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Sunrise: July 19, 1955
Sunset: Sept. 14, 2007
Sharon Scott-Johnson
Sharon D em ice Scott-Johnson w as bom in
Portland on July 19,1955, the third o f five children
bom to A lbert Scott Sr. and Elnetta H uff Scott.
The only daughter in the fam ily, she w as the
apple o f her father’s eye, a jew el in her b rothers’
hearts and shared an extraordinarily close rela­
tionship w ith her m other.
She was raised in the church, spending many
years in activities at Bethel A.M .E. She attended
H ighland G rade School and G irls Poly-Jam es
M onroe H igh School w here she participated in
various school activities and organizations in­
cluding the cheerleading squad, the B lack Stu­
dent Union, and w as elected class president,
w inning many aw ards and accolades along the
w ay. D uring those
teen years, Sharon
was well know n for
her “fro ” and she
w ore it well.
She spent several
years w orking in the
fa m ily b u s in e s s -
Coast Industries- be­
fore m oving to the
Bay A rea w here she
began a new career
in the insurance in­
dustry. She returned to Portland in the early 8 0 ’s
and in 1990 met the love o f her life, Robert “ Bob”
Johnson. T hey m arried on Feb. 12, 1991 and
rem ained together until death separated them on
April 15,2004 when Bob w as called hom e to be
with the Lord.
Sharon inherited the fam ily’scom ic gene, arm ­
ing her w ith the gift o f a quick wit and a p articu­
larly w icked sense o f hum or, o f w hich, if you
w eren’t careful, you m ight find yourself the v ic­
tim, lovingly so, o f course. She had an uncanny
ability to find the hum or in alm ost any situation
and was the epitom e o f som eone w ho had little
difficulty making lem onade w hen life handed her
a bowl o f lem ons.
Sharon w as also preceded in death by her
father. She leaves to cherish her m em ory, her
mother; brothers: M onde Scott (C ynthia), Albert
Scott, Jr. (C ham eall), K enneth Scott (A m y) and
Tim othy Scott (Lynette); tw o stepsons: Daniel
and Robert Johnson all o f Portland; and a host o f
nieces and nephew s, aunts, uncles, cousins,
extended fam ily and friends.
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The warehouse shelves are nearly empty at the Oregon Food Bank distribution center facility in northeast Portland.
Oregon Food Bank Runs Empty
T he O regon Food Bank N etw ork
needs your help.
"O regon Rachel Bristol, the food
b an k ’s ch ief executive officer, said
Thursday that the “Food Bank's w are­
house shelves are as em pty as I've ever
seen them."
She said in the last few weeks, weekly
offerings have dropped by 25-75 per­
cent and statew ide deliveries are down
200,000 pounds per week.
In Loving Memory
The Washington, Kyles, Hickman and Huff families
announce the death o f their beloved family member
Iva Joy Collins.
The long-time Portland resident died Monday, Sept.
24, 2007 just two days before what would have been
her 69th birthday. She was born Sept. 26, 1938 in
Manhattan, Kan.
Funeral services are pending.
My high school sw eetheart w ho is
a senior in college dum ped me. He
told me that h e’s grow n up now and
ready to start a career and doesn’t
want a relationship to hold him back.
1 was crushed because I d id n ’t see
this com ing. I supported him by
w orking tw o jo b s and m any late
nights helping him study. He lied to
me and I thought he w as going to
marry m e and support m e as 1 got
my degree. How do I tell my parents
I m essed up their m oney? -F o o l­
ish in College; On-Line Reader
Dear Foolish:
Y our selfish boyfriend used you
like toilet paper and reaped all the
benefits. T here is no w ay you
co uld’ve been very close to this
man w ithout an idea he w as grow ­
ing apart from you. U nfortunately
that’s the w ay the college love story
goes and you could’ve prevented
som e o f this by putting yourself
first. You m ust tell your parents
immediately because they ’ 11 be more
upset and em barrassed if you wait
and tell them when graduation ar­
rives w ithout you.
Dear Deanna!
I had a party and invited a few co-
workers. O ur boss surprised us by
bringing a w om an that w asn’t his
wife. He w as the highlight o f the
party and d id n ’t care that w e knew
he was having an affair. I felt the
secret w ould be safe, but the bom b
dropped w hen his wife called and
asked about his date. 1 feel be­
trayed that som eone from the office
discussed w hat goes on in my
house. This is an uncom fortable
situation and I d on’t know w hat to
do when I go to the office. -Anita;
Tacoma, Wash.
Dear Anita:
Y ou should keep your w ork life
season - and need your support more
than ever to help people in need," Bristol
said.
T o help, B ristol said that you can
d o n a te
on
lin e
at
o reg o n fo o d b an k .o rg , organize a food
drive, d o n ate part o f y o u r harvest, or
w rite your U.S. Senators asking them
to su p p o rt in c re a se d fu n d in g fo r
T E F A P (U SD A em erg en cy food) in
the farm bill.
Is your LIFEstyle killing you?
Iva Joy Collins
Dear Deanna!
tional and local sources o f food are way
down.
Last month, due to a major, nation­
w ide recall o f products from a food­
processing plant, OFB returned two-
and-a-half truckloads o f product to the
m anufacturer and has additional two-
and-a-half truckloads of product on
hold that OFB can't distribute.
"All o f this m eans w e have a big gap
to fill - even before the holiday giving
"The entire statewide O regon Food
Bank N etw ork o f regional food banks
and the 900 local agencies we serve
th ro u g h o u t O reg o n an d southw est
W ashington are feeling the impact,"
she said.
The com bination o f a strong co n ­
sum er market, high com m odity prices,
increased biofuel dem and, increased
efficiency in food m anufacturing and
international m arkets mean both na-
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Y our boss only needs you to m ake
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bage including clothes, personal
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that y o u 're tired and have a new
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out o f place has a new place called
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Dear Deanna!
M y m arriage is in sham bles b e­
cause my husband is a slob. I'm
stressed b ecause I find m y self
cleaning the house 3 or 4 tim es a
day and I never know what I'll get
when I w alk in the door. W e argue
about this on a regular basis be­
cause he refuses to change. O nce,
I d id n ’t clean and his dirty under­
w ear stayed in the sam e spot for a
w eek. His hygiene is bad as well
and w e’re not intimate. How can I
get him to choose his m arriage be­
fore it’s too late and I leave him ? -
L/et! bJe are a regular(okarmaoj!
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-Joyce; Dallas, Texas
Dear Joyce:
It’s am azing you w ere so in love
with Pig Pen that you didn’t smell or
see any o f this com ing. You need to
realize he has alw ays been a slob,
this is w ho you m arried and h e’s
com fortable. The next tim e you
clean, toss everything in the gar-
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