JAN. 28, 1998
Committed to cultural diversity.
Volume XXVII, Number 56
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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
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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.”