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Volume XXV, Number 34
Committed to cultural diversity.
August 23, 1995
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SECTION
Urban League
Finds Ideal
Co-Chairs
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Air Park To Host
Flying Tigers
The Pearson A ir Museum in Vancou
ver w ill host a public reception for the
famous Flying Tigers o f World War II,
Saturday, Sept. 2 from 10 a m. to 3 p.m.
The event w ill allow you to meet the
famous veterans and inspect two restored
Curtiss P-40 Warhawks, the aircraft that
made the pilots famous. The museum is
located next to the Ft. Vancouver Histor
ical Site.
P e te r G ra y a n d J o y c e H a rris
Community
Fair Set For
Woodstock
Peter Gray, Vice President o f Corporate
Affairs for Bank o f America, and Joyce Har
ris, a community leader and Program Direc
tor with Northwest Regional Educational
Laboratory, have been named Co-Chairs of
the Urban League o f Portland's 50th Anni
versary Membership Dri?e.
The announcement was made by Law
rence J. Dark, President and Chief Executive
Officer o f the Urban League o f Portland.
“We feel very fortunate to have two talented
volunteers to spearhead this year’s expanded
membership drive," Dark said. “Our goal is
to demonstrate community support for our
work by recruiting 5,000 individual mem
bers and corporate membership in the amount
o f $150,000. With Peter and Joyce leading
our volunteer team, I am confident we can
reach our goal.”
The campaign theme is “ Open Doors &
Open Minds,” echoing the message o f the
League’s 50th anniversary publicity cam
paign which was launched this spring. To
take advantage o f the anniversary, this year’s
membership drive has been expanded to in
clude a team o f volunteer captains and mem
bership enrollers who w ill use creative meth
ods to recruit new members. People interest
ed in volunteering for the campaign should
contact the League’s Brian B lack at 503/280-
2619.
Volunteers assisting with the campaign
include Duane Bosworth—Davis, Wright,
Tremaine, Cynthia Brooks-M assM utual,
Sonia Stalling Clark—Intel, Okianer Chris
tian Dark~U.S. State Attorney’s Office, Julius
Evans—Tri-Met, Thelma Golden, Alberto
Gonzales, Roy Jay-Oregon Convention V is
itors Services Network, Rhonda M eadows-
Columbia Distributing Co., D ’ Norgia Price-
-City o f Portland, Paula Kinney—Jefferson
High School, Harold W illia m s-C II2 and
Associates, and Amy Youngflesh-Portland
Community College.
A kids’ parade, crafts sale and cultur
al fair will be some o f the activities going
on in the Woodstockcommunitythis week
end. The parade begins Saturday at I p.m.
at 46th and Woodstock. Retailers along
the boulevard are planning special activi
ties to coincide with the event. Arts and
crafts vendors w ill be on hand and musi
cians are planning to entertain.
Parks Offer
Gardening
Workshops
Metro is offering free alternatives to
pesticides workshops in August and Sep
tember to help home gardeners keep prob
lems in check with a light touch. The goal
o f the program is to reduce the volume o f
pesticides entering the region’s garbage
and waterways. Call 234-3000 for more
information.
19th Amendment
Celebrated
A parade and waterfront celebration
takes place Saturday to mark the 75th
anniversary o f the ratification o f the 19th
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giv
ing women the right to vote. Participants
will gather at 9 a.m. Saturday at the South
Park Blocks for the parade which begins at
10 a.m. Activities, including performanc
es, music and speeches take place Satur
day starting at 1 1:30 a.m. at the Ankeny
Stage near the Burnside Bridge.
Roena Douglas (above, from
left), Mary Harris and Jessie
Snodgrass are among area
residents attending a
rummage sale and family
barbecue at the Northeast
Multicultural Senior Center. On
the front lines at the event are
center activities coordinator
Rachel Belcher (left), and
Daisylin Oten.
(See story and additional
photos, page B2.)
(Photos by Duane Lewis)
Senior Safari
Day At Zoo
Free admission and train rides for
seniors and their escorts w ill be part o f the
fun during Senior Safari Day, Sept. 12
from 9:30 a m. to 3 p.m at the Metro
Washington Park Zoo. The special event
will include refreshments, entertainment,
animal tricks, petable animals and more.
Call For Senior
Volunteers
Senior citizens who want to help their
community are needed in the Multnomah
County Retired and Senior Volunteer Pro
gram (R S V P ). To help, call Helen Wahl at
229-7787 and ask about volunteer job
opportunities to suit your interests. Cur
rent needs include computer helpers, food
basket coordinators, child abuse hotline
operators and tutors for parents.
CPR Classes
Scheduled
The Portland Bureau o f Fire, Rescue
and Emergency Services is offering resi
dents the chance to attend one o f two CPR
classes on Saturday Oct. 7. Cost is one new
unwrapped toy for the firefighters’ holi
day Toy and Joy program for needy chil
dren. Class enrollment is limited to 50
people per session, offered on a first come,
first serve basis. To register, call Kevin
Shanders at 823-3698.
SUBMISSIONS: Community
Calendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
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County Opens Work
Crew Annex
The Multnomah County Sh e riffs Office
has opened a W ork Crew Annex, a temporary
ja il facility on the grounds o f the Inverness
Jail.
The addition o f the beds in the annex is
designed to ease prisoner crowding.
A low-security facility, the annex w ill
initially have 27 openings for work crew
inmates.
There is room for expansion within the
warehouse for up to 45 inmates.
Officials said relocating the inmates to
the annex frees up “ hard" ja il beds for other
offenders.
The warehouse was originally designed
to house supplies and materials needed to
operate the five sh eriffs office ja il facilities.
It’s conversion into a ja il facility began in
early March.
Since then, a work team o f sergeants,
command officers and civilian staff have
worked continuously to bring the warehouse
space into a condition suitable for human
habitation.
Among the provisions essential to the
conversion was the addition o f an adequate
number o f toilets and showers for inmates,
greater fire suppression capability and en
hanced lighting, ventilation and video sur
veillance ability.
VA To Break Barriers At
Health Conference
ooking to enhance access to
veteran who served in Vietnam.
medical care for all veterans,
Allen currently serves on the New Jer
the Department of Veterans
sey Agent Orange Commission.
Affairs Medical Center is sponsoring Officials said one o f the reasons the
a Minority and Women Veterans
conference was organized was to help mi
Conference, Saturday from 9:30 a.m.
nority and women veterans discover what
to 4 p.m. at the Portland Conference
services are offered for them at the veterans
Center, 300 N.E. Multnomah St.
medical center in Portland and the best ways
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The conference includes speakers repre
senting several aspects o f medical care the
chance for veterans to share their concerns.
The keynote speaker will be Elizabeth
Allen, an expert speaker on Post Traumatic
Stress Syndrome and an African-African
to access those service, V.A. officials said.
“ Perceived barriers may prevent indi
viduals from accessing the V A as a source o f
health care,” said Barry Bell, medical center
director. “ We hope to break down those
perceived barriers at this conference.”
Local Award Recipients Recognized For Volunteer Efforts
ichelle Harper, Bishop Adolph
Wells, Rev. Alcena Boozer,
Margie Keller and the late Neil
Kelly of Portland were honored
the Whitney M. Young Jr. National
Service Award by the Cascade Pacific
Council, Boy Scouts of America on
Monday July 31.
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Named for the late Whitney M. Young
Jr., the award is presented to individual vol
unteers or organizations who have made an
outstanding contribution in bringing the
Scouting program to low-income youth with
in the council. Young was known throughout
his life as a spokesman for civil rights and as
executive director o f the National Urban
League from 19 6 1 until his death in 19 7 1.
The award was establ ished by the Boy Scouts
o f America in 1978.
with The award was presented at the annual
Century Club Luncheon which has been
formed to help raise the money needed to
help low-income youth participate in Scout
ing.
Nominations are made within each local
BSA council and are approved by a local
committee, as well as by the National Urban/
Rural Field Service Committee.
M ichelle Harper ofthe Parks and Recre
ation Department o f Portland got started in
Scouting through her son’ s involvement in
Tiger Cubs, and has worked diligently in
many capacities, from providing transporta
tion and supervision on outings, to putting
the Cascade Pacific Council in touch with
community leaders and organizations that
has led tocooperative efforts in gettingyoung
people involved in Scouting. She has spear
headed projects that led to the formation o f
the council’s Strategic Plan that calls for
more involvement o f undeserved areas with
the council, such as north/northeast Portland.
She serves on the council’ s executive board
and during her tenure has stressed and brought
about more diversity on the staff, camps, the
executive board, and in youth participation
Margie Keller brought Scouting to her
neighborhood over two decades ago and has
been one o f the stalwarts in working to help
professional Scouter form new units, recruit
quality volunteers, and promote Scouting
throughout her community.
Bishop Adolph A W ells, founder and
past president o f the Albina Ministerial A lli
ance and founder o f Emanuel Temple, has
brought about the awareness o f Scouting to
his fellow ministers and community leaders.
He has made his church available to the
community for Scouting and other programs
and continued to support the youth o f the
community by providing leadership and be
ing a role model for young men.
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