Volume XXV Number 25
Committed to cultural diversity.
June 21, 1995
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Creative Inventions Bring Honor
Network Reaches
Out To Women
Women Aglow, a network o f caring
women, welcomes all women to their next
meeting Monday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m. at
the Multi-cultural Senior Citizen Center
at Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and
Killingsworth. For more information call
284-7901.
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Girl Scouting
Camps Offered
TheColumbia RiverGirl ScoutCoun-
cil is taking a popular day camp program
“to six Portland and Vancouver area parks
this summer. The camps offer younger
girls a chance to make new friends in a
warm and secure environment while learn­
ing outdoor skills, exciting crafts and en­
ergetic games and songs Older girls may
serve as program aids and gain valuable
leadership skills while having fun assist­
ing in camp activities. Call Laura at (503)
524-5035 or the council office at (503)
620-4567 for more information.
Music By Blue Lake
Series To Open
M etro’s I Ith annual Music by Blue
Lake summer concert series begins July 6
with a lineup of national and international
acts and local favorites. The Thursday
night series at Blue Lake Regional Park
features a variety ofperform ers and music
styles designed to appeal to a broad range
ot tastes. On July 6, the Dan Balmer
Group with Tom Grant presents West
Coast jazz.
Rummage Sale
Coming To Boise
A huge neighborhood rummage sale
comes to Boise School at 620 N . Fremont
Saturday from 11 a m. to 4 p.m. Spon­
sored by Housing Our Families and resi­
dents the Boise neighborhood, proceeds
will help pay for a neighborhood festival
to be held in July. Donations o f good
qual ity new and used items wi 11 be accept­
ed through Friday. For information call
335-0947.
Preparing to march in the Pose Festival Junior Parade are Pacific Power Pose
Pichmond, Nathan Poss, Stephanie Kostick, Sadonna Downs, Puth Hotchkiss Scholars posed after a parade during the last Pose Festival, (from left) William
Raymond Moore, Joe Manning and Kim Currie .
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wenty four of Portland’s most
creative students were hon­
ored this month at the Pacific
Power Rose Scholar awards.
Portland superintendent Jack Bierwirth
joined Shelley Faigle, vice president o f
Singer and Grammy Award winner
Bonnie Raitt will help feed Oregon’s hun­
gry July 11,12 and 13 when she comes to
the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall for
three performances. Raitt is asking ticket
holders to bring non-perishable food for
the Oregon Food Bank Tickets to the
concerts are sold out.
Swim League
Recruits Members
Summer Swim Leagues aren’t for
superstars. They’re for novice swimmers
with emphasis on fun and personal im­
provement. The leagues are run by the
Portland Parks and Recreation Depart­
ment and open to all young swimmers
through age 17. There is a fee o f $45 per
swimmer. For more information call 823-
SWIM.
Hyalite Seeks
Volunteers
Hyaline, Inc., a non-profit organiza­
tion that uses art, culture and the history o f
African Americans to enhance self-es­
teem for urban boys is recruiting volun­
teers. For more information call 220-8282.
Foodstock Returning
To Laurelhurst
The annual Foodstock festival for
Loaves and Fishes, the meals-on-wheels
people, returns July 22 for the third year to
Laurelhurst Park in southeast Portland. If
you would like to volunteer to help on the
day o f the event, call Kristy Wood at 777-
2424.
SUBMISSIONS: Community
Calendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
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electricity and makes life better for people,
what would it be?” Pacific Power sponsored
the contest in north and northeast schools.
The scholars were also spotlighted at the
Rose Festival Junior Parade.
Bierwirth congratulated the students for
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their creativity and writing skills.
He also gave praise to Pacific Power.
“This essay contest and Pacific Power’
continued involvement with Portland school
is the kind ofpartnership we need,” Bierwirtl
said.
Female Crew Improves Shelter Living
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w om en’s shelter are freshly
painted, the furnishings are
humble. It’s not glamorous, but it’s
friendly and caring and it’s a haven for
some 22 women and their children
fleeing abuse or homelessness.
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Bonnie Raitt Headed
To Schnitzer
PacifiCorps and Jonathan Nicholas o f
Oregonian to host the awards reception
students, their teachers and parents.
The students were selected based
essays they wrote answering the question:
you could invent something that runs
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The p roblem w as, in the sum m er
m onths, the dow ntow n YW CA W om ­
e n ’s S h elter was also very hot and un­
co m fo rtab le.
Last w eekend, how ever, at least that
probiem was so lv ed thanks to the effo rts
o f the Y W C A ’s c risis serv ices s ta ff and
an all v o lu n teer crew o f fem ale e le c tri­
cians.
The I 1 jo u rn e y -le v e l and a p p re n ­
tice e le c tric ian s from the In te rn a tio n a l
B ro th erh o o d o f E lectrical W orkers, L o­
cal 48, team ed up and d o nated th eir
sk illed lab or to install nearly a dozen
co o lin g c e ilin g fans in as m any room s at
the sh elter.
“ W ith s o c ia l s e rv ic e s g o in g by
the w ayside these days, it’s im portant
to do w hat we can To help p e o p le ,”
said Jill A xtell, one o f the e le c tric ia n s
on the jo b . “ P erso n ally , I e sp e c ia lly
liked the idea o f w om en h elp in g w om ­
en.”
L eslie W illiam s, a pro fessio n al vol-
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unteer for the YWCA W om en’s R esource
C en ter, called the labor group to ask for
help.
"W e had the d o nated fan s,” W ill­
iam s ex p lained. “ But we c o u ld n ’t afford
to have them in sta lle d .”
Cooling fans are
installed at the YWCA
Women’s Shelter in
Portland thanks to an
all-female crew of
volunteer electricians
from the Portland area,
representatives of the
shelter.
The YW CA sh e lte r in dow ntow n
P ortland houses b attered w om en and
th eir children as w ell as h o m eless w om ­
en and th e ir ch ild ren .
It also provides a five w eek program
that attem pts
to connect sh e lte
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d en ts w ith o th e r se rv ic e s, such as jo l
pro g ram s to help them get back on thei
feet.
“ We really appreciate the help," saic
Susan Winter, director o f crisis services foi
the s i shelter.
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I ills is is a a g i godsend.”
Portland MESA Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Portland MESA, a program that encour
ages youths from grades 6 through 12 to
pursue a college education and careers in
math, science and engineering, celebrated its
I Oth anniversary on June 13, at the Smith
Memorial Center, at Portland State Universi­
ty campus.
About 150 Portland middle and high
school students who have participated in this
year’s MESA program was recognized for
their achievements. In addition, several col­
lege students and college graduates who are
former MESA participants were honored
during the June 13 program.
M ESA (M ath em atics, E ngineering,
S cien ce A chievem ent) w as form ed in
July 1985 to help increase the num ber o f
eth n ic m inority students in the m ath,
sc ie n c e and e n g in eerin g fields. It was
d e v e lo p e d by Chik E rzurum lu, dean o f
PSU s S chool o f E n g in eerin g and A p­
p lie d S c ie n c e , a lo n g w ith M atth ew
P ro p h et, form er su p e rin te n d e n t o f the
P o rtla n d School d istric t, and P ro p h e t's
assistan t superintendent, E rnest H artzog.
T he three m odeled M ESA after a p ro ­
gram begun in C a lifo rn ia in 1970.
MESA consists o f a combination o f af­
ter-school and weekend workshops, field trips
and projects. Participants learn about poten­
tial math, science and engineering careers
from current professionals. A summer pro­
gram o f activities also is offered. This year's
program served 350 students from 18 middle
and high schools in the Portland metro area.
O f the 350, about 60 percent are students who
are h istorically underrepresented in math and
science, and 66 percent are female.
To become a MESA graduate, partici­
pants must attend at least 80 percent o f sched­
uled program activities.
Since it was formed 10 years ago, MESA
has reached more than 1,600 students from
throughout the Portland area. O f 81 MESA
graduates, 79 pursued higher education, and
three were National Merit Scholars. More
than 100 MESA students have been placed in
summer internships since 1986. and MESA
graduates have received a total o f $166,000
in scholarships designated for MESA stu­
dents only.
MESA is based a, the School o f Engi­
neering and Applied Science on the PSU
campus For more information about the pro­
gram, contact MESA director Joan Kurowski
at 725-4665.