Commission
Space: The Hidden Dimension (Conclusion)
B y P rof . M c K inley B i rt
Though we have quoted a small child
to the effect that, "Space is aplace where
som ething ain’t,” nevertheless our real-
w orld experience m aps an urban space
o f increasing traum a and anxieties.
A nd this w eek in m y related "P e r­
sp ectiv es” colum n (page 4), I quote
the b itter cu ltu ral im p erativ es e x ­
p ressed by a frustrated black neighbor
w ho has yielded to the econom ic and
social angst o f m any innercity P o rt­
land resid en ts. M an y w h ites have
leges and even high schools was seen to
bode ill, "T hey’reu p to so m eth in g , man-
the m issionaries alw ays com e first.
T his p enetration or en cro ach m en t
o f o n e ’s space w as seen to relate to
an o th er p h en o m en o n , and in a not-
to o -n eb u lo u s fashion. M any blacks
were com m enting on the rapidly chang­
ing co m p lex io n s of the o ccu p an ts of
the au to s speeding d o w n N .E. A lberta
and N .E . K illingsw orth - and the key
N orth/S outh feeders like 17th and 18th,
"A seco n d w ave o f g en trificatio n s?"
m ost im m ediate co n cern s for som e -
viz a viz the ia n d -lo ss -p ro b le m ’ d e ­
O ne w as usually advised, ‘T in not
talking about all those M ercedes, Audis,
V olvos and S ubum s from the west hills
that cruise through here betw een m id­
night and dawn. I’m talking about the
tailed in the recent sem in ar by John A.
Pow ell - w e find the general p o p u la­
'hom esteading' white folks. Interest­
ingly, the sam e people point out that the
tion increasingly co n cern ed and fo­
cused. See a key article in S u n d a y 's
recent highly publicized during bust of a
jo in e d in the hue and cry, albeit d iffer­
ent forum s; num bers are legion.
T h o u g h ethnicity m ay dictate the
p ap er by G regory N okes of the O reg o ­
nian Staff; "G ro w th C oncern M ight
Be G ro w in g ." W h en the U tilities
w orry, y o u 'd better!
In the ‘near northeast', African A m eri­
cans really becam e concerned and agi­
tated when a decade ago there w as a
pronounced increase in the num ber of
A nglo walking tours o f the ghetto", as
they were referred to in the vernacular.
T he frequency of white 'tour groups
t r n m n r tv w - r p ln te d c l a s s e s of local col­
,, som e o f i- o u r m ost useful
r..i ..„.I
all,
and p ra g ­
m atic survival techniques and can o n s
w ere d eriv ed from such sessions, fo­
rum s and debates. O ne m ust adm it that
alchem y cam e before chem istry.
Let us see w here the argum ents (dis­
cussions) are going; a teacher asked,
“will therebeaday w hen Af rican A m eri­
cans will be described as having lived,
loved and cavorted through the sam e
cultural and historical space as white
folks ’” A fter several nervous look-
arounds, a guarded reply was "N ot as
long as you-know -w hocontrols thecom -
munications industry and Hollywood.
A specific reference w as made to a
O regonian feature spread that assigned
specific ethnic dom inance to such par­
ticular areas as com m unications, con­
struction industries, the public sector
(blacks), etc., these occupational spaces
ness w as conducted in the Northeast-
have been likened to those niches as­
signed to species o f plants or anim als -
noting that som e spaces are no longer
naturally!
M eanw hile, fiercely com peting news
occupied (extinctions, like dinosaurs).
other A frican A m ericans m arvel
helicopters chum through our murky
how the black actors (principal p ro ­
tagonists) on the stage o f life now find
their roles or space truly to be a h id ­
den d im en sio n ; quite like the black
white female headquartered dow ntow n
revealed that the dirty’ end o f the busi­
upper-space spying on those o f us strug­
gling to maintain the dim ensions and
I i vabi I ity o f our space - thoughtrappedin
M E T R O 'S Iron Maiden.
S o m e o f m y articles seem to have
en co u rag ed som e specific intellectual
r „ r m f . n . a m n n a several trrouns. A fter
Paris called true
com m unity Aero
inventors of the industrial revolution.
A nexcellent case is that ofthefam ous
Lewis and Clark expedition" that has
received so m uch attention o f late (The
lery, PG E and the R en aissan ce M ar­
k e t; V o lu n te e r G ro u p N o n -P ro fit
O rg a n iz a tio n , O u treach M inistry on
B u r n s id e ; N e ig h b o r h o o d O ffic e
E m p lo y ee, S y lv ia B o g ert; B est I ity
E m p lo y e e , p o l i c e o f f i c e r s J im
M cC au slan d a n d D o u g H alpin; an d
N e ig h b o rh o o d o f th e Y ear, K enton
v o lu n te e r a w a rd s w e n t to L ila
E stes, D on and M ary G ilb e rtso n ,
B etty H e d b e rg , D o re e n J a m is o n ,
R obert Jo n es, G e o rg e K arlso n , M ark
L ak em an , C e le ste L ew is, P au lette
R ossi an d M ark S ieb er.
O ffic e rs M c C a u sla n d a n d H alpin
w e re c ite d fo r th e ir w o rk in the
"H o p e an d H ard W o rk " p ro g ram in
N orth a n d N o rth e a st P o rtlan d .
T h e R en aissan ce M ark et w as a p ­
p la u d e d fo r b e in g a "s ta b iliz in g fac­
to r" in a lo w -in c o m e h ig h crim e rate
n eig h b o rh o o d a lo n g K illin g sw o rth
A ve v o lu n te e rs at th e n o n -p ro fit
n e ig h b o rh o o d s to re h a v e p a rtic i­
p ated in a re a c le a n -u p s.
T h e s to r e 's p a rk in g lot w as u sed
for c o m m u n ity e v e n ts such as N a ­
tio n al N ig h t O ut. R en aissan ce w as
also g iv e n a pat on the b ack fo r
re fu sin g to sell liq u o r an d lottery
g am es
PRC
ù.rii'v
‘■'I'h,-
liium
t'V o f o llie
( C orp o f
PBS
series
"T he
Journey
f the
Discovery” ). It is described as “the most
important expedition in U.S. history.
You better believe it, for President T ho­
mas Jefferson had little real know ledge
about the tensofniillionsof acres America
acquired from Erance in the "Louisiana
purchase." D im ensions o f A m erican
space increased astronomically.
W hat the revisionists and the fright­
ened academ ics w ho w rite A m erican
history w ould have you believe is that
"Y o rk ” , the slave o f M e rriw e th e r
L ew is, w as the only black actor in this
im portant play. There w ould be no
U nited States today had not the great
H a itia n
g e n e ra l,
" T o u s s a in t
L ’O u v ertu re co n siste n tly d e fe a te d
N apoleon and his best arm ies.
Finally convinced that he could hold
neither the French colonies in the W est
Indies nor those on the m ainland against
the rising pow er ot black leaders and
armies, N apoleon sold out to Jefferson
for a pittance. But he appointed 12 black
generals in all to his European A rm ies -
- not includingthe famed Gen. A lexander
Dumas, his greatest.
Sic transit G loria” (how fleeting is
fame). See "They C am e Before The
M ayflower", Lerone Bennett. A nd see
books by fam ed historian, J. A. Rogers.
Will blacks ever fully enjoy the space
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