Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, March 04, 1987, Page 3, Image 3

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Single Family
Lease Agreem ent
W ith Housing
Authority of
Portland
The U S Department of Housing
and Urban Development and the
Housing Authority of Portland to
day executed a renewable lease for
a single family acquired property at
a rate of $1 00 a year This home
will be used to provide shelter for
homeless families and represents
one more piece in the Portland
emergency assistance network
This action is a continuation of
the joint cooperation between the
federal Department of Housing and
Urban Development, the City of
Portland, and the Housing Autho
nty to provide both housing stock
and support services for homeless
individuals and families In execu
ting the lease for HUD, Portland
Manager Richard Brinck noted "Fa
rnihes with children are the fastest
growing segment of the homeless
population and that scarcity of af
fordable housing is the primary
cause of homelessness
This particular program being
used today was established by Hou
sing and Urban Development Secre
tary Pierce to use housing stock
available to the federal government
through the FHA mortgage msu
rance program Strict limits have
been placed on the housing provi
ded to assure that this activity will
in no way jeopardize the FHA mort
gage insurance fund This lease re
presents the first of an admittedly
small program but can provide
unique housing opportunities for
homeless families
PP&L Teaches Higher Math
Four Pacific Power b Light Com
pany engineers in Portland are in­
structors in an innovative program
that teaches higher math concepts
to inner city fourth and fifth grad
students
The engineers are the first cor
porate volunteers in a program call
ed Project SEED, Inc., whose pur
pose is to pump up the self esteem
o* less advantaged children through
successful learning experiences in
advanced mathematics
SEED instructors use the Socratic
method where questioning is used
to guide students to reson answers
The students are allowed to respond
in unison
Hand signals show
agreement and disagreement to
problems
Self Defense Class For
W om en O ffered
Women can learn the skills need
ed for self defense during a course
sponsored by St Vincent Hospital
and Medical Center
The classes, held on two Satur
days, will focus on intense instruc
tion in defense and assertiveness for
women. There also will be a discus
sion on the whys” of violence
against women All instructors are
female.
The course starts Saturday,
March 7 and will be completed Sat
urday, March 14 at the Hospital’s
Health and Lifestyle Center, 11640
SW Parkway Each session is held
from 9 a m to noon.
To register for the S27 course,
persons may contact the Health and
Lifestyle Center. 626 0890
Low ering Cholesterol
"Change of Heart - Lowering
Your Cholesterol", is the subject of
a special community education pro
gram scheduled Monday. March 9,
1987, 6 30 8 p m., at Meridian
Park Hospital, Tualatin
Presented by staff dietitian Mar
tha Hirsch, R D the program will
offer information on nutrition and
the prevention of heart disease, as
well as tips on grocery shopping,
do's and dont’s in food preparation
tq lower cholesterol and fat intake
Recipes will be available The fee is
$45 per person, $20 per couple
; For additional information or regi
sization, contact the community
education department at the Tuala
tip hospital
" A SEED classroom is a highly
energized place." said Horace San
ders, a Pacific volunteer. "Students
learn quickly that it’s fun to partici
pate. It’s exciting to watch class
participation rise as the class pro­
gresses especially when the kid
slumped in the back row joins in ,"
Sanders said
Math was chosen as a way of
reaching out because it transcends
language and cultural barriers
"Higher math is the great equal­
izer,” said Joseph Schmidt, Protect
SEED coordinator in Portland
When you are learning a new con
cept, such as exponentiation theory
or logarithms, every student begins
at the same level," Schmidt said
Grade A
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U n ite d W h y
Thanks to you...
it works...
lor ALL OF US
SEED classes are being taught
this year at Boise Eliot, Humboldt,
King, Peninsula, Sabin, Vernon,
Woodlawn and Irvington elemen
tary schools
Staff and administration costs are
supported by funds from the Port
land School District. Pacific Power
has donated the time of its engi
neers to train for and teach the
SEED classes
Pacific volunteers are Horace
Sanders. Portland, Roland Gilchrist,
Gladstone, Paul Capell. Beaverton;
and Don Feltz, Portland
"The SEED goal is to build con
fidence in these kids that will spill
over into their daily lives As I see
their eyes light up during class, I
know this program is w orking,”
oven 1,200 m ices oeouceo
sach ano every week ?
S tudents Learn Language
Skills W ith V ocabbage
Patch Kids’
Cabbage Patch Kids and Gar
bage Pail Kids don't have possibili
ties as teaching tools.
But "Vocabbage Patch Kids” do
Just ask the fourth grade class of
teacher Timothy Hahn at Creston
Primary School. 4701 S E Bush St
His students select the descriptive
names, research the definitions and
draw the pictures to produce their
own "K ids” cards as part of their
study of language usage.
For further information, please
contact Timothy Hahn or Creston
principal Greg Wollack. 280 6340 or
James M Voigt, public information
specialist. 249 3304, Portland Public
Schools
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