December 3, 1986, Portland Observer, Paye 7
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The Cobi Techniques" Offer
Alternatives To Portland
Public High School Students
"It's A New Generation” is the
theme of Cora Smith s "The Cob«
Techniques" third annual series of
fashion shows
You will see high
school students as models, strutting
their stuff and exuding self confi
dence
Jefferson, Benson, Mar
shall, and Roosevelt High Schools
will be giving themselves a pat on
the back for successfully comple
ting "The Cobi Techniques" twenty
hour program designed to build self
confidence, self esteem, and im­
prove attendance and grades
Included in the show is the Per
forming Arts
Original songs
authored by Cora Smith and music
director, Fred Hammack, Director
of Music from Jefferson High
School will be showcasing talents in
the areas of singing and dancing
The Cobi Techniques' focus is to
create a marketable outlet and in
centive program for youth whose
talents would otherwise go unre
cognized and undeveloped
Stu
dents will unveil their talents at a
school assembly with an audience
of approximately 1,500 at each
school. The schedule for the parti
cipating schools is as follows
Dance For Survival
Competing Cats
Portland's first "Dance For Survival", a benefit to help the city's home
less population, will be held Sunday. December 28th The dance will fee
ture the nationally acclaimed Portland band, the "Crazy Eights", and
master drummer Obo Addy, whose blend of jazz end ethnic music from
his native Ghana have brought him praise from all corners of the music
world
Tickets are seven dollars in advance, eight dollars at the door, and can be
purchased in advance at G I. Joe s. Galleria Jean Machine and Music Mil
lemum after December 8th
The dance starts at eight P M at the Pine
Street Theater. 221 SE 9th at Pine.
Funds raised by the "Dance For Survival" will be used to feitd, shelter
and protect the homeless this winter. Proceeds will be dispensed through
Burnside Protects and Burnside Community Council - non profit agencies
helping the homeless
For further information, contact Donna Schaeffer, 222 9362
Over 28 breeds of pedigreed cats,
plus household pets, will compete
for ribbons and rosettes at the Lewis
b Clark Cat Club's 14th annual Cat
Show on Saturday, December 6th
at the Multnomah County Expo
Center The general public is wel
come; admission is $2 00 for adults.
$1 00 for senior citizens, and $1 00
for children (Cats must be entered
in advance of the show to corn
pete )
Address of the Multnomah Court
ty Expo Center 2060 N Marine
Drive. Portland
Customers Urged
To Mail Early This
Holiday Season
December 9, 1986
Marshall
High School,
10 10 a .m -
11:10 a m., Address: 3905 S.E.
91st
December 11, 1986 — Benson
High School, 10:10 a m 10 50
a.m .. Address: 546 N.E. 12th
December 12, 1986 — Jeffer
son High School, 10:10 a m.
10:45 a.m.. Address: 5210 N
Kerby Avenue
December 12, 1986 — Roose­
velt High School, 7:30 p m
9:00 p.m., Address 6941 N
Central.
"The Cobi Techniques" was first
implemented in 1984 at Jefferson
High School where the principal,
Nathan Jones, pondered over ways
in which to polish students’ charac­
ter as well as thwart the drop out,
attendance, and tardiness rate. Mr.
Jones realized a non traditional
course was needed to act as an
exercise for students to uncover
their hidden abilities and at tf e same
time build self-confidence
"The Cobi Techniques," a non
Cora S m ith of Cobi Techniques
on a trial basis. Through one on one
sessions, a group dynamics, stage
production projects, grooming, act
ing and public speaking, attitude
changes occurred in the scholasti
cally inclined student as well as the
student who had potential to be
come a drop-out.
Today the course is offered at
four high schools Two high schools
offered two sessions to accomodate
the demands of the students
In
January, 1987, plans are underway
to introduce the course to other
high schools and several middle
"The Cobi Techniques" will fol
low up with the students by provi
ding additional training, referrals
The Holiday Season is here again.
It is the busiest and heaviest time of
the year for the Post Office
During this holiday season the
Postal Service will handle more than
12 billion holiday cards, letters and
packages
To handle this monumental
amount of mail, the Postal Service
asks customers to "Mail Early" in
the Season and early in the day
M ail Early C ollection Boxes
Beginning Monday, December 8th,
your post office will begin special
collection runs to strategically
placed "Mail Early" collection boxes
throughout the city
These
"Mail Early" collection
boxes will be marked with a green
Christmas tree decal on their side
Postal C on tract S tations b
Self Service As an added conven
lence. local postal contract stations
will be open outside normal post
office hours and Self Service Postal
Units are available to serve you 24
hours a day
S aturday Service
Specified
post offices, stations, and branches
will be open December ,3 and 20 as
full service and retail mailing outlets
W ill Call Service • All post of
fices will be open for customers to
pick up packag«ts on December 13
and 20 from 8 00 AM to 5 00 PM
Shop early, mail early Make sure
your love arrives on time.
and productions in the upcoming
months
For more information on
how successful The Cobi Techni
ques have been, contact Harold
Washington, Integration Specialist,
Roosevelt High School, 280 5260;
Dolly Bowman, Vice Principal, Jef
ferson High School. 280 5180, Leon
McKenzie, Integration Specialist,
Benson High School, 280 5100;
A.J. Morrison. Integration Special
ist, Marshall High School, 280 5240
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The Black United Front, Portland
Chapter, will hold its annual Christ
mas Dance. Saturday. December
20, 1986, from 9 pm until 2:30 am at
the Royal Esquire Club, 1708 North
east Alberta The public is invited
to enjoy the live music of Portland's
own Streetcorner Singers and a
band to be announced Your favor
ite dance tunes, old and new will be
played during intermission by D.J.
Howard Williamson Free food will
be available Tickets are $5 00
Low-Income And
Homeless Families
assisted
This winter, Portland area youth,
affected by disaster or low income
situations, and local homeless fami
lies are the targets of a Red Cross
effort to distribute Care Kits and
Family Comfort Boxes to those in
need Red Cross is seeking indivi
duals, civic groups, manufacturers
and companies to assist in filling
these needs through:
• completing one or more Care
Kits and/or Family Boxes
• donating necessary items in bulk
• taking on a quantity of kits/
boxes as a group project
"The need is now as the holidays
and winter months approach. As
families are without heat and shel
ter.
As the home fire season
approaches, the request for these
items increases dramatically," says
Ronnie Meyers, Community Ser­
vices Specialist. American Red
Cross.
To find out more about specific
items needed for this project and
how to get involved, contact Red
Cross Youth and Community Ser
vices, 284 1234.
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