‘Serving the community through cultural diversity.’ Volumn XXIV, Number 16 April 20. 1994 J L ife in the P ortland M etropolitan A rea <ET|e ^fîortlanb (©bscrltcr ■ o m m unitg News Doors Will Open... New Target Store Will Offer Value, Quality To Hillsboro Consumers Gala Banquet Honors Black Achievement Target store will create 150 new jobs, add $200,000 to local econom y each year. Target Stores, the nation’s leading quality discount retailer, will open its second T ar get store in Hillsboro July 24, 1994. Lo cated in the T anasboum e area at 18101 N.W. Evergreen Parkw ay, the store is the fifth T arget in the Portland area. Second Annual Holy Redeemer Parish Texas- Style Barbecue Mark your calendars and com e out for some good food and fellow ship at the sec ond annual Holy Redeem er parish Texas- style barbecue Sunday, May 1 from 1-6 p.m. in the large hall at Holy Redeem er Area School, 127 N. Portland Blvd. D in ners include a generous portion o f barbe cued chicken, green beans, baked potato, bread and dessert. A dults, $5,75, kids $3.25,half a chicken is $3.50. T o-go d in ners are also available at the sam e prices. Proceeds will go to the parish’s school sub sidy. For more information, call 285-4539. Bernie Foster Garlington Plaza Portland Schools ‘Round Up’ Kindergartners W hile parents may register children ’a ny time during and after the round-up at every school, m any schools also set aside special times for parents and 5-year-olds to visit schools and meet with kindergarten teachers. For the date and time o f your local school’s round-up, contact the school o f fice. to learn which neighborhood school your child will attend, please call 331- 3304. POVA Celebrates National Volunteer Week, Calls For More Volunteers In Anticipation Of Peak Season In honor o f National V olunteer W eek, April 17-23, the Portland/O regon Visitors Association salutes its 26 volunteers who serve as front-line am bassadors for the city of Portland and provide inform ation to thousands o f regional, out-of-state and in ternational visitors each year. “V olunteer staff enhance the Portland experience for all w ho w alk through our doors by sharing their passion for Portland and providing exam ples o f w hat to do and sec in the area,” Said Visitor Services M an ager Juanita Tosuntikool. Health Check-Ups For Women Offered A low -cost health check-up for women will be given from 9 a.m . to 1 p.m. S atur day, May 14, 1994, at W estern Slates Chiropractic College Clinic. The $20 exam ination fee will cover the cost o f a pel vie exam wi th pap sm ear, breast exam with instructions on self exam ination and a spinal evaluation. The health screen also includes a urinary lab test and a blood pressure check. The check-ups arc adm in istered by fourth-year interns under the supervision o f chiropractic physicians. W omen arc encouraged to call early for appointm ents at 255-6771 as openings arc limited. The clinic is in the Parkrose area o f Portland at 2900 NE 132nd Ave. | n APRIL25, GARLINGTON PLAZA *WILL OPEN ITS DOORS. A Grand O pening is planned for that day to celebrate the com pletion o f the Plaza and to signify a healthy beginning for persons with mental illness. The Plaza is a w elcom e addi tion to the com m unity, creating a home for some o f N ortheast Portland ’ s m ost vulnerable who may otherw ise be homeless. O pening cerem onies begin at 9:00 a.m. and include distinguished speakers such as P o rtla n d C ity C o m m issio n e r G re tc h e n Kafoury and Fred Stewart, King N eighbor hood A ssociation Chair. G arlington Plaza was built by W alsh Construction w ith the help o f 30% women and m inority sub-contractors. The Plaza has Portland Area Young People Won A Gold Apple Award \ / \ VIDEO ABOUT DIVERSITY CREATED BY PORTLAND- Haneefah Dudley (foreground); Joseph Lyons and Giang Pham in "I'm Gon' Stand!” from Turn Loose the Voices AREA YOUNG PEOPLE HAS WON A GOLD APPLE, THE HIGHEST AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL EDU CATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTI VAL IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. T urn L o o se the V o ic e s w as o n e o f 1,500 e n trie s su b m itte d to th is, th e la r g e st and m o st p re s tig io u s e d u c a tio n a l film an d v id e o c o m p e titio n in the c o u n try . T he o n e -h o u r show fe a tu re s a m u ltic u ltu ra l c a st o f 21 lo c a l c h ild re n and te e n s w h o se so n g s, s to rie s , d ra m a tic and com ic scen es, and c h o re o g ra p h y c o m m u n ic a te the p a in fu l im p a c t o f b ig o try and the v alue o f d iv e rs ity . T h e c a s t o r ig i n ally d e v e lo p e d th e ir sc rip t a s a sta g e p ro d u c tio n u n d er the d ire c tio n o f the a rtis tic sta ff o f Y oung A c to rs ’ F o ru m . W ith a s s is ta n c e from P o r tla n d ’s K P D X - Fox 4 9 , Y oung A c to r s ’ Forum A rtistic D ire c to r W ill W e ig le r p ro d u c e d an d d i re c te d a v id e o a d a p ta tio n o f the show and d e v e lo p e d an a n c illa ry te a c h e r s ’ study g u id e . T u rn L o o se the V o ic e s has a lso b een se le c te d as a fin a list in the c o u n tr y ’s second largest educational film festival, the Night Out At Lloyd Center To Benefit Youth Investment Fund Valuable prizes, coupons and merchandise certificates will be sold in a single packet fo r the April 28 "Night Out At Lloyd Center," event to benefit the Youth Investment Fund. For just $7.50, a packet o f tickets and coupons will allow the holders to enjoy samplings at a number o f food court merchants, and ice skating pass, beverage ticket, movie ticket, entry blank fo r door prizes and merchandise coupons. The packet is worth many times its actual cost. The Portland Mass Choir, a 95-voice auditioned choir with singers from 40 churches in the metro area, will give a free performance that night. Children First Town Meeting The passports to fu n went on sale April 11 at the Lloyd Center shipping mall service center located on Level I by the ice rink. Tuesday May 3rd; 7-9 PM; King Neigh borhood Facility; 4815 N.E. Seventh; Port land. Associate Marketing Director Rosemary White said all net proceeds will go to the Youth Investment Fund, with more details to be announced at a later date. CALENDER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Specific details about the "fun packets" fo r "Night Out At Lloyd Center" are available by contacting Ms. White at 282-2511. Dated Two weeks After Current Issue 22 room s and features a deli restaurant that will serve residents and the public. E v e ry o n e is in v ite d to a tte n d the G arlington Plaza e v e n t Tours o f the facility, located at N ortheast 5th and Alberta, are from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. R efreshm ents will be served courtesy o f the Plaza deli. Garlington Plaza is a project of Garlington C enter M ental H ealthcare. Birm ingham International Educational Film Festival in Alabama. For more inform ation about the video, contact M edia M atchmakes, PO Box 1007, Clackam as, OR 97015. CIC Honors Persons Who Volunteer ach year the Multnomah County Citizen Involvement 1 J Committee honors persons who volunteer for the County or County- funded programs. Volunteer service varies from m em ber ship on policy-m aking or advisory com m it tees to assisting in the libraries, jails or health clinics. Som e volunteers spend many hours over a period o f years and others com plete a short-term project. Some work directly with the C ounty’s clientele and others do behind the scenes supportive work. A pproximately 65 persons will be hon ored at the V olunteer A w ard Cerem ony on April 21st at 10:30 a.m. at the County C ourt house, Room 602. The certificates o f award will be presented by Chair Beverly Stein and C o m m issio n e rs S h arro n K elley , T anya C ollier, D an Saltzm an and Gary Hansen. The Annual Black A chievers Awards drew more than 900 people to a gala ban quet February 12 in Los A ngeles at the Century Plaza Hotel. T he banquet honored 26 A frican Americans who have gained significant success in their chosen fields. A w ard re cipients were selected from categories such as education, legend, lifetime achievement, sports, film, television, m edia, publishing, journalism and choreography. Among the honorees were actors A n gela Bassett, Brock Peters and W illiam M arshall. Sports figures included M arcus Allen and Jamal W ilkes. Dorian Harewood, Chad Everett and Jeff G oldblum were am ong the presenters. Also honored was nine-year old Hydeia Broadbent, who has A ID S. H ydeia w ap the hearts o f the audience as she accepted the Young Prodigy Award. Hosts for the aw ards w ere Victoria Rowell who stars in “The Y oung and the Restless” and Larry Carroll, a correspon- d enton“N ightlyN ew sW ithTom Brokaw.” Debbie Allen presented the Alvin Ailey Choreography Aw ard to M ichael Peters. “ Y ou b e a t m e o u t on th is o n e , M ichael,” she said, w hile expressing her adm iration for P eters’ genius in chorcog raphy, Among his m ost famous music videos are “ D angerous,” for M ichael Jack son. Bernie Foster, president o f the W est C oast Black Publishers Association and publisher o f T he Portland and Seattle Skanncr new spapers, was the only person form the N orthw est to be honored at the banquet. Foster won the Frederick Douglass “ N orthstar” Print M edia Award. “I consider it a real honor to be chosen for this aw ard,” Foster said. “Especially when you consider the num ber o f fine Black new spapers in C alifornia, to be singled out is som ething special.” Frank H olom an, a form er C alifornia State representative and event producer, started Black A chievers new spaper sev eral years ago to highlight the achieve m ents o f Black A m ericans, both past and present. The banquet grew out o f that m ission. O ther Black A chievers Aw ard w in ners included W esley Buford, The M a dame C.J. W alker Entrepreneur Award; Toni Strom an, The Exceptional Award; Larry Carroll, The Max Robinson Journal ism Award; Beverly W hite, The E xcel lence in M edia R eporting Award; W illiam M arshall,T he Paul Robeson Award; Jamal W ilkes, The Jackie Robinson Sports Award; Angela Bassett, The Hattie M cD aniel Film A w ard; Bill D uke, The G ordan Parks Film m aker’s Award; Brock Peters, The Lifetim e Achievem ent Award; M ichael Peters, The Alvin Ailey Choreography Award; and V ictoria Row ell, The Dorothy D andridge Award. E x e c u tiv e p r o d u c e r w as F ra n k Holoman; Conrad H. Bullard was pro ducer. Bullard had produced and directed a num ber o f television show s, including “The Bill Cosby Show .” C o-producer was O scar H ernandez. The show was directed by Arlando Sm ith.