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"Sen ing the community through cultural diversity.”
Volume X X IV . Number 32
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Lucille Sandeberg of Portland
works as a volunteer to help
young Marshall Alerton learn
to read.
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Club Plans Rwanda
Relief
A workout and barbecue to raise
money for Rwandan refugees will be held
Thursday at the Lloyd Athletic Club, 815
N.E. Halsey. About 200 participants are
expected. Donations will go to Mercy Corps
International for direct relief to Rwanda.
Lents Parade, Picnic Set
The Lents community of Southeast
Portland will hold its Third Annual Lents
Founders Day Celebration Saturday. A j
parade at 12 p.m. will circle Lents Park on
Southeast 92nd and Holgate. A public pic
nic takes place between 1-4 p.m. The pa
rade will include classic cars, children’s
entries, neighborhood and community
floats, music, animals, clowns and more.
There will be free food and entertainment
at the picnic. A bed race is also planned.
Youth Fashions Modeled
The annual Youth on Parade fashion
show by the Portland chapter of the Na
tional Council ofNegro Women is Sunday
at 2 p.m. at the King Neighborhood Facil
ity, 4815 N.E. Seventh Ave. Young men
and ladies from grade school through high
school will participate. Refreshments will
be served. Tickets may be obtained by
calling 282-2789. Every one is invited.
Rummage Sale To
Benefit Center
A rummage sale will be held Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Volunteer of
America Southeast Child Care Center, 234
S.E. Seventh Ave. There will be various
items for sale including children and adult
items and furniture. Volunteers o f America
serves the community providing children,
family and senior services.
Horsing Around Helps
Waverly Kids
Two days o f equestrian events, in
cluding show jumping, relay races and
cross-county will take place Saturday and
Sunday at the 4th Annual Country Days for
Waverly Children’s Home. The annual
fundraiser for Waverly’s child abuse pre
vention programs is being held at the beau
tiful Malarkey Ranch in Scappoose. Other
activities include an arts and crafts trade
fair For more information, call 295-2758
or 234-7532.
Poet Stafford Featured
At Concordia
Oregon Poet Kim Stafford will read
selectionsof his works before an elderhostel
gathering Thursday at 7 p.m. at Concordia
College’s new Luther Hall addition, 2811
N.E. Holman St. The event is free and open
to the public. Stafford, son o f the late !
Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford,
uses the Pacific Northwest as the backdrop
for his poems. He currently serves as direc
tor of the Northwest Writing Institute at
Lewis and Clark College.
Free Health
Immunizations
As part of the national immunization
campaign underway, Multnomah County
Health Department is form ing partnerships
with community organizations and busi
nesses to offer free immunizations in a
series o f one-day clinics throughout Mult
nomah County. On Wednesday, August
17th, a free immunization clinic will take
place at St. Johns Community Center, at
8427 N. Central, from 1 lam to 3pm.
The community center is located in St.
Johns, offo f Lombard, behind the Safeway
Store. Vaccines against nine common dis
eases will be given. All ages are welcome
including teens and adults. No income
screenings are done at these clinics. The
goal is to immunize all children, particu
larly those under age two, regardless of
race, income, insurance status, or any other
potential barriers. This free clinic is being
co-sponsored by Portland Parks and Rec
reation. For more information about the
free clinic or about immunizations call
248-3816 or 248-3828 ext. 6984.
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he doesn’t just look at the
pictures. She’s learned to read
her fa v o rite
s to ry b o o k
from cover to cover.
The 8-year-old at Beach Elementary
School student in North Portland is getting
help in reading from her tutor, Margaret
Bailey.
Then there’s a 6-year-old boy. He’s
home alone a lot. However, he’s found a
friend at school he can really talk w ith about
bugs and snakes. Larry Griffith is his tutor
and friend.
The older men and women are volun-
teers with the Older Adult Service and Infor
mation System or OASIS, a civic group
sponsored by Meier and Frank and Legacy
Health System.
They ease the pain from over-burdened
teachers and parents and the stress schools
and families face. The older adults have
found that being a tutor provides a volunteer
experience that matters to them, as well as to
the student.
As part of the OASIS program, the adults
receive 12 hours o f training, a free tutoring
kit and follow-up training meetings with
Portland School District personnel. They
learn to plan and conduct tutoring sessions
using their own or their student’s life experi
ences.
The tutoring sessions during the upcom
ing school year will be held at Chapman,
Beach, Lent, Clark. Smith, Capitol Hill and
Meek elementary schools. Most tutors will
work one hour each week with their student.
To find out more about the program or if
interested in becoming a tutor, contact the
OASIS office at the Meier and Frank down
town store at 241-3059.
Students Gain School Credit, Work
M ichael L eighton
Student John Ao took a jump start on
high school this summer.
The middle high school graduate will
enter Cleveland High School this fall with
some added job experience and extra credit
toward graduation.
He was one of 57 summer scholars in a
Portland School District program sponsored
by area businesses.
A.C. Schom m er & Sons, a Portland
building contractor on N ortheast Sandy
Boulevard, gave Ao a $250 tuition schol
arship to attend sum m er school at Lin
coln High. In exchange for the m oney,
Ao is w orking 65 hours for the firm ,
helping in the office and at construction
sites.
By the end of the month, he will earn one
credit for his morning class at Lincoln and a
half credit for his experience on the job.
Ao was selected for the position after an
interview with 10 other applicants, company
officials said.
This is the first year Portland public
schools has offered business-sponsored
scholarships to students who otherw ise
m ight not have been able to afford sum-
On the job at A.C.
Schommer & Sons, a
Portland building
contractor, is student
John Ao, who will
enter Cleveland High
School in the fall with
extra credit and
scholarship money.
m er school.
Other summer scholars worked at a va
riety o f jobs, from office work at Harsh
Investment Corp, to cleaning showrooms at
Neil Kelly Designers to ticket-taker at the
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry'
(OMSI). A consulting engineering firm pro
vided students with glimpse at careers in the
filed of math and science, while the Vintage
Plaza offered business office experience and
a chance to work under the hotel restaurant’s
chef.
Wilshire Park Thriftway To Close; New Store Planned
Wilshire Park Thriftway, 5400 N. E.
33rd St., will close Aug. 19, but a new, larger
store is planned in its place, spokesmen for
Untied Grocers, said Monday.
About 50 employees were told of the
closing, but United Grocers pledged to con
sider them for employment at the new store
or at a U.G. Food Outlet Store at 162nd and
Division.
To retain the loyalty o f current custom
ers who have no transportation, United Gro
cers will soon offer buses to transport them
free o f charge to other area stores until the
new store can be built and opened.
Roger Staver, real estate division man
ger for United Grocers, said the company has
been meeting with representatives of the
Concordia Neighborhood Association to dis
cuss construction of the new' store and clos
ing of the old store.
“They realize it will be a loss, but a
temporary one,” Staver said. “We must first
close the store, tear it down and then rebuild.
It will definitely not be an overnight pro
cess.”
“We are doing everything we can think
of to try to make the transition to a bigger,
brighter and better store, as painless as pos
sible," he continued. We are concentrating
on getting all of the zoning permits and
clearances needed to move ahead with the
new store.
Staver said the store's community room
might even continue to be open for neighbor
hood meetings until the building is demol
ished. That will depend upon the type of
security that can be obtained, he pointed out.
The new store will be nearly twice as
large as the current Thriftway . It will feature
Garlington Center CEO
by
M ichael L eighton
Liam Callen has resigned as chief
executive officer of the Garlington
Center, a North/Northeast Portland
mental health care provider.
The resignation cam e after a g en
eral difference o f opinion between the
G arlington C enter Board o f Directors.
G arlington C enter Board President
Rev. Jam es C.E. F aulkner said Callen
rejected the b o ard ’s o ffer o f less than a
one-year em ploym ent contract. Callen
was finishing up his current 3-year con
tract.
Faulkner praised Callen for the tremen
dous growth Garlington Center has made
during his nine years of leadership.
But said Callen decided to pursue other
employment options when he failed to win
the unanimous support of the board
Phyllis Paulson will assum e the po
sition as Acting Executive D irector.
G arlington C enter was established
in 1980 as North N ortheast Com m unity
all of the amenities of the newer United
Grocers stores, including deli, bakery, fresh
and service fish and meat, along with many
other specialties.
Staver praised store manager Darin
Hayes as being a positive force in the neigh
borhood. open ing up the store to the commu
nity and participating in neighborhood ac
tivities.
“ We hope to have this same spirit when
we open our new store, and we certainly
hope all of our customers will be patient until
we can open the doors," Staver said.
ids Farewell
M ental Health C enter
F aulkner said C allen built a su c
cessful team o f professionals. U nder his
leadership the agency has grown from
35 to 110 em ployees.
The ce n te r re cen tly opened the
G arlington Plaza. a2 2 -ro o m residential
facility on N ortheast A lberta Street. The
Plaza features a skills training com po
nent at the A lberta Street Cafe
O ther program s developed during
Callen's tenure include: The Connection, a
skills training program assisting those with
mental illness to become job ready; the
Child and Fam ily Program located in
North Portland; the Supported H ous
ing Program which added three com
m u n ity -b a se d re s id e n tia l fa c ilitie s
housing m ore than 50 clients and the
Ryles C enter, a 17-bed short-term , in
patient facility developed jo in tly with
M ental Health Services West.
G arlington C enter O fficials said
C allen will be sorely m issed. The Board
o f D irectors will conduct a n ation-w ide
search for his replacem ent.
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