Page 2 The Skanner 40th Anniversary Issue October 28, 2015
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40
Years
est. 1975
Challenging People to Shape
a Better Future Now
Bernie Foster
Founder/Publisher
Bobbie Dore Foster
Executive Editor
Jerry Foster
Advertising Manager
Christen McCurdy
News Editor
Patricia Irvin
Graphic Designer
Arashi Young
Donovan M. Smith
Reporters
Monica J. Foster
Seattle Office Coordinator
Susan Fried
Photographer
Contributers for this
40th Anniversary Issue:
Lisa Loving
Helen Silvis
Photos by: Mike Norris,
Dean Guernsey, Neil Heilprin,
David Minick, Julie Keefe,
Susan Fried, Jerry Foster,
Lisa Loving, Helen Silvis
2015
Blast from The Skanner’s Past
THE SKANNER NEWSPAPER is
designed with Portland People in
mind, and is an advocate of free-
dom of the press. What does this
mean to our readers?
With every issue, we will be of-
fering an independent newspaper
and freedom of choice in our edi-
torials. Yours is the freedom to fol-
low the news, to form and choose
your own opinions based on the
facts, to choose what interests you
from national news, local events
and business activity.
We at THE SKANNER hope that
by using us to the fullest no one
will be shortchanged. It is our be-
lief that the establishment “status
“
Bernie
Foster
Publisher
to accept this challenge: my wife,
my daughter, Monica, my mother,
other members of my family and
many very special friends .
THE SKANNER is located at
THE SKANNER is here to stay, and in-
tends to provide that vehicle of commu-
nication we feel is desperately needed.
quo” cannot and must not remain;
it must be changed. Tokenism is
not enough. Full equality must
be obtained especially in employ-
ment, housing and education, if
we as Blacks, living in this society
are to exist.
In the past numerous other com-
munity newspapers have started
which have fallen short of serving
the needs of this area. Some have
folded, others have moved on to
other areas, THE SKANNER is
here to stay, and intends to provide
that vehicle of communication we
feel is desperately needed.
At this point I would like to thank
the many people who inspired us
4843 N.E. Union Street. You are
invited to stop in for a visit, bring
in articles --- school, community,
entertainment, politics, church,
business, whatever. We are here
to be of service to the community,
and we welcome your ideas. The
words of a famous poet often quot-
ed by a gentleman I once worked
for reflect our philosophy. “ I shall
pass this way but once, therefore,
any good that I can do or any kind-
ness that I can show, let me do it
now, for I shall not pass this way
again.”
Bernie Foster
Publisher
The Skanner’s first editorial as published Oct. 7, 1975. Full text is to
the left.
MERIT
AWARDS
WINNER
The Skanner has received 20 NNPA awards since 1998
The Skanner Newspaper, es-
tablished in October 1975, is a
weekly publication, published
every Wednesday by IMM Publi-
cations Inc.
415 N. Killingsworth St.
P.O. Box 5455
Portland, OR 97228
Telephone (503) 285-5555
Fax: (503) 285-2900
info@theskanner.com
www.TheSkanner.com
The Skanner is a member of the
National Newspaper Pub lishers
Association and West Coast Black
Pub lishers Association.
All photos submitted become
the property of The Skanner. We
are not re spon sible for lost or
damaged photos either solicited
or unsolicited.
Shirley Chisolm, center, speaking at a special
event sponsored by The Skanner, from left:
Charles Jordan, Bobbie Dore Foster, Eddie
Rye Jr., Sen. Bill McCoy, Judge Aaron Brown,
Judge Mercedes Deiz
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