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Rage 4, Portland Observer, August 7, 1906 Juvenile Services moving METROPOLITAN Portland needs City Plan volunteers Fund-raising benefit for Leel* Light scheduled The City o f Portland is seeking approximately 150 volunteers to serve on citizens' committees which will help develop the Central C ity Plan (CCP) over the next two years. Donald J. Stastny, chairman o f the 15-member Citizen Steering C o m m it tee (CSC) which is overseeing devel opment o f the plan, said that about eight research advisory committees and six district committees w ill be formed by October. About 150 peo ple w ill be selected to serve on the various committees, he said. “ The research committees w ill be devoted to working with C ity Bu reaus on functional issues — such as housing, economic development or transportation — while the district committees w ill focus on the six plan ning areas w ithin the central city,” Stastny said. “ Most likely,” he said, “ the committees w ill function for about two years.” Plan Manager Dean S. Smith said that 3,000 application forms were mailed Tuesday to individuals and o r ganizations on (he CCP mailing list, additional application forms are available from the CCP office, 796-7270. Smith said that a subcommittee o f the Steering Committee w ill review all applications. Citizens may indicate an interest in one or more issue areas or districts in one application form . The CCP recently completed the largest public input campaign in the city's history, receiving comments from about 10,000 citizens in Design Event One. Smith said that about 2,500 o f those individuals had ex pressed a continuing interest in the Central City Plan. One o f the first tasks o f the c iti zens’ committees, he said, w ill be to review the findings from the massive public input effort and help in the initial study o f issues raised by the public. The committees w ill then help in the form ation o f goals and options to be reviewed by the public next spring in Design Event Two, Smith said. LOIS LEWIS (Photo: Kris Ahuchar) by Nalbaniel Scoli A fundraiser benefit has been scheduled to help I.e e l'L igh t cele brate its fourth anniversary at the King Neighborhood Facility, 4M 15 N.E. 7th Avenue. Friday, August 23, at 7 p.m. Floyd Cruse and his dark Star Kaggae Band will headline a host o f performers including pianist Janice Scroggins and rhythm and blues styl ish Mary Reynolds. In addition to the musical aspects o f the benefit, finger foods, and re freshments w ill be served and poetry will be read by Barbara I aMorticella, Lois Lewis, Linda Hunter and Na thaniel Scott. The artists are performing free and all donations are tax deductible Let P o rtla n d Observer classifieds w ork for you! call 283-0090 Roof Coating is my Business Let me make a new roof out of your old roof. As Low As 520°° a Sq. I also rebuild chimneys, repair gutters and downspouts. • 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE • • WORK GUARANTEED • Call 287-8474 Leel*Light, a non-profit orgamza tion, was founded four years ago by Lois Lewis, who also has authored four volumes o f poetry and two chap books o f children stories. The non profit organization teaches creative expression through writing and read ing poetry and fictional literature. In addition, Leel* Light also teaches Tac Kwon Do, a form of the martial arts. Lewis has been writing poetry since she was 12 years old and began train ing in the martial arts 14 years ago. She has been a black belt holder for the past nine years. Lewis said the purpose o f the bene fit is to let people know Lcel*Light exists and also to encourage people to get involved in whatever creativity they may have. Lewis believes any discipline can be carried over into all areas o f life. “ People who don’t write (often) dis cover they have other creative expres sions," she said. Lewis became interested in the martial arts because o f her joy o f learning. " I t ’s a gixxl physical con ditioning and a side benefit is disci pline,” she said. “ These combina tions create total confidence." Lewis holds a Bachelor’ s degree in business administration with a certif icate in teaching from Portland State University. She has taught in the Portland public school Isystem and has performed her poetry on radio, television, at colleges and universi ties and various other places. And le e l* Light productions has per formed at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Cable Access T V , Old Wives Tales Restaurant and P ort land Community College's Cascade campus. In addition to the benefit on Au gust 23, Lecl*I.ight's Tae Kwon Do pupils w ill be tested for belts on M on day, August 19 a 5:30 p.m. at the King facility. The public is invited. The N orth Portland brunch o f the Adult and Family Services Division w ill move to a new location on Fri day, August 9. The office w ill move from the current location at 7201 N. Interstate to a new building at 814 N. Hayden Meadows D r , near East Delta Park The office w ill provide regular service for food stamp and welfare clients through August 8 but only emergency help on August 9. Branch manager Die Rova expects the office to be fully functioning at the new location on Monday, Aug. 12. The office, one o f six in Portland, provides food stamps, welfare and job-finding assistance to about 8, (XX) people in the north Portland area. Phone numbers and mailing ad dress for the office w ill remain the same after the move. The office can be reached on the Tn-M et number eight bus. Setty Ci&me Proprietor rw u n ^ i b . ISAOMI SUMS ANOftlOOUCCAS NATAM I COCI ft M IC M A II W H « S 1 1 — ' 1 Carm en AD61 T A R A N ow N ow $2595 Reg $36.00 $2495 Reg $34 95 M R S . C ’s W IG S 7 0 7 N .E. Frem ont 2 8 1 -6 5 2 5 Closed tun. A Mon. OFIN Tues. thru tat. 11:30 AM to 6:00 PM