Page 6 Portland Observer April 27, 1989 News Around Town GOOD SAMARITAN/ DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP A new diabetes support group for i nsulin-dependent diabetics aged 20-45 will hold its first meeting on Monday, May 8th at Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center, 1015 N.W. 22nd Ave. The group-will meet the second Monday of each month from 7-8:30 p m. in third floor conference room A- May 8th’s meeting will begin with a short presentation on “ Dealing with Diabetes....Positively” by Sara Booth, inpatient social worker for Good Samaritan’s Diabetes Institute. The talk v. ill be followed by a period of informal discussion. The meetings are free and registration is not required. For more information, please call Rhea Sleeman, Department of Education, 620-1265. GOSPEL CONCERT TO BENEFIT DAY CARE CENTER Nationally acclaimed gospel singer Willia Dorsey will perform in a benefit concert for a new Salvation Army day care program Saturday, May 13, 1989, at 7:00 p.m. at the Moore Street Community Center, 5335 N. Williams Ave. in Portland. The day care program will assist unemployed parents in the North Portland area to seek work and education. The concert will be preceded by an open house, silent auction, spaghetti feed, and sports demonstrations emceed by celebrity sports personalities. The pre-concert activities will start at 2;00 p.m. Admission for all events will be $7.50 a person. The public is invited For more information call the Moore Street Community Center at (503) 282- 2571 WORKSHOP FOR CO DEPENDENTS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSERS De Paul Treatment Centers and the Center for Community Mental Health are co-sponsoring a free five-part workshop as part of the Project for Community Recovery program. The series begins Monday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m. at the Project for Community Recovery, located at 3924 N. Williams Avenue, in Portland. It will continue on Monday evenings through May. Led by Fred Williams, the purpose of the workshop is to inform people about the symptoms and progression of substance abuse, means for intervention, and community resources available. The Center for Community Mental Health provides assessment and outpatient services at 3924 N. Williams Avenue. The De Paul Treatment Centers provide treatment for indigent, late- stage adult substance abusers at 1320 S.W. Washington. Their facility at 4411 N.E. Emerson street provides treatment services for indigent youths. For more information about the workshop, please call Fred Williams at 233-4922. JEFFERSON SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM Portland Schools’ Supt Matthew Prophet and Jefferson High School Principal Nate Jones, will announce opening of a new Portland School District summer school program, Artsummer ’89, at Jefferson High School, 5210 N. Kerby Ave., Wednesday (April 26) at 1:45 p.m. in Room 827 Announcement ceremonies will feature a display of the performing and technical skills students will leant at this new summer study opportunity for Portland-area youths. LOTTERY CELEBRATES FOUR YEARS Today the Oregon Lottery celebrated its fourth anniversary and record proceeds to the state Economic Development Fund by transferring its final check for $13,660,251 forthe 1987-89 biennium. Today’s check represents the fourth largest transfer of Lottery proceeds and brings the total proceeds for the biennium to $106,562,354. A total of $166,190235 has been transferred to economic development projects since sales began in April 1985. Director Jim Davey said, “ this year’s total proceeds are the highest ever for state economic development projects. During the last two years, transfers to the state have exceeded our projections by an additional $45 million! These funds are available now for a variety of programs and projects that will enhance Oregon’s economic climate and future, and create thousands of jobs for Oregonians. W e’re excited to be a significant contributor to Oregon’s economic comeback. We thank our players for their support. They’ve made this day possible.” Lottery commission chairman E.D. “ Debbs” Potts read Governor Neil Goldschmidt’s proclamation announcing April 24-30, 1989, ‘‘OREGON LOTTERY WEEK.” Guest speaker Robert C. Buchanan, Director of the Oregon Economic Development Department, said, “ Lottery revenues have played a significant role in making the promise of the ‘Oregon Comeback’ come true. The Lottery’s success has given Oregon the means to fulfill these goals as well as address other critical issues such as higher education and corrections. Its continued success will make many m ore contributions to the state’s economic development in the years to come.” PO RTLAND OBSERVER The Eyes and Ears of the Community" ANNOUNCEMENT The Oregon Human Rights Coalition, the only grass-roots organization of low- income persons in Oregon, is sponsoring * ‘ Poor People’s Day at the Legislature ” on Wednesday, April 26, from 8:30am- 4:00pm at the State Capitol, Room 50, in Salem. There is no charge for this event Lunch and child care are provided. Transportation reimbursement available upon request for low-income persons. SECRETARY KEMP ACTS TO SPEED NATIONWIDE EVICTION OF DRUG DEALERS As a result of HUD Secretary Jack Kemp’s request to local housing managers to tell him what steps they were taking to solve drug-related problems in public housing, Hud will take actions to make illegal drug abuse or drug dealing a specific lease violation; help the local housing managers seize leases from tenants convicted of drug- related crimes; and allow public housing improvement funds to be used for anti- drug security measures, the Department announced today. “ The responses I have received make it clear that law-abiding residents in public housing want to be freed from the plague of drug dealers and drug abusers, and the criminal activities they create and spread, “ Secretary Kemp said.” “ They have the same concerns, desires and aspirations as other decent American families throughout the nation.” The chairman of one large-city housing authority wrote:’’Nothing infuriates law-abiding tenants more than to see drug dealers not only out of jail, but back in there apartment doing business at the same old stand only hours after being arrested.” Of a total of 600 responses analyzed thus far, about 200 were actively involved with local law enforcement efforts to help solve the problem, and a similar number were involved in education and outreach efforts. “ We already have subsidized housing for convicted drug dealers. It’s a place called prison.” Many of the public housing authorities specified some of the significant activities that they had undertaken to curtail or eliminate the drug abuse problem. These activities, detailed in the report, range from “ clean sweeps” and photo identification cards to anonymous hotlines for tips on drug dealing. A significant number of the authorities had direct tenant involvement in anti drug activities. KIDS IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONS RAISE MONEY FOR CHILD ABUSE S alem - On Monday, April 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. every juvenile corrections facility around the state will participate in MISSION POSSIBLE, an event to raise more than $10,000 for child abuse prevention. This is Children’s Services Division’s project for Child Abuse prevention month in April. Five hundred boys and girls between 12 and 21 will complete physical challenges and community services. Sponsored by PacifiCorp companies including Pacific Power and Nerco, Inc. each youth who completes a challenge will raise $20 for the Children’s Trust Fund. Students will receive T-shirts donated by Taylor Lumber and Treating C om pany and ce rtificates from Children’s Services Division. Many of the 500 students have been abused as youngsters and have gone on to commit delinquent acts. This event gives them the opportunity to give something back to the community and to help prevent abuse of other children. There will be special events at every facility around the state. Portland’s AOC/ Picture House camp will have an athletic challenge course. Nu Shooz band will sign autographs for the students and a former Pittsburgh Pirate will help the kids bat a few balls. Hillcrest School in Salem will exhibit MISSION POSSIBLE projects and have a picnic and basketball game with the Oregon School for the Deaf. Several Hillcrest students arc going to the Capitol and working as pages and grounds crew; one student will work in the Secretary of State’s office. Two of the Hillcrest students will be available for radio interviews on Friday, April 21 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 378-5292. There will be students released for photographs and video taping at every location. STEROID USE DOUBLES AMONG TEEN ATHLETES, OHSU STUDY SHOWS ELIOT NEIGHBORHOOD WORKSHOP Leaders in Northeast Portlands’s Eliot neighborhood are inviting area residents to make a wish—about the future of their neighborhood. A community-wide open house and “ vision workshop” is being held Tuesday, April 25, 5:30 -8:00 P.M. at Matt Dishman Community Center, to give citizens in the area a chance to contribute their ideas and personal visions for Eliot’s future. The workshop is sponsored by the Eliot Neighborhood Development Association and its Eliol/Emanuel Vision Committee. The committee has been working since November to prepare a vision statement which will become the cornerstone for a new, long-range neighborhood plan. Committee member Susan Hartnett says the goal of the workshop is to capture some of the diversity of opinions and ideas that ex ist in the neighborhood.’’Eliot is one of Portland’s most diverse neighborhoods. Our citizens represent different cultures, races, and occupations. And we’re not just a residential area—Eliot is also home to some im portant industrial and commercial employers. This rich diversity must be woven into our vision statement; I think it will be something like a quilt, with many hands making contributions.” Vision workshop participants will be invited to discuss their ideas with the committee, jot down their suggestions and drop them ina “ Wishing W ell” ,or even draw a picture, if they prefer. These contributions will be used in developing the overall neighborhood vision. Organizers say no idea is too far-fetched. Earlier, the vision committee surveyed over eighty community leaders in Northeast Portland to leant their views on the future. Some of the topics expected to be raised at the open house/workshop include public access to the Willamette River, the best pattern for future development along Union Avenue, creation of an historic conservation district within the neighborhoodand how to meet the area’s future housing needs. Eliot is a close-in Northeast Portland neighborhood, located north of the Memorial Coliseum. The neighborhood boundaries are N.E.Broadway, N.E. 7th A venue, N.E. F rem ont.and the Willamette River. Population is about 3,000. The Eliot/Emanuel vision statement is anticipated for early June For more information, Contact: Susan H artnett,E liot N eighborhood Development Association (282-6659) P ortland-D espite w arnings o f potential serious side effects, local high school football players are using twice as many muscle-building steroids as they did one year ago, according to a new Oregon health Sciences University study From 1987-1988, varsity football teams from 15 Portland-area high schools with a total of 547 players were surveyed for steroid use. In addition to the increased use and availability of steroids, the study found educating the athletes did not change their attitudes toward using steroids. “ The only deterrents to use we found were penalties or no scholarships,” says Dr. Linn Goldberg, director of the Human Performance Lab and associate professor of medicine at OHSU. “ Lectures and pictures showing the adverse effects of steroid use had no lasting impact.” The study was published in April in the journal Medicine and Science in. Sports and Exercise, AN URGENT APPEAL FOR AMERICAN HOST FAMILIES The YOUTH EXCHANGE SERVICE (YES) Urgently needs HOST FAMILIES from all over the United States to host an outstanding group of International Teenage Students from 5 continents, scheduled to arrive in August ford the 1989/90 high school year. The 15 to 18 year old students are carefully screened, bring their own spending money, and are fully covered by insurance. For information about becoming a HOST FAMILY .please contact the YOUTH EXCHANGE SERVICE (YES) at their 24 hour toll free number: (800) 848-2121. ALCOHOL & DRUG RECOVERY PROGRAM For Women & Children Opens Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon is pleased to announce that we are opining our long-awaited “ Women & Children s Alcohol & Drug Recovery Program’ ’ at 807 S.E. 28th Ave., Portland, Oregon on April 28,1989. The public is invited to a “ Gala Open House & House Shower” to celebrate the opening of this exciting new program. This will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday April 28,1989. Members of City Council and County Commissioners will participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:00 a.m. This Recovery House will provide low-income women with small children the opportunity to enter recovery with out fear of losing their children.Richard M ilsom , A ssociate D irector of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon says,” We invite anyone who cares about recovery from this disease and the social needs of indigent women and their children to join us on April 28th.” Tours of the house will take place throughout the day from 10:00 a.m.- 6:00 P.M. Portland, Ore. - The Navy’s first nuclear- powered aircraft earner, the USS Enterprise, will “ steam” through Portland for the Gateway Boosters “ Fun-O-Rama Parade,’’Saturday, May 20. Although not the actual 90,000-ton vessel, this accurately scaled-down replica measures 18-feet. Its flight deck features models of the navy’s most sophisticated aircraft, including: the F/A-18 “ Hornet” (the same aircraft flown by the Blue Angels), the EA-6B “ Prow lers,” F-14 “ T om cat” and the SH-2F “ Seasprite” helicopter. The float belongs to Navy Recruiting District Portland whose jurisdiction includes the Gateway area. It is used at community events to promote Navy awareness. " I ’m honored to represent the Navy in this parade,” says Petty Officer Richard Hamilton, the recruiter-in- charge at the Gateway recruiting station. “ I’d like to let the people of Portland know the Navy is here and proud to be part of their community.” IRVINGTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MAINTAINING A DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE-IT’S THE LAW The Irvington C om m unity Association will hold its annual tour of historic homes, on Sunday, May 21, 1989. The self-guided home tour, held in conjunction with National Historic Preservation Week, will run from 1:00 CELEBRITIES TALK ABOUT PERSONAL DRUG/ALCOHOL EXPERIENCES Local celebrities will share their personal experiences with drug and alcohol abuse during two free forums 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, May 4 and Tuesday, May 23 in Souther Auditorium at St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center. The forum, People Who Have Been There: A Panel of Local Celebrities, is co-sponsored by the Sisters of Providence Addictions Treatment Services and the Oregon Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. The May 4 panel includes Chris Van Dyke, son of comedian Dick Van Dyke, and marketing manager at Nike, Inc.; Francine R aften, KGW R adio personality; and Jann Mitchell, Columnist for THE OREGONIAN. The May 23 panel includes John Callahan,nationally known cartoonist; Mary Starrett,co-host of KATU’s AM Northwest; and the Very Reverend Kenneth Steiner, auxiliary bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Portland Moderator is Christopher Eskcli,PhD, coordinator of the Sisters of Providence Addictions Treatment Services at Providence Medical Center, Providence Milwaukie Hospital and St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center. Call 249-3564 for more information. Seating is limited. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets will be available after 1:00 p.m. at the Irvington Club, 2131 N.E. Thompson St., on the day of the tour. Tickets will be $4.00, and $3.00 for seniors. In addition, free rides in a horse- drawn carriage will be available, on a first-come, first-served basis, to tour ticket holders. Classic automobiles will be on view and there will be a display of historic materials relating to Irvington and early Portland at the Irvington Club. At the end of the tour, cookies and punch will be available at the Portland White House Bed and Breakfast Inn, a beautiful 20th Century Colonial mansion, which as been designated a National Historic Landmark. Proceeds from the tour benefit local charities and the Irvington Community Association. For more information contact: Barbara Scott-Brier, 231-2139 (day) and 288- 4163 (evening), or Bobbie Scott, 281- 9496, both volunteers, Irvington Community Association. ICE RINK TO CLOSE FOR RENOVATION Larry Troyer, general manager of Lloyd Center, today announced the Lloyd Center ice rink will close Sunday, April 30, as part of the renovation of the center. The ice rink is expected to reopen in spring, 1990. The renovated ice rink will have a lobby on the north side, an expanded pro shop and a snack bar and restrooms on the rink level. 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