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( 'ouiinit((.'(I I«» ( ii K iiiu I Septem ber 04, 2002 u u \5.|)oill;in(h»l)sci\ vr.CMiii Diversi!) (3Tl|c ^ o rtla n h (I^bsrrnrr ommunity a le n d a r C Self Enhancement Inc. Roy Jones Jr., undisputed light heavyweight champion of the world will visit youths at Self Enhancement, Inc. to deliver a m otivational speech. Jones spends much of his free time speaking to America’s youth on the value of education and the perils of drugs. He will be at SEI, located at 3920North Kerby Ave. on Wednesday, Sept. 4, from 5:30-6p.m . SECTION ‘You Gotta Make a Living’ Longtime barber works feverishly in an impatient world Portland RV & Van Show , The Portland Fall RV & Van Show, the largest in the North west, returns for its 19lh year. The show will be bringing you the best in motor homes, 5th wheels, travel trailers and more. The exhibit will take place at the Portland Expo Center, from Sept. 1 2 -1 5 , located off of Interstate 5 and Delta Park. Call 503-246- 8291 o r go o n lin e to www.pdxrvshow.com. River City Celebration Harbor jet-boat tours, interac tive trade exhibits, historical displays, lantern-making work shops, food booths, entertain ment and an evening illuminated procession along the c ity ’s Eastbank Esplanade await visi tors to Portland’s “River City Celebration & Illuminata Parade of Light” on Saturday, Sept. 21, from noon - 10:30 p.m. The daylong festival will be at the e a st end o f P o rtla n d ’s Hawthorne Bridge, where S.E. M a d iso n ST. m eets the Willamette Riverbank. Dora Cam pbell s its in her A lberta S tr e e t barbershop in front o f pictu res o f fam ily an d friends. S h e h a s b e e n cutting hair in th e city for 3 4 years. photo by D avid P lechi / T he P ortland O bserver by D avid P i . echl VIctlmsAsslstance Program Volunteers are needed as on- call Rape V ictim Advocates with the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Victims Assistance Program for evening and week end shifts. Training is five events, from6:30-8:30p.m„ be ginning Oct. 1 at the Multnomah l| County Courthouse. Call 503- 988-3222 to volunteer. I continued on page B2 T he P ortland O bserver “Barbershop,” says Dora Campbell, sim ply, as she answers the phone in her modest Alberta Street shop. Dora has been cutting hair in north and northeast Portland since 1968. She doesn’t need to tell her customers over the phone her name, they already know. Some of her regulars go back 15,20, even 30 years. When Dora was just 20 years old, she entered Molers Barber College. “Molers, and then Modem,” she explains. “I also went to Fagan’s Beauty School.” Dora worked diligently as a barber for a number of years and then entered the Army and served as a medic for four. A valuable experience, but not exactly her cup of tea,” Dora continued her trade. “I always stayed with my barbering,” she says. And her customers have stayed with her. Retired construction worker Ira Cheatham has been a client of Dora’s for about two decades. “lean go back 20 (years), I ’ m scared to go back more,” Cheatham jokes, adding, “I follow her wherever she goes.” Dora stands only about 5 foot 2, but her presence is somehow both commanding and warm. She is stem with a grandson who barges in looking for a beard trim, but behind large rimmed glasses are clear and caring eyes. She is a single mother o f five grown children. She has ten 10 grandkids and two great-grandkids. Campbell is typical of the many tireless black business owners in north and north east Portland that give patiently and work feverishly in an impatient world. In addition to her busy schedule barbering, Dora works 5 days a week at Hollywood Fred Meyer. “I stay tired all the time,” she says, “You gotta make a living.” Unfortunately, Dora has fallen on slightly unpredictable times. Her landlord recently passed on and the building she rents is now up for sale. continued on page B2 Parole Officer Lands in Jail by L ee P erlman T he P ortland O bserver Dr. Ed M allett g iv e s an eye exam ination at the M ultnom ah County Health Clinic at 5 3 2 9 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. PHOTO BY M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver Eye Clinic Gets Kids Ready for School An eye examination can be part of every child’s annual back-to-school routine, thanks to free vision screen ings for pre-schoolers and school-age children at local vision centers of the Pacific University College of Optom etry. Normal vision function is critical in the development of learning skills for infants and children. The screenings take about 30 min utes and provide important information about clarity of vision, eye health, and eye coordination - factors that are es sential for good vision and healthy eyes. Screenings are especially beneficial for younger children whose learning skills, such as reading and writing self esteem in the classroom depend on good vision and healthy eyes. Free screenings for school-age chil dren are offered weekdays, evenings and ! weekends with locations throughout the P ortland area, including the Multnomah County Health Clinic at 5329 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Screenings also are available for area schools, businesses and community organizations. For more information, or to schedule an appointment at a Pacific University Vision Center near you, call 503-357- 5800. Harrison Danley spent 21 years putting problems from his youth behind him and building a life for himself. In a few minutes, it was all “wiped away.” Danley, a corrections counselor with the Multnomah County Office of Parole and Probation, was convicted of fourth degree assault, a misdemeanor charge that nor mally results in not more than two years of probation. Last week, he began serving a 90-day jail sentence and three years probation stem ming from a fight he says he did not provoke. Danley will also have to pay fines that, together with the expenses of his legal de fense, will leave him homeless, bankrupt and in debt. The conviction also means he will lose his accreditation as a parole and probations counselor, costing him his job and his ca reer. Danley admits to both criminal activity and drug use in his youth, but maintains he has been both law abiding and sober for 21 years. In fact, his work on the African- American prison program, a pilot project on transition from incarceration for African- American men, earned him national recogni tion. However, he also had his share of con flicts with co-workers. Danley said he frequently clashed at meetings with James Cohen, a fellow mem ber of his substance abuse recovery group, a man he admits got “under his skin." At an evening meeting on Dec. 16,2001, Danley says Cohen, “goaded me” and fol lowed him out to his car. “He continued to goad me, bumped against me. I hit him, knocked him down and Harrison Danley, who o n c e won national acclaim for helping African Am erican of fen d ers m a k e th e transition from prison to society, now finds h im s e lf in jail. hit him again,” Danley said. Cohen suffered a broken bone and a cut in his forehead. Danley said a police officer he knew re sponded to the incident, took a statement from him. and then told him, “D on’t worry about it.” Then on Feb. 19, Danley was arrested and charged with aggravated assault involving the use of a weapon - a Measure 11 offense that would require 70 months imprisonment and held on $250,000 bail.At a subsequent hearing, a judge refused to lower the bail. He finally managed to raise the bail. Danley says he clashed with two of his continued "yf on page B2
