Volume XXV Number 12
Serving the community through cultural diversity
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March 22, 1995
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Band To Strike It
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Live music by the five-piece band
Footprints will perform free to the public
i at a Musical Art Expo, April 1, from noon
| until 6 p.m. at Lutheran Inner-City M inis
tries community center at northeast Martin
Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Skidmore.
Jazz Underground
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Jazz pianist Brian Ward plays two sets
with his Trio and featured guest musicians
every Wednesday from 7:30 p.m. to 10
p.m. at Theater on the Park, 904 S. W. Main
St. Admission is $5 for all ages. Non
alcohol drinks and free snacks are served.
Focus On
Fundraising
Sharing the Load: A W orkshop On '
Building Partnerships, is presented at 8:30
a.m. March 29 at the Northeast Precinct to
help nonprofit staff and directors ask for
and get corporate support. For informa
tion, call Artangia Presley o f the Black ;
United Fund at 282-7973.
African Dance
Group To Perform
TheNorthwest Afrikan American Bal
let will perform at 7 pm. Tuesday in the
Chiles Center at the University o f Portland
in north Portland. The troupe is one o f the
! premier African dance companies on the
west coast, performing original and varia
tions o f traditional dances from Senagal,
Gambia. Mali and Guinea.
Vancouver
Entertains For
Kids
The city o f Vancouver presents a va
riety o f spring break programs for kids, 5
to 12 years old, April 3-7, at the Bagley
Community Center, 4100 Plomondon St.
Highlights include carnival games, a visit
to Discovery Zone, dino stomp, edible
flowers, swimming, roller skating, drama,
music and clown classes, call (360) 696-
8965.
Spring Class
Schedules Are Out
Portland Parks and Recreation's spring
class schedules are now available. Copies
can be found at Multnomah County librar
ies, city hall and all park recreation sites.
Beat the Summer
Rush
Sw imming lessons are now available
for all ages and skill levels through the
Portland Parks and Recreation. For a pool
schedule, call 823-5130.
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D.A. Honored For
Community Policing
s sig n in g deputy d is tric t
menting long-term strategies that attack so
attorneys to neighborhoods
called "maintenance and order” crimes.
to combat crime is winning
These offenses include theft, vandalism,
the praise of the Portland Metropolitan
car prowls, aberrant public behavior and
Chamber of Commerce.
illegal camping.
A
Musicians Ball
Presented
Tickets for the 1995 “Muscians Ball
presented by Henry W einhard's are now
on sale at TicketM aster outlets. The ball,
held April 22 at Memorial Coliseum fea
tures 70 bands on 11 stages featuring many
o f the areas best known and most creative
performers.
Seniors Plan
Sandy Tour
The Hollywood Senior Center spon
sors a van trip March 30. leaving the center
at 1820 N F. 40th and 2 p.m. Y ou'll drive
through the town o f Sandy and across the
hills to Estacada where you'll stop for
coffee at the Safari at see their amazing
display o f mounted wildlife.
SI BM ISSIO N S: Community
Calendar information will he given
priority if dated tw o weeks
before the event date.
Professional musician Janice Scroggins joins the Grant Gospel
Choir at Grant High School and students Yolanda Simms (left)
and Jamilia Smith entertain on stage. The talents of local
African American artists were showcased March 10 during a
community performance at the school which also included
Grant's African Dance Troupe. Proceeds from admissions
benefitted the school's cultural diversity program.
Multnomah County District Attorney
Michael D. Schrunk
The business group presented it's Chair
Award for Public Service to Multnomah
County District Attorney Michael Schrunk
for his Neighborhood D.A. Program
The goal o f the program is to improve
the quality o f life within neighborhoods and
business districts by developing and imple
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Deputy district attorneys are assigned
top specific geographic locations with the
charge o f identifying major public safety'
problems in the area. They also are responsi
ble to working with residents, groups and
organizations wanting to improve the area
and resolve crime problems.
"W hile hardly on a level with violent
crime, I think w e'd all agree that nothing
detracts more from our everyday quality o f
life than these maintenance and order crimes,”
said Richard Reiten, chamber chair who also
serves as president and chief operating offic
er o f Portland General Electric.
Since the neighborhood D.A. program
was initiated in the Holladay District around
Lloyd Center, reported car prow ls have
dropped nearly two-thirds.
Other problems successfully addressed,
include aggressive panhandling in downtown
Portland, loitering and vandalism on unat
tended private property, loud street musi
cians in downtown and illegal drug activity in
Old Town, chamber officials said
In each situation, police, prosecutors
and local residents joined forces to find and
implement workable solutions.
A deputy district has also been assigned
to the new Northeast Precinct at Martin Luther
King Jr Blvd and Emerson Street
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Sheriff Candidate Vera Pool.
First Black Woman Sheriff
Supports Pool
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P romise K ing
by 8 p.m. at the county elections office,
1040 S.E. Morrison.
he n a tio n ’s firs t A frican
"The issue here is cred ib ility , e x p e
American woman elected to
rience. leadership and gender, B arrett
the office of sheriff was in
said.
Portland this week to help elect Vera She especially urged women, of all rac
Pool sheriff of Multnomah County,
es, to rally around Pool.
FultonCounty Sheriff Jackie H Barrett
“Call every one, every woman you know
o f Atlanta, Ga.. said in a fund-raising dinner
through the phone, reach everyone for V era's
Monday, that Pool's untarnished 24 years
sake.” Barrett said
experience in the sh eriff s department made
Pool told the Portland Observer that she
her the most-qualified candidate
was sure o f victory .
The mail ballot election will be decid
"My victory will shock a lot o f peo
ed on Tuesday. March 28 Ballots are due
ple,” she said
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