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Committed to cultural diversity.
December 20, 1995
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Pacific Power
Service Change:
Gift Of Golf
For Healthy Lungs
The American Lung Association o f
Oregon is offering 1996 G olf Privilege
Club Membership books to support the
fight against lung diseases in Oregon. For
$25 you can give your golfer savings like
reduced green fees, 2 for I green fees and
other golf specials. To order, call 246-
1197.
Mansion In
Holiday Splendor
The Queen Anne Victorian Mansion
in the Kenton neighborhood o f north Port­
land is lighted for the holiday season. The
first floor and its surrounding grounds are
open to the public during the period from
6 p.m. to 10 p.m., except for Christmas Eve
and Christmas Day. Admission is $3 for
adults, $2 for seniors and $ I for children.
Sheila Holden, General Business
Manager at Portland Pacific Power.
acific Power is changing it
operations to enable th
company to provide a great
er variety of customer services, com
pany officials announced last week
The changes will include the elimina
| tion o f walk-in payment centers.
The utility said the new services wiI
[be phased-in during early 1996, with al
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Paragon Has
Santa On Line
Children are encouraged to call in and
talk with Santa Claus on Paragon C able’s
Santa On-Line. The special program airs
Saturday on channel 34 from 7:30 p.m. to
9 p.m.
new service offices in place and change
completed by the end o f the new year
“Competition and a continuing com
milment to customers have caused Pacifii
Power to take a close look at its ability t<
provide better and wider ranges o f custom
ers services," said Sheila Holden, Pacifit
Power business manager.
Holden said competition is stimulat­
ing improved service and more choices for
customers.She said the utility will open
new business and phone centers to give
| customers the ability to deal with service
Jackson Browne
Tickets On Sale
Jackson Brown, a staple in American
music and culture, will perform in Portland
Monday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. at the Arlene
Schnitzer Concert Hall. Tickets are avail­
able at Fred Meyer FASTIXX locations.
Glen Miller Band
Takes Stage
The Glenn Miller Orchestra will take
the stage for a New Y ear’s Eve gala at the
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Big band
sounds, dancing and elegant dining will
ring out the old year and welcome in the
new, while raising funds for a new curtain
forCivic Auditorium. Gala tickets are $125
per person. A limited number o f balcony
tickets are available for $15 to $25.
Seniors Plan
Shopping Spree
The Hollywood Senior Center is plan­
ning a van trip to the Troutdale Outlet
Stores for their “After Christmas Mark­
down” sale on Thursday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m.
To sign-up, call 288-8303.
Dance, Dinner
Show Scheduled
A semi-forrfial dinner, fashion show
and African dance with singing and poem
reading will be held Friday, Jan. 26 at
Shanigan’s, 4575 N. Channel. This is a
fundraiser for Christian education. For in­
formation call 335-8091.
Peter Pan
Premiers
Special holiday performances o f Pe­
ter Pan or the Boy Who Would Not Grow
Up are held this month at the Northwest
Children’s Theatre and School in north­
west Portland. For ticket information, call
222-4480.
Kwanzaa
Events At IFCC
Events to celebrate the African Amer­
ican celebration o f Kwanzaa are being
held at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural
Center, 5340 N. Interstate. The ritual o f
Kuumba (creativity) is honored at the cen­
ter Friday, Dec 22, from 7-9 p.m with
words, music and culinary expressions.
SUBMISSIONS: Community
Calendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
Lloyd Center^
h°Mays is Portlands Vintage Trolley. The rail-line runs on MAX tracks between downtown to
issues with one phone call.
“Eight-five percent o f customers al­
ready do business with Pacific Power by
mail or phone,” said Holden. “Those op­
tions will remain and will be expanded by
the end of 1996 to include payment options
outside the customer office, as well as
other options, such as electronic transfers,
24-hour phone services, and other ways
for our customers to save time.”
F r e d J le ife r K ic k s
O ff H o lid a y G iv in g
red Meyer has embarked on
said Portland Police Sgt. Dick Gerety Rob­
its 60th a n n u a l h o lid a y
ert G. Miller, chairman of the Fred Meyer
donation of merchandise for
board, said the traditional holiday donation
the Salvation Army and other charities.
has grown over the years to involve hundreds
“Fred M eyer’s annual holiday gift is the
of employees a, its stores, offices and ware­
largest single donation we receive all year,”
houses.
Salvation Army Major Richard E. Love of
“They work for months to maintain this
Portland, said.
continuing annual commitment to the com­
For the past month, several Salvation
munities we serve,” Miller said. “ It's a huge
Army volunteers have worked with Fred
undertaking," he added, "I'm proud ofall our
Meyer employees to sort out usable mer­
employees who work so hard each year to
chandise from salvaged products. Those items
make it happen.
are combined with new products to fill more
than two dozen trailers going to charities in
23 Northwest cities, with most deliveries
headed to the Salvation Army.
A 49-foot trailer full o f merchandise is
also scheduled for delivery' to the Portland
Fred Bear brakes through a banner
Police Bureau’s Sunshine Division.
to mark the delivery by Fred Meyer
“This annual donation by Fred Meyer is
stores of more than two dozen
one o f the largest we receive each year and is
tractor trailers of food, toys,
an important addition to our holiday food
housewares, apparel and other
drive that uses collection barrels in stores
merchandise for the Salvation Army
throughout the Portland metropolitan area,”
and other charities
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Warning Against Repair Scams
he Portland Police Bureau is
real damage.
cautioning people to watch out
W arning signs can include demands for
for home repair scams in the
cash in advance and out-of-state license plates
wake of damage caused by last w eek’s
on a vehicle.
wind storm.
Established, local firms are your best al­
Police say that scam artists will target
ternative to avoid this time o f scam. If it sounds
communities hit by storms, floods or other
too good to be true, it probably is. police said.
major climatic or geologic events.
People needing home repairs are also
The phony repair people will go to dam ­
encouraged to research the individual or com­
aged homes and offer to do repairs or con­
pany before paying for services. A company
struction at a low price, and many times they
should be able to provide local references
want payment in advance, police said.
and show a builder's board license.
But these phony workers may never be
The Better Business Bureau is also an­
seen again or other times the work performed
other resource to answer consumer ques­
is inferior and merely cosmetic, hiding the
tions, police said.
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City Takes Aim
At Drunk Drivers
ortland Mayor Vera Katz has
and impaired drivers.
asked city employees to drive
These missions will put additional pa
w ith
th e ir
h e a d lig h ts
trot cars on the street through Decembet
on this Friday as a tribute to police
the said, specifically looking for drunl
victims of drunk driving.
or drugged drivers. A similar operation dur
And Police Chief Charles Moose has
ing the Thanksgiving holiday weekend re
ordered all police officers to participate in
suited in over a dozen arrests for drivinj
the observance by turning on the headlines
under the influence o f intoxicants.
o f law enforcement vehicles.
Area residents are asked to do their par
As part o f National Drunk and Driving
by watching for drunk drivers on the roadwa'
Month, the police bureau is involved in a
and dissuading friends and relatives fron
multi-agency operation focusing on drunk
driving while impaired by drugs and alcohol
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