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.
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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
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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
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(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)
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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