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1005 West Burnside Street
9 AM - 11 PM Monday though Saturday
9 AM
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9 pm Sundays
Seniors Needed To Tutor
Elementary Students
OASIS (older Adult Serv ice &
rformation System) is seeking adults
ver age 55 to tutor primary aged
tudents on reading skills in six Port-
ind elementary schools during the
993-94 school year. The OASIS
ntergenerational Tutoring program
rovides 12 hours of free training in
tie language experience approach to
eading and matei ials. before placing
he volunteer with a student for a
weekly session during school hours.
)n-going training and support is pro-
ided to the tutors through the OASIS
trogram. Prospective volunteer tu-
ors should call 241-3059. to register
or an informational program sched-
iled for Wednesday. September 8th.
3pm at OASIS.
The six Portland schools serv ed
will include: Capitol Hill and Smith
in SW Portland. Beach in N Portland.
Chapman in NW Portland and Lents
and Clark in SE Portland. Local spon­
sorship of the program is prov ided
through Meier & Frank, the host spon­
sor o f the OASIS educational pro­
gram located on the 10th floor of the
dow ntown store
OASIS is one of 23 centers across
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STATE FAIR
Clip and save this guide to first days of the Fair.
For example, Friday, August 27 is Care*Free Gum
, when kids 6-
12 get in free. The carnival is free
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from 10 a.m. to noon, and there are
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scads of attractions, including KPTV's Ramblin'
Rod and the Washington Mutual Petting
Zoo. The new
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resort without the snow. Come to the Fair
y S O**
and ride the chair, 20 feet up in the air.
Catch the
Coolest ride thls Slde
of the space shuttle. Three people harness togeth­
er and drop 100 feet, then swing at 40 mph! In
the L. B. Day Amphitheatre, don't miss the Fair's 7
o'clock
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Reserved tickets via Fred
M eyer F a s tix x .
- B u d w e is e r R o c k ’ n
C ountry " pr esen ts :
D a y - o f- s h o w
tickets at the Fair's
box office. Prices for
these shows exclude
fair admission: 8/26
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26.7'^ iravis Tritt & Trisha
Yearwood, with Little Texas; 8/27 George
Thorogood & The Destroyers;
8/28& 29 Tanya Tucker; 8/30
W illie Nelson & Fam ily; 8/31
SWV w/Andy Stokes; 9/1 Chicago;
9/2 Carman; 9/3 Don Williams; 9/4
Louie Louie Party; 9/5 Dwight Yoakam, 9/6 Vince Gill.
AU G U ST 2 6 -S E P T E M B E R 6 IN SALEM
Getting An Early Start Jabare Mitchell o f the Orlando Minority Golf Association gets instruction from
Walt Disney World Head Golf Professional Kevin Weickel during one o f the OMGA's recent visits to the
"Magic Linkdom. ” Nearly 30 Orlando-area minority youths are receiving complimentary instruction and
playing time at Walt Disney World, and later this summer will participate in their first-ever golf
tournament.
lando-area golf course driv ing range
for two years. However. a tournament
has nev er been held for the partici­
pants. W ith the tournament. Weickel
and his team of professionals arc pro­
viding the players w ith the opportu­
nity to showcase their skills.
“It will certainly lead to dev elop­
ing a knowledge o f the game,” Dorsey
said. “Kevin, the other professionals
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their personal growth and meaning­
ful service to the community. Legacy
Health System is an additional spon­
sor of the Portland OASIS.
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The two-year-old Orlando M i­
nority G olf Association (OMGA) will
hold its inaugural golf tournament at
W alt D isney W o rld ’s "M ag ic
Linkdom ” August 14
Nearlv 30 minority youthsagedS
to 16 are participating in instruc­
tional clinics each Saturday at the
Disney Inn supervized by Walt Dis­
ney World Golf Professional Kevin
Weickel They will compete in tour­
nament play for the first tunc ever.
The OMG A was established by a
concerned Orlando-area dentist. Dr.
Thomas Dorsey During the two-year
period Dorsey has w orked to establish
the OMGA. Weickel has donated golf
clubs, balls, hats, glov es, shoes and
other necessary equipment. Now he is
donating his teaching tune, range
time and the Oak l rail Golf Course
for the Saturday afternoon instruc­
tion clinics.
Weickel ai 4 three other Disney
teaching professionals begin each of
the Saturday afternoon sessions with
a trick-shot demonstration, concepts
of the golf swing, v ideo analysis of
each plaver s swing and talks on how
crucial junior golf is to every one.
"As a PGA professional, your
goal is to promote the game of golf.”
Weickel said. "W e are going outside
the ‘country club set’ and getting
these enthusiastic youths involved in
a great game ”
Each youth then receiv es person­
alized instruction in all areas of the
eam c Follow ing instruction, the
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Dr. Constance W. Rice will be
the keynote speaker at Celebrating
Women 1993 in Portland. She will
talk about women working in part­
nership to empower themselves and
other women Dr. Rice is an educator,
entrepreneur, and tireless activist
from Seattle. She has worked exten­
sively with women, including those
who hav e been m arginalized by the
oppression of class, race and sexual
orientation.
Celebrating Women is an event
to honor the contributions of women
and girls in our culture. It will raise
funds for The W om en's Foundation
of Oregon, a non-profit organization
dedicated to overcoming the dispari­
ties in resources that keep many girls
and women from realizing their
dreams. One thousand people arc
expected to attend the event, which
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and Disney’s inv olv ement shows great
community spirit.
It is an effective program and is
the greatest gesture we can receive.”
The success of the program has
prompted Weickel to begin making
early plans for next year.
“We plan on making this an an­
nual event with an end-of-the-sum-
mer tournam ent, where participants
can showcase the skills they have
a c h ie v e d th ro u g h h a rd w o rk ,”
Weickel said. “I hope that other PGA
professionals around the country hear
about Dr. Dorsey’s program and what
we are doing here at Disney. I would
like to think other facilities in metro­
politan areas will create sim ilar pro­
grams modeled after what we have
done here.”
National
N.E.T.D.A.
Conference
V
grit, humor and women who lived
“On and Beyond the Oregon T rail.”
She will do a characterization of
Abigail Scott Duniway, who led the
fight for wom en’s right to vote in
Oregon.
Celebrating W omen—A Journal
will be distributed to everyone who
attends. The journal is a book of trib­
utes to women created especially for
the events. Anyone can sponsor a
page and dedicate it to their mother,
teacher, daughter, mentor or friend.
It is an opportunity to give recogni­
tion and thanks with a poem, photo­
graph, or a few words Highlights
from the journal will be read during
the program.
The Foundation was established
in 1989 to increase philanthropy
among women and create new sources
of funding for programs that s e n e
women and girls. National studies
have documented that less than 4% of
charitable giving goes to organiza­
tions that specifically address the
needs o f w om en and girls. The
W om en's Foundation gave $35,000
throughout the state in grants in grants
in 1992.
For ticketstoCelcbrating Women
1993, or information on how to spon­
sor a page in the journal, contact The
W om en’s Foundation at (503) 228-
9488 Journal are also available for
purchase.
More than 120 Training Direc­
tors and a total guest list of more than
250 people from around the country
gathered in Portland. Oregon recently
to attend the 36th annual National
Electrical Training Directors Asso­
ciation Conference. The event brought
key leaders together, to communicate
face-to-face, share innovative ideas
and challenges, and to receive infor­
mation from the national NJ ATC (Na­
tional Joint Apprenticeship Training
Committee) office regarding curricu­
lum and new legislation affecting the
electrical industry.
will be held on Saturday . September
18. at the Oregon Convention Center.
Entertainment will include per­
formances by singers Hanna Johnson
and Lcssie Williams, and actress Jane
VanBoskirk. Johnson, fourteen years
old. sang at Governor Robert's inau­
guration VanBoskirk portrays the
Minority
Enterprise
Artists Needed
The 1993 Minority Enterprise
Development (MED) Week Commit­
tee seeks entries for its Med Week ’93
poster. Art istsbetween the ages of 13-
21 years arc encouraged to submit
final entries to the committee for panel
jury' and selection The w inning entry
will be awarded a $ 100 savings bond.
The winning artist will be a special
guest of the Med Week '93 Commit­
tee during the annual luncheon in
October
The theme for Med Week '93 is.
“Minority Businesses: Building Eco­
nomic Strength Through Diversity”.
Entries reflecting the theme may be
done in black & white or color, the
size not exceeding 14" x 21". Dead­
line for submitting entries is Friday.
August 27. 1993 Entries should be
delivered to the attention of 1993
Minority Enterprise Development
Week. Impact. Inc.. 8959 SW Barbur
Blvd. Suite 102. Portland. OR 97219
For fu rth er inform ation contact
Shelley Matthews, project coordina­
tor. at 641-0575.
Participating organizations in­
clude US Department of Commcrce-
MBDA, US Small Business Admin­
istration IMPACT. State of Oregon-
OMWESB Multnomah County . Tri-
Mct. Minority Business Opportunity
Com m ittee. Minority Purchasing
Council. MFTRO/MERC, Oregon
Association of Minority Entrcprc-
n m ir c
o n rl I f ' n r r w r ' i f i n n
At 8:30 a.m . ea ch W ed n esd ay, Leona Chin v is its local sch o o ls
w h ere sh e h elp s stu d e n ts w ith their School S a vin gs accou n ts
and in p la n n in g for th e future. In her d aily r esp o n sib ilities at
th e bank, Leona and her staff h elp a d u lts w ith real loan s for
high er ed u cation , rem o d elin g and hom e pu rchases. If you
h ave financial dream s, call Leona at (206) 487-6860. She 11 do
ev ery th in g p o ssib le to m ake th em co m e true.
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