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Volume X X V II, Number 47
Committed to cultural diversity.
NOV. 26, 1997
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Expect busy
Thanksgiving
holiday travel
MLK design up for review
Community members are invited to
review the design for Martin Luther King
Jr. Boulevard at an open house. Dee. 4
from 4 p m . to X p.m. at King Elementary
School Cafeteria. 4906 N.E. Sixth Ave.
Public comments are encouraged on pro
posals Io add on-street parking, improve
ments for pedestrians and bicyclists, side
walks, lighting and other elements de
signed to encourage commercial revital
ization along the corridor.
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Largest Christmas bazaar
A m erica’s largest Christm as bazaar
opens Friday at the Portland Expo Center.
The weekend show features more than
1,000 booths, thousands of unique gift
ideas, plenty of food, plus decorations,
greenery and more.
Volunteers needed
The Salvation Army needs food box
preparation volunteers Dec. I through
Dec. 23, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. Plan on a shift of at least 3 hours
and be sure to dress warmly. Call Lt.
Colonel Jean McHarg, volunteer coordi
nator at (503) 7310156.
Garlington Center
Singer Tamera Stephens o f Whitaker Middle School,
Ken Boddie o f Channel 6, Police Chief Charles
Moose and Shelia Holden o f Pacific Power attend
annual dinner to show support for north/norheast
program providing mental health services.
Solving problems our
communities really care about
(Photos by M. Washington)
Kwanzaa reception
The Interstate Firehouse Cultural Cen
ter presents Kwanzaa: A Celebration of
Life, a group exhibition of African-Ameri
can artists whose works evoke the African
ancestral traditions and the sense o f com
munity that underlie the celebration. The
exhibit opens with a free public recep
tion, Thursday, Dec. 4 from 5:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. at 5340 N. Interstate Ave.
Scouting for Food
Scouting for Food is the last major
food drive of the holiday season for the
Oregon Food Bank. The non-profit agency
depends on the food brought in from the
drive to sustain hungry families through
the winter. Call the food bank to help at
282-0555.
Ring in the holidays
Willamette Valley Vineyards presents
Tall Jazz and Friends, a holiday concert
and CD release party with Rebecca Kilgore
vocalist, on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. in the
vineyard’s Great Room. Table seating is
available by calling (503) 588-9463.
Gingerbread palace
Portland's historic Benson Hotel will
ring in the holiday season with a regal
display of gingerbread art, displayed in
the Benson lobby, from Monday, Dec. I
until Monday, Dec. 29.
Afternoon Rides
Your invited to meet bicycle enthusi
asts who gather for afternoon rides on
Monday and Thursday from 12 :10 p.m. to
1:15 p.m. Prepare for fast rides with lots
of climbing. Meet at the southwest corner
of Pioneer Courthouse Square between
noon and 12:15 p.m. Cost is free.
Money management tips
The money is
Coming, How
Much Can You
Spare?'
Sensitive Jazz
Jordan sings Thanskgiving concert at Corbett’s Viewpoint Inn
onderful food, and fabulous
Books and Music in Tigard.
music in a peaceful setting
Just minutes away from Multnomah Falls
will charm visitors when jazz
and Crown Point, the Viewpoint Inn has quickly
he Portland Community College
vocalist Pamela Jordan sings at the
View
become
a must-see for people visiting the Co
Foundation and other school and
point Inn Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m.
lumbia River Gorge. Since opening in mid-June
college foundations from across
Jordan gave her first performance at the
the state are encouraging members of Inn
the Nov. 16. Her sensitive, compelling
community to donate some or all of the
vocals, and gracious, understated style
surplus tax checks, called the kicker, to
wowed patrons.
public schools.
"When Pam ’s CD was playing in our
The checks were mailed out by the state
dining room a few' weeks ago, a patron
of Oregon, and people received them this
insisted - absolutely insisted that I sell it to
past weekend.
her," said Viewpoint Inn manager Geoff
“The goals of the Portland Community
Thompson. "I knew then and there Pam’s
College Foundation are to first serve needy
music would be a good fit for the Inn. We
students and then to provide technology re
just had to have her perform live."
sources for our classrooms and student labs,”
Jordan's recent release Standard Procedure
said Jan Coulton, executive director of the
has won rave reviews from local critics. And
PCC Foundation. “We are working hard to
merchants carrying the recording.
keep college affordable and accessible to
“Beautiful spare arrangements and a
citizens and maintain high quality. We hope
many-hued honey of a voice are the hall
that community college supporters will do
marks of Pamela Jordan's gorgeous new
nate some of their (ax check to help students
CD, Standard Procedure,” said Borders
Pamela Jordan
at PCC.”
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Control your money during the holi
days and afterwards, is the topic of a
professional development seminar pre
sented by the National Black MBA Asso
ciation. Portland-Seattle chapter. The
event will be held Dec. 6 from 4 p.m. to 6
p in. at Reflections Books in the Walnut
Park Plaza at NE Killingsworth and M ar
tin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Annual campaign finds tremendous support
ampaign Chairm an Robert G.
Miller announced that United Way
of the Columbia-W illamette has
raised more than $11 million to
Campaign ‘97.
"A s we w rap up our effo rt for an o th er
su ccessful cam paign. I’d like to thank
all o f the donors for th e ir trem endous
support o f U nited W a y ,” says M iller,
CEO and p resid en t o f Fred M eyer. Inc.
For the past tw o years, U nited W ay
has seen an in crease in cam paign d o l
lars raised
An a d d itio n a l $ 4 5 0 ,0 0 0 was c o l
lected last year and c o n trib u te d alm ost
$800,000 to m em ber agency budgets
thanks to the in crease in funds and re
d u c tio n in U n ite d W a y 's o v e rh e a d
C
Terry Evans brings his “Come to the
River” west coast tour to Key Largo, 31
N.W. First, Dec. 4 at 9 p in.
It Had To Be You
SU BM ISSIO N S: C om m unity
C alen d ar inform ation will be given
priority if received two weeks
before the event date.
tile Inn regularly fills its dining room reserva
tion list for Sunday brunch.
The arts and crafts style structure rests
on T hor's Heights in Corbett, and offers
dramatic views of the Columbia River.
The Lois Th
om pson H ous
ing Project ac
quired the Inn in
June. LTHP is a
non-profit cor
p o ra tio n th at
p ro v id e s re s i
dential, and vo
c a tio n a l s e r
vices to adults
w ith d e v e lo p
mental disabili
ties.
Additional per
formances by Jor
dan at the Inn are
set for Dec. 5-6
United Way raises
$11 million
Terry Evans at Key Largo
Stark Raving Theatre presents the re
prise of last season's Christmas hit: It
Had To Be You, a lighthearted story of a
woman’s quest for love at any cost! Per
formances run Dec. 3 through Jan. 3 at the
Sanctuary Theatre, 3430 S.E. Belmont.
here are several changes taking
effect during the next week at Port
land International Airport that can
make travel through PDX easier during the
busy Thanksgiving holiday period.
Airport staff are reminding travelers to
plan ahead and allow extra time for moving
through the airport. The airlines request de
parting passengers be at PDX at least one
hour ahead of their flight. Persons traveling
at busy times who are parking and checking
bags should allow two hours.
The busiest travel days are expected Io be
November 25 and 26 and November 29 to
December I with 50,000 or more travelers
on the peak days. An average day at PDX has
passenger counts of 35,000
Changes lor Thanksgiving Travel Period
at PDX Include:
The Airport Parking Garage will be par
tially open as early as the evening of Novem
ber 21 with parking for approximately 3(X)
vehicles on levels I and 2.
More than 500 spaces have been added to
(he Economy Lot, expanding the lot to 7,500
spaces. The combination of the opening ol
the garage,expanded Economy Lot and Short-
Term Lot ( 1,200 spaces) gives PDX as much
parking as it had for the 1996 Thanksgiving
travel season.
The airport has set up a toll free holiday
travel hotline. Call 1-800-938-5167 for
parking, ground transportation or holiday
travel information. The hotline provides a
direct connection to the airport's informa
tion and paging staff during business hours
(6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.) and to recorded mes
sages during non-business hours.
Wheelchair users call battle with
Rose Garden a major victory
Tom Ciesielski (from left), Jack Benson and Bob Pike at a news conference
celebrating judge s ruling upholding American Disabilities Act as it relates to
violations in the new Rose Garden. The arena created a "wheelchair ghetto"
assigning wheelchair users to a special floor in the nosebleed' section to
maximize ambulatory seats in more desirable locations, they said.
c o sts.
M any c o m p a n ie s finished the c a m
paign w ith p o sitiv e results:
date L for
o u isia n a -P a c ific C o rp o ratio n re a l
ized a 90 p ercent in crease in em ployee
giving
D o u b letree H otel D ow ntow n. M ont
gom ery W ard Jan tzen Beach and Mall
205, P ro v id e n c e M edical C e n te r and
U nion Bank o f C a lifo rn ia rep resen t just
a few com pany cam p aig n s that have in
creased em p lo y e e giving by m ore than
50 p ercen t this year.
U nited W ay w elcom es several c o m
pan ies that ran first-tim e cam p aig n s this
y e a r, in c lu d in g A lb in a C o m m u n ity
B ank. P a ra m o u n t G ra p h ic s , Paul &
C om pany and E icon Af ciates
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