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• * (Elie |Jo rtlau ò (Olbsrtwr Urban League Elects Three To Board The Urban League of Portland board ot directors has elected three new members JaneCummins. Brian Keck, and Barbara West The an nouncement was made by board chair Duane Bosworth Jane C u m m in s. S e n io r V ic e President, C lin ica l Operations lo r Legacy Health System, is based at legacy Emanuel Hospital Her re sponsibilities include overseeing and leading clin ica l operations on to u r health campuses Her d iv is io n employs 3,000 people She p re vi ously was President and C E O ol Legacy M eridian Park H ospital and Legacy M ount Hood M edical Cen ter Legacy expects to serve 41 .(MX) inpatients and 5 15,000 outpatients this year at its lour hospitals. Brian Keck isC h a irm a n o l M eier & Erank Department Stores, oper ating in Oregon and W ashington. He was previously Senior V ice President ol Human Resources at Eilene’ s Department Stores in Bos ton B oth M e ie r & F rank and Filene's are d ivisio n ol The M ay Department Stores. Co. W h ile in Boston. M r Keck served on the board o f directors o f the Urban League o f Eastern Massachusetts. OUTSTANDING PLAY FROM ALLEN IVERSON Barbara A. West Semer Vice Pres. Kaiser/Group Health Barbara West is Executive D ire c tor fo r Kaiser Permanente in the N orthw est She is responsible lor health care services in the Portland/ V ancouver area, as w ell as Salem, O R and L o n g v ie w . W A K aiser Permanente cares lo r about 420, (MM) people and em ploys more than 7. (MM) in the N orthw est. West was p re v i ously V ice President and Regional M edical Services A d m in istra to r for Kaiser Permanente. The U rban League o f Portland is Jane Cummins. Senior Vice President. Clinical Operation for Legacy Health System We should hope that the term "co n clu sio n ” is not applicable to this states' often-less-than-valiant efforts the school its going Io be the la u ll o f the parent o r the student or some other amorphous enem y" (anyone toeducate its children. S urely,that is ask the teacher’ s union?). Hear, Hear! What I say! Not just not the case, but aren't those head w hat I said here on January 7 about lines scary? "C risis - tarnished - more cuts - retirem ent gaps - another task "Q u a lity C o n tro l" being the key to success in any' human endeavor, but m y further po in ting out that 171 years ago in the C om m onw ealth o f Massachusetts. Law I 3.3 prescribing force - computers fa il!" But the scariest news that is d riv ing our apprehension is not found in a headline these are but shadows on the surface o f a pool where, as Plato put it, the reality lies in the depths. "Educators Put Reading to The T est" announces Scott Learn, leature w rite r fo r the Oregonian (Sunday, p. A I ). Peril doesn’ t just lurk, it menaces. A ll o f the parents and a goodly number ol the teachers w ith w hom 1 interact have been in agreement on the shaky nature o f our education the establishm ent o l H igh Schools set teachet' and cu rricu lu m stan dards that could scarcely be met by o n e -o u t-o f-fifty teachers today. A good dozen callers, teachers and par ents, gave this figure M y experience both in education and industry sub stantiates this Can c iv iliz e d society develop w ith o u t readers ? As I w rite this, M onday, January 19, the phone is ringing again - they’ re process for several decades. N ow , Scott Learn quotes tw o U. O t O. s till asking, "d id you see that unbe professors in p o in t-to -p o in t corre nel 2, Sunday night? Those almost inarticulate, clue less high school stu spondence w ith the positions I have maintained in theory and practice. These special education professors, Carnine and Englemann are e xp e ri enced, knowledgeable and em inently lievable scene on T o w n H all. C han dents seemed unaware o f the seri ousness o f peer violence, let alone possessed sufficient accullurali/.ation to understand the true meaning o f a correct in their criticism . "M o st instruction in the United murderous assault (lynch mob) w ithin States is based on fads, theoretical A n d w hy d id n 't the media and the research and feel good education dogma, instead ol ground-level stud justice system refer to this Xmas tree lot assault as an attempted lyn ch ies o f what works in the classroom ", or "but when a ch ild tails, its NOT in g ? " But hack to professors Carnine going to be the la u lt ol the teacher or and Engelm ann, the readers know I the context o f a c iv iliz e d society. spurt, opening a 45 35 advantage on Theo R a tliffs loul shot wiih4:25 left cruised past the Sacramento Kings. 98-85. lo r their lu st four-gam e w in m the half. " Theirdefense had a lot io d o w ill, what happened." Sacramento coach ning streak in almost six years. The 76ers have won all o f their games since a rare seven-day m id season break, amassing their best streak since w inning live in a row fro m January IX il,-2 5 ih . 1992. Philadelphia also has won lo u r consecutive home games fo r the first tune since the 1991 -92 sea- I son. w hen it won six in a row at I luslice agency serving fam ilies, stu dents. job seekers and seniors. 1 he the Spectrum. The 7bers did not w in their U rb a n L e a g u e is h o m e to M u llh n o m a h C o u n ty ’ s Northeast F a m ily Center and Northeast Se nior C enter and the Northeast One Slop Career Center The agency's m ission is to "strengthen A fric a n A m ericans and all w ho strive to ward econom ic sell-reliance and 13th game hist season u ntil Eeb- ruary 20th en route to a 22-60 I 1 1 social equality ." is worry m g about me, me. me Iverson scored 12 points in the I ii si quarter as the 76ers raced to a 2 9 -IX lead He is averaging 26.5 points in his last six games lo r the Sixers, w ho blocked 14 shots and a n o n -p ro fit, com m unity-based hu man service, econom ic and social i Education Process In A Daze, Conclusion B y P rof . M c K inley B urt 30. P hiladelphia ripped o il a 12 5 A lle n Iverson continued Ins o u t standing play w ith 24 points and It) assists as the P hiladelphia 76ers endorse th e ir support ot phonics' as j finish "O ur chemistry is a lot better," Iverson said "One thing if,at Aaron McKie said is this is the first time in his career that he has been on a team where nobody is cry i ng about shots anil nobi xJy outscored the Kings 40-10 in last- break points It was the first meeting between the teams since Kings lorw aril Corliss an essential tool lo r teaching read ing. H ow many times have 1 made the case here that language is a structure o f phonemes/syHables that is put to W illia m so n and Sixers forw ard D e r gether or taken apart according to precise rules - know ledge is im bed W illia m s o n was suspended three games and Coleman tw o M ilc h Ritchm ond scored 22 points ded or encoded w ith in language, if you w ill As is the structure o l matter to be interpreted w ith in the Irame- w ork o f the Periodic Table. We must decode. I have n o th in g but respect and a d m ira tio n fo r the d riv e and d e te r m in a tio n o l these tw o educators w h o have s u rv iv e d the s lin g s and a rro w s (and w orse) o l the “ D ic k - a n d -Ja n e ” o r “ S e e -J o h n n y -ru n ” c ro w d . F o r decades I have e x to lle d the v irtu e s o f stru ctu re and fo rm a l ism as p re re q uisite s fo r teaching c h ild re n - fro m the fa n ta stic suc cesses o f the noted F a therC lem ents in C h ic a g o to the W in d s o r H ills E le m e n ta ry S chool in Los A ngeles w here a 95% b la c k student body scored the highest in the c ity on I Q Tests (C irc a 1969). There are many other notable ex amples ol victories by angry and rick Coleman were ejected at Sacra mento on December 2Xth when their lig h t spilled into the scorers' table. television to the Seahawks. most re cently as an account executive at K IR O TV W illia m s has also worked in radio sales at K V I and K P L Z and was a regional sales manager at KJR the 'enem y' is s till out there in lorce. M y nerves s till suffer from my 1970’ s PSU encounters w ith many local high school graduates w ho were educated w ith the "n o phonics-feel good-sell esteem" w hole language. p e rc e n t ( 3 4 - o l- 8 6 ) s h o o tin g W illiam son ami ( )klen Poly nice each scored 19 fo r S acra m e n to , and Polynice grabbed I I rebounds “ W e dug nurse I ves a hole because the chem istry wasn’ t there, "Jackson said "Now, it's here. W e re s till go ing to lose some games but il we stay com petitive and play like w e're p la y ing now , a lot ol positives can s till happen for the rest o f this season." ball, and attended Edmonds C o m m u n ity College and the U niversity o f H a w a ii-M a tio a . He played basket ball and baseball for tw o seasons at Edmonds and was an A ll-W e ste rn A th le tic Conference pick in baseball at H aw aii, where Ins 19X0 team lin- sncil second at the C ollege W o rld Series. He played fo u r-and-a-hall seasons in the M innesota 1 w ins o r ganization a lte r begin th e ir l l t h round draft choice in 19X0. He and his w ife . Felice, have tw o children, a daughter, Q uierra, and a son, Q u i’ non, and live in Seattle, where he's coached basketball lo r eight years and baseball lo r three in the Central Area. staying in school, staying drug tree, a v o id in g gangs and vio le n ce and lasting way to demonstrate our com m itm ent to the ideals of the O lym p ic Games and the co m m u n itie s we serve. 'saul Rosemary W indsor W il s triv in g fo r excellence. T hey emphasize sports as a p o s i liam s, vice president, UPS O lym p ic and Corporate Events Group. "T h is program allow s us to share ihe spirit of the O lym p ic Games w ith children from all walks of life and to provide d e a lin g w ith challenges. U P S iso n eo l I I w o rld w id e O ly m selves through sport " S im ila rly , the U SO C C h a m p i ons In L ife program o ffe rs O ly m tive way to learn about s e llin g goals, o ve rco m in g o bst.icles and pic partners p ro vid in g global exper tise to the IO C, N ational O lym p ic Com m ittees, O lym p ic Games orga nizing committees, sports federations anil national teams A w o rld w id e sponsoi o f the Nagano O lym p ic W in ter Games and the Sydney O lym p ic Summer Games. UPS is the o ffic ia l providei ol express courier anil pack age delivery services foi the O lym pic Games M o re Choices F o r You. M o re H e lp W h e r e It C o un ts. Every D ollar Counts o n stra tio n and games. In (he U S.. UPS co m b in e d e f forts w ith the U n ite d Stales O ly m pic C o m m itte e 's (U S ( )C ) C h a m p i ons in L ife outreach pro g ra m to select benef ic ia ry o rg a n iza tio n s in the O re g o n H is to ry C e n te r. Red Cross Announces Storm Recovery Plans h o u rs , to run o il some more and il we lose a game, we have Io come right hack and run o il lo u r or liv e more Jackson added 17 points lot the 76ers. who held the K ings to 39 5 as sports com petitions, athlete d em I99X th ro u g h June 28, 1998 at has in cre a se d d o n a tio n straight to turn the coiner. We have ers. 'Through school assem blies. O ly m p ia n s d e liv e r messages about h ib it that show cases th is e x tr a o r d in a ry and o fte n c h a lle n g in g jo u rn e y . In Search o l the D ream A fric a n A m e ric a n s in O re g o n . The e x h ib it opens Ja n u a ry I 7. the end o f ne xt w eek Red C ro ss said Iverson, who made I I-n l-2 1 shots. "B u t when yo u 're I 3-23, you have to w in more than lo u r games plans to schools and yo u th o rg a n i zations as role m odels and a d v is e ty presents a p h o to g ra p h y e x A la s k a , m u st he c o lle c te d b e fo re 4 5 I left in the period before the K ings pulled w ith in ID points in them w ith the tools to develop them e b ra tio n s w ill feature c h ild re n . O lym p ia n s. UPS em ployees, cu s tom ers and O ly m p ic o ffic ia ls w ill in clu d e in te ra ctive sessions such d a ily to s u p p o rt h o s p ita l p a tie n ts in O r e g o n , W a s h in g to n a n il I ment, UPS has been lo oking fo r a and s o c ia l lib e rty . The O re g o n H is to ric a l S o c i the p u b lic ’ s in cre a se d s u p p o rt. A t least 7 0 0 u n its o f b lo o d , in a d d itio n to the 800 u n its needed occasions in the thud quarter D avis' dunk made it 77-52 w ith "S in ce jo in in g the O lym p ic M o ve concerned parents and o r teachers but as this depth article makes clear, com pany s w o rld w id e sponsorsnip o f the O ly m p ic Games. The c e l A le r t and re q u ire s I I Olympic Sports Equipment Donated O re g o n T r a il T h e y c a m e in search of e c o n o m ic o p p o rtu n ity the Y e llo w '.ime lead, the 76ei ssiretcheil then advantage to 25 points on three this thing around " The Sixers took the lead lor good at 12-11 on M ark D avis' fast-break dunk A fte r the K ings closed Io 3 3 K IR O TV A Seattle native. W illia m s gradu ated from L in c o ln H ig h School, where he was an A ll-M e tro League choice in both basketball and base and m o u n ta in men T h e y jo u rn e y e d w est on the B lo o d S e rvice s c o m in g to a Red start. "Y o u want to start playing youi best basketball a lter the In si ol the year and that's what w e've been do in g ," Sixers guard Jim Jackson said "W e told ourselves we were going to erase what happened ami try to turn K evin W illia m s as their D irector ot Corporate Sales. Scott Patrick, team V ice Presidenl/Corporate Sales, an nounced Wednesday afternoon. W illia m s brings 12 years o l Se attle experience w o rkin g in radio and sin ce A le r t w orse than the re g io n has been in a decade A n a g g re s s iv e p la n has been d e v e lo p e d to end were ante to get into the open flo o r and connect on layups ” Philadelphia plays foui ol its next six on the ro a d , s ta rtin g w ith W ednesday's clash against the At lanlic D ivisio n -le a d in g M ia m i Heal The 76ers have gone 7-4 since a 6-19 radio fo r fours years before jo in in g 1788. T h e y w ere tra p p e rs , scouts T w o days o f w in te r w e a th e r ■ the final minute. "W e haven't won four games at home in some years, so it ’ s a plus, The Seattle Seahawks have named A fric a n A m e ric a n s have been re s u lte d in A m e ric a n Red C ro ss P a c if ic N o r th w e s t R e g io n a l k Williams Named Seahawks Director of Corporate Sales In Search of the Dream part o f O re g o n 's h is to ry Eddie Jordan said " They got almost everything in transition I hey got some loose balls, were able to hustle and gel some second-el to ri points anil we really co u ld n 't a llo ril to lose a second-effort game today A fte r b u ild in g a 57-41 hall add e d m o b ile s and b e e fe d up s ta ffin g to a cc o m m o d a te w a lk -in du rin g New Y e a r's week transfusion d o n o rs . In the United States, one patient every tw o seconds needs a blot xl trans was at the same tim e last year. T o c o lle c t 800 u n its each d a y, and the e x tra 7 0 0 u n its needed to end the b lo o d s h o rta g e the f o l fusion. 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