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T he Sexual Minorities Roundtable listens to community suggestions during a meeting March 3
er and the bureau’s commissioner, Mayor Vera
Katz. A list of the community’s ideas will be
presented during the April 10 meeting.
Another topic of discussion was the Rain
bow Community Foot Patrol. Assistant Chief
Mark Paresi said the group is busy surveying
downtown businesses and working out the
details. The. foot patrol should be under way
before the Rose Festival in early June.
The group will patrol the Stark Street area,
which is frequented by sexual minorities, and
streets in Old Town. Members are working with
the Lents and Downtown Neighborhood Asso
ciations to launch the patrol.
For more information call 503-774-9085.
A Columbia County judge will hand down
his decision after reviewing written closing argu
ments sometime after March 16.
S ocialites L ooking
for N ew L eadership
he S W Washington Gay and Lesbian
Socialites are looking for someone to take
over the management of the group.
M ichael A udette has been organizing,
planning events and maintaining the m onth
ly newsletter for five years. T h e organization,
a social group that meets for a variety o f activ
ities, has become too much for one person to
manage, he says.
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P H O TO BY MARTY DAVIS
orm Costa, Sexual Minorities Round
table co-chair, will receive the Portland
Police Bureau C h ief’s Forum Certificate of
A ppreciation during an awards ceremony
9 a.m. March 19 at the Portland Building
Auditorium.
The honor is presented to an individual who
directly aids the community in promoting the
community policing effort in a distinctive way.
According to a letter written by Chief Mark
Kroeker, Costa’s name was submitted for the
award by Tom Johnston and Roni Lang “for your
hard work and involvement with the sexual
minority community and the bureau.”
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Karen Bilsing
Scott Bottaro
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Associate Broker. G RI
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H omeless Y oung W omen
W ill S peak O ut
Michael Audette
If Audette doesn’t find someone to take over,
all of the group’s assets will be donated to Satur
day in the Park, the organization that produces
Vancouver’s annual gay pride celebration. The
deadline to take over is set for April 1.
To contact Audette send e-m ail to
socialites@ aol. com .
R oundtable
G rapples with P lan
he Sexual Minorities Roundtable still is
struggling through with its plan to help
Portland Police C hief Mark Kroeker rebuild his
relationship with the gay community, tom apart
by the discovery of tapes that contained his dis
paraging comments about homosexuality.
During the quarterly community meeting
March 3, attendees participated in the process,
providing suggestions for the chief. T h e round
table hopes to compile a list of ideas and later
an action plan that will be presented to Kroek
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lesbian-feminist bookstore in Eugene will
play host to an upcoming panel titled
“Real Life: Young Women Speak Out About
Homelessness.”
The presentation will begin 7 p.m. March 21
ar Mother Kali’s, 720 E. 13th Ave. The young
women, who were contacted by the Looking
Glass New Roads program, will spend some time
sharing their personal stories, experiences, prob
lems and solutions about being young, female
and homeless, then address questions from and
lead discussion with the audience.
“T h e population of homeless young women
is growing and can be expected to continue to
grow in Eugene and elsewhere,” said Tova
Stabin , M other K ali’s Books co-manager.
“These young women have unique lives,
knowledge and strong voices that all should be
listening to.”
This program is part of Mother Kali’s Inter
national Women’s Day and Women’s History
Month Series 2001, which continues through
May 1. The event is free and open to all. JH
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Tracy Thomas
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