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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.
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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
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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
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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.