Rage 4, Portland Observer, August 7, 1906
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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
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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.
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