Serving the community through cultural diversity." Volumn XXIV. Number 25 June 22. 1994 e ■ -4. ?•< » , 4 - Ä ’: • /» Wlje ^Portiani» (©bserher SECTION Kids Splash In Summer Fun » •> ' ■<• ...» • • » : « ¿«■¿y. ?r • .»|M- .»» W f V W The pool at Peninsula Park on North Portland Boulevard and Albina opened Monday to the enjoyment of many. Portland Parks and Recreation has all its outdoor pools open for the summer season. Activities offered include swimming lessons, fun days, open swims and family swims. The Children’s Museum Sizzles With Summer Fun Drop In to the Green Door Gallery for hands-on activi ties all summer long. We’ve doubled the Gallery hours for double the fun! Me and My Shadow • Every M onday an d W ednesday 10am - 1:30pm • Every Tuesday and T hursday 1pm - 3:30pm Play with your shadow in our Green Door Gallery! Create a shadow puppet, guess whose famous shadows are on the wall, and try out some of the puppets from the Museum’s collection. Artistic African Adventures in Omokunle Village r* ' • t • Every Saturday, Sunday and M on day 1:15pm - 3pm (Except July 23) Create a music maker that shakes, rattles and rolls. Decorate yourself like a tribal ruler, warrior or villager. Find out what kind of art you can make with yams! Call 823-2231 to see which activity is being offered that day. (Om okunle Village is open for drop-in visits on M ondays and Saturdays, 9am - 12pm and 1 - 4pm ; Sunday hours are 1 - 4pm). School’s Out! Family Activity Day 2Â OV^7z^ c H z ’ k '7 Qì^brld ' çÿvr Ç$€all-ô&ussôn 2 • • «>&?■ $v$ ÎO 5 3 » Paint and Glaze Days • Sat: July 2 9:45am - 11:15am • Wed: July 6 and 20 3:30pm - 5pm Come and paint your clay creations that have already been fired or glaze your piece and we’ll fire it again. The cost is $.50 per item. S* ‘ Clay Tales • Sat: July 9, 16, 23, 30 9:45am - 10:45am (two 30 m inute sessions) Listen to a story and then let it inspire you to make a clay character or scene! Free with Museum admission, but it costs $1 to take your masterpiece home (or we can fire it for $2). • Couple Exchange Wedding Vows Powell’s In the Park • Sat, July 9 1pm C hildren’s author and artist Nancy Coffclt shares her drawings and stories. Enjoy the adventures of Sigmund the Cat, travel along with Dogs in Space, and get a look at Nancy’s newest cre ation, Tom ’s Fish. It’s free in Lair Hill Park, next to the Museum. (In case of rain, event will be moved to the Museum Annex). Sponsored by Powell’s Books. Play with Powell’s Fire Breathers • Mon, July 18 2pm and 3pm (2 ses sions) Hear stories and poems about dragons and then make your own Chinese style dragon on sticks. Sponsored by Powell’s Books. Kids on the Block Puppeteers • Sat, July 23 1pm and 1:45pm A special performance called “Names” teaches children to be more understand ing and accepting of people with physi cal, social and cultural differences. Rec ommended for children ages 6-10. Held in Omokunle Village. The Children's Museum Is located Just off Barbur Boule vard at 30 3 7 S. W. 2nd Avenue. They're open 9am - 5pm every day. Admission Is $3 .50 for everyone age 1 and over. For more Informa tion, call (5 0 3 ) 823-2230. Inner City Student Co. perform at Unthank Park in the Boise neighborhood. n Saturday June 18 the families w ith inform ation about various sum m er of North/Northeast Portland program s and activities offered by over gathered in Unthank Park to 25 youth service agencies and com m u offer local youth an alternative to nity gang centers. M ost of the booths included in v o lv e m e n t and drug d e a lin g . registration form s and inform ation p ack The S chool’s Out! Fam ily A ctivity ets so that parents could actu ally enroll Day was organized by neighborhood resi th eir children in the pro g ram s at the dents and H ousing O ur F am ilies in an event. In addition to getting inform ation effo rt to direct local youth tow ards p o si ab o u t sum m er o p p o rtu n itie s, fam ilies tive sum m er activities. From noon until 4 pm p aren ts and were able to participate in fun-fulled their children w ere able to visit booths activ ities including face-p ain tin g , a bas- O ketball tournam ent, a b ik e-rep air clin ic, and arts and crafts. Local youth choirs, drill team s, and acting groups w ill p e r form throughout the afternoon. The event was co-sponsored by Housing Our Families and Portland Parks and Recre ation and was free and open to the public. It was organized as part of the Maya Angelou Community Action Initiative, a grassroots effort involving residents of North Portland’s Boise Neighborhood in develop ing projects to take back their community. Garlington Award Recipient by E dna M ae P ittman he G arlin g to n Aw ard was established at Whitaker Middle S ch o o l in m em ory of the late Reverend Garlington. T Reverend Garlington was a leader in the community as well as throughout the city. His abilities to address the concerns of, and B ridge The Gap between all Ethnic Groups was evident in the membership of Maranatha Church when he was Pastor, the work he did throughout the city and his membership in various group. Each year two eight grade students arc selected to receive this prestigious award as they too have tried to Bridge The Gap among their fellow students. It was very difficult to select the two winners this year but we know that you will be so pleased with our selection. The two students have exhibited the same Joy Lisa qualities as the late Reverend Garlington at Whitaker Middle School and in thcircommu- nity. The first student is 14 years old and has younger sister. She has a very positive outlook towards others, she strives for excellence in her academic studies and participates fully in extra curricular activities. Joy Lisa main tained a 3.5 average or better during the last two years at Whitaker. Her church is a very important part o f her life. She is proud of her performances with the choir at hospitals and nursing homes. Addi tionally, she serves as a Sunday Usher. Her teachers have always been impressed with her ability to work in cooperative groups with students from differing backgrounds and achievement levels. When asked why she’s so effective with all different ethnic groups she answered, “I believe everyone should belong. We’re all the same really, even though we’re all torn different” This student has been a member of S.E.I. for the past four year and is on her way to achieving S.E.I’s highest achievement, the ▼ Continued to page B5 Japhena Kay Hall o f Portland and Brent David Musson o f Pasadena, Calif. exchanged wedding vows on Sunday, March 20, in the Seventh Day Adventist Church at Sunnyside, Calif. The wedding theme was “A Whole New World.” The bride walked down the church isle wearing a form fitting gown covered with sequinsand pearls. Shecarried a bouquet of lilies with purple orchids. The wedding colors were emerald green and gold with an accent color of purple. The bridesmaids wore green velvet gowns trimmed with gold. Gold was the color of the flower girl’s dress, trimmed in emerald green. The reception was held at the Pan theon Banquet Hall. The bride is a graduate o f Cal State Long Beach, with a communications ma jor. The groom attended Pasadena City College and is owner of BDM Graphics Advertising. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hall Jr. are the bride’s parents. The groom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Musson. The new lyw eds honeym ooned in Acalpoco and will be making their home in Pasadena. Whitney Young Center Open ForFree Summer Tutoring A free summer tutorial program for students in grades six through twelve is being offered by the Urban League of Portland’s Whitney M . Young, Jr. Edu- cation and Cultural Center. The summer session runs from June 27 to July 28, Mondays to Thursdays from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Focus areas are math, reading and language arts. The program is limited to 25 stu dents. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, contact Herman Lessard at the Urban League. 280-2614.