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Serving the community through cultural diversity
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March 15, 1995
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Health, Safety Fair
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Alvin Ailey Conies To
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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.
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Inmates Plan Annual
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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.
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Cruise To A Taste Of
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A n organization to help at-risk
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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.
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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.