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G e t re a d y fo r a fa b u lo u s e v e n in g o f
c h o c o la t e d e l ig h t s , c h a m p a g n e .
E spresso, c h o c o la te t r iv ia and e x q u is ­
ite g if t ite m s. J e n kin s Estate is p ro u d
to host "‘ C h o c o la te F a n ta s y ” , fe a tu r­
in g lo c a l area c h o c o la tie rs and c o n ­
fe c tio n e rs . T h is e ve n t w il l be h e ld
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S a tu rd a y , D e ce m b e r 7 th , fro m 6pm to
10 pm in the M a in Elouse at J e n k in s
E state. Je n k in s E state is a h is to ric es­
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ong time public servant and Commis­
sioner Mike Lindberg will retire this De­
cember 31, after 24 years of service.
He has served umder five d iffe re n t mayors, from
N e il G o ld s c h m id t to V e ra K a tz. L in d b e rg has
distinguiched h im se lf as currently the longest tenured
operated by T ualatin H ills Park and Rec­
reation D istrict. A dm ission is free to the
member on the commission.
event. For more info rm a tio n regarding
this event, ca ll 642-3855.
A fte r he retires, Lindberg w ill become President o f
the Oregon Sym phony Foundation.
Before then, however, his friends, staff, and sup­
Disabled U.S. Veterans
porters want to show their appreciation by th row ing a
“ B lues" party featuring some o fth e best talent Portland
has to o ffe r in the persons o f Curtis Salgado, L lo yd
F inding a local angle fo r Veterans Day
news coverage can be a tria l. T h a t’ s why
you II want to call the Disabled Am erican
Veterans (D A V ) at their Portland o ffic e
fo r help in taking the pulse ot the veterans’
Jones, Paulette and Power, and the Leopard Skin
Revue.
The party begins at 7:30pm and the public is w e l­
population in yo u r com m unity. Supervisor
Jack B. Corson and members o f his s ta ff |
come. A dm ission is $7 and proceeds w ill go to the
enhancement o f theLindberg Plaza via the Portland
can be reached at (503) 326-2620.
A lso, please feel free to call C. Gary
Perform ing A rts Center
W eaver at (606) 4 4 2 -2 0 4 6 .1’d be d e lig h t­
ed to help you id e n tify spokesmen who can
C o m m is s io n e r M ik e L in d be rg
address issues o f national concern, in v o lv ­
ing benefits and services fo r our na tio n ’ s
disabled veterans.
National Conversation
On Racism
The A m erican Psychological A ssocia­
tion s (A P A ) O ffice o f Ethnic M in o rity
A ffa irs (O E M A ) w ill sponsor a N ational
Conversation on “ psychology and racism ”
beginning in N ovem ber, 1996. This con­
versation w ill involve the n a tio n ’ s leading
theorists and scientists to “ d is till, b u ild and
broadly disseminate inform ation about the
dynamics and costs o f racism and anti­
racism, their effects on science and society
and the mechanisms fo r their continua­
tio n .”
I his N ational Conversation w ill take
place throughout 1997 in a variety o f fo ­
loise-Eliot School Savings program
tudents at Boise-Eliot Elemen­
Center, w hich established the School Sav­
tary are saving for the future
ings partnership w ith B o ise -E lio t. “ Wash­
and learning the habit of saving
ington M u tu a l’ s School S aving’ s program
and managing their money as part
of children learn by using th e ir own sav­
helps
Washington Mutual's School Savings
ings accounts.”
program.
D u rin g w eekly “ Bank Days” , B oise-E liot
S
professional/civic association conferenc­
es).
Latest inform ation on speakers and top­
ics can be found at the fo llo w in g web
at 8 a.m., the students can make a deposit to
th e ir account, w hich have average balances
program o f Washington M utual C A N ! (C om ­
m itted A ctive Neighbors), the com pany’ s
“ I t ’ s im portant fo r children to learn how to
T his is part o f the D epartm ent’ s ongo­
ing Innovative Projects Fund: Small Grants.
o f $100. Parent volunteers serve as tellers,
manage money at an early age,” said Greg
T a ylo r, a senior custom er representative at
W ashington M u tu a l's Interstate Financial
using M acintosh com puters to track deposits
com m unity involvem ent program. K now n as
The Friend o fth e Fam ily, W ashington M u tu ­
al operates more than 300 offices in Oregon,
organize low -incom e persons to effect so
cial and/or economic institutional change
Savings account.
and p rin t receipts and helping children prac­
tice their math ski I Is as they total their balanc-
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ommunity groups throughout
Oregon are being invited to ap­
ply for grants to help fight the
spread of teen smoking.
The Mirror Has Two Faces
own schools and neighborhoods,” said Wendy
B jornson, project d ire c to r w ith TO FC O .
B jornson said local effo rts w ill dovetail w ith
T O F C O ’ s new campaign “ Oregonians fo r
I obacco-Free K id s ', w hich began airing tele­
vision and radio advertising in September to
Tuesday, N ovem ber 12; 7:30 p.m .;
award grants to 20 local com m unity p ro ­
encourage com m unities to get involved.
The application deadline is Novem ber 2 °,
w ith funding available beginning January I,
Tigard Cinemas; 1 1626 P acific H ighw ay;
Tigard
grams across the state aimed at preventing
and reducing tobacco use among teenagers.
The grants, w hich w ill be as high as $2,500
grant application, in d ivid u a ls can contract
T O F C O at (503) 731-4273 o r (503) 238-
a sim ple, sexless relationship based on
friendship and respect - someone he’ s not
attracted to. D riven to seek the impossible,
G regory places and ad and eventually,
through an act o f deception typical o f
Rose’ s near-amoral sister, G regory and
Rose meet.
P lease a r r iv e
30 m in u te s b e fo re
show tim e in order to ensure seating.
TLC The Learning Channel
T he e a rlie s t A ir M a il p ilo ts
fle d
fro m w ild bears, faced cow s on ru n ­
w a ys, and fre q u e n tly e n c o u n te re d the
w ra th o f a n g ry fa rm e rs . B u t no fe a r
p e n e tra te d the hearts o f the b ra ve men
w h o to o k to the skies to d e liv e r m a il in
the e a rly 1920s. P re m ie rin g S unday,
D e ce m b e r I , F lig h ts O f C o u ra g e p ro ­
file s the fir s t U .S . A ir M a il p ilo ts ,
w h o tra n s fo rm e d A m e ric a n a v ia tio n
fro m a ra g -ta g c o lle c tio n o f b a rn s to rm ­
ers to the e c o n o m ic p o w e rh o u s e th a t
is to d a y ’ s c o m m e rc ia l a irlin e s . F lig h ts
O fC o u ra g e p re m ie re s fro m 9 :0 0 -1 0 :0 0
P M ( E T ) and m id n ig h t-1 :0 0 A M (E T ).
each, w ill be targeted at local groups w o rkin g
in partnership w ith youth. TO F C O plans to
target projects w hich can bring about com ­
m unity w ide changes in tobacco use among
youth by e lim in a tin g access to tobacco by
in d iv id u a ls under 18. Exam ples include
projects encouraging retai lers to com ply w ith
the law through com pliance checks or spon­
soring com m unity education programs.
“ Local com m unity groups have trem en­
dous potential to prevent tobacco use in their
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W ashington, Utah, Idaho and Montana.
1997. T o obtain additional in fo rm a tio n o r a
7706 in Portland o r ca ll T O F C O ’ s to ll-fre e
number I -8 8 8 -8 4 6 -K ID S ( I -888-846-5437)
outside the Portland area.
C om m unity groups w ill need to make a
matching contribution o f at least 25 percent
o f the total budget. M a tch in g contributions
may include cash contributions, volunteer or
staff tim e, donated supplies o ra co m b in a tio n
o f resources.
A lth o u g h T O F C O encourages o rig in a l
ideas it suggests the fo llo w in g as possible
grant projects:
♦ Survey stores to find out how many
tobacco advertisements they have, then meet
with store managers to review results and
suggest alternatives
♦ Survey stores to determine placement o f
tobacco products, then encourage them to
move them behind the counters or lock them
up
♦ Create a community tobacco prevention
event Promote the event through local me­
dia and talk to reporters about covering the
event
♦ Meet with legislators, mayors, county
commissioners and other local officials about
the problems o f tobacco use among youth
and steps they can take to help.
♦ Conduct retailer education programs
about not selling to minors
♦ Organize and conduct tobacco cessa­
tion programs for teens
♦ Promote smoke free public places and
restaurants in your community
These funds support projects w hich w ill
and improve their lives. Innovative Projects
Fund application packets are available ei­
ther at the O ffice fo r C om m unity A ction
and Development, located at 4 2 1 S W Sixth
Avenue, F ifth Floor, Portland, Oregon
97204 or by ca llin g 248-3000 ext 8182.
Responses to packets are due back by 4:00
p.m. on Wednesday, December 11.
“ In order to address the increasing num­
bers o f people livin g in poverty exists. An
additional 12,046 more individuals were
livin g in poverty in Multnom ah County in
1990 than 1980, in spite o f positive econom­
ic indicators,” said Lolenzo T. Poe, Jr.,
D irector o f the Department o f Community
and Fam ily Services. “ We need to seek
solutions to reverse this trend and include the
people most affected by poverty.”
Stephanie Lim oncelli, Research Special
ists, says the intentofthe Innovative Projects
Fund is to finance programs that w ill imple­
ment comm unity organizing. These projects
w ill promote the equitable distribution o f
power and resources in our comm unity by
changing current laws, policies, practices, or
social or organizational relationships in our
society that contribute to poverty
Eugene Rashad welcomed to The Portland Observer
he Portland Observer welcomes
Eugene Rashad as a regular
columnist for our newspaper.
This comes at time when we are bring­
ing fresh ideas and perspectives to our
readers.
T
The 4 2 -ye a r-o ld Portland native brings a
so lid 15 years o f experience in jo u rn a lis m to
gram [H is own ja zz program “ Home C ookin”
w hich cu rre n tly airs on K B O O on Satur­
days, grew from his w ork w ith Page ]
Rashad served a short tenure w ith K M H D
as a ja z z announcer, and soon was hired by
K K S N 91 A M , to host a w eekly ja z z and
classical program.
N e x t, cable p ro d u ce r A rt A le x a n d e r
our pages.
groom ed him to host a w e e kly ja z z and
classical program , in te rvie w in g P ortland’ s
Foot in the d o o r—A m ong his many ta l­
“ re tire d ".
He is someone w ith a w e ll rounded expe­
rience inform ed by optim ism , and the daw n­
ing o f a new day in the w orld. A nd w ith
a b ility to look at life w ith a sober eye, we
predict great things through our association
together.
P utting it together-R eaders w ill be de­
lighted w ith his w it, and a b ility to tear away
the layers o f life to uncover m eaningful
ents, he served as news d ire c to r fo r local
radio station K B O O F M , was a ta lk show
host fo r K G W radio, and hosted a cable
program .
ja z z musicians and others music and the arts.
He began w ritin g record reviews fo r the
H e’ s w orked as a s ta ff w rite r fo r the
O regonian and served o th e r c o m m u n ity
newspapers.
T h e n-editor Lynn Darroch encouraged
him to w rite longer pieces about music trends
and p ro file s o f artists. A great many o f his
subjects grew up in the same neighborhood
w ith him in inner Northeast Portland.
tim es, but its to see better, not to shut out the
lig h t.”
oped a netw ork o f local a ctivists w ho ap­
E arly in flu e n c e s -M r. Rashad became in ­
terested in jo u rn a lism d u rin g the early eig h t­
ies as a result o f his association w ith the late
Born in the h o o d -H e says back then the
th in g was to w o rk on your basketball game
Today many o f his childhood friends are
“ People may not always agree, but we can
look at how those differences m ight be use­
fu l tow ard a positive end.”
peared on local ra d io to discuss a m yriad o f
topics on a w e e kly basis.
George Page, his frie n d and radio mentor,
w ho hosted Jazz Rap, a w eekly ja z z pro-
musicians, professional people, and fa m ily
Please jo in us in w e lco m in g him to the
Portland Observer Newspaper.
B rin g it to the people—The early eighties
found him in vo lve d in electronic media. He
w orked as a ta lk show host on ra d io station
SUBMISSIONS: Community
lendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
Established in 1923, School Savings' is a
Grants to halt teen smoking
(T O F C O ) through its “ Oregonians fo r T o ­
bacco-Free K id s ” program . T O F C O w ill
mance in her own life.
G regory L a rkin (J e ff Bridges), on the
other hand, is a genius mathematics pro­
fessor at the same university who has been
hurt by passionate romances and longs fo r
M
dren to make w eekly deposits to their School
The tobacco-prevention grants are offered
by the Tobacco Free C o a litio n o f Oregon
bia U n ive rsity w ho, iro n ic a lly , lacks ro ­
a com petitive rate o f interest and are F D IC
insured.
ultnomah County’s Depart­
ment of Community ^nd
lly Services' Office for Com­
munity Action and Development has
release of $125,0 00.
students can open School Savings accounts
w hich as little as 25 cents. Each Wednesday
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T w o-tim e Academy Award -w inner Bar­
bara Streisand stars as Rose Morgan, a
R om antic Literature professor at C o lu m ­
M ore than 25,000 children participate in
School Savings at more than 200 schools
throughout the West. There are no services
fees fo r School Savings accounts, w hich earn
The school has team ing w ith the bank to
o ffe r the innovative program th a ta llo w s c h il-
rums (academic departments and research
centers, meetings o f state and regional
psychological associations, lecture series,
es.
Funds for
poverty
K G W 91 A M . Some years later he d e ve l­
Jazz Society o f O regon’ s new sletter, “ Jazz
Scene” .
E u g e n e R a sh a d
men Others are either in trouble, ja il, or
insights. “ M y goal is to craft a story w hich
appeals to everyone w illin g to step out o f
th e ir co m fo rt zone," he says.
“ I'v e w orked very hard in life . I honor the
o p p o rtu n ity to w rite . The P o rtla n d ’ s O b­
server.” Rashad hopes to shed some lig h t on
a few issues. “ I m ight squint at things some­