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■HHK ®sfe-- t V b F% X * S^ e a / z í ** * ■’ r' ' ' ♦ * 53 ¿S» í -&'*M m : m BBHBRCÍ A ¿ \> E ¿ Volume XXVII, Number 15 Committed to cultural diversity. - z ». F ■ I April 9, 1997 (Tbc ^ n rtía n ó O^bserüer f i Packy’s Birthday Party o m nt u n i t y a I e n it a r Animal Control looks to create fundraising Responding to the funding cutbacks forced by measure 47, officials from Mult nomah County Animal Control are put ting together a “Friends of the Shelter" group which they hope will be able to find available dollars in the community to continue services. Although not an ag gressive fund-raising group, it is hoped that this group will be able to take advan tage of funding opportunities typically unavailable to government agencies. o rtla n d 's fam ous e le p h a n t, Packy, will celebrate his 3 5 th birthday at M etro Washington Park Zoo on Saturday, April 1 2 . Party hours are 1 1 am to 3 pm. P East County Meeting on Traffic Concerns On April 17 at 6:30 p.m. there will be a four cities meeting at Gresham City Hall, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway, to address the impending closure of the 238th Avenue/Intcrstate 84 Interchange by the Oregon Department O f Transpor tation. There is great public concern about the project and some East County officials predict traffic failures, as the 207th Avenue Connector will not be completed before the closure o f 238th. For those unable to attend in person, the meeting will be televised on Multnomah County Cable Access (Paragon cable, channel 30). County, Portland to Further Discuss Consolidation The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners and the Portland City Council will meet for a second joint briefing on the subject of City/County consolidation on April 22nd, 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the Portland Building, second floor auditorium. Topics to be addressed include potential short term service con solidations, legal and legislative issues regarding existing consolidation laws, review of a draft resolution pledging support for consolidation, and the pa rameters of the proposed consolidation threshold study. Alice in Wonderland 1,000 Children Laughing and Ap plauding Strange Creatures From W on derland! 4,000 Portland area school children will have an opportunity to experience a live ballet performance thanks to four special school-day perform ances of Metro Dancers production of Alice in Wonderland. The full-length ballet is being presented to the general public by Metro Dancers April 26, 1997 at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. The special school-day performances will be held on Thursday and Friday, April 24th and 25th. Contact Nancy Thompson for more information at 823- 3660. American Institute of Graphic Arts Exhibition The Portland chapter of the Ameri can Institute of Graphic Arts has orga nized a traveling exhibit that will be shown at the Portland Community Col lege Northview Gallery. The gallery is located on the Sylvania Campus, 12000 S.W. 49th Avenue, on the second level of the GT building. There will be an opening reception on April 10 from 6 to 8pm at the gallery. Starting a business? Portland State U niversity’s Business Outreach Center and Sabin Community Development Corporation will sponsor a “Going Into Business" seminar. The two session workshop will be held on April 23 and 30 from 7pm to 9:30pm. There will be a $10 charge to cover the cost o f the materials for the workshops. Participants must attend both sessions. To register for the seminar, or if you have any questions, call Eric Beene at Sabin CDC at 287-3496 The class size is limited, so register as soon as possible. SI BM ISSK)N S: ( '(im m unity C alendar in fo rm a tio n M ill lie given p rio rity i f dated ( m o Meeks before the event date. Party-goers can wear floppy elephant ears, sign Packy’s giant birthday card and dance the Packy Shuffle. Youngsters can meet costumed characters Eliza and Elliot El ephant, and Allegra, preschool puppet girl on the Nickelodeon Channel. There will be games, music and birthday cake for all. Emcees for the big bash will be personalities from 97.1 KISN FM. After Packy has finished his “special” cake, e v ery o n e is inv ited to stop by A Ibertsons’ canopy for a piece ofthe “people” cake. The 4'x 8 ' masterpiece is created each year by Albertsons Food Stores. Packy’s birthday party is sponsored by TCI Cablevision, 97.1 KISN FM. TV Host M ag a z in e , S o u th w e st A irlin e s and Albertsons Food Stores. Packy was the first elephant born in the Western Hemisphere in 44 years. His birth on April 14, 1962 made international news and the City o f Portland went wild. Packy was named by Gresham resident Wayne W. French whose entry was the winner in a radio station naming contest. Packy is one o f the largest Asian el ephants in the United States; he stands 10’3" at the shoulder and tips the scales at 14,350 pounds. He is the father o f seven calves. Asian elephants are an endangered species. Admission to the event is free with regu lar zoo admission. Tri-Met buses #59 and #63 serve the zoo. Parking is limited, shuttle buses will operate. Washington park Zoo's celebrity elephant, Packy, turns 35 on Saturday, April 12. Developer plans innovative housing project by L ee P erlman D eveloper James W inkler plans to build 4 2 row houses such as those pictured above. W inkler’s row houses will be located in the interior o f the block bounded by North east Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Sev enth Avenue, and Knott and Russell streets. The 12,000 square foot, two-bedroom units should sell for $ 125-130,000 apiece, he says. T he p ro ject w ill have an s-sh ap ed “w oonerf,” a European pedestrian road that allows auto access but is designed to discour age through traffic (right). W inkler hopes to complete the project by the end o f the year. He also holds an option to develop the western end o f the block, most recently occupied by a storage facility before it was gutted by a fire last year. Earthquake Brochures The Portland Bureau o f Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services isoffcring earthquake emergency preparedness brochures toprovide forthediverse populations inourcity. Aside from English, there are translations in Cambodian, Chinese. Hmong, Lao. Mien, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. Ifneighborhood associations, business associations, citizen organizations, churches, or individual citizens may request any o f these brochures. I he brochures offer basic information on what to do before, during and after an earthquake; how to shut o ff gas and water valves; and basically secure your home. Along with the brochures in various languages, there is a two-sided printed sheet in the diverse languages ofthe c ity ’ s communities. “Smithsonian Voices of Discovery” Lectures mithsonian scholars will present Council Chamber. Templeton Student Cen public lectures on American mu ter, Lewis & Clark College, 6015 SW Pa sical theater, American ceram latine Hill Road. All lectures are free ics, and the environment at Lewis • & Friday, April //, “Fifty Years o f Ameri C la r k C o lle g e as p a r t o f th e can Ceramics: 1945-1995," by Kenneth “S m ith so nian Voices of D iscovery” Trapp, curator-in-charge o f the Renwick speakers' program. Gallery, the National Museum o f American S This is an unprecedented series o f public program s showcasing the extensive knowl edge o f Smithsonian scholars. All three events begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Art • Saturday, April 12, “Haw Native Eco systems Respond to Climate Change and Rising CO2, ” by Bert Drake staff scientist studying plant physiology and ecology at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center • M onday, A pril 14, “A nother O p ’n i n ’, A nother Show : The American Musical The ater. by Dwight Bowers, historian in the Division o f( ’ultural History at the National Museum o f American History The lecture is co-hosted by the Dr Robert B Pamplin, dr . Society o f Fellows The Smithsonian designed the lecture series in conjunction with the “A m erica’s Smithsonian, a 300-object traveling exhi bition at the Portland Expo Center, April 3 to May 6 The “Smithsonian Voices o f Discovery" is made possible w ith support from the Rose F. Tucker Charitable Trust. Ib reach Lewis & Clark College, take the Terwilliger Exit off o f 1-5 and follow the signs For more information, call (503)768- 7963. A
