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Page 4 January 5, 2000 Focus (The ©beeruer Clayton Moores death signals end of an era w atched him in re-run after re-run. C layton M oore died o f a heart or T he P ortland O bserver attack Tuesday, D ecem ber 28, 1999 at the W est Hills Hospital in West T hose silver bullets w ere not Hills, California. He w as 85. meant for w erew olves, they w ere a “ M y father w as an incredibly symbol. A sym bol o f purity, hon h u m b le m an esty, bravery, and w ho was hon honor. And even “ When I go, I want them ored to have though C layton portrayed this M o o re w a s in to say, ‘ Who was that over sixty films, masked man? ” Clayton Moore a m a z i n g _________________ c h a ra c te r, he will always be M o o re’s rem e m b ere d as d au g h ter. D aw n M o o re G errity, the L one Ranger, the good guy in the w hite hat that w as the defender said last w eek. “ H e co n stan tly strove to live up to the finest tenets o f the dow ntrodden. o f the Lone Ranger, know ing he in T hough C lay to n M oore has fluenced children w orldw ide.” passed on, T he Lone R anger will T h e L one R anger em bodied live on in the m em ories o f count the m orals o f honor, duty to others, less baby boom ers and others w ho by S. E, S i rah an bravery, m aintaining the U.S. d e mocracy, and a persons need to bet te rin g th e w o rld a ro u n d th em . M oore often com m ented that his character espoused the creed that everyone has w ithin h im s e lf the pow er to m ake this a better w orld.” It w as this firm ly idealized be lief o f M oores that is lacking in tele vision and film s today. “ For people w ho grew up with his television version, he w as the Lone Ranger,” com m ented Jam es Nottage, c h ie f curator o f the A utry Museum o f W estern H eritage, “ He conveyed certain values and behav ior, how kids w ere expected to act.” T he q u e stio n s th a t m u st be asked though are; Should w e expect actors o f our generation to live up A fiery horse with the speed o f light, a cloud o f dust and a hearty "Hi Yo Silver" The Lone Ranger rides again. With his faithful companion Tonlo, the daring and resourceful masked rider o f the plains led the fig h t fo r law and order in the early western United States. Return with us now Io those’ thrilling days ofyesteiyear. Out o f the past come the thundering hoofbeats o f the • great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again. Volunteers Needed! Boat Show from page 4 kitchens (galleys) and m uch more. G uests m ay take a to u r o f the houseboat w hile at the show . T o c e le b r a te th e 1 ,0 0 0 th anniversary o f L eif E rickson, the fam ous V iking explorer, an actual sized replica o f a V iking ship is under construction at the show. This 40 foot replica is being built the traditional w ay using he lapstrake style o f overlapping planks (no nails can be used). W ith the help o f Boy Scouts o f A m erica/Sea Scouts; this V iking ship o f today will honor the ships o f the past. C o m e se e th e B oy S c o u ts ol A m erica/S ea Scouts w orking away at the show . M ake w aves to the Portland Boat Show produced b y O ’Loughlin Shows. T ickets are available at the door in the Portland Expo Center during the show hours only. General adm issio n is $7 for ad u lts and children 12 years and younger are free. V isit the Portland Boat Show w e b s ite at: w w w .O lo u g h lin T radeShow s.com o r call 503/225- 555 X 3600 for m ore inform ation. End Domestic and Sexual Violence T he P o rtland W o m en ’s C ri sis L ine is seeking d ed icated w om en to an sw er our 24 h o u r a d ay crisis line an d to p ro v id e ad ditional support services for victim s / su rv iv o rs o f dom estic and sexual violence. PW C L p ro v id es an in ten siv e 46 hour train in g o v er a three w eek p eriod b eg inning S ep tem b er 14, 1999. For inform ation and an appli cation call Eden at 232-9545. Senior W om en and W om en o f Color are encouraged to apply! to and em body such noble ideas? D o th ey now, and if not, should they? W here is the m odem masked m an teaching our children the val ues that w e were taught by the Lone R anger? R egardless, w e can say that he taught w hat w as right and wrong, that good should alw ays trium ph over evil, and that w e all can m ake this a better world. O ne m ore question that should be asked is what can w e do to honor M oores m em ory and to im prove this w orld? “ W e’re losing them one by o n e,” D usty R ogers, son o f Roy R ogers said, “ It is really an end o f an era now .” Who was that m asked m an? A dios K em o Sabe. A ssociate !» P ress
