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Home School Students Show
Off Science Discoveries
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Did you know that there are over
pproximately 1,250 home school stu-
ents in the Portland Metropolitan
trea? Students who attend traditional
education programs have many op
portunities to display their w ork, how
ever, when the class room is at home,
not many people get to see their ac
complishments. A small sample of
approximately 25 students will fea
ture their scientific discoveries at
Jantzen Beach Center on Saturday,
April 17 from 10am to 6pm.
Students participating in Jantzen
Beach Center’s 2nd Annual Home
School Science Fair Exhibit range in
ages 5 to 18. Participating students
“L.A. Is Burning”
To Air On PBS Tuesday, April 27
have entered to win a family member
ship to OMS1 and exhibits will be
judged according to their age category
on complexity, accuracy, and presen
tation.
The public is invited to attend
free of charge. Jantzen Beach Center
is located on Hayden Island, on the
Columbia River, ofT of Interstate 5,
Exit 308. For more information, call
Jantzen Beach Center’s information
line at (503) 289-5555 or (206) 699-
4644.
Float Decorators Needed
For Rose Festival’s Grand
Floral Parade
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis
Selected New NAACP
Executive Director
The board of directors of the na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People selected the
Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. to
serve as the organization’s new ex
ecutive director. Chavis, 45, of Cleve
land, was selected from a field of three
finalists at a special meeting of the
N A A CP's National Board in Atlanta.
Chavis is presently executive di
rector and chief executive officer of
the Commission for Racial Justice of
the 1.7 m illion -m em ber U nited
Church of Christ, with national of
fices in Cleveland A native of O x
ford. N.C., he is an ordained minister
ofthe United Church of C hristand 30-
y ear veteran of the civil rights move
ment.
Chavis received his bachelor ol
arts degree (B.A.) in chemistry from
the University of North Carolina; his
masters of divinity degree (M .D iv),
tunity to tour the Klager Victorian magna cum laude, from the Divintiy
April
1-30 Mother Wit & Horse Sense: farmhouse and stroll the gardens dur School of Duke University and the
doctor of ministry degree (D.Min.)
A Look At Traditional and Contem ing these two weeks only. Gardens
open year-round. $1 donation re from Howard University.
porary' Folk Say ings
Under Chavis’ leadership, the
Exhibit at the Grant House Folk quested Dates arc tentative and will
C
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m
m issio n for R acial Ju stic e
Art Center, 1101 Officers’ Row. Tucs - be determined by the blooming sea
has
sponsored
successful "Freedom
son. 225-8996.
Sun. 10 A m. to 5 p.m. 694-5252
Rides” to the Alabama Black Belt
27
&
30
Kids
club
at
Vancouver
2, 6, 9, 13 & 16 Kids Club at
and to Chicago to ensure voting (Taken From Parade Magazine,
Vancouver Mall 10:30a.m. Free. 892- Mall
rights and enhance voter mobiliza April 18, 1993 issue.)
10:30 a.m. Free. 892-6255.
6255.
A New Orleans police sergeant
28-Mav 1 18th Annual d a rk tion; issued the landm ark report.
17 Swift Auction
T oxic W astes a n d Race in the who became the city 's most successful
county
Quilters
Quilt
Show
Red Lion Jantzen Beach, 909 N.
Turning Point Christian Center, United States; sponsored the First homicide detective, solving 98 per
Hayden Island Dr., Portland, OR
3609 Main St Over 100 new and National people of Color Environ cent of her cases, said she did so
Annual elegant auction and dinner
m ental L eadership Sum m it; and despite two strikes against her.
M onies raised support non-profit or antique quilts Demonstrations of vari
“Here 1 was, a black w om an-and
lias provided national leadership
ous
quilting
and
handw
ork
techniques.
ganizations in Southwest W ashing
in e ffo rts to stein th e rise o f a dark-complected black woman at
Q
uilters'
bazaar
W
e
d
,
Fri
&
ton 4 p.m. to midnight $100 per
racially motivated violence in the that.” declared 36-ycar-old Jacklcan
person or $150 per couple 693-5855 Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p m . Thurs. 10 a.m.
United States Chavis is involved in Davis in an inters icw to be published
to
8
p
m
$2
general
admission,
$1
20 & 23 Kids Club at Vancouver
numerous other committees and or this Sunday in PARADE, where she is
students. 696-2474
M all 10:30 a m. Free 892-6255.
pictured on the cover.
April 1-30 Earth Action Month, ganizations
24 Yang Feng Puppet Theatre
Davis, who overcame a child
Chavis
writes
a
weekly
syndi
Columbia Arts Center, 400 W Environmental Information Center,
hood
of abuse and poverty to graduate
cated
column.
Civil
Rights
Journal,
699-3325
Evergreen Blvd
which appears in over 300 papers from high school and enter the police
April
3-May
1
Spring
Clean-Up
Chinese talcs told by master pup
Vancouver neighborhoods, 696- nationally, and is sent to over 1,000 academy, said she decided years ago
peteer Yang Feng. 2 & 4 p m perfor
individuals, organizations and press that she was going to make something
mances. $8 adult. $6 child (subject to 8222
contacts. The commentary is also car of herself.
April
12
Citizen
Forum.
Harney
additional service and handling fees).
Raised by a great-aunt who was a
Heights Neighborhood Association, ried by four national radio networks
695-3050.
prostitute,
Davis was sexually abused
and
numerous
local
stations
for
a
com
24-Mav 9 Hulda Klagcr Liclac 696-8222
bined national audience of over 20 by the aunt’s husband She later be
April
14
Arbor
Day,
W
aterfront
G ardens & Annual Open House 115
came pregnant by the first boy she
million people per week.
South Pekin Road. Woodland Oppor Park. 696-8031
dated as a teenager. "1 was on wel
fare,” she recalled "1 knew I had to
How wou Id you like to raise money
or your non-profit group and have a
;reat time decorating the elaborate
loats in the 1993 Delta Air Lines
jra n d Floral Parade'’ The Rose Festi
val Association now looking for float
lecorators
T h is is an o p p o rtu n ity for
non-profit groups o f 20 or more
people to make from $400 to $1.000
while participating in the fun and
excitement of the second-largest all
floral parade in the nation Flat deco
rators must leave their name, number,
address and the size of their group
with the Rose Festival office at 227-
2681. The names of interested parties
will be passed on to the professional
builders who design and construct the
floats.
The 1993 Delta Air Lines Grand
Floral Parade will take place on Satur
day, June 12 beginning at 10am at
Portland's Memorial
Coliseum The parade will be seen
by some 500,000 spectators lining the
streets of Portland and by an addi
tional 25 million households watch
ing the parade on television.
The Rose Festival runs June 3-27
and the theme is "Among My Souve
nirs.”
The Rose Festival Airshow is July
16-18 at the Hillsboro Airport
Vancouver Community
Calendar
One year after Los
Angeles' three days and
nights o f beatings, looting,
a burning, how well do we
understand what happened
the re-and why? In "L.A. Is
Burning," airing Tuesday,
April 27, at 9pm, on PBS
(check local listings,
Frontline revisits Los
Angeles to explore those
questions through the eyes
o f five people who have
thought and written about
the city from the
perspectives o f its different
communities, races, and
classes. Tracing the
chronology' o f events from
the moment the Rodney
King verdict was
announced, through the
next seventy-two hours of
rampage and deaths, to
present-day’ L.A., this
examination o f what
happened becomes a larger
essay on why Los Angeles is
a warning signal.
Top New Orleans Detective Had To
Overcome Being Black And A Woman
Vancouver unveils 10-year annexation plan for urban area
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ancouver chy otikutH recently unveiled a
V
The plan xs as dex eloped by the city as part ot
a negotiated agreement with Clark County last
draft planning document detailing the
city's intent to annex urbanized areas adjacent
to the city over the nest Id years It identifies
year during the Vancouver M all area annexation.
Il calls for eventual annexation o f all areas serx ed
by the city's xsater/sanilary sewer utility, plus the
IS neighboring areas and lists approximate
Hazel Dell area.
The plan states that "Vancouver City Council
timelines for each annexation.
believes annexation ol the Vancouver Lrban
Serx tee Area IS needed to adequately serx e tire
area and to properly plan for its continued
development.' Il adds that council "heliexes each
resident and property owner should haxe access
to all information needed to evaluate and make
responsible decisions relative to urban serx ices
and boundary changes.'
The plan is broken down into three time
periods short term (1-3 years), mid-term <2-5
sears) and long-term 15-10 years). City officials
w ill work directly with property owners who
want to annex, \reas in the short term phase
include West Minnehaha. Ellsworth.Casca.le
Park and the western part o f the Port of
V ancouxer Areas included in the mid and long
term phases include Evergreen. Orchards East
Minnehaha, fix e Comers. Walnut Ciroxe. l ake
Shore. Salmon Creek and Felicia
Vancouver City Council has already received
petitions from owtiers representing I f ' (vrsenl o f
V police M o t i t p u in a h one exam ple o f the mans
u r t u ll- k x r t xt rxieex the t i l l has exh nd o t into the
nexxlx annexed Xaneouxer Siati area xinct .Ian
I.
the property ' alue in the W es| Minnehaha area
Petitions representing the required 75 {vreent of
.I..2S x ora
«»n»rtl*d
In K’ to <x be
llt’t'lf1
the __.
property
alue
are expected
collected
by the end o f April. This w ill follow a city
serx ices Information Fair in the area.
State law allow s cities to either collect
petitions or hold elections to decide
annexations. Oxer the years, the City o f
Vancouxer has preferred the more grassroots
driven, person lo-person petition method.
Presentation o f the city's 10-year annexation
plan closely follows the successful annexation
erf the Vancoux er Mall/Fourth Plain area. A
recent census o f that area put me population at
6.693. Additional state money coming back to
the community as a result o f the annexation w ill
total oxer S350.OOO annually.
If the entire area detailed in the ten-year plan
is annexed. Vancouver would grow from the
state's ninth to fourth largest city.
The stale recognizes the role o f cities as
urban serx ices pros iders. Counties are created
to prox ide regional serx ices. State funding
formulas and lax structures fax or cities in
meeting their urban serx ices responsibility
Annexation lets cities extend urban-ty|re
serx tees into areas ol need Annexation also
empowers cities to address urban growth issues
which impact live wider community
Questions .’ Call the city's special Annex
ation Hotline at 6l,6 x > s
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make a decision. I knew that if 1 didn't
do something right away, 1 would
probably be on welfare for years.”
"I made a determination,” she
ad d ed . “ 1 w as g o in g to sta rt
liking Jackie a little bit more. 1 was
going to grow up I knew people
in law caforccincnt, and 1 thought this
would be a mechanism to help me
grow.’’She took the examination for
the police academy and failed it. She
took it again and failed And Again
and again Looking back, she guessed,
she had placed so much emphasis on
becoming a police officer that she
choked “1 was nervous every time,”
she said On her fifth try, she finally
made it. “1 barely passed, but that
didn't matter What was important
was that I passed ”
After graduating from the acad
emy, Davis volunteered for duty in
some of New O rleans’ highest-crime
areas and gained a reputation for her
good relations with the residents
She eventually became a hom i
cide detective. “Homicide is consid
ered the cream of the crop,” she said.
But getting there was tough. "O n the
majority of homicide units I’ve seen,”
she said, "recruitment is not always
fair. You have to get past the stigma
of being a female--let alone a black
female.” Rebuffed several times, she
finally was placed on the elite squad
when her work on a rape case helped
lead to the capture of a serial killer.
Two years ago, Davis, who has a
19-y ear-old daughter, was promoted
to sergeant and moved up to the Inter
nal Affairs division Re-calling her
long struggle to get to the top, despite
constant harassment by her co-work
ers, Davis said, “I cried myselfto sleep
many nights My daughter saw me
crying She saw me taking out my
aggressions—sometimes on her, blow
ing up for no apparent reason. We
talked about it, and 1 realized that 1
had to learn to control my anger.”
Standards Urged For Family
Child Care Providers
In an cfTort to raise the standards
of child earc facilities in Oregon.
Representative Lisa Naito (D-Port-
land) in partnership with the Oregon
Commission for Chid Care urged
passage of legislation requiring all
family child care providers to hold a
certificate of registration
"This is a public decision that is
long overdue." said Arlene Collins.
Chair of the Commission "W orking
Mother" magazine recently published
anartielc ranking the top instates for
child care in the Nation I believe
Oregon was not mentioned because
we have no set standards for family
child care In every other respect of
chid care we are doing very well
This bill is the Commission for Child
C are's top priority for this session
Currently in Oregon regulations
concerning child care varies accord
ing to the number of children in
care. F acilities w ith more than
seven children in care are required
to be certified Family chid care
providers, facilities w ith six or
fewer children cared for in the
p ro v id e rs ow n hom e, at th e
p re se n t tim e may v o lu n ta rily
register This bill would require
the family child care providers
also hold a certificate of registration
T he bill also seeks to protect
children by requiring providers
to attend a training on how to
detect child abuse and submitting to
record checks by CSD and law en
forcement
Presently in Oregon there arc
approximately 85,800 children cared
for in about 25,000 family provider
homes Less than one-third of these
prov iders arc v oluntarily registered
“This bill will not make it more
difficult for parents to find child care
or for providers to operate,” Said
Rep Natio “It will ensure parents
that the people caring for their chil
dren have passed certain standards
and that they have received training
on detecting child abuse ”
A public hearing took place
Wednesday April 7,1993 in the House
Committee on Children and Fami
lies Busincssand health profession
als, the M ultnomah County District
Attorney soffice.parentsandfam ily
chid care prov iders testified in sup
port of HB 2657