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April 6, 1988, Portland Observer, Page 5 ENTERTAINMENT _ U of P Announces Festival of Jazz The University of Portland's 23rd annual Festival of Jazz will be held April 8 beginning at 8 a.m. In the Earle a Chiles Center on campus. Junior high and high school students will attend clinics and compete for more than 40 tro phies, Individual scholarships and outstanding perform ance awards for individual scholar ships. Each band will have 30 minutes to perform and w ill participate in a sight-reading session. Awards will be presented after a 5:10 p.m. concert by the Univer sity of Portland Jazz Ensemble and a professional jazz combo. There Is no cost to observe the day-long competition, and the evening concert Is also free and open to the public. For more infor mation, contact Philip Cansler at THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN, INC. AUDITION NOTICE: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Presents Llddicoat, Al Salazar, non Still and C liff Walker. Corinne Paulson, League presi dent, will moderate the forum, which w ill last approximately 90 minutes. The program w ill be taped by Rogers Cable Television and w ill be aired at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13 on Rogers Cable Channel 30. (For repeat broadcasts, see "Cable Choice" magazine.) Handicapped access Is avail able at the church entrance on 16th and Schuyler Streets. (Arrive at 7:00 p.m. for handicapped ac cess elevator service.) Hope Mass Choir, Byron Davis Singers. The OREGON GOSPEL CHOIR, whose picture was Included in flyers announ cing this event, will NOT be performing. The concert Is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. on April 15,1988 at the Agnes Flana gan Chapel at Lewis and Clark College. All About Radiation, by L. Ron Hubbard and a medical doctor. What is radiation? How does it affect us? How can you protect your self? Get the truth behind the headlines the honest facts without all the hysteria All A bout Radiation is an honest appraisal of what the potential effects of radiation are on your health Buy and read A ll A bout Radiation $20.00 YES j WOULD LIKE TO GET All About Radiation $20 Purification Illustrated________ $13__________ Nam e-------------- - Address_______ __________ ---------------- ----------------- I State/Zip------------------—---------------- | Order your copy today from: ’ Dianetics* Center j 709 S.W. SALMON STREET PORTLANO, OREGON 97205 I5O3I 22S-O1 IS 11 m im „ m MM h ».«I k , CHI * « ' * » • •«<*,• uw k « ,,« ,« • © Sunday, April 10th Wednesday, April 13th JOHN KOONCE ©/ VL t Ä A em D pbb . a L s LIP TO LIP Monday, April 11th LEW JONES Entertainment by Tuesday, April 12th LITTLE GREGORY and THEINTOLERABLES Dennis Springer Quintet For Tickets and/or Information, call 288-0867 or 657-5103 P«*««—» »« *•"» 0 IA M T IC 1 M • I . . W « . « * P r.n W P m U S A i I 1 c * ">•’ * ! *» ___ , 1 Union Avenue Building Slated for Renovation: PDC Loan Approved A vacant mixed-use building located along the commercial strip of Union Avenue in N.E. Portland will soon undergo reno vation using $109,900 of financial assistance from the Portland Development Commission (PDC). At it’s March 9 meeting, PDC approved a request for an Investor Rehabilitation Loan to renovate Union Manor at 2403-09 N.E. Union Avenue in the Eliot Neigh borhood. The building, vacant for about two years, contains 18 resi dential units on the upper two floors, and ground floor commer cial space. Union Manor, Inc., a local cor poration established to manage this project, has requested the loan from PDC. Union Manor, Inc., plans to lease the building’s residential portion to Providence Hospital for use as transitional housing for mental health pa- JAZZY FM 99.1 tients. Providence Hospital re cently received funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help meet the housing needs of mental health patients requiring transi tional support to achieve indepen dent living. The Eliot Neighborhood Asso ciation has acknowledged the building's future use by Provi dence Hospital and endorsed this use in a January letterto PDC. Pro vidence Hospital’s program for transitional housing requires a resident manager to live on site. The three principals of Union Manor, Inc., are William Reed, a g e n e ra l c o n tr a c to r (o w n e r/ manager of some 200 housing units in NE Portland); Dr. Donald Trelstad, a ca rd io lo g ist; and W illiam Lenz, a construction superintendent. My Brother — think more clearly! City Weekend, April 8th & 9th O/Z Continued from Page 2 your ability I I I e % x *ct. Donation: $89° ° Per Couple T he O re g o n Jesse Jackson campaign would like to announce that the follow ing Individuals and groups w ill be performing at the April 15, 1988 Celebra tion of the Spirit Gospel Con cert: Goldie Irby, The Brown Sisters, Wilder-Ward Jr. Group, the AME Zion Youth Choir, Tracy Clay, Danny Os- borne and Time Sound. New $13 00 UCDQ SING SING SLEEPWALKER Thursday, April 7th O a Attire: Wear Cotton After-Five CORRECTION PURIFICATION An Illustrated Answer to Drugs is brimming with hard facts on the lingering effects of drugs, alcohol and chemicals. It gives you the answer to maintain ing mental sharpness despite having had these substances - no matter how long ago or how much! This brilliant book gives you the results of years of research in easy to understand detail. NIGHTLY ENTERTAINMENT »>* r.e M 3 -W 1 V SATURDAY, APRIL 16,1988 Mayoral Candidate Forum Slated All Candidates for Mayor of the City of Portland w ill answer ques tions on City Issues at a forum sponsored by the League of Wo men Voters of Portland on Tues day, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. The fo rum will take place In the Greater Hall of Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1624 NE Hancock Street. The public Is Invited. All eleven candidates have ac cepted the League’s Invitation. C andidates p a rticip a tin g are: Lloyd Anderson, Barry Bloom, J.E. (Bud) Clark, Jim Davis, William J. Doering, Andrew F. Eg gleston, Robert Forthan, Jeffery 31 NW FIRST THE COTTON CAPER .0 ^ _ M RG Œ Tri-County Section Spring Scholarship Fundraiser Seattle-based Pioneer Square Theater will hold auditions for “ Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ” , by August Wilson, Monday, April 18th, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Storefront Theatre, Six S.W. Third (SW Third and Burnside). Ten characters w ill be cast: three white males ages 30 to 50, four black males ages 30 to 50, one black male age 18 to 25, two black females age 30 to 50 and 18 to 25. Persons auditioning should pre pare a short contemporary mono logue, not to exceed three mi nutes, and a short contemporary song. Auditions are by appoint ment, which may be made by call ing (206) 622-2016. _ educated and not miseducated and “ trained” like a dog or a monkey. Let’s use our MBA's, MSW’s and PhD’s to change our com munity and STOP THE KILL ING. Black people must realize that they are getting m iseducated thro ugh the school system , media and the mass culture that is marketed especially for Black youth. But at the same time A fr ic a n - A m e r ic a n s m ust redevelop a thirst, an underying drive for educationl Black self-education is key. The oppressor’s school system must be used to obtain skills n e e e d e d to s u rv iv e in a technoligical world of computer chips. It must become common knowledge for our people that education does not stop with a high school or college degree. We need a generation of parents who can properly teach their children about the realities they w ill have to face in a racist capitalist country. Black people w ill have to be well-educated in the technological sciences if they are to remain a viable part of the working class in the 21 st cen tury. There is a great need for Black parent educational centers in every B lack c o m m u n ity . So essential to the Black underlass’ existence is the need-to-know that unless as a race and part of a class become “ socially active" to positively change our environ ment we w ill go backwards, in s o c ia l p h ilo s o p h y having a p h ilo so p h y of c y n ic is m and despair. An oppressed national m inority cannot afford to be apathetic and cynical. Unless the tend more sustained leadership to Black children and families, all of our Mercedes . . . w ill not hide our failure as a generation of ‘haves that did not protect the future during our watch.” NOTICE N/NE Community Mental Health Center Moved N/NE C o m m u n ity M e n ta l Health Center has moved to 5019 N. Williams, Portland, OR 97217, and has a new phone number: 249-0066. The new location is right behind the old Multi-service Center. Take bus routes 6, 40, & 72. iz C mj -I p MT HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE Wholesale Pricing On Groceries Gone Public Did you know that for almost 30 years you could have bought some of your groceries at wholesale prices? The Bee Company, for over 30 years, has offered the public weekly shipments of name-brand groceries at genuine wholesale prices. You'll find canned and packaged goods, pet foods, as well as frozen and close-dated deli products on the shelves. The best feature is that you do not have to buy by the case. You buy just what you want to buy, just the amount you need. Located at 800 N. Killingsworth, just east of I-5, they are open Monday through Saturday 9:30 am to 6:00 pm. Isn't it about time you save on your grocery bill? PHONE 283-3171 Tbuy’ll Tail You *11 About It 1-800-GC-BUHT 1-800-632-FISH 1-8OO-423-WVRM 1-8OO-852-SAFE 1-800-SBVTIME 1-8OO-443-PUMP 1-800-722-WffR Wfe spell help in some very unusual ways. For instance, ! the number above that ends in PUMP puts you in R touch with all kinds of information on heat pumps. The number that ends in SAFE yields informa tion on outdoor lighting. The number that ends in WATR covers electric water heaters. And the number mat ends in WARM is for weatherization Fact is, we have a direct line for virtually every one of our services-so we dont waste your time switching you from line to line. To call, simply look us up in your local telephone directory. „ There, help is spelled just like youd expect. "Portland General Electric.