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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. C urrently, 22 ol Red C ross
blood regions nationwide are experi
encing shortages.
In the P acific N orthw est, o ffic ia ls
announced a Y e llo w A le rt on De
cem ber 30. 1997, fo llo w in g inad-
euuate h o liday donations and m-
demand was 3(M) units higher than it
each o l U P S 's I I o p e ra tin g re
gions In te rn a tio n a lly , the UPS
O ly m p ic Sports Legacy
O ly m p ic Games o rg a n iz in g c o m
m ittees
B e n e fic ia ry o rg a n iza tio n s p ro
vided UPS w ith a "w is h lis t" o f
e q u ipm e n t needs based on th e ir
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