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T he P ortland O bserver • O ctober 15, 1997 P age A 5 wMtHWlITtrWTIi l ' y ; v / j Senior assisted living rapidly expands careers ñ s to r y fo r t h e w o r ld to h e a r with little education, privilege, writes stirring autobiography 1447/775/7 “I am telling my stones in English for many months now, and it is a time for me to see my whole life. I see that things are always changing. I was bom in 1930, so I remember many things which were happening in the old days in Lesotho and which hap pen no more. 1 lived in Benoni Loca tion for more than ten years, and I saw the Boer policem en taking black people and beating them like dogs. They even took me once, and kept me in one o f their jails for a while.” Mpho ‘M ’atsepo Nthunya A compelling and unique autobi ography by an African woman with little formal education, less privilege, and almost no experience ofbooks or writing, M pho’s voice is a voice al most never heard in literature or his tory, a voice from within the struggle o f “ordinary” African women to ne gotiate a world which incorporates ancient pastoral ways and the con gestion, brutality, and racist violence o f city life. It is also the voice o f a born storyteller who has a subject worthy o f her g ifts-a story for all the world to hear. Mpho ‘M ’atsepo N thunya was bom in Lesotho in 1930 and educated in South Africa. Having returned to Lesotho in 1949 to escape apartheid, she supported her family as a dom es tic worker for thirty years. K. Limakatso Kendall is an Ameri can actor, writer, and academic who emigrated to South Africa in 1995. She is now professor o f Drama Stud ies in the U n iv ersity o f N atal, Pietermartizburg. Neighboring retirement centers host job fair for employees, volunteers A Job Fair for individuals inter ested in entering into or who have experience in the senior assisted liv ing industry, a rapidly expanding health profession, will be held Fri day and Saturday. Legacy St. A idan’s Place and Glendoveer Retirement Villa, neigh boring senior assisted living facili ties in Portland, are co-sponsoring the two-day event at both locations. The Job Fair will be at Glendoveer first non-profit residence o f its kind in Oregon and represents a progres sive approach to caregiving. The facility operates at full capac ity o f four individual households, each with ten private apartments and a common living room, dining room and kitchen. An adult day-care/respite program serves families in the community three days a week offering a group activity program for up to twelve Caregivers, food service and administrative employees are particularly needed. Education and training will be available to qualified applicants Retirement Villa, 13OO7N.E. Glisan, on Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Saturday Legacy St. A idan’s Place will host the fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. a, 17309 N.E. Glisan. L eg acy St. A id a n ’s and Glendoveer Villa are both profes sionally managed by Paradigm Se nior Living, one o f the N orthw est’s most experienced providers. Paid staff as well as volunteer opportunities are available with im mediate interviews to be conducted at the Job Fair sites. Caregivers, food service and administrative em ploy ees are particularly needed. Educa tion and training will be available to qualified applicants. Legacy St. Aidan’s Place, a se nior housing development o f Legacy Health system, is a state-of-the-art, non-denominational residence for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or similar dementias. O pened in N o v e m b e r 1996, Legacy St. Aidan’s Place was the individuals. An on-site Alzheimer’s support group, for families with a family m ember living in an assisted living residence like Legacy St. A idan’s Place, is held monthly. For over 30 years, Glendoveer Retirement Villa has been providing senior housing to the Northeast Port land area. Residents o f this Spanish-style community choose the level o f as sistance they need: independent liv ing, residential care, and alzheim er's and dementia care. Glendoveer places strong empha sis on wellness and activities pro grams. This homey, comfortable set ting has spacious apartments with private patios and beautifully land scaped courtyards. For more information on the Job Fair or the co-hosting facilities call, Jacie Meldrum at Legacy St. Aidan’s Place, 253-4920, or Ann Stillman at Glendoveer Retirement Villa, 252- 2427. New housing opens with celebration Instar Place provides homes for people with mental illness You're invited to join the Housing A uthority o f Portland, Portland YouthBuilders and Garlington Cen ter in celebrating the grand opening o f Instar Place, a home for people with mental illness. The event will take place Thurs day at 10 a m . 5417 N.E. 25th Ave. Instar Place services are provided by Garlington Center. The home was constructed by Portland Youth Build ers. “ Instar Place represents a unique trio o f partnerships,” said Helen Barney, Housing Authority execu tive. Instar Place is designed as a two- story house containing five Single Room Occupancy units, each with a private bedroom and bath In addition, the 2,500 square-foot home provides shared space that in cludes a community kitchen, dining room, living room, laundry, and in dividual pantry/food storage areas. The shared housing offers privacy, security and comfort along with oppor tunities for group oriented activities. Instar Place will provide safe, drug-free housing for five clients who suffer from a mental illness. The residents o f Instar Place will receive full case management ser vices, in addition to on-site skills training and supportive therapy ser vices. Communication key to helping street kids Mpho ‘M ’ atsepo Nthunya, author o f Singing Away The Hunger: The Autobiography o f an African Woman, a September 1997 publication o f Indiana University Press. She is shown here with one of hergrandsons. OMSI offers family Halloween fun OMSI offers kids and parents eight creepy nights o f Halloween fun as part o f Scary Nights, starting Thurs day through Oct. 31. Climb aboard for a voyage o f ter ror on the haunted submarine USS Blueback with O M SI’s third-annual Homeless youths need voice Sub Scare! A hideous crew o f aliens lurks around each passage-way as visitors wind their way through the sub’s "haunted” compartments. Tours depart Ihursday through Sat urday every ten minutes, 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.50 (adult and youth)and includeadmissiontoOMSi’s newest exhibit In the Dark, which offers a rare glimpse at nature’s darkest envi ronments through sophisticated com puter games, mechanical displays and interactive exhibits. Sub Scare visitors should be at least 8 years o f age. The rising number o f homeless youths is one o f A m erica’s dirty little secrets, and caring for this country’s displaced children will become in creasingly difficult without new ef forts at communication. That’s the conclusion o f an Or egon State University professor who has spent part o f the last three years studying homeless youths in the Pa cific Northwest. Natalie Dollar, an assistant pro fessor o f speech com m unication at OSU, began working with homeless youths in 1994, ironically, the inter national Year o f the Family, A m a jority o f those homeless - an esti mated 75 percent - are on the streets because they were physically or sexu ally abused, or neglected by their families. Dollar said. They want their story told, she emphasized. And it rarely happens. “ I’ve been to many town meet ings where concerned citizens dis cuss the homeless and it’s pretty easy to conclude that the process is so adult-centered that these youths don’t have a voice,” Dollar said. “Their points are rarely analyzed and they often feel forced to use profanity or to talk loudly to make themselves heard. “The adults, the social service provid ers and the government agencies all wanttotalk logistics,” she added. "These youths want to talk about personal is sues, like what it feels like when your Dad beats you. The end result is that they just bypass each other.” Dollar said that creating some dif ferent settings may help bridge a communication gap that seems to grow wider every day. She says the bureaucracy is pro- cess-oriented, under-funded and in consistent. 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