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Fred Meyer’s Annual Christmas Donation To
The Salvation Army And Sunshine Division
Holiday Workshop To Hel Older
Workers Cope With Stress fSeason
The Coalition for Older Worker
Employment is holding a joint meeting
for participants of older worker em­
ployment and training programs to learn
how to overcome holiday stress and
depression. The half-day workshop is
scheduled for Friday, December 11th at
Portland Community College’s South­
east Campus, 2850 S.E. 82nd Avenue,
from 9:00a.m. to 12:00 noon. As many
as 200 to 300 older workers are ex­
pected to attend. The workshop will
focus on humor as a primary means of
maintaining a positive altitude this holi­
day season.
Attendees arc being sent by vari­
ous older worker employ ment and train­
ing programs, including programs op­
erated by the American Association of
Retired Persons, EmploymcntTraining
Business Services, Green Thumb, The
Private Industry Council and the USDA
Forest Service. Participants in these
training programs are 55 years or older
and residents of either Claskamas,
Multnomah or Washington county or
southwest Washington. The primary
purpose of the workshop is to help
participants deal with feelings of de­
pression and frustration which can of­
ten accompany the holiday season for
those who have very little or no dispos­
able income.
To counter the heavy emphasis on
gil t-giving and spending which barrage
holiday shoppers, speakers at the holi­
day workshop will help participants
rediscover the less commercial aspects
of the season.
Nationally recognized author and
lecturer, Casey Chaney, will provide a
lighthearted discussion on maintaining
a positive attitude through the holidays.
Chaney is author of the two national
best sellers, Pardon My Dust, I'm Re­
modeling and Ready, Willing and Ter­
rified, and has made numerous presen­
tations on personal development, the
development of human potential and
self-esteem all across the country.
Leo Pothetes, a clinical gerontolo­
gist and author of Intervention at any
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Fred Meyer’s annual Christmas
donation to The Salvation Army and
Sunshine Division of food, clothing,
shoes, housew ares, and toys was
launched for 1992 at a kickoff cer­
emony December 8, at Fred Meyer’s
headquarters in Portland.
Hundreds of Fred Meyer employ­
ees gathered for the kickoff at a loading
dock outside the company’s main of­
fice in southeast Portland. After singing
Christmas carols with The Salvation
Army’s brass band, they cheered on a
holiday convoy of Fred Meyer trucks
making the first of a week-long sched­
ule of deliveries to 17 cities in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho,and Utah with mer­
chandise valued at more than $700,000.
“Fred Meyer’s annual gift is the
largest single donation we receive all
year,” The Salvation Army Divisional
Commander, Major Richard E. Love,
told thecrowd. “Fred Meyer’s generos­
Age, will focus on the use of humor to
deal with stress and depression during
the holidays. As part of his presenta­
tion, Pothetes will distribute an advent
calendar for adults with positive
affirmations for each day of the holi­
day season.
Sponsors of thisevent include Port­
land Community College which do­
nated the meeting facility and Kelly
Services and the Senior and Disabled
Services Division which will provide
refreshments. The Salvation Army
Band will provide entertainment, and
participants will be asked to bring a
canned or other non-perishable item
for food baskets which will be raffled
off at various times during the meeting.
While this program is not open to
the general public, members of the
press are encouraged to attend, as many
of the strategies for dealing with the
holiday blues are transferable to people
of all ages finding themselves in ad­
verse circumstances this holiday sea-
son.
2500 People To
Sing In Mall
Winterizing Your Yard Plants
You may have pul away the lawn
mower until next spring but now might
be a good time to do a little bit of yard
work, especially if you want your yard
to return in all its glorious splendor next
year.
Sub-freezing temperatures have
already hit many parts of Oregon. Win­
ter is fast approaching. Caring for your
yard can be a lot like caring for your
automobile. A little bit of winterizing
can go a long way.
“The above ground portion of the
plant at this time is either fully dormant
or close to it,” says Bob Obcrmire,
supervisor of the Oregon Department
of Agriculture’s Nursery and Christ­
mas Tree Program. “In the dormant
condition, most temperate zone plants
are not affected by cold temperatures.
■But now is a good lime to do cleanup
and mulching.”
Cleanup can mean anything from
raking up the leaves to trimming and
pruning of trees. Many Oregonians put
that task off until springtime. Obermire
says getting it done now before it gets
too cold to be outside saves you from
having to worry about it all winter.
Mulching is another smart idea this
time of year. Mulch is defined as or­
ganic material like leaves or straw that
is spread on the ground around plants to
.prevent either the evaporation of water
from the soil, or in this case, the freez­
ing of roots.
Cleanup and mulching go hand in
hand.
“Mulching around the bases of the
yard plants will protect the roots against
lrostor freezing injury,"saysObcrmire.
Fred Bear’s
Holiday Party
At OMSI
Weekend Of
December 19, 20
Join Fred bear and his friends at the
new Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry for Fred Bear’s Holiday Party
on Saturday,Dec. 19 at 9 a.m. and 11
a.m., and Sunday, Dec. 20 at 9 a.m. All
proceeds benefit OMSI.
Fred Bear’s Holiday Party com­
bines breakfast and an original play that
features Fred Meyer’s Ambassador of
Goodwill, Fred Bear, and a cast of four
local actors. The play, written by Port­
land actor and director Dale Johannes,
centers around Fred Bear’s wish to hold
off hibernation longcnough to see Santa
Claus. Musical numbers include tradi­
tional holiday carols, contemporary hits
and even a rap tune. Prizes will be
rallied at each performance.
Tickets lor the show arc available
at all Fred Meyer customer service desks
in the Portland/Vancouver area. Ticket
prices are $8.50 for adults, $7.50 for
senior citizens, and S6.00 for children
16 and younger, and include breakfast,
the show, and same-day admission to
OMSI
“Now is the time to do pruning. Cut out
the old dead limbs and unthrifty portions
of the plant. Prunings and leaves can be
mulched into a compost pile. That, in
turn, can e put on the garden for organic
material.”
Cleaning out a flower bed and put­
ting down a layer of mulch will pay
dividends in the spring.
“You will help yourself as far as
germinating weed seeds come spring,”
addsObcrmire. “Those seeds will germi­
nate but they will be under the layer of
mulch. Some of them, at least, will not
survive. In the spring, that mulch can be
worked into the soil. Mulch also does a
good job of holding any nutrients that are
applied.”
The result can be a healthy environ­
ment that allows plants to grow and
prosper. Most yard plants in Oregon are
well adapted to the local winter. There
are some popular plants that can’t be left
out in the cold, however.
“You do need to be concerned, par­
ticularly if you are growing dahlias and
gladiolus, some of the summer bulbs,”
says robert Ticknor, prolessor of horti­
culture at Oregon State University’s North
Willamette Research and Extension Cen­
ter. “Those plants can get injured if the
ground freezes so they need to be dug and
stored.” Digging up the bulbs is just half
the battle. They need to be stored at low
temperatures. Warm temperatures will
cause them to sprout before the spring.
Crawl spaces and unheated garages are
good places for winter storage.
Surprisingly, heat and sunlight can
actually do more damage than snow, ice
and low temperatures.
“A lot of what we want to do is to
keep the sun off the plants, particularly
when things are frozen,” says Ticknor.
“The sun hits it and thaws it fast and that
can cause injury to the plant.”
Wrapping a plant in burlap or white
polyethylene is a popular form of protec­
tion. Ticknorrecommends the whiteplas-
tic over black plastic. While bounces the
sunlight so the temperature change is
slow. Black plastic absorbs the heat and
thaws the plants more quickly and dra­
matically.
Again, most plants will come back
strong under a normal Oregon winter
even w ithout assistan ce form the
homeowner or gardener.
Snow will not hurt the plants and
perhaps can help. Snow melts.
What if our winter is interrupted by
a warm spell? Will plants be fooled into
thinking it’s spring?
“That is possible but it usually takes
a fairly long period of warm weather,”
says Ticknor. “One warm day usually
isn’t going to trigger plants into activ­
ity.”
A little tender loving care this time
of year can be a big boost for your yard
plants but not really a necessity for their
survival, for all of those gardeners and
yard slaves who want to go dormant with
their plants this winter, that’s probably
okay.
“Plants have lived for millions of
years,” Ticknor points out. “They got by
without us in winters past.”
For more information, contact Rob­
ert Ticknor at 678-1264, Bob Obcrmire
at 378-6458 or Bruce Pokarney at 378-
3773.
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ity every Christmas epitomizes the spirit
of sharing and caring that is so impor­
tant during the holiday season.”
Sgt. Jeanne Bradley, commander
of the Portland Police Bureau’s Sun­
shine Division, said, “Fred Meyeragain
has made its huge annual Christmas
donation that is so important to our
holiday collection efforts. Moreover,
by focusing community attention on
the great need for donations at Christ­
mas, it helps us to fill the Sunshine
Division food collection barrels we now
have located in stores throughout the
Portland metropolitan area.”
Robert G. Miller, chairman of the
board and chief executive officer of
Fred Meyer, told the crowd, “Our an­
nual Christmas donation symbolizes
Fred Meyer’s continuing commitment
to the communities we serve. We have
been making the donation every year
for more than half a century and are
One of the traditional highlights of
the Christmas season at Jantzen Beach
Center is festive caroling in the Mall by
local school, church, and community
groups.
Jantzen Beach Center will hostover
50 different performing groups during
the holiday season. Groups will include
high school jazz bands, local school,
pre-school, and church choirs, Camp­
fire groups, a youth symphony playing
excepts from the Nutcracker, and pag­
eant queens displaying their talents.
Groups will perform everyday un­
til Christmas. For more information on
performance times, contact (503) 289-
5555 or (206) 699-4644.
Jantzen Beach Center, owned by
The Prudential Insurance Company of
America, is located on Hayden Island
off Interstate 5 on the Columbia River.
Congressman
Ron Wyden To
Hold Town
Meetings
Congressman Ron Wyden will be
holding town meetings on December
12th and 13lh.
1. December 12,1992 - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Rose City Park Presbyterian Church
Fellowship Hall
N.E. Sandy & N.E. 44th
Portland
2. December 12,1992 - 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Wood Village City Hall
2055 N.E. 238th Dr.
Wood Village
3. December 13,1992 - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Odd Fellows Auditorium
3214 S.W. Holgate
Portland
“People are welcome to come and
express their views & concern for the
new administration”
proud locarry on the tradition this Christ­
mas.”
Following the ceremony, a truck
loaded with merchandise burst through
a banner with the first of a week-long
series of deliveries. More than $50,000
o f food, clothing, shoes, toys, and
housewares was earmarked for The Sal­
vation Army in Portland and another
S50,000-plus in merchandise was bound
for Portland’s Sunshine Division.
The 17 cities receiving the annual
Christmas contributions this year from
Fred Meyer are Portland, Salem, Eu­
gene, Roseburg, Medford, Grants Pass,
Klamath Falls, Bend, Newport, Coos
Bay, and The Dalles, Ore.; Seattle,
Tacoma, Bremerton, and Vancouver,
Wash.; Boise, Idaho; and SaltLake City,
Utah.
Fred Meyer is a $2.7 billion retailer
with 124 stores and 24,000 employees
in seven western states.
Project Happy Holidays
Delivers The Goods
KOI N-T V and KUPL Radio would
like to thank all those individuals who
made Project Happy Holidays, our an­
nual food drive for the Portland Police
Bureau’s Sunshine Division, such a
major success.
More than 650 cars & trucks
stopped by our location at the Oregon
Convention Center Saturday, Novem­
ber 28 to drop off more than 25,000
pounds of food. The food will help
thousands of families in the Portland
metropolitan area have a happy and
brighter holiday season, according to
Sergeant Jeanne Bradley, commander
of the Sunshine Division. This event
has collected more than 72,000 tons of
food over the past six years.
In addition, KOIN-TV will pro­
vide a portion of the proceeds from two
local events it is sponsoring, Sesame
Street Live'., and The Wrangler Pro
Rodeo, to The Sunshine Division as a
further commitment to this worthwhile
cause.
KOIN-TV is a division o f Lee En­
terprises, Inc. Lee owns and operates
seven affiliated television stations; pub­
lishes directly or through its 19 daily
newspapers and 35 weekly and spe­
cialty publications; and manufactures
graphic art products for the newspaper
industry through NAPP Systems, Inc.,
in San Marcos, California.
December Is “ Drinking And
Drugged Driving Awareness” Month
December has been declared Drink­
ing and Drugged Driving Awareness
Month by Gov. Barbara Roberts. This is
the 1 Oth year that speclal holiday activi­
ties will be held statewide designed to
encourage people not to drive under the
influence of alcohol or drugs.
“Each year, about 250 people die in
alcohol-related traffic crashes in Or­
egon,” said Jill Vosper, speaking for the
Oregon Dc partmen t of Transportation ’ s
Traffic Safety section. “Last year, 20
people died in alcohol-related traffic
crashes between Thanksgiving and New
Years day.”
“Because the holiday season tradi­
tionally is a time for parties and alcohol,
we’re urging everyone to make a special
effort not to mix drinking and driving,”
Vosper said.
Combining alcohol and gasoline
makes for a volatile mixture, she added.
Most people are unaware that even one
drink can seriously impair driving skills.
“While it may be legal for you to drive
after one or two drinks, you are four
times more likely than a non-drinking
driver to be involved in a fatal crash,”
Vosper said.
“At 0.08 percent blood alcohol con­
tent, the level at which you are consid­
ered impaired under Oregon’s implied
consent law, you are six limes more
likely to be involved in a fatal crash. And
at 0.15 percent, you are 25 times more
likely to be killed in a car accident.”
The N atio n al A sso ciatio n of
Governor’s Highway Safety Represen­
tatives also has named December as
“Drunk and Drugged Driving Preven­
tion Month” to heighten public aware­
ness about the dangers of impaired driv­
ing. This year’s theme is “Take a stand:
Friends don’t let friends drive drunk.”
“Remember, your best defense
against a drunk driver is wearing your
safety b elt That’s why it’s the law in
Oregon to buckle up,” Vosper said.
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