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November 07, 2001
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Ribs on the Platter; Grocery Opening Soon
Mediation Month
Gov. John K itzhaber has declared
N ovem ber M ediation M onth. T he
N eighborhood M ediation C enter cel
ebrates m ediation every day o f the
y ear, en c o u ra g in g p eo p le to talk
th ro u g h th e ir d iffe re n c e s to w a rd
peaceful solutions. For volunteer train
ing opportunities, call the center at
503-823-3152.
Alzheimer’s Disease Month
Join the A lzheim er’s A ssociation for a
very touching candlelight m em orial
on the steps o f the O regon S tate
C aapitol honoring those w ho suffer
from A lzheim er’s D isease and their
fam ilies. T he event will be held at the
O regon State C apitol in Salem on
W ednesday, N ov. 7, from 7-8 p.m.
Weatherization Workshop
The Com m unity Energy Project will be
holding a free w orkshop on W eather
ization at the Albina Youth Opportunity
School, located at 3710 N. M ississippi
St. on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 6-8 p.m.
Call Stella Stadtherr at 503-284-4962.
Final touches are being made to the New Seasons grocery store (above), just
south of where an old grocery once stood. Nearby, Wayne Cannon of Rib
Express (left) prepares some of Portland's best ribs and barbecue beef, pork
and chicken for customers outside his new restaurant, one of a group of
retail developments in this Concordia intersection at Northeast 33rd and
Killingsworth. New Seasons is planning a Dec. 5 grand opening.
Native American Heritage Month
photos by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
The M ultnom ah County C om m ission
ers M aria de Steffey and S erena C ruz
will introduce a resolution that will
proclaim N ovem ber as N ational N a
tive A m erican H eritage M onth in
M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty on T h u rsd ay ,
N ov.8at 11:30a.m., 501SE. Hawthorne.
N ative drum m ing, dancing and a brief
cerem ony will follow at 12:30 p.m.
Feminist Terrorism Response
R adical W om en hosts a round-table
discussion encom passi ng m any o f the
questions generated by the events o f
Sept. 11 and the U .S. g overnm ent’s
subsequent bom bing o f A fghanistan.
T he event w ill be held on W ednesday,
Nov. 1 4 ,7 p .m .,a tth e B rea d an d R o ses
Center, located at 819 N. K illingsw orth
in Portland. A buffet is included. Call
503-2404462.
Group Joins Multi-Cultural Hall of Fame Airport
Makes Plans
for Holidays,
Security
Filipino Lantern Making
Portland Parks and R ecreation’s Se
nior Recreation program w ill be offer
ing a class on F ilipino P aper Lantern
M aking w ith F ernando D acdalan as
the instructoron Friday, Nov. 16, from
10:30 a.m . - 1 2 :3 0 p.m . T raditionally
m ade for the w inter holidays, the parol
(paper la n tern ) is hung as a sym bol o f
the seaso n 's light. T his is a free event.
Early Christmas Shopping
T he shops and restaurant at A lbertina
Kerr, located at 424 NE. 22nd w ill be
open for early C hristm as shopping on
Saturday, Nov. 10. Shoppers m ay b e
gin or conclude the “Saturday out”
with lunch at A lbertina’s, where a three-
course gourm et luncheon is offered at
11:30a.m . and 1:15 p.m. R eservations
are essential and m ay be m ade by
calling 503-231-0216.
Ray Leary
Emery Barnes
HarryJerome
by M ichael L eighton
youth program serving north and north
east Portland; boxing cham pion Thad
Spencer; and the late Em ery Barnes and
the late H arry Jerom e, form er U niversity
o f O regon athletes.
Spencer launched the Hall o f Fame last
year. He is w orking on plans for a facility
to house the hall in southeast Portland.
Boxing great Ken N orton will m ake a
guest appearence at Sunday's event.
H opson and Leary led Jefferson High
School to the state cham pionship in bas
ketball in 1972. Barnes was a football great
at O regon, w hile Jerom e achieved star
status in track at O regon.
O ther boxing legends Joe Frazer,
G eorge Forem an, M ustafa M uham m ad
and Ron L yle w ill receive recognition
during S unday' s dinner as honorary’ 2001
H all o f Fam e inductees.
T h e first a th le te s in d u c ted in to the
p re stig io u s g ro u p w ere O reg o n sp o rts
g rea ts M el R en fro , D enny M oyer. R ay
L am p k in , Jim Ja rv is an d W o o d ro w
G reen.
S u n d ay ’s d inner w ill begin w ith a no
host cocktail hour at 6 p.m. w ith the
dinner and aw ards cerem ony at 7 p.m. For
m ore inform ation, call T had Spencer at
503-221-0288.
T he P ortland O bserver
Som e o f the best athletes in O regon
sports history w ill be honored Sunday,
Nov. 11 w hen the M ulti-C ultural Sports
Hall o f Fam e presents its 2nd Annual Sports
o f Fam e D inner at the G overnor H otel in
Portland.
Terry Baker, a graduate o f Jefferson
H igh School and the w inner o f the 1962
H eism an Trophy as a quarterback at O r
egon State, is one o f six 2001 Hall o f Fame
inductees. T he others are Tony H opson
and Ray Leary, co-founders o f S elf-E n
hancem ent, Inc., a nationally recognized
Author Ernest Gaines to Speak at Lewis & Clark Thursday
Ernest J. G aines, one o f the m ost popu
lar and critically acclaim ed authors in
America, will present the Robert B. Pamplin
Jr. Society Distinguished Visiting Scholar
Lecture, at 7:30 p.m .. T hursday, Nov. 8 in
the A gnes Flanagan C hapel at L ew is &
C lark College. The lecture is free and open
to the public.
“For alm ost four decades, the novels
o f Ernest G aines have done for the people
o f L ouisiana — black and w hite. C reole
and m ulatto— what the fiction o f W illiam
F aulkner did for M ississippi," says John
F. C allahan, a professor o f hum anities at
Lew is & Clark.
“G aines is a w riter’s w riter by virtue o f
his stunning fidelity to the speech and
experiences o f the people. By virtue o f its
authentic creation o f the past. G ain es’s
w ork has helped shape a changing soci
ety in L ouisiana and the entire A m erican
South," C allahan said.
G aines w as the fifth generation in his
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Ernest J. Gains has helped shape a
changing society in Louisiana and
the entire American South.
fam ily to be bom on the R iver Lake plan
tation in Pointe C oupée Parish. La.
His stories o f rural Louisiana have
garnered glow ing review s for their sensi -
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'When I speak to black students
about Hemingway, they often ask
me what I expect them to learn from
that white man. I tell them: all
Hemingway wrote about was grace
under pressure. And he was talking
about you. Can you tell me a better
example o f grace under pressure
than our people fo r the past 300
years? Grace under pressure isn ’t
just about bullfighters and men at
war. It's about getting up every day
to face a job or a white boss you
don’t like but have to face to feed
your children so they 'll grow up to a
better generation.' - Ernest J. Gaines
tive depictions o f blacks struggling for
dignity in the face o f obstacles. At the age
o f nine, he was picking cotton in the
plantation fields. H e left the plantation
w hen he w as 15 to jo in his parents, w ho
had m oved to C alifornia during W orld
W ar II. He attended San Francisco State
University and later won a w riting fellow
ship to S tanford U niversity.
H is novel. “A L esson Before D ying,"
w as nom inated for a Pulitzer Prize and
garnered num erous honors, including the
Best Fiction A w ard by the National Book
Critics Circle.
H is career spans m ore than 35 years,
and his works include "Catherine Carm ier"
(1964). “O f Love and D ust" (1967), "T he
A utobiography o f M iss Jane Pittm an"
(1971), “In My F ath e r's H ouse" (1978),
“A G athering o f O ld M en” (1983) and “A
Lesson Before D ying" (1993). He also
authored “B loodline"! 1968), a collection
o f short stories.
In 1974. his n o v el, “T he A u to b io g ra
phy o f M iss Jane P ittm an ." w as ad ap ted
for te le v isio n and w on nine E m m y
A w ards.
(A P) - Portland International A irport
may reopen 1,100choice parking spaces
for the holiday season, but the m ove
w ould require airport officials to search
all vehicles that w ant to park in those
spaces.
A ftertheSept. 11 attacks, the Federal
A viation A dm inistration declared the
spaces off-lim its, saying a car bom b
w ould devastate term inal areas.
So far, the red-tagged areas have not
been needed in the 3,300-slot garage.
W ith the holiday season com ing, ho w
ever, PD X m ay reopen the spaces from
T hanksgiving through February 2002.
The Port o f Portland, which ow ns the
garage, charged $3 an hour for the short
term parking spaces.
Sim ilar plans to reopen risky areas in
exchange for ca r searches are being
considered in N ew O rleans and H arris
burg, Pa., officials said.
For PDX, Thanksgiving will be a major
test, as passenger num bers reach near
normal with security still above normal.
Airline officials have authorized more
security em ployees in an effort to keep
screening to about 15 m inutes, even on
the airp o rt's busiest w eek o f the year.
In P o rtlan d , ab o u t 100 security
screeners have been hired and are b e
ing trained. Som e o f the busiest co n
courses - such as those for D elta and
United - will open three additional check
point lanes during the holiday season
As screeners arc trained, “they will be
scheduled where they are most needed,
like during the morning rush," said Steve
Johnson, an airport spokesman.
Passengers are also being told not to
wrap Christm as gifts, said Lezli G oheen,
area m arketing m anager for Southw est
A irlines in Portland.
"This year the gift w rap probably will
prom pt the scanner crew to ask that the
gift be opened for inspection," she said.
O riginally, tw o Portland super-scan
ning m achines w ere for suitcases going
to U nited A ir L ines o r A laska/H orizon
flights. But all airlines w ere supplying
random ly chosen luggage last w eek.
The choice o f bags to scan is controlled
by com puter, not by ticket personnel.
P o rtla n d 's S e p te m b e r p a sse n g e r
count w as dow n 31 percent. F or N o
vem ber. the prediction is 85 percent o f
norm al volume.
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