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Volume XXVII, Number 15
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April 9, 1997
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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.
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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.
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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.
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