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May i s , 2002________________________________________ W l j e ^ o r t l a n b ( © b s e r u e r _____________________________________________ 1>a^e A3 King Elementary School Kids Honor Mom Jerome Mouton (from right), John Chism, Fred Jackson, Keith Houlemard, Ed Stalworth and his daughter, Victoria, do their part for Earth Day by picking up litter and collecting recyclables in northeast Portland. The men are all members o f the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded in 1911 at Howard University. Fraternity Takes Time to Give Back by J krome M outon F or T he P ortland O bserver In recognition of Earth Day, the brothers of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, along with other volunteers, participated in a neighborhood clean-up effort on both sides of Northeast Alberta, from 15th to 33rd, and from Prescott to Ainsworth. The group walked through the neighborhoods picking up litte r and c o lle c tin g recyclables. The effort was very tiring, but also very fulfill- ing. By the d a y ’s end there were a few sore backs and legs among the group. The Omega Psi Phi Frater nity was founded in 1911 at Howard University. The Port land chapter called Aeta Nu is c o m p o sed o f a b o u t 12 - 15 graduated African Ameri Advertise with diversity in call 5 0 3 .2 8 8 .0 0 3 3 can brothers. The group’s motto is “friend ship is essential to the soul.” In addition to social action efforts, like neighborhood c le a n u p s, the c h a p te r also gives out 40 to 50 food b askets to needy fam ilies at C hristm as tim e, aw ards three $500 scholarships to stu dents annually and mentors stu dents. The brothers are com m it ted to providing positive lead ership and m entorship in the Portland community, with the purpose of continuing to work to help make a difference in the lives of people, especially kids. The fraternity has a field trip to the Nike complex for students that is planned for later this month. ^ J n r t la t t b ( D h s m u 'r or email: ads^portlandobserver.com Shanaqeda Coleman (from left) enjoys a day at school with her second grade son, Davontae and his classmate Cabbil Roneesha, during a Mother's Day buffet at King Elementary School in northeast Portland. Several students' mothers, grandmothers and guardians attended the fourth annual event Friday. photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Summer School Takes Signups Portland Public Schools is offer ing an exciting summ er, school experience for students in grades five through eight w ho are not meeting the state or district stan dards in reading and m athem at ics. D uring the 2001 sum m er a total o f 760 students com pleted the 24-day program during June and July. Students showed sta tistically significant gains in all goal areas, at all grade levels. For more inform ation, contact the sum m er school office at 503- 916-5840, ex t 359. New Prospective Gents Inducted African-based rite of passage ceremony Sunday The Bridge Builders, acom m u- nity based organization w ill in duct 33 young men into the P ro spective G ents Club on Sunday. May 19 at 6 p.m. at Bethel A M E Church, 5828 N.E. 8th. The inductees are Kenny B ran don, C.J. F razier, Q uann Jones, Quinn Jones, Corey M ason-Sand ers, G ra b riel S hank, T im o th y G reenidge, Paul Peters, A ntonio A nderson, Bryce F razier. Jason N orris, B randon Dixon, M ichael Gaither,CediaJabbie, Terrell Kent, C o d y L e d u ff, C h ris M in n ie- w eather, Joshua Peters, M atthew S u n d b y , R y a n H ard y , R o y ce H a u g h to n , W illie H u rst 111, Donovan Lawrence, Franklin Lee- H all, B rad Lindsey, Jr., D avid L o m ax Jr., D ero n P a tte rso n , D eondraR andle, D em etric Sand ers, O larem i Sobom ehin, Jam ell T aylor, V incent T hom as and A n tonio W ilkins. T he o b je ctiv e o f the P ro sp e c tive G en ts/A G A P E C ircle is to e le v a te the A fric an -A m erica n m ale to th e statu s o f tru e m a n h o o d by a d m in isterin g an A fri c a n -b ase d rite o f p assag e p ro gram that prom otes scholarship, high m oral ch aracter, values and co m m u n ity service. T he clu b c o n sists o f 100 h igh sch o o l stu d en ts and th e A G A P E C irc le is m ade up o f nearly 60 G en tlem en in late ad o lescen ce, from 1 9 -2 5 , y ea rs old. T he induction cerem ony is a free com m unity event. F or more information, call 503-306-2960. Celebrity Host Sugar Ray Leonard Convention Center Doors open at 4:30pm Autographs with Sugar Ray Leonard 4:30pm to 5:30pm First Televised Bout 6pm Main Event: James “Lights Out" Toney vs, Jason Robinson Tickets priced from *30 Live Broadcast on ESPN 2 l-8 8 8 -\ \ \ \C or 11-9 ÌH Ì-5 B 2 5 lo r I n e ls ; ii k I I n it n il hit it m • \ is il us on I lie \\ cb ;il w \\ w c liiiio o k w iliils c a s iiio .c o n i <
