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Volume XXVI, Number 52
Committed to cultural diversity.
December 25, 1996
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A sneak preview showing of the Histor
ic preservation League of Oregon’s first
broadcast production. BuildingOn the Past:
Oregon s Preservation Spirit, will be host
ed by the HPLO 6 p.m. to 8: p.m., January
13, 1997 at Montgomery Park in the Ban
| quet Room (2701 NW Vaughn, Portland)
A reception will follow the showing
Tom Doggett, Oregon Public Broadcast
Programming Director and Sam Naito
Portland developer, are featured guests ot
the event.
Children’s Museum Events
W inter Revels: Opens January 2-Feb
ruary 24 Create a caste, design your own
coal of arms, dress up like lords and ladies
or act out fairytales. This magical kingdom
will take the place ol H20h! while wc make
improvements to our popular water exhib
it. On March I, H2()h@)! reopens with
new tanks, improved pumps and different
ways to discover the properties of water
Thanks to the Rotary Club of Portland for
underwriting the improvements!
Clayshop: Paint yourclay creation that’s
already been fired or glaze your piece and
we’ll fire it again. Cost is $.50 per item.
I Paint and glaze days are scheduled: Satur-
I day, Jan. 4 9:45-11: !5am; and Wednes-
| day. Jan. 8 and 22 3:30-5pm.
Living Legends W inter Hours: Beal
the powwow drum, fish the Columbia Riv
er. camp in a tipi and discover playful
animal spirits. New winter drop-in hours
for this special exhibit in the Children's
Cultural center are: Thursdays. !0am-
2:20pm: Saturdays. 10am-4pm; and Sun
days. Ipm-4pni.
The Children’s Museum, located at 3037
SW Second in Portland, is open daily from
9am-5pm (closed January I ). Admission is
$3.50 per person for everyone age I and
older. During the month of January, take
advantage of our Treatseats "two-for-one"
admission offer Treatseats discount cou
pons are available at participating Target
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F red H embkv
his writer has viewed tons of
commercials for business col
leges over the years, promising
a better future in less time than a four
year college education would take. Can
this really be true? Come, le t’s take a
look.
T
To satisfy my scholastic curiosity, I ven
tured to Heald Business College in Portland.
Heald was established in 1863 by Edward P.
Heald in San Francisco, California.
The schools now operate in the northern
California region. Hawaii, and Portland. His
philosophy was to train individuals forexist-
ing jobs in the shortest time possible. In that
day, some examples of the school's offerings
were, telegraphy, electrical engineering, and
penmanship. Obviously, some of the courses
have changed, but the training goals have not.
Heald Business college strategically choos
es fields that have great demand. Their cur
rent orientation is in business administration,
and technology. Training is provided for
entry-level, and intermediate positions in
those areas.
Business colleges different from commu
nity college, or universities in that after ap
proximately two years-or less-one can at
tain an Associate ol Applied Science degree,
or a certificate of completion.
It is quite probable that a person will leave
the gravity of the minimum wage world with
a business college degree. Heald does offer
good job placement. “W e’ve been here less
than one year and we re getting requests for
t wo-to three hundred graduates", stated Janet
Huber, academic dean, adding that those
positions were in was in the field of high
technology.
Portland is also known as the "Silicon
Forest For readers that are not familiar with
that phrase, it is akin to San Jose, California’s
"Silicon Valley" The title was attached to
San Jose for its' dense concentration of high-
technology based engineering corporations.
When California's economy crashed in
the early 1990's, Portland was the new lure
Hence, Heald branched to facilitate training
lor some of the industry's key needs.
The most credible item about Heald is that
they have mainstream college and university
Volunteers rejuvenate Whitaker Ponds
F
or the past two Saturdays, em
ployees of PacificCorp teamed
w ith rep resen tativ es from
EnviroCorps to rehabilitate the Whitaker
Ponds area of the Columbia Slough.
| store.
Association for Women in
Communications program
"Inside TV: How to Get Your Story on
the Air.” Presented by Teresa Jones and
Reed Coleman, KOIN-TV; Wednesday,
| January 8,1997 from 5:30p.m. - 7:30p.m.
They'll present strategies and tips on
how you should approach the television
medium from their side of the camera.
Held at Cal’s Pacific Rim Restaurant. 5310
SW Macadam (John's Landing). Tickets
in advance by Jan. 3: $10 students/ $15
members. $22 non-members Alter Jan. 3
and at the door: $20 member and $27 non
members. Price includes program, hors
[ d'ocuvres and soft drinks Call 50.3-241-
2948 for more information.
Cascade Aids PAL
Program needs Volunteers
Volunteers from PacifiCorp and EnviroCorps plant new trees at Whitaker Ponds in
the Columbia Slough. The project is part of Pacific Power's Green Corps
environmental program that matches company resources and employee volunteer
labor with the efforts of local groups to improve the community 's environment.
Their efforts were part of Green Corps
'96, a program sponsored by the utility that
matches company resources and employee
volunteer labor with the efforts of local
groups to improve the community's envi
ronment.
The local project is one of 29 PacificCorp
is sponsoring this year and is among the 130
projects PacifiCorp accepted as Green Corps
projects during the program’s first four
years.
"Our employees applied for a company
Green Corps grant because they can see
Whitaker Ponds as a terrific natural re
source. ’ said Sheila Holden. Portland busi
ness manager for PacifiCorp
The volunteers removed invasive black
berries and other species from the ponds
area and replanted the area with more easily
landscaped native plants.
Whitaker Ponds is undergoing restora
tion as part ol Metro Regional Parks and
Green Spaces' Master Plan which calls for
creation of a regional park and nature trails
in the area.
The cooidinators for the Whitaker Ponds
Green Corps project competed with nearly
70 other employee teams in seven states lor
one of 29 grants available this year.
Screening criteria for selection included
project elements that are consistent with the
company’s environmental goal, that have
broad employee participation and that offer
an opportunity for employees to partner with
other community members.
Concert Benefit
Pianist George Winston s Concert; Food
Drive to be held in Lobby. Solo pianist
George Winston is going out of his way to
■ helporcgon Food Bank for the second year
in a row. Winston will be in Portland on
I January 9. 1996 at First Congregational
Church at 7:30 p.m Tickets to the perfor
mance are $ 18,50. available at all Fastixx,
I Fred Meyer, and Music Millenium outlets,
and at the First Congregational Church on
the night ot the show only. Information and
charge-by-Phone (503) 224-8499 or(8(H))
992-8499.
SUBMISSIONS: Community
Calendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
B
Heald College comes to “Silicon Forest”
Building on the Past
Cascade AIDS project is seeking long
term volunteers to be Pals to people living
1 with HIV disease, including AIDS, volun
teers in this program are caring people who
provide practical and emotional support in
a non-judgmental, empathetic way. Pals
help with basic needs such as light house
keeping. food preparation, transportation,
and/ or provide respite care and supportive
companionship Call Grace Taylor at 223-
5907. ext. I 15. to schedule ¿in interview by
January 7. PAL volunteer training begins
I January 18. 1997
SECTION
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PDX 2000 construction update
T
he Port offers 90 minutes of free
parking in Short Term Lot-From
through January 5.
The Port of Portland is providing free
parking for the first 90 minutes in Portland
International Airport's (PDX) Short-Term
Lot located east of the PDX Parking Garage
The free parking is being offered as an incen
tive to drivers to avoid the roadways in front
of the terminal.
During the Thanksgiving holiday travel
period, both the ticket lobby (upper level)
and baggage particularly with drivers who
were picking up people
After the first 90 minutes, the Short-Term
Lot's regular rales apply of $2 per hour and $22
per day. The free parking offer docs not include
the Parking Garage and Economy Lot.
M ORE ROADWAY CHANGES AND
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS IN
JANUARY:
Beginning about January 6, the baggage
claim (low er level) roadway will be
reconfigured due to construction occurring
in the vehicle lanes closest to the terminal
will be closed for construction, and the load
ing and unloading area for Portland Interna
tional Airport (PDX) parking system shuttle
buses will be a canopied area in the fourth
lane from the terminal with the buses operat
ing in the two lanes east of the canopies
There will also be a separate canopied load-
ing/unloading area for private auto traffic
with three auto lanes.
In addition to the construction work di
rectly in front of the terminal, there will be
lane closures on Airport Way north of the
Parking Garage for installation of two water
lines Those lane closures will continue until
early March
The third roadway impact will be the clo
sure ot the ticket lobby (upper level) road
way's fourth lane (farthest from the termi
nal), reducing the ticket lobby roadway from
tour to three lanes. The closure is necessary
to accommodate the start of construction ol
new lanes and center-island curb space for
the ticket lobby roadway.
accreditation. In Portland. Heald is unique in
this qualification.
The business college can be a great way to
shorten one’s goal of getting a better job
quick, and hopefully put another car in one's
driveway and an extra chicken in one's pot.
Community
Kwanzaa
celebration
1996 Festival of Events
I Thursday, December 26: Kwanzaa, 7-
I 8 3()pm presented by students ol the Black
Educational Center School
I Friday, December 27: Kujichagulia—
\ Self-determ ination. 7-9 p.m.. Viva
Mandela! Documentary film on the life
and struggle of South African President
I Nelson Mandela lor sell-determination.
Sirius Study Group.
Saturday, December 28: lljim a-C ol-
lective Work. 2-4p.m .children'sKwanzaa
I program Drumming. stoiy telling, arts and
I crafts, African films. Urban League of
I Portland. Black Educational Center.
Sunday, December 29: Ujamaa-Coop-
erative Economics. 2-6 p.m. Experience
I the sights and sounds of an African Mar-
I ketplace. Arts, crafts, music, lood, books.
I clothing, statues, aililacts. calendars.
I cards, jewelry, candles...something for
I everyone Black Educational Center Par
ent’s Organization.
Monday, December 30: Nia—Purpose.
7 9 p.m . Slide and visual presentation of
the 1996 tourney lo Cairo, l u.xor and
Aswan, Egypt, and Accra, Kumasi, Cape
Coast and Fimina dungeons. Ghana, by
Joyce Hams. Charlotte l ewis and Jamila
Harris
I Iuesday, D ecem ber 31: Kuumha-
I Creativity. 6-8 p in 25th Anniversary
1 Karamu (least i Utnoja Candlclighting
Ceremony, lood, dancing, drumming.
I Black United Fund of Oregon, Brooks
land A ssociates. Black Educational
I Center, and other community based orga-
1 nizations
Wednesday, January I: Imani-Eaitli
(elebialeal home W uh family and friends
Reflect on the meaning of Kwanzaa
I Ijieation l)is emhet ‘26 III I 'rhan / , uyuc
o f Portland Multicultural Senior Center.
I.5525 NE Maitin I mli, i King. h Rlvd.
¡(Enter building in the rear parking lot)
iDecwnhrr (/ Cascade Plato 4134 N
Vancouver Ave
I l or more information c all the Black Edu-
I calional Center: 284-9552.