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** « H * »' •» ¥ ♦ ♦ ♦ •» > •' » » Ï t W t f » V * * * * * f P age 7 T he P ortland O bserver • D ecember 0 8 , 1993 L ife in the P ortland M etropolitan A rea ®lfe ^flnrtlnnh (©trsertw ” om m untig ✓ » J e n ife r Pony Express Drivers Take Action Against Company O regon •• Drivers at Pony Express facilities in Portland, Salem, Medford and Springfield hoisted picket signs instead of packages today. Picketing is taking place at the following Pony offices: 4930 S.E. 26th S treet, P o rtlan d C on tact: A lfred Panek 503-257-0162 790 16th S treet, SE, Salem C on tact: D arel A ker 503-378-1421 686 Rossanley Drive, Medford Contact: Grant Elliott 503-773-8209 1040 Shelley S treet, Springfield Contact: Gary Henager 503-746-6500 Volunteers Needed For Metro Crisis Line Give yourself a present - volunteer and make a difference. W inter training begins January 24, 1994. Volunteers are needed for daytime, evening, and weekend shifts at Metro Cri sis Line, a free 24-hour telephone interven tion and information referral service. No experience is required but appli cants must be at least 18 years old. Metro »rovides 52 hours of training to help volun- eers deal with the 120,000 calls it receives :ach year. Training sessions arc held in the ¡venings and weekends. Applicants ac- :eptcd into the program typically volunteer or one four-hour shift per week for a one- /car commitment. Metro Crisis is a member agency of United Way. For more information, call Sara Cole at 226-3099. Free For Kids: Saturday, December 11 Native American Story-Telling Portland Opera Singers Perform Shrlner’s Bugle Corp Oregon treasure, Ed Edmo, a Native American story-teller, will tell Indian leg ends for school age children next Saturday, December 11, 1993 at 11:00 a.m. at the non-profit Our C hildren’s Store, 510 SW Broadway,between A lderand W ashington Streets in downtown Portland. Stars from the Portland Opera will ing holiday carol favorites at 1:00 p.m. at )ur Children’s Store. Special thanks to doe’s Pianos for donating the piano! T hen,at2:00p.m .T heS hriner’sBugle Jorp will play children’s favorites-from I t ’s A Small W orld” to “ Mickey M ouse’ md holiday traditional luncs-at 2:00 p.m. lutside Our Children’s Store. All performances arc free, and all per- ormers volunteers. One hundred percent >f the proceeds from Our Children s Store >o to the more than 50 participating ’hildren’s charities to help provide ser vices to kids in crisis in the Portland- Vancouver area. F or M ore In fo rm atio n C all O ur Children’s Store, 223-5029. 510 SW Broadway, Portland,OR 97205 ^across from the Hotel Vintage Plaza) Phone. 503-223-5029 Multnomah Greyhound Park Announces 1994 Season Schedule Wood Village, OR - Multnomah G rey hound Park is already preparing for it’s 62nd season of greyhound racing, with the announcement of the 1994 racing schedule today by Park Lonny Powell. Multnomah Greyhound Park’s 1994 race dates were approved by the Oregon Racing Commission during their regularly scheduled November 19th meeting. (See Related Story On Page 11) Moose Moves Into King Neighborhood EXCERPTS: FROM THE OREGONIAN NOVEMBER 14,1993 Police Chief Charles Moose talked about a need for people to reclaim the troubled neighborhoods of the central city when he addressed the City Club of Portland Aug. 6. His decision to buy a residence in the King neighborhood puts him self on the line. His willingness to lead by example should inspire others—fellow officers, the City Coun cil and the real-estate industry particularly - to rethink their civic-reclamation efforts. Moose said he isn’t prepared to file a formal complaint about his experience with real-estate agents helping him find a home, but “it sure felt a lot like redlining.” Redlining is the systematic refusal of some companies to deal in property in neigh borhoods that they regard as unattractive. The chief com plained that he and his wife asked to see homes in the King neighbor hood, but several real-estate agents “just re fused to show her any properties in the area where we were intent on moving, so we could do our part to make that neighborhood a better place.” Finally, Moose and his wife shopped the neighborhood themselves and found their home. While wanting to let the public and his police officers know that it’s important to be part o f the comm unity, Moose didn ’ t want his exact address publicized because o f his line of work and the potential danger to his family. Through the first eight months of this year, that section of inner-Northeast Portland had one of the highest reported crim e rates in the city. There were nearly 160 crimes for every 1,000 residents in King, about twice the city wide neighborhood rateof 86.5 crimes per 1,000. Which made it just the location for Moose, perhaps the city’s biggest supporter of com munity policing. He spend so much lime telling people they need to be a part of taking back the streets one at a time. I felt I needed to be part of that, Moose said. Public-housing operators in W ashing ton, D.C., and some othercities have provided rent subsidies to police because they believe live-in officers not only increase neighbors’ sense of safety, but also serve as role models among those who see too few positive images Moose unloading his moving van in the community. M o o s e ’s in c e n tiv e s in c lu d e d and $80,000 price for a hom e that probably w ould have cost $200,000 to $3(X),000 in Portland Heights. They also involved his belief that police are m ore likely to be in volved with the people o f the community where they live than they would to be if they lived elsewhere. Neighbors around the comer from the house Moose bought shut down a drug house a few years ago. Moose as a resident, not just as the chief of police, expects to join them and other neighbors working together to create a better, safer place to live. Largest Choral Festival In The Pacific Northwest ________________ ______________ — P re se n tin g 110 holiday m usic c o n c e rts, the sixth annual “ F estival of L ights a t T h e G ro tto opened on F rid a y , D ecem b e r 3, 1993, and c o n tin u e s n ig h tly (e x c e p t fo r C h ristm a s Day and N ew Y e a r’s E v e ) th ro u g h Jan u ary 1, 1994. T h is e c u m e n ic a l C h ristm a s c e le b ra tio n is e x p e c te d to w elcom e 4 5 ,000 v isito rs d u r ing its 2 8 -ev en in g p re se n ta tio n . T he F es tiv a l w ill be open n ightly from 5:00 until 9 :3 0 p.m . w ith T he G ro tto ’s grounds c lo s in g a t 10:00 p.m . A d m issio n for a d u lts w ill be $ 3 .5 0 and c h ild re n (3-12 y e a rs o f age) w ill be $2.50. C h ild re n tw o an d u n d e r w ill be adm itted free. V isitors a re ask ed to b rin g a do n atio n o f canned o r dry food b e n efitin g S now -C ap, the e a s t c o u n ty ’s em ergency food m inistry. T he F e stiv a l o f L ig h ts is the largest c h o ra l festiv al in the P acific N orthw est and p re se n ts w h at is quite p o ssib ly the la rg e st se le c tio n o f holiday m usic c o n c e rts an y w h ere in the en tire w orld. L ast y e a r ’s festiv al featured 102 holiday c o n c e rts p resen ted by 95 v o lu n te e r m usical g ro u p s c o m p rise d o f 2,538 sin g ers and m u sician s. T he 1993 F estival o f L ights e x p e c ts to h o st over 80 sc h o o l, church, and se c u la r c h o ral gro u p s. A nother 20 m usic p e rfo rm an ces w ill be presen ted by b ra ss and string en se m b le s, c la ssic a l and b lu e s g u ita rists, gospel g roups and p ia n ists. Four p e rfo rm an ces w ill be p re se n te d each n ig h t in The G ro tto ’s 500- se a t c h a p e l, know for its c a th e d ra l-q u a l ity aco ustics. .................. # • • ♦ A < * 4 « 4 4 « « 1 ______ a le r a rs llia ting zo o /’ornlprc , stro llin g and c a ro , and a c a llig raphy art d isp lay . S easonal food and b e v e ra g e s w ill be a v a ila b le , as w ell as pony rid e s and fam ily photo o p p o rtu n itie s. The G r o tto ’s C h ristia n G ift and B ook S tore S hop w ill be open both d u rin g the day and a t n ig h t d u ring the fe stiv a l. T he F estiv al o f L ig h ts is a w a lk th ro u g h ev en t. P a rk in g is p ro v id ed free o f c h a rg e on T he G ro tto g ro u n d s, s u r ro u n d in g stre e ts, and at o th e r nearby p a rk in g fa c ilitie s. V o lu n te e r p a rk in g a t te n d a n ts are on duty n ig h tly to d ire c t a rriv in g v isito rs to the m ost c o n v e n ie n t a v a ila b le p ark in g and fee sh u ttle bus se rv ic e is p ro v id e d on m any n ig h ts. W hile all entertainm ent areas are fully tented and all concerts arc performed indoors, visitors should dress for the weather, includ ing warm rubber soled shoes. The average visitor’s stay lasts 75 to 90 minutes. The festival is fully accessible to the disabled. Group tours are available through Raz Trans The Christmas puppet shows at the Festival of Lights always bring smiles to the portation by calling 246-3301. Tri-M et Bus faces of children of all ages. The puppeteer, Celeste Rose (not pictured) of Oregon # 12 (Sandy BI vd.) drops riders at The G rotto’s Fantasy Puppets from Eugene, enjoys ad libbing with the audience and the entrance and Bus #72 (82nd Ave.) drops riders one block away at NE 82nd and Sandy children love talking with the puppets. Pictured left to right in the front row are Robert Van Horn (age 7), Ken Syvarth with his 6-year old daughter Kristina on his lap, and Aleatha Dawson with her seven- year old daughter Alexzandra on her lap. In the back row left to right are Debbie Skinner, Anne Syvarth and her 4-year old Tony Syvarth (almost totally hidden behind his dad and sister). The F estival o f L ights presentation now features over 60,000 light including three new anim ated lig h tin g d isp lay s, narrated fib e r-o p tic d isp la y s, and o th e r < « • • / 4 * * ' ‘ W • « a a a *A A ** dram atic d isp la y s d e p ic tin g the story o f the birth o f C h rist. T he fe s tiv a l’s o th er fam ily en te rta in m e n t in clu d es C h ristm as them e puppet show s, a live an im al pet- • *. « * 4 A • A A * .A A * . * .* * * 4 * Blvd. T he G ro tto , an in tc rn a tio n a lly -re - now ned C a th o lic san ctu ary and one o f P o rtla n d ’s lead in g v isito r a ttra c tio n s , is located on Sandy B o u lev ard (H w y 30) a t N E 85th A venue in P o rtla n d , O re g o n . F or fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n , p le a se c o n ta c t P e te r M ott, e v e n t c o o rd in a to r, a t T he G ro tto , (5 0 3 ) 2 5 4 -7 3 7 1 . « ' * * V > - J •
