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Volume XXV Number 14 Committed to cultural diversity. X » » * • • • • April 5, 1995 % < Is- • a . •*«:* (Ehe I (©baerver SECTION n m m u n ity a le n ò a r Pride Sponsors Tea, Hat Show A benefit tea and hat show will be held Sunday from I p.m. to 5 p in. at 635 N. Killingsworth Ct. Sponsored by the Pride o f Portland, Order o f the Eastern Star, your invited to bring a friend and enjoy an afternoon o f friendship and the viewing o f designer spring and summer hats by Elsie Jackson o f Fashion State ment by Elsie. ◄ Area children enjoy the enthusiasm and healthy fun of soccer. About 125 kids, age 6 to 8, from inner north and northeast Portland are participating in the Portland Parks and Recreation Department’s ‘‘Soccer in the Streets ” program. NIKE of Beaverton helped kick-off the season Saturday at the playing field behind Jefferson High. The corporate participation is part of NIKE’s “Participate in the Lives of America's Youth" sports initiative. (Photo courtesy of NIKE) Art Pictures Portland Life The Visual Chronicle o f Portland: Selections from the First 10 Years is on display Sunday through May 21 at the Oregon History Center. 1200 S.W. Park Ave. The exhibit is part o fa city collection o f paintings, drawings, prints and photo graphs depicting city life. Seniors To Build “Bridges” Seniors citizens are sought for a "Building Bridges: Our Past, Their Fu ture" seminar April 19 by the extension service o f Oregon State University. The training will address how seniors can trans mit their traditions, knowledge, talents and career experiences to the children o f today. Call 725-2040 for location and registration information. Cub Scout Safari Coming Young boys and their adult guardians will experience the world of camping, safa ri style, during Adventure Weekend, April 22-23. The event promises to be an exciting overnight camping adventure with crafts, games, shooting and archery. For more in formation call the Boy Scouts at 225-5759. Center Hosts Health Fair A free children’s health fair will be held Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at the Lutheran Community Center, 4219 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Develop mental screenings, immunizations and hearing, vision and dental checks will be provided. A clown and magician dem on stration, face painting and other fun activ ities are planned. Environmentalist To Lecture At PSU Internationally renowned environ mentalist David Brower, the firs, execu tive director o f the Sierra Club, will speak about current global environmental trends during a free lecture at Portland State University at noon, April 13 in Smith Memorial Center. Creative Clay Play At Museum In the clayshop at the Children's Mu seum, 3037 S.W. Second, kids slice, cut, stomp or roll clay, then make boxes, houses, plates, chimes and masks. Instruction is provided. Activities are held throughout the month. Musicians Ball Set For April 22 Tickets are now on sale for the 1995 M usicians Ball Presented by Henry Weinhard’s will be held Saturday, April 22 at Memorial Coliseum. The Portland Music Association will present an extensive vari ety o f music with 70 bands on 11 stages featuring the areas best known and most creative performers. Jazz Critic Visits Portland The University of Oregon, Eugene, brings Jazz critic and essayist Stanley Crouch to Portland for a special free lecture and reception at 5:45 p in Wednesday . April 12 on "The Democratic Challenge Facing American Fiction." at the Governor Hotel S I'BMISSIONS: ( (immunity Calendar information will he given priority if dated two weeks before the event date. tfis H utch Dorici " ^ co m p lain t or a c o m p lim en t fo r a jo b ayor Vera Katz and the City w ell d o n e ,” K atz said. Council have awarded prizes to 10 city employees for Som e 300 e m p lo y e e s su b m itte d suggestions that will help make m the ultiple su g g estio n s for a total o f 1,097 city more efficient and better at en tries. T he $250 p riz e was c re a te d customer service. w ith a $100 d o n a tio n from the m a y o r’s M M ichell H arp er re c e iv e d $250 for co m in g up w ith a the slogan “ The C ity T hat W o rk s.” H arp er is em ployed in the P arks D ep artm en t. The slogan w ill be p a in te d on all city v e h ic le s with the re fe rra l te le p h o n e num ber, 8 2 3 -4000 and the nam e o f the bureau that ow ns the veh icle. K atz said the new slogan “ lets the c itiz e n s know th at the city cares about w hat th ey th in k and w ants to hear from them . “ And th a t’s w hether it’s ju st a qu es tio n o f why w e ’re g o ing som ething, a p e rso n a l a c c o u n t, w ith the b a la n c e m ade up from the p e rso n a l a c c o u n ts o f the city c o m m issio n ers. The m ayor also h o n o re d the o th e r w orkers fo r th e ir w in n in g e n trie s in the c ity ’s new on-going “ b right id e a s” c am paign d esig n ed to rew ard e m p lo y ees for innovate ideas on how to im prove go v ern m en t e ffic ie n cy . The cost savings suggestions ranged from copying council agendas on two-sides o f paper to re-calibrating the automatic faucets in the Northeast Portland police prec inct rest rooms to el im inate water waste. Education Lab Promotes Executive Director appointment was approved by the laborato ry’s board o f directors at its quarterly meet ing on March 17. Simon-McW illiams has served as asso ciate director o f the laboratory since 1980. She joined the institution in 1979 as the director o f the Division o f Educational Ser vices. She also directed the Center for N a tional Origin, Race and Sex Equity. Last January, she received adistinguished service award for outstanding contributions to the desegregation o f public schools from the U S. Department o f Education, the De segregation Assistance Centers and the Mag net Schools Programs. She holds positions on many local boards, including Pacific Power and Light, Blue Cross Blue Shield o f Oregon, the Oregon Community Foundation, Linfield College, McMinnville, and the Boys and Girls Aid Society o f Oregon She is a former board member o f the Ethel Simon-McWilliams Oregon Symphony Association, the Portland thel Simon-McWilliams has House o f LJmoja and a former member and been named the next executive chairperson o f the St. Vincent Hospital and director of the Northwest Medical Board. She currently serves as a Regional Educational Laboratory in o f the St Vincent Medical Founda trustee Portland, The non-profit research and tion development agency serves schools Simon-McW illiams holds a doctorate and com m unities throughout the form the University o f South Carolina, Co Northwest. lumbia. S.C. and a masters degree from the Simon-McW illiams will replaces Rob George Washington University, W ashing ert R Rath when he retires on Aug. 3 1 Her ton, D C . E «► • ■-* * • ■Ü • e .* ' • • *• , fr«-?;*' Albina Youth Benefit 4 ‘ -.T , 2 '■ < i ' •• •, ■ • » “Champagne And Strawberries” Champagne and strawberries will be the theme on April 22 at Avalon Grill, Portland’s newest restaurant on the Wil lamette River, for a special fashion show o f designer leisurewear by the Le'sure Trunk at John's Landing. T w oofthe mod els are the first and second runners up from the Miss Black Oregon USA pageant. Assortments o f finger sandwiches and past ries, plus champagne and strawberries, will be featured at the 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. event to benefit Albina Youth Opportuni ty School, Inc. (non-profit), the city’s old est alternative school. Beginning at 1:00 p.m., photographer Bruce Davies will be on hand to take portraits with delivery in time for M other’s Day. Live by Classic Harps Northwest. L unch and show are $ 2 5 .0 0 ; p ro ceeds d o n a te d to the sc h o o l F ifteen p e rc e n t o f le isu re w e a r sa le s w ill b e n e fit the sch o o l as w ill 10% o f p h o to p ack ag es. F or re se rv a tio n s: A v alo n G rill 2 2 7 -4 6 3 0 . G roup ta b le s a v a ila b le . In form ation: 2 8 4 -6033 o r 288- 5813. • . 4 - • , ». r ? • ,• f - „ '■ ' ■ • - • ,z fe w * P-sY íí. •l-GX-Sn 2’ î W i '-V i » • ...A ' A ■ B k ■ »c.'-r ' I' t It's Now {etween Noelle, Bunnell Candidates John Bunnell and Dan Noelle will face each other in a race for Multnomah County Sheriff during a run off election on May 16. The two men were the top vote- getters in last w eek’s special election. Neither received the required 50 percent plus one majority needed win outright. Vera Pool and Mark Hanson, the two other candidates in a four-way field, finished third and fourth, respectfully, taking them out o f the running. Bunnell, the acting M ultnom ah County Sheriff, won 41 percent o f the vote. Noelle, an assistant chief with the Portland Police Bureau, took 29 percent o f the ballots counted Multnomah County S h eriff s Lieu tenant Vera Pool, finished with 24 per cent o f the vote, and Hanson, a Clacka mas County sh e riffs sergeant, was able to get just 5 percent o f the ballots cast. Only 27 percent o f registered voters participated in the mail ballot election. For Pool, it was her second attempt at being elected sheriff. She ran for the post last year and lost a close election to former Sheriff Bob Skipper But the office opened up again last fall, when Skipper decided to retire early in the wake o f voter approval o f Ballot Measure 8, the November initiate taking away six percent o f the retirement bene fits o f public employees. Bunnell, 50, joined the sheriff de partment at age 24, working his way up the ranks. He was appointed chief deputy o f corrections last July. He also gained fame as a host for the television series “American Detective.” Bunnell said he would push for more minority hiring, creating better employ ee opportunities and eliminate unneces sary positions. Noelle began his law enforcement career as a patrol officer on the inner east side o f Portland and worked on the streets for more than 15 years He was the bu reau's public information officer for three years Noelle said expanding jail space was his top priority. '«ó*' 'i'..' 'T,* ■ Dan Noelle gets enough votes to earn a spot in a May runoff election. r- t e Vera Pool is out, unsuccessful in her second attempt to become sheriff. ».■¡S ass » ' ■. ’ « c-Z» John Bunnell was the top vote-getter, but failed to earn the necessary 50 percent to win. . -, . . . . ........... 4 ,p ' ■M M M M
