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FEB. 25, 190S Committed to cultural diversity. Volume XXVII, Number 60 ^ n rtlarth (Dbseruer SECTION B Art On Alberta Offers Creative Diversity Science Bowl H u n d red s o f high sch o o l stu d e n ts from O re g o n and W a sh in g to n w ill be p a rtic ip a tin g in th e S ev en th A nnual B o n n e v ille P o w e r A d m in is tr a tio n H igh S chool S c ie n c e Bow l on S a tu r d ay , M arch 7. T he p u b lic is w elco m e to w atch as m any team s o f stu d e n ts co m p ete in th e q u iz -s h o w sty le ev en t fo r th e rig h t to e n te r in th e N atio n al S cien ce Bowl held ev ery y e a r in W a sh in g to n , D.C. C all 2 3 0 -5 1 3 3 . Explore Scandinavia Mt. H o o d C o m m u n ity C o lle g e ’s W o rld V iew S lid e S eries p re se n ts a slid e /p re se n ta tio n , “ S um m er W an d er ing in S to ck h o lm and Ic e la n d ,” F eb ru ary 26 at noon-1 PM, in th e V isual A rts C e n te r T h e a tre at th e c o lleg e. T he p ro g ra m is free and o p en to the pu b lic. Join p re se n te r E rn ie D rap ela for a look at life in S c a n d in a v ia . Go Outdoors E x p lo re th e n a tu ra l w o rld th ro u g h a rt, sto rie s, sc ie n c e a c tiv itie s and n a tu re w alk s. L iste n , sm e ll, to u ch and w atch fo r fo re st w o n d ers. T h e ev en t is sp o n so re d by F rien d s o f T ry o n C reek S tate Park. T he next w o r k s h o p is fo r P r e - S c h o o l an d A d u lts. P re -R e g istra tio n is req u ired . C all 6 3 6 -4 3 9 8 . Ivy Pull H elp rid th e p ark o f th is in v a siv e n o n -n a tiv e p la n t. B ring g lo v e s and d re ss fo r th e w e a th e r. T h e F rien d s o f T ry o n C re e k S ta te Park is h av in g a C o m m u n ity Ivy Pull on M arch 14, from 9 AM till N oon. C all 6 3 6 -4 3 9 8 . Auction T he 1998 M H C C D F oundation A uc tio n , “ S p rin g fo r E d u c a tio n ,” is c o m ing soon! D o n ’t m iss th is ch a n c e to m ake an im p a c t on s tu d e n t’s liv es and en jo y a fun e v e n in g in th e p ro cess. At th is y e a r ’s e v e n t, b id for item s ra n g in g fro m a w e e k at th e Jo h n N ew co m b e T e n n is C am p in T ex as to a ski trip at th e Big M o u n tain re so rt in M o n tan a to fu rn itu re p a in te d by local c e le b ritie s. C all 6 6 7 -7 2 0 6 . B\ N e il H e il p e r n housands ofcolorful brush strokes, chiseled bits and paper swirls have been combined into an Eastside monthly showing known as “Art on Alberta." Nine studios, galleries and other busi nesses along a 15 block stretch o f Northeast Alberta Street have developed a monthly cavalcade o f art displays, in answer to the w estside’s “ First Thursday.” “We didn’t want ours to be in com peti tion with the shows across the river, so we decided to have ours on the last Thursday,” said Donna Guardino, whose art gallery sits on the com er o f Alberta and 29th. The coordinated shows began last may and the content is changed every month. The next art adventure along Alberta Street will be held 6-9 p.m., this Thursday, February 26, 1998. G uardino and Jill Gadeke, ow ner o f Video-Roma directly across the street, were among the pioneers who set up the series. “We got the names o f artists and asked them to be on the bandw agon,” recalled Guardino, noting the first showing had 13 designated spots, “but not everyone opened that night.” The list o f showing places include galler ies, video stores, coffee houses and artists’ studios. “The neighborhood has really been re • " • • - /- - -------- ----------- * • • • * • • /D h r t t r t M o i l M o i l n p m ) Donna Guardino (left) and Jill Gadeke prepare tor inursaay snowing or oiverse ureauvuy. sponsive,” Guardino told The Portland Ob server. “Artists have notoriously moved into and books. low. time” unique timekeeping devices), Karen areas and taken risks like this." The 2900 block has the remaining shops, Our Dream Gallery, at 3209 Alberta, will Von Cleazy designs, Ken Wright (metal fur “Donna and I put the map together,” said includingGlass Roots at 2921 (stained glass feature A1 Goldsby (bronze sculpturing), niture and lamps) and the “Random h” of the Gadeke, “but this is a community effort.” mosaic studio), Hi i H Studio at 2927 (Lam Athena Hampton (acrylic on canvas), A1 Jones Upstairs gallery. “This street is definitely culturally di Quang’s exotic lamps and lanterns and Derek (ceramic Smoku vessels), Leonard James This m onth’s “ Random art by random verse,” said Guardino, is the safety issue. O lson’s mixed media paintings), Juddee (oil on masonite), Mark Bishon (images of artists” come from Portland State University. “The more people feel comfortable walking M oonbeam’s studio at 2929 (fibre art, cloth "Buffalo Cowboys” in America) and Jacob T hey in c lu d e S ally O ’M ally, K elsey on Alberta Street in the evening the safer it ing, beads and baskets), Guardino Gallery Vercouteren (modem conceptualism, and McAllister, Pauline Serrano, Tina Serrano, gets.” at 2939 (Mike O rlas’s welded metal sculp mixed media). Diam ond Mike Jones, Kanaan Kanaan, “A group o f six studios which share the tures and David M ichael’s paintings and The studio o f public sculptor Brian Borrello Nathan Marcel, Donald Saluling, Suzanne building at 1627 A lberta include Ivy manipulated color photographs) and Video- and Neon Jones, at 2 4 15 Alberta will include Archambaud, Leah Faure, Paul Fujita, Robin Lumpkin-True (home deco, custom design Rama at 2940 (showing Judit Szentirmay’s their sculptures, drawings and neon designs, Lehto, Sid Peck, Chris Rhodes, Deja Tho and clothing), Ameera Saahir (stained glass hand-knit sweaters). as well as Miriam Rose’s handmade paper mas, Tuffy C oum eilous and Heather W hit and oil paintings), Victor Viola (“sounds o f T j Metro Announces New Metro Washington Park Zoo Director D KBPS turns 75 On M arch 23, o n e o f P o rtla n d ’s o ld e st ra d io sta tio n s, K BPS tu rn s 75. T he sta tio n , w h ich has o p e ra te d on AM 1450 sin c e 1923 as the e d u c a tio n a l b ro a d c a st tra in in g c e n te r o f B enson T e c h n ic a l H igh S chool and on FM 89.9 sin ce 1983 as P o rtla n d ’s c la s sical m u sic o u tle t, w ill c e le b ra te by h o ld in g an o p e n h o u se. T he p u b lic is inv ited . C all 224-0454 o r 2 8 8 -7 8 7 7 . Hospice Care B e c o m e a H o s p ic e V o lu n te e r . W illa m e tte F alls H o sp ic e n eed s c a r ing p e o p le to a ssist te rm in a lly ill p e r son s and th e ir fa m ilie s. T ra in in g b e gins M arch 3 1 at C la c k a m a s C o m m u nity C o lle g e . 2 c o lle g e c re d its a v a il able. C all 7 2 2 -3 7 3 4 . Turtle Island W alk in g on T u rtle Island is p lay in g on F rid ay , A p ril 10 at 8 PM. T h is is a o n e -m a n p lay fe a tu rin g five N ativ e A m erican sto rie s c o lle c te d from N a tive so u rces. P erfo rm ed by L akota sto ry te lle r R o b ert O w ens. “ T u rtle Is la n d ” is th e a b o rig in a l nam e fo r N a tiv e A m erica. R eco m m en d ed for a g es 12 and up. C all In te r state F ireh o u se C u ltu ral C en ter at 823- 2000. Food Seminar T he Mt. H ood C o m m u n ity C o lleg e Food S c ie n c e T e c h n o lo g y p ro g ram is o ffe rin g a tw o -d a y “ B asic Food M i c ro b io lo g y S e m in a r” for th o se w o rk ing w ith food p ro c e ssin g , p re p a ra tio n o f sa n ita tio n but h av e a lim ited b a c k g ro u n d in m ic ro b io lo g y . T h e sem in ar w ill be held M arch 17-18 a, the P o rt land A irp o rt H o lid ay Inn. ology from the U niversity o f South C aro uring a press conference, Metro lina and a bachelor o f science degree in E xecutive O fficer M ike Burton w ildlife m anagem ent and conservation announced thatT ony J. Vecchio from Pennsylvania State U niversity. is the new director o f the Metro W ashing V ecchio is a professional fellow o f the ton Park Zoo, O regon’s No. I paid* tourist A merican Zoological A ssociation, a m em attraction. V ecchio has been director of ber o f th e A m erican A sso c ia tio n o f the Roger W illiam s Park Zoo in Provi Z ookeepers and serves on the Rhode Is dence, R.l. for the past nine years. land go v ern o r’s C om m ission to Study the “The zoo is a great com m unity resource Link Betw een Child A buse and Animal for all o f us,’’said Burton. “We are pleased Abuse. to have such an outstanding director to H is o th e r p r o f e s assist with bringing sional organizations in the zoo into a new “ We are pleased to have such clude the Animal Be era o f excellence.” an outstanding director to as havior Society, A m eri Burton added can Society o f Prima- sist with bringing the zoo into that V ecchio is a tologists, International highly skilled com a new era o f excellence. ” Bear Biology A ssocia m u n ity le a d e r , tion, Society for C onservation Biology m anager, curator and educator. V ecchio and A m erican Society o f M am m alogists. will begin w orking at the Metro W ashing M etro, the regional governm ent that ton Zoo in about 30 days. serves 1.3 m illion people w ho live in V ecchio stated he is “excited to be part C lackam as, M ultnom ah and W ashington o f a zoo that so clearly supported by its counties and the 24 cities in the Portland com m unity.” m etropolitan area, provides regional ser He started w orking a, P ittsb u rg h ’s vices that guide grow th and help ensure Highland Park Zoo while in high school. that livable com m unities are created for He has w orked alm ost continuously at a the future. zoo since, including Zoo Atlanta and South The M etro W ashington Park Zoo is a C aro lin a’s Riverbanks Zoological Park. M etro facility. V ecchio holds a m aster’s degree in bi- tro Executive Officer Mike Buron, left, apppoints Tony Vecchio as Director of the trn W a s h in tn n Park 7no Mediation program proposal to air at meeting B y L ee P e a r l m a n n advisory committee is calling for the city to fund the Neighbor hood Mediation Program for one more year. It is giving the public chance to comment on their proposals. The N eighborhood M ediation Center Advisory Committee will review its recom mendations and hear public comment at 7 p.m. M onday, M arch 2, at Emmanuel Hospital’s Lorenzen Center. Thecom m ittee's main recommendation is that the city continue the program in its current form for at least another year As part o f its budget for 1997-98, City Council last spring cut the p ro g ra m 's budge, from $330,000 to $200,000, and directed that the city should contract out for the services it A provides after December. Following the death o f director Emmanuel Paris in November, the city allocated another $93,000 to the program and agreed to continue it until June. According to consultant Mary Forst and one more co-chair Judith Mowry, the group felt the program would have little chance o f survival if it was forced to become independent by June. “The committee was not willing to take that risk," Forst says. The committee discussed "spinning o ff' with representatives o f such former govern ment programs as the Metropolitan Arts Com mission and the Portland-Multnomah Com mission on Aging. Each said that such pro grams must devote a significant amount of energy to fundraising, and must have strong community support. “ If mediation is to be a non-profit, it must first have those legs in place,” Forst says. The committee’s recommendations call for rebuilding the program ’s pool o f volun teer mediators, which had dwindled away in recent years. They also call for a permanent advisory committee, performance measure ments and outcome goals, and efforts to “diversify” its funding. “Internal stengtheningofthisprogram needs to be done no matter what," Mowry says. The committee will also put forth three possible funding levels, and recommend one. Mowry calls Office o f Neighborhood In volvement director Diane Linn’s initial plans to have the non-profit Resolutions Northwest run the program on a sharply reduced budge, “not sufficiently thought through " The idea was based on part on the work being done by workers paid less than city employees. How ever, the federal Jobs W ith Justice Act stipu lates that when government contracts ou, for such functions, it must offer long-time em ployees positions at their current rate of pay, making such economies impossible. “ I don’t see how the city could get the same level o f service for $200,000 that they are getting now, which is less than it could be,” she says. Moreover, she says, she is leary o f hastily- made “slash and trash" budget decisions. “The criteria for deciding what this is worth to the city can’t be just dollars and cents," she said. "W e have a moral obligation to provide these services. T hey're part o f what makes Portland unique.”
