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Page 6 Portland Observer, June 27, 1984 Grace Collins Memorial Center Day Care • Kindergarten • Pre-School 'Latch Key Program' Children 6 wks. 4 - y ear old kids at Grace Collina M em orial Center learn how to make cookies. to 11 yrs. • Bmkfae •HotLandm Moo-rn 6 :30 »m 6.00 pm • Snadu (Photo: Richard J. Brown) S cu lptu re by A l Goldsby U M M I T I I . a call (o action S in “ Support o f Black Single M o th er»," convened by the P o rt land A lu m n ae C h ap ter o f Delta Sigm a T h e ta s o ro rity , met w ith enthusiastic response when the doors o f the one-day conference were opened S atu rd ay at the Cascade C am pus o f P o rtlan d Com m unity College D e lta ’ s P o rtla n d C h ap ter President, Evelyn H airsto n, and her committees, welcomed about 60 guests in clu d in g represen tatives o f a number o f local agen cies and organizations along with single mothers there for the Sam pling o f inform ation and support meant fo r them . H a irs to n and Jeanne H artzo g, coordinator for Summit I I , had stressed that the conference was a beginning by D ellas to b ring together other structured and interested groups to devise plans fo r concerted ac tion in the future. Keynote speaker was Margaret C a rte r, counselor at PCC Sylvania Campus. Describing her ow n life experience as that o f being a Black single m other heading her household since 1967, C a rte r assessed the situ atio n as being, " N o t just a race issue, but also an issue o f gender and economics." Pointing to statistics that show that "F em ale headed families are the biggest single com ponent o f poverty in Po rtlan d,” Carter said that " p ro g ra m s to help such fam ilies to em p lo ym en t, in creased incom e, and self- sufficiency are the single best and most effective tactic for attacking poverty in P o rtlan d." Carter also drew attentio n to D istric t 18. saying th at, " I t has the highest voting record o f any d istrict in the state.** C a rte r exhorted those in the audience who have tim e and av ailab le means to become a d vocates to , " U s e the system on b eh alf o f someone else.” She spoke o f buildin g " C o a litio n s across color lines with people that are similar to us with professional qualifications.” Using many per sonal experiences o f bringing up children as a single mother. C a r ter kept before her audience the re a l-life w arm th th at can flow from mother to children who are allow ed to share the respon sibilities the mother bears in the realities that face them as they grow up. C a rter did not fa il to remind her listeners to talk with their legislators, to lobby, to help d eterm ine what should be " p ro d u c tiv e issues” fo r the community. W orkshops at Sum m it II were p le n tifu l, including financial planning, housing, physical and mental health services and others. G . M a rie Dubbels o f W ad dell and Reed, discussed m u tu al funds, life insurance, income in vestments and a range of plans to assist a householder to make the best uses for her money and life style. Tha Sixth A nnual Your Zoo . . .and All That Jazz 1984 Concart Sarlaa. Washington Park Zoo. every Wednesday evening from 6 : » to 8 30 Concert» free with regular too admission t9M Zoograss fam ily concart series at tha Waahlngton Park Zoo. Every Thursday night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Concerts and clogging demonstrations free with regular zoo admission T ha O regon Lung A ssociatio n w ill sponaor a Clean Indoor A ir A c t celebration. Monday. July 2. 11:30-1:00 p.m. at Portland s Pioneer Court house Square. In honor of the Oregon law designed to protect public health, it will include a cake, snow cones, popcorn, balloons and lots of free Thanks for Not Smoking" tent cards. Burnalda C onsortium B anaflt C ountry w estern dance. June 30th at 9 p.m.. at the Pass Club. 17 S.E. Eighth. »10. Call 223 4322 for more infor mation. Housing A dvisory Com nglttaa m asting on July 3rd. (1) Siting criteria for subsidized housing (2 )Proposed rental referral service. 3 p.m.. Room 154, City Hall Lecture by S oftw are expert. Paul Lutua. Author of the Apple Writer pro gram and Inventor of GraForth. a new graphics language, will speak in OMSI's McEachern Auditorium, on 7:30 p m.. July 12th. F at W o m a n 's B a c k p a c k A u g u s t 26 31. This beginners' backpack eapacialy for fat women will loop around strawberry mountain above John Day valley in Eastern Oregon. Easy days of 2-4 miles will leave time for photography, flower identification, map & compass & other backpacking instruction, as well as relaxing in tha sun beside high alpine lakes Sliding scale fee of »275 330 includes all group equipment, food and mstruc- tor/guides Ask about financial assistance Wild Women Adventures. P.O. Box 583. Corvallis. Oregon 97339 "B le s s in g of th a A n im a ls " fo r h ou aep eta. Held at Tha Grotto, the National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, Sunday, July 1st at 3:00 p m Owners and their housepets are invited to attend the free event held outside in the park like worship area Dog owners asked to keep pets on leaah. In formation, 254 7371 Terrenes O 'D o n nell, en ew erd w in nin g w rite r, will discuss the art of turning fact into fiction at the July 3rd meeting of Willamette Writers, at the Imoenal Hotel. 400 S W Broadway, which is open to the public. A »Z50 fee for non members Dinner (»9 201 by reservations. 244 7664 or 244-5872 Program starts at 7:16 P.M T h e P o lic e In te rn e l In v e s tig a tio n s A u d itin g C o m m itte e C itize n s Com m ittee wB meet July 5th. in Room 154, City Hal. 1220 S.W. 6th Airaous. After an executive session from 5 6 30 p .m ., the open session will begin at 6:30 p.m where cases »84-3. »»4 5 and »84 8 will be discussed three-foot long metal fish w ill be in the w a te rfa ll and in various pools engineered by Roth to give G o ld sb y’s art a n atu ral setting. The whole sculpture will measure ap ro x im a te ly 12 feet by 36 feet when installed. A busy sculptor, Goldsby and his art w ill be featured at the Sandpiper G a lle ry in Cannon Beach each afternoon from June 29th through July 4th. The Housing Authority of Port land was represented by Director W .E . " B ill" Hunter. Hunter ex plained the services o f his agency and discussed the availab ility of current facilities, saying that the current ad m in is tra tio n has reduced the amount o f subsidy to the housing program and the number o f units that receive some fo rm o f housing assistance. He predicted that prices w ill be Call 281-6930 v . wJl • 5 year old kids at Grace Collins 128 N.E. Russell St. study hard on school w ork before going outside to play. Grace Collins Memorial Center MRS. C’s WIGS M«ny_wlfl. piìoU «1 SS * 10 t> $4* (l-rl Linda Johnson. Black U n ited Front: C an d ld ata for S tata Repreaentatlve Margaret Carter and Evalyn Harria. Praaldant of tha Portland Delta Sigma Theta Chapter dlacusa aupport for Black single mothers. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) W " Bitty CzBirw, Proprietor Pasturing w ig . by N A O M I SIM S ANDRE DOUGLAS BILLIE b NATALIE COLE higher fo r units o f low er stan dard. H a rtzo g said she looks upon Summit I I as having fu lfille d its purpose by giving the P o rtlan d C h ap ter o f Deltas a "c o re group” o f presenters. “ They are enthusiastic,” she said, "a b o u t going on w ith the project in itia te d by the nation al o rg a n iza tio n . W e can expect them to help us build a larger group o f advocates to assist the Black single mother. The project evaluations w ill be made on a n atio n al le v e l," H a rtzo g said, "before further planning is made by local chapters of Deltas." H E L L O Y D C o rp o ra tio n , T L t d ., has announced the start o f a m a jo r sculpture fo un tain installatio n in the cen tra l m all (in fro n t o f M eier and Frank C o .). The sculpture, to be completed soon by A l Goldsby, is a forged and arc welded bronze creation Goldsby has designed of approximately 36 salmon shapes. An eagle perches high above the metal salmon. W illia m R oth, a landscape a r ch itect. has designed a white- water situation for the metal fish where water will splash and break on natural rocks, small boulders and sculpted form s. The two-to- T H E IR " F irs t Annual T e a ” was a p resen tatio n at the Cascade C am pus o f P o rtlan d C om m unity College when m em bers o f the P o rtla n d Branch o f the N a tio n a l Association o f U n iversity W om en entertained last Sunday afternoon. V ery new in the roster o f P o rtla n d 's o rg a n iz a tio n s , this N A U W P o rtla n d branch was organized in October of 1983, by Annette W ashington, who serves now as the c h a p te r’ s first president. W ith 19 mem bers, currently, the group hopes to a t tract other q u a lifie d wom en to join them. T h e n a tio n a l o rg a n iz a tio n , once kn o w n as the N a tio n a l Association o f College W om en, was organized in 1910 by M a ry C h u rch T e rre ll in her and W ash in g to n , D .C . , hom e. T h e name-change came in 1974. The P o rtla n d branch p ro gram w ill begin in the fa ll to launch a literacy program. Other interests will be obtaining scholarships for high school graduates, according to W ash in g to n . O ffic e rs o f the new N A U W include: Odessa H e n d rix , vice president; June Brown, 2nd vice president; Janice M o rg a n , recording secretary; D a rlen e E as ly, assistant secretary; P au lin e B ra d fo rd , fin a n c ia l secretary; Rochelle M cElroy, Treasurer. Hair Products (11 (2) (3) (4) (5) 16) (7) (8) (9) (101 " W e have eve ry th in g you n e e d ." T .C .B . C are Free Curl Luatraailk N e w Era S-C url W o rld o f Curl Revlon U -D o -lt Special Feeling Pro-Line A n d m an y m o re item s to choose fro m . M R S . C ’s W IG S 707 N.B. Premont 281-6 5 2 3 Cleeed ten. * Men. OPIN Twee, thru Sat. 11:30 AM to S:00 PM S u m m e r 198+ 7 Ÿ, e M>ING IßEf Union Ave. office completed Renovation is now complete on a long-vacant building at 3802 N .E . Union Avenue, remodeled for use as o ffic e space. The building adds to recently completed other projects in the Union Avenue corridor. D u rin g the in itia l remodeling in September of last year, a time cap sule put in place by the building's o rig in a l o w n e r/o c c u p a n t was discovered. C o n ten ts o f the mahogany cigar box included a let ter w ritte n by o rig in a l owner D r. E lla K. D e arb o rn , dated M ay 12, 1906, the year the building was erec ted. D r Dearborn had the building constructed to be her home and of fice, fo r treatm en t o f women and children. I The building's first tenant, Bald win Sanitary Services, Inc. (ow ner, Seona B aldw in), moved in on June 1st. G en eral c o n tra c to r fo r the b uilding is co-ow ner Paul S tickel. C o n s tru c tio n is 958k co m p lete at this tim e, w ith only some in te rio r fin is h in g re m a in in g to be co m pleted. B u ild in g re n o v a tio n was made possible th ro u g h an investor Rehabilitation Loan from the P o rt land Developm ent Com m ission in the am ou n t o f $ 5 0 .0 0 0 . $ 1 0 4 .0 0 0 was made av a ila b e th ro u g h p a r tic ip a tin g len der U .S . N a tio n a l Bank. ' ■ io:»t*»Z'.x ; n V» j — 1 > ij if Tan KiAs no C n o iM A R y T teee