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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
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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.
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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
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N E 85th A venue in P o rtla n d , O re g o n .
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