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Committed to cultural diversity. Volume XXV, Number 33 WFjc “jjîartlnnù (©Hserver SECTION W M .JM H I o nt nt u n ;t b I c tt i t y a r On Camera Sale, Barbecue At Senior Center A rummage sale and fam ily barbecue w ill be held Saturday from 11 a m. to 4 p.m. at the M ulticultural Senio r Center at Northeast Killingsw orth and Martin Luther K in g Jr. B lv d . Proceeds w ill support pro gram s at the center. A chicken or ribs barbecue lunch w ill sell for $5. African Harvest Celebrated A n A frica n Harvest Festival with m u sicians O bo A d d y, Ku kru du, O kropong, B o ka M arim ba, and Shakata is held Satur day from I to 7 p.m. at Cathedral Park under the east end o f the St. Johns Bridge The festival is sponsored by the Hom ow a Foundation for A frica n A rts and Cultures, C o llin s Foundation. Tem pleton Founda tion and N ike , Inc. Portland kids (left) from Riverside Little League gather at Wi'lamette Park as extras for the NBC movie “Death By Sunset. ’ Also on hand for the taping, were cart members Ken Olin (top, from left), Lindsay Frost and John Terry. The episode will premier this fall. Home Composting Help Offered It’s never to late to start a home compost pile. In fact, the faded bloom s and fallen leaves o f late summer and early fall are perfect materials for the compost pile. T o help home gardeners get their compost co okin g, Metro w ill offer 18 free w orkshops beginning A u g. 16. Those in terested in attending should call Metro R e c y c lin g a, 234-3000. Clothing Needed For Children The Lo w Income Fam ilies Em ergen cy Center’s I Oth annual back-to-school clothing drive is underway. The most ur gent need is for larger sizes and under wear, according to director C harles C a rt er. Sum m er and winter clo th ing for c h il dren o f all ages are also needed. C lo th in g can be dropped o ff at the L I F E center, 2746 N .E . Martin Luther K in g Jr. B lv d or can be picked up by c a llin g the center at 284-6878. Pioneer Brass In Concert The six-piece brass ensemble P io neer Brass w ill be the featured performers Frid ay at 6:30 p.m. at the popular C o n certs on theCom m ons series, presented by the Tualatin Parks and Recreation at Tualatin Com m ons o ff Boones F m y Road oil Senaca Street. Espresso and other de lights are available during the event. Parade To Celebrate Women’s Vote The 75th anniversary o f the 19th Amendment, g iv in g women the right to vote, w ill be celebrated in Portland with a parade and celebration Saturday, A u g. 26. The parade march wi 11 gather at 9 a. m . and begin at 10 a m. from the South Park B lo c k s at Southwest Jefferson Street Per formances. m usic and speeches w ill take place the same day, beginning at 11:30 a m. at the Waterfront Park A nkeny Stage near the Burnside bridge. Theatre Presents Class Struggle “C la ss Struggle," a play about stu dents who find themselves in a school where the teachers have gone on strike, is performed Frid ay and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural C e n ter, 5340 N . Interstate A ve. The produc tion addresses the common issues o f drugs, sex and gangs facing teenagers today. It is the premier presentation for “ Theatre In D ’ H ood," a summer drama program for area kids. SUBMISSIONS: Community Calendar information will be given p rio rity i f dated two weeks before the event date. Ex-addict Helps Adults Raise Children m P romisi K ing loot Camp Planned For Delinquents B u sh ey n Oregon boot canp for young offenders has received its go ahead with the appropriation of nearl/ million in monies from th e «, ustice Department. w as at the t the end of h i* speech, Northeast Pre parents, who came to listen to cin ct C o m m u Lonnie Bushey speak about child delinquency, rose with nity the Center last week, a guest o f resolve to be more involved in their the Police activ kids' lives. A A B u sh ey, 3 1. o f L o s A n geles, is a m otiva tional speaker who talks from experience on how to help children cope with the pressures o f alco ho l, gangs, and drugs. He bridges the gap between parents' desires and the daily pressures children face A t age 13, Bushey thought drugs and booze were cool things, until he alm ost died from an overdose. A n d 10 years after he turned his life around, he now speaks to about 20.000 kids and parents each month throughout the U nit ed States ities League, to offer tools and s t r a t e g ie s o n how to take a , „ Lo nn* B ü She* pro-active approach to ju v e n ile crises H is presentation focused on the choices adolescent face on a d a ily basis and their consequences B u s h e y a ls o to u ch e d on s e lf esteem , g a n g s , c h o o s in g f r ie n d s , a l c o h o l i c p a r e n t s , p e e r p r e s s u r e a n d is s u e s p a re n ts fa ce as th e y ra ise th e ir c h ild ren. O re g o n o f f ic ia ls an n o u n ce d the re ce ip t o f the fe d e ral aid last w eek in W a sh in g to n . D C . It w ill be js e d ta b u ild a 52-b ed fa c ilit y . O f f ic ia ls sa id the p la n s .a ll for the boot cam p to house ju v e n ile s for s ix m on ths in a p ro gra m that inte grates e d u c a tio n a l, v o c a t io n t l. e n v i ro n m e n tal and treatm ent co m p o n e n ts in a m ilit a ry -s t y le stru ctu re . T h e fu n d in g is part o f a fed eral p ro gram that targets n o n -v io le n t o f fen d e rs w ith the g o a l o f fre e in g c o n v e n tio n a l p riso n sp ace fo r v io le n t o f fen d e rs. $1.6 In O re g o n , w h ile adult c rim e sta t is t ic s have flatte n e d out v io le n t ju - v e n i'e c rim e has m ore than d o u b le d o v e r the past de cad e. * T h is gra n t is m uch d e se rv e d , O r egon has m ade som e o f the m ost d ra m atic re fo rm s in ju v e n ile ju s t ic e in the :o u n t ry ,” s a id U S . R e p . R o n W y d e n , D -O re . I J . S . R e p E liz a b e th F u rse sa id she I as h ig h ho pes fo r the p ro gra m . ‘ T h e b e au ty o f the boot cam p idea is that it p u n ish e s y o u n g o ffe n d ers w h ile d is c ip lin in g the m ,” F u rse sa id . Child's Path Offers Free Food For Kids Program Finds Solution To Kids In Hunger m P romise K im . P atty West's face grows grim as she recount* the thousands of Oregon kids that go to bed each night without food. A s program coordinator at C h ild ’s Path. W est oversees tons o f free nutritious food w aiting to be picked up by needy fam ilies. “N o ch ild should go hungry because we have an abundance o f free food for every c h ild that is in need," West said com passion ately. Forget the red tape and bureaucratic bottlenecks or the unwelcom e reception you som etim es face when you go in to collect yo ur w elfare check or food stamps, just w alk into the sm ilin g face o f West and collect free food. A ll you need to go through is a sim ple certification session. C h ild ’s Path g iv e s free nutritious food to qu alified fam ilies every mouth. “ W e offer a variety o fhigh quality, U S D A canned and dried staples, in clu d in g infant form ula, m ilk, eggs, honey, peanut butter, fruit ju ic e , rice, cereals, beans, meat, fruits and vegetable," said West. The program also offers co o kin g les sons, food samples, recipes, newsletters and other nutrition information. C h ild 's Path, un der the direction o f the Food B a n k, is a joint venture o f the U S D e partment o f A g r ic u l ture, O regon H ousing and Com m unity Se rvic es and individual do nors. It serves fam ilies livin g in north\northeas, and southeast Portland. The food, accord ____________________ • ? r'jSa ing to the coordinator, is for pregnant moth Sabrina Earls of Child's Path offers help to a local esident. ers, new mothers and The agency distributes free food from its warehoui e at nursing m others B e 3724 N. Williams. ginning at age one. ch il C o lle ge students, w orking far lilie s and dren receive a complete food package, in two-paren, fam ilies are also served 'ry C h :lc ’s clud ing the full range o f table foods, until Path. they graduate from C h ild 's Path on their sixth T h e C h ild 'sP ath p ro gra m b e g n in l° 8 8 birthday. Its goal is to help end childhood hu iger in the C h ild ren receive services only ifthey are inner city. no, enrolled in the Women. Infant and C h il A new national study had f i d that a, dren program (W IC ). But other fam ily mem leas, 36,000 kid s are hungry in O regon and bers may participate in both program s another 131,000 are a, the risk o f being Y o u autom atically q u alify ify o u receive welfare, energy assistance. S o c ia l Security income or other public assistance Foster children are also eligible hungry. For services and more inform ation ra il 281-3113. Hunger Warehouse Has New Home The Clark County Stop Hun ger Warehouse opens in a lew facility this week at 418 N.E. Repass 'Road in Hazel Dell. The warehouse serves as a dis ribution point and the lead c g< ncy for as many as seven dif fer nt emergency food programs. It tssists in helping feet ap to 21,300 people throughout south- we d. Washington each month. Nearl> 1 8 million pounds of ford was distributed from the w axhouse to area food banks and distibudon sites in 1994.