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Tournament stirs up
a lot of rackets
Team Portland Tennis Association will hold
its annual tennis tournament, the Rose City Open,
at several locations in Portland during Labor Day
weekend.
The group also announced its adoption of
national policy guidelines for blessing and recog­
nizing committed relationships between same-
sex couples.
The guidelines include spiritual and social
support for couples preparing to formalize their
relationships, sample Holy Union services, and
the establishment of a national registry through
which ceremonies performed in
local Dignity chapters can be re­
corded. The action makes Dig­
nity the first Catholic organiza­
tion to institute a program for the
recognition of same-sex relation­
ships.
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Dine out for Our
House
Our House of Portland, a resi­
dential care facility for men and
women living their last days with
AIDS, announces the kick-off of
its fifth annual signature fund­
raising event, Dinner at My
House for Our House.
The fund-raiser consists of
themed dinners held in private
for at least eight guests
Darryl Hubbard-Silver of San Francisco and Deanne Larsell of homes
who
payaminimumof$60each.
Portland accepting their trophies after winning the mixed open Sponsors either cook the meals
doubles event at Rose City Open VI
themselves or have dinners ca­
tered
at
their
own
expense, and all proceeds go to
Proceeds from the event will be donated to
Our House of Portland, an AIDS hospice, and to Our House.
When Dinner at My House for Our House was
an AIDS education project for Portland Public
Schools.
launched five years ago, it comprised seven din­
An estimated 250 athletes from around the ner parties. This year’s lineup of 31 events in­
cludes private events and dinners that are open to
country and Canada are expected to compete.
Team Portland Tennis Association is an affili­ the public. The theme of the 1997 series is “Five
ate of the international Gay and Lesbian Alliance, Festive Years of Fabulous Feasts.”
a confederation of teams throughout the United
The events are spread out, beginning in early
States, Canada, Europe and Australia.
September and running through December. They
On Aug. 29, the team will host a “draw party” include a celebration of the writer Marcel Proust,
to welcome the athletes to Portland and the tour­ a boat tour of Lake Oswego and displays of
nament. Matches begin Aug. 30 and run through antique and art collections. The menu choices are
Sept. I.
diverse, including Italian, French, Western bar­
The tournament includes five divisions, ac­ becue, Southern cooking, sushi, Moroccan, grill
commodating the skill levels of all interested cookery, Irish, Japanese and Indian. Many dinner
players, who may enter singles, doubles and/or hosts will serve popular Oregon wines.
mixed doubles events.
The full program—including descriptions,
Team Portland and Rose City Open VII are dinner offerings and dates—is available by call­
open to all interested tennis players.
ing the Our House events line at 736-9276; dial
Participants must preregister and pay a fee, the same number for reservations.
but there is no charge for those who simply wish
Our House is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corpora­
to watch. Early rounds will be played at Portland tion that provides a safe, supportive and struc­
State University, the Portland Tennis Center, tured living environment for individuals in the
Gabriel Park and the Oregon Episcopal School. final stages of HIV disease. It has 10 private
By Sunday afternoon, all play will take place at rooms and provides 24-hour nursing care, home-
the Portland Tennis Center, 324 NE 12th Ave.
cooked meals, spiritual care, body work, social
work and transportation.
New bisexual group
sets meeting schedule
BiNet Portland, a consensus-based bisexual
group, will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7 pm
at Laughing Horse Books, 3652 SE Division St.
The group will hold meetings at the bookstore on
the second and fourth Wednesday of every month.
A major focus of the group will be the return
of the Pacific Northwest Bi Conference. For more
information, call 232-9275 or visit the BiNet
Portland Web site (www.europa.com/~apwills/
binetpdx).
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MRG kicks off
fall grant cycle
The McKenzie River Gathering Foundation,
Oregon’s multi-issue social change foundation, is
launching its fall grant-making cycle.
MRG funds organizations that it believes ad­
dress the root causes of social injustice and envi­
ronmental degradation through community orga­
nizing and education.
To be considered for funding, groups must be
located in Oregon, involved in organizing for
progressive social change, concerned with dem­
onstrating a commitment to diversity, and have
Deas named
limited access to other funding sources.
Groups interested in applying are encouraged
to Dignity/USA post
to contact MRG’s Eugene office to discuss project
Portlander Jerry Deas has been named secre­ suitability and to request an application, which
tary of Dignity/USA, the nation’s largest and must be completed and postmarked by Oct. 6.
oldest organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual and
For more information, call MRG’s Eugene
transgendered Catholics.
office at (541 ) 485-2790 or l -800-489-6743.
Deas was appointed July 9, during Dignity/
USA’s national convention in Boston.
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