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Page 4, Portland Obeerver, September 11, 1906
METROPOLITAN
Metropolitan Arts Commission
exposes newcomers to theater
Sharon Ritter of the American Red Croee
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Red Cross gets involved
in community
by Jerry darner
The Oregon T ra il C hapter o f the
Red Cross is making a strong effort to
become part o f the E llio tt Neighbor
hood. T he Red Cross has been at their
new location at .1131 North Vancouver
Avenue near the Northeast corner o f
Emanuel Hospital since August 19 o f
this year.
According to Sharon R itter, M an
ager o f the Red Cross, the E llio tt
Neighborhood was chosen for the new
Red Cross Headquarters due to its lo
cation and proximity to donors and for
a iiH*e central location to the regional
services d istrict. A nother reason for
the move, said Ritter, was to be more
accessible to the minonty communities
for employment opportunities, volun
teer recruitm ent and tra in in g , and
delivery o f social services. The Red
Cross has also made available parking
space to a local church and classrooms
and meeting space for community or
ganizations.
The new Red Cross building is the
headquarters fo r the entire N o rth
west Region, according to Adella Mar-
The Metropolitan Arts Commission
w ill buy theater tickets this fa ll fo r a
lim ited number o f residents o f P o rt
land and M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty who
have never attended live local theater.
The intent o f this project is to expand
theater audiences and to expose the
would-be theater goer to the variety
o f local productions.
Metro area residents w ill be able to
penise the fall offenngs o f six Portland
theater companies in a pamphlet pre
pared by the Arts Commission which
will be available at the downtown and
branch libraries o f Multnomah Coun
ty in mid-Septem ber. The p ro d u c
tions include Q u ille n at the A rtis ts
Repertory Theatre, f dmedv o f Errors
at I he New Rose I heat re, ( 'ome Mow
Your H orn at The Firehouse Theater,
D ivision Street at the Interstate Fire
house C ultural Center Theatre, H M S
Ptnajorv at the Musical Company, and
The Rainmaker at Samus Theatre En
semble.
A fter choosing a production to at
tend, the theater goer w ill be able to
order tickets through the mail directly
from the theater company. The only
cost is a stamped, self-addressed enve
lope.
The project w ill commence with the
opening o f the fall theater season and
will continue until funds are exhaust
ed. It is estimated that approximately
1,000 residents w ill get their first look
at local theater through these tickets.
Interested persons are asked not to
phone, but to visit their M ultnom ah
County Downtown or branch library
alter September 16, to obtain the proj
ect pamphlet. It contains all necessary
information, participating theater list
ings, and tickets request form.
tell. Communications and Marketing
Director. The Red Cross employs over
300 individuals and serves 32 counties
throughout Oregon and Southwest
W ashington. The organization also
serves over 70 hospitaLs in those coun
ties, covering a 55,000 square mile
area The building sites on 4.5 acres
and now combines all services, such as
social and health services and the
Blood Center, under one roof.
The Red Cross w ill hold an Open
House September 22, 1985 from 3:00
p in. to 5.00 p m. at their new Head
quarters. The public is invited to at
tend. Two days later on September 24,
the Red Cross w ill honor Dr. Charles
Drew, an Afro-Am erican who died in
an automobile accident in 1950. I>rew
is recognized as one o f this n a tio n ’ s
foremost physicians and a pioneer in
blood and plasma processing. The
B lixxl Donor Center w ill be named in
honor o f Dr. Drew.
The Red Cross is in critical need o f
blood donors, especially Type O. The
Portland Observer urges its readers to
donate blixxl to the Red Cross.
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M aniw th» Church
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Sat l ï i m
Center for Cuban studies lectures
Sandra Levinson, Executive Direc
tor o f the Center for Cuban Studies in
New York w ill be in Portland lectur
ing, giving interviews, previewing films
and participating in group discussions
Sept. 14 through 17.
Scheduled events include a pan
cake breakfast and lecture by Ms.
Levinson, and an exposition o f Cuban
poster art, music and literature, Sun
day, Sept. 15, I I a.m . - 3 p.m ., PSD
Campus M inistries, 633 S.W. M o n t
gomery. A show ing o f new Cuban
film s w ith sub titles w ill take place
with a critique offered by Ms. Levin
son, Monday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m ., Berg
Swann A u d ito rium , I2 I9 S .W . Park.
Sandra Levinson has been Executive
D ire c to r o f the Center fo r Cuban
Studies since its inception in 1972. She
first traveled to Cuba in 1969, and has
since returned more than 60 limes,
spending up to six months at a tune.
Her special areas o f interest include
Cuban culture, daily life, social a tti
tudes and U.S.-Cuban relations Ms.
Levinson taught political science as a
graduate student at Stanford Univer
sity and then went on to teach at City
College in New Y ork and at the
B rooklyn Polytechnic Institute. She
co-hosted a talk show on Channel 13
(PBS) in New York C ity, has written
widely on Cuba and is currently w ork
ing on a book about Cuban families
divided by the revolution.
The Center for Cuban Studies is an
organization devoted to educational
and cultural exchange with Cuba, pro
viding an important resource center for
scholars all over the U.S. It’s Lourdes
Casal lib ra ry includes thousands o f
Cuban books, periodicals and news
papers. The center publishes transla
tions and reproductions o f Cuban
art, sponsors exhibits, tours o f Cuban
artists and professionals, seminars,
conferences; as well as sponsoring
yearly tours o f U.S. citizens to Cuba.
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Portland crime up;
most burglaries in country
by Robert I olhum
The number o f reported burglaries
in Portland jumped 23 percent during
the first six months of 1985, and Port
land now has the highest burglary rate
in the nation, according to a Police Bu
reau report.
Other serious crimes were also up
dramatically, the report said Murder
was up 44 percent, rape 24 percent,
robbery 15 percent, assault 19 per
cent. arson 19 percent. Total reported
crime in the city increased by 21 per
cent.
A police spokesman said at least
part o f the burglary increase could be
a statistical problem — the Portland
bureau keeps records on cases that
aren't considered burglaries in other
cities, he said Another bureau repre
sentative said the increase may be
.elated to the elimination o f 72 police
positions since January due to budget
cuts.
W hat is being done about Port
land's crime wave? According to cap-
lain Robert Brixiks o f the new Juvenile
Services U n it, adult crime fighting is
on hold while more police manpower
Is being concentrated on juveniles
Brooks spoke at a neighborhood
meeting at the Peninsula Park t om
mumty Center Representatives of the
juvenile un it, which formed in A p ril
at the behest o f M a yo r C lark and
C h ie f H a rrin g to n , are meeting in
neighborhoods throughout the city to
explain their new crime-fighting stra
A n indication o f current emphasis
on juvenile crim e, said Brooks, was
the elimination o f 72 positions while 34
officers were reassigned to the juvenile
unit.
"T h e jails e fu ll (o f adults) by 5
p.m. right n o w ," and only four day
sh ift o ffic e rs have been assigned to
handle the city's adult drug trade, he
said. "W e have to decide day-to-day
what we can do and what we have to
let fall out the bottom .”
The juvenile unit's strategy, he said,
is to try and steer young lawbreakers
away fro m m inor crimes before they
become involved in serious adult
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crime. "Y o u might as well get in early
and hope for the best," he said.
Truancy enforcement is a big part
o f the new strategy — keeping kids in
school can actually reduce burglary,
according to Brooks. A new alcohol
and drug detox center fo r juveniles
will aLso help, lie said, but curfew vio
lators and runaways still pose p ro b
lems Under existing law, he said, un
less they are charged w ith a specific
crime, juveniles must be released with
in three hours I hat means that ch il
dren taken in fo r curfew vio la tio n s
are released in the middle o f the night
and must then walk home. Brooks
said.
"H ow do we get the law changed'’ , "
asked one officer “ Do we let an 11-
year old boy out on the street at 4
a.m. and wait fo r something to hap
pen?"
Brooks said it would help if curfew
vio la to rs could be kept o ve rn ig h t,
and i f teenage prostitutes and ru n
aways could be held for several days.
Juvenile crime in Northeast P o rt
land is not as bad as problems along
82nd A ve., d o w n to w n , W ashington
Park and W illamette Park, but some
young people from Northeast are get
ting in to trouble in those areas, said
Brooks.
Several o ffic e rs spoke o f the an
guish that results fro m p ickin g up
teenage prostitutes. O ffice r Patricia
R enfro recounted her feelings after
finding a 12-year-old girl who had just
finished a $100 trick in a motel She
and her partner to o k the g irl to the
county's juvenile home.
“ We spent maybe two-and-one-half
or three hours with this g irl," she said.
" W c just talked to her and tried to
show her we cared. When we left, wc
were crying and she was crying It was
terrible. I s till d o n 't know how it's
going to turn o u t."
She had more succedss with a nine-
year-old boy who had broken into his
friend's house to steal a foot ball. After
several hours o f counseling, he seemed
to understand his mistake, she said.
" I check the com puter and go by
his house every now and then to see
how he's doing, and he's doing fine.”
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