Portland Observer, June 5, 1985, Page 3
METROPOLITAN
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Sickle cell anemia drive
The Portland Sickle Cell Anemia
Foundation is launching a paper drive
during the M onth o f July Please save
all o f your clean paper (no magazines,
mag cards, etc.), Taylor stated Mrs.
Taylor, who is the Executive Director
o f the newly established foundation,
is a former genetic counselor for
SCA and holds a BA in business and
education, but states she has a First
hand education in Sickle Cell Anemia
because an immediate fam ily member
is a victim o f this deadly disease,
which strikes prim arily Blacks. One
out o f every 12 Blacks are carriers.
Taylor hopes the newspaper drive
is as successful as a benefit musical
held this past March at Allen Temple
Church where the late Ira M um ford
was a member. Mrs. Taylor attributes
much o f the success o f that musical to
Rev. M um ford, who not only helped
Bicycle skills
Bicycling for Fitness and learning
to improve bicycling skills are topics
o f two 3-hour classes scheduled by
the Park Bureau’s Outdoor Recrea
tion in June.
A bicycling skills session from
1:00 to 4:00 p.m . Sunday, June 9,
w ill concentrate on gear shifting,
effective braking, signaling and road
position. Participants will meet at
Sunnyside Park, SE 34th and Yamhill
The fitness session is designed tor
intermediate riders who w ill learn
stretches, pedaling with cadence, and
hill climbing techniques for aerobic
benelits. This session meets at Nor-
mandale Park, N t 57th and Halsey,
at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, June 15, and
goes until 4:00 p.m ., also.
ta ch session has a $3.00 fee. pay
able in advance to C ity o f Portland,
and mailed to Outdoor Recreation at
its new address, 1120 SW 5th, Room
502), Portland. OR 97204.
Fix- mlonnaiion number is 248-1018
Africa fund
dance Saturday
Students at M t. Hood Community
College w ill hold a dance to raise
money for the USA fo r A frica fund
Saturday, June 8, from 9 p.m. to
1 a m., in the Vista Dining Center.
"Three students came to me and
said they would like to do something
to contribute to the fu n d ," said Ozelle
Hazzle. student activities cixirdinator.
"T h e y presented the idea to the ac
tivities committee and it was ap
proved."
The music fo r the dance w ill be
provided by Hazzle. Admission is $2
for M H C C students, $3 fo r others.
Call 667-7260 for more inform ation.
Jewish federation
supports HR 2001
The Board o f Directors o f the Jew
ish Federation o f Portland has voted
to support H B 2001, joining with
those many other comm unity groups
which have asked the State o f Oregon
to divest itself from corporations
whose business practices make pos
sible the continuation o f the abhor
rent system o f apartheid.
implement the musical, but sang
with the Portlanaries Taylor says a
van w ill be centrally located in late
July for those wishing to make news
paper drops, i f you wish to have your
clean newspapers picked up, please
call 249-0023, 281-4070. or 645-7642.
Young people wishing to participate
or anyone else desiring to drive cars,
trucks, help stack, etc., are asked to
call one o f the above numbers.
Youth program
Each o f Portland’s Five city sup
ported youth service centers has re
cently developed a new delinquency
prevention program called the Neigh
N»rh<xxl Accountability Boards Based
on similar models developed through
out the United States, the NABs are
comprised o f three to Five trained
volunteers, including a teen, who are
residents o f the area served by the
board. Under an agreement with our
I x a l juvenile court, serious and re
peat misdemeanant offenders ap
pear before the NABs and enter into a
contract which may require restitu
tion, community service, attendance
a, a diversion or substance abuse
prevention class and/or an apology
Youths who fail to complete their
contract with the N A B are referred
back to juvenile court who assure
accountability. The NABs serve as
a community alternative to the ju
venile justice system and lix a l youth
participate voluntarily in the pro
gram. The program stresses youth
and victim rights, family involvement,
accountability, and neighborhood/
court partnership. Presently over 50
volunteers serve on 10 hoards through
out the city. Potential volunteers may
apply at their lix a l youth service
center
Shriners' clinic
A screening clinic to diagnose chil
dren with orthopedic or burn prob
lems w ill be held at Shriners Hospital
for Crippled Children, 3101 S.W.
Sam Jackson Park Road, on Satur
day, June 15. from 10 a m. to 3 p.m.
D ixto rs and nurses w ill check all
visiting children to determine if their
conditions could be treated at the
hospital either on an inpatient basis
or by becoming a regularly-scheduled
outpatient. Ranging in age from birth
to 18 years, patients are never charged
for the treatment they receive at
Shrine hospitals.
At the Saturday, June 15 clinic,
each examination may require about
one hour. Those waiting for diag
nosis w ill be entertained by Shrine
clowns and refreshments w ill be avail
able for children and their families. A
"fu n n y car” and a racing car w ill be
on display by their drivers. Music will
be provided by radio station K M JK .
The Portland Unit o f the Shriners
Hospitals, founded in 1924, has treat
ed about 20,000 children. Since the
new $22 m illion hospital on P ort
land's Marquam H ill opened in May
o f 1983, Shriners have sought to ex
pand services in the treatment o f
afflicted children. The hospital facil
ity is located adjacent to the Oregon
Health Science University on S.W.
Sam Jackson Park Road Free park
ing is available under the building.
N e w Store Located in N.E Portland
Zululand" delights
by Robert Lothian
Ishaq Shamsud-Din explain« the village «cane depicted in the mural
at the Children'» Museum, the mural was painted by his father Isaac.
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Isaac Shamsud-Din had children
in mind with his mural, “ Z ululand."
at the Children’ s Museum.
Zuzuland Fills an upstairs hall in the
children’s learning center, located at
3037 S.W. 2nd.
In the mural, a Zulu warrier hold
ing a leopard-skin shield stands be
hind a group o f playing children A
Zulu woman mixes food in a big pot
nearby.
Cattle peer over a corral made o f
willow slicks. Nearby stands a group
o f round, thatched houses. A rainbow
arches over a h ill in the background,
where a farmer plows his Field with a
team o f oxen.
It is Zululand 100 years ago. “ The
culture was pretty much intact back
then," sais Shamsud-Din.
He took time o ff last week to visit
the museum with four o f his eight
children: Ishaq, 12; Ayasha, 10; Jalil,
8, and Yasmin, 6. Ishaq and Jalil
helped in painting the mural.
"W h a t was it like U live in Zulu
land 100 years ago?’ ’ reads a sign
next to the mural. "T h e Zulu were
great cattle raisers. Girls and boys
would help with the animals, gather
and prepare food and play. Boys
herded cattle and girls did weaving
and played together. The children and
elders built new houses and celebrated
the seasons."
Children guided the project, said
Shamsud-l)in
"T h e ir perspective
had more to do with it than anything
else."
As he talks, children crawl and
run through a replica o f a thatched
house that slopes from the mural
down to the floor.
Ishaq pointed to figures in the
mural as he explained to a group ol
children “ It tells a little about some
history,” he said. " I t tells about the
type o f things they did every day."
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"T h e kids had a lot o f jo b s," he
continued. "M o s tly the men would
work with cattle and the women
cooked most o f the food. The kids
would play games like tag."
Shamsud-Din said he wanted to
give children's imaginations a chance
to lake o ff. "Y o u can do a kx of fancy
things in artwork but a child is not
necessarily going to understand. I
think they enjoy sim plicity."
Zululand is on permanent display
at the Children’s Museum, which is
free and open to the public Tuesday
through Saturday from 9 a m 5 p.m.
In adition to Zululand, the museum
offers exhibits o f stuffed animals, art
classes, a child-scale grocery store
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