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» . Committed to cultural diversity. V’oliiinc X .W II, Number 33 Aug. 13, 1997 ^ n rtla n h (Observer o n u n u n i tu a I r n h a r Taste of the Bite Friday and continue through Sunday. Learn child CPR A C P R course specifically designed for those who care fo r children on an on-going basis is offered by Red Cross on Sunday from 8:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.in.. The course teaches how to prevent and care fo r c h ild hood injuries, care fo r an infant o r ch ild who strops breathing or is ch oking and give CPR. For more in fo rm a tio n or to reg ister, call 280-1440. Free weatherization The C om m unity Energy Project offers free home weatherization to seniors and other area residents. I f you arc unable to do your own weatherization, they w ill do it for you. C all the project at 284-6827. Faces opens at firehouse Faces in the M ountain, a new play about survival and friendship takes place T hurs day and Friday at 8 p.m. at the Interstate Firehouse C ultural Center, 5340 N. Inter state Ave. The play is about a busload o f urban kids who get stranded on M t. Hood and features the Y outh Theater Project, student actors ages 8 to 16, who are p a rtic i pating in the center’ s summer theater pro gram. Diversity skills Y o u r entire fa m ily is invited to p a rtic i pate in a free diversity tra in in g w orkshop on Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the com m unity meeting room o f the V illa g e Square ShoppingCenter, 16 0 2 6 S.E. Stark. The w orkshop is sponsored by the M e tro politan Human Rights C om m ission to pro vide inform ation, guidance and support to people who want to learn how prejudice and oppression works, how it is sustained and how we can interrupt its vicious cycle. C all Linda Hunter to register at 8 2 3 -5 136. Circus coming Give us an appealing boulevard with parking, greenery and a grocery Bv L ee P erlman rea residents want M a rtin Luther A K in g Jr. Boulevard to be nicer lo o kin g , have more parking, and have locally-oriented businesses, especially a grocery. The re sp o n d e n ts were less sure o f whether, and how. the street's central m e dian should be removed, and they are strongly d ivid e d on whether the street should have bike lanes. These were some o f the conclusions o f a recent w orkshop on the redesign o f the bou levard held at K in g School. About 175 people “ voted“ w ith stick-on dots (green fo r agree ment, red fordisagrecm ent. ye llo w fo r some th in g in between) on possible "v is io n state ments.” A c c o rd in g to p ro je ct manager A ndre Baugh o f the Portland O ffice o f Transporta tion, the results w ill be used to create "discus sion alternatives” fo r the redesign o f the boulevard. These w ill be presented at a second workshop on Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m., also at K ing School. The end result o f the process w ill be a plan fo r $1 m illio n w orth o f im provements to the street. Baugh says that the response to some Earth, performs Sept. 17-21 at the Rose Garden. T ickets are now available at the Rose Q u a rte r T ic k e t O ffic e and a ll Ticketmaster locations or charge by phone a t224-4400. History celebrated A day o f liv in g history through the eyes o f N ative Am ericans, explorers, soldiers, fishermen, riverboat captains and settlers w i 11 be part o f a Cascades on the C olum bia celebration at the B o n n e ville Lock and Dam on the W ashington side o f the C o lum bia R iver Saturday, fro m 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. V isito rs can take 1-84 to Cascade Locks and cross over the C olum bia using the Bridge o f the Gods. Portland City Commissioner Charlie Hales addresses plans for Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard during a video taping along the thoroughfare and in front of the offices of the Portland Observer. (Photo by M. Washington) vision statements was strong enough to be considered a mandate. “ Northeast M artin Luther King Jr. Boulevard serves local neighborhood:" 37 yes. four against, For instance, one ca lling fo r an “ aestheti ca lly pleasing and pedestrian friendly envi two neutral. (Calls foranew grocery store cropped up repeatedly in written notes by participants.) ronm ent” received 40 yes votes against only 5 no votes and tw o neutrals. By contrast, a proposal to remove through truck tra ffic from the boulevard received 36 "R undow n buildings are remodeled, re stored or replaced" received 68 yes votes, one no, one neutral. yes votes, 15 no votes and eight neutrals, a more m ixed signal that makes its im plem enta tion much less lik e ly , Baugh says. A vision saying, "T he co rrid o r is acces sible to all modes (pedestrians, bicycles, cars, transit and local service vehicles” re- “ Pedestrians o f all ages have safe and convenient crossing:" 46 yes, one no, tw o neutrals. Can’t wait for The Bite Food, fun and music bring diversity to Waterfront park R ingling Brothers and Barnum and B a ile y ’ s Circus, The Greatest Show on B Opinions in on MLK upgrade *-~x Tom M cC a ll W aterfront Park is the site o f three days o f food and m usic during the Bite, a Taste o f Portland celebration for Oregon Special O lym pics. Events begin SECTION orget fo r a minute all the norm al F enticements to The Bite - 20 res In addition to the notew orthy grass, the B ite 's brand new features include V H I's Route ’97 Rock n ’ R oll Road T rip , S ony’ s giant PlayStation video game extravagan/a. the 18th /Xnnual W o rld Footbag C ham pion ships, and a new music showcase fo r local artists - the Portland songw riter's stage. V H T s "Route 9 7 " w ill ro ll into tow n look cuisine’ s, outstanding Oregon wineries, ing and like a standard tra cto r-tra ile r unit. But d o n 't be fooled. T h is specially-designed five stages featuring over 75 bands. This year's Bite, Aug. 15, 16 & 17 w ill tra ile r, using state-of-the-art hyd ra u lics, converts into a 1,600 square foot platform take place on W aterfront Park's renovated ta u ra n ts w ith d iv e rs e e th n ic tu rf. M ore than $2 m illio n has been “ sunk" into festival infrastructure, including under ground natural gas, electric, sewer, and w a ter hook ups. Plus a new high tech drainage system that’ s been installed in the turf. So gone are the days where the grass along the sea-wall stage. B ite go e rs w il l have the chance to get a ro c k ‘n’ r o ll m a k e o v e r w ith 60s face p a in tin g , a “ Z ig g y S ta rd u s t" 70s g la m s ta tio n , a " K a rm a C h a m e le o n " 80s pu n k h a ir s a lo n , and the “ T a tto o Y o u " fake resembled the G obi Desert more than a ta tto o p a rlo r. The music channel is also planning a pos sible live broadcast via satellite during the park. festival. ceived 52 yes votes against ju st 11 no votes. However. Baugh says, this does not necessar ily mean that bike lanes w ill be placed on the boulevard; they could go on adjacent streets such as Northeast Seventh or North W illiams or Van couver avenues. The responses included a num ber o f written statements for and against bike lanes on M L K in roughly equal numbers. F or years co m m u n ity leaders have called fo r rem oval o f the b oulevard's median, but there seemed to be am bivalence about this goal. Early African American lives recounted Exposition to convey period’s cultural history, heroic accomplishments ree black men during the Revolu tionary W ar fought bravely along side the C o lo n ia lis ts at such A n encampment w ill be set up to in clude story tellers, mountain men, trap pers, soldiers, patriots, cow boys, b u ffa lo battles as Lexington and Bunker H ill. soldiers, explorers, m ilita ry camps, race A fr ic a n A m e ric a n s by the names o f horse jockeys, and covered wagons. F M o u n ta in M a n . M oses and B la c k H a r ris h e lp e d the A p p le g a te fa m ily blaze a new and sa fe r tr a il th ro u g h the O r egon c o u n try . These and other stories from 300 years o f A frica n Am erican history w ill be re enacted Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. across the street from the Urban League o f Portland in the green space at N orth W il liams and Russell. Janice Scrooges w ill play music from the three centuries o f black h isto ry in A m erica. The event is sponsored by H ya lite , an arts, cultural and educational n o n -p ro fit organization and K B O O radio. Supporters include Legacy Emanuel G roup, the Urban League, Pratt & Larson, Waddles, Oregon Leather, M ich e lle Piano and Organ and Portland C o m m u n ity D evelopm ent. Bv L ee P erlman ill a service w hich provides in d ivid u a ls and groups a means to resolve differences survive w ith o u t going to w ar or h irin g lawyers? Answer: W ith m ediation Chefs cook for youth W Top local chefs, waiters and businesses w ill help make a difference fo r homeless youth at the Salvation A rm y ’s Greenhouse Chefs de Cuisine annual fundraising d in S p e c ific a lly , O ffic e o f N e ig h b o rh o o d Associations d ire c to r Diane Lin n , plans to ner, Tuesday, Aug. 19. W ith the theme " A Summer Evening in Ita ly ," the event fea tures an eight-course dinner o f Italian spe cialties created by volunteer chefs from top area restaurants. abolish the agency's neighborhood m edia tio n program by the end o f the year, Gear up for golf As one o f the cost-cutting measures in the post property tax lim its ol Measure 47. L in n and the neighborhood association p ro In its place, she proposes to contract out to a private agency some o f the services the program performs. M t. Hood C o m m u n ity C ollege is gear ing up fo r its fourth annual g o lf scramble and dinner, “ Par Excellence,” Sept. 9 and is posed that m ediation "transition o u t” to be come, or be linked w ith , a n o n -p ro fit co rp o ration after Dec. 31. The program , whose budget last year was $336,000. this year received $200,000 plus seeking com m unity and business sup port. Event proceeds w ill be used to help meet special needs at the college, in c lu d ing scholarships, equipm ent and special projects. Last year 130 people golfed for fun and prizes w hile helping the M H C C Foundation. St O M IS S IO N S : ( n iii m u n it) ( .ili n d .ii in iiii iii.ilin ii w ill lie given pi mi i l l il i i i n i i i l I n II n eeks Portland Neighborhood Mediation staff members Eddie Collins (from left) Julien Minard. Emmanuel Paris and David Little ponder the future o f their program, now on the city budget chopping block. Mediation program to go Neighbor to neighbor service may be privatized, but at what cost? a special $50,000 appropriation “ to cover the costs o f tra n sitio n .” M ost discussion o f the neighborhoods budget concerned the proposed transfer o f its crim e prevention program to the Police Bureau. The m ediation budget received rela- ▼ Continued to page A4 In tin i Hie ei i ni il.tie 1 I
