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Harrison Christmas series
Pianist anil composer Michael Allen
Harrison kicks off his Christ series by
performing two concerts Dec. 17 in the
Old Church Concert Hall, downtown. The
event will benefit the Oregon Donor Pro
gram and the Old Church Concert Hall.
Doors open at 5 p.m. for the first concert
that begins at 6 p.m. and doors open at
7:30 p.m. for the second concert sched
uled for 8 p.m.
Hanukkah lights
The 1997 Festival of Lights Hanukkah
Fair will be held Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. at the Mittleman Jewish Community
Center. The fair offers buyers and brows
ers gifts, books, fine art,, jew elry, gour
met foods, toys, children’s clothing and
specialties items.
Scouts collect foods
Boy Scouts will collect food door-to-
door in neighborhoods of 13 counties in
northwest Oregon and southwest W ash
ington on Saturday. The food will be dis
tributed to local food banks. If you wish to
make a donation, please call the Oregon
Food Bank at 282-0555.
Theatre tickets available
Portland Center Stage still has mini
packages for its 1997-98 season avail
able at substantial savings from regular
ticket prices. "A New York State o f M ind”
packages, features the three recent Broad
way or off-Broadway hits of the season
beginning at just $29.70. Call the Port
land Center Stage box office at 274-6588.
Jazz dimension
A jazz sound like no other comes to the
Crystal Ballroom Friday with the Grey
Boy Allstars featuring music from their
latest album “A Town Called Earth." The
group has been selling out San Francisco’s
Fillmore to crowds that are as beautifully
diverse as their music.
Christmas choral concert
W arner Pacific College Fellows per
form a free Christmas Choral Concert
with The Portland Christian High School
Choir, Sunday at 3 p in. at McGuire Audi
torium, on the college campus at South
east 68th and Division.
Zoolights shine Friday
The Zoolights festival at the Metro
Washington Park Zoo is a family tradition
getting better every year. Beginning Fri
day at 5 p.m. the zoo will be transformed
into a sparkling holiday display as over
500,000 lights illuminate the grounds.
Trees, buildings, shrubs, walkways, the
zoo train and life-sized animal silhou
ettes will shine.
Kwanzaa: celebrates life
T he In terstate F ireh o u se C ultu ral
Center’s annual Kwanzaa celebration is
coordinator by artist Charlotte Lewis in
order to share African-American cultural
traditions with the Portland community.
A Kwanzaa exhibit is open Thursday
through Dec. 31 at 5340 N. Interstate
Ave. Kwanzaa is a non-religious holiday
celebrated by people of African decent
around the world from Dec. 26 through
Jan. 1.
Christmas arts, crafts fair
The first annual Artisans of Portland
Center Stage Christmas Arts and Crafts
fair will be held Saturday, Dec 20 from
II a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 21
from noon to 5 p.m. at the Intermediate
Theater of the Portland Center for the
Performing Arts, 1111 S. W Broadway.
Songs heard at women's
holiday social
Song, poetry and conversation will be
abundant at Radical W omen’s Holiday
Social at 7 p.m at the Northwest neigh
borhood C ultural Center, 1819 N.W.
E v e re tt. F or m o re in fo rm a tio n or
childcare, call 228-3090.
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Girls find mentor in Carline
Coach has a formula for Benson girls’ basketball success
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choes of a dozen bouncing basket
balls reverberated through the
Benson High School gymnasium
while the shiny floor reflected a girls’
basketball practice shooting hoops.
Coach Dennis Carline was still upstairs
in a special study hall, helping players who
needed to boost academic averages to be
part of his game plan: all around develop
ment — on the court, in the classroom and
school community involvement.
"H e’s an all around fun guy, real ani
mated,” noted freshman Aleah Wilson, “an
awesome coach who doesn’t nail you if you
make mistakes, but gives you chance after
chance.”
Senior Shekinah Brazzle dates her asso
ciation with Carline back to her kindergar
ten days, recalling how “the coach has al
ways given me courage, a lot of it, helped
me develop self-esteem and not be afraid or
be intimidated by anybody.”
She recalled his encouragement when
she was the only third grade girl basketball
player. “He pushed me out there and said it
was a chance to prove myself.”
“We share an up-tempo philosophy and
style,” said assistant coach Doug Strong,
who turned down job offers to remain with
Carline. "He gives me a lot of freedom as
girls’ freshman coach and he teaches them
to be successful no matter what they do.”
Assistant Coach Sonora McDuffie called
Carline “very nurturing, caring, more than
just a coach, a father figure to a lot of the
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Benson High School Girls' Basketball Coach Dennis Carline directs team practice.
(Photo by M. Washington)
Choir sings
Songs of the
Season
he Oregon R epertory Singers
C h ild ren ’s C hoir will present
“Songs of the Season” on Dec.
14th, at 2 p.m.in St. M ary’s Cathedral, 1716
NW Davis.The choir will perform Spanish
Carols, Parker Handbells and selections
from Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Car
ols. Tickets arc $6 for adults and $4 for
children under 12. Tickets may be purchased
at the door or by calling 246-8989.
The children’s choir was created to meet
the music education needs of Portland area
children and introduce them to excellent sing
ing through great choral literature. The choir’s
mission is to create musical opportunity and
make a difference in young peoples lives.
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Winters
ZOOLIGHTS
The Metro Washington Park Zoo is transformed into a sparkling holiday display
as over 500,000 lights illuminate the grounds for the holiday season beginning
Friday, each evening through Dec. 31, except Christmas Eve and Christmas.
on annual turkey hunt for poor
Colleagues know him
affectionately as
'Turkey Percy'
B y L ee P erlman
he holiday season is turkey time
for Percy Winters, Jr. Not for eat
ing or dressing them, but for pro
curing them so others can do the same.
Winters “hunts” for Thanksgiving holiday
turkeys for low-income families as an em
ployee of the Oregon Food Bank. He has
some reliable “hunting grounds" - firms such
as Americold and Re/Max Realty that have
proven to be reliable givers in the past.
“I tell them, ‘Hey, I need a few more
turkeys this year,’” Winters says.
“Turkey Percy," as he is affectionately
known to his Food Bank colleagues, has
gotten good at hunting since he originated
the program five years ago. His target this
year was 250 turkeys, and he wound up
collecting 444
The birds go to participating agencies In
northeast Portland they helped make pos
sible a group dinner at St. Andrews Catholic
Church. Over at New Hope Baptist Church's
food bank, they can be picked up for free by
households meeting federal guidelines for
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Percy Winters gets food boxes at the Oregon Food Bank ready for deliveries to
hungry families during the winter holiday period.
(Photo by M. Washington)
assistance.
Allie K Kilpatrick, executive director of
the New Hope program for 16 years, calls
Winters "a wonderful, very nice young man.
He makes sure wc have enough vegetables
for al, our food baskets.”
Winters does not participate in the give
aways themselves. “I stay in the background,"
he says. Still, he says, he empathizes with the
people who receive the turkeys "W hen I was
growing up in M ississippi, I knew what it was
like to do w ithout,” he says.
Without Food Bank help, many here would
face that prospect, Kilpatrick says. Baskets
go to the elderly and large families.
Some of the latter are working people,
she says, “but after paying their bills they don't
have any money left for anything else." And,
despite their best efforts, the food banks don’t
do as well as they wish they could.
New Hope distributed 150 holiday bas
kets this year, all with some meat in them,
only a lucky 16 people got turkeys. They will
also be giving away food prior to Christmas.
Winters will also be out doing his thing
during the holiday season, with a slight twist.
I he emphasis this time will be on donations
of toys and gifts for families in need.
Anyone who wants to help is encouraged
to call the food bank at 282-0555.
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