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Step One To Portland and V i
cinity is a new \ ideo and booklet for
newcomers to the greater Portland
area produced by KATU-TV.
The project is scheduled to be
la u n c h e d in Ja n u a ry w ith a
prescreening held this month for real
estate companies, chambers o f com
merce and state agencies.
The Portland Chamber o f C om
merce will be one o f the main distrib
utors o f the tape.
The video takes the viewer on a
personalized tour through neighbor
hoods in the Portland area, including
Vancouver. It is hosted by KATU
anchors Jeff G ianola and Julie Entry.
The 30-minute tape includes a look
at housing and neighborhoods, w eath
er, traffic, recreation, schools, crime,
children's resources and more. The
booklet that accompanies the pre
sentation has more specific inform a
tion and referral telephone numbers.
The researcher and writer from
the material was a native o f Oregon
with a passion for the essence o f
Portland, television executives said.
“ Step One to Portland repre
sents the kind o f well-researched,
quality program the community has
come to expect from KATU,” said
Jim Boyer. KATU general manager.
Portland
Saturday
Market Open
Weekdays
Before
Christmas
P o rtla n d ’s w eekend o u td o o r
crafts m arket will open M onday
through Friday, the week before
Christmas. Hours w ill be 11 a.m. to 5
p.m., Dec. 19 through 23. Hours on
Saturday, Dec. 24 will be 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. Approximately 200 local art
ists, craftspeople and cooks will sell
their handcrafted goods under the
Burnside Bridge during Christmas
Festival Days.
The Market holds up to 275
vendors on weekends in December
and expands south into Ankeny Park,
between Front and First Avenues. To
be a member o f Portland Sa* .rday
Market all products must be hand
made by the person who sells them.
No imports or resale items are al
lowed.
The market holds up to 272 ven
dors on weekends in December and
expands south into Ankeny Park,
between Front and First Avenues. To
be a member o f Portland Saturday
Market all products must be hand
made by the person who sells them.
No imports or resale items are al
lowed.
Portland Saturday Market is the
nation’s largest open air crafts m ar
ket in continuous operation and is
completing its twentieth year. Ad
mission is free. Portland Saturday
M arket is located within fareless
square on the MAX line. The M arket
closes during January and February
and will reopen March 4, 1995.
Will Be Library's Home During Renovation Of Central
Ave.
Even though the transfer of over
875 tons of books and other library
materials from Central Library will
continue into January. TransCentral
Library, the temporary home of his
toric Central L ibrary’s holdings dur
ing Central's upcoming 2.5 year reno
vation, will officially open Monday,
Dec 19.
T ransC entral L ibrary, w hich
occupies several floors in the former
State Office building in downtown
Portland, will have public entrances
on both Fourth Ave. and Columbia
D irector of Libraries G innie
Cooper and library staff will greet
the public in a brief ceremony at the
Columbia Street entrance at 9:55 a. m .,
then lead library patrons inside for a
first glimpse of the facility that will
house C entral's collection until it
reopens in 1997. Throughout the day,
volunteers will lead tours and help
patrons find their way to the library’s
various sections: Popular Library,
Children’s Library, Science/Business
and Periodicals on the main floor;
Literalure/H istory on the second
level; Art/Music on the third level.
“TransCentral will be cramped
and a bit inconvenient, but it is much
preferable to staying at Central while
construction is going on,” says Coo
per. "Moving helps ensure the safety
of library patrons, staff and resources
during the renovation — and it will all
be worth it in 1997 when we return to
a grand new Central Library."
Voters approved $24.6 million
in funding for renovation of Central
Library in May 1993.
Central Library service has been
unavailable for the past three weeks
while a large part of its 1.25 million
books and other library materials
were being moved to the new loca
tion. The com puter system linking
Multnamah County Library’s 15 li
brary locations was also moved to
the new location.
D u rin g
the
first
w eek
TransCentral is open, the first 25
visitors each day for the first week
will receive gift certificates donated
by local merchants. Donors include:
Royal Video; Silver Lining; Made In
Oregon; Fcxsthill Broiler; Child’s Play
Toys; About Karim; Shaving Service
West; Armchair Bookstore; Hot Lips
Pizza; WaterlooGames; KangarooGolf;
Tulip Pastry Shop, Plate du Jour; Alder
Creek Kayak; Music Millennium, and
Grand Central Baking.
TransCentral Library will ob
serve the same open hours as Central
Library: Monday through Thursday
from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Fridiy and
Saturday front 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.nt.;
Sunday from 1-5 p.m.
Tips For Parents This
Holiday Shopping Season
In a rush to get all your holiday
shopping done, many parents have
no choice but to bring their children
along to the store.
O regon's C hildren’s Services
Division is offering parenting tips
for the times “when shopping with
your child gives you a headache!”
N o one wants to chase a child
around in a store or resort to dragging
them out o f a store. Using the follow
ing tips might help:
Check attitudes: Is your child
too tired or hungry? Are you? It so,
postpone the trip or ask a relative,
friend or neighbor to go with you.
A gree on rules: B e ß re e n
te rin g the sto re , te ll you" ch ild ,
“ Stay c lo se to the c a r t,” >r “ Use
your q u iet v o ic e .”
Agree on rewards for food be
havior: Keep it simple, a sop at the
library or favorite play ares, or one
snack food.
W hatever the situation, hitting
your child doesn’t help. These sug
gestions and other parenting tips are
available at the branch offces o f the
Children’s Services Division. Vou
can also call the Parents Helpline at
1-800-345-5044 or in Portland at
238-8818._______________ _
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Natural Gas
Rate
Decrease
Approved
An re-enactment of an 1880s U.S. Army regiment teaches young African Americans the history of black
soldiers in the American armed forces.
Mentoring Helps Kids Learn
A grant from the Oregon C om
munity Foundation has been made to
Hyalite, Inc. to assist area youth.
The foundation made a $5.(XX)
contribution to help pay for the
organization's 1995 Buffalo Soldier
Mentoring Program, an art history
and self-esteem program, which in
cludes outdoor activities for chil
dren, such as rafting, horsemanship.
1880s reenactments and fishing with
positive role models.
Hyalite was formed to develop
the cultural and artistic talents of
African Americans and to tell the
stories o f the overlooked history of
African American contributions, for
example, the Buffalo Soldiers.
Funding is still needed and tax
deductible contributions can be sent
to the organization at P.O. Box 10596,
Portland, OR 97210. For more infor
mation contact Mark Little, Hyalite
executive director, at 220-8282.
The Oregon Community Foun
dation, established in 1973, manages
charitable funds given by individu
als, families and businesses to e n
hance and support the quality of life
in their communities.
Hill Works To U p g ra d e State Bonds
This week State Treasurer Jim
Hill met with bond rating firms in
New York City to discuss the state's
bond rating. Hill visited the firms to
outline the state’s economic and bud
get situation in order to begin laying
the groundwork for the possibility of
getting the state’s bond rating in
creased next year.
“I went back to New York in a
strong position to begin working for
an increase in the state’s bond rating.
We have a robust economy and the
trend demonstrates continuing eco
nomic growth for Oregon. Further,
we are seeing solid revenue growth,
while at the same time the Measure 5
gap is decreasing. I wanted to seize
this opportunity to help Oregon save
money on the bonds that we issue.
The agencies were very receptive to
a review o f our rating once the legis
lature has worked its way out of the
final round of Measure 5," Hill said.
The state’s bond rating is cur
rently AA, with AAA being the high
est. A state’s bond rating reflects the
credit worthiness of the state and the
cost the state must pay in interest on
bonds it issues. The higher the bond
rating, the lower the interest costs.
This, in turn, serves to lower the
overall cost of the project that the
b o n d s w e re issu e d for. T he
T reasurer’s visit with the bond rating
firms has been and annual event held
in early December. Each year state
and local governments issue about
$1 billion in bonds. These bonds pay
for large capital projects such as
schools, roads, bridges, water sys
tems, and housing. Issuing bonds is
a fair and equitable way to share the
costs of these long-lived projects with
future users.
KIRTLAND
DEVELOIMENT
COMMISSION
COMMISSION MEETING
Date: December 21,1994
Place: Goodwill Industries
1943 SE 6th Avenue
Portland, Oregon
T im e 7:00 p.m.
Customers o f Northwest N atu
ral Gas will see a reduction in rates
effective Dec. 1 following approval
by the Oregon Public Utility Com
mission.
Residential customers will see
an average decrease o f $2.16 a month
or 4.8 percent o f their total bill, as
suming average consumption ot 66
therms per month.
Most o f the reduction is because
o f lower gas prices in the United
States and Canada and increased drill
ing activity in Alberta and British
Columbia, where the company buys
most o f its gas. The completion o f
various pipeline expansion projects
in the U.S. have also helped reduce
natural gas prices.
Commission meetings are open to
the public. A complete agenda is
available at PDC or by calling
823-3200. Citizens with disabilities
may call 823-3232 or TDD 823-6868
for assistance at least 48 hours in
advance.
PDC is the City of Portland's urban
renewal, housing and economic
developm ent agency.
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Street
Academy
Opens
Enrollment
The Portland Street A cade
my, a program o f the U rban
League o f Portland, is recruiting
new students for the school se
m ester beginning in January.
The academy serves ch i ldren
grades seven through high school.
It’s designed to give students a
positive educational experience
who might have not had one.
The curriculum is diverse and
the staff consists o f professional,
certified instructors. Students ac
crue credit as if they were in
Portland public schools which
give them the flexibility to enroll
back into school when ready.
To apply, stop by the Urban
League office at IO N . Russell.
Application packets can be picked
up at the front desk.
For more information, call
the league's education division at
280-2658
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