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Volume X X V I, Number 1
Committed to cultural diversity.
January 3, 1996
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Dancers Get “Dream Call”
n in ut n u i t y
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Portland Parks and Recreation is co
sponsoring a Jan. 20 event called Art,
Architecture and a Bite to Eat. Partici
pants will see some o f Portland’s loftiest
mansions, meet with architect Robert
Oshatz and have lunch at the Gate Lodge
Restaurant at Pittock Mansion. Pre-regis
tration is required. Call Bob Gandolfl at
823-5132 or Sharon Wood at 238-9842
Portland Bridges
On Tour
Sharon Wood, author o f The Portland
Bridge Book, conducts tours ot Portland’s
bridges and skyline. The next tour is set
for Jan. 27 from 8:30 a m. to 4:30 p.m.
I Lunch will be served at Dan & Louis
Oyster Bar. Transportation is provided
from the Fred-Meyer Hollywood West,
Section A8.
A sample o f northern Chinese delica
cies will be offered when the Northwest
China Council kicks o ff a gourmet Chi
nese dinner showcasing Chinese chefs in
the Portland area. The event will be held
Jan. 26 at Mandarin Cove. Cost is $30.
Reservations can be made by calling 725-
4567.
Martial, Healing
Arts Presented
Master Wen-Mei Yu, a 58-year-old
teacher o f internal Chinese martial and
healing arts, will be teaching seminars in
Wu style push hands and Liangong, a
therapeutic healing exercise. The semi
nars are sponsored by One With Heart and
will be taught at Reed College Gym 2 on
Jan. 19, 20 and 2 1.
Gulf War
Remembered
The organization Portland Peaceworks
will hold a candlelight vigil on Jan. 16
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Pioneer Court
house Square to observe the anniversary
o f the moment the bombs began to fall in
the G ulf War in 1991. An all-day fast in
solidarity with those suffering and those
who have died in Iraq will also be held as
a statement o f conscience.
Violence On
Discussion
“The Roots o f Violence: A Jungian
Perspective” will be discussed by John
Van Eenwyk in a lecture on Friday, Jan. 19
at the First United Methodist Church,
Collins Hall, 1838 S. W. Jefferson at 7:30
p.m.
Composer
Presents Concert
Composer/Guitarist Bryan Johanson of
fers Portland area audiences a unique con-
I cert experience when he presents “An
J Evening Composed," a program o f inter
related works for guitar. The event is held
Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. at Lincoln Hall, 1620
S.W Park at Portland State University.
Crisis Volunteers
Needed
You an make a big difference in the
lives o f women and children escaping
domestic violence by becoming a volun
teer for Clackamas W om en's Services.
Help is needed to answer the crisis line,
provide one-on-on support to shelter res
idents and to lead violence support groups.
The next volunteer training begins Jan.
23. Call Carol or Toni at 654-2807.
SUBM ISSIONS: Community
Calendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
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C ora S mith _____
ollege had always been In the
cards for Karmaria Kyle and
Karida Griffith.
Kyle is a graduate o f Jefferson High School
and the “Jefferson Dancers" preforming arts
program. Griffith is a former Rose Festival
Princess and honor roll student at Benson
High.
Both had high expectations upon last year’s
graduation which lead them to the University
ot Oregon in Eugene to pursue degrees in the
performing arts. This past September, three
days into their new world o f campus life, a
phone call was received, opening up a new
broader experience that neitherofthem could
have ever imagined.
It was the “dream call.”
This call was not accidental, but let’s call
it fate, or whatever we would call it, it was
meant to be. Lifetime friends, Kyle and
Griffith have a history o f dance beginning at
about the age o f four.
These two girls had different paths, how
ever as faith would have it, the inevitable
bought them together. They have been pay
ing their dues for years - early morning prac
tices, late rehearsals, all day rehearsals, on
weekends and on Sundays. When everyone
else was having a good time, they were out
there, dancing and practicing in preparation
o f events that would ultimately change the
courses o f their lives.
The hard work was not done entirely on
their own, they both had the tools o f success
by their sides - STAGE PARENTS - stage
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parents indeed, Karen Kyle nurtured and
encouraged Karmaria endlessly and to coin a
phrase, “She was always there.”
The dance recitals, all the cars and all the
car problems, airplane trips to compete, stage
mom Karen was there. Her role as hairstylist,
make-up artist and wardrobe coordinator,
and site locator for stage performances, not
Portland s Karmaria Kyle and Karida Griffith are home for the holidays after touring
only as her personal manager but her creative
in Europe with a New York City dance company.
financial manager as well.
Daryl Griffith, stage dad, had a similar
African Ballet Co. that tied Karmaria and
Smith’s African Ballet as well.
commitment, however his priority and fore
Karida together again.
Each had the privilege o f showcasing their
most addendum was a college degree. He
Karmaria’s early entrance into the Jefferson
talent to the max. Guided by the great forces
knew that out there somewhere - Karida
Dancers during her 8th year o f school should
oftheirdance teachers, theirschools’support
would get a break dancing upon graduation.
have been an indication o f things to come.
and the partnership o f their parents, they
But not in dad’s Daryl’s wildest imagination
Mary Folberg and Julane Stites o f the
enrolled in the Summer Dance Camp which
did he think Karida’s dream would come so
Jefferson Dancers saw the potential early on.
eventually lead to another schAolarship in
quickly as to delay their completion o f col
However, Sally Mack, Faina Heiberg, JoJo
New York City. Their talent opened the
lege. Sorry dad, all those efforts paid off,
Hills, Diane Zink, Diane Walker and Bienda
window to the Alvin Ailey Summer Work
Sally M ack's dance classes where Karida
Bufalino, tap dance teachers as well, to name
shop where the first proposal to travel with
and Karmaria’s successes led them to be
a few, helped them though their wonder
the Broadway Black and Blue dance extrav
come grand trophy winners in 1991.
years.
aganza.
It was in Seaside, Ore. where they won
The public saw it coming too, especially
Mother Karen favored the early offer, but
grand champions o f the “star dust” status,
on the stage o f Jefferson High School and the
oh no, dad Dary l said no way, it’s college first
winning out over 1,500 other dancers in the
Intermediate Theatre o f downtown Portland
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region. But its was through Bruce Smith’s
where the girls both performed with the Bruce
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Art, Architecture
Featured
Chinese Chefs
On Review
SECTION
B
Schools
Provide
Parenting
Skills
Groups
P
ortland Public Schools Teen I
Parent Services provides ed I
ucation and support services
for pregnant/parenting teenagers,
male and female, who are enrolled in |
Portland Public Schools.
M ost high sch o o ls have a Teen p a r
ent Liaison who teaches a special class |
for pregnant paren tin g sk ills groups,
support groups, bus tic k e ts, nutrition
education and case m anagem ent.
Some schools have o n -site child
care M onroe Program is a tra n sitio n
al school for 12-21 year old pregnant
students or young m om s living in
M ultnom ah C ounty who w ant to earn
lig h school c re d its o r a G ED .
Also available is PIV O T , a col lab-1
orative program betw een Job C orps
and P o rtland P ublic S c h o o ls, that
proivdes ed u catio n al and job tra in in g l
services tor 17-24 year old teen par-1
ents who are not cu rren tly pregnant.
If you are a pregnant or paren tin g
teenager who is, or w ill be, en ro lled
in Portland Public S chools, please
contact the I een Parent L iaison at th e |
school you will attend.
C le v e la n d H ig h S c h o o l: J o a n |
T rapp, 280-5120.
F r a n k lin H ig h S c h o o l: N ancy]
Frahm, 280-5140
( ¿ ra n t H igh S c h o o l: Lani S m ith ,|
280-5160
J e ffe rs o n H igh S c h o o l: A nne Bell,
280-5180
M a d is o n H ig h S c h o o l : J a n e l
D aw es, 280-5220
M a r s h a l l H ig h S c h o o l: f in a l
H enderson, 2 8 0-5240
M o n ro e P ro g r a m : R obbi T anz o rl
John M cCom b, 280-5753
P IV O T : Robyn M oore, 28 0 -6 1 7 0
P o r tla n d N ig h t H igh S c h o o l a t |
(¿ r a n t: D avid M esirow , 28 0 -6 4 8 6
R o o sev elt H igh S ch o o l: S uzanne I
T hiel, 2 8 0-5260
V o c a tio n a l V illa g e : A nn G ra n -|
gaard, 280-5747
W ilson H igh School: Linda G raves, |
280-5280
The ‘Dawg’ Walked In For The City Of Roses
t was billed as Hospitality Tour
‘9 5 ...one of the most exciting
FAM tours ever produced for
minority meeting planners.
I he brainchild ofO regon Convention and
Visitor Services Network honcho, Roy Jay.
The 5 day tour brought 18 minority meeting
planners and organization heads to Portland,
Oregon “The City o f Roses”.
“This is by far the best FAM trip that I have
ever been invited to”, says O scar Coffey,
retiring president o f the U.S. African Amer
ican Chamber o f Commerce. Coffey’s com
ments were echoed unanimously by all ofthe
guests.
at Portland International Airport along with
Miss. Oregon U.S.A.
Three nightly receptions, hosted by hotels
and restaurants, drew standing room only,
diverse crowds to meet there V IP's from
across the country.
Planners had an opportunity to view some
o f Portland finest hotels and facilities for
their future meetings and conferences, in
cluding Portland’s new $85 million dollar
award winning Oregon Convention Center,
located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boule
vard, in the heart o f Portland's busy east side
retail complex.
One o f the evening highlights was dinner
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Roy Jay
Unlike normal CVB FAM tours. Portland
and Eugene, Oregon added a bit o f flair to
their presentation. Luxury stretch limousines
from a Black owned company greeted them
at Doris' Cafe. Rapidly becoming world
known tor their great “down home” cooking
and special atmosphere.
No, be outdone, one o f Portland’s major
hotels hosted another evening dinner where
they flew in fresh catfish that morning from
Mississippi and prepared a special menu of
mouth watering choices for the guests.
Portland, Oregon has become a destina
tion o f choice by many minority meeting
planners and organizations over the past two
years. Many attribute the cities new compet
itiveness to Roy Jay’s Oregon Convention
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Community Spirit Made Kenton’s Christmas Successful
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la y fe r a . I tu i i rin
g m ore
than
a full holiday season this year,
4 5 0 ,uuu red, green, blue and w hite lights.
thanks to very generous dona
A Sim pson T im ber C om pany d o n a
tions and the hard work of a large tion
num to cover m usician p e rfo rm a n c e fees
ber of volunteers.
a llo w e d the K enton A c tio n P lan to
K enton kicked o f f the C h ristm a s se a
p re se n t the ev ening to K enton resid en ts
son w ith a co n cert and o p e n -h o u se at the
free o f charge.
D avid C ole Q ueen A nne V ic to ria n M an
V o lu n teers from the K enton N eig h
sion on S atu rday, D ecem b er 9th.
b o rh o o d A ssociation and K enton A ction
In sp ite o f freezing rain e a rlie r in the
Plan H istoric P reservation C om m ittee
day, m ore than 250 re sid e n ts and guests
a ssiste d w ith refreshm ents and g re e tin g
g a th e re d to hear the P o rtla n d Festival
v isito rs.
O r c h e s tr a ’s S trin g Q u a rte t, to u r the
The K enton B usiness A sso c ia tio n ’s
m an sio n , and sip hot sp ic e d c id e r and
annual drive to assist local resid en ts
coco a.
c o lle c te d $ 1 ,7 0 0 . A to ta l ot e le v e n
O w n e r P a tric ia R eed a llo w e d the
h o u seh o ld s w ith small c h ild re n , elderly
N eig h b o rh o o d free run o f the esta te and
a n d /o r h andicapped m em bers received
ch o se that ev ening to u n v eil the new
g ift c e rtific a te s to cover food and u tility
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bills. Bradley-A ngle H ouse also received
donations.
S im p so n T im b e r C o m p a n y , T ria d
M ech an ical, In su lated W indow s, the
Kenton M asonic Lodge, L eonard & Sons,
the H istoric K enton H otel, the K enton
C lub, C anine C onduct C o n su ltin g , and
M yers-E atw ell & A sso ciates donated to
the fund.
The d riv e ’s success ow es m uch to the
energies o f Jerry C uster, G arland H orner,
Sue H effelfinger and John H effelginger
A totally v o lu n teer e ffo rt cam e to
g ether on Saturday. D ecem ber 23, when
a deco rated K enton Fire H ouse hosted a
K enton C arol-In open -h o u se. M ore than
60 ch ild ren , a d u lts and se n io rs started
out at the Fire H ouse sin g in g , talk in g to
S anta and sam pling a large table o f re
freshm ents. Then a group o f about thirty
hardy souls set ou, through the local
area to raise th e ir voices in the crisp
D ecem ber night.
C o lle c tio n s for the Sunshine D ivi
s io n ’s food drive w ere also taken in.
T his first-tim e event ow ed its success
to the effo rts o f S ylvia Johnson ( c o o rd i
n a to r), Ron Jo h n so n (m u sic le a d e r),
Paula Sylvester, A nita B onnem a, D iane
G o o d rich and M arcia T hom ason.
Inform ation on the K enton A ction Plan
is availab le by c a llin g 2 8 9 -6 6 9 3 . T he
K enton A ction Plan is a com m unity re
d evelopm ent effo rt funded th ro u g h the
P ortland Bureau o f H ousing and C o m
m unity D evelopm ent