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Portland Black Repertory Theatre
Postpones Wet Carpets Until 1993 Season
Your Bible is like a high-powered
computer.
The better you know it,
the more it will do for you.
Fall term starts September 28
at
North Portland
Call 288-2919 for a schedule.
uild A Wardrobe With Style
PGE Promo tory Park Resort
t Some special kids will be enjoying
a special day at Portland General Elcc-
tyic C o.’s (PGE) Promontory Park P.e-
so n , located se\ en miles east of Lstac a da
on PGE s North Fork Reservoir, Sun
day, Sept. 13, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
PGE and Holm Bros. Recreation
are sponsoring a barrier-free day ol
outdoor activities for dozens ol dis
abled children. The day will include a
boat cruise around North Fork Lake,
two fishing trii from 20-foot pontoon
boats (one departing at 9:30 a.m. and
(he other leaving at l;30 p.m.), and
lunch.
1 “Getting out and enjoying the great
putdoors isn’t always easy for some
people,” says Larry Sears. PGL com
munity Resources Representative \ \ e
helped organize this fishing day at our
bark to recognize the special needs of
■. ive them a chance to
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Aiding the group with
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needed lisl
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Bros, and it’s
use of the
furnishing
the fishing
suppliers
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food.
Volunteers
from
tackle, boa
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helping
with
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both comp.
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day’s acti\
mazes the need to provide
PGEr
as that have access for
recreation
duals. Already, several
disabled ii
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barrier-tree camp-
of its park
accessible
restrooms,
sites as w
and fishing docks.
. h i is I rec of charge,
limited. To reserve a spot,
i Park at 630-5152. Each
a, one person along to
a ... vitii the fishing activities.
Center in albuquerque, New Mexico,
San Francisco City College, Galletti
Shoes, and the Sewing Workshop. Her
stylist work appears in “Color with
Style,” by Donna Fujii, now available
in bookstores nationwide. Jantzen
Beach Center is located on Hayden
Island off of Interstate 5, Exit 308. The
Center is owned by The Prudential
Insurance Company of America and
managed by Terranomics Retail Ser
vices.
mentary about designs that work best
for different body types. And for those
who don’t want to spend a fortune on
clothes, helpful hints for inexpensive
updates will be discussed.
Kathy McBride is a professional
retail consultant and image marketer
for a diverse clientele ranging from
Princess Cruise Lines to Crocker Gal
leria Shopping Center in San Fran
cisco, CA. Presently she works with
Rodier of Paris, Winrock Shopping
Jantzen Beach Center is hosting
two fall fashion workshops on Satur
day, September 19 at 12 noon and 2
p.m. at the Clock Tower Stage. Na
tional fashion co n su ltan t Kathy
McBride will teach the audience how to
bring new life to old clothes and how to
build a basic wardrobe. She will also
feature the newest fall lashion. The
workshops are free and open to the
public.
Each seminar will include com
The Black United Front will hold a
“Hope and Hard Work” rally to im
prove community safety and quality on
Thursday, September 24,1992 from 7-
9 p.m. at Vancouver Ave. First Baptist
Church located at 3138 N. Vancouver
Ave. The Front has been holding weekly
meetings since June to provide resi
dents with information on how to get rid
of abandoned cars, garbage filled yards,
drug houses and hoe to deal with un
scrupulous landlords. Representatives
from the Police Bureau, Bureauof Build
ings, N.E. Coalition of Neighborhoods,
Fire Bureau and the District Attorney’s
office have been available to provide
assistance to residents.
The Hope and Hard Work Rally
will highlight citizens and organiza
tions that are successfully addressing
issues of safety and livability in North
east Portland. Speakers at the rally will
present specific steps citizens can take
to make dramatic and positive changes
in their neighborhoods. In addition to
speakers the rally will include music
and refreshments. For more informa
tion or to participate please call 289-
0707 or 284-9552.
PORTLAND OBSERVER
‘ The Eyes and Ears ol the Community
Office: (503)288-0033
Fax#: (503)288-0015
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West One
Completes
Acquisition Of 38 Branches
• From Security Pacific Corp. In
Washington
West One Bancorp(NAS AQ NMS:
W est) today announced completion of
its acquisition ol 38 branches from Se
curity Pacific Corp.
West One assumed deposit liabili
ties of S 1.1 billion and acquired loans ol
iS800 million from Security Pacific as
-the result of a definitive agreement
Signed April 2, 1992 with Security Pa
icific Corp an< il BankAmerica Corp,
XNYSE:BAC)i n conjunction with their
«merger.
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West One acquired 38 branches.
llhree business banking centers, two
private banking’ centers, an aulo i mane-
ing center ant 1 a specially corporate
banking center located primarily in the
Puget Sound rt;gion.
“West On«e wiil be the fifth largest
an actor’s workshop for beginning
and advanced actors, instead of di
recting the production. Fifteen actors
of color participated.
Portland Black Repertory is plan
ning a scries of fund-raisers, to pay off
this season’s deficit. A membership
drive is also planned for this fall to
continue building a solid foundation
of support for black theater. For its
membership, PBRT will present a se
ries of play readings of plays being
considered for production during its
1993 season. Wet Carpets, the post
poned comedy drama by Marion X,
will be one of the plays read.
The company will produce a 3 to
4 play Equity season for 1993.
The plan for the Portland Black
Repertory Theatre is to evaluate this
season meticulously, and move for
ward wiser and stronger for the com
ing 1993 season.
thing is very wrong, and we hope to
find out how we can help make things
right. It appears that the black commu
nity just doesn’t have the money to
contribute, outside of the cost of a
ticket, and ticket revenue just won’t
cover the cost if producing theater.
Although we have received largercon-
tributions from some white and black
individuals, than from some corpora
tions. It just wasn’t enough.”
Wet Carpets was scheduled for a
four week run at the Portland Civic
Theater B uilding, Septem ber 18
through October 1 llh. It was consid
ered to be one of the most important
plays of PBRT’s 1992 season, which
opened with the political drams, Fra
ternity, and ended with the musical
comedy, Red Beans and Rice. The
director scheduled to direct, Wet Car
pets, Terry Bellamy, of St. Paul, Min
nesota came to Portland and conducted
Wet Carpets, the third scheduled
production of the poriland Black Rep
ertory Theatre’s 1992 season has been
postponed until next season. Season
ticket subscribers and single ticket hold
ers will have one of three options: 1)
their tickets can be used lor next years
production of, Wet Carpets; 2) they can
donate the tax deduc tible ticket east to
the theater; 3) PBRT will issue a refund.
Refunds may take from 3 to 6 months.
The first Equity season produced
by Portland Black Repertory was, “fi
nancially challenged by a lack ol cor
porate and foundation support”, suited
Producing Artistic Director, Rosemary
Allen. “It’s very rough out her for the
arts no matter what color you are. Yet,
it seems corporations will fund white
theater companies producing black
plays, but they still won’t fund a black
theater company. Our highest corpo
rate contribution was $3,000. Somc-
Black United
Front Rallies To
Improve
Community
Safety And
Quality
A Brand New Store With Over IV2 Acres o f Fabrics! (73,000 SQUARE FEET)
Most C om plete Fabric Store In The West
Velvet««
i.ink in Washington,” said
. i airman and chief execu-
r. West One Bancorp. “We
mug time for this oppor
le Iorward to the chal
lenges ahead.”
s expansion intoW ash-
f ur years ago when the
mmunity banks was pur-
current acquisition in-
( e ’s presence in Wash-
branches, SI.5 billion in
a
,cr 600 employees.
Bancorp is a 125 year
bank holding company
ed in Boise, Idaho, with
l in assets and more than 200
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and Utah.
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