Portland Observer, August 8,1984 Page 3
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by Nathaniel Scoll
Union Avenue, with the exception
o f a few unsavory things, such as
p ro stitutio n , is fast becoming an
avenue the Northeast community
can be proud of.
In the near future, August 24th to
be exact, according to sisters
Pamela M . Russ-Glaster and Peggy
Russ-Williams, a children's book
store, the Gingerbread Book-
house, w ill open at 3117 N .E .
U nion Avenue. The location is
across the street from Union Plaza.
The Gingerbread Bookhouse,
" A n outgrow th o f a need, w ill
be a m u lti-cu ltu re ch ildren ’s
bookstore,” Russ-Glaster said. The
focus o f the bookstore w ill be
Black, Hispanic. Native American,
Asian and South Pacific literature,
but, there will be children's books to
meet the needs of the general public.
More over, the enterprising ven
ture w ill incorporate, under one
ro o f, a bookstore, an art gallery,
and a playroom and reading center
for children, she said.
"W e are trying to provide an at
mosphere where children can come
and read in c o m fo rt," Russ-
Glaster maintained. Such categories
as fairy tales, plays, make believe,
fiction, non-fiction, legend, folk
tales, drama and poetry, we hope,
" W ill stimulate the idea and con
cept that reading is fun.”
The idea for the Gingerbread
Bookhouse began with the sisters,
but it has since become " a fam ily
operation.” Russ-Glaster said. In
addition to a $10,000 small business
loan from the Oregon Bank, they
held a m onth-long flea market
which took in $2,000. She added,
" A ll of the merchandise (sold at the
flea market) was donated by people
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RUNYAN'S 88C STORE
3716 N.E. Union Ave.
Peggy Ruaa-WINIams and Pamela M. Rt
proudly show the location of their new chlldren'a
in the N o rth /N o rth e a s t com
m unity.”
Russ-W illiam s said presently
they have an inventory of 800 books
and when they open, the inventory
w ill be at least 4,300 books. " W e
are dealing with publishers in New
York (C ity ), C hicago, San F ra n
cisco and other parts of the world,”
she said. "The store will also have a
women’ s center. Why? Because
being a Black female, I feel it's im
portant that we have books on and
about ourselves.
" T h e difference between our
bookstore and the ones that now
exist in Portland is, we will have a
variety of books for minorities at a
reasonable rate "
bookstore on Union Avanua. The store will open on
Friday, August 24th.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Hrs Mon Sat . 9:30 a m • 5:45 p m
Parking on Beech Street
VIRGINIA SLIMS
You’ve come a
long way, baby
(l-r) Kris Altuchar, Farmers M arket; M ary Edwards. Cleaning and
Preservation projact; Kate Seare. project assistant; Oea Walsh. Neigh
borhood Self-help project; Maureen Karlgan. Kitchen Accessibility
project; Stephen Schneider, Shered Housing and Jude Nlederhopher.
Nell Kelly.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Self-help efforts win
Portland received a N ational
M e rit A w a rd , M o n d ay, from the
U .S . Department o f Housing and
Urban Development.
The award honored the Portland
Bureau o f C om m unity Develop
ment's Neighborhood S elf-H elp
Program.
The com petition involved over
ten thousands projects in hundreds
o f cities, and Portland was among
the 80 finalists.
Seven P ortlan d organizations
with completed self-help projects
were honored at the awards
ceremony. They were the Shared
Housing Program of the Center for
Urban Education, the Eliot Energy
House. The Portland Farmers
M arket, sponsored by R A IN C om
munity Resources, the B rooklyn
Community Garden, the Gleaning
and Preservation Porject sponsored
by Oregon Gleaners, the Kitchen
Accesibility Project o f the United
Cerebral Palsy Association, and
Project Assist sponsored by the
N orth P ortlan d Y outh Service
Center.
The neighborhood self-help
program makes available one-time
C om m unity Developm ent Block
Grants averaging $3,000 to get the
projects started. Most of the projects
are in low-income neighborhoods
and help residents meet some basic
need. Volunteer labor and donated
materials are encouraged.
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