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P ortland O bserver
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Advice To The Leaf-Lorn
Yes. There is hope. There is a
I plate for the leaves to go.
Those falling leaves are at it
I again And they don ’I know when to
I stop They’re pesky and they’re ev-
I ery where But there are some easy
Iw ays to become leal-less in Clark
I County
()ne of the most important things
I neighbors tan do it keep catch basins
I clear of leaves. If you see leaves
I covering .1 catch basin, stoop them
I away Otherwise, they'll black the
I drams and maybe even flood your
neighborhood You can be-leaf it.
And there’s Kiss Your Leaves
Goodbye Days. The county’s Pub-
1 lit Work . Department will dispose
I of your leaves free of charge on
three Saturdays - October 28, No
vember 18, and December 16 - from
8 a m. to 2 p.m. Bring all your leaves
to Whatley Pit at 11400 N.E. 78th
Street. Also, for neighborhood asso
ciations willing to coordinate the ef
fort, the county has a limited number
o f leaf bins that it can take to neigh
borhoods for on-site weekend dis
posal events, through December.
And if your debris dilemma is
bigger than leaves, Clark County is
offering Neighborhood Chipping. It’s
free debris chipping by the county
for neighborhoods that can provide a
site for chipping, a chipping coordi
nator and places for the chipped de
bris to go. The Saturday morning
chipping events provide for an ideal
cycle o f recycling, county public
works officials note. Residents look
ing for good ground cover or mulch
material can come to the chipping
site and pick up a free load of chips
brought in by other residents as
unchipped debris.
The various leaf and yard de
bris disposal opportunities are a
money saver for residents and coun
ty government alike -- plus being
environment-friendly. Residents
save on private disposal costs and
they and the county save the tax
dollars otherwise needed for fixing
leaf-clogged drains and related
tlooding problems. In addition, the
chipping program helps keep yard
debris out of the landfill.
To make Clark County leaf-
free there are other options, too.
There is curbside collection ,
composting and self-hauling. To
find out more, just pick up the phone
and call Public Works.
Downtown Celebrates Halloween
With Costume Contest!
People who work, live, or
costum es entered as “most
play in Downtown V ancouver are
creative and a rtis tic ,” “ most
invited to enter a lunchtim e H al
gruesom e,” “sex iest,” or “o v er
loween costum e contest on Tues-
all w orst,” will be judged from
day, October 3 I , from 11:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m .-1:30 p.m.
I 30 p.m.
Ju d g es
in c lu d e
Don
All disguised dow ntow ners
Carbone (Cana R ealty), Dave
who want to enter the contest
Keudell (David K eudell, CPA ),
sh o u ld r e p o rt to R .P. M c-
Sherri LaPierre (A rtists G allery I
M urphyey’s in the Academ y, at
2 1 ,), Pat M cD onrtell (C lark
400 East Evergreen.
County), Kate M adsen (C ity o f |
Costum es will be judged by
V ancouver N eighborhood M e
category at the tim es listed be
diation), Andy Nygard (Edw ard
low.
D. Jones and Com pany), and
Prizes have been provided
Lisa Rasmussen (Signal G raph
by locaT businesses, and lunch
ics Printing).
w ill be a v a ila b le from R .P.
The contest is sponsored by
M cM urphey’s menu.
the Downtown V ancouver As
C ostum es entered as “ best
sociation.
w itch,” “ scariest,” :funniest,” or
F or m o re in fo rm a tio n ,
‘most effort” will be judged from
please call the A ssociation at
I 1:30 a m .-12:30 p.m.
360/693-2978.
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Spooky Tales On Officers Row
On the night before Hallow
een, get ready for scary stories, “hor-
I ror-able" happenings and maybe a
I few missing body parts.
Over50ghostly volunteers will
I till out the cast for Ghost Stories on
I Officers Row Monday evening, Oct.
I 30. from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
This first-time event, sponsored
by fhe city’s heritage program, is
I designed to be spooky, fun and ed-
I ucational. It is ideal for school-age
| children and adults.
Authentically costumed volun-
I teer castmeinbers will retell tales of
I eerie happenings on the Row - in-
I eluding the frightful story o f the
I governess who hung herself, the
dead Army officer whose ghost still
roams through Grant House, and the
mysterious case o f General O.O.
Howard’s “lost” right arm.
“These stories are based on local
folklore and on the colorful history of
Officers Row,” says Jane Morrison,
city heritage program coordinator.
“The stories are gory, sad, corny and
tragic. They’re also a fun way to learn
about the history of Officers Row.”
Ghost story walking tours will
begin at the O.O. Howard House.
Tours will include scary stops for
costumed story-tel lingat several tum-
of-the-century homes along the Row.
Participants will enjoy hot cider and
snacks at Grant House.
Tickets are available for $5, or
$ 15 for an entire family. A special
group rate of $2 per person is avail
able for non-profit youth organiza
tions. Tickets are limited and are
available by fax, phone or in person
at B agley C enter at 4100
Plomondon and at Marshall Cen
ter, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd.
Registration is strongly encouraged
by Friday, Oct. 20. Proceeds sup
port the heritage education program.
Tours willembark at 10-minute
intervals. Start times will be printed
on admission tickets Tours last
about one hour. Participants are
encouraged to bring flashlights and
dress for the weather.
Annual Veterans’ Day Parade To Honor WWII Vets
More than 70 units and 1400
I people have signed up so far to take
J part in Vancouver’s annual Veter-
I ans’ Day Parade, Saturday, Novem-
I her I The Vancouver Veterans’
J D.i\ Parade is an official ly-sanc-
Itioned Department o f Defense
¡W orld War II commemorative
event, and marks the fiftieth anni
v e r s a ry of the end of WWII The
¡Veterans Day Parade Committee
liuges all Vancouver-area WWII
I veterans to participate by marching
I or attending.
Members of the Tuskegee Air-
I men Association will be honored
parade participants. The Tuskegee
Airmen were the first African-Amer
ican citizens to become officers with
the Army Air Force. The unit escort
ed bombers in the European Theater
during WWII, and boasts an envi
able record; it never lost a bomber
under its escort.
The parade will start with an
11:00a.m howitzer salute, followed
by flyovers o f both military and an
tique aircraft. Spectators can explore
a display o f military equipment at
Vancouver Barracks after the pa
rade. The Puget Sound Blood Bank’s
mobile unit will hold a blood drive at
Sophia s Place
521 SW 11th, Suite 102, Portland OR
223-9794
A rt • Gifts • Home Decore
Antiques & Collectibles
the Barracks following the parade.
The parade route begins at Ev
ergreen and East Reserve, contin
ues west on Evergreen to “C” Street,
up“C” to 13th Street, past City Hall
on 13th to Main Street, down Main
to Eighth, and across Eighth to
Esther Short Park. Seating for hand
icapped spectators will be avail
able at the O.O. Howard House, at
the traffic circle on Officers’ Row
The Veterans Day Parade
Committee encourages individuals
and organizations to participate. For I
information, please call 360/896-
9954 or 360/693-2978
Paul Allen: Don't Stop A t The Garden
C ora S mith
The Trail Blazers seem to be
moving Portland forward in futuris
tic prospects for city and communi
ty development. It’s a blend and
sense of community that entertains
‘a family that entertains together,
stays together.”
Future opportunities on the
back burner may include a giant
roller coaster and mega computer
entertainment center that would cost
$25 per family member.
Portland isan idealcity that has
attracted the interest o f dream-mak
er - Pau IAI len, his Trai 1B lazers and
his “sports-forward” Rose Quarter.
Allen’s vision makes way for the
north/northeast community’s revi
talizing process - to build bridges,
mend patches to mainstream, moti
vate and create a beautiful environ
mentally correct atmosphere that
brings successful small businesses
to the Northwest, Southwest, South
east and Northeast Broadway areas.
The next stop must be the in
vestment, expanding visions to cre
ate a viable, healthy and wealthy
North/Northeast cultural ly empow-
ered-based community.
Paul Allen, we can see your vi
sions, but please see the potential to
invest in a conglomerate
of minority-owned small
business, beautiful build
ings, condos, engaging
business comradery with
a success, flair, fun and
style.
Paul Allen, “move”
yourdesign engineers and
dream team to enhance the
minority business person.
Build a plan for a once
flourishing business com
munity, your high rolling, risk taking
attitude is what this community needs
- a voice, money and follow through.
Encourage your fellow mankind,
Paul Allen, to be the best “we can
be.” Roll out the carpet forthis North/
Northeast community with your blue
prints o f success - your visions can
assist in building self-esteem and uti
lize talents unseen and of course,
build pride, allowing the monies to
remain in building an architecturally
richer and handsome community.
Paul Allen, after seeing the total
full picture of the “come alive” Rose
Quartercomplex it only builds on my
dreams further. Don’t stop the con
struction, continue to upgrade into
the community.
Make this city a model by which
the nation can visually
recognize what team
playingand building on
talent can indeed, re
construct, glam orize
and produce an eco
nomically-based sound
inner city.
Empowering the
young, partnershiping
with the community,
eliminating the “fear of I
failure sy n d ro m e,”
lending your cooperative corporate
winning management skills.
Imagine, what the $13.4 mil
lion you lost to Skypix and Virtual
Vision could have done for your
extended neighbors by increasing
business and housing development
which would connect minds, bod
ies and souls.
It shows that Oregon’s devel
opment dollars are there, and even
if “you’ve failed before,” a winning
prospective counts.
Paul Allen, the community has
been in obeyance carefully observ
ing your actions and progress, as
well as the other 9 mystery Paul
Allen investors.
“United we stand, divided we
fall.’
Spike Lee’s Clockcrs Is A Wake-
Lip Call To African-Americans
A violent homicide occurred late
last night in front o f Ahab’s restau
rant. A 22-year-old black male, Darrel
Adams, was shot four times by an
unknown assailant who ran from the
crime scene. Police say the motive
for the murder may involve a battle
over drug turf.
A variant of the above news
Hash appears in newspapers across
the country every day. Director Spike
Lee built on this phenomena and
Richard Price’s book to develop the
movie Clockers. To be frank, there
are very few new wrinkles in Clock
ers. The movie contains a plethora of
negative, stereotypical, yet real, im
ages of African-Americans. More
over, most youths that live in inner-
city communities can relate several
real-live events that parallel what
happens in clockers. What is inter
esting about the movie, however, is
that Spike Lee bares everything in its
absurd detail by weaving an intricate
story line filled with subtle, yet obvi
ous, messages. In fact, viewers are
likely to conclude from Clockers that
there is nothing more absurd than the
effects of drugs being imported and
traded in African-American commu
nities.
As for the story line, Rodney, a
drug operation master in an inner-
city housing project, requires that
Strike (a.k.a. Ronnie, a drug dealer
for Rodney) kill Darrel Adams to
facilitate expansion of the drug busi
ness. Shortly thereafter, Darrel
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Adams is shot to death. Did Strike
commit the murder, or did his all-
American brother, Victor, do the
shooting?
Why would such a hard-work
ing, highly respected, and loveable
character as Victor kill Darrel
Adams? Since “ black-on-black
crime” is so rampant in African-
American communities, why should
the police be concerned about who
actually killed Darrel Adams? Why
should Tyrone Jeter, a 12-year-old
product of a female-headed house
hold, shoot and kill Rodney’s hench
man to protect Strike? All of these
appear as real questions in Clockers,
and they serve as Spike Lee’s meth
od for getting the viewer to see the
absurdity of the reality.
One “absurd” question is not
raised in the movie; probably be
cause we all know the answer. Who
is really responsible for drugs com
ing into our communities, and why
can’t the flow of drugs be stopped?
Put simply, why can’t a nation as
technically advanced as the United
States stop the drug trade? This is an
absurd question that even Spike Lee
wisely chose not to tackle.
What are some of the major
messages in Clockers? First, you may
be struck by the plac idness with which
children play in the backdrop to the
drug dealing and violence. Though
they are oblivious to the reality in
youth, it seeps into their subcon
scious, and they are doomed to relive
it all as adults. Second, you may be
amazed by the ingenuity of the young
drug dealers in developing their com-
munications and transactions sys
tems. How great it would be if that
ingenuity was applied to construc
tive purposes. Third, you may be
appalled by Strike’s failure to see a
medical doctor given his stomach
problems. However, it is common
for African-Americans to adopt a
death wish and procrastinate on tak
ing action on health matters until it is
too late.
I venture to say that if Spike Lee
was given an opportunity to decode
his messages in plain and simple
language, then he would make the
flowing statements: African-Ameri
cans must stop selling the drugs of
death to their own people. They must
take on the mission of cleaning up
their communities with the same zeal
that drug addicts take on the mission
o f obtaining drugs for their habits.
They must stop the flow of blood
from the bodies o f young African-
American males. Their blood is the
life of the communities, and whether
the flow is the result of gun shots or
AIDS, the flow must be stopped. There
are too few strong men in African-
American communities who choose
to do the right thing and who seek to
impose that rightness. But they cannot
reshape the communities alone. They
need help. If they do not get that help,
A frican-American youths are doomed
to a more dreadful reality.
Mexico Trade Office
To Open In Portland
Mayor Vera Katz and Port
land’s sister city of Guadalajara,
Mexico in the state of Jalisco, Mex
ico, signed an agreement Sunday to
create an international trade office
in Portland.
The office to be called Casa
Jalisco or House of Jalisco is expect
ed to enhance Oregon’s economic
and cultural ties to the Mexican state.
During her administration, Katz
has shifted the focus of sister city
relationships from cultural exchang
es to economic/trade relations, her
office said.
“This is a wonderful opportu
nity to see Portland’s international
business strategy come to life,” said
Katz. “In order to meet our critical
challenge of a more prosperous
Portland, we need to expand our
international trade relations and
opening the Casa Jalisco here in
Portland with strengthen the econ
omy of both cities.”
Katz and a delegation of over
70 Oregonians attended the signing
ceremony in Guadalajara as part of
an international cultural and trade
mission to Portland’s second oldest
sister city.
Like Portland, the Mexican port
city is also known as the “City of
Roses.”
Mexico is Oregon’s 14th larg
est trading partner. The state of
Jalisco is similar to Oregon in that
its economy depends heavily on
agriculture and high technology, city
officials said Jalisco supplies about
50 percent of all electronic equip
ment to Mexico.