T he P ortland O bserver • J anuary 24, 1996
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New Youth Program For Roso Festival
The Portland Rose Festival Asso
ciation announced a new youth pro
gram for local elementary and middle
school kids Friday during a news
c o n fe re n c e at P o rtla n d P ublic
Schools Blanchard Education Ser
vice Center.
The new program, called Rose
Festival Kids Presented By Pacific
Power, was approved by the Port
land P u b lic S c h o o l D i s t r i c t ’s
B oard o f E d u c a tio n and is d e
signed to in v o lv e youth in local
co m m u n ity serv ice p ro je c ts that
w ill be se le c te d by in d iv id u al
sch o o ls. To e n su re the p ro g ram
m eets the need s of the boys and
girls involved and the community, it
was determined that 1996 will serve
as a pilot project involving only 12
schools.
“Our goal is to grow the program
to include thousands of youngsters in
the future, “ said Jim Osborne, presi
dent, Portland Rose Festival A sso
ciation. "Giving to the community is
the foundation of this new youth in
volvement program. W hether it’s
sprucing up a playground at a local
park, cleaning graffiti off a wall or
establishing an outreach program to
senior adults that live around the
school, each project is pro-active,
positive and community-oriented.
"The future of Portland depends
on the growth and development of its
young people, and the Rose Festival
wants to be a partner in instilling the
ideas o f community pride and ow n
ership,” said Osborne. “We feel this
new program is a winner all around -
for the kids who participate, the
schools they represent, the neighbor
hoods, the Rose Festival and the
City."
Tom Imeson, vice president for
P a c ific P o w er, a d iv is io n o f
PacifiCorp, noted, “This new pro
gram celebrates the power of chil
dren to make a difference in our
community through volunteerism and
public service. As along-time spon
sor of the Junior Parade, Pacific
Power felt this program was a natural
extension of our efforts to empower
children and to lend support to edu
cational and recreational opportuni
ties.”
For the first year, the Portland city
schools have been divided into six
regions, five are comprised of pre
defined regions within the Portland
Public School and the sixth will com
bine P ark rese and D avid D ouglas
School d istricts. In the p ilo t year,
the R ose F e stiv a l A sso c ia tio n
decided to w ork w ithin the sam e
school bou n d aries that e n c o m
p ass th e high sc h o o ls S e n io r
C ourt m em bers rep resen t. O f the
schools w ishing to be considered,
one elem en tary and one m iddle
school w ill be selected via a lo t
tery from each region. T he P o rt
land R ose F estival A ssociation
will notify the 12 schools chosen by
Friday, Feb. 2.
Once selected, each school will
choose a community service project
and select up to 30 kids to partici
pate. For the 1996 Festival, the dates
for the individual projects will be
between May 8 and May 19. Projects
will be showcased a, the Viking In
dustries Kickoff Luncheon May 8.
Rose Festival Kids Presented By
Pacific Power replaces the high-pro
file and traditional p rogram that
an n u ally involved hun d red s o f 9
and 10-year old g irls vying for
e ig h t p o s itio n s on the J u n io r
C ourt. A fter hearing m onths of
testim o n y , a task force m ade up
o f R ose F estival D irecto rs and
local com m unity leaders re c o m
m ended e lim in a tin g the Ju n io r
C o u rt and rep lacin g it w ith a p ro
gram that highlighted com m unity
serv ice and involved m ore youth
- both boys and girls. T he Board
o f D ire c to rs ad opted the re c o m
m endation last July and c o m m is
sioned a new task force to d e
velop a pilot program for 1996.
Input for a new program was col-
lected from the general community,
Rose Festival volunteers, schools,
service organizations and local gov
ernment agencies. An idea submitted
by the Police A c tiv itie s L eague
(P. A .L ) is the basis for Rose F e s
tival K ids P resented By Pacific
Pow er. P A L. has volunteered
to p rovide tech n ical assistan ce
fo r sc h o o ls n eed in g g uidance.
The R ose F estiv al K ids C o m m it
tee w ill assign a R ose Festival
A s s o c ia tio n B oard M em ber, a
Royal Rosarian and a high school
student, acting as a mentor, to each of
the 12 schools.
All youth participating in the Rose
Festival Kids Presented By Pacific
Power program will be featured in
the Pacific Power Junior Parade,
Wed. June 5.
Portland Artist In
Fine Art Calendar
A quilt created by local artist
A driene C ru z is featu red in the
1996 B lack C h ristia n F ine Art
c a le n d a r by S p irit W ood P ro d u c
tions.
T itle d , "A rt in the S e rv ic e s o f
the L o rd ,” the c a le n d a r sh o w
cases the w orks o f 10 n atio n ally -
know n a rtists in clu d in g Jon O nye
L o c k a rd , V a le rie M ay n ard and
N elson S tev en s.
C ru z is a te x tile a rtist know n
p rim a rily for her v ib rao t m e d ia
tio n q u ilts.
She has e x h ib ite d her q u ilts
n a tio n a lly , in c lu d in g the 1994
B lack A rts F estiv al in A tlan ta,
the B om ani G allery in San F ra n
c isc o in 1993 and the N atio n al
A fro-A m erican M useum and C u l
tural C en ter at W ilb erforce, O hio,
also in 1993.
C ru z ’s q u ilts and o th e r w orks
have been view ed reg u larly in
P o rtla n d at the In te rsta te C u l
tural F ireh o u se C e n te r in north
P o rtlan d , as w ell as the Black-
fish, G ray sto n e and S h ad es o f
C o lo r g a lle rie s.
H er q u ilts have been show N as
far w ay as B razil, w here she took
p art in the 1993 “ B rid g e to B a
h ia ” In te rn a tio n a l C o n fe re n c e o f
A rtists in Bahia.
C ru z was in vited to e x h ib it in
the c a le n d a r by N elson S tevens
on the reco m m en d atio n o f fellow
a rtis t V alerie M aynard.
S tev en s is an a rtist, as w ell as
th e fo u n d e r and p r e s id e n t o f
S p irit W ood P ro d u c tio n s, Inc.,
an A fric a n A m erican p u b lish in g
c o m p an y d ed icated to ca p tu rin g
and p ro m o tin g the sp irit o f the
B lack C h ristia n faith.
C r u z ’s q u ilt “ D eborah under
the P alm T re e ,” h ig h lig h ts the
m onth o f M arch.
T he Fine A rt c a le n d a r se lls for
$ 14.95 and can be p u rc h a se d lo
cally at V essels, T ab le w a re w ith
M e a n in g , 2 6 0 5 N .E . M a rtin
L u th e r K ing Jr. B lvd., R o sly n ’s
G ard en C offee H ouse, 1438 N .E.
A lb e rta and T rade R o o ts, 1831
N .E . B ro ad w ay .
,
O n e o f C r u z ’s m o st re c e n t
w orks is a q u ilt on d isp la y at
S te e n ’s C o ffe e H o u se , n ex t to
V esse ls at the c o rn e r o f M artin
L u th er King Jr. Blvd. and R ussell
S treet.
Corrections
Clients
Earn GED
Dr. Loretta Long and members o f the Afro-Bets Kids CluL
S e s a m e S t r e e t S t a r To S e r v e
Dr. L o retta L ong, w ho plays
Susan on the p o p u lar PBS te le v i
sion show S esam e S treet, will
serve as a c o n su lta n t to a new
c lu b for school age yo u n g sters
c a lle d the A F R O -B E T S K ids
C lub.
As consultant to the club, Dr. Long
will help develop programs and ac
tivities and will serve as a spokesper-
N e w K id s C lu b
son. In addition to her career in tele-
vision. Dr. Long is a sought after
lecturer in the field of children ’ s edu
cation and the dynamics of television
on the education of young children.
The A F R O -B E T S Kids C lub
was begun by Just Us B ooks, Inc.
a b lack-ow ned pu b lish in g c o m
pany h ead q u a rte re d in E ast O r
ange, NJ.
The AFRO-BETS Kids are six
characters that have been featured in
nine titles published by the company.
The club’ s aim is to promote posi
tive self-esteem and to encourage
reading.
For more information about the
club call (201) 676-4345 or write
AFRO-BETS Kids Club, Box 5300,
East Orange, NJ 07017.
Monday in the Multnomah County
Courthouse Boardroom, 20 M ult
nomah County Community Correc
tions clients participated in a cer
emony celebrating the completion of
their G .E .P ’s and the start of a new
life.
Present and officiating was Judge
Donald Londer, Ms. Tamara Holden
Director of the Department of Com
munity Corrections, and g ra d a tin g
C orrections clients. The Lqnder
Learning Center is one the most suc
cessful educational programs in the
entire United States forCriminal Jus
tice clients and is used as a model for
other agencies.
The Department of Community Cor
rections offers educational and employ
ment opportunities to their clients with
the belief that these opportunities en
hance an individual’s self-esteem and
confidence level. These positive
changes can be a powerful tool in the
rehabi htationpncess. Someofthcse gradu
ates have not onlycompletedthcirG.E.D.s,
but are also in the process of graduating
from alcohol and drug treatment pro
grams.
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