Page 6 Portland Observer, August 25, 1982
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Summer celebration builds community
Av ( laudia Fisher
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self-reliance demonstrations.
Last Saturday, the day was sun
ny, the sky blue and the grass green
at Clinton Park bordering Franklin
High School. Thousands o f seem
ingly carefree people played, ate, re
laxed and enjoyed sights, sounds
and aromas, romas.
A sloping h ill formed a natural
amphitheater tor main stage events
featuring jazz, rag, pop, country,
bluegrass, blues, aerobic dance,
gymnastics, Balkan dance, baton
and drum corps and belly dancing.
Under the biggest shade tree
around was the place to sit fo r a
Theatre W orksop performance o f
K ip lin g ’ s “ Just So” stories. The
Beer Garden's entertainm ent of-
Hilled as a fundraising and com-
»«unity-building celebration, the
Southeast Summer Festival, spon
sored by Southeast Portland neigh
borhoods, proved as popular as sim
ilar Portland events o f the past few
sears. Southeast U plift, a non-prof
it c o a litio n o f 20 neighborhoods,
neighborhood associations, volun-
eers providing thousands o f hours,
and cooperation and help from local
government, service organizations
and business created a day o f free
entertainm ent, youth a ctivitie s,
food, games, music, dancing, hot
air balloon rides, arts and crafts, a
beer garden, useful information and
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The Reading Tree
Making learning fun
by Claudia Fisher
The Reading Tree, an eleven-
vear-old Northeast community e f
fort to provide summer teaching o f
phonics, love o f books through
story hours, reading games and free
books to all children, as well as
other games and music, had its an
nual awards day at the program's
ei d. August 12th.
Certificates for accomplishment
were given to children by their
teachers, Mrs. Day and Mrs. A n
thony, and by youth workers Char
lene Sanders, Dexter Sanders and
Ella Taylor. Other youth workers
were Nari Reichling, Houng Nygen
and Ellray Wilson.
Director for the summer program
is Bea Anderson, a teacher at Tub-
man School. Assisting her were
Linda M cDowell, Louise Pritchett
and L olita Darby. The program is
run and sponsored by a board con
sisting o f L illia n Herzog, Betty
W hite, Marie Taylor and others.
Funded by donations and staffed by
volunteers, the popular program
uses books donated by Portland
Public Schools and other interested
persons. This summer’ s program
averaged 60-70 children per session.
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person.
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Dunk Tank enthusiasts practice their skills at S.E. Summer Festi
val.
Dee Walsh. City of Portland HCD Coordinator, makes friends with
a neighborhood dragon attending S.E. Summer Festival.
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fered more jazz, folk music and reg
gae.
Self-reliance demonstrations in
cluded container gardening, canning
and preserving, soapmaking, bike
and tool maintenance and safety,
storm window construction, solar
food dryers and cold frames, self-
defense/martial arts, energy conser
vation techniques and financing,
haircutting, quilt and puppet mak
ing, poetry and discussions o f
Southeast self-reliance possibilities.
Sprinkled throughout the festival
ties were clowns, story tellers, poets
and a friendly neighborhood green
dragon. Children felt free with bare
feet and painted faces, riding bikes
or strollers and rolling down the hill
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that less free parents walked. Other
free expressions included creative
movement, exercise and dance,
painting a mural on outside wall of
the restrooms and lots o f smiles.
Closing out the day’ s events was
the popular performances o f
“ Kukrudu,” a seven-piece band led
by master drummer Obo Addy, who
merges traditional W est African and
jazz styles. Finally, pyrotechnic ar
tist John S inclair presented his
“ Theater o f F ire ,” an incredibly
spectacular low-level and aerial fire
works display he calls "C o lo r-
storm,” greeting in bright hot style
the cooling o f dusk and bidding
tarewell to a Southeast celebration
of diversity and togetherness.
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Yachts o' fun
M ultnom ah County Com m is
sioner Gladys McCoy invited a
group o f youngsters to have
“ Yachts O ’ F u n " w ith a cruise
down the Willamette River on Sat
urday evening, August 21.
M cD o n ald ’ s Wonder Bakery.
15th Avenue T h riftw a y Stores,
Safeway Stores, and S tein fe ld ’ s
Products donated the refreshments
for the event.
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Children, ages 7 through 12, from
C .R .I.B ., the Urban Indian Coun
cil, COSSPO, and the North P ort
land Youth Service Center enjoyed
this outing, an opportunity to exper
ience an evening afloat o f fun and
excitement before the summer ends.
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