Volume X X V I, Number 32
Committed to cultural diversity.
August 7, I 996
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A Cultural
Meeting for TNBA
Formally The National Black Bowling
Association I p.m., Aug. 10 1996 at Doris’
Cafe. 325 N.E. Russell.
Affair to
Friends of Oregon
picnic
Remember
Aug. 8, Thursday. Portland Chamber
Friends o f Oregon Agriculture G olf Tour­
nament & Picnic. Tournament starts at
noon, Lewis River, WA. Call Carl Kato,
228-9411, ext. 234 for registration.
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Neighborhood
meeting
Eliot Neighborhood Association Meet­
ing, Monday, Aug. 12 7:00 pm. Portland
Cable Access, 2625 NE Martin Luther
King, Jr. Blvd.
Ice cream social
Aug. 10, Saturday. Old fashion ice
cream social to celebrate the creation o f
Oregon Shizen Kyampu. 7 pm - 9 pm.
Laurel Hurst Park Picnic Site E (One
block south o f SE Burnside at the 3600
block o f SE Ankeny Street). For more
information please call 236-3710.
Parkrose meeting
Parkrose Neighborhood Association
meeting,Tuesday, Aug. 13,7:00. Our Sav­
ior Lutheran Church 11100 NE Skidmore.
Auction
Aug. 10, Sat. Police & Sheriffs’ Auc­
tion, N Marine Dr. near the Jantzen Cen­
ter South Hall Bidders may register on
Preview day Friday Aug 9th from Noon
to 7 pm and on Saturday. Sales start at
9:30 am with the personal property and at
I pm the Cars and Boats Motorcycles.
General meeting
Hawthorne Blvd. Business Associa­
tion General Meeting, Wednesday, Aug.
14,8:30 am. Three Doors Down 1429 SE
37th.
Announcement
Aug. 10 -1 1 . Sat. & Sun. Buckman Com
munity neighborhood-wide yard sale. Lo­
cated in Southeast Portland between Haw­
thorne and Burnside Streets. 9 am - 4 pm
Meeting
Monday, Aug. 12, 7:00. King Neigh
borhood Association Meeting, OSU Ex
tension Office 2 1 1 SE 80th.
Bicycle-riding
workshops
Providence St. Vincent Medical Cen­
ter will host two workshops on bicycle­
riding performance. The two-hour pro­
grams are conducted by leading authori
ties in athletic performance. The first
workshop "Bike Fit and Function” is from
7 to 9 p.m., W ednesday, July 17. For
more information, call (503) 297-7678.
Ceramic workshop
The MHCC Ceramic Club is sponsor­
ing a workshop called “Terra Cotta Ves­
sels and Colorful Vases” July 22-Aug. 2
in the Ceramics Studio, Room VA6, at
Mt. HoodCommunityCollege. This work­
shop is an intermediate to advanced level
that requires participants to already know
how to throw or hand build pots. Call
Stephen Mickey at 667-7149 for info.
Still hoppin’
Northwest Portland Parks are still
hoppin’ with free live music every Tues­
day and Thursday evening from 7-8:30
p.m. On Tuesday , July 30, in Couch Park,
N.W. Glisan at 20th, catch a trio o f well-
known local performers collaborating as
In Cahoots.
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uisine from hot dogs to du du
bu kho. Performances from
Native American drumming to
African American gospel. Rowdy teens.
Quiet families.
M ultnom ah C ounty o fficia ls,
Raymond Stout (¡eft). Programmer An­
alyst, and Newcombe Wang (right),
Senior Systems Analyst, exam ine
showboards outside the new Southeast
Precinct grounds.
The newly remodeled Southeast Pre­
cinct invited the public to their open
house last Friday from 4:00-8:00pm at
4735 East Burnside St.
Citizens enjoyed three long table fu ll
o f delectable refreshments made by the
precinct volunteers. Volunteer also
tended to information booths with dis­
plays and materials on various crime
prevention issues that the Portland
Bureau o f Police take an active role in
advocating.
text by Sabrina Sakata
Exchange program links countries
n July 2 9 interns from M utare,
students todevelop multimedia projects, com­
Zimbabwe, Sapporo, Japan, and
municate through e-mail, access worldwide
Portland convened to prepare
web networks, and utilize resources on CD
for a “tri lateral exchange” which rom.
wilt Hardware resources to be installed in
connect elementary school classrooms
each o f the three classrooms will include
in each country via computer technolo­
multimedia-capable computers, a CD rom,
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gy-
This project to create a “global class­
room” was initiated by the Portland-Mutare
and Portland-Sapporo Sister City Associa­
tions. and is made possible through a $9,000
travel grant awarded to the associations by
Sister Cities International.
The exchange will configure and connect
computer equipment in schools to enable
MIDI board, and a digital camera.
Teacher interns Kenji Fukuda o f Sapporo
and Veronica Nyoni o f Mutare will join
Portland’s Sabin Elementary teacher Lurlene
Shamsud-Din and exchange coordinator
Peggy Bradley in Portland the last week o f
July to investigate hardware and software
resources and familiarize themselves with
multimedia systems, network communica­
tions, and 2-dimensional drawing programs.
The interns will be hosted by their respective
sister city associations.
On August 4, the interns, along with Bra­
dley, flew to Mutare where they will be
hosted by the African counterpart o f the
Portland-Mutare Sister City Association. In
the Mutare classroom, the interns will set up
the computer and develop a resource guide
for the group projects that will be conducted
in the “global classroom.” The exchange will
provide children with an opportunity to learn
about, and benefit from, computer technolo­
gy, providing them with valuable experience
and knowledge for a brighter future.
Furse Nets Funding For Salmon
6 M illion Floor Amendment will
Help Recover Declining Runs.
Oregon Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse
secured an additional $6 million for endan­
gered species recovery funding to the FY 97
Commerce Appropriations bill on the House
floor today.
“The future o f our salmon fishing industry
depends upon restoring depleted salmon runs,”
said Representative Elizabeth Furse. “Without
adequate recovery funding, the salmon and
Northwest fishers will both go belly up.”
Originally slashing funds for species recov­
ery by 50 percent, the Commerce bill now
provides level funding to the National Marine
Fisheries Service to develop and implement
recovery plans for endangered species. Most of
this increase is expected is expected to be spent
on restoration o f Northwest salmon.
Furse added, “These aren't the funds that
help put species on the endangered species list,
these are the dollars that help get species OFF
the list.”
Such was the diverse scene at the sec­
ond annual Neighborhood Cultural fair
last Sunday, sponsored by the Central
Northeast Neighborhoods and the South­
east Asian Vicariate.
Although the crowd was predominantly
Asian, most said the multicultural element
was valuable.
“ If we understand each other’s culture,
we will live in harmony,” said Father
Vincent Minh, Episcopal vicar o f South­
east Asians in the Portland area.
The fair was held outside the Southeast
Asian Vicariate at NE 54th and Alameda.
“ It’sa very international neighborhood,"
Minh said, "on Sandy Boulevard there are
many cultural restaurants: Italian, Viet­
namese, Mexican and German."
Many agreed with M inh’s sentiments.
“ Learning about other cultures helps us
better understand each other,” Youth Gang
Outreach director Halim Rahsaan said
Even the vendors at the fair valued the
variety.
“ It’s good advertising," Michelle Ngo,
manager of the photography studio Joelle
Concepts, said “ I’m interested in all rac­
es."
Police attended the event. Sergeant Jim
McDaniel, with the gang team, was there
because Southeast Asian gang members
were among the crowd.
“When they see us here, it eliminate a kit
if the problem,” McDaniel said. “ If they
had weapons, once they saw us they'd take
them back out.”
Jangchup performed in the Tibetan
dance routine. Part o f the Northwest Tibet­
an Cultural Association, the group practic­
es about once a month. Jangchup said she
en joyed the performance, through the group
wasn’t able to participate in the rest o f the
fair.
Other performances included tradition­
al Middle Eastern dance, Mexican mariachi
music and dancing, Cambodian dance, a
magician, and Ukrainian music.
Besides the performances, vendors sold
a variety o f food.
Vendor Isabel Campell described her
du du bu kho, a dish o f shredded papaya
and beef jerky, as “fabulous.”
Campel I was a the fair last year, and said
business was better then. Many said atten­
dance was down this year due to the weath­
er. It had been raining intermittently through
the day.
The hot dog vendor, however, refused
to comment on his dogs. They weren’t
selling very well.
Jenny Trinh was just there “to see my
friends and eat ice cream,” she said “ It’s
fun, and the multicultural thing is cool.”
Rosemont neighbors 'cautiously optimistic’
by
L ee P erlm an
cally by representatives o f the Piedmont
ilary Russell, a 17-year resident
Neighborhood Association. After having
of North Kerby S treet, and Mary
spent the previous nine months trading charges
Anna Bishop, who bought her
o f bad faith, the neighborhood representa­
first house there last year, are suspi­
tives and development team have devised an
cious of and concerned about efforts to
entirely new scheme for the property in two
redevelop Rosemont School.
weeks. This calls for 60 to 70 owner-occu­
H
I l o w c v c i , b o th are encouraged by new
proposals and plans in the development pro­
cess.
Central City Concern, a non-profit agency
seeking to develop the 7.6 acre property at
597 N. Dekum St., has added developer
Brian McCarl, the Walsh Construction Com­
pany, David Evans and Associates, and ar­
chitect Martha Peck Andrews as partners in
planning the development o f the property.
Any or all may participate in the actual devel­
opment depending on what the planning pro­
cess produces, according to CCC executive
director Richard Harris.
The addition has been hailed enthusiasti­
pied single family houses or row houses on
the property’s periphery, 65 rental units for
recovering alcoholics and drug abusers and
their families, another 25 rental units for
AIDS patients, and 70 to 75 units for the
elderly, some o f it “assisted living.” The
elderly housing will be located in the proper­
ty’s historic former convent if it can be con­
verted to this use feasibly.
A pparently im pressed by the recent
progress and the new spirit o f cooperation
with the neighborhood, the Sisters o f the
Good Shepherd, owners o f the property, have
extended Central City’s option to buy from
August 5 to the end o f September, CCC
executive director Richard Harris says.
CCC had originally proposed that the prop­
erty be developed for 25 units o f housing for
AIDS patients, and 75 units for recovering
drug and alcohol abusers and their families.
Piedmont had protested that such a large
concentration o f a “fragile" population would
work against their goals o f creating stability
and attracting permanent residents.
In response to the new developments. Pied­
mont has entered into active negotiations
with CCC and its partners. It has also expand­
ed its negotiating team to include 10 addi­
tional neighborhood residents, six o f whom
live within a few blocks o f the property.
These include Bishop and Russell
Bishop says the new proposal is an im­
provement over what has gone before, but
she is still concerned about the presence o f
the alcohol and drug-free apartments; had
she known they would be there, she says, she
might not have purchased her house last year
I
Russell says her real preference is that
property remain as it is; she knows that’s
realistic. “ It’s clear the city is lookinj
higher density housing here, and if Cen
City Concern doesn’t build it, someone i
will,” she says. “ I'd rather work with fr
than wail for someone else to come alon
Bishop, like many o f her neighbors, c
sidered the original proposal for drug ;
alcohol-free housing, with a six-month ti
over in population, unacceptable. “Th:
not stability,” she says. “ Most o f the kid;
those units will be at-risk. If they don’t fe
commitment to the community, they co
have a really negative impact.” She likes
proposed scheme, where the apartments v
be “surrounded" by owner-occupied ho
ing, much better. “ It will be easier for then
feel part o f the community, yet have th
own little community within it.” She a
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