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Moose Teaches
Workshops
P olice C h ie f C harles M oose w ill
teach tw o w in te r w orkshops at the
Cascade Campus o f P ortland C om
m u n ity C o lle g e . L e a d e rsh ip S k ill
D evelopm ent w ill be held Feb. 18
and Feb. 25. T his weekend, Moose
jo in s his w ife , Sandra to teach the
w orkshop Gender C o n flic t R esolu
tio n. C ontact PCC at 414-2913 fo r
more in fo rm a tio n .
Teens To Build
Leadership Skills
Family Supper Set
At St. Andrews
The Albina Ministerial Alliance holds
its first annual “ Alliance Family Supper,
Friday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. at St. Andrew’s
Church. 806 N.E. Alberta. $5 for adults
and $2.50 for children. For more infor
mation cal 285-0493.
History Focus On
African Americans
The African-American presence in
the Northwest is the topic o f a special
lecture on Tuesday, Jan. 24 in Foster
Auditorium at Clark College in Vancou
ver. Historian and w riter Joseph Franklin
w ill talk about the little known develop
ment o f the African American culture in
our region.
Celebrating
Harmony And
Diversity
An evening o f fun and cultural en
richment w ill be held Friday from 6 p.m.
to 9 m. in the Gaiser Hall Student Center
at C lark College in Vancouver. The
evening w ill include ethnic dining, enter
tainment and informational exhibits from
a variety o f cultures/
Working to reduce violence at home and in the community are Bridget Wright (center) and other members of north and
northeast Portland's Family Care Team.
(Photo By Michael Leighton)
Family Care Takes Aim At Violence
by
M ichael L eighton
group of north and northeast
Portland adults are learning
skills of mediation and conflict
resolution.
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Their aim is to end a cycle o f anger and
violence and thereby make their own lives
and those around them more livable.
Library Events For
Kids
The H o lly w o o d branch o f the
M u ltn o m a h C ou nty L ib ra ry features
the program W in te r Fun on Saturday
at 2:30 p.m. P a rtic ip a tin g ch ild re n
w ill hear w in te rtim e stories and learn
how to make a b irdfee de r. On Satur
day, Feb. I 1 at 11:30 a m., the p ro
gram Have A H eart w ill feature v a l
entine stories and crafts.
Pat Metheny
Group To Perform
Pat Metheny and his band w ill per
form in Portland Friday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m
at C ivic Auditorium Tickets are on sale
at Fastixx or by calling 224-TIX X.
SUBMISSIONS: Community
Calendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
Saving just one person from the damage
o f domestic violence makes it all worth it,
according to Barbara Pacheco.
Pacheco and others find immediate sat
isfaction by seeing the anger management
skills they learn transfer into higher self
esteem for themselves and especially their
children.
Now w ith added support from Camp
Fire Boys and Girls they hope to get more
residents involved in the program.
Camp Fire already had been working to
make neighborhoods safer in its Gang Peace
program. The agency goes into the elementa
ry schools to teach children mediation so they
can better deal with violence and conflicts.
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Moose Cited In Fight Against Drugs
ortland Police Chief Charles
Program, the Boys and G irls Club and other
public and private agencies working on the
A. Moose has received a
community leadership award
problems generated by the abuse o f illegal
from the FBI for his efforts in reducing
drugs, were mentioned as examples o f the
illegal drugs.
c h ie fs public service record.
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Each year since 1990, the Federal Bu
reau o f Investigation has recognized individ
uals and organizations in the Portland area
for their work in reducing the demand for
illegal drugs in their communities.
In being nominated by the special agent
in charge o f the Portland FBI office, Moose
was cited for work in community policing
and problem solving in drug-affected neigh
borhoods. His work with the Iris Court Com
munity Policing Project, Comprehensive
Options for Drug Abusers, Mainstream Youth
Help Offered For
College Planning
The K a p la n E d uca tio n C enter
w ill h o ld a free sem inar fo r high
school students and parents on Tues
day, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. in the G a lle ria ,
4th flo o r, room 402. Students w ill
learn w hat to expect and how to pre
pare fo r S A T exams, the colle ge ad
m ission process, fin a n c ia l aid and
scholarships.
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Shelter
Dedicated To
Murdered
Woman
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A three-day w orkshop fo r teen
agers to b u ild leadership s k ills is held
th is weekend at W estern Y o u th De
velopm ent, 300 N .E. M ultnom ah. The
Step In to The Future sem inar w ill
include help on se tting goals, e ffe c
tiv e c o m m u n ic a tio n , d e a lin g w ith
peer pressure and fin d in g fu lfillm e n t
and sa tisfactio n in d a ily life . There is
no cost to p a rticip a n ts. C a ll Suzanne
Edm ark at 239 -4 84 9 to register.
Januan IS. 1995
Also noted was the positive impact the
ch ie f and his wife, Sandy, have made on
northeast Portland’s King neighborhood since
moving there in 1993.
Past award winners have included the
Regional Drug Initiate, an organization o f
community leaders who have assembled to
combat drug problems; W illiam J. Sorenson,
for his support o f Y M C A midnight basket
ball; Fred Stickel, publisher o f the Orego
nian; and Barbara Sue Seal, real estate exec
utive.
Carter Set Early
Legislative Agenda
usinesses receiving property
Participation Agreement Program would help
tax b e n efits could face
meet emerging businesses needs, Carter said.
additional requirements under
State support for the Youth Conserva
a law being proposed by Rep. Margaret
tion Corps to work with troubled young peo
Carter, D-Portland.
ple is also being sought. Carter said a funding
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Carter said her plan for amending Ore
gon’s enterprize zone law could provide that
specific neighborhood needs are met by com
panies receiving benefits through the state
program. The proposed legislation is one o f
three proposals Carter has presented to legis
lative council for drafting into proposed law.
The north and northeast Portland repre
sentative is also w orking to put more state
support into a program designed to meet the
credit needs o f lower-income neighborhoods.
Increasing funding to the Private Lender
request was made at the request o f the Port
land Rainbow Coalition and Jobs for Justice
The corps is an organization that works
w ith young people who are in danger o f
failing in school, committing offenses, or
who are already coming in contact w ith the
court for m inor offenses.
Participants would combine work and
study, complete a GED i f needed, and save
money for higher education. Corps projects
would focus on ecosystem restoration in co
operation with state and local agencies.
Police Chief Charles Moose
A new shelter fo r women and c h il
dren in north P ortland has been namec
in honor o f a 2 6 -y e a r-o ld woman who
was beaten, then shot to death by her
abusive b o y frie n d .
The A n d re a Lee T ra n s itio n a l
House was dedicated F rid ay to A n
drea Lee A t the tim e o f her m urder in
1975, there were no program s or ser
vices available to battered women and
c h ild re n in P ortland.
“ We must w o rk together, p rivate
co rp oratio ns and p u b lic service orga
nizations a lik e , to make liv e s free
from viole nce a re a lity fo r e veryone,”
said M argaret B ro w n , execu tive d i
recto r o f B ra d le y -A n g le House, the
agency in charge o f the fa c ility , in
remarks fo r the d ed ica tion .
B ro w n said th e re ’ s been a dra
m atic increase in the num ber o f w om
en and c h ild re n turned away from
safe shelters in the P o rtlan d area due
to the lack o f a vailab le space.
D om estic viole nce o ffic ia ls said
they believe that p u b lic ity su rrou nd
ing the N ic o le B row n Sim pson m ur
der co ntribu te s to the hig h volum e o f
the ca lls they are re c e iv in g fo r help
and the need fo r a d d itio n a l shelter
B row n said its new quarters w ill
serve women in tra n s itio n .
“ We w ill be able to extend our
services to inclu de h e lp in g v ic tim s
fin d adequate housing, teaching s k ills
that w ill help them obtain e m p lo y
ment and most im p o rta n tly , g ive them
the o p p o rtu n ity to regain c o n tro l over
th e ir liv e s .”
She added that the w ay to reduce
dom estic viole nce is fo r the w hole
com m un ity to become in v o lv e d .
“ D om estic v io le n ce is a com m u
n ity problem w h ich im pacts e ve ry
one. V io le n ce has no place in any o f
our homes. Fear and ignorance are
the greatest ch a lle n g e s we fa c e ,”
B ro w n said.
Support fo r the new fa c ility has
been rece ive d fro m P o rtla n d C ity
C o m m is s io n e r G re tch e n K a fo u ry ,
X e rox o f O regon, the Bureau o f C om
m u n ity D e v e lo p m e n t, the O reg on
H ou sing and C o m m u n ity S ervices
Departm ent, Fred M eye r M e m o ria l
Trust, the K enton N eig hb orho o d A s
sociation and o the r business and com
m un ity groups.
Neighborhood Concerns
Put In Focus
pian to make an inner north
next year.
and north east Portland
Housing Our Families is a non-profit
neighborhood a stronger and
community development corporation work
more stable com m unity will ing be
to create affordable housing and revital
unveiled Monday at a community
ize the neighborhoods o f inner north and
meeting hosted by Housing Our
northeast Portland.
Families.
In August 1993, the corporation ac
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Residents and community resource part
ners plan to gather at the New Hope M is
sionary Baptist Church, 3725 N. Ganten-
bein at 7 p.m.
A prim ary focus w ill be the Maya
Angelou Community Action Initiative which
contains 15 projects to be accomplished by
residents and civic organizations over the
quired the Maya Angelou Apartments (fo r
merly known as Colonial Park), a 42-unit
complex in the Boise neighborhood. Since
then, the organization has been working
with the tenants and neighbors o f the apart
ments to develop innovative strategies to
increase the safety and liveability o f the
community.
Humboldt School ‘Dreamers’ Begin Journey
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ortland’s inner city has a new
come the 60 students who comprise the class
class of “d re am e rs ” with
into the program.
sights on academic excel
The Humboldt School “ dreamers” are
lence and a future of attending college.
promised $4,000 in college scholarships i f
The entire class o f fourth grade students
at Humboldt Elementary School at 4915 N.
Gantenbein, is the fourth “ I Have a Dream
Foundation" class to be established in Ore
gon.
Eugene Lang, the foundation's national
founder, was at the school last week to wel
they successfully complete high school. In
the meantime, they w ill benefit from special
programs o f educational enrichment as part
o f the program.
L oca l sponsors are V ic k i Z id e ll, a
c o m m u n ity vo lu ntee r and fo rm e r h o sp i
tal p u b lic rela tio n s p ro fe ssio n a l; D avid
G o stn e ll, a n e u ro psych olo gist and psy
c h o lo g is t; and G lo ria G o stn e ll, a p ro
gram o ffic e r o f the M eye r M e m o ria l
Trust. The sponsors pledge th e ir tim e
and resources to the students over an
extended period o f tim e.
M ajor financial support was made by a
$600,000 grant from the Fred Meyer Memo
rial Trust. Pacific Power and Light also pro
vided a matching grant of$200,000 for future
“ I Have A Dream Foundation o f Oregon”
activities.
The “ I Have a D ream ” program was
founded by Lang in New Y o rk in 1981.
He “ adopted” and prom ised fin a n c ia l
help fo r c o lle ge educations to an entire
graduating class at the same East H arlem
e le m e n ta ry s ch o o l he attended as a
c h ild .
The program has grown and today, more
than 12,9000 students in 56 cities participate
as “ dreamers.”
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