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Committed to cultural diversity.
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Spring Sprouts Play At Ball Yard
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Afro-Centric Products
Featured
Area business owners will showcase
their Afro-centric products, including
clothing, art jewelry and unusual gift items
during a com m unity celeb ratio n o f
Juneteenth, June 17 at the Cascade Cen­
ter, 4134 N Vancouver Vendors are
encouraged to reserve space now. Last
year’s event drew over 400 people. For
more information, call 288-8652 or 249-
1849.
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Garlington III
Named
Honorary
Chair
Foster Grandparents
Wanted
The Foster Grandparent and Senior
Companion Program is alerting older res­
idents to the opportunity to work 20 hours
per week with teen parents, slow learners
and chronically-i 11 youth. For their caring
efforts, the volunteers, age 60 and older,
cam a tax-free stipend, transportation cost,
a daily meal and an annual physical exam­
ination. Your encouraged to call 284-
4322 to help others enjoy a brighter fu­
ture.
John Garlington III
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Portland Farmers
Market Opens
Portland’s Farmers’ Market opened
it’s fourth season Saturday along the north­
west Portland waterfront, just north ofthe
Broadway Bridge. The market will be
open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to I p.m.
through October, featuring fresh produce,
directly from the farmer who grew it;
vegetable starts; bedding plants; and more.
PSU Presents Spring
Opera
A Portland State University spring
opera, a full-production presentation with
full orchestra and double cast o f outstand­
ing vocal students, features the dramatic
“Dido and Aeneas,” the moving love sto­
ry o f the refugee Trojan prince and a north
African queen. Tickets for May 10-21
and May 26-28 performances are avail­
able at the PSU Box Office, 725-3307.
Red Cross Offers Adult
CPR
The Red C ro ss w ill o ffe r ad u lt
CPR at W h itak er C om m unity S ch o o l,
5700 N .E . 39 th , M ay 24 from 5 :3 0 to
9:30 p.m . The c o u rse teach es how to
care for an ad u lt w ho stops b re a th in g
or is ch o k in g , g ive C PR , red u c e the
risk o f c a rd io v a sc u la r d ise a se , re c ­
ognize the sig n als o f a h eart a ttack
and reduce the ch an ce o f c a rd ia c a r­
rest. Cos* is $20. To re g iste r, call
28 0 -5 2 1 6 .
Jazz Cruise To Push Off
A Willamette River cruise featuring
many ofthe best musicians in the Portland
area w ill be held on the C ascad e
stemwheeler Columbia Gorge, Sunday,
May 2 1 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sponsored
by the Mt. Hood Festival o f Jazz Instru­
mental Workshop, the event is aimed at
raising money for the workshop scholar­
ship fund.
Interview Skills
Workshop Set
The Urban League o f Portland, ION.
Russell, sponsors a free interview skills
workshop, Thursday, May 18 from 3 p.m.
to 5 p.m.
Lonsdale To Visit
Cascade
H arry L onsdale o f Bend, a form er
D em ocratic c a n d id a te for U .S. S e n ­
ate, w ill visit north P o rtlan d M ay 23
at 7 p.m . at T errel H all, on the C a s­
cade C am pus o f P o rtlan d C om m unity
C o llege. L o nsdale is on a to u r o f the
state in an e ffo rt to gage su p p o rt on
w hether to run for the senate in 1996.
SUBMISSIONS: Community
Calendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
ohn Garlington III, the son
of the late John Garlington
Jr. and Yvonne Garlington,
has been named honorary chair of
the Garlington Center Board of
Directors.
Taluanka Washinqton covers third base as good weather provides great conditions for softball as Benson
High School meets the Warriors of Cleveland in a recent game at Alberta Park in northeast Portland.
Trees Perk Up Area Neighborhood
N
otice some changes lately in
Northeast, but can’t quite put
your finger on what they are?
Perhaps they’re the fresh flowers and
shrubs in your neighbor’s yard or the newly
planted trees? Or maybe the streets just have
a more groomed feel.
That’s because parts o f inner northeast
Portland, got a spring cleaning and sprucing
Saturday during the King Neighborhood
Clean-up.
More than 40 volunteers planted trees,
swept streets and helped residents dispose o f
lawn clippings and yard debris.
“The neighborhood is looking good.
This, by far, is one o f the most successful
community events w e’ve had,” said Fred
Steward, chair o f the King Neighborhood
Association.
Friends o f Trees volunteers planted 65
Hawthorn trees along Killingsworth and sev­
eral residential side streets near the Portland
Police Bureau’s northeast precinct office.
Several local nurseries donated shrubs
and flowers given to residents who wanted to
brighten up their iawns.
By the end o f the day, seven giant
dumpsters were filled with trash, yard debris
and lawn clippings.
In all, more than 200 King neighbor­
hood residents took advantage o f the plant
Pacific Power Co. employees join Friends of Trees volunteers in a recent tree
planting at the Columbia Slough in northeast Portland. The effort was the fifth
planting led by Pacific Power employees and one of many going on around the
Portland area, including last weekend’s plantings in the King neighborhood.
giveaway and clean-up.
The neighborhood association also host­
ed a barbecue for residents and clean-up
volunteers.
“These kinds o f activities pull the com­
munity together and help change the image o f
inner northeast,” said Jamae Hilliard, clean­
up coordinator.
“People here really do care about this
neighborhood,” Hilliard said.
The community mental health care
organization, once known as North/North-
east Community Mental I lealth. was named
in memory o f the couple who lost their
lives in a 1986 automobile accident.
Garlington III is pursuing a m aster’s
degree in counseling. He said that while he
pondered the idea o f ministry because o f
his parent’s ministry, he believes that he
can be more effective from a clinical ap­
proach.
As honorary chair, he will take part in
special events and campaigns sponsored
by the Garlington Center. Currently, the
center is involved in recruitment efforts to
encourage more students to pursue a career
in mental health care to minority popula­
tions.
“There is not adequate African-Amer­
ican representation in the mental health
field, which reinforces the stigma o f men­
tal health care in the inner-cites,” Garlington
said. “The idea that someone has to be
’crazy’ to utilize mental health counselors
is gross misinformation as the nature o f
mental health care.”
John and Yvonne Garlington were re­
respected in Portland Garlington Jr. was
the pastor o f the Maranatha Church in
northeast Portland and served as president
o f the Albina Ministerial Alliance and
president o f Ecumenical Ministries o f O r­
egon.
He was known as the “bridge-build­
ing" who worked to improve race relations
and the quality o f life within the inner-city
community.
Garlington Center will announced a
reception for John Garlington III in the
near future.
“Many Are Called, Few Are Chosen”
Honoring
Achievement
At Annual Ball
(The follow ing is the second part o f a
special series.)
Since 1951 Les Femmes has assumed
the role of preparing African American chil­
dren for adulthood through their Annual
Debutante and Cavalier Ball. This year, six
Cavaliers and 25 Debutantes are involved in
the “Rites of Passage” program that encour­
ages young people to become responsible
adults.
Each second Sunday of the month, all
youth (grades 6-12) involved in the Les
Femmes program meet for a general session.
These sessions introduce the young people to
positive role models and give them time to
plan community service projects.
Both the Debutantes and Cavaliers are
Alfonso Peterson
William Bradley
Daniel Shelton III
under the leadership of Les Femmes. But
necause the Debutantes are being trained to
be young ladies and the Cavaliers are being
taught to be young men, each program differs
slightly. Dolores Jeffries and Rena Allen arc
co-directors for the senior Debutantes, while
Kevin Fuller directs the Cavalier program.
This issue of The Portland Observer will
feature three Cavaliers, William Terry Brad­
ley Junior, Alfonso LaMonte Peterson and
Daniel Shelton III. Beginning next week, you
will meet the Debutantes.
By June 24, the date of the 44th Annual
Debutante and Cavalier Ball, you will have
met all of the 1995 Prospective Debutantes
and Cavaliers through The Portland Observer.
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