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“Serving the community through cultural diversity.
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February 02, 1994
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ON STAGE AT IFC C
Four Win King
Association Awards
Steven Foust has become the first two-
time winner of the annual King N eighbor
hood Association King Award. An urban
designer, Foust chairs the King/W alnut Park
Advisory Committee. He has worked unself
ishly on the Albina Community Plan and the
King Plan, According to Fred Stewart, neigh
borhood association chairman.
“When the great work of rebuilding this
community is complete, Steven will be one of the
fingerprints from the hand of the neighborhood,”
Stewart said. Two other 1994 King Awards were
handed out at the association’s meeting January
26. This is the third year for the awards.
Michael McElwee, a project coordinator
for the Portland Development Commission,
earned his aw ard for work on the W ain ut Park
North Precinct Project, the Albina Com m u
nity Plan, and the Convention Center Urban
Renewal Area. At the awards ceremony,
Stewart said, “ Michael has helped this asso
ciation encourage residents to get involved
and feel that their voices are heard and their
efforts are respected.”
Eugene
Hughes, Jr.
as Malcolm
X, Jerry
Forster as
Martin
Luther King,
Jr.
A joint award went to Paul and Geneva
Knauls, long-time business people and com
munity leaders, who own and operate Geneva’s
Shear Perfection, a popular full-service bar
ber and beauty salon, which has attracted
commerce to the area. “The association wishes
to thank the Knauls for leading the renovation
ofM artin Luther King Jr. B lvd.,’said Stewart.
‘T h e y have not only invested their voices but
their lives.”
Past winners o f the King Award are Host
C o m m u n ity D e v elo p m en t C o rp o ra tio n ,
Safeway, Bart Jankins and Pat Arnold (joint),
and Steven Foust in 1993; and City C om m is
sioner Gretchen Kafoury and Portland police
officer Harry Jackson in 1992.
Nominations for next year’s awards be
gin immediately. Residents and others active
in the northeast Portland neighborhood can
nominate any person, business or organiza
tion that they feel make King Neighborhood
a better place to live and work. Call associa
tion secretary Robin Stewart at 289-4895 or
fax 289-3435.
Homicide Investigation
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N Borthwick Avenue and Humboldt Street
in 1965. They are m eeting for the first and
only time to discuss the struggle for Black
B y J eff S tetson
F ebruary 1 2 , 1 9 9 4 A T 8 :0 0 PM equality. Both are fighting for the freedom
and dignity o f their people, although the
C ontact : E llen M artin /S ue B usby
methods they advocate are diam etrically op
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n honor o f National Black History month, posed. This Meeting never took place, but
the IFCC is proud to announce the produc Stetson has constructed a gripping, believable
tio n o f TH E MEETING an award winning format to show case the ideas and philoso
phies o f these two great men. TH E M EET
play by Jeff S tetson. Th is exceptional script has
generated trem endous response and critical ING is stim ulating and thought-provoking
acclaim throughout the country including eight theatre at its best.
The IFCC production features Eugene
1987 N A A C P T h e a te r A w ard s and six
Hughes, Jr. as M alcolm X, Jerry Forster as
AUDELCO nominations.
TH E M EETING is a powerful enactm ent Martin Luther King, Jr.,and Michael Brickler
o f a fictional encounter between Malcolm X as Rashad, the body guard to M alcolm X.
The Interstate Firehouse C ultural Center
and M artin L uther King, Jr. in a Harlem Hotel
THE MEETING
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will present one public performance o f THE
M EETING at 8:00 pm, Saturday, February
12, general admission is $10.00, seniors and
students $8.00. For more information about tick
ets and reservations call the IFCC at 823-2000.
THIS IS ON E MEETING YOU W O N ’T
W A N T TO MISS!
Theater go’ers w il 1 have a trucly cultural
evening with the opportunity to enjoy 2 Art
Exhibits featuring 2 African American A rt
ists. In the Main Gallery Joseph Conroy’s
exhibit, “They W orked So Hard,” is a series of
paintings depicting African American role
models and “Recent Works” a collections of
mixed media and paintings by Travis Bonneau
Featured in the Entry Gallery.
Free Child Immunization Clinic
Scheduled For Beach School
M ultnom ah E d u catio n S erv ice D is
tric t, P o rtla n d P u b lic S ch o o ls and M u lt
n o m ah C o u n ty H e a lth D e p a rtm e n t are
c o -s p o n s o rin g a free c h ild im m u n iz a
tio n c lin ic on F e b ru a ry 8, 1004, 2 :3 0 -
7 :3 0 p .m . a t B each S c h o o l, 1710 N orth
H u m b o ld t S tre e t. T h e c lin ic is for c h il
dren w ho atten d sch o o ls in the Jefferso n
C lu s te r an d is o pen for in fan ts as young
as tw o m o n th s. T h e c lin ic w ill p ro v id e
fo u r M u ltn o m a h E SD im m u n iz a tio n
sp e c ia list to rev iew re c o rd s an d fo re
c a st sp e c ific im m u n iz a tio n s n e e d e d by
th e c h ild r e n . S ix M u ltn o m a h E SD
n u rse s w ill a d m in iste r im m u n iz a tio n s
an d p ro v id e h e a lth c o u n se lin g to fa m i
lies.
T he clin ic c o in c id e s w ith M ultnom ah
C o u n ty H ealth D e p a rtm e n t’s review o f
im m u n iz a tio n re c o rd s m a in ta in e d at each
sc h o o l. T h e ir re v ie w re su lte d in 3, 028
“ e x c lu sio n o rd e r” le tte rs se n t to p a re n ts
in M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty p u b lic sc h o o ls
w h o se c h ild re n do n o t h av e the re q u ire d
im m u n iz a tio n re c o rd s. In the Je ffe rso n
C lu s te r, 527 e x c lu sio n o rd e rs w ere se n t
to fa m ilie s, a c c o rd in g to Ja n is B e tte n ,
d ise a se p re v e n tio n c o n su lta n t w ith M u lt
n o m ah E SD .
P a re n ts h av e u n til F e b ru a ry 1 6 ,1 9 9 4
to b rin g th e ir c h ild ’s c o m p lc tc d im m u
n iz a tio n re c o rd to the sc h o o l. W hile
m any e x c lu sio n o rders are re so lv e d
w hen u p d a te d reco rd s a re p re se n te d by
p a re n ts , the B each S chool c lin ic w ill
p ro v id e n e ig h b o rh o o d acc e ss to those
w ho need im m u n iz a tio n s f o r th e ir c h il-
d re n .
F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t Dee
B a u e r, c o o rd in a to r, M ultnom ah ESD
S ch o o l H ealth se rv ic e s, 2 5 7 -1733 or
P eggy L ou H illm an , im m u n iz a tio n c o
o rd in a to r, M ultnom ah C o unty H ealth
D e p a rtm e n t, 24 8 -3 8 1 6 .
Kids Join Together To Combat Racism
M id d le s c h o o le rs from fiv e P o rtla n d
s c h o o ls ; O r e g o n E p is c o p a l, O c k e ly
G re e n , F ern w o o d , C a tlin G abel and B eau
m o n t a re p a r tic ip a tin g in P ro je c t T r a n
sc e n d . P ro je c t T ra n sc e n d aim s to b rin g
k id s from d iv e rse e c o n o m ic , ra c ia l and
so c ia l b a c k g ro u n d s to g e th e r to co m b at
ra c ism an d te a c h e a c h o th e r sk ills v ital
for liv in g a m u lti-c u ltu ra l society. Project
T ra n sc e n d is in its fo u rth y ear an d w o rk s
c lo se ly w ith the P o rtla n d o rg a n iz a tio n
Y outh T o d a y to c o o rd in a te and o rg a n iz e
a c tiv itie s .
In O c to b e r o f th e 1993-94 sch o o l
y e a r s tu d e n ts p a rtic ip a te d in an a n ti-
d is c r im in a tio n w o rk s h o p th a t ta u g h t
them to lo o k a t how they and th e ir p eers
view th e w o rld . T h ey ex a m in e d how th eir
ow n b a c k g ro u n d s can c reate b iases w hich
can h u rt o th e rs . T h e y le a rn e d th a t it
ta k e s p ra c tic e to be a w are o f th ese som e-
tim es su b tle a c ts o f d is c rim in a tio n . T he
stu d e n ts le a rn e d to c o n fro n t d is c rim in a
tio n in an e ffe c tiv e m a n n e r and to each
th e ir p e e rs th e se sam e sk ills.
T ra n sc e n d s tu d e n ts p re se n te d T he
P ro je c t T ra n sc e n d c u rric u lu m a t the N a
tio n al M iddle S ch o o l c o n fe re n c e in N o
v em b er. T he g ro u p w as th e o n ly stu d e n t
p re se n te d w o rk sh o p d u rin g the th re e
day c o n fe re n c e and drew a crow d o f m ore
than fifty . T he p ro je c t w as e x p la in e d and
p re se n te d and stu d e n ts sh a re d p a rts o f
th e a n tid is c rim in a tio n tra in in g w ith the
a d u lts.
P o rtla n d C ity C lu b in v ite d th ree high
sc h o o l s e n io rs T in e a O b s b o rn e from
Je ffe rso n H igh S c h o o l, R u sse ll Jackson
from B enson H igh, Jo e l S ankey from
O regon E p isco p al (g ra d u a te s o f P ro je c t
T r a n s c e n d ) a n d T r a n s c e n d m id d le
sc h o o le rs to speak and fie ld q u e stio n s at
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the D ec e m b e r 10, C ity C lub. T he three
sp e a k e rs p re se n te d P ro je c t tran scen d to
P o rtla n d a re a bu sin ess m en and w om en,
and ta lk e d a b o u t how th e ir p a rtic ip a tio n
has e n ric h e d th e ir school ex p e rie n c es
and o p e n e d d o o rs for them .
C u rre n tly P ro ject T ran scen d is p la n
ning for the yearly session o f C ity School.
C ity S ch o o l is a m entor program w hich
p a irs stu d e n ts w ith local p ro fe ssio n a ls
for a day. T he p ro fe ssio n a ls com e from
a ll
c a re e r
b a c k g ro u n d s:
la w .e n te rta in m e n t, ed u c a tio n , a rts, b u si
n e ss, jo u rn a lis m ,. This e n c o u ra g e s kids
to d e v e lo p health role m odels.
T he c u lim in a to n o f P ro ject T ra n
sc e n d s y e a r long string o f ev en ts and
p a rtn e rsh ip s is the C om m unity C e le b ra
tio n . S tu d e n ts, teach ers, p aren ts and p ro
fe ssio n a ls g a th e r to g eth er to c e le b ra te
d iv e rsity in o u r co m m unities.
On T h u rsd a y , Ja n u a ry 27, 1994, at
ap p ro x im ately 2:31 A M ,9-1-1 d isp a tc h
ers re c e iv e d a call from a re sid e n t w ho
resid es in the 4 8 0 0 block o f N B orthw ick
A venue re g a rd in g so u n d s o f g u n fire
and a p e rso n ly in g on the sid e w a lk near
the c o m p la in a n t’s hom e. U pon the a r
riv a l o f m e d ic a l p e rso n n e l and N orth
P re c in c t U niform O ffic e rs, they found
the v ic tim ly in g on the sid e w a lk near
the in te rse c tio n o f N B o rth w ick A venue
and H u m b o d lt S tre e t. T he v ic tim , w ho
w as su ffe rin g from a g u n sh o t w ound to
the back, w as p ro n o u n c e d dead a t the
scene.
In v e stig a to rs have few d e ta ils and
a re a tte m p tin g to lo cate any w itn e sse s
in an e ffo rt to d e te rm in e the ev e n ts
le a d in g up to the sh o o tin g . T he v ic tim
a p p e a rs to be a w hite m ale, 25-30 years
o f age. T he nam e o f the victim is b ein g
w ith h e ld p e n d in g id e n tific a tio n and
D e te c tiv e s have no su sp e c t. T he in v e s
tig a tio n is c o n tin u in g .
Cleveland High Held Memorial
Principal Rose
Students and staff members paid tribute
to Cleveland High principal Myra Rose Tues
day (F e b .l( during a memorial assembly in
the school auditorium.
Community members were invited to
attend the memorial, which featured songs by
the Clevelandairs, a student choral group,
and senior Maurice W right. First-sem ester
student body president Tirian M ink and vice
principal Geoffrey Henderson also spoke at
the memorial.
Rose, who died of cancer Jan.24, served
as Cleveland’s principal since the fall of
1993. She previously was principal of Grant
High School and contributions can be made to
a scholarship fund established in her name at
Grant.
Mvra Rose
Hollywood Here We Come!
The 1994 Regional Little Miss of America Preliminary Pageant will be held Sunday
February 20,1994 at the Performing Arts Center in Newport, Oregon. The Pageant is open
to the residents o f the State o f Oregon.
The winners will advance to the Final State Competition to be held in the spring of
1994.
The Pageant is open to babies ages 3-35 months with three age divisions, boys and girls,
and girls age 3-17 with 5 age divisions, and boys ages 3-10 with 2 age divisions. The
divisions a re broke dow n as follows:
BABIES
Pee Wee • 3-12 Months
Minnie • 13-23 Months
Baby • 24-35 Months
LITTLE MISS
Tiny Miss • 3-4 Years
Little Miss • 5-6 Years
Junior Miss • 7-9 Years
Miss Pre-Teene • 10-12 Years
Young Miss • 13-15 Years
Miss Teene • 16-18 Years
Judging will be based on natural Beauty, Poise, and Personality. An oprional Talent
competition will also be offered.
W inners o f each age division will receive the opportunity to represent their area at the
State Finals. W inners will receive the Official Trophy Crown, and Sash.
Little Miss o f America is in it’s 15th year of competition and is designed to help young
people develop poise & character while experiencing the spirit of competition. It’s goal is
to give A m erica’s youth the opportunity to compete for fabulous prizes and opportunities.
For entry information on the Pageant,Please call (206) 771-6527 or write:
Oregon State Little Miss Of America, 15620 HWY 99 Ste. #4
Lynnwood, WA 98037
Contact Person is: Katerina Rogers (206) 771-6527
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