Volume XXIV Number 40
Serving the community through cultural diversity
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Auction For Kids
Programs
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Of­
fice holds its 1994 Mounted Posse Auc­
tion Dinner for the construction of an
equestrian center and programs for at-risk
kids, Friday, Oct. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the
Portland Art Museum. Tickets are $50
and $75. Contact Bill Goss at 251-2422.
Fall Jazz Concert Is
Saturday
The Rebecca Kilgore Quintet is fea­
tured Saturday at the Fall Jazz Series
concert premier at The Old Church, 1422
S.W. 11th Ave. Food, wine and beer will
be available. Doors open a 1 p.m. with the
music beginning at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8.
Proceeds benefit The Old Church piano
fund.
Stock Market Course
Offered
A new economics course called “In­
vesting and the Stock Market” is held this
fall at Mt. Hood Community College,
26000 S.E. Stark St. The class meets Tues­
day evenings through Dec. 13. Call in­
structor Ted Scheinman at 667-7104 or
the office of admissions and records at
667-7392.
October 5, 1994
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Neighborhood Calm Shattered
Deadly Gunfire
Disturbs Area
Residents
B y P romise K ing
A brazen shooting in the m iddle of
the day has shattered the calm and peace
o f a n e ig h b o rh o o d at N o rth e a s t
K illingsw orth and Rodney Avenue.
Disturbed neighbors are voicing con­
cerns and praying the violence will never
occur again.
A gunm an dastardly shot Deborah
Jean Payton, 30, o f B eaverton and her
boyfriend, Shango W ade, 2 6 o f Portland
in the head as they sat in their m ini-van.
Payton died at the scene and W ade died
later at Legacy Em anuel hospital.
A trem bling G loria Parra, a neigh­
bor who lives directly opposite the scene
of the killings said she is terrified and
thinking of m oving her family away.
“I was in the basem ent when I heard
the gunshots and I rushed out to find
police had blocked the stre e t,” she said.
“I t ’s scary. I d o n ’t feel secure anym ore,”
as Parra held her three kids close.
A young woman with a 16-month-
Lorine Howard is saddened by
young lives being wasted.
Ted, a landlord, says
neighorhood is usually quiet.
old baby, who gave her name as Kiana,
told the Portland O bserver she was at
the bus stop when a car pulled closed to
the m ini-van as if it wanted to smash into
it.
She said the driver yelled obscene
words and in a split second, he brought
out a gun and fired the fatal shots at
close range.
The witness ran for cover at a nearby
church and the assailant speed away.
“I just hit the ground man. It was like a
Gloria Parra worries about her family's safety.
real movie scene,” she said.
For William King, it was a sad reminder
of his mom’s death.
King was sleeping after his grave yard
shift when the gun shots woke him up.
“It’s really not a matter of the neighbor­
hood, he could have killed anywhere else,”
King said, holding on to his fiancee, Renee
Brewster.
Ted, a resident landlord, was surprised
the killings took place in an otherwise quiet
area.
‘Crossing The Broken Bridge’
Aquarium Offers Deep
Sea Treasures
The Oregon Coast Aquarium will offer
a fascinating hands-on introduction to the
world of deep sea exploration through a
four month exhibit called Deep Sea Trea­
sures. Built by the Museum of Science and
Industry in Tampa, Fla., it features inter­
active ways to learn about deep sea explo­
ration, including Alvin, a diving bell and
a model ship.
Oxbow Park Hosts
Salmon Festival
A class designed for married couples
of two faiths will meet Wednesday, Oct.
26 from 7:30- 9:30 p.m. at the Middleman
Jewish Community Center, 6651 S.W.
Capitol Highway. Issues such as “the im­
portance of providing children with a re-
ligious/cultural identity” will be discussed.
Dedicated Teens
Wanted For Search And
Rescue
Area high school students can help
save lives by assisting law enforcement as
an explorer scout with the Multnomah
County Sheriff s Office.
The law enforcem ent agency is
recruiting dedicated and m ature stu ­
dents betw een the ages o f 14 to 14 to
volunteer in Search and R escue E x­
plorer Post 63 1.
The annual recruiting meetings is on
Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m at the
Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office,
12240 N.E. C.lisan.
The post needs new members to main­
tain its ability to serve the public.
All members are expected to respond
to calls for assistance on search and rescue
missions The call-outs may occur on any
day, at any time
Study Finds
City Parks
In Disrepair
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Positively Indian!, the region’s larg­
est Native American art show and auction
takes place Oct. 14-16 at the Portland
Masonic Temple, 1119 S.W. Park Ave.
Activities include arts and crafts, children's
theatre, storytelling programs, Native
American films and traditional dance per­
formances.
Interfaith Parenting
Class Offered
“The neighborhood is pretty peaceful
and neighbors get along pretty well," he said
Portland police have arrested Earl Dou­
glas Wilkens, 29, also known as Anthony
McDonald, in connection with the brutal
murders.
Authorities said he will be charged for
two counts of aggravated murder.
The motive behind the killings is un­
clear, but police believe there had been dis­
agreements between the assailant and the
victims.
embers of the Portland City
Club have voted overwhelm­
ing ly to support the develop­
ment and improved management of
Portland area parks.
Positively Indian!
Celebrates Culture
Entertainment, crafts, activities for
youngsters, story telling, native American
dancing, arts and crafts, food and a tradi­
tional salmon bake is planned during a
Salmon Festival, Oct. 15 and Oct. 16 at
Oxbow Regional Park, eight miles east of
Gresham.
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A Traveling Jewish Theatre/Junebug Production present Crossing The Broken Bridge created & performed by Naomi
Newman and John O'Neal; directed by Steven Kent. Photo by David Allen
stereotypes, racism and anti-Semitism with
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M ittle m a n
Jew ish
humor and compassion through songs and
C o m m u n ity C e n te r, The
Portland International Perfor­
stories.
mance Festival, a program of Portland C o-sponsors for P o rtlan d 's C ross­
ing The B roken Bridge project are the
State University’s School of Extended
A m erican Jew ish Com m ittee, Havurah
Studies, and Congregation Neveh
Shalom , the Interstate F irehouse C u l­
Shalom present Crossing The Broken
tural C enter and the Urban League. The
Bridge on October 15 and 16 at the
U rban League will distribute 100 free
Aladdin Theatre.
tickets per perform ance to those who
c a n ’t afford to attend. Partial funding
The presentation is a collaboration be­
for the project is provided by the W est­
tween Naomi Newman of San Francisco’s A
ern
States Arts Foundation.
Traveling Jewish Theatre and John O ’Neal
The Portland residency of Crossing The
from New Orleans’ Junebug Productions.
Broken Bridge includes three public perfor­
Using the lens of African American/Jewish
mances at the Aladdin Theatre, 3 0 17 S.E.
relations to examine the forces that divide
Milwaukie, on Saturday, October 15 at 8:00
and unite the human community, this play
p.m. and Sunday, October 16 at 2:00p.m. and
attempts to address the volatile issues of
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7:00 p.m. Tickets for those performances are
$16. $13. and $10 for general admission and
$14, $1 1, and $8 for seniors and students.
Tickets will be available at all Ticketmaster
outlets including the PSU Box Office, and at
the Mittleman Jewish Community Center
and Congregational Neveh Shalom. Tickets
at Ticketmaster outlets are subject to a ser­
vice charge. Other events are a workshop/
discussion with the actors on Friday, October
14 at Congregation Neveh Shalom (2900
S.W. Peaceful Lane), a workshop for PSU
students, related courses from PSU's School
of Extended Studies and two performances
for middle school and high school students
sponsored by the Interstate Firehouse Cul­
tural Center. All performances include a dis­
cussion with the performers.
A club report finds that parts of
Portland's park system are in serious disre­
pair and some areas of the city are
underserved. It recommends the creation
of a system of small neighborhood parks
and larger community parks, better coor­
dination between park districts and depart­
ments in the metropolitan area, and the
creation of a citizen commission to pro­
vide more citizen input and direction in the
governance of Portland parks.
The City Club undertook its year-long
study to assess the adequacy of the Port­
land area’s parks, greenspaces and other
public spaces to serve the area’s rapidly
growing population. Up to 500,000 new
residents are expected to move into the
Portland area by the year 2010.
The report was the result of research
and over 70 interviews with sports and
recreation leaders, community activists and
local government planners.
Kitzhaber Opens
Northeast Office
Democratic candidate for Governor John
Kitzhaber's campaign is opening an office in
Northeast Portland with an open house on
Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Local resi­
dents and business people are encouraged to
stop by the office at 5016 N.E. Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd. and Alberta Street .
New Commissioners Named To Rights Panel
Five new m embers were recently ap­
pointed to the M etropolitan Human Rights
Commission by Portland Mayor Vera Katz
and M ultnomah County Chair Beverly
Stein:
Gretchen Shuette lives in east Mult­
nomah County. She is the executive vice
president at Mt Hood Community College, a
member of Citizens Against Discrimination
and the MHCC Diversity Taskforce. She's a
frequent volunteer for organizations and
groups that focus on civil liberties and human
rights issues.
Janet T. Kakishita of Portland is Japa­
nese-American She is the principal of
Sunnyside Elementary School, a member of
the Belmont Area Diversity Project and Edu­
cators for Social Responsibility. Kakishita is
implementing the first Vietnamese bi-lingual
program for the Portland School District.
Joan H. Strouse of Portland is an asso­
ciate professor at Portland State University.
She is a member of the School of Education
Advisory Committee, PSU Sexual Harass­
ment Resource Network and has consulted
with the U S Department of Education re­
garding the Title VII Programs. She has been
particularly involved in migrant education
and sexual harassment issues
Alice M. Perry of Portland is a Chicana
and an active member in her community. She
works for American Friends Service Com-
mittee, a member of the Portland-Corinto
Sister City Association, ALANA for Peace
and Justice and volunteers for KBOO as a
Spanish language programmer, focusing on
women's music and issues.
M inh V an T ran of Portland will
co m plete a previous co m m issio n e r’s
three-year term. He is V ietnam ese and
very active in several east Asian com ­
m unities. He is the supervisor for P o rt­
land Public S ch o o l's English as a S ec­
ond Language Program . Minh is a m em ­
ber of the Oregon B ilingual E ducation
A ssociation, V ietnam ese Education A s­
sociation and the N ational E ducation
A ssociation
Two commissioners were re-appointed.
Nadia Kahl lives in Portland and is
active with the Arab community. She has
participated in many of the commission's
projects and mostly recently helped facilitate
a focus group meeting with the middle East­
ern community.
Frances Portillo-Dcnhart of Portland
is active within (he Hispanic community. She
is chair of the commission's diversity com ­
mittee.
The public is w elcom e to m eet the
com m issioners at the p an e l’s m onthly
m eetings held every second T uesday of
the month C all 823-5136 for m ore in ­
form ation.
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