T he P ortland O bserver • D ecember
20, 1995
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Saturday
Academy
Registration begins December 11
Winter 1996 Classes for 4th-12th Grade
Students Featuring hands-on c lasses from
Bone Articulation to Golden Age o f Ra­
dio
Priority Publicaton Dates: Decem­
ber 7-10
Parents and Grandparents: Consider
Gift Certificates for Saturday Academy
Classes in your holiday gift plans
Thank you for including Saturday
Academy in your news coverage. Satur­
day Academy classes are taught by pro­
fessionals in a wide variety o f fields in­
cluding math, science, technology, com­
munications, humanities and the arts and
are held at sites throughout the Portland
metropolitan area.
Saturday Academy, a nonprofit edu­
cational program o f the Oregon Graduate
Institute o f Science & Technology, is
open to all interested and motivated 4th-
12th grade students. Classes are support­
ed by grants, contributions, in-kind dona­
tions and tuition with tuition assistance
available.
Featuring hands-on learning experi­
ences, classes are generally designed
around group and individual projects.
Both introductory and advanced classes
are offered and vary in length from 2 to 40
hours. Students have the opportunity to
explore careers and to meet students with
similar interests.
Publishing the Winter 1996 class list
with a short announcement will give in­
terested students an opportunity to partic­
ipate. There are 48 w interclasses includ­
ing DNA Forensics: Solve the Crime,
, Experim ental Chem istry, A nim ation,
Writing Short Stories, Club Med: Medi­
cal Careers, Graphic Design for Adver­
tising, Programming in C, Courtroom law
and Wildlife in the Wetlands. Tuition for
winter classes ranges from $30 to $235.
Please call me at (503) 690-1191 if
you have any questions.
A shley’s H ope
The Children's Living Christmas Tree Gift
Area children get a chance to visit with Santa Clause (Ray Alvardo) and one of his
elves (Carmen Bernier-Grand) as Western Family Foods and the Portland Police
Sunshine Division join forces to host an annual Christmas Party for 800 Hispanic
children and their families.
Operation Bear Hug
In celebration o f the spirit o f
Christmas, Erickson Assisted Liv­
ing, Inc. announces Operation Bear
Hug - an annual donation drive
to collect new Teddy Bears (or
any new stuffed animal)
to distribute to elderly
shut-ins and local nursing
home residents.
E rick so n A ssisted
Living, Inc. is a family owned business ded­
icated to helping others cope with the devas­
tation and stress o f living with Alzheimer’s
disease. The agency maintains a staff o f in­
How To Get Out Of Debt
Five Easy Steps:
Counselors o f America, a non-profit organization that assists con­
sumers with financial problems, has released a new brochure, How To Ge
Out O f Debt: Five Easy Steps. The brochure explains steps that all
consumers should take when they begin to experience financial difficul­
ties. Debt Counselor previously released the popular brochure. 26 Easy
Ways To Save $50 A Month Without Changing Your Lifestyle.
To receive a copy o f either brochure, send $1, for postage, to Debt
Counselors o f America, P.O. Box 391. Rockville, MD 20848-0391. Be
sure to indicate which brochure you desire.
Contact: Debt Counselors of America, Inc.
Telephone: 301/762-5270
Email: dea@interramp.com
World Wide Web: http://shops.net/GET OUT OF DEBT/
The
home caregivers and housekeep­
ers, as well as providing long term
caregiver placement services. The
locally owned company was
founded five years ago by a
family trying to manage in-
home care o f their mother
with Alzheimer’s disease.
Collection will begin
immediately through De
cember 22nd. Donations may be brought to
the corporate office at 5 160 S. W. Beaveton-
Hillsdale Hwy. Suite 201, or telephone 452-
2434 to arrange pick-up.
Whenever there is a discussion
about “endangered species,” you hear
the team “ecological niche” - a spe­
cial place in the scheme o f things that
is occupied by a particular creature.
And whenever such a habitat is placed
under extreme stress by changes in the
environment, we say that the occu­
pants are threatened with extinction.
My most recent solicitation from
The College Fund/UNCF begins,
“Y ou’ve probably heard our slogan,
A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To
Waste.” In that heated discussion
about the relevance o f “ Black Col­
leges,” I described last week, some­
one voicing opposition to the sepa-
rate-but-equal ’ concept, came up with
sort o f a parody on the original slo­
gan. “An Education Is A Terrible
Thing To Waste." Does Dr. Gray,
the president, deserve an apology?
That crack about education arose
from a careful consideration o f the
position o f Dr. Lawrence J. Wolf,
president o f the Oregon Institute o f
Technology which addressed the
necessity for coordinating the learn­
ing experience. “Employers see a
technology system that does not meet
theirneeds... philosophical, political
and financial support for such educa­
tion is uneven geographically and
fragmented between the secondary,
community college and higher-edu­
cation sectors.”
A correlation was made between
this negative canon and the situation
o f a Portland black youth who from
early teenage years should be mak­
ing important contacts and liaisons
for the future in part-time employ­
ment and work study situations, only
to suffer the traumatic disruption and
discontinuity o f the process by being
sent off thousands o f miles away to
an institution that may be ever so
caring, but not have the resources to
replace what has been lost. “ It should
not happen.”
Through personal experience in
both high-tech industry and the col­
lege community, I find myself sup­
portive o f this position. I am remind­
ed o f a statement made by Rill Gates,
CEO o f Microsoft Corp., in a presen­
tation he made to several hundred
education leaders and students: “The
Connected Learning Community.”
Gates introduced the concept in the
following manner:
“A stimulating, enriched educa­
tional environment in which all stu­
dents have access to the w orld’s in­
formation through personal comput­
Volunteer Opportunities At
Urban League Senior Center
Ways You Can Make A Difference
The U rban L eague o f P o rtla n d ’s S en io r C en ter has a w ide variety o f
o p p o rtu n itie s for v o lu n teers in terested in m aking a d iffe re n c e in the lives o f
sen io r c itiz e n s in N o rth /N o rth e a st P o rtlan d , program s that u tilize v o lu n teers
include the A ctiv ity C en ter, legal clin ic, A lz h e im e r’s re sp ite p rogram , and
in te rg e n e ratio n a l program for p a re n tin g g ran d p aren ts.
U rban L eague sen io r program s arc located in the M ulticu ltu ral S enior
C e n te r in N o rth e a st P ortland and at the M arie Sm ith C en ter in N orth P ortland.
V o lunteers are needed M ondays through F ridays for c le ric a l work and a ssis­
tance w ith clien t ac tiv itie s. For ore in fo rm atio n , co n tact the U rban L e a g u e ’s
T am m orra B arnes at 50 3 /2 4 8 -5 4 7 0 .
Scouting Rockwells To Tour Nation Historic
Treasures Open to Public in January
The Boy Scouts o f America
(B.S.A.) announced that legendary
a rtis t and illu s tra to r N orm an
Rockwell’s Scout paintings will be
exhibited in 17 cities throughout the
nation next year, beginning in Orlan­
do, Florida.
The Tour’s sixth stop will be in
Portland, Oregon at the Oregon His­
torical Society, beginning February
23, according to Douglas S. Smith,
Jr, O f the Cascade Pacific Council,
B.S.A. “W e re very excited,” he said.
“These paintings are national trea­
lack College II: A Dinosaur?
BY P rof . M c K j N ley B i rt
E ig h t- y e a r o ld
S p o n so rs se llin g
Ashley Colbert’s world
livingChristmas trees in­
is filled with concrete
clude Portland Nursery,
and fences. But in the
Fred MeyerGarden Cen
m idst o f the c ity ,
ters, E rnst H om e &
Ashley helped plant a
Nursery, and D ennis’
garden.
Seven Dees Nurseries.
Ashley’s tiny gar­
The trees can be re­
den inspired a big vi­
turned to d esignated
sion. Imagine dozens
drop-off sites between
o f children planting
January 2nd and Janu­
trees to help disadvan­
ary 5th. (Volunteers may
taged families, making
also be available for
the world more beauti­
home pick-up on those
ful for us all.
dates.)
A sh le y ’s H ope:
Sponsors H abitat
The Children’s Living
for Humanity, the Ur­
Ashley Colbert
Christmas Tree Gift is
ban League, Portland
making the vision a reality.
Development Commission and the Port­
You can help with your purchase o f a
land Forestry Division are some o f the
living Christmas tree. After the holidays,
sponsors helping find families or sites in
volunteers will plant your tree at the home
need o f trees.
o f a disadvantaged family or non-profit
Volunteers o f all ages are invited to
site.
help plant trees on Saturday, January 6th &
“A wonderful gift,” says Ed Hume,
Sunday, January 7th.
master gardener and host o f “Gardening in
To volunteer, apply for a tree, or help
America."
sponsor the project, call (503) 697-8091.
The project is a partnership o f numer­
Ashley’s Hope: The Children’s Living
ous stores, organizations, city leaders and
Christmas Tree Gift Celebrating the spirit
individuals.
o f helping.
ers and students, educators, parents
and the extended com m unity are
connected to one another.”
Certainly, I have learned this to
be an indisputable fact, from many
yearsofdesigningand implementing
successful career ladders for students
(both black and white) - for industry
and for the public sector, federal,
state, county and city. To achieve the
maximum success, one must be total­
ly involved and be about a total inte­
gration o f the process which must
have both horizontal and vertical
continuity; the parent, the teachers
and the future employer - the design
o f tailored curriculum, work-study
programs and the counseling mode
(since 1966).
This, o f course, is the ideal, but
it has been proven to work and work
well. We all are aware that no decent
level o f education is wasted, but that
is not the point What should be our
choice when we are culture-driven to
nurture and motivate our youth with­
in a special “ecological niche?” Can
a warm and comfortable educational
incubator with all its promise o f an
enhanced seIf-image take precedence
over the “Connected Community”
that Bill Gates described? And then,
too, consider the economics.
sures.”
Cascade Pacific Council Presi­
dent Ron Timpe agreed, “Rockwell’s
paintings manifest the family values
that make America and Scouting great.”
After the Orlando showing the
paintings will be on tour through
May 16th in 16 other cities. The
paintings then will be returned to the
Scouting Museum in Murray, Ken­
tucky. Chief Scout Executive Jere B.
Ratcliffe says the Rockwells are fun­
damental to Scouting. “We cannot
separate his work from Scouting
T here’s a common spirit. Just as a
Rockwell is more than oil and can­
vas, so Scouting is more than camp­
ing and hiking.”
Rockwell began his career as an
illustrator for Boys’ Life magazine
in 1913. He later worked for the
Saturday Evening Post before be­
coming a renowned artist. These
paintings were commissioned for use
on B.S.A. calendars which were pro­
duced by the copyright holder. Brown
& Bigelow, Inc.
The Rockwells will be on dis­
...hope, when
being a parent
gets tough
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Baby Name: Cody Lee Thompson Edington
D ate o f Birth: 11/23/95
Sex: M
M other: Tina Thompson o f Portland, OR
W eight: 5.9 Length. 20 inchs
P atern al G ra n d p a re n ts: Mary Edington o f Portland
M aternal G ra n d p a re n ts: Richard & Cherie Thompson o f Portland
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play to the general public on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at the Oregon
Historical Society.
The tour also stops in Atlanta,
Phoenix, Bay Area, Newport Beach,
CA., Denver, Omaha, Minneapolis,
Chicago, St. Louis, Columbus, Pitts­
burgh, Baltimore, New York, Hous­
ton and Dallas.
The Cascade Pacific Council o f
the bas serves over 50,000 young
men and women throughout eigh­
teen counties in northwest Oregon
and southwest Washington.
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