February 2«, 1990
Portland Observer • Black History Month
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N ews A round T own
Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Being Single Magazine
A national Black publication aimed at
urban Black singles, is honoring twenty-
four bachelors from across the country for
achievement in business and professional
excellence with its coveted Pinnacle Award.
All honorees will appear in the March/
Apnl issue, an annual issue devoted to
recognizing Black men o f achievement in
the Black community who are single. These
bachelors will also be saluted at a gala
weekend of events and activities in Palm
Springs, California, June 14-17,1990.
Hundreds of singles ftom across the
country are expected to attend this exciting
weekend. Singles who are interested in
business and professional networking are
invited to participate.
Free Workshop Will
Teach Volunteers How
To "Clean Up”
Spring is just around the comer, her­
alding the beginning of the spring cleaning
season. For many neighborhoods, volun­
teer groups, and agencies throughout the
metropolitan area, the time has come to
plan CLEAN-UP PROJECTS.
To assist groups with their planning
efforts, a free “ how-to” workshop is sched­
uled for Thursday, March 8 from 7:00 p jn .
to 9 p.m. at the Portland Building, 1120
S.W. Fifth, second floor - Room C.
Sponsored by the Portland Area Clean-
Up Team, METRO, and the Portland Office
of Neighborhood Associations, this work­
shop will provide training and materials to
help participants tackle a variety of clean­
up projects, including yard debris, illegal
dump sites, business districts, and neigh­
borhood beautification. A clean-up coordi­
nator's handbook, case studies, recycling
and referral information, and resource lists
will be provided.
The workshop is open to metropolitan
area residents interested in planning clean­
up projects. Pre-registration is requested.
For more information or to register, contact
Nancy Biasi at the Office of Neighborhood
Associations, 248-4519.
Aging Services Has
New Location
The Multnomah County's Department
of Aging Services has leased 5,200 square
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Luther King, Jr..Blvd., reports Michael J.
Woodley of N qpjs & S evens Realtors. The
lessor is Urban Equities of Vancouver, B.C.
Woodley represented all parties.
Free Hearing Aids Workshop
Wearers of hearing aids can have aids
checked, tested, adjusted, cleaned and have
minor repairs made at a free workshop
off ’.red by Leo Gilbert at Altenhcim Retire­
ment Center, Portland on March 7th ftom
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Anyone is welcome to have their hear­
ing checked at that time, or to ask questions
about their hearing, and hearing aids in
general.
Council for Prostitution
Alternatives, Seeks
Volunteers
The Council for Prostitution Alterna­
tives (CPA) requests your help in publiciz­
ing volunteer opportunities. Prostitution is
a serious, controversial, legal and social
problem. The Council for Prostitution Al­
ternatives was established in 1984 to pro­
vide direct services, financial assistance
and advocacy to adult women wanting to
leave prostitution and achieve a legal and
self-sufficient lifestyle. Recently, CPA was
awarded money to open a safe HAVEN
which will enable us to provide additional
housing for survivors of prostitution. Vol­
unteers are needed to make the HAVEN a
success.
Lisa Sanders, conductor, preparatory orchestra, (photo by Merica Fooks)
Joy Franklin, Hoon Jung Kim, and Johan Tang, (photo by Merica Fooks)
Portland Saturday
Market Opens
17th Season
Saturday and Sunday, March 3-4, is
the grand opening of Portland Saturday
Market's 17th season. The Market, in Down­
town Portland's historic Skidmore District,
offers a festive family outing filled with
food, fun, and fantastic finds.
Craftspeople from all over Oregon and
Washington will greet those who stroll
down the aisles of the Market’s 282 booths
between SW First and Front, under the
Burnside Bridge. There is a myriad of origi­
nal arts, crafts and foods on display every
Saturday and Sunday, making Portland
Saturday Market the largest open-air crafts
market in continuous operation in the United
States.
Portland Saturday Market is open ev­
ery Saturday and Sunday, March through
Christmas. Admission is free. Hours are 10
a jn . to 5 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. on Sunday. Ride MAX free from
Downtown’s Fareless Square to the Skid­
more Fountain stop. Parking validation for
specified lots with minimum $ 15 purchase.
Health Fair Scheduled
The Sacajawea HeadStart on 4800 N.E.
74th Ave., will be having a Health Fair on
Friday, March 9th, 1990 from 10:00 A.M.
to 2:00 P.M. Come andsee the many Health
Booths.
We will also be taking blood pressures.
Professor BodyWise Show from Kaiser
will be the big attention.
Everyone is welcome. If any questions
contact Billie J. McKenzie at 280-5724.
Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs
The Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (O.A.M.E.) was founded by Sam
Brooks in 1987 with a mission to help small minority-owned businesses to integrate into the
larger mainstream o f corporate business.
Presently 210 companies are paid members in O AME. Interestingly not all are minority-
owned. OAME provides various forms of assistance to their members such as technical
assistance (i.e. use of office Fax machines, conference room), resource library, clearing­
house and serves as an advisor to lending institutions.
Working in conjunction with Portland Community College and the Small Business
Administration OAME has set-up the Minority Entrepreneur Program. The project assists
in management training, provided business analysis to help identify company strengths and
weaknesses, consultation regarding marketing strategy and helps develop resources. The
main goal is to develop and strengthen administrators' management skills.
Another project forthcoming is the Ydfetfi Business Program. This program will instruct
youth on guideline to follow in the course of doing business.
OAME is located at 847 N.E. 19th and those interested may call 236-1190 for further
information.
What's Happening At Lewis & Clark
MARCH 2 & MARCH 3
MARCH 9
CONCERT: Gamelan
8:00 P M .
Evans Auditorium
Cost is $7 general admission, $3 for
students andsenior citizens.
CONCERT:
Lewis & Clark W ind Ensemble
8:00 P M .
A gnes Flanagan Chapel
Dave Beckerwill direct the ensemble.
Free.
MARCH 6
MARCH 10
CONCERT:
Lewis & Clark Cham ber Orchestra
8:00 P M .
E vans A uditorium
Program includes music by Rossini,
Ernest Bloch andMozart. Bill Hunt directs
the orchestra. Free.
CONCERT:
Lewis & Clark Chamber Choir
8:00 P M .
Evans A uditorium
Gil Seeley will direct direct the choir.
Free.
MARCH 8
MARCH 11
JA Z Z C O NCERT: W inter Jazz Night
with Lewis & Clark Jazz Ensemble
8:00 P M .
Evans A uditorium
Dave Becker will direct theensemble.
Free.
CONCERT:
Lewis & Clark C om m unity Chorale
4:00 P M .
Evans A uditorium
Jeri Haskins will direct the chorale.
Free.
Citizens of north and northeast Port­
land will have the opportunity to partici­
pate in three district-side workshops being
held in February and March. The date for
these workshops are Saturday, March 3rd
and Saturday, March 24th.
Sponsored by the Portland Planning
Bureau, the workshops are designed to get
input from citizens and interest groups about
the future of the Albina Community Plan
(ACP). These workshops will provide a
forum for participants to be heard and to
share in the creation of the ultimate plan, a
blueprint for revitalization of inner north
and northeast Portland.
Additionally, the workshop will serve
as a mechanism to update the Arterial Street
Classification Policy, a guide to direct the
future development of Portland's transpor­
tation system. City Planning staff will build
an the Economic Development Action Plan,
developed by the North/Northeast Economic
Development Task Force. The Planning
Commission recently approved a planning
process to guide the development of the
ACP.
The ACP total study area includes all
or part o f 13 neighborhoods: Arbor Lodge,
Boise, Concordia, Eliot, Humboldt, Irving­
ton, Kenton, King, Overlook, Piedmont,
Sabin, Vernon and Woodlawn. In addition
to discussing land use issues, participants
will have an opportunity to identify prob­
lems and opportunities within the area and
work with others addressing much broader
issues, including employment, housing,
image, transportation, education, family
services, economic development, public
safety, historical preservation, and capital
improvements.
Earl Blumenauer, Com missioner o f
Public Works, will open the workshops,
along with representatives from the Plan­
ning and Transportation Bureaus who will
be providing information and facilitating
the session.
For more information, contact: Joan
Brown-Kline, 796-7700 or Michael H arri­
son, 796-7700.
A Prayer for the
Children of the ’90s
We Pray for children
Who put chocolate fingers everywhere,
Who like to be tickled.
Who sneak Popsicles before supper.
Who erase holes in math workbooks.
Who never can find their shoes.
And we pray for those
Who stare at photographers
from behind barbed wire,
Who can’t bounce the street
In a new pair of sneakers.
Who never “ counted potatoes,"
Who are bom in places we
w ouldn't be caught dead.
Who never go to the circus,
Who live in an X-rated world.
We pray for children,
Who bring us sticky kisses and
fistfuls of dandelions.
Who sleep with the dog and
bury goldfish.
Who hug us in a hurry and forget
their lunch money.
Who cover themselves with Band-aids
and sing off-key.
Who squeeze toothpaste all over
the sink.
Who slurp their soup.
And we pray for those
Who never get dessert.
Who have no safe blanket to drag
behind them.
Who watch their parents watch
them die.
Who can’t find any bread to steal,
Who don’t have rooms to clean up.
Whose pictures aren’t on
anybody’s dresser.
■Whose monsters are real.
We pray for children
Who spend their allowance
before Tuesday,
Who throw tantrums in the
grocery store and
Pick at their food.
Who like ghost stories,
Who shove dirty clothes under the bed
And never rinse out the tub,
Who don’t like to be kissed in
front o f the carpool,
Who squirm in church and scream
in the phone.
Whose tears we sometimes laugh at.
And whose smiles can make us cry.
And we pray for those
Whose nightmares come
in the daytime.
Who will eat anything,
Who have never seen a dentist.
Who aren't spoiled by anybody.
Who go to bed hungry and cry
themselves to sleep.
■Who live and move.
but have no being.
We pray for children who want
to be earned
And for those who m u st
For those we never give up on
And for those who don’t have a
second chance,
For those we smother . . .
And those who will grab the
hand o f anybody
Kind enough to offer i t
Ina Hughs
B A C K -A -FIG H TER w ith EASTER SEALS
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• M E D IU M CHEDDAR • COLBY • JACK
The Urban League of Portland's
WHITNEY YOUNG LEARNING CENTER
is open for
students in grades 7 -12
who live in N./N.E. Portland.
Congressman Wyden Attends
Ceremony at Eastport Plaza
U.S. Congressman Ron Wyden joined
Eastport Plaza and Marshall cluster schools
in celebration of the 4th Annual Drug and
Alcohol Awareness Week, Feb. 26 through
March 2.1990.
Eastport Plaza has joined with local
elementary schools and middle schools to
put on a Drug and Alcohol Awareness
Week poster contest. Over 1800 posters
created by students at six elementary schools,
two middle schools and Marshall High
School will be displayed at the mall through­
out the week Contest winners will be honored
at a special awards ceremony featuring
Congressman Wyden and several other state,
city and community officials. Over 500
students and their parents and teachers are
The Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Winter Concert will be Sunday, March 11,
at 3:30 P.M. at the Jefferson High School
Performing Arts Center, 5210 N. Kirby,
Portland.
This concert is being held in honor of
Youth Week.
Tickets are $5.00 at the door. Students
are free.
The Concert Orchestra will perform
the London Symphony by Hayden, and the
Little Fugue by J. S. Bach. The group is
conducted by Lajos Balogh.
The Preparatory Orchestra will per­
form works by Weinberger, Dvorak Bizet,
Pachelbel's Cannon, and Eine Kleine Nacht
Music by Mozart. The orchestra is con­
ducted by Lisa Sanders.
The Metropolitan Youth Symphony is
pleased to announced that this is its most
successful season. The Concert group has
been enhanced by wind players from the
Jefferson High School music program, and
has more players than at any time in it’s
history, at over 70 musicians. The reper­
toire of the concert group has been greatly
broadened by the addition o f the Jefferson
wind players.
Students in Mysa are from diverse
cultural and ethnic backgrounds. MYSA is
an organization devoted to educating young­
sters interested in classical music. Among
other activities, it offers sectional practices
lead by members of the Oregon Symphony.
MYSA is pleased to bring the tradition of
classical European music to its new home
in N.E. Portland.
Upcoming events include; a concert in
the Intermediate Theatre with the Jefferson
Wind Ensemble, a Rose Festival Concert,
and a tour this summer of Germany and
Hungary.
District-Wide Workshops
For Albina Community Plan
expected to attend the ceremony.
A special presentation of “ Pinocchio,
or Just Say Nose” was performed by the
Carousel Company, a highly acclaimed
Portland children’s theater.
Featured guests were Little Ricky Rocko,
and the Z100 Jamin’ Salmon, Sgt. McGruff,
a clown serving free popcorn and the Marshall
High school Band.
The awards ceremony will be at 4:00
p.m., Friday, March 2, 1990 in Eastport’s
community room, located across from
Newberry’s.
Eastport Plaza is located at 4000 SE
82nd Avenue, between Powell and Hol­
gate.
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CORRECTION
Last week’s edition printed an article by Mr. J. C. Cowan, manager of Single
Family Housing Portland Development Commission and erronously slated
that PDC will be targeting dollars where they are not need most. The corrected
copy reads where they were needed most. Wc regret any inconvenience this
misprint may have caused.
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