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Bids/Classifieds Advertising deadlines 12:00 Noon Monday Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. To place your ad, email advertising@theskanner.com Angelou continued from page 6 port her when she ran for the Democratic nomination. Then when she stepped down, I went over to the Obama camp and said, “Well if I can be of any use…” And I supported him for the rest of the campaign. TSN: And you think he has not been given the credit he deserves? MA: Yes, very much so. I am sorry to say – and I know this will make a lot of people angry, and so forth –but the truth is, I see a lot of racism in the campaign. It’s unfortunate, because as soon as he was voted in there were people who dug their heels in the ground and said: “I will not support him no matter how good his plan. No matter how good his intentions are: I will not support him.” And you know, when the automobile industry was about to keel over, he worked to get money for the automobile industry, and he was opposed on every end. But he persevered, and was able to help the automobile industry to right itself. Now it’s up and running. People have returned to their jobs, and new jobs have been created. Nobody mentions that, or a few of the other things he’s done: such as healthcare, and the way elderly people are now being treated with more care, more concern. TSN: Switching gears, Oregon’s schools chief Rudy Crew came to The Skanner’s offices last week. And one of his urgent concerns was to step up reading at the earliest ages. I know that’s something close to your heart. What would you say to parents about reading? MA: I think if parents and family friends would read to the children, make it a habit to read to them, before they even learn to read for themselves. For one thing, it would enhance their sense of self, their feeling that they are wor- thy, if adults really took time, even an hour in the evening. If adults chose two days a week, so that you can say, “On Wednesday and Friday, I’m going to read from a new book, or read something that you want me to read. I’ll read some poetry to you, or I’ll read a short story. Or I’ll tell you a story.” It’s so important for children to see adults reading. But very often, the adults don’t even take a newspaper. So the children don’t see their parents and relatives reading. So they must conclude that reading is not that important. And then they go to school and teachers want them to read. And they want to know why. TSN: I know you practice what you preach and you read to children in the library. MA: Yes, there are a number of libraries named for me. And when I’m in state where there is a library named for me, I will ask them to have the children come in, and I will African language Fanti). How did manage to learn so many? MA: I managed to listen. I learned years ago to listen. At one time I spent a number years as a volunteer mute, and at one time I used to think of my whole body as an ear: that I could walk into a room and just absorb sound. TSN: After all your travels, is there still some- where you would like to visit? MA: There are many places I’d go back to. I’ve been pretty much around the world, and it’s been my pleasure. You’re a Canadian aren’t you? TSN: Actually I’m Scottish, but the Canadian accent is similar. MA: I’ve spent time in Scotland. The BBC asked me to do a seminal piece on Robert Burns. It was called “Angelou on Burns.” So I went to Edinburgh and did the television documentary. I really enjoyed Scotland. I’ve been at the festival many times. I am very cared for in Scotland. When I was really young, my father’s mother, my grandmother who was raising me used to tell me, ‘Sister, when you get, give. And when you learn, teach.’ That is the Good Life SUB-BIDS REQUESTED read to them. They enjoy it and I enjoy it –especially the small ones. They sit on the floor with their little mouths open like sparrows, just waiting for something to drop in. (Laughs.) TSN: You have so much life experience to draw on. I wonder, what does living the good life mean to you? MA: It means giving of your resources and energy, and really accepting, “I am a human being and nothing human can be alien to me.” When I was really young, my father’s mother, my grand- mother who was raising me used to tell me, ‘Sister, when you get, give. And when you learn, teach.’ That is the Good Life. 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