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January 5, 2000
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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
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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!
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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
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555 X 3600 for m ore inform ation.
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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.
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