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‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Returns
Gospel singer
Tammara Walker
turned her life around
and got o ff the
streets by singing.
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J avmee R .C i t i /
T he P ortland
O bserver
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The Greatness
of Gospel
The Portland Opera presents ‘Jesus Christ Superstar' from Tuesday, June 10 through Sunday. June 15 with show times at 7:30
p.m. all week and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. To get tickets stop by the Portland Opera Box Office at 115 SW
Morrison, call 503-241-1802 or visit www.portlandopera.org.
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Number to Call God Annoys Many
•‘Bruce Almighty’
moviegoers call real
people with God’s
phone number
(A P ) — A lot o f m ortals w ho happen to
share G o d ’s telephone n um ber - or at least the
one H e uses in the new m ovie “B ruce A l
m ighty" - have spent days now taking calls
from curious dialers, snickering cranks and
desperate souls.
In the hit m ovie, a T V new sm an played by
Jim C arrey is endow ed by G od w ith divine
pow ers, allow ing him to perform such feats as
parting a bow l o f tom ato soup like the Red
Sea. G o d ’s phone num b er is repeatedly d is
played on the n ew sm an ’s p ag er w h enever
the Lord tries to sum m on him .
U sually, m ovies and TV show s use the
telephone exchange 555, w hich is not used
for hom es and businesses. But “ Bruce A l
m ighty” used a seven-digit n u m b er valid in
m any parts o f the country.
M any m oviegoers have rem em bered the
num ber and put it to w ork in th eir ow n area
codes.
A w om an in Pinellas Park, Fla., has threat
ened to sue the m ovie studio because o f the
20 calls per h o u r clogging h er cell phone. A
C olorado radio netw ork w as g etting dozens
a day last W ednesday, five day s after the
It was funny and knowing God's phone number was our
number was really something to be excited about.
-Tracy Colllngton, the wife of anevangelist who happens to share the same telephone number as
the one used to call God on ‘ Bruce Almighty'
The Jim Carrey comedy “Bruce Almighty”
features a telephone number to call God.
Rather than use the normal 555 movie prefix,
the movie uses a number with more than 30
listings nationwide. Some people with God's
number are not pleased. (AP Photo)
C k u r c k O alem d a r
Support Group for
Priest Abuse Victims
The Archdiocese o f Portland is sponsoring a free 10-
week support group for people who were sexually abused
as minors by a Catholic priest. The sessions will begin on
Sept. 10 and will be led by Dr. Jonathon Beamer, a board
certified psychiatrist in private practice who has exten
sive experience in both post-traumatic stress disorder and
working with people who have been abused.
(¿ b b itu a ry
Warren G.
Black Sr.
Warren G. Black Sr. died May
27 at age 81. He was bom July
9 ,1921, in Ada,Okla. He served
in the Army during World War
II and lived in the Portland area
most ofhis life. Hewasaretircd
water service mechanic for the
Portland Water Bureau. Survi
vors include his son, Warren G.
Jr.; daughter, Trenia; six grand
children; and one great-grand
child. A memorial service was
held at I p.m. Saturday, May 31,
at Killingsworth Little Chapel of
the Chimes.
m ovie hit theaters, and is planning to build a
co n test around the phenom enon.
In S anford, N .C ., the listing belongs to a
church whose minister isactually named Bruce.
A nd h e is not am used.
“ I t’s a m ovie that m ocks G od and m akes a
m ockery o f relig io n ," said the Rev. Bruce
M aclnnes, pastor o fT u m er’sC’hapel Church.
“ I’m not too thrilled with it at all. But the Lord
G od is one that could use som ething th at’s
m eant for evil and turn it around for good. So
this m ay very w ell be the reason that that
n u m b er show ed up.”
In C ornelia, G a., the num ber belongs to the
Rev. Patrick C ollington, an evangelist w ho
runs S ouls for C hrist M inistries. His wife,
T racy, said they have gotten about 100 calls
since Friday - m ostly people asking for God
and h anging up - but they are not bothered.
T h e fam ily w ent to see the m ovie Tuesday
night and loved it.
“It w as funny, and know ing G o d ’s phone
num ber w as our num ber was really som ething
to be ex cited about,” she said.
A d a ta b a se search tu rn ed up m o re than
30 listin g s n atio n w id e for the n u m b er in the
m ovie.
FREE
Music saved
singer from a
life on the
streets
by J avmee R . C uti
T he P ortland O bserv er
Local Gospel singer Tam m ara
W alker took the long road to get
to her 11 fe today, as a gospel singer
and songw riter, and vice presi
dent o f the Juneteenth Em ancipa
tion A wareness Comm ittee.
W alker w ho is know n onstage
as Fiya, sings original gospel
m usic from 3 p.m . to 4 p.m . on
S u n d a y s a t H a n n a B e a ’s
Poundcake restaurant in north
east Portland.
W ith one C D dow n and an
other in recording. W alker had a
hard tim e visualizing herselfas a
successful singer w hen she w as
selling drugs to m ake a living.
W alker has seen hard tim es, us
ing and selling drugs, and living on
the street w ith her children. G oing
to prison for 15 m onths scared her
straight. She decided to return to
her roots in the church.
"I picked up my dream s and my
goals and I started being blessed
with m usic,” W alker said.
W alker divides her tim e betw een
her m usic and planning for the
Juneteenth event at Fern Hill Park
on June 20 through June 22.
W orking as co-chair o f en ter
tainm ent for Juneteenth N orthw est
last year. W alker decided to branch
o ff to give the com m unity a variety
o fe v en ts to celebrate the ending o f
slavery.
“ I d o n ’t feel that P ortland has
enough know ledge about the day
o f freedom ,” said W alker. "S ooner
or later, I w ant to see every park and
every fam ily celebrating on that
d ay.”
D on’t m iss T am m ara “ F iya”
W alker this Sunday at Hanna B ea's.
C h u r c h o f th e L iv in g G o d
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