February i». 2003________
®Jje Jlortlanò (Dbeeruer celebrates Black History Month
Community
Leader to Retire
from PGE
Black History Month
A lithograph by
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en g ra ver P aul R evere
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five u n a rm e d
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in clu d in g C risp u s
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hero.
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Carl Talton
C arl B. T alton, Portland G en
eral Electric vice president for
com m unity and business D evel
opm ent, is retiring at the end o f
February after three decades o f
leadership in O reg o n ’s energy
industry.
T alton, best know n for his
urban renew al efforts in north
and northeast Portland, plans to
continue his work prom oting eco
nom ic developm ent in Portland.
T alto n jo in e d P G E in 1998
a fte r 25 y e a rs w o rk in g f o r
P acifiC o rp in v ario u s m a n a g e
m en t p o sitio n s.
“ A ll o f us at P G E are fo rtu n ate
to hav e w o rk ed w ith so m eo n e o f
C a r l's e x p e rie n c e and c h a ra c te r
d u rin g the last fo u r y e a rs ,” said
F red M iller, P G E ex e c u tiv e vice
p re sid e n t o f retail and d is trib u
tion se rv ices. "W e w ish him all
the b est in his new en d e a v o rs in
the c o m m u n ity .”
T a lto n ’s skill at b rin g in g c o m
m u n ities to g e th e r and e n c o u ra g
ing eco n o m ic e x p an sio n has been
w id ely re c o g n iz e d w ith sev eral
aw ards and ap pointm ents, in clu d
ing the S alv atio n A rm y ’s C o m
m u n ity P rid e A w ard. He w as a p
p o in te d by fo rm e r G o v . Jo h n
K itzh ab e r to serv e on the O reg o n
E conom ic and C om m unity D evel
o p m en t C o m m issio n in July 2000
and w as se le c te d by H o u sin g and
U rban D evelopm ent to participate
in the C o in m u n ity /E co n o m ic D e
velopm ent Program at the H arvard
U niversity S chool o f G overnm ent
in C a m b rid g e , M ass.
D u rin g h is ca re e r, the U rban
L eag u e b esto w ed T a lto n w ith its
an n u al E q u al O p p o rtu n ity aw ard
and the O reg o n W o m e n 's P o liti
cal C aucus gave hitn its First G ood
G uy aw ard fo r his su p p o rt o f
w om en g a in in g p o litic a l in flu
ence.
T a lto n se rv e s on n u m e ro u s
c o m m u n ity o rg a n iz a tio n s and
th e ir re sp e c tiv e b o ard s o f d ire c
tors in c lu d in g the O reg o n A sso
c ia tio n o f M in o rity E n tre p re
n eu rs, U n ited W ay o f C o lu m b ia-
W illam ette and A lbina H eadstart.
T alton resid es in P o rtlan d with
his w ife K aren and o n e o f th eir
tw o ch ild re n .
Celebrating Black History 365 Days a Year...
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through the streets with great d is
regard for hum an life. The horse and
buggy could have easily hurt or even
killed a pedestrian. Officer West gave
chase and brought the horse to a
halt. Upon looking inside the buggy
he noticed that President Ulysses
G rant was silting inside. The officer
apologized and stepped back. Notic
ing a crow d gathering and fearful
that public sentim ent w ould go
against him for breaking the law and
getting aw ay with it, the President
insisted on being arrested like any
other com m on citizen. Officer W est
took President Grant to the nearby
precinct, cited him for speeding and
released him. For his professional
ism, the officer was promoted.
De La Salle North Catholic High School
7654 North Delaware Avenue
.. 8. B elieve ito rp o t, C ensus records
show this to be true. On Oct. 2,1979
Charlie Smith from northern Florida
died at the age o f on 137 years old.
A t the tim e, he w as also said to be
the last form er slave on record. His
death m arked the end o f an era
when black people w ho were foi m er
slaves lived to tell th eir stories. Mr.
S m ith ’s m ind w as clear until the
tim e o f his death. He told m an y
stories o f his personal life, slavery
and black history before he died.
9. T rue again ! O n M ay 12,1862 a
C onfederate subm arine used for car
rying gu n s and am m u n itio n to
Southern rebel soldiers was docked
at C h arlesto n ,S .C .. A fo m ierb la ck
slave in the U nion N avy by the
nam e o f R obert Small stole a South
ern officers uniform , boarded the
sub nam ed “T he Planter,” and liter
ally drove it right through Southern
ports and past the heavily arm ed
S outhern Fort S um ter to a Union
arm y post on the sam e river.
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