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LEARNING THE BASICS
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Comic Convention
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Kids and com ic books go together so
well that the Pacific Northwest Comic
Convention is donating a portion o f their
proceeds to P ortland’s D oernbecher’s
C hildren’s Hospital Foundation. The con
vention is scheduled Sept. 10 - 11 at the
Oregon Convention Center in Portland.
The goal o f the show is to offer a high-
quality, com m unity-based entertainment
convention which succeeds in helping
children in need. Events for children and
adults o f all ages are scheduled.
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Roy Pittman for Portland Public
Schools answers parents and
kids’ questions about going
back to school at the recent
“Learning the Basics” event
held at Lloyd Center. The
program was designed to
provide practical answers to
kids, teens and parents’
questions about going back to
school.
International Festival
This Weekend
Lake O sw ego’s Third Annual Inter
national Festival takes place this w eek
end, Sept. 9 -1 1 at the east and west ends o f
the city. The festival is more than just
good food and entertainm ent as events
com bine cultural awareness and appre
ciation for other counties with non-stop
fun and activities. Festival highlights in
clude a concert on Friday, a parade and
sports activities on Saturday, and a talent
and variety show on Sunday.
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Creative Conference
Planned
The 5th Annual Portland Creative
Conference: A Celebration o f Film, Tele
vision and Advertising is one-of-a-kind
forum featuring internationally recog
nized professionals working in the film,
television and advertising industries. The
celebration will be held Sept. 22-24 at the
Portland Center for the Performing Arts.
University Displays
Paintings
A series o f oil paintings inspired by
five generations o f Northwest family sto
ries will be on display in the University of
Portland’s Buckley Center Gallery, Sept.
12 through Oct. 6.
Kay Buckner, the feature artist, focus
on w hat she calls “the gestural figure”
gardeners, crafters and construction work
ers laboring in familiar Northwest set
tings. For gallery hours call Michael Miller
at 283-7258.
YWCA To Host Wellness
Fair
The YW CA o f Portland's Fitness and
Swim Center will host their 5th annual
W ellness Fair W ednesday, Sept. 28 from
11 a m. to 7 p.m. at the YW CA o f
Portland'sD ow ntow nC enterat 1111 S.W.
10. The event is free and open to the
public to increase awareness o f health,
nutrition, exercise and a balanced lifestyle
in the com m unity. The fair will feature
information and services, including gait
analysis, blood pressure screening, mas
sages, body composition tests and samples
o f healthy foods. There also will be the
chance to jo in the center for a reduced
initiation fee.
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What Will They Eat For Lunch?
Documentary
Looks At Gang
Influence
In the next few weeks, children will be
heading back to school in your
community. What will they eat for
lunch?
Every school day, 25 million children
across the nation take part in a federal meals
program called the National School Lunch
Program. Last June, the U.S. Department o f
Agriculture, which funds and oversees the
school meals programs, proposed sweeping
changes intended to bring the meals into line
with the governm ent’s official policy on
nutrition, the Dietary Guidelines for A m eri
cans.
Because this is important public policy,
the Department would like to hear from
people interested in these proposed changes.
A poll conducted by USDA showed that
most people contacted had heard o f the pro
posed changes. We would also like to be sure
they realize they have an opportunity to
com m ent on the proposals.
You can help by telling your readers o f
this opportunity to voice their support or
concerns about this important proposal, es
pecially if your food section has not recently
done so. Please help us get this message out
by rem inding readers o f the opportunity to
regon Public Broadcasting
airs Moving Targets on
Thursday, September 8th at
10:00pm. This unique documentary
takes a p erso n a l look at the
influence of gangs on three Oreqon
youth.
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comment by the September 8 deadline, and
by providing the address for mailing com
ments, included in the attached one page
backgrounder.
Pleas send comments to: Robert M.
Eadie, Child Nutrition Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, USDA, 3 103 Park Center
Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments
may be sent via the internet to: helthykids
esusda.gov. To be assured o f consideration,
com m ents should be postmarked or trans
mitted by Septem ber 8, 1994.
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OPB producer Claudia Brown and
videographer Greg Bond offered three at-
risk youth a home video cam era to get a
personal look at circum stances that lead
many young people to become involved
with gangs Robert Monterrosa, Riki Moss
and Gihan Ali worked with Oregon Pub
lic Broadcasting mentors Greg Bond, Gary
Schiedel. Frank Sw anson and Todd
Sonflieth to shoot and edit their own sto
ries.
This unique approach to a difficult
problem gives viewers insight into the
rough circum stances such as insecure
home environments, racism and violence
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Portland Community
College Is Hosting A
Series Of Meetings
Portland Community College is host
ing a series o f meetings in September to
solicit com m unity comment about PCC’s
programs, tuition policy and budget pri
orities. Invitations have been sent to thou
sands o f com m unity leaders and PCC
encourages anyone interested in the col
lege to attend.
For m ore information you may call
Jan Coulton at 977-4374.
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Friday Brown Bag
Series
M etropolitan Family Service, 830
N.E. Holladay, presents a Friday Brown
Bag Series beginning Sept. 16 with the
topic The Balancing Act: Work, Family
and Self with Judith Werner. The semi
nars are held from 12:15 p.m. to 12:50
p.m. Participants are encouraged to bring
a lunch. Coffee will be provided.
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Two Children and their mother receive information about school and immuniza
tions at a back-to-school fair held in the Cully neighborhood of Northeast Portland.
Smokey Bear was a favorite for hugs by youngsters at the Cully neighborhood
back to school Fair.
back-to-school fair in the Cully
neighborhood of Northeast
Portland got a good number
of ch ild ren , e sp ecially Hispanic
c h ild re n ready fo r school last
Wednesday.
children not getting registered for school,
said Clara Padilla Andrews, special projects
manager for the M ultnomah County Com
munity and Family Services Division.
Andrews said the fair at Cully Boule
vard and Killingsworth Street offered a way
to bring school enrollment information to the
children and also celebrate cultural diver-
Portland public school officials were
there to register kids. Appointments for in
oculations were also made with health de
partment officials.
Music, food, health, information, ani
mals, face painting and school supplies were
available to get the children excited about
learning and ready for a new school year.
T here’s a problem with many Hispanic
sity.
Timothy Swanson, Youth Program Co
ordinator at the nearby Villa de Clara Vista
apartments, worked with health, education
and social service agencies to plan the fair
and make it a fun and informative event
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