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After the holidays, act
Holiday events from senior center
The city’s Senior Enrichment
Program has several fun holiday
I events planned to entertain and
| brighten the holidays for seniors.
Vancouver Pops Orchestra Holi
day Concert: Get in the holiday spirit
and enjoy an evening o f music,
Wednesday, December 11 at 7:30
p m . at Luepke Center. Admission
is a canned food item to be donated
to a local food bank. For details on |
above programs, call 696-8202
Toy Box for the holidays
I ears ot Joy Theatre unwraps a
I very special package for your Hol
iday entertainment Toy Box will
I be performed at I lam and 2pm on
December 2 1 st at the Columbia Art
I Center, located at 400 West Ever-
| green in Vancouver. The lid on the
| Toy Box continues to rise from
December 22nd-December 29th at
the Winningstad Theatre in the Port •
land Center for the performing Arts
located at I 111 SW Broadway in
Portland. Season tickets are avail
able for $7.00. Individual tickets
I are $9.50 for adults and $8.50 for
! children. For tickets and informa
tion call (5 0 3 )2 4 8 -0 5 5 7
(360)695-0447.
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After the ripping o f the wrapping
paper and the squeals o f excitement
at your family celebrations, the nev
er-ending process o f stuffing things
into the toy boxes begins. But things
keep coming ou, o f Tears o f Joy’s
Toy Box, and what you put in is not
necessarily what comes out. Peak
inside our box and you’ll discover a
world o f dancing ballerina dolls, six
foot teddy bears, a whale swimming
through a sea o f celebration for new
life, and "The Little Match G irl”. All
will delight and challenge the heart.
Toy Box is the collaborative cre
ation o f the resident staff at Tears of
Joy Theatre. Erin Bouvy, Emily Bra
dley, W alter Gaines, and Angela
Wand work as an ensemble to cre
ate a world o f imagination in a drab
city landscape. "The mystery o f the
clown who pulls the toy box into an
alley on a long rope is what attracts
my character," says Angela Wand
who portrays the old woman who
first encounters the Toy Box. Three
o f the actors received training at the
Del Arte School o f Physical The
atre which specializes in the highly
energized movement necessary in |
this production.
Fears of Joy’s Family Series will I
continue with Fire on the Mountain |
andcloses with Pinocchio this spring, i
All performances are accompanied |
You know about the pervasiveness
ot alcohol and drug abuse but perhaps
you didn' t know you can do a lot about
it. Here are some ideas from the state
Office ot Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Programs that Oregonians can act on
in 1997.
By Toni Phipps
Space drinks Serve snack Offer
non-alcoholic beverages. Designate a
driver. Don't let friends drive drunk.
We hear a lot of these party messag
es during the holidays, as we should.
But alter we've gotten safely through
the holidays, let's work on the critical
long-term goals: preventing alcohol
and other drug abuse among our chil
dren and adolescents, encouraging
treatment for citizens who need it and
ensuring the public safety of all ( )rego-
mans.
We cannot afford to let these long
term goals be forgotten like broken
New Year's resolutions. Every one of
us can resolve to do something in
1997, even if the time you can spare is
only an hour a week. Examples: Join
your local Oregon Together! group,
which is trying to make your conimu-
The City o f Vancouver is seek
ing applicants to fill a vacancy on
the Planning Com m ission. The
Planning Commission serves as a
citizen advisory body to the city
council. Commissioners work in a
voluntary capacity to conduct stud
ies and public hearings on subdivi
sions, comprehensive plan amend
ments, rezone requests and zoning
text amendments. The commission
makes recommendations to the city
manager to give to the city council
for review and final decisions.
Applicants must live within the
city limits, or East County annex
November 18 meeting. That deci
sion followed one o f the recommen
dations o f the Citizens Committee on
Representation which had explored
the issue o f council participation for
the annexation area.
“These appointments will help
give citizens o f the annexation areas
a voice in city affairs before the next
election," saysCity Manager Vernon
Stoner. Although the new members
will be unable to vote on council
issues, they will fully participate in
all council deliberations. They will
be allowed to recommend an ac
tion, policy or plan to the City
Council on any city matter.
Applicants must be registered
voters and residents o f the newly
annexed areas for a continuous
period o f at least two years prior to
theirappointment. In addition, they
cannot currently hold another city
public office or city employment.
Application deadline is Decem
ber 20. Interested candidates should
contact the M ayor’s Office at 696-
8211.
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Announcing
a free
Christmas haircut
for boys & girls! Professional
haircuts! Monday December
23rd, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p in.
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S T V IN CEN T JePAUL
STAFFINO SERVICES!
We have state and county jobs to fill now!
We have career opportunities for you!
Positions available now with the Port of Port
land. Top level Admin. Assistants, Word
processing, spreadsheets and high level cus
tomer service. Professional work environ
ment. Positions available at the PDX Interna- i
tional Airport, N.E. Marine Dr. and the Port
of Portland building.
or by calling 696-8121 (fax 696-
8049). Applications must be sub-|
mitted by Tuesday, December 24.
City seeks ad hoc council applicants
The Vancouver City Council is
seeking applicants for two new,
non-voting, temporary positions on
the council. The ad hoc members
will be selected by the council to
provide immediate representation
for citizens in the newly annexed
Cascade Park, Mill Plain and Ev
ergreen areas. They will serve in
the appointive positions until after
the November 1997 general elec
tion.
The city council unanimously
voted to add the two members at its
iris tinas
ation area. For applications or fur
ther inform ation contact Peggy
Furno, in the City M anager’s Office I
at City Hall, 210 E. 13th St., P.O.
Box 1995, Vancouver, WA. 986681
treatment is now available through the
Oregon Health Plan Call your coun
ty s mental health or alcohol and drug
office (listed in the phone fxxik's blue
pages).
When we’re reading news about
alcohol and other drugs, the story often
is not a happy one More Oregon teens
using tobacco and marijuana. Hun
dreds of thousands of Oregon adults
abusing alcohol or other drugs. Nearly
halt ot people whom police arrest hav
ing alcohol or other drug problems,
and relatively few receiving treatment
The good news is each of us can
affect how this story turns out.
Port of Portland
by a lobby exhibit or activity.
Planning Commission vacancy
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nity a safer place to raise children and
adolescents. Nearly 70 of these coali
tions aie working across Oregon If
you want to know how to contact
yours, call the Oregon Prevention Re
source Center at I (800)822-6772.
Encourage your child to join
OSSOM (Oregon Student Safety on
the Move) or similar student group
locally. About 75 communities have
OSSOM chapters; to I ind out if yours
does, call OSSOM ’s Debbie Jarvis at
I (8(X)) 678-7956.
If you know an alcoholic or addict,
help him or her get into treatment. For
certain low-income people, outpatient
Additional FREE Computer Training for
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