Serving the community through cultural diversity
Volume XXIV Number 43
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October 26, 1994
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Clothes Needed For
Poor
Clothing donations for low-income
families in Multnomah County will be col
lected Nov. 1 through Nov. 15 by the Black
Law Student Association of Northwestern
School of Law at Lewis and Clark College.
Items may be dropped off at the school,
10015 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd. or the Low
Income Family Emergency Center, 2746
N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Job Fair At Sylvania
Campus
Portland Community College is pre
senting a Jobs 2000 Career Fair to take
place Monday through Thursday on the
PCC Sylvania Campus. Employment rep
resentatives from dozens of companies will
be on campus to share information on the
future of work and technology.
Urban League Plans
Career Day
The Urban League of Portland will
hold its 21st annual career awareness day
on Saturday, Nov. 12 at Portland State
University. The event promotes and en
courages high school students to learn about
a wide variety of career options. This year’s
theme is “Media in Action.” Guest speak
ers include Steve Piakett and Brenda
Braxton of KGW-TY; Ken Boddie of
KOIN-TV; A1 Sigalla and Rhonda Shelby,
KATU-TV, Tony Washington, Portland
Observer, Angela Wilson, Skanner; and
Kevin Fuller of the Oregonian.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Children enjoy the fun of hunting for the perfect pumpkin to make halloween carvings at a pumpkin patch off Marine Drive, east of Portland.
Photographer Featured
New Multi Ethnic Mural
At Garlington Center
Professional photographer John Saxton
will be the featured speaker Tuesday at 6
p.m. at the Portland Art Museum, 1119
S.W. Park Ave. Saxton is internationally
known for his elegant, finely-crafted, large
format black and white photographs of the
environment..
Ski Show To Open At Expo Center
The 1994 Coors Winter Ski and Sports
Show, the largest event of its kind in the
Pacific Northwest, will take place Nov. 4-
6 at the Multnomah County Exposition
Center. Over 400 booths and exhibits are
planned, including all major ski and winter
equipment manufacturers. Winter sports
demonstrations are also planned.
Workshop To Help AIDS/
HIV Care
Against a backdrop of blue skies and mountains, the new mural at the Garlington
Center depicts Portland landmark skyscrapers, with a multi-ethnic group,
symbolizing diversity.
People concerned with improving ac
cess to care and services for those living
with HIV are invited to attend a one-day
workshop. The session will be held Thurs
day, Nov. 10 from 8:30a.m. to 4:3 0 p.m. at
the World Foresty Center, 4033 N. W. Can
yon Rd. The program is sponsored by the
Oregon Hospice Association.
Parenting Class Offered
Dr. Evelyn Nast-Selkirk will lead the
workshop Supporting Your Child's Self-
Esteem Nov. 2 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
the Mittleman Jewish Community Center,
6651 S.W. Capitol Hwy. There is a $fee for
members and $18 fee for non-members.
Call 244-0111 for reservations.
Black Colleges
Conference Held
Area students with sights on college
will attend the Black Colleges Conference
“Building Tomorrow Together” Saturday
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Portland State
University’s Smith Memorial Center. The
conference provides students and their fam
ilies with scholarship and admission infor
mation about historically black colleges
and universities.
Turkey Day Crafts
Offered
Craft classes for making Thanksgiving
decorations arc being offered by the Port
land Parks and Recreation. A holiday fab
ric painting class for hand painted holiday
designs is held Nov. 1 to Nov. 15 at Ockley
Green Community School, 6031 N Mon
tana. Cal 280-6188.
Supporting Portland Parks
A reception a, Portland's Pittock Mansion, one of the facilities maintained by the
Portland Park Bureau, serves as a reception site to support the city’s Yes on 26-10 parks
initiative to fund park improvements. The measure appears on the Nov. 8 General Election
ballot. Ernest and Jeanne Herzog (left) and Pat Warren attend the event hosted by Portland
City Parks Director Charles Jordan and Police Chief Charles Moose.
Consumers of services at the Garlington
Center painted a mural drawn by Lorenzo
Guel of the Education in Art Program.
The mural is a result of Garlington Cen
te r ’s O c cu p atio n al T h e ra p ist S helby
Atwood’s idea. She works with the Horizon
Day Treatment Component of Garlington
Center, and she envisioned a project that they
all could do together and something that
connected with the rest of the community.
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Consumer mural enhances sense of com
munity
Consumers at Garlington Center unveiled
their completed community arts mural on
Monday thanks to the generous support of
arts lovers Arlene Schnitzer and Ruth
Menashe.
Schnitnzer and Menashe each contribut
ed $ 1,040 to purchase art supplies and mate
rials.
The unveiling party took place on Mon
day, October 24 at 10:00 a m. in the parking
lot o f the G arlington adult building.
Garlington adult services is located on the
corner of Northeast King Boulevard an Al
berta at 4950 N. E. Martin Luther King
Boulevard.
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Friends Bid Farewell To Edna Robertson, Citizen Activist
There will be a farewell reception, Thurs
day, October 27, 1994, from 4:00p.m. - 7:00
p.m., at the King Neighborhood Facility,
4815 N. E. 7th Avenue for, Edna M
Robertson, one of Portland’s most notable
community activists. After twenty four (24)
years of working with citizens in Portland's
Northeast neighborhoods. Robertson, 65
years, is retiring from her current position as
Executive Director of the Northeast Coali
tion of Neighborhoods.
A native of Birmingham. Alabama,
Robertson came to Oregon in 1957. She
joined the Model Cities Agency staff in 1970
as a citizen planning assistant and soon be
came Coordinator of Citizen Participation.
Her role was to organize and coordinate
citizen groups, community meetings and fo
rums, neighborhood associations, advisory
committees, public relations, information and
referral.
The Model Cities Citizen Participation
structure and it’s neighborhood organiza
tions became the model for the City 's Office
of Neighborhood Associations and neigh
borhood associations city-wide.
In 1975, when the Model Cities Program
was terminated, Robertson was transitioned
to the City of Portland as Coordinator, later
upgraded to Executive Director, of the North
east Neighborhood Office.
Robertson has been involved in a num
ber of civic and neighborhood groups which
include; the Black United Front; the NA ACP;
the Regional Drug Initiative; founding mem
ber of the Northeast Community Develop
ment Corporation; the Community Coalition
for School Integration; the Multnomah School
Advisory Committee; the Urban League Se
nior Center and she is also a member of
Bethel A.M.E. Church.
R obertson has three daughters and
one g ra n d d a u g h te r; S y n e tta , T e rry ,
F elicia, and g ran ddaughter B riania, 3
years. R obertson gives most of the c re d
it for her devotion to caring for others
and w illin g n ess to get involved to her
mother, Evelyn Nelson, who passed away
in M arch 1993.
People who know Robertson describe
her as being a person with integrity.
“Edna has been the catalyst for many of
positive changes that have taken place within
the City of Portland. She has been a rock and
anchor, always reminding us of our commit
ment to the citizens of Northeast Portland. I
never hesitate in going to her for advice and
direction", said Portland Police Chief Charles
A. Moose.
“You might not like what she says, but
she’s fair, honest and straightforward and
you never have to edit what she says It ’ s very
clear and on target," said Norm Monroe,
Community Investment C oordinator for
Multnomah County.
Members of the public are invited to this
farewell reception. Refreshments will be
served.