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A rtists & Crafts People
Over 55 Years Over 55
Years Of Age
Gift From Employees
To Benefit Cares
Program
P.A.T.A. Announces
Equity/Non-Equity
Auditions
OASIS (Older Adult Service and
Information System) at Meier & Frank
invites you to submit your work for
inclusion in the second Annual
"Eye of Time"
Art Exhibition
Kristy Edmunds, Curator Oregon
Art Institute
The Eye of Time exhibit commit­
tee includes volunteers and friends of
O AS IS, com m i tied to prov iding oppor­
tunity for older adults to show their art
to the community. Committee chair­
person is Amy Osaki, Education cura­
tor, Oregon Art Institute. OASIS is
sponsored locally by Legacy Health
System and Meier & Frank.
For more information about this
show or to receive an entry form call,
241-3059 or write to:
OASIS
c/o Meier & Frank
621 S.W. 5th
Portland,OR 97204
Deadline for receipt of entries and
documentation is 3:00 p.m., April 15,
1992
McCall Heating company employ­
ees will wrap up a month-long fund­
raising effort with a yard sale on March
28,1992 from 10am -4pm , at 1650 NE
Lombard. All proceeds will be donated
to Emanuel Hospital's Child Abuse
R esponse & E v alu atio n S ervice
(CARES) program.
The fund-raising campaign was ini­
tialed by MCall employees as a Christ­
mas gift to Jim Coon, Chief Operating
Officer of McCall Heating Company.
Mr. Coon and his wife Gloria, are active
contributors and volunteers at the
CARES program. Other fund-raising
activities during the month included
bake sales, a raffle, and cash donations.
"We wanted to give Jim something
meaningful for Christmas," said Sha­
ron Gottwald, an employee who is spear­
heading the fund-raiser. "CARES is a
program that is close to his heart, so our
gift to him was to give to the children
who are served by this program. It's
much more memorable experience for
the employees to do something like this
rather than purchasing a traditional gift.
We get something out of it too."
The CARES program at Emanuel
Hospital provides a centralized assess­
ment center for children who may have
been abused or neglected. Il helps
minimize further trauma by responding
quickly and coordinating expert evalu­
ation and referral services in one loca­
tion.
MCall Heating company is one of
the Northwest’s largest healing oil com­
panies, serving approximately 14,000
customers in the Portland area. The
company and its employees are active
supporters of community programs.
MCall is a recent sponsor of Volunteers
of America's Adopt-A-Family program
and employees have adopted families
each Christmas for four years with the
help of a corporate donation matching
program
Equity and non-Equity actors in­
terested in being considered for the
upcoming theatre season take not: The
PATA-sponsored joint auditions are
scheduled for Saturday and Sunday,
April 25 and 26. On April 25 the
auditions will be held at Firehouse The­
atre, 1436 SW Montgomery from
10:30am to 4:30pm. On April 26 the
auditions will be held at Echo Theatre,
1515 SE37th (off Hawthorne Blvd.) in
Portland from noon to 4:30pm.
Approximately 20 companies will
be represented at these auditions, in­
cluding new Rose, Stark Raving, Or­
egon Shakespeare Festival/Portland,
Portland Repertory Theatre, Lakewood
Theatre company, Sylvia's class Act
Dinner Theatre, Portland Black Reper­
tory Theatre, Oregon Stage company,
Triangle Productions, Musical com­
pany, Oregon One Act Festival, IFCC
and Artists' Repertory Theatre.
These Auditions Are By Appoint­
ment Only!
PATA will be taking appointments
at the following times only: Pre-regis­
tration for PATA members will be Tues-
day, April 7 from noon to 3pm. The
number to call is 241-4902. All others
can register on Wednesday and Thurs­
day, April 8 and 9 from noon to 3pm at
241-4902. Auditions will be scheduled
in 5 minute intervals and this time limit
will be carefully monitored. Actors
may present two contrasting one minute
monologues or a one-minute mono­
logue and a one minute song. Actors
who wish to sing will have access to an
accompanist on Sunday between noon
and 2pm. Those scheduled at other
times should be prepared to provide
their own accompaniment, live or taped
(tape players are not provided). No
accapella, please. Artists of color are
encouraged to audition. Actors must
also submit 24 copies of their resume
and head shot (xeroxed or stapled back
to back) to PATA no later than April 20
at 4:30pm.
For more info, call PATA at 241-
4902.
The Art of Collections
Such disparate objects as bowling
balls, plastic box purses, four leaf clo­
vers and false teeth come together in the
Hoffman Gallery’s April Show, Col­
lections. The show, which is curated by
Christine Clark, Metal Department
Head and Hoffman Gallery exhibitions
committee member, highlights some
unusual collections by Portland area
residents.
“Thematically,” said Clark, “the
show isaboutcollectionsof things where
each object is beautiful in itself. It’s not
the numbers that make these collec­
tions special: it’s that the collector has
chosen each individual piece as some­
thing special.”
Dale: April 2-28, 1992
As an accredited, independent craft
school offering full-time studio classes
in Book Arts, Ceramics, Drawing, Fi­
bers, Metal, Photography and Wood,
the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts is
the only school of its kind in the nation.
Along with year-round studio instruc­
tion, the School offers public work­
shops, a lively exhibitions program and
support for regional artists whose work
is carried in the sales gallery. As the
only full-time, college-level institution
in the country with this singular empha­
sis on crafts, Oregon School of Arts and
Crafts serves a diverse community.
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After interviews with the ten final­
ists, the panel of judges will choose
recipients on the basis of academic
performance and participation in extra­
curricular activities.
Founded in 1869, Oregon Episco­
pal School is located on a 59-acre cam­
pus in Portland’s southwest hills. OES
is the only coed member of the National
Association of Independent Schools
(NAIS) in the Pacific Northwest with a
boarding program. According to its
Statement of Purpose, OES seeks stu­
dents with intellectual promise from
diverse backgrounds for its demanding,
college preparatory, liberal arts pro­
gram. OES enrolls approximately 190
day and boarding students from through­
out the Pacific Northwest and around
the world in its Upper School (grades 9-
12).
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Art Classes Foster
Skills of Aspiring
Young Artists
Classes arc under way for aspiring
young artists at Whitaker Middle School
and Arleta Elementary School to ex­
plore their creative talents as a part of
Pacific Northwest College of Art Ex­
tension Program’s Young ArtistProject.
The classes, which started this month
and will continue for 12 weeks, are
taught by local artists and held Wednes­
days at 2:30 p.m. at Whitaker at 5700
N.E. 39th and at 2:45 p.m. at Arleta at
5109 S.E. 66th Avenue.
Whitaker students will delight in
the fundamentals of drawing and por­
traiture, while Arleta students will ex­
periment in block print, cnarcoals and
pastels. A public exhibit of the stu­
dents’ art will take place following the
end of the 12 weeks at both schools.
The program brings art classes to
artistically gifted kids at risk who may
not have the means or transportation to
attend classes on the campus.
U.S. West Communications pro­
vided PNCA with a $10,000 grant to
this year’s Young Artist Project.
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Educational Seminar:
Understanding Male/
Female
Communication
Differences
A one-day seminar, "Understand­
ing Male/Female Communication Dif­
ferences," will be presented by Alberto
Cereghino and Claudia Derbyshire in
Portland, at the Holiday Inn-Airport, on
April 9,1992, from 8:30am to 4:00pm.
Men and women "speak" different
languages. Although long-ignored, the
gender-based differences in language
may be responsible for more of the
difficulties in male/female professional
and personal relationships than all of
the other gender differences combined.
This seminar will explore the languages
of the genders and teach a common
language for male/female interaction,
so that better professional and personal
relationships can be achieved.
Alberto Cereghino is an interna­
tional business consultant and trainer
for corporations and organizations on
the West Coast. He also has extensive
practical experience in communica­
tions, management, and personnel work,
claudia Derbyshire is a career and per­
sonal development consultant, as well
as an experienced educator. She has
conducted numerous seminars for pub­
lic and private agencies in the Portland
area.
Enrollments are accepted in the
order received until the limit is reached.
Registration is completed by sending
$99 to University Seminars/Sccretarial
Programs, Portland State University,
POBox 1393,Portland,OR97207. For
further details, call University Semi-
nars/Secretarial Programs in Portland,
at (503) 725-4812.
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NIA To Test Non-Drug
Therapies for Hypertension
Medication may be the standard
treatment for high blood pressure, but is
it the only safe regimen? Scientists
supported by the National Institute on
Aging (NIA) and the National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLB1)
will study two non-drug therapies—
weight loss and salt restriclion-to see if
they are safe and effective long-term
substitutes for high blood pressure medi­
cation in older people.
The Institutes have pumped $2.8
million into the first year of a clinical
trial, known as the DIET (Dietary Inter­
vention in the Elderly Trial) study, to
determine how many older people with
hypertension, or high blood pressure,
can be treated safely without drugs. The
study will last for 4 years and follow
900ovcrweightand normal wcightolden
men and women with hypertension.
Dr. Gene Cohen, acting director of
the NIA, says that drug treatment is
effective in controlling blood pressure,
but that it has certain drawbacks. “Medi­
cation is expensive,” he says, “and can
sometimes cause complications, such
as side effects or adverse reactions.
What’s more, many older people lake a
variety of drugs. That can lead to prob­
lems taking the right number of pills,
the right combination, or following the
directions for each different medica­
tion.”
According to Dr. James Cooper,
chief of llic NIA’s cardiovascular pro­
gram, previous studies have shown that
weight loss and sodium restriction arc
effective in controlling high blood pres­
sure in many middle-aged volunteers
for at least 1 year (European Heart
Journal, 1987). “We hope this study
will demonstrate that these dietary in­
terventions are effective in older indi­
viduals, and that the effect is long last­
ing,” he says.
More than half of Americans over
age 65 have hypertension, a persistent
elevation of the diastooc blood pres­
sure above 90 millimeters of mercury
(mmHg). BI imk I pressure is indicated as
a fraction, such as 120/80. The numera­
tor (120) is the systolic pressure-lhe
pressure of blood within the arteries
when the heart is pumping. The de-
nominator (80) is the diastolic pres-
surc-thc pressure in the arteries when
the heart relaxes between beats.
Hypertension can lead to many
serious conditions including stroke,
heart disease and kidney failure. Risk
factors include family history, obesity,
excessive alcohol consumption, and
diets high in salt. According to the
National Center for Health Statistics,
among people between the ages of 18
and 74, hypertension affects propor­
tionately more men than w omen and a
third more African-Americans than
whiles.
The principal investigators in the
DIET study are William Applegate of
the University of Tennessee, Memphis;
Mark Espeland of Bowman Gray School
of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina; Waller Eltingcr of Wake For­
est School of Medicine, Wake Forest,
North Carolina; John Kostisof the Uni­
versity of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey, New Brunswick; and Paul
Whelton of the Johns Hopkins Univer­
sity School of Hygiene and Public-
Health, Baltimore, Maryland. The in­
vestigators and their research teams
will design and monitor appropriate
interventions to produce weight loss
and reduce sodium intake.
Each center will enroll 225 volun­
teers with hypertension. They will be
separated into two groups: overweight
and normal weight. The overweight
group will be subdivided into four
groups: those who are sodium restricted
and those who are not, and those who
are subject to weight loss interventions
and those who are not. The normal
weight group will be subdivided into
two groups: sodium restricted and not.
Medication will be w ithdrawn from all
volunteers who participate in the study.
The NIA and the NIII. BI are twoof
the 13 National Institutes of Health.
The NIA is responsible for the conduct
and support of research on the aging
process and the study ol diseases and
other special problems and needs of
oliler people. The Mil.BI is respon­
sible for the conduct and support of
research on cardiovasi. ular. pulmonary,
and blood diseases in all age groups.
Senior Property Tax
Deferral Application
Period
New Shuttle Buses
Enter Service At PDX
Just in time for spring break travel,
new buses joined the parking lot shuttle
fleet today at Portland International
Airport (PDX).
In all, 11 wheelchair lift-equipped,
23-passenger buses will debut at PDX
during the next two weeks, according to
Sam Fowler, PDX parking system man­
ager.
The buses replace the oldest mem­
bers of the PDX shuttle fleet, 17-pas-
senger FMCs and 13-passenger Cham­
pions, some of which have been in
service for 16 years or more. Four
members of the current fleet will re­
main in operation and join with the new
buses to expand the fleet size from 13 to
15 vehicles.
"These new buses will enable PDX
to serve more people in a more com fort-
able and efficient manner. We will also
be able to expand our service to include
the disabled population through the use
of the wheelchair lifts,’ Fowler said.
The buses feature decorative exte­
rior graphics that are quite different
from usual buses and add to their ap­
peal, Fowler said.
The buses, costing $131,000 per
bus, were manufactured by Blue Bird
Bus Company.
Nationwide Search
Begins for Ms. National
Beauty 1992!”
Single, married ordivorced women
of all ages are being sought to represent
the fifty states and the Dist. of Colum­
bia in the 1992 Search for Ms. National
Beauty. The national pageantevent will
be held this August in the popular sum­
mer resort of Scottsdale, Arizona.
Candidates will be selected from
each state as official representatives in
the three age divisions: 20-29 years, 30-
39 years, and 40 plus. What makes this
pageant unique is that contestants never
compete with women from a different
age division. State delegates will be
judged in the areas of poise, personality
and appearance. There is no talent com­
petition.
For an application and further de­
tails, please write: Tiara West Associ­
ates, 9305 Hoyleton Way, Elk Grove,
California 95758 or call (916) 684-
8840.
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Property tax deferral applications
for lower income senior citizens should
be filed with county assessors between
now and April 15, reminds the Depart­
ment of Revenue. Oregon homeowners
age 62 or over who meet all the require­
ments may delay paying property taxes
on their residences.
The taxes must eventually be paid,
with interest, when the owner dies,
moves, or sells the property. The de­
ferred taxes are paid by the state. The
amount taxes paid becomes a lien on
your property.
Applications are available at your
county assessor’s office. If your appli­
cation is approved, the State of Oregon
will pay your property taxes for you.
Once you have been accepted into the
program, you don’t have to apply for the
following years. The deferred taxes
paid by the state become a first lien on
your property, except for the liens of
mortgages or trust deeds that were re­
corded before the deferred taxes.
To qualify for the deferral you
must meet the following requirements:
You must be 62 years old by April
15 of the year in which you file your
application.
You must have a recorded deed to
the property or be purchasing the prop­
erty under a recorded sales contract.
Contact your county assessor for more
details.
You must live on the property (ex­
cept for an individual required to be
absent by reason of health, in which
case a doctor's statement is required.)
If the property is owned by two or more
persons, not husband and wife, each
owner must apply, live on the property,
and be age 62 years or older.
Your total household income must
be less than $19,500 for the preceding
year.
Once your are in the program, you
must meet an annual income limit not to
exceed $24,000 federal adjusted gross
income to continue having your taxes
deferred.
Contact your county assessor if
you need an application or more infor­
mation.
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