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•f • < *. / » • ». .■ • » »-. 4 '” r.¿ '. • - . ••’ Ufc-C/t Volume X X V II, Number 34 Committed to cultural diversity. Aug. 20, 1997 B Wije ^ o rtla n h ©bsertier EHT 'M MH o m ra u n itg a 11 n i> a r School bells set to ring Hammer away Portland Habitat for Humanity invites all women carpenters to compete in the Great Habitat Hammer Off. The event will be held between 11 a.in. and 3 p.m. on Labor Day, Sept. 1 to build a new home for a si ngle mother and her daugh ter. The W omen’s Build home is on North Commercial Avenue and is in the framing stage o f construction. Heart health offered Men and women with documented heart disease and those who are at risk for its development are invited to take part in a new and innovative cardiac rehabilitation program sponsored by Riverplace Athletic Club and Legacy Health Services. The medically-super vised, conditioning and maintenance program offers exercise classes to build strength, endurance and confidence. For information, contact Kimberly Berg at 223-1111, extension 504. Diverse casting call The Portland Revels is seeking a tal ented and diverse cast, including ama teurs and professional adults and chil dren, to sing, dance and act in celebra tion of the winter holidays. Rehearsals w i 11 be held Monday e ven i ngs at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church at North east 18th and W eidler. Call Pam Livingstone at 241 -3849 formore infor mation or to schedule an audition. Theatre at Mt. Hood Shakespeare’s 12th Night, opens Fri day and continues every Friday, Sat urday and Sunday night through Sept. 21 at Mt. Hood Community C ollege’s Studio Theatre. For reservations call the box office at 667-7154. Performers needed Auditions for the comedy Moon over Buffalo will be held Sept. 7-8 at the Lakewood Center for the Arts in Lake Oswego. Lake wood Theatre Company supports multi-ethnic diversity in its casting. Call 635-3901 to reserve an appointment time. King games coming Sports, games, food and theater will take over Alberta Park at Northeast 20th and Killingsworth for the King Games, scheduled Friday, Aug. 29 from 9 a m. to 3 p.m. The 5th annaul event, presented by the Youth Gangs Pro gram, will include 3 on 3 basketball, face painting, free throw contest and egg carry toss. Special appearances will include the Buffalo Soldiers, Dragon dancers, Rapper L.G. Wise and the Sojourner Truth Theater. Women songwriters unite An evening o f diverse music and storytelling with some o f Portland's finest professional women musicians and composers will be held Saturday, Sept 20 at 8 p.m. at the Aladdin The ater, 31 I6S.E. 1I th. The artists include Theresa Demarest & the Good Com pany, Janice Scroggins, Anne Weiss & Connie Choen and Toni Land. Haircuts offered Haircuts will be offered the first, sec ond and third Mondays from 10a.m. to noon at the Multicultural Senior C en ter at 5325 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Schedule appointments with Jaime or Ella at 248-5470, extension 24545. SI BM ISSIO N S: Community < alendar information «till be gii co priority if (lufcd I mo weeks before the event date. M l Humboldt, Vernon, King start late School start, end times change he morning routine for many Port land families will be different when school starts this year. Portland School District has changed the schedules forelementary and middle schools in an effort to save money in transportation costs and increase efficiency. Elementary schools will either run from 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. or 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. All district middle schools will open at 9:15 a.m. and run until 3:45 p.m. High schools were not affected by the transportation changes. The school district anticipates saving some $1.8 million with the standardized schedul ing. About 13,000 students in the district ride school buses. The elementary school schedules are as follows: 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m . Alameda, Arleta, Astor, B ridger. B ridle m ile, C ap ito l H ill. C hapm an, C h ief Joseph, Faubion, G rout, H ayhurst, H um boldt (8 a.m . to 3 p.m .), J a m s J o h n , K e n to n , L e e , L e n t, L iew elly n , M aplew ood, R ieke, R igler, R o se C ity P a r k , S i t t o n . S m ith . S tep h en so n , V estal. 8 :4 5 a.m . to 3 p .m . A b e rn a th y , A insw orth. A n n le e a te . A tkinson. Ball. Schools starts delayed by teacher trainings T S Irvington. Kelly, King, Laurelhurst, Lewis. Democrats salute labor victory in UPS strike enate D em ocratic Leader C liff Trow, D -C o rv a llis and Senators Susan Castillo, D- Eugene, and Kate Brown, D- Portland saluted UPS work ers for what Senator Brown S W ilcox. W o o d law n . .**•**' REA RESIDENTS share the profits generated by this expanding economy,” said Senator Brown. Senator Castillo observed that “working people across the country supported the UPS workers, because they “I think this is a turning point fo our country,” said Senate Democratic Leader C liff Trow. “Fo 20 years w e’ve seen a disturbing trend of falling wages for the vas majority of American workers. knew this was everyone’s fight. The polls showed the people supported the strik ers by an overwhelming mar gin. They knew that if the UPS workers won, it would be a victory for workers every where.” “I think this is a turning point for our country," said Senate Democratic Leader Cliff Trow. “For twenty years we’ve seen a disturbing trend of falling wages for the vast majority of Ameri can workers. I think that this strike, and the sympathy that American showed for the strike, shows that the labor movement is prepared to reverse that (tend - and the American people as a whole are prepared for it. too.” W o o d m ere, T he A frican A merican P ioneers EXPERIENCING A termed a "dramatic and ex citing victory” in the Team sters’ Union strike. The Teamsters won every major demand in the strike, including an agreem ent to convert 10,000 p a rt-tim e jobs to full-time jobs and to raise the average hourly wages of part-time workers from $ 1 1 an hour to $15 an hour. “This victory in this strike sends a signal throughout America that we don’t have to become a nation of low- paid part-time workers. We can be a nation of full-time, well-paid workers-if w ork ers stand up for their rights, and persuade business to tudents at H um boldt. V ernon and King e lem en tary sch o o ls get four e x tra days o f v acation this year w hile th e ir te a c h e rs ‘h it the b o o k s’ learning ab o u t the S u ccess For All read in g program . C lasses for stu d e n ts begin M onday Sept. 8 at the three sch o o ls. O th er P o rt land sch o o ls begin c la sse s on T u esd ay , Sept. 2. S u ccess F or All is a stra te g y d e v e l oped at Johns H opkins U n iv e rsity to ben efit ch ild ren having d iffic u ltie s in reading. B eg in n in g w ith the idea that every child can learn, the program stre sse s p re v e n tio n , early in te rv e n tio n and re le n tle ssn e ss in su p p o rtin g and e n c o u r aging read in g sk ills. One aspect o f the p rogram is that stu d en ts have 90 m inutes o f u n in te r rupted read in g in stru c tio n at the sam e tim e every day. T e a c h e rs at H um boldt, V ernon and Kinu w ill receive train in g in S uccess REINACTMENT OF 300 YEARS OF A frican A merican history .
