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? . j — Serving the community through cultural diversity Volume XXV Number 1 1 ^ o rtla n h (Observer March 15, 1995 SECTION 1 <■ -J B ■■ ■ ■ n xxx xxx u n i t o a I e n b a r C /'S O // a/zee/w Health, Safety Fair Offered |- U S. Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and other federal agencies, host a children’s health and safety fair Saturday starting at 10:30 a m. at Creston School, 4701 S.E. Bush. Free immunizations will be pro vided. Child safety, health and nutrition information will be available. s. IÍ ■ t r I: I ■ * f I I F iA - ♦* - WjlJP* rax* ◄ ì & b The Jefferson Dancers, the exciting young company from Jefferson High School, is returning to the Portland Center fo r the Performing Arts for two completely different shows, May 2 through May 7 at 8 p.m. The highly acclaimed young dance company has electrified audiences throughout the Northwest with their versatility' and range. All seats are reserved. Tickets at 812.50, 510, and 86 and are available at the center ’s box office and at all Fred Meyer FASTIXX outlets. l Wyden To Appear At Irvington li Congressman Ron Wyden hosts a town hall meeting Saturday at 2 p.m. at Irvington Community School, 1320N.E. Brazee. He plans to discuss key issues Congress is debating this year, including welfare reform, crime, the budget and . environmental issues. J II i Alvin Ailey Conies To Portland i The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre comes to Portland’s Schnitzer . Hall March 24 for an 8 p.m. perfor mance. Under the direction of Judith Jamison, the 40-member company will perform their most requested and famous , piece, “Revelations.” Tickets are avail able at FASTIXX or by phone at 224- 8499. An after show reception with the dancers will benefit the Urban League of Í Portland. J » Í Inmates Plan Annual Banquet I The self-help group Uhuru Sa Sa invites the community to it’s annual ban quet, April 21, from 7-9 p.m. at the Oregon State Penitentiary. The group was formed in 1968 by African-Ameri can inmates who wanted to foster black awareness and self worth. “Saving the youth" is the theme of this year’s ban- quet. Contact Randy West, coordinator, Uhuru Sa Sa, 2605 State St., Salem, OR 97310 or leave a message at (503) 378- 2289. : ■ ; I . [ A City Of Roses ! ; w Cruise To A Taste Of Jazz And Landslides z / &&&&& ■HBF? Tickets are now being sold at Ticketmaster box offices for A Taste of Jazz, a Willamette River cruise featuring many of the best jazz musicians in the Portland area. The May 21 event on the ¡ Cascade sternwheeler Columbia George is a fund-raiser for the scholarship fund of the Mt. Hood Festival of Jazz Instru mental Workshop. «K 0 'OT ÍME’ T ■■ », ) Adventures In Omokunle Village You can test your skill at balancing a basket on your head or see how you'd look with a Nigerian hair-do at the Afri can Adventures in Omokunle Village at the Children’s Museum, 3037 S. W. Sec ond. The exhibit is open Saturdays and Sundays from I p.m. to 4 p.m. and every Monday from 11 a m. to 2 p.m. Call 823- 2231 for information. i i | ' I ; Spring Swim Lessons Start Portland Parksand Recreation spring swim lessons are available for all ages and skill levels. Morning, afternoon and evening lessons ar available at various sites. For a pool schedule, call Portland Parks at 823-5130. ! A n organization to help at-risk / \ youth find employment, has . \ . h i r e d it's fir s t fu ll-tim e anager and has opened an office in □rtheast Portland. David K. A llen, an O regon native tperienced in jo b assistan ce servic- i, will lead the Youth Em ploym ent id E m pow erm ent C oalition as exec- ive director. The C oalition also announced the lening o f a new office at 1818 NT lartin Luther King, Jr. Blvd Hatbox: Under the Big Top! A Cir cus Cabaret has extended its 7:30 p.m performances every Monday, through April 24, at Theatre on the Park, 904 S W Main St. Theatre founder Leigh Clark stars with a diverse, six-member multicultural cast of student performers. Call 226-6544 for more information. A llen brings m ore than 10 years o f non-profit experience in directing em ploym ent training and jo b d ev el opm ent for at-risk youth to his new position. Prior to jo in in g the c o a litio n 's, A llen worked as an em ploym ent co o rd in ato r for Portland Im pact, Inc., one o f 18 provider groups involved with the coalition. He has also w orked with the Pri vate Industry C ouncil and the State o f O regon Em ploym ent D ivision A llen is active in a wide variety o f com m unity organizations, includ ing the N ortheast Rescue Plan Action C o m m itte e , L e a d ers R o u n d ta b le , C oalition o f Black Men, A m erican Red C ross and the Portland Housing C enter. He is a graduate o f the University o f O regon and co-founder o f "O regon Black P ro fessio n als," an o rg an iza tion devoted to providing its m em bers with professional developm ent and netw orking opportunities. ] C 5 . : H Jobs Group Hires Director, Opens Office Cabaret Extended Another Month SUBMISSIONS: C ommunity Calendar information will he given priority if dated two weeks before the event date. eavy rains reminded thou the roads temporarily and a couple are sands of Portland motorists threatening homes,” Burns said. and hom eowners recently Portland's west hills is a slide- abo ut the c ity 's p ro p e n s ity prone fo r area, thanks in part to the area's landslides. The combination of steep soil composition. Fine-grained silt de hillsides and a desire to build homes posits called loess form the bulk of the and roads on h ills id e s makes soil. Loess material is thought to be the landslides a common and sometimes accumulation of wind-blown dust. devastating occurrence. Area residents may not be aware that Portland State University geology the city has some sizable landslides. students recently gained a first-hand look Washington Park Zoo is built on at these banes of nature through an "En one of the city's biggest land slides, gineering Geology” class. stretching roughly a half-mile long and Scott Burns. PSU associate profes a quarter-mile wide. It was formed sor of geology, combined field work, thousands of years ago. mapping and computer analysis to give W hen the state w idened Cany on Road students a better grasp of landslides. (Oregon Highway 26) in the 1950s. the- “Our class saw nine significant land landslide started to move again, ever so slides just along Skyline Boulevard and slowly. The state highway department has Thompson Road in west Portland after stabilized the road often during the past 40 the heavy mid-February rains. Four or years. five of the landslides closed portions of Another sizable landslide is near by, where the Washington Park reser ◄ Portland State geology students voirs were built some 90 years ago. It's active as well, moving fractions of an Tom Braibish (from left), Mike Boynau, inch each year. But the well-built res Mark Groseclose and Chip Barnett ervoirs are in no danger and city crew s place a drive probe into a landslide carefully re-grout the reservoirs peri near the METRO Washington Park odically to ensure their stability . Zoo to measure the depth of a slide.
