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Bogart's wakes up from the big sleep and plays it again.
Is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship?
emember when the Galleria was a
great shopping place down
tow n... complete with unique
shops and restaurants? Well, it is
pretty much a hollow shell now,
hut one of the favorite restaurants from the
once-popular mall happily is serving up great
food in a new Northeast Portland location.
David Macko, owner of Bogarts, moved his
collectible-adorned
eatery to 701 N.E.
Seventh Ave. The
menu is still movie-
themed, and the
;>> fare and brews are
by
served in a comfort
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able and inviting
atmosphere. It is a
great place to hang out and even has lots of
parking available in the area.
| eff Fisher of Jeff Fisher Logo
motives still is reeling
in the honors. Most
recently, he was pre
sented with four
2000
A m erican
G raphic
Design
Awards.
Among
the winners was the
logo for the costume
musical W hen Pigs Fly,
one of more than 60 logos Fish
er has produced in his 10-year relationship
with the Portland theater company Triangle
Productions.
ortlands own Floreid Walker, senior finan
cial adviser at Waddell &. Reed, once again
has achieved a seat on the Waddell & Reed
President’s Council. This is the second consecu
tive year she has earned this award, which is
given to the country’s top 12 financial advisers.
Walker is the only representative from her office
to be so honored and is the only African Amer
ican ever to have earned a seat on the council.
Walker started her career with Waddell & Reed
in 1987 and is the top producer in her office.
P
eborah Betron, owner of Bridgetown Real
ty, recently was selected as the second
annual recipient of the Portland Area Business
Association Commitment to Our Community
Award. Honored for her longtime involvement
in the gay and lesbian business community, she is
also one of the three founders of PABA. In addi
tion to running her Portland and West Linn
offices and winning awards, Betron’s recent arti
cle on home buying for same-sex couples was fea
tured on GFN.com, the gay financial network.
'"T ay, lesbian and other alternative newspa-
y pers nationwide received a blow to their
distribution departments with the recent
announcement that Barnes & Noble no longer
would be available for the distribution of free
publications. The corporate-mandated decision
actually allowed each store the option of select
ing two papers for distribution while giving the
boot to all the others. The reason given was that
the stores need the space to promote their own
materials and retail products. Communica
tions from gay and lesbian papers across
the country indicate very few made
the cut to the “final two” selection.
In the Just Out distribution area, our
paper still will be distributed at the
Lloyd Center store only. Readers
who relied on Clackamas, Tanas-
bourne, Jantzen Beach, Vancouver,
Salem and Eugene now will need to find
new locations.
To briefly editorialize, it is a given that all
retail stores have the right to choose how they
use their space. It is their choice as to how to
control costs and run a profitable business. This
is understood. But just as it is a retailers choice
to be a distribution point for free publications,
you, as a consumer, also have the choice as to
where and when you choose to dispose of your
disposable income. Your dollars are your con
sumer vote. You have power with your deci
sions. As gays and lesbians become more recog
nized as a lucrative segment of a master market
ing plan, please remember the small-business
owners who were supportive and generous long
before rainbow symbols became synonymous
with dollar signs. Across the city,
across the state and across the
country, independent bookstores
are struggling to stay alive in a
business environment dominated
by giant megastores and dot
coms. Virtually all of these inde
pendent bookstores can find
space
in their 1,000-square-foot
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stores to work in partnership with
alternative publications. Barnes
&. Noble doesn’t have kxmti .
New distribution locations are
being sought for these areas, and
as always, your suggestions are
welcome and encouraged. Sub
scriptions by mail are also avail
able, and an order form can be
found at www.justout.com.
(
ean David Griffiths,
coordinator of commu-
nity-hased programs for the
Oregon Department of
Human Services, recently
was appointed to an HIV
prevention project officer
position at the Centers for
Disease Control and Pre
vention in Atlanta. While
at his position with the
state, he demonstrated a
strong commitment to
public health and endeav
ored to enhance HIV pre
vention services to all Ore
gonians. G riffiths’ out
reach included helping
health departments and
■ Business news with a queer bent
community-based organi
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should be reported to M arty D avis
zations develop effective
at marty@justout.com.
interventions to men who have sex with
men, injection drug users and other high-risk
populations.
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Julia Waco • Sympathy Empathy • 2000 • (18"x 18" acrylic on canvas)
Kisses for Carlos
A series of paintings about gay male relationships
showing at First Avenue Gallery
205 SW First Ave • Portland Oregon • (503) 222-3850
First Thursday - September 7, 2000
ARTIST: JULIA WACO
Sympathy Empathy shows two men holding each other and one of them holds
an ear because he is listening supportively to his partner, and also actively
sharing in the other's experience.
A special thank you to Joel Corcoran.