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Midwife Exhibit
To Open
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The Imani Women's Support Project
is celebrating international midwifery
month and new laws to bring more mid-
wives into health care. by hosting "The
Midwife and Her Community" exhibit, I
Wednesday, May 3 at the International
Firehouse Cultural Center in north Port- [
tand.
May Day At The Zoo
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A May Day pole, ethnic dancing, gar-
dening tips and children 'sactivities will be
featured Saturday and Sunday at the Metro
Washington Park Zoo. There will also be
exhibits featuring organic products,
composting and alternatives to pesticides.
OSU Master Gardeners will be on hand
with gardening displays and advice.
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Saturday Market Fates
Dance, Opera
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Some of the area's best performing
artists will present free public programs '
for Portland Saturday Market's Art is Alive
on
Sunday. Performances are scheduled
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' by The Portland Opera, Roots of Brazil
dance group and Oregon Symphony.
Red Cross Teaches
Infant CPR
9260 S.E. Stark. Saturda}. May 6, and
Tuesday, May 23. at the American Red
Cross building, 3131 N. Vancouver. Cost
is $22. Call 257-4142 to register.
Nature Celebrated At
Area Lakes
Self Defense For
Women Teens
You might think you can take care of
yourself, unfortunately, many victims felt
the same way before they were attacked.
Know what you can do so you won't be the
next victim. The Portland Parks and Rec-
reation Department will show you during
its Teen Women's Self-Defense Class. Call
823-3185 to sign-up.
Learning Center Plans
Fair
There's fun for the whole family with
games. food, arts and crafts. juggling. and
a marimba band on Friday. May 12 from
3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Metropolitan
Leaming Center's Renaissance Faire. The
center is located at 2033 N.W. Glisan.
Walk For Humanity At
Vernon
The third annual Walk for Humanity
will take place on Saturday, May 6, at 9
a.m. at Vernon School. 2044 N. E.
Killingsworth. The S mile pledge-walk,
hosted by Portland Habitat for Humanity.
is a community pride event and fundraiser
for Northeast non-profit organizations.
Contact Jan Bridges at 287-9~29 for more
information.
King Neighborhood
Clean-Up Day Coming
The King Neighborhood Association
is sponsoring a King Neighborhood Clean-
Up Day on Saturday. May 6 at the North•
east Precinct, 449 N.E. Emerson. A free
barbecue is planned. You can drop of trash
and yard debris at the precinct for a small
fee charged.
SUBMISSIONS: Community
Calendar Information will be 11nn
priority If dated two weeks
before the event date.
r . Darryl Tukufu, former
president
and
chief
executive of the Portland
Urban League, will be the keynote
speaker during the mino r ity
business trade fair and conference
at the Oregon Convention Center.
Tukufu, left Portland in 1993 to lead
the Public Service Institute at Lorain Coun-
ty Community College near Cleveland,
Ohio.
The May 4 fair is sponsored the Ore-
gon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs.
" We could think of no better way to
emphasize the business and economic suc-
cess of African Americans than to bring
back one of this city's most prolific Afri-
can-American leaders," said Samuel
Brooks. OAME president and board chair-
man.
" He truly left his mark on the Portland
community during his tenure at the Urban
League. We look forward to his message
of ~mpowerment and inclusiveness,"
Brooks said.
The conference's focus meets the sec-
ond phase of the organization's campaign
Metro Councilor Ed Washington surveys the natural areas of northeast Portland marked for protection under a ballot measure
to protect open space, parks and streams.
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The Red Cross will offer infant and
Animal tracking and fishing clinics
for kids will be part of the fun as students,
community members and natural resource
specialists gather during Smith and Bybee
Lakes Day on Saturday. The activities will
take place from IO a.m. to 2 p.m. The lakes
are just north of the St. Johns community in
north Portland.
Washington Promotes Measure
rea residents can create
positive opportunities for our
youth and make Portland a
better , more scenic place by
supporting the Open Space, Parks
and Streams bond measure, according
to Metro Councilor Ed Washington.
Washington represents northeast Pon-
land and helped design Measure 26-26. It
would protect and improve over 100 sites,
I child CPR at the Cascade Athletic Club.
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totaling over 6,000 acres of the metropolitan
area's most threatened natural areas, water-
ways and regional open spaces.
Washington said nomeast Portland has
a lot at stake in the May mail-in ballot.
He said the proposed Whitaker Ponds
site would provide a quiet area for our chil-
dren to learn to fish and enjoy nature. And
money from the measure would be used to
establish two or three additional parks in
northeast Portland through the help of the
Urban League and the Trust for Public Land.
There is concern that with over 500,000
new residents expected in the Portland met-
ropolitan area in the next 20 years. this could
be our last chance to save natural areas.
Proponents also argue that northeast
Portland neighborhoods suffer from a seri
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Baby Kebrin Thrive_s _ _
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8\' PROMISE K ING
Darryl Tukufu
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aby Keb rin is now a healthy
three-year old. He triumph-
antly marked his first year of
life last week after a successful liver
transplant.
It was February, last year, when the
Portland Observer first told our readers about
Kebrin's liver disease and his dire need of a
liver donor in order to survive.
Kebrin was born with fulminant hepati-
tis - a chronic liver disease that affects new-
born babies. At just two months old he re-
quired a liver transplant.
The operation was perfonned at the Cal-
ifornia Pacific Medical Center in September
1992.
But later Kebrin developed a chronic
rejection and became very immune-su~
pressed and very susceptible to infections.
He was given only two weeks to live by
his doctors. but defied that diagnosis and
continued to battle the contagious disease.
Then last year on April 22, he went for the
second operation. Thanks to a 16-year-old Asian
girl donor, Kebrin is back on his feet.
"It was a long hard year," Lannetta Jones.
Kebrin's grandmother told the Portland Ob-
server. as the toddler celebrates one year of
normal life.
Even when Kebrin 'scondition was writ•
ten offby his doctors. his parents did not give
Baby Kebrin and mom, Hynnetta Jones, a year after the baby's successful
transplant.
up.
"Whatever bad news the doctor gave us,
we didn't believe. We refused to give up and
thank God Kebrin is alive today " Jones said.
She is grateful that the Portland dbeerv-
er was there when she needed a voice on
behalf of her grandchild.
Jones expressed thanks to her late aunt
Janet Jones; Ida Mae Miller; Pastor Johnson
of the Morning Star Church; and the Allen
Temple Church.
She also had gratitude to Dabre
Gastroen. her daughter's boyfriend; Th-
omas Martin. Edwina Jones: Theresa
Watson and the Oregon Health Sciences
University .
to recognize minority businesses. under
the theme of"Oregonians United for Busi-
ness Success."
For the remainder of the decade. the
group will feature specific ethnic commu-
nities as part of its conference focus and
programs. said Jorge Guerra, OAME ex-
ecutive director.
He said the subsequent conferences
will feature businesses owned by Asian
Americans, Native Americans and Euro-
pean Americans.
An issue forum during the upcoming
fair will focus on the hotly debated subject
of affinnative action and minority busi-
ness set-aside programs.
The organization was founded in
I 988 to promote and develop m inori-
ty entrepreneurship and economic de-
velopment n Oregon. It functions as a
partnership between ethnic minority.
entrepreneurs. education, government
and established businesses.
Sponsors for the 1995 conference in-
clude NIKE. McDonalds. US West, Bank
of America. the Trail Blazers and Portland
General Electric.
Trade show booth space. conference
registration and luncheon tickets are still
available. Contact the OAME center at
249-7744.
Rashad To Rece,ive Honor In Portland
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ne of the greatest football
players In Unlver1i1y of Oregon
hl1tory will be honored May 6
In Portland with the college'• 1995
Pioneer Award.
Ahmad Rashad, 45, now a television
sportscaster for NBC, will accept his
award for his contributions to sports and
broadcasting during the special program
at the Benson Hotel
The evening will include a recep-
tion. dinner. program and dancing with
proceeds to fund the l O Preside ntial
Scholarship. The event is sold out
The pioneer award is presented to
alumni and others who have become lead-
ers and risk-takers in their fields, uni-
versity officials said . Last year's award
went to Adm. David Jeremiah , former
vice c hairman of the LI .S. Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
"Ahmad Rashad has gone beyond
the classic American sports success sto-
ry," s ays UO Pres iden I Oa ve
Frohnmayer. "He has demonstrated to
millions of young people that education,
hard work self-reliance and inner
strength are much more important than
athletic ability both on an off the play- ,
ing field"
Durin& his 1968-72 UO football ca-
reer, Rashad, then known as Bobby
Moore, set 14 individual school records,
six of which still stand. He is the only
player to ever lead the PAC l O Confer-
ence in scorin& at two different posi•
lions, in 1969 as a wide receiver and in
1972 as a running back
A first-round draf\ pick in the Na-
tional Football Lead, Rashad caught a
record 400 passes for the Minnesota
Vikinas, was named an all-pro wide re-
ceiver and was selected four tbnes to
play in the NFL Pro Bowl
Rashad joined NBC Sports in 1983
as a television host, analyst, commenta-
tor and reporter. He currently co-hosts
NBC's pregame show NFL Live, Notre
Dame Saturday, NBC's Prudential Up-
date and NBA Inside Stuff.
He also devotes his time to community,
civic and charitable organiutions, particu-
larly the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
Rashad fir5t played sports at a Boys Club
while arowin& up in Tacoma. Wash.
Rashad and his wife, Phylicia, an
awarding winnin& actress, have five ch il-
dren between them and live in the New
York City area with their dauahter,
Condole Phylea.