April 1 5 ,1992...The Portland Observer...Page 3
NEWS AROUND TOWN
Free Health Screenings
for Seniors (Age 55+)
Offered at
Neighborhood Sites
L.I.F.E. Center Unveils
25th Anniversary Mural
Low Income Families Emergency
(L .IJ’.E.) Center members and guests
celebrated 25 years of community ser
vice April 11 with the 2 p.m. unveiling
of a 450 square foot, outdoor mural at
2746 N.E. Martin Luther King Blvd.
An open house followed the unveiling.
Portland muralist Isaka Shamsud-
Din created the $20,000 mural, a picto
rial narrative of the people and pro
grams at the Center. He spent more than
200 hours designing and painting the
twelve plywood panels that are mounted
on the two front walls of the building.
Shamsud-Din donated most of his time
to defray L.I.F.E. Center costs.
“This mural celebrates the spirit of
L.I.F.E. Center, all the people we have
helped and the community we serve.
We commemorate the last 25 years, but
also look to the needs of today. Poverty
still exists, and so we carry on the
fight,” said Director Charles Carter.
The Low Income Families Emer
gency Center is a nonprofit, United
Way agency that fills more than 35,000
requests for food, clothing and house
hold items each year to people through
ou t M u ltn o m ah , W ashington,
Clackamas and Clark Counties.
M ay 1, 1992: V olunteers of
America, 537 S.E. Alder, 9 a.m. to
noon. Please call 232-2233 to schedule
appointment.
May 8, 1992: EASTCO Loaves
and F ishes, St. Aidans Episcopal
Church, 17405 N.E. Glisan, 9 a.m. to
noon. Please call 255-9775 to schedule
appointment.
May 15,1992: OASIS,City Center
Meier & Frank, 10th Floor, 621 S.W.
Fifth Ave., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please call
241-3059 to schedule appointment.
May 22,1992: Sellwood Moreland
Loaves and Fishes, 1814 S.E. Bybce
Blvd., 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Please call
235-0112 to schedule appointment.
May 29, 1992: Hollywood Senior
Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave., 9 a.m. to
noon. Please call 288-8303 to schedule
appointment.
Among the services at the screen
ings are blood chemistry tests which
include cholesterol, glucose, and ane
mia measurements, blood pressure, lung
function and hearing testing. Vision
and glaucoma assessments, nutritional
counseling and foot care evaluation are
also usually offered.
A ppointm ents are Necessary and
may be made by calling the screening
site. There is no charge for the screen
ings which are funded by Legacy Health
System hospitals and healthcare orga
nizations.
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Adoption Sunday To
Celebrate Adoptive
Families
April 26,1992 is “Adoption Sun
day.” On this day, pastors around the
city will be recognizing adoptive fami
lies in their congregation and encourag
ing others to adopt. They will lead their
congregation in prayer for the children
whostill await families and will take up
an offering to support the recruiting
efforts to find families for the children.
Adoption Sunday is an annual cel
ebration sponsored by One Churc h, One
Child, to promote awareness of the
need for more African American adop
tive families. There are presently ten
African American sibling groups of
two children ranging in ages 3-12; there
are also single children available. Lov
ing families are urgently needed for
these children. Financial assistance is
available for most children. Informa
tion meetings are held once a month;
persons interested in knowing more
about adoption are invited to call the
One Church, One Child office at 285-
7634.
There are local pastors and minis
ters who have either adopted or are
foster parents. They are not only advo
cating that others adopt but are ex
amples that adoption is a viable family
plan.
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Forum To Discuss
Critical Need
In Foster Care
Serving the Hispanic
Population
Imagine waking up in a strange
home, and not being able to communi
cate with the people there, because you
don’t speak English. That was the real
life frightening situation for three His
panic children who were removed from
their parent’s home during a night drug
raid and were placed in foster care.
Currently, only a small percentage
of Hispanic children in the foster care
system are placed in homes culturally
and linguistically compatible for them.
Because of the strong need for Hispanic
foster and adoptive fam dies, Ch i ldren ’s
Services Division will host a day long
forum to discuss, educate and highlight
the importance of cultural competency
in the Hispanic community.
The Hispanic Forum 1992 seeks
not only to provide awareness to social
service workers about the special needs
of the Hispanic population, but to re
cruit and offer information to Hispanic
families interested in becoming foster
or adoptive families.
Hispanic Forum 1992 will take
place May 8th at St. Anne’s Catholic
Church, 1015 S.E. 182nd Ave. in Port
land. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.
Harvey Scott Student
Samantha Moreland Is
National Contest
Winner: Nickelodeon
Takes Over Portland
Elementary Schoo,
Nickelodeon, the children’s tele
vision network, arrived in Portland on
April 9, 1992 to take over the Harvey
Scott School. The students had a day
filled with scientific fun, obstacles ga
lore, musical treats, cartoon characters
and more. Samantha Moreland, a stu
dent at Harvey Scott School, won a
national contest sponsored by Nickel
odeon, “NICKELODEON takes Over
Your School Sweepstakes”.
Mayor Clark visited the scene of
the “Take Over” to officially proclaim
april 9th as “Nickelodeon Day."His visit
coincided with the stage show presented
for students and teachers. Grand prize
winner Samantha Moreland became the
star-for-a-day as film crew and cast
arrived to turn the school into a giant
Nickelodeon set. On Saturday, May
1st, Nickelodeon will air a special “O-
Zone” from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. featuring
the kids from Harvey Scott School.
C o n g ratu latio n s to Sam antha
Moreland and to the students and teach
ers of Harvey Scott Elementary School!
E.O.T.’s Voter
Registration Drive
Eyes On Tomorrow (E.O.T.), a
non-profit organization, comprised of
Black College Alumni, will hold a Voter
Registration Drive for Portland’s Inner
City on April 25, 1992 from 10am-
2prn. The registration will take place at
Geneva’s Sheer Perfection, located at
5601 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
E.O.T. is an organization made up
of members who serve as mentors and
positive role models to inner city youth
as well as to the community. The pur
pose of E.O.T. is to reach high school
and junior college transfer students to
broaden their view on Historically Black
Colleges and Universities. This is ac
complished through workshops, semi
nars and outreach programs. The voter
registration drive is one of several
projects that E.O.T. is currently in
volved in. For more information please
contact Kim Irwin, E.O.T. Public Rela
tions Coordinator at 281 -5511.
English Classes
April 13-17 is ESL Awareness
Week. We are writing to let your read
ers know about ESL and how important
it is to us, and to them. ESL means
English as a Second Language, and
refers to the classes we are taking here
at PCC Cascade Campus.
Jantzen Beach Center
Hosts Student
Environmental Display
April is “KIDS’ M O N TH ” at
Jantzen Beach Center. A variety of fun
and educational activities will be hosted
throughout the month, including a four-
panel, 24-foot long mural of North
Portland's Smith and Bybee lakes.
This mural was created by 70 sixth,
seventh and eighth grade students from
George Middle School’s Applied Learn
ing Program. The Portland Parks Bu
reau conceived the idea, the M etropoli
tan Service District funded the project,
and the students created this fine work
of art.
This project was integrated into the
school’s overall curriculum. It blended
science, ecology, creative writing,
drawing and painting. In addition, stu
dents learned issues that affect this frag
ile area, why it's important, and what
they can do to help protect it.
This mural will be on display
through the month of April. For more
information, call (503) 286-9103 or
(206) 699-4644. Jantzen Beach Center
is located on Hayden Island, 1-5 exit
308, minutes from downtown Portland
and Vancouver.
Sabin National Finalist for
Multicultural Festival
The Sabin Community Association
is one of four finalists for the national
Neighborhoods U.S.A. Neighborhood
of the Year Award in the Social Needs
category. Sabin has been invited to give
a presentation at the Neighborhoods
U.S.A. national conference in Anchor
age, Alaska May 13-16. Sabin, an inner
Northeast Portland neighborhood, is
being recognized for their annual
Multicultural Celebration and Commu
nity Resources festival and community
d ev elo p m en t e ffo rts. H o sfo rd -
Abemethy, of Southeast Portland, is
one of four national finalists in the
Physical Improvements category for the
West Clinton Target Area Improvement
Plan.
With a grant from the Oregon Com
munity Foundation’s Neighborhood
Partnership Fund, Sabin organized its
first annual Multicultural Celebration
in summer of 1991. The gala event was
attended by over 1500 neighbors and
community folks. Two full stages of
professional and local entertainment
celebrated the ethnic and multicultural
diversity of inner Northeast An Inter
national Marketplace and ethnic food
vendors provided local craftspersons
with an opportunity to sell their wares.
Over 35 com m unity organizations
shared information about programs and
services in such areas as housing, jobs,
childcare and parenting, healthcare,
youth programs, senior services, envi
ronmental awareness, public safety,
mass transit, and city services. Over 15
booths of children’s activities and a
schedule of New Games and special
events delighted hundreds of commu
nity children.
Sabin is currently seeking donar
tions to help defray costs o f attending
the National Neighborhoods U.S.A.
conference to showcase their achieve
ments before a panel of judges. If se
lected as National Neighborhood of the
Year in the Social Needs category,
Sabin Community Association will re
ceive a grant for this year’s Multicultural
Festival.
Sabin residents are in the process
of planning for the 1992 Multicultural
festival, scheduled for August 30th.
Payless Drug Store has donated their
PRO-motion trailer, the most techno
logically advanced, completely self-
contained mobile sound stage of its
kind. The Sabin Multicultural Planning
Committeeis meeting onSunday, April
26th at 3:00 p.m. at 1905 N.E. Going.
The coordinating committee welcomes
community participation on any of
nearly a dozen sub-committees work
ing on various aspects of the festival.
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Metro Invites Artists
From Oregon and
Washington to Apply
For Public Art
Commission For the
New Headquarters
SAFEWAY
Artists from Oregon and Washing
ton are invited to apply for Percent for
Public Art commissions for the Metro
politan Service Districts’ (Metro) new
headquarters building. The former Sears
and Roebuck building, bounded by
Grand Avenue, Irving Street and Lloyd
Boulevard in Northeast Portland, will
be completely renovated and trans
formed into the new headquarters.
The budget for the public art will
be $75,OOO-$8O,OOO. The Public Art
Committee has selected two sites as the
focus for the public art. They are the
plaza paving at the entrance to the
building and the main corridor of the
building. Proposals for the corridor may
address the skylight area as well as the
pedestrian level. The artwork for the
new headquarters should reflect Metro’s
goal to protect and enhance livability in
the region. These goals are achieved
through participation and cooperation
among the citizens and governments of
the region.
The deadline for submissions is
May 15,1992
Metro’s Percent for Art program is
administered by the Metropolitan Arts
Commission.
Artists interested in receiving a
prospectus for the competition should
call (503) 796-5111 and ask for the
Metro Headquarters RFP, or send a
self-addressed stamped envelope to:
Metro Headquarters Public Art Project,
Metro. 2000 S.W. First Avenue, Port
land, OR 97201.
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