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OCTOBER 20. 2006 JUStlOUt Briano started TripOut Art and Culture Vacations in 2004 after spending two weeks in Yelapa, Mexico, making art. As TripOut’s artistic director, tour guide and host, she takes groups of women to Yelapa. The next excursion begins Feb. 19, 2007. Born in San Francisco, Briano is a les bian who has been an artist for 20 years. She and her partner, Marj Greenhut, have owned and operated ArtSprings, a retreat for women artists, for the past 10 years. “Women’s Art Week in Yelapa, Mexico is a weeklong art immersion expe rience. Yelapa is close to Puerto Vallarta yet off the beaten path, car-free and acces Sierra sible only by boat. It is a small fishing vil lage with a viable tourist trade, making it cosmo politan enough to welcome us," said Briano. Imagine staying in palapa-style houses, which have thatched roofs and are open to rhe sounds of the sea and the smell of the salty air. Imagine doing this while the rest of Portland is beginning its 14th week of rain. According to the TripOut Web site, www.sierrabriano.com, the Women’s Art Week O AUTOWORKS DOWNTOWN PORTLAND 10% OFF ANY LABOR $19.95 LUBE, OIL AND FILTER or with this coupon Expires November 2006 • Applies to most vehicles • up to 5 quarts of oil NW 5TH AND EVERETT 503-221-2411 ■ Ä PORTLAND OR 97209 509 NW EVERETT WWW.ESAUTOWORKS.BIZ Lonepine Briano knows no artistic boundaries. may include trips to anthropological and historical sites; visits to indigenous artisan studios, galleries and museums; daily art making; trips to nature preserves; and other outdoor activities. The cost for this vacation, which does not include airfare, is $850 tor one week or $1,400 for two weeks. Registration ends Nov. 30. Check the Web site for more information on an arts and culture trip for women to Oaxaca in the fall of 2007. © It’s Your Town. It’s Our Town. We’re Bridgetown. northwest BRIDGETOWN F REALTY 1 Levy for Schools Proud Supporter of Just Out & Our Community Hand-painted signs have been spotted around town in support of Measure 26-84, usually accom panied by the “Libraries Yes!” signs. Levies expire, and when they do, citizens vote to keep the money coming. The Portland Public Schools local option levy, which will raise $33 million in 2007 and '08, will pay for 380 teaching positions and updated curriculum and materials. Ttlk to teachers with more than 30 students in their classrooms and ancient textbooks, and you’ll learn why this is a very important measure. The levy Web site, www.hope4schools.org, states: “Our students, teachers, community and our economy depend on rhe strong foundation quality schools provide. This local option will help our Lxzal schools concentrate on the basics while providing safeguards taxpayers can depend on to ensure funds are spent where they are needed most." The fiscal responsibility of the levy is good news for Portland homeowners who might be wary Out school board co-chairman Dan Ryan wants of its cost. The levy mandates an independent Portlanders to consider a levy for public schools. citizen oversight committee to ensure that money “There’s far too many kids that need extra sup is spent wisely and for the purposes on the ballot port, who can’t read in the third grade, drop out by approved by voters. The money is not intended to 10th grade and are locked up by age 22. Until 1 see pay the administration and is only allotted for a reverse in that trend, we can’t stop fighting,” said Portland schwls. Ryan. “I trust Portlanders will be there for their While there’s no organized opposition to the kids on Nov. 7 and that the LGBT community will levy, according to campaign manager Rhys Scholes, “There are lots of people generally not supportive be there as well." of taxes, and we have every reason to have a strong AIDS Quilt on Display campaign out there supporting schools.” According to Portland Public Schools board co- The AIDS Memorial Quilt, the largest piece of chairman Dan Ryan, a strong public schtxil system community art in the world, has grown to include more than 45,000 panels dedicated to more than and the strength of a city is directly linked. “We 88,000 people who have died of the disease since have one of the highest capture rates in a large city, with 85 percent of parents who choose public over private schools,” said Ryan, who is gay. “The busi ness community is lined up for this levy to pass— they know when they’re trying to recruit families, including gay and lesbian families, that talking about the public school system gives them an edge. 7 1987. 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