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McMenamin’s On Broadway, 1500 N.E.
Broadway, has declared September 25
Piedmont Night. The management is do
nating h a lf o f all receipts for food and
drink purchased between 5 p.m. and I a.m.
to the Piedmont Neighborhood Associa
tion. The funds w ill be used for community
betterment projects for the area between
the 1-5 Freeway, Northeast M artin Luther
King Jr. Boulevard. Ainsworth Street and
Columbia Boulevard. Piedmont board
members w ill be there to discuss their
projects and jo in in the fun.
Betsy Skloot from Kaiser Permanente
hands out books on trees to children
who kept alive newly planted trees at
north Portland's Beach Elementary
School this summer. About a dozen
students watered the trees for 11
weeks as a fundraiser for the North/
Inner Northeast Family YMCA. In
addition to gifts for the children, Kaiser
Permanente also donated $200 for a
planned YMCA play structure. From left
are John Millhouse, Andrew Lawrence,
Dequandre Campbell, Selena Worrell
(holding her younger sister), Andrea
Lawrence, Larry Evans and Arthur
Jenkins, while at far right, Beach
Principal Mike Verbout and YMCA
volunteer Steve Guy (wearing cap) look
on.
Photo By Carole Archer.
Asian Elephant Roundup
September 21, at Metro Washington
Park Zoo, 6-9. A fun and informal dinner j
party under the stars in the elephant back
yard with the zoo’s three female elephants.
The evening includes a sumptuous Asian
buffet, unique auction o f elephant-themed
art and objects and tours o f the elephant
complex. Proceeds to benefit our Asian
elephant breeding program. Tickets are
$100 per person. For tickets or more infor
mation, call David Strah, Director o f De
velopment at 220-2452.
Creativity is the path
Earthday ‘97 Auction
For all you auction fans, here’s a little
taste o f what w ill be happening at the 3rd
annual Earthday Auction on September 2 1
I at 6 PM at Catlin Gabel School. 8825 SW
Barnes Road, Portland. For those o f you
I who would like to host a table (or get your
I company to help out), tables for 8 are
l available for $100 each. This includes
admission, dinner, entertainment, and a
bid number, call Linda or Joan to reserve a
I table at 452-4483. Otherwise, admission
I to the auction is $5 and dinner is $10.
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Learning
grows for
youth
Piedmont Night at
McMenamin’s
Many consider creativity as the core o f
the life experience, and a key to happiness,
but one’s daily routine can block the cre
ative senses. Two courses offered by Port
land Community College at Grant High
School, 2245 N.E. 36th, help you tap that
part o fyou rse lf for fu n -o ra more fu lfillin g
daily routine. The course is scheduled for
Tuesday evenings, Oct. 8 and 15 from 6:30
to 9:30 p.m. in Room 2 4 1. Tuition for the
two-week course is $15. For more infor
mation, call PCC at 978-5202.
September 18, 1996
Kids Annual Round-Up At Going Street Market
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he Kids' Round-up completed
seven years of existence on
Saturday, August 3 1, at the
Going St M arket Location.
I t ’ s a C e le b ra tio n ! C elebration! C e l
e bration was the theme.
A ll the kids received awards fo r
obeying summ er c u rfe w hours, and T-
S hirts and school supplies.
K id ’ s R o u n d -U p aw ard w en t to
C h ie f C harles M oose, Service A w ards
to O ffic e r Jim M cC ausland and O ff ic
er Doug H alp in and the Sponsor Aw ard
to C harles B edford.
Special thanks were made to DJ,
M ich a e l Vance, E-24 Fire Dept. spe
cial guest from N ortheast P recinct,
Photographers; M a rk W ashington and
Bob B e d fo rd , volunteers, neighbors
and sponsors.
The K id s R ound-U p w ou ld also like
thank, G o ing St. M a rk e t-C o m m u n ity
P o lic in g fo r je llin g together to create
a successful event.
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Tickets are available at the door.
RideFest ‘96
The East Portland District Coalition w ill
be hosting RideFest ‘96, An Alternative
I Transportation Festival, On Saturday, Sep
tember 21, 1996 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
| at the Floyd Light Middle School Cafeteria
located at 10800 SE Washington Street.
| RideFest ‘96 is a free event aimed at inform
ing citizens about the many choices they
have for moving about. For more informa-
| tion, please call Gibran Hashmi at 256-0014
Clean Sweep Will Include Towing
C
rews with the Bureau of M ainte
and the curb.
nance Clean Sweep program will
Vehicles in violation o f the temporary
give Northwest neighborhoods
parking removal w ill be cited and towed.
a thorough street cleaning in mid Sep
I his is the first time that the City w ill tow
tem ber.
As a result, on-street parking w ill be tem
porarily prohibited on some streets to allow
cleaning equipment to remove dirt and debris
that accumulate between parked cars tires
Portland Miniature Show
vehicles that are in violation ofthe temporary
no parking zones for street cleaning.
I he decision to tow was made after the
C ity and the neighborhood association re
ceived from citizens who comply with the
Day of caring means sharing
The 8th Annual Portland M iniature
Show has moved to a bigger and better
location. We w ill be fillin g O M S I’s Edu-
I cation Resource Center (located by the
Zoo), on October 5 & 6, 1996. with the
largest assortment o f M iniature Houses
and accessories ever assembled in Port
land. The show hours w ill be Saturday -
10:00 a m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday - 10:00
I a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is $5.00 for
| adults, $3.00 for children (6 - 12) and Free
for those 5 and under. For more informa-
| tion, call Karla Smith at (360) 693-7629.
Help Clean Up Oregon
SOLV (Stop Oregon Litter & Vandal
ism) needs volunteers for two upcoming
events, graffiti cleanup volunteers w ill paint
over graffiti in the Portland Metro Area on
September21 from 10 - 1, and beach volun
teers w ill clean up litter and marine debris
along the entire Oregon coastline in a one
day effort on October 5 from 10-1. A ll you
need to assist in beautifying Oregon are
gloves and your own transportation! Groups
are welcome. Call 844-9571.
SU B M ISSIO N S: Community
Calendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
parkign removal zones and are frustrated
when others leave their vehiicles on the
street.
Vehicle owners who violate the no park
ing zones can expect to pay up to $108 in
citations, tow fees and storage to retrieve
their vehicles.
Vehicles no, retrieved after one day w ill
be charged additional storage fees.
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Volunteer teams From Tektronix and Toyota Sales put a new coat o f paint on the
Hearing and Speech Institute.
he Hearing and Speech Insti
tute in Portland has a new coat
of paint thanks to the efforts of
volunteer team s from Tektronix
Toyota M otor Sales.
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The Institute hosted both a morning and
afternoon team so that the whole jo b could be
done in a day. Rodda Paint donated the pain,
and supplies and Tektronix and Toyota Mo
and
tor Sales donated a total o f 11 volunteers.
September is Hispanic Heritige Month
Fiesta!
O H D C 's First Annual Fiesta, Friday
September 20. at the P ortland C on fe r
ence Center, celebrates National Hispan
ic Heritage Month A U C T IO N ! BUFFET |
DINNER! D AN C IN G TO L IV E LA T IN
M U S IC 6 pm. to I am. Join the Oregon
Human Development C o rp o ra tio n and
400 o f our friends for an evening o f fun and
fundraising. There w ill be both oral and
silent auctions. Food w ill be tasty and
plentiful. No-host bar. Proceeds w ilt help
O H D C to pursue their mission o f helping
people,hroughou,Oregon! The Portland
Conference C enter is located a, 300 NF
Multnomah in Portland.
Tickets for the dinner and festivities are
$35. Call Nadeen at O H D C to reserve
your ticket 245-2600, ext 200
“ A ll they lacked was painter caps,” said
Director o f C linical Services Rod Alack, a
house painter before he became a profes
sional audiologist. “ They brought terrific
skills and energy to the jo b .” The Institute
figures it saved about $2,000 in refurbish
ment costs because o fth e paint job. which
included prep work and painting ofhallways
in the children’s therapy section ofthe Insti
tute.
Untied Way o f the Columbia-Willamette
hosts its annual “ Day ofCaring” each autumn
before the fund-raising campaign begins.
Nike hosts meeting
This year, 60 companies donated time and
The regular monthly meeting o f the
services to 114 United Way agencies, u tiliz
H ispanic M e tro p o lita n C h am ber o f
ing more than 2,200 volunteers.
Commerce w ill be held on September 24
Projects ranged from hall painting to land
at N ike ’s World Headquarters in Beaver
scaping.
ton. Call 281-7079 for details and to re
“ The halls are brighter!” exclaimed 6-
serve your seat. This event celebrates Na
year-old Joel, who visits the Institute weekly
tional Hispanic Heritage Month
He and his speech pathologist spend an hour
each week playing word games and using a
Pre-Columbian art
high-tech computer to stimulate Joel's com
An exhibition o f Pre-Columbian art from
munication skills.
Mexico. Central and South America w ill
After two years o f speech therapy, he’s
be shown in Portland at A bantc Fine A rt.
putting the finishing touches on his “ sp” and
a private art gallery located on the comer I
“ th” sounds
o f Second Street and Yam hill, adjacent to
Just as the volunteer painters were putting
the M A X line For information, call Rudi
the finishing touches on their painting job
Milpacher at (503) 295-2508