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Phil Jackson Calls
It Quits
Chicago say's good-bye to
one o f the NBA's most
respected coaches.
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Celebrate Freedom
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See Sports, page B2.
Juneteenth was celebrated
in Portland this weekend
with pride. Come see how
Portland Celebrated!
See Juneteenth, page B4
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UO Presents
Urban League
President With
Distinguished
Service Award
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American Family, "sends
more family," to it's ribbon
cutting ceremony in
celebration of their new
Portland office and the
introduction of it's "A Team
in charge." (Center: Rhonda
R. Smith, Eddy K. Hauff,
Allen Fowler). Celebrating
with them (from left to right),
Don Mathis, CEO; Jeff
Burke, State Director; Jay
Rodney Jones, District
Manager; AI Meyers, V.P.
Marketing; Jeffery M.
Campos, Regional Marketing
Manager.
(Photo by Larry J. Jackson Sr.)
ie University o f Oregon faculty
honored the leader o f the Urban
League o f Portland and two other
Oregonians withdistinguished Service Awards
at the 1998 commencement ceremony on June
13. Lawrence J. Dark o f the Urban League o f
Portland was selected along with University of
Washington law professor Ralph Johnson and
Hope Hughes Pressmand o f Eugene, and influ­
ential adviK'ate for higher education and the arts
I he award is one o f the highest honors the
University ofO regon faculty conveys. Honor­
ees are selected “w ho by their knowledge and
skill have m ade a significant contribution to the
cultural development ofOregon or society as a
whole.”
UO President Dave Frohnmayersaid that the
1998 honorees, “in their passionate and suc­
cessful pursuit ofcauses to benefit ultimately all
Oregonians, lead lives that should serve as a
model for all o f us.”
Speaking o f Lawrence Dark, Frohnmayer
noted that he “brought with him to this state an
impressive record o f professional and commu­
nity work in economic and social justice, educa­
tion, health and equity issues and has applied
that experienced implementing solid programs
that address issues faced by our urban citizens
and to inspiring new levels o f cooperation and
involvement that are enriching the lives and
opportunities for all Oregonians.”
Dark, who arrived in Oregon in 1994, was
executive assistant to the president for equal
have followed, with appreciation, the community effort to support the
opportunity programs and a research fellow at
the InstituteofPublic Affairs at theUniversity of
Renaissance Market as a business which is critical to the health of the
South C arolina before he accepted the leader­
community.
ship post o f the Urban League o f Portland.
It
is
my pleasure to provide up to $7(),0()() from the Governor’s Strategic
During his four years in Portland, Dark has
Reserve fund to reimburse itemized expenses for establishment o f a delica­
reorganized and refocused the Urban League
tessen at the Renaissance Market. Please consider this funding as a “chal­
around advocacy, research, and service. During
his tenure the agency’s budget has grown from
lenge amount" that should be used to raise matching private funding to
$ 1.6 million to more than $3 million. Under his
continue other valuable improvements at the market.
direction the agency developed programs to
This funding demonstrates, in a tangible way, my commitment to the
address environmental problems that dispro­
continued
success o f this project.
portionately afreet inner city residents and
The Economic Development Department will also continue to provide
launehedacampaign to spotl ight A frican Ameri­
can achievement and challenge negative media
marketing and financing consulting services to the Renaissance Market.
stereotypes o f African Americans.
Specifically, the consultant will assist the market in completing a business
Dark helped m ake Portland one o f eight
plan for the delicatessen, as well as monitor the overall market performance
cities nationally sponsored by the Mattel Foun­
and
provide marketing and financial counsel.
dation to increase and enhance parental and
community involvement in local schools. In
response to passage o f Measure 11 establishing
mandatory minimum juvenile sentences, he
Sincerely.
developed the Legal Education & Empower­
John a. Kitzhaber, M.D.
ment Project to work with youth o f color and
their families.
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Renaissance Market Receives
$70,000 From The Governor’s
Strategic Reserve Fund
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