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Tm P oku and O bserver • D ecember 25, 1996 a tivù P age A3 Æ í / 7 e? Columbia Sportswear sending students to Leadership School C ontributor who gathered fo r a private fund-raiser at the new C o lum bia Sportswear retail store do nated money to send ten low -incom e students from Oregon, W ashington and C a lifo rn ia on O utward Bound leadership courses. Harlem, the village light rail built, conclusion H eld on the eve o f C o lu m b ia fo r the support the Portland com m u nity has given us fo r nearly 60 years now ,” said Columbia President Tim B oyle The O utw ard Bound School is a n o n -p rofit educational organization dedicated to p ro vid in g students w ith quality adventure-based outdoor ed Sportswear's grand opening, the ben efit drew approxim ately 500 people. ucation. Courses such as the one o f fered to Pinnacle students cost ap Proceeds are dedicated to the estab lishment o f the C olum bia Sports wear Pinnacle Scholarship w hich w ill pay all expenses fo r a select number o f stu d e n ts to ta c k le O u tw a rd proxim ately $2,800. The school’ s mission is to inspire self-esteem, self- reliance, concern for others and care fo r the environm ent Located in dow ntow n Portland on the corner o f Broadway Avenue and T a ylo r Street, C o lu m b ia ’ s flagship retail store marks another phase o f " A fte r 22 days in the back country o f the W est’ s great w ild lands, young the c o m p a n y’ s aggressive brand people return w ith the strength o f character to face the challenges o f today’ s com plex society,” said Paul Sportswear Company was founded in Portland in 1938 and is the w o rld ’ s largest outwear manufacturer. B o u n d 's m ost p o w e rfu l 2 2 -d a y course. “ As we open our first retail store we wanted to show our appreciation Hart, executive d ire cto r o f P acific Crest O utward Bound School. The Pacific Crest O utward Bound School, covering the P acific N o rth west region, currently operates the Pinnacle Scholarship Program. This program provides funding fo ra three- week course fo r young people from low-incom e backgrounds who dis play solid qualities o f leadership. m a rk e tin g c a m p a ig n . C o lu m b ia Powering student imaginations Forthe 15thyear. D uraceli ischal- lenging ninth through tw e lfth grade students to invent battery-powered devices and compete fo r prizes to ta l ing over $ 100,000 in savings bonds. One-hundred nationwide finalists, each a candidate fo r a $200 bond, w ill be announced in February. In March, 4 1 top winners w ill be named fo r a first place $20,000 bond, five on A p ril 3 at a gala 15th birthday party fo r the com petition in New Orleans during the national conven tion o f the N ational Science Teach ers Association. The deadline fo r subm itting an o ffic ia l entry form , essay, w irin g d i second place $ 10,000 bonds, ten third place $ 1,000 bonds, and tw enty-five fourth place $500 bonds. Teachers o f the first and second place winners w ill receive com put ers and co lo r printers. A11 sponsoring teachers o f the 100 finalists w ill re ceive gifts. Recognized as the n a tio n ’ s lead ing high school invention contest, the co m p e titio n is sponsored by D uracell U S A and administered by the National ScienceTeachers Asso ciation. The ju d g in g panel is com prised o fd istin g u ish cd scientists and agram and photo to the D uraceli/ N S T A Scholarship C om petition is January 15, 1997 Entries are judged on creativity, practicality, energy e f ficiency, and clarity o f the essay. Every student who submits a com pleted entry w ill receive a certificate o fp a rticip a tio n and a D uraceli fanny pack. Two-day advanced tax seminar Mt. Hood C om m unity C ollege is o ffe rin g a tw o-day advanced tax seminar on Wednesday, January 8 and 15 to provide ce rtifie d public accountants, tax consultants and prepares w ith inform ation on cur rent tax developments and to assist them in meeting continuing edu cation requirements. Bruce Thompson, o f Brass Tax Seminars, w ill present "Incom eT ax Update ’96" 6-10 p in. in Room 1710. Preregistration cost is $60, or $70 at the door. The preregistration course number is A C X 2 4 -9 I. For a registration form cal 1 (503 ) 669-6979. For info rm a tio n call (5 0 3 )6 67 -7 3 5 7 . The first and second place w in ners, along w ith their parents and sponsoring teachers, w ill be honored science educators and is chaired by Dr. A rth u r Eisenkraft, science coor dinator for the B edford, N Y public schools. Microbiology courses for food industry employees M t. H ood C om m unity C ollege is o ffe rin g tw o food science courses (FP241 ) is a study o f the fundam en tal p rinciples involved in m aintain this w in te r term to help meet the “ M ic ro b io lo g y ” ( F B I 3 I ) , is a fo u r-cre d it, lecture/lab course on the anatomy, physiology, reproduction and growth o f microorganisms. Prac ing sanitary standards in food p ro duction, in clu d in g the eight basic standards o f Good M anufacturing Practices (G M P ’ s). Participants w ill learn the Hazard A nalysis C ritic a l C ontrol Point system using F D A - approved cu rricu lu m fo r c e rtific a tica l applications o f m icro b ia l roles in m an’ s environm ent are included. tion. The course begins January 6 and w ill be held on M ondays and Lab exercises help participants learn s k ills necessary fo r evaluating and Wednesdays, 2:35-5 p.m. in Room 1705. Open registration fo r w in te r term needs o f in d ivid u a ls w o rk in g in the food industry. enum erating m icro b ia l populations. The course begins January 7 and w ill be held on tuesday and T hurs day evenings, 5:10-8 p in., in Room 1702. “ Food and W a te r S a n ita tio n ” is December 12-24. For more in fo r m ation registration info rm a tio n call (5 0 3 )6 6 7 -7 3 9 2 . For more in fo rm a tion on the classes ca ll Jack B rook st (503) 667-7473. $16,800 raised for local school districts during TCI’s campaign T C I P o rtla n d M e tro ra ise d $ 1 6 ,8 0 0 fo r P o rtla n d , O regon, Gladstone, Beaverton, Vancouver and Battle Ground School D istricts during T C I's recent Fall Education Campaign. Customers w ho signed up fo r cable or added to their ser 1995 campaign raised $12,000 for local schools and $ I m illio n dollars nation-w ide. Forthe 19 9 6 campaign, L ittle to n , C olorado. They w ill learn a variety o f instructional technolo T C I responding to schools' requests, gies, including cable-delivered v id has teamed up w ith ETC to provide a eo and data resources, Internet, in form ation retrieval, video and com variety o f educational resources for w hich grant recipients are e ligible. at the E TC E d-Tech C enter in Late in 1904 a dance number called the “ Subway Express T w o - Step” swept over New Y o rk C ity like a syncopated tide o f exuberant rhythms. Even the on-rushing rail cars hummed and echoed w ith the romantic lyrics that went along w ith the ja zzy shuffle. (Boy) “You were clearly all at sea As you wildly clutched at me when around that curve we swung. " (Girl) "Yes. and I thought I'd lost my longue / made a hit with you. you must confess. " (Boy) “You won my heart at Harlem (Girl) “At the Bronx I murm ured yes. ” Such poignant and ingenuous ex pression o f romantic feelings among riders on the tu b e -o r on the not- yet-mean streets o f H a rle m -sh o u ld not be surprising, fo r these were a more gentle time; a kinder urban America. I indicated this last week when I cited the affective urban masterpiece “ subway” by Harlem Renaissance painter. Palmer H ard en. He portrayed a group o f black and-white riders crammed together during rush hour who felt no sense o f apprehension. And these were happier, less fre netic times fo r the cultural crucible o f Harlem that was born o f the real estate speculations o f the subway builders. B utothercultural enclaves along the R apid T ra n sit under ground routes already bore the name and meaning o f the term “ ghetto” . By 1920, 75 percent o f the early Bronx residents had either been born abroad o r were children o f foreign-born parents. For this gen eration o f Jews, Germans, Irish and others who combined strong group identity w ith individual strivin g fo r better life , 'the B ro n x’ was a promised land. The ancestral lore o f one group in particular harbored an earlier Following an extensive review pro cess, the cosmetology program at M T. Hood Community College w ill remain open. According to M H C C President Joel Vela, the cosmetology program un derwent an administrative evaluation process that included a review o f en rollm ent trends, employment opportu through ETC, is able to provided that access. employment opportunities, led to the decision to continue the program as it currently exists. College credit evening classes offered at community schools Vela is one that all programs at M t. H oixl Com m unity College w ill even tually undergo as the administration works to both balance its budget and reallocate funds to accommodate the need fo r new programs. W hile the School and Sandy H igh School. Regular tu itio n rates apply, h o w ever. the courses are free to M H C C D istrict residents age 62 and over. Centennial H igh School, 3505 S.E 182 St. in Gresham, w ill host “ P rinciplesof A c c o u n tin g "(B A 2 1 1 ) on Mondays, 6-10 p.m .; and " C h il d re n 's L ite ra tu re ” (E N G 2 2 I) on Wednesdays. 6:3 0 -9 :3 0 p.m. For more info rm a tio n call Diane Crane at 661-7612. A lic e O tt M id d le School. 12500 S.E. Ramona St. in Portland St. in Portland, w ill host “ Management Fundam entals" (B A 2 0 6 ) on Tues day, 6:30-9:30 p .m ; “ Fundamentals o f P ublic S peaking” ( S P I I I ) on Mondays, 6:30-9:30 p.m .; and “ H is to ry o f O re g o n ” (H S T 2 4 0 ) on Wednesdays, 6 :3 0 -9 :3 0 p.m. For more inform ation call D ick St. C laire a, 256-6510. Sandy H igh School, I7 K X ) B lu ff Road in Sandy, w ill host "B asic Speech C om m unication” (SP 100) on Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p in,; "B e g in n in g S p a n is h C o n v e r s a tio n ” (S P A N 11 I ) on Wednesdays, 6:30- 9 :30 p in.; “ Psychology o f Human R elations" ( P S Y I0 I) on W ednes day. 6:30-9:30 p.m ., “ First A id : Re sponding to Em ergencies" (H E 2 5 2 ) on Tuesdays. 6:30-9:30 p.m .; “ In- tion, said that the low tuition cost o f the program compared to the other pro grams in the area, along with the high marks students and employers give the overall quality o f the program and troduction to Y o u r PC” (C S125PC ) cosmetology program was in the re on T uesdays or Thursdays, 6 - 10 p.m. ; view process prior to the passage o f and “ B e g in n in g W in d o w s ” Measure 47, the measure w ill have a (C S X 3 0 W ) on Tuesdays o r T hurs significant impact on the college’ s days, 6-10 p.m. F or more in fo rm a ability to continue some programs or tio n call Jerri Schw artz at 6 6 8 -8 0 1 I . offer new programs. “ On the other hand. Measure 47 A ll credits earned are transferable to a four-year college or university or imposes a significant burden on the may be applied to a degree o f c e rtifi college to continue to offer even the current level o f programs and servic cate program at M C H H . es," said Vela. “ A t the same time, we have a responsibility to be responsive to the changing education and training needs o f our com m unity ." Vela said that the college is consid ering several new programs. " D is tri bution management, mortgage bank IKIÄIFW KW ÄNZÄA ature was describing inner-city life w ith reference to experiments w ith rats (E.J. H all, ‘ the B iochem istry o f C ro w d in g in. "T h e H idden D im en sion). And although the A F L trade unions had entered into secret agreements w ith landlords, banks and builders that there should be no new buildings b u ilt fo r tenant occupancy in "great er H arlem ” (o n ly w hite commercial sites), there nevertheless was some re lie f from intervention by founda tions and government. The "D unbar apartments” were b u ilt in 1926, 10 huge U-Shaped buildings financed by John D. R ockefeller Jr.-included the first bank managed and staffed by blacks. The “ Harlem River Houses, 151 st to 153rd S t„ were the first feder ally funded, federally built and owned housing project in New York, 1937. “ N obody knows M y Name” (no body knows my soul) O f course not an expatriate colony in Paris. James B aldw in may indeed have w ritten the d e fin itiv e w ork that cultures the angst o f the black w riters w ho left Harlem fo r Paris-and returned to w rite o f ’ namelessness' The N ew Y o rk Herald Tribune describes his wounded s p iritu a lity in terms usually reserved fo r Sarte and other E xistentialists. " I t is the theme o f m an’ s prim al loneliness o f each man being a lone.” See James C a m p b e ll’ s, "E x ile d In Par is” (S cribner, 1995) fo ra liv e ly , but serious account o f the exiles; from the account o f Richard W rig h t’ s first meeting w ith Gertrude Stein, to the experiences o f B a ld w in , Chester Himes, Ralph E lliso n , and many others. He also brings on stage M a rlo n B ra n d o , N orm an M a ile r, A m ir i B araka, Cam us, Cesaire. et al. I apologize fo r the lim ita tio n s ot this medium but as promised, in a national publication and in a C D - R OM version I w ill expound to include more black inventors w hose innovations made possible the safe and efficient operation o f the w o rld ’ s Subways from the very beginning: The first practical semaphores, the railw ay telegraph w hich sent w arn ing and com m unications signals via a minute electrical current through the rail its e lf (just as today), the street and subway lig h tin g systems invented by Howard E. Latim er who supervised th e ir in s ta lla tio n in Am erica and then all over the w orld (he was a member o f the “ Thomas Edison Pioneers"). His patent fo r m anufacturing the carbon filam ents that made,he light o n ly were the b u ild in g and engineer bulh possible was No 252;386, June ing talents o f A frican Americans hid, 17, 18 8 2 .1 bet you d id n ’ t learn that in school. stuffed and imprisoned w ithin their protesting brains and bodies (docu mented in patents and the Congres we do not have the funds to offer these programs w ithout reallocating funds from elsewhere in the budget. Mea (c) ¡996, McKinley Burt One More Once, Thanks metology for 25 years Hie programs enrolls 30 students in the two-year program Students in the program help operate a public beauty salon, offering hairstyle services, facials and mam cures. As a com m unity service, rates are kept low and arc greatly reduced for citizens 65 years o f age and older sure 47 makes it especially d ifficu lt to offer new programs the community wants," Vela said. M t. H ixxl Community College has offered an associate’ s degree in cos ENTERÉ TO W IN $1,000 and other great prizes! ing the possibility o f elim inating the program in order to reallocate funds to new program areas. However, Dr. Paul K illp a lrick, M H C C dean o f instruc grants fo r teachers to attend a spe M t. H ood C o m m u n ity C ollege w ill o ffe r several new evening credit classes at three co m m u n ity schools beginning in January. Classes w ill be held at Centennial H ig h S ch o o l, A lic e O tt M id d le com ing a destination point fo r a sw e llin g m igration o f blacks from the s o u th -o r a second o r third stage fo r those who had stopped o f f fo r a generation in St. Louis or Chicago- -certain social traumas had not de veloped to the point where the lite r should continue in its present form. The college was considering a num ber o f options forthe program, includ to gather the tools to take advantage o f the resources available. T C I, cially-constructed, 2 1/2 day course ressed and unleashed: Literature, poetry, music, dance, painting, sculp ture and theatre arts (see last week). W h ile it was true that as early as the m id- 1920s, H arlem was fast be metology field. A t the conclusion o f the review process, the college adm in istration decided that the program As a result o f the prom otion, area schools w ill receive educational tricts. This is the third year T C I has conducted such a prom otion. The ised Land", the Harlem Renaissance was w e ll underway and oblivious to any denigrations such as "ghetto". The touch stones, the w ellsprings o f the A frica n Am erican soul were ca nities and the availability o f sim ilar programs in the area. The review pro cess included discussions with the cos hardware, program m ing and tra in ing. fo r each installation and service upgrade to the local school dis ETC is the nation’ s leading provider o f educational resources in software, Italian city o f Venice in the early M id d le Ages. In that other "P ro m sional Record), but an alienated and articulate black literati established MHCC cosmetology program to remain open puter netw orks, m u ltim e d ia and electronic publishing. As technology becomes the stan dard fo r modern education, the schools have become hard-pressed vice during the Fall Education Cam paign received a low er-priced in stallation, and TC I donated up to $5 significance o f the term "ghetto” as the name applied to the deliberately segregated Jewish section’ o f the Play MEGABUCKS DOUGH Second-Chance Drawing! 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