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Volume XXIV Number 38
Serving the community through cultural diversity
September 21, 1994
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Marine Band Coming To
Portland
“The President’s Own” United Stated
Marine Band will perform Oct. 29 at 7:30
p.m. in Portland at the Benson High School
auditorium. Tickets are available at the
Portland Chamber of Commerce. For tick
ets you can stop by in person or mail a
self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Band Tickets; Portland Chamber; 221
N.W. Second Ave., Portland, OR 97209-
3999. Tickets are free, but limited to four
per request.
Fine Wine And Art
Explodes
“The Tasting,” a fine wine and arts
festival for North Portland’s Delaunay
Youth and Family Center, takes place
Saturday, Oct. 1 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at
the “Painted Lady,” the historic Penner
home at 7009 N. Portsmouth Ave. Tick
ets are $25. Quilts by Stephanie Parrish
Taylor, paintings by Kimberly Culbertson,
photography by Anthony Parker, glass-
work by Susan Parker and pottery by
Leslie Lee are among the fine arts fea
tured.
Brewers Hold
Octoberfest
Portland Brewing and its Brewhouse
Taproom and Grill will be transformed
into a huge German village with live
music from “Edelweiss” and authentic
German food for its second annual
Octoberfest. Admission to the Sept. 30 -
Oct. 2 event is free and children are
welcome when accompanied by a parent.
Lending A Helping Hand
Moose Leads
Walk-A-Thon
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Supporting United
Negro College Fund
upporters of youth and
education get to g e th e r
Saturday for the fifth annual
Walk-a-Mile to Save-a-Mind walk-
a-thon for the United Negro College
Fund.
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P o r t la n d
P o l ic e
C h ie f
C h arles M oose and form er P o r t
land S ch ool D istr ic t S u p e r in
ten d e n t M atth ew P ro p h et w ill
lead th e w ay as th e e v e n t’s h o n
orary c o -c h a ir s.
T h e fu n -fille d day o f fa m ily
fitn e ss a n d g e n e r o sity b e g in s
S a tu r d a y at 9 a.m . at G ra n t
P ark, at th e co rn er o f N o r th e a st
33 A ven u e and B razee. R e g is
tra tio n w ill b egin at 7 :3 0 a .m .
H u n d r e d s o f p a r tic ip a n ts
are e x p e c te d . A b ou t $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 in
d o n a tio n s are is fo re c a ste d to
be raised fo r c o lle g e s c h o la r
sh ip s. U N C F in stitu tio n s p r o
vid e a c c ess to h ig h er e d u c a tio n
as w ell as su p p o rt and m o tiv a
tio n fo r m a n y s tu d e n ts w h o
m ig h t n ot o th e rw ise be a b le to
a tten d c o lle g e .
O regon is h om e to sc o re s o f
stu d e n ts and alu m n i o f U N C F
sc h o o ls.
Key Bank closed many of its branch offices for one day last week for its “Neighbors Make The Difference” campaign.
Employees traded their regular work day suits for working clothes to prune trees (left), sew Christmas stockings for charities
(right), and perform many other public service jobs in areas all over the Portland metropolitan area and across the state.
World Heritage To Shine At Firehouse Party
stage of international dance
and music w ill light up
com m unity spirit as the
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
presents a fundraising party, “IFCC
Passport to Different Worlds.”
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Minority Singers,
Actors Wanted
A multi-cultural theater production
at Maryhurst College needs minority ac
tors and singers of all ages for an upcom
ing presentation of “Amahl and the Night
Visions.” Prior experience is not required.
Auditions are held Saturday. Call Nancy
Olson Chatalas for an appointment at
778-8389.
Emotional Well-being
For Seniors
A peer counseling program. Volun
teers Involved for the Emotional Well
being of Seniors, meets every Tuesday at
10:30 a.m. at the Multicultural Senior
Center, 5325 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd.
This can be a wonderful support
group for you if are experiencing some
changes in you life, depression, anxiety,
confusion, grief or adjustments to physi
cal illness.
American Indian
Culture Examined
You can explore the conflicts and
commonalities between European reli
gious tradition and Northwest native In
dians during the free program “Sacred
Encounters." The multi media presenta
tion is held Thursday. Sept. 29 at 7:30
p.m. at Portland State University’s Smith
Center.
Renter’s Rights Forum,
Tuesday
A forum to address the rights and
responsibilities of renters will be held
Tuesday at 7 p.m at the Piedmont Friends
Church, 5736 N Albina Ave. Speakers
include representatives from Multnomah
County Legal Aid. Portland HousingCen-
ter, Oregon Legal Services and the
YMCA Tenants can learn to protect them
selves under Oregon' slandlord/tenant act.
Please send all Community
Calendar information two weeks in
advance of event or deadline date.
Filipino dance by Teatro Bagong Silangan will be just some of the entertainment during Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center's
Passport to Different Worlds, the fourth annual fundraiser for the non-profit community arts organization.
The soiree is held Sunday from 3 p.m. to
7 p.m. at the historic landmark, IFCC and
Patton Park, adjacent to the center at 5340 N.
Interstate.
Oregon Native Americans will kick off
the festivities with traditional dance and drum
ming. Then moving around the world, the
entertainment will showcase the native
peoples and customs of Southeast Asia. The
Philippines, Japan and Spain.
The entertainment schedule includes the
Bow and Arrow C ulture C lub, a trad i
tional N ative A m erican dance group;
C hisao Hata, a Japanese A m erican Cho-
r e o g ra p h e r/d a n c e r; T e a tro B ag o n g
Silangan, traditional F ilipino dance; and
Tam ara C atillo-G ray, a Spanish ch o re
ographer with dancers perform ing “Los
V iejito s,” Dance of the O ld men.
Musical entertainment is provided by
Janice Scroggings and Lyndee Mah.
The IFCC encourages all cultures to
show case their heritage through the arts
to preserve our past w hile paving a way
for our com m unity’s cultural future.
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Students Honored With Scholarships
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hree young men from Portland
are being honored for
leadership and achievement
in school.
The Zeta Nu chapter of the Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity has granted $500 scholarships
to the graduating black high school seniors
based on their scholastic achievements, lead
ership qualities, community involvement and
desire to achieve at a higher education.
The 1994 recipients are U llysses
C ow ser from R oosevelt High School.
Jaison Linton from Grant High School
and Marvin McKinney from Benson High
School.
“The Omega brothers arc extremely
proud of our scholarship recipients and we
wish them much success in their college
years and the years beyond," an Omega rep
resentative said
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Jaison Linton of Grant High School.
Ullysses Cowser of Roosevelt High
School.
Marvin McKinney of Benson High
School.
Cowser will be majoring in electronics
at Portland State University. Linton plans to
be a business major at Grambling State Uni-
versity and McKinney w ill enroll in math and
electrical engineering at Fort Valley State
University in Georgia
The Omega fraternity is dedicated to
assisting young black men in pursuing their
education goals.
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