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April 8, 1992...The Portland ()bserver...Page 3
NEW S AROUND
Nickelodeon Takes Over
Portland Elementary School
Ten-Year-Old Portland Girl Wins National Contest
Nickelodeon, ihe only network jusl
fo r kids, w ill arrive in Portland, Oregon
on Thursday, A p ril 9 ih , to take over the
Harvey Scott School. The students w ill
have a day fille d w ith scientific fun,
obstacles galore, musical treats, car
toon characters,and much, much more.
I t ’ s the “ N ickelodeon Takes O ver
Y o u r School Sweepstakes” and ten-
year-old Samantha Moreland o f Port
land is the lucky Grand Prize W inner o f
this prestigious kid event.
The day begins at N ickelodeon’ s
stars arrive on a school bus to take
Samantha to school. Once at school,
M r. Lippm an (M ike Speller), the P rin
cipal from “ Welcome Freshman,” w ill
announce over the P.A. system that
Nickelodeon has taken control o f the
school for a day that w ill go down in
educational history.
In honor o f the event. Mayor Bud
Clark has declared A p ril 9th “ N ickel-
odeon Day” in the c ity ot Portland and
w ill m;tkc a special presentation at the
school. Students w ill run the inlamous
“ Double Dare” obstacle course and w ill
attend a N IC K stage show featuring
Marc Summers ol "D ouble Dare and
“ What W ould You D o” M r. W izard
(Don Herbert), Melissa Joan Hart o f
“ Clarissa Explains II A ll, and Corky
M artin, Robyn Ross and Laura Harris-
Dylan, Brooke and Ashley from “ F if
teen.” In addition, Mr. Wizard w ill per
sonally present the Mr. W izard’s Sci
ence Library to Lou Tesch, Principal o f
the school. Every student w ill receive a
special “ N ick Took Over Scott School”
t-shirl, a Flik-F lak alarm clock from
Swatch, U.S.A.,plusother fun premium
items. The grand finale w ill be at a
concert event by Perspective recording
artists “ M in t Condition” whose lop 10
smash “ Brcakin’ M y Heart (Pretty Brown
Eyes)” is clim bing the music charts.
Emanuel’s ‘Healthy Kids Fair’ Features Free Fun,
Games and Easter Egg Hunt
Emanuel C hildren’s Hospital and
Healthcare Center w ill host its lourth
annual “ Healthy Kids Fair” from 10
a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, A p ril 18.
Free activities for fam ilies include
a Bike R odeo-w here children can ride
their own bikes through a special road
skills course, a Teddy Bear C lin ic —for
children to bring their stuffed animal
friends for repair, Easter Egg H u n ts -
scheduled so children can jo in w ith oth
ers in their age groups, L ife F lig h t
helicopter and ambulance tours, bike
helmet decorating, th u m b cast set
ting, button m aking, face p a in tin g a n d
cookie eating!
The Portland Wheelman Bicycle
Touring Club w ill be on hand to check
Bike Rodeo participants’ bicycles for
safety and maintenance, and guide them
through a skills course where they’ ll be
tested on the “ rules o f the road.” Bike
helmets are required; Emanuel has ex
tras available for those who don’ t yet
have their own.
Easter Egg hunts are scheduled
throughout the day to accommodate a
number o f age groups: 10:30 a.m. and
1:30 p.m. forages 3 and under; 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m. for ages 4-6; 11:30 a.m. and
2:30 p.m. fo r ages 7-8.
Children can meet the L ife Flight
crew, take a look inside a Life Flight
helicopter and get a close-up look at an
ambulance.
Emanuel Hospital & Health Center
is located at the east end o f the Fremont
Bridge.
Emanuel C hildren’ s Hospital and
Healthcare Center is a fu ll service hospi
tal w ith more than 100 beds dedicated to
children and is the most comprehensive
private children’ s hospital in Oregon. It
provides a fu ll spectrum o f care from
mending broken bones to treating seri
ously ill or injured infants, children and
teenagers from throughout the region.
For more information on the Healthy
Kids Fair, call 335-3500.
Emanuel is part o f the Legacy Health
System, which also includes Good Sa
maritan Hospital & Medical Center,
Holladay Park Medical Center, M erid
ian Park Hospital, Mount Hood Medical
Center, and the visiting Nurse Associa
tion.
Needs Headline
The Home owners affected by the
Dom inion Capital Scam, Fred Stewart,
Board Member o f the Northeast C oali
tion o f Neighborhoods and Chairper
son o f the King Neighborhood Associa
tion , and representatives o f the Portland
Organizing Project held a news confer
ence Tuesday, A p ril 2nd, 2:00 p.m. at
the O ffices o f the Pordand Organizing
Project (4610 N. M aryland Ave.).
The purpose o f the conference was
to demand the immediate relapse o f
in fo r m a tio n a bo ut M r. M ic h a e l
Debman’s repurchase plans for the
Dom inion Capital properties and his
intentions for its homeowners. The
imm ediately investigation o f the rela
tionship o f M r. Debman and M r. C. J.
W orm o f Dominion Capital is also be
any o f tuts lniorm ation. It is imperative
for these home owners and our comm u
nity that this inform ation be released so
that we can be assured that another
scam like Dom inion Capital w ill not be
inflicted on our comm unity again.
For further information call Wendy
Peters, leader and spokesperson for the
affected homeowners (257-0492).
Citizens’ Convention on May Ballot
Multnomah County voters w ill de
cide during the May 19lh primary i f they
want a Citizens’ Convention to review
the services o f local governments w ithin
Multnomah County.
I f Ballot Measure 26-6 is approved,
the first step w ill be die selection ol a 13-
person steering committee. The M u lt
nomah C ounty Com m issioners w ill
choose members from lists provided by
the political parties and from at-large
applicants who submit voter petitions.
The steering committee w ill then be
responsible for selecting the 500 mem
bers o f the convention by mid-Septem
ber. Up to 349 delegates w ill be chosen
from political party nominations; the
remaining members w ill be selected at-
large from those who submit voter peti
tions.
Any non-profit organization may
also submit suggested delegates to the
political party organizations.
Employees or elected o fficials o f
the county, Metro or any city w ithin
Multnomah County are prohibited from
serving on the steering committee. H ow
ever, they may be delegates to the con
vention.
The delegates w ill review the opera
tions and services o f local government
w ithin the county, and deliver recom-
Candidates for Portland M ayor w ill
square o ff in a spirited Public Forum on
Wednesday, A p ril 15 in Northeast
Portland’ s Woodlawn neighborhood.
Sponsored by the W oodlawn and Pied
mont Neighborhood Associations, the
Forum w ill run from 7-9 p.m. at
Woodlawn School, 7200 NE 11th.
Confirmed candidates attending are
Earl Blumenauer, Vera Katz, Joseph
D oyle, Barry Bloom , Sardar Singh
Khalsa, Michael Schenatzki, Robert
Domenico, Demetrios D cligiorgis, Tres
Shannon and Peter Nilsson.
According to Woodlawn Neigh
borhood Association President B ill
Weismann, “ The Forum provides resi
dents an opportunity to go beyond cam
paign slogans and learn just where the
candidates stand on our neighborhood
issues. We w ill be looking for the can
didates to offer concrete solutions to
some very real problems.”
A panel o f neighborhood leaders
w ill quiz the candidates on four neigh-
mcndations for change to the Board o f
Commissioners. The proposals w ill be
presented before the end o f the year.
W ithin 90 days the commissioners
must consider each proposal and either
adopt it, refer it to the voters or pass a
resolution exhibiting that the recom
mendation w i 11 not improve the delivery
o f governm ent services w ith in the
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county.
The measure was initiated by the
C oalition for Responsive Government,
representing several citizen organiza
tions. Joe Devlacminck, spearheading
the coalition, says the delegates w ill
represent a broad cross section o f county
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opinions and interests.
Devlacminck emphasized that no
taxpayers’ dollars would be spent on the
convention. Sponsors hope to raise
$2(X),000 for the grass roots project.
The Citizens’ Convention has been
endorsed by llte follow ing organizations:
Citizen involvem ent Committee; O r
egon Am erican Federation o f State,
C ounty and M u n ic ip a l Em ployees
(AFSC M E) Council 75; Central Citizen
B u dg e t A d v is o ry C o m m itte e and
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For more inform ation about the
convention, contact David Levine at
236-3190.
borhood issues: Com m unity policing,
affordable housing, jobs and em ploy
ment, and neighborhood liv a b ility .Can
didates w ill also make opening state
ments and respond to audience ques
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tions.
Forum moderator w ill be Anjala
Ehelebe,pastPrcsidentof the Woodlawn
Neighborhood Association. The Forum
has been endorsed by the Northeast
C oalition o f Neighborhoods.
C hild care w ill be provided on-site
at the School, w ith donations encour
aged. Parents must pre-register their
children by A p ril 13. To pre-register for
ch ild care or for more inform ation on
the Forum call B ill Weismann at 285-
6511.
The W o o dlaw n and P iedm ont
Neighborhood Associations are both
officially-recognized by the C ity o f
Portland as the voice o f neighborhood
residents. They act to improve neigh
borhood pride and liv a b ility and both
having active Foot Patrols to dctercrime.
Vanessa Easter, a fourth-grader at
Irvington Elementary School, was cho
sen Wednesday night as the eighth and
last princess o f the 1992 Portland Junior
Rose Festival Court.
Vanessa, 10, was chosen from
among 147 girls from H ollyw ood D is
trict 1 who sought to represent the area
on the Junior Court.
Bom in Vancouver, Wash., Vanessa
is the daughter o f V i’Ance and Pat
Easter o f Northeast Portland. She has
two brothers, V i’ Ance, 12, and Jamal,
17, and a sister, Victoria, 22 months.
Vanessa is the first g irl in Irvington
School history to win a seat on the
Junior Rose Festival Court.
She is a member o f the Self En
hancement Program which provides
individual counseling, promotes sc'J-
esteem and educational awareness for
youth from elementary through high
school.
Vanessa is the ju n io r head usher at
First Thessalonian Full Gospel Pente
costal Church which her father pastors.
She is also a leader in her church choir.
A past member o f the 4-H club,
horseback riding and horse training was
her focus. She remains very interested
in horses and wants to someday own a
training stables.
Vanessa’ s interests also include,
w riting, computers, track and field,
acting and modeling. She has been in
several fashion shows and models for
Nordstrom .Vanessa also aspires to pro
fessionally apply her acting talent as a
film actress.
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Mr. Debman has refused to release
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Vanessa Easter, first In Irvington
School History To Win A Seat On The
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Ten Mayoral Candidates To Attend NE
Neighborhood Forum
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