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JAN. 28, 1998 Committed to cultural diversity. Volume XXVII, Number 56 (Elje |dortlanb Ofthserurr ZiT o m m u n ito vJza b n i> a r Black History Month M ayor V era K atz and the R eg io n al A rts and C u ltu re C o u n c il c o rd ia lly invite you to atten d the u n v e ilin g of 160 new street b an n ers alo n g M artin L uther K ing. Jr. B lvd. in c e le b ra tio n of Black H istory M onth ami the N orth/ N o rth east c o m m u n ity . T he p ro g ram begins I I AM on S a tu rd a y , Jan u ary 31, at the H arry Ja c k so n P la z a at adid as on the c o rn e r o f M LK Jr Blvd and NE. A lb erta St. New Line from Nike The E v o lu tio n o f S kin. N ik e ’s first ever n atio n al te le v isio n ad for its ap parel. will d eb u t d u rin g S u p e r howl X X X II on S u n d ay , Ja n u ary 25. T he c a m p a ig n f o c u s e s on th e s p o r ts co m p a n y ’s perfo rm an ce a th le tic w ear, all d esig n ed to h elp a th le te s p erfo rm better. Governor at Central Library G o v e rn o r John K itz h a b e r w ill be in P ortlan d T u esd ay . Jan u ary 27, from 9-11 AM at the M u ltn o m ah C ou n ty C en tral L ib rary to d isc u ss c ritic a l is sues facing the tri-c o u n ty reg io n w ith local e le c te d o ffic ia ls and b u sin e ss leaders. Furniture Giveaway O nce again U.S. Bank is c le a rin g out its sto rag e w areh o u se by o ffe rin g a fu rn itu re g iv e-aw ay . T h is is an op p o rtu n ity for n o n -p ro fit o rg a n iz a tio n s in need o f o ffice fu rn itu re to o b tain these item s free o f c h arg e. F u rn itu re give-aw ay w ill begin at 9A M on Janu ary 3 I at U .S B an k ’s C o lu m b ia C e n te r Plaza Bldg. Women in Communications T he P o rtlan d C h a p te r o f the A sso c iatio n for W om en in C o m m u n ic a lions w elco m es M arti C haney as guest sp eak er at its Jan u ary 30 lunch m e e t ing. H er to p ic is "M anaging Y our C areer for L ife ." T he lu n ch p ro g ram is from 12 to I PM at R eg en ce Blue C ross Blue S hield o f O reg o n . B ring a brow n bag lunch. C all 2 4 4 -2 7 0 6 . Book Details Rainbow Of Opportunity B\ N k ii . H i ii pern everal Portland high school ath letes who went on to play basketball at Oregon State University are fea tured m a new book about the years of Oregon Stale University Coach Ralph Miller. M iller's I ime. A Legacy of OSU Basket ball. written by K.J. White, is filled with statistics, an ecd o tes and y e a r-b y -y e a r progress reports of the Beavers under Miller. flic author, an avid spoils enthusiast on and oil the field, attended David Douglas High School and graduated from the Univer sity of Portland He talks ol Miller years (1971 89). when the Beavers amassed a 359 wins-1 86 losses record over I9seasons, including eight NCAA tournament appearances, four Pac- If)cham pionships and 17 lOO-pomt games. W hite's book brings out a special quality of Coach Miller to create "new horizons where men of color would find their rainbow of opportunity.” "He battled prejudice. People weren't used to seeing five black players on the court at once." While told the Observer. "It didn't bother him. He was color blind, in that the best five players will play.” It was a far cry from the Paul Valenti coaching years, with four straight years ol non-winning seasons that included unjust criticism of a black player anil boycott by black players of both OSU and UofO teams lor a "Civil War" game. I he book praises Miller lor using "the best athletes to execute Ins system ... not be cause' they were black." Corvallis was slow to accept his use ol African-Americans, but the team 's improving record brought the com munity around to root tor the new dynamism K. J. IVh/'fe rev/ews a copy of his book Miller's Time. (Photo By Neil Heilpern) of OSU basketball. M iller's ef forts showed “how a com m u White describes the shift in styles that made nity would learn the true meaning o f brother M iller's toughness and sparsness with com Billy Nick" declare the tough times as "a pliments while he got the job done H is few hood,” White said. But it was an era where whole new learning process for me." "the style was straight-forward, no-nonsense, compliments were greatly appreciated and A lthough N ick leb erry got less p la y meant something . you were there to per and all business." ing tim e and sco rin g u n der M iller, he form.” Several players f rom Portland schools were e v e n tu a lly b ecam e the c o a c h 's first Billy Nickleberry. a black Jefferson high part of those years. Rickey Lee, (Benson) graduate a ssista n t and helped a lot in played at OSU 1974-78, and is quoted about grad, played under both Valenti and Miller S A ttend the free N o rth w est C a re e r Fair and Job Expo p re se n te d by KXL N ew srad io 750 and 9 5 .5 T he Mix S atu rd ay , F eb ru ary 7 from 10 AM- 4PM at the O regon C o n v e n tio n C e n ter In a d d itio n , p re se n ta tio n s w ill be o ffered c o n tin u a lly in tw o sta g e areas from 10; 15 AM to 4PM Jewish Film Festival Do Wop Dance The fifth annual Do G ood Do W op D ance, sch ed u led for F rid ay . F e b ru ary 13 w ill benefit a netw o rk o f lo u r non-prof it social serv ice a g e n c ie s that prov id e em erg en cy se rv ic e s to p eo p le in need. For tic k e ts and in fo rm a tio n call St. V in cen t de Paul at 2 3 8 -5 7 7 8 . Bill Naito Award The Portland Urban Forestry C om m is sion is now accepting applications for the Second Bill Naito Award. The award was created in honor of the late builder and community leader who did so much to beautify Portland trees. Applications must be received by February 28. Call 823- 4443 for an application packet. •s Task Force Meeting Do you have concerns about gangs, drugs, and violence in your neighborhood? Please share your experiences and ques tions at the following Youth Gangs Task Force meeting for Community Citizens at the King Neighborhood Facility on 4815 NE 7th on February 18th at 6:30 PM rec ru itin g . The description of M iller’s non nonsense style of coaching includes a quote from Parkrose grad Steve Woodside, who played at OSU 1983-86: "The goal was to take- individuals and fit them into his system." Portland players under Miller were Steve Bakke (1974-1976), David Douglas; Troy Berry (84), Benson; Ray Blume (78-81), Parkrose; Darryl Flowers (83-86), Madison; A C’. Green (82-85), Benson; Rob Holbrook (79-82), Parkrose; Rickey Lee (74-78), Benson; A ndy Mott (83), G rant; Billy Nickleberry (7 1,72), Jefferson; Mark Radford (7 8-81), Grant; Brett Starr ( 8 1 -83), Jackson; Greg West (84), Grant; and Steve Woodside (83-86), Parkrose. Crisp photos show a dribbling Mark Radford (Grant) and Ray Blum" (Parkrose) in the air for a layup shot. They were starters for O SU ’s 1979-80 squad that catapulted to #2 in the nation “1 was always a great fan of Coach Miller," said White. Noting the coach is now 79, lie- said, "I wanted to do this book while he is still alive and can get some pleasure out of it and en joy some celebrity atmosphere." The work is part of a series of sports books While has on his agenda Gray Thunder, Scarlet Knights, a 1955-1996 history ol loot- ball at David Douglas High School, was published in 1996. Favorite Sons, which chronicles legendary teams and figures in Oregon sports history, is scheduled for re lease in early 1999 White calls Ins book an “extremely accu rate re-creation of the entire 19 years tenure of this coach and his teams during 545 games We virtually deal with every one of them in some form or another. Once you get into it. you are catapulted back into time and we stress the accuracy and details, quotes, and pictures." C risp action shots and player profiles bring alive a book which sees a quality printing job and choice o f type-styles that make it easy reading. W h ite ’s sense o f hum or sp ices up the sta tistic s and gam e d e sc rip tio n s. Support For God’s Miracle Child Career Fair The N o rth w est Film C e n te r w ill presen t the F ourth A nnual P o rtlan d Jew ish Film Festival. The F estival runs throu g h F ebru ary 22. T hey w ill sh o w case new w orks ab o u t and from Israel in ad d itio n to p re m ie rin g new w orks o f Jew ish them es from aro u n d the w orld. SECTION Mary Hooks on her way to her daughters house after being in the hospital for over six months. On July 8, 1997 , Mary I.. Hooks was a victim of a domestic dispute that left her lifeless and broken-up body in the urgent care of medical surgeons and Gods Mercy. Mary was run down by a pick-up truck in front of her house on 35th and Killingworth. I'lie truck lut her knocking her under the rear wheel which ran over her chest crushing a majority of internal organs and bones. In addition her hair got caught up in the rear axle of the truck which then dragged her about 60- 80 feet causing injuries to the back of the head, back and bottom areas. After spendingover six months(5 in I.C.U.) in Fmanual Hospital with the best Trauma surgeons in the state and Gods mercy they were able to bring her lifeless body back to life, but not without some on going treat ments necessary. Her current condition has left her with a broken back which has her paralyzed from the waist down as well as her usage of a wheelchair, respirator and ventila tor machine. We are seek in g support (h er and her fa m ily ) by way o f c o n tra c to rs to help re c o n stru c t her hom e to be w heel c h a ir a c c e ssib le , d o n a te d lum ber and o th e r m a te ria ls. If you can help G o d 's Miracle- C h ild in this a rea please call Joe ( B ean) K eller at (503) 903-247 I or if you w ould like to m ake a fin ancial c o n trib u tio n p lease send or d ro p o ff at any U .S. Bank p a y ab le Io the M ary H ook R ecovery T rust Fund. PDC Study Works at MLK Development B y L ee I’t a k i . m a n lthough d e v e lo p m e n t along N o r th e a s t M a rtin L u th e r K ing Jr B o u le v a rd h a s n 't pro ced ed as e x p e c te d , zo ning b a rrie r to g ettin g new b u sin e ss there. M u ltip le p roperty o w n e rsh ip may be. New housing on the b o u le v a rd w o n ’t do m uch to lure or m ain tain new b u si ness. T hese are am ong the c o n c lu sio n s of a d ra ft c o n su lta n t study o f the b o u le vard c o m m issio n e d by the P o rtlan d D evelopm ent C o m m ission and released last w eek. During the A lbina C om m unity Plan process parts o f the boulevard were re zoned for high-density housing, preclud ing business developm ent. In addition, the M cCoy V illage housing project on N ortheast Shaver Street, now nearing com pletion, and the proposed Standard Dairy project on N ortheast Graham Street are on property zoned EXD. a nnxed-use zone which in this case was intended to A attract business developm ent This raised the question of whether housing zoning and developm ent is shutting out business grow th on the street is n “The 't a zoning issue kept p o pping up o v er and o v er again." C o n su lta n t C lark W orth told the last m eeting of the MI K A ction P roject A dvisory C om m ittee last w eek "Is it a barrier? D oes it make- sense in the light of c u rre n t d e v e lo p m ent tre n d s." W orth po in ted out that the A lbina Plan did call for high density housing on the street. “ It will mean som e tra n s fo r m ation o f w hat w e've th o ught o f in the past as a b u sin e ss c o rrid o r." he said. "C an the cu rrent zoning a c c o m m o d ate the d em and for new b u sin e ss d e v e l o p m en t? For the time being, yes, it can ," he said H is study found som e 40 par cels, properly zoned and a v ailab le, along the length o f the corridor. U nfortunately, he also found that in many c a se s they are d iv id e d into sm all p arcels in m ultiple o w n e rsh ip s In order for such p ro p erties to be useful, he said , "S ite assem b ly is m ore im portant than z o n in g ." W o rth 's study did su g g e st th at in the future the city m ight c o n sid e r “ sw a p ping" the zoning on h o u sin g and m ixed- use parcels, e sp e c ia lly if h o u sin g land rem ains vacant and h o u sin g d e v e lo p ment co n tin u es on EX D zoned p a rc e ls. Another issue. Worth said, is the influx of social services onto the avenue. "Institutions are part of the Albina Plan," he said. "The argument that they don (belong there doesn't jibe - but there is a concentration." Specif i cally, he found 21 such services located on the avenue “with more coming." He added that the influx is likely to decrease as the real estate increases in value. W hile saying that h o u sin g has a place on the b o u lev ard . W orth said it w ould do little to stim u la te b u sin e ss g row th. "N o b u siness w ill lo cate on M LK just because o f the new h o u sin g and just because of the new c u sto m e r b a se ," he said. T his c o n c lu sio n w ould hold even if future d ev elo p m en t brought in a h ig h e r tenant incom e level than the c u rre n t, predom inantly low incom e housing and even if the to tal p o p u la tio n reached 500 u nits, he said In an o th er fin d in g . W orth said there seem s to be d em an d lor retail s to r e front spaces o f 1200 sq u are feet or less, ra th e r th an sp aces for larg er e n te rp rise s. He also said that in d u stria l uses seem to be m oving aw ay from the bo u lev ard C o m m ittee m em ber and c o n su lta n t Je a n a W oolley noted that d e v e lo p e r Barry M enashe is having dif ficulty f in d ing a large re ta il ten an t for his m ixed- use p ro je c t u n d e r c o n s tr u c tio n on N o rth east B roadw ay at I Ith A venue. Carl T aitón, chair o f the Portland D e velopm ent C o m m issio n , co m m e n te d . "Z oning was a big question for inc. but it would appear that it w asn ’t the barrier we thought it was. We thought o f EX (zoned properties) as sites for em ploym ent c e n ters, but I’m not sure how well that stra t egy will hold up.”
