Volume X X IV Number 48
Serving the community through cultural diversity
November 30, 1094
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Kenton Firehouse Sets
Open House
An old fashioned holiday open house
will be held Friday at the historic Kenton
Fire House, 8105 N. Brandon, from 6 p.m.
to 10 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Information on future community plans
for die Fire House and the Kenton com
munity will also be presented.
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Salvation Army To Feed
Needy
The Salvation Army needs volun
teers to donate food for a traditional Christ
mas dinner and a w eek’s supply o f grocer
ies to meet the needs o f families o f all
sizes. To help the “Banquet-In-A-Box
drive, call N an Haan at The Salvation
Army, 234-0825.
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Handcrafted
In Oregon
John Woodard uses pine
needles harvested off the
ground of the pine forests of
Oregon for his Pine Needle
Basketry at Downtown
Portland’s Saturday Market.
Holiday shoppers are
crowding booths in the
popular market, open
weekends in Old Town
below the Burnside Bridge.
Women’s Job Training
Offered
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New Officers
To Garlington
Board
Applications to enroll in Project In
dependence, a new program for single
parents at the Cascade Campus o f Port
land Community College, are now being
accepted. The program 's goal is to assist
women in becoming self-sufficient though
employment and jo b training. For infor
mation call 244-6111, extension 5249.
he Garlington Center Board
of Directors selected new
Board officers at their
November, annual meeting and
recognition banquet.
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Tiles Sold For
Playground Upgrade
Tiles are being sold to raise donations
torevitalizethe Alameda Community Play
ground at N ortheast 27th and Klickitat.
The 3" X 6" tiles can be inscribed with a
name or message. They will be integrated
at the playground entrance with artwork
tiles created by Alameda Elementary stu
dents. For more information call Mary
Strickler, 331-3602.
Expo Center Hosts
Christmas Bazaar
Thousands o f unique gifts for people
o f all ages along with plenty o f food and
decorations for holiday entertaining are
featured at the 12th Annual A m erica’s
Largest Christmas Bazaar, Friday through
Sunday, at the Portland Expo Center.
Admission is free on Friday with two cans
o f donated food. General admission for
Saturday and Sunday is $4; $1.75 for ages
12-17, and free for kids under 12.
Holland Bakery representatives show off their delicious products during
an Albina Youth Oooortunitv School fundraiser.
Erma August and other staff members from the
Albina Youth Opportunity School meet patrons
during a reception.
Albina School Construction Campaign
t. Nick Bricks” are being sold
to help raise money for the
Albina Youth Opportunity
School Building Fund.
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The private school at 3 710 N . M ississippi
is in the midst o f raising $7 million for its
capital campaign fund.
The bricks cost $35. They can be in
scribed with names and will be displayed in
the new building’s Wall o f Fame.
For more information contact Irma Au
gust, community resource coordinator at 288-
5813.
A reception was held earlier to kick-off
the campaign at Madrona Hill Winery' in the
Russell Street Historic District.
The Nov. 18 event featured wine, food
and music by the Akkord Flute Quartet. Ele
gant samples o f cakes and catering was by
Old Holland Bakery and creative stylings
were by Tall Talk Dairy. Products and other
services were also donated by Boyd’s Coffee
and Safeway Marketplace, Jantzen Beach.
The people attending got a change to talk
around the architect’s rendering o f the new
school building and the educational enhance
ments proposed for youth.
School director Rance C. Spruill and
several teachers and staff were also on hand
to greet and discuss the plans for the school.
Concert To Ring In
Christmas
On Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. in Smith Audi
torium at W illamette University, the Wil
lamette Master Chorus will present its
annual Family Christmas Concert, “ Ring
ing in Christm as.” The program is for the
whole family. Guest performers will in
clude the St. P a u l’s E p isc o p a l and
W estminster Presbyterian churches. Tick
ets are $10 for adults, $7 for senior and
students, and free for ages 17 and under.
Store Is Shop For Kids
Gifts for all ages are available at Our
C hildren’s Store now open for the holiday
season at 510 S.W. Broadway. All pro
ceeds from the store to public service
agencies to help kids in crisis.
Saturday Dance Set
Ron Steen will perform at the Ebony
and Ivory Scholarship Dance Saturday
from 8 p.m. to 1 a m. at the Melody
Ballroom, 615 S.E. Alder. Tickets will be
available for a $30 donation at the door.
Older Women’s League
Saturday, December 10, 1994;
10:00 AM to Noon
Midlife and older women are invited
to participate in a public meeting to cele
brate the holidays and to provide small,
unwrapped gifts for homeless women
Place: Portland Impact Senior Cen
ter, Tabor Building, 4610 SE Belmont
Parking lot and entrance ramp are at rear
o f building.
Pi ease S u b m it A i l C o m m u n ity
C alendar I nform ation T wo
W eeks I n A dvance O f E ve n t ' s
S tar tin g D ate
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Fiance Spruill, Albina Youth Opportunity School director,
greeted patrons at the kick-off reception to a building fund
drive.
Faith Love (right) and Diane Farmer Linkhart of Albina Youth
Opportunity School give a warm welcome to patrons during a
reception at Madrona Hill Winery.
Open House At Historic Kenton Fire
House For Youth And Seniors
he Youth/Seniors Committee o f the
Portland Firefighter's Toy and Joy Makers,
Kenton Action Plan invites the
celebrating their 80th year. A fire truck will
neighborhood for an old fashioned
be on display and donations will be accepted
holiday open house to be held at the Historic
for this year’s drive to collect toys for needy
Kenton Fire House at 8105 N. Brandon, at
children.
the com er o f Brandon and Scholfield The
Inform ation and displays will also be
open house is scheduled for 6:00PM to
available on o th e r program s c u rre n tly in
10:00PM, Friday, December 2nd. Refresh
cluded in the Kenton Action Plan:
ments will be provided and informational
• Organization and assistance to youth
displays will illustrate planned programs for
and senior groups for recreation and training;
opening the Historic Kenton Fire House as a
• Preservation o f the area's historic as
neighborhood community center. Adults,
sets and culture;
seniors and kids are welcome
• Crime prevention, block watch devel
Also participating in the event will be the
opment and home security;
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• Marketing o f the neighborhood and
business district.
For more information, call Dave Myers-
Eatwell at the Kenton Action Plan at 289-
6693 The Kenton Action Plan is funded by
block grants through the City o f Portland
Bureau o f Housing and Community Devel
opment. The primary focus o f the Kenton
Action Plan is enhancement o f the Kenton
business district and the surrounding neigh
borhood, draw ing on resources o f grassroots
involvement and community support.
Historic Kenton: A good place to raise a
family, a great place to do business.
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Elected to president was former vice
president Emmett W heatfall, corporate
EEO speicalist at Portland General Elec
tric; to vice president Ben Jumbo, adjunct
professor at Mary Ihurst College and senior
management and human resources con
sultant for the Upper-W iliamette Interlink
Konsult, Inc.; to secretary Judy Embler,
load/resource contract supervisor at Pacif
ic Power & Light, and to a second term as
treasurer Moggy Vanderkin Rollings, pres
ident and chief executive o f American
Messenger.
At the banquet, long-time Board mem
bers JamesC.E. Faulkner, and Ernest Estes,
were recognized for their outstanding con
tributions to the Garlington Board for the
past 9-years. Faulkner, who served as Board
president for the past year and Estes, who
served as Board secretary and who also
held the title o f president, will retire from
the Board. Tom Collins, retired earlier
from the Board after 7-years, and was also
acknowledged.
The keynote sp eak er w as Judge
Roosevelt Robinson, Mifltnomah County
District Court Judge. Judge Robinson,
served on the Garlington Board in the early
1980s with colleagues Faulkner, Estes and
Collins.
At an e a rlie r g a th e rin g , the B o ard
o f D ire c to rs a p p o in te d new b o a rd
m em bers. T hey are Don L oper, p r e s i
dent & c h ie f ex ecu tiv e o f N E T C O M
C o m p u ters; Ben Jum bo, se n io r c o n
su lta n t and a d ju n c t p ro fe sso r and C.
Sherm an S everin, d ire c to r o f the b u s i
ness in fo rm atio n m an agem ent g ra d u
ate p ro g ra m at M ary lh u rst C o lleg e.
Toy And Joy
Collections
Begin
The Portland Fire Bureau has started
a collection o f toys for less fortunate chil
dren as it begins its annual holiday Toy and
Joymakers program.
Last year, Toy and Joymakers helped
over 16,000 children in Oregon and south
west W ashington enjoy the holiday spirit
The program was started in Portland 80
years ago and is now recognized and prac
ticed throughout the United States.
You can help by dropping o ff new
toys at any Portland fire station or by
donating money to “Toy and Joym akers,”
55 S.W. Ash, Portland
Fred Meyer, Coca-Cola and the Port
land Trail Blazers are joining forces with
other supporting agencies to support the
holiday toy drive.
Families requesting toys may call 231 -
8697 for more information.
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