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Volume XXVII, Number 63 ’C ommitted to cultural di\ersity ®he )JnrtIanò Oibacrucr 'n mm u n i tu ✓ a 1 e n h a r SECTION School Concert Portland Parks And Recreation Seeking Aquatic Staff MeM enamins Kennedy School hosts live concerts every Thursday night in the Gymnasium. The Folk Blues singer. Alias Jim will be playing on March 19, Thursday from 7-10 PM. There will be no cover charge. Music begins at 7 and most shows run until 10 PM. All ages are welcome. A bar will be available in the Gym as well as food and drink in the Courtyard Restau rant. Cypress Room or Theater Bar, on site. Call 249-3983. Learn First Aid I he Red Cross is offering Community First Aid and Safety at American Red | Cross, Oregon Trail Chapter, 3131 N. Vancouver, Portland. The class will be held on Saturday, March 21, from 8:30 AM to 6 PM. Community First Aid and Safety, a nine-hour course, teaches how to respond to emergency situations. Course fees may vary. Call 280-1440. Wagons Ho! Step back to a time when animal-drawn | wagons were used for everything from moving people and supplies to building roads, fighting fires and working on the farm. A m erica’s transportation past comes to life with WAGONS HO!, a Spring Break I event for the entire family at the Oregon History Center, March 27 and 28th from noon-4 PM. Call 222-1741. Emerging Businesses Parent Support The Parent Support Center, Inc. will be o ffering a six w eek, T aking Charge parenting class. This small group setting will provide an in-depth study o f the Tak ing Charge discipline approach as well as time and support for using the skills intro duced. Individual problem solving. Schol arships are available. For more informa tion, call 796-9665. B 1Faces In Th (L On March 28, Emerging Businesses M anagement Consultants to developing business entrepreneurs, is conducting a one-day w orkshop on the “ins and outs” o f starting a business. The event is held at Creekside Executive Suites from 9 AM-3 PM. Call 524-5652. MARC H IS, I99X „ ------with h er b a ck float. The P a rk s'A q u a tic s Division is recruiting lifeguards a n d sw im instructors for its s u m m e r pools. P hoto C ourtesy o f Portland Parks a n d R ecreation A quatics. For Rayne Haughton, life is not meant to be dry. The 19-year-old Madison High School Graduate and NAAC'P member has been swimming since he was small. Rayne can usually be found perched atop the lifeguard stand or behind the counter at Dishman Pool at 77 N.E. Knott, where he has worked as a Portland Parks and Recreation life guard and swim instructor for almost five years. He likes the MnefTTs oTTiWgtiifdriig and teaching kids to swim, that other jobs don’t have. " Ih is job is better than working in fast food,” he said. “You have a serious responsi bility - protecting lives -- that makes it a lot more meaningful. You feel like you actually have a purpose.” As the summer approaches, Portland Parks and Recreation is looking for more dedicated employees like Rayne to (111 375 part-time positions at its eight outdoor and six indoor pools. Haughton is just the type o f involved and responsible stafl member Portland Parks and Recreation's Aquatics Division would like to see more of, according to Kim Scott, a dis trict Aquatic Coordinator. The Aquatics Division finds itself serv ing increasingly larger numbers o f swim mers, especially during the busy summer season when the city’s outdoor pools open. Many o f the pools in Portland - including Columbia, Dishman, Grant, Peninsula and Pier - serve growing populations. The city is hoping to recruit more staff from the neighborhoods surrounding the pools. “It serves the community and the city better to have our pools drawing staff from the local neighborhoods,” states Doug Brenner, aquatics program director for Port land Parks and Recreation. "It makes staff ing easier for us because we are employing people who grew up with the pool, and swimmers will appreciate seeing familiar faces as they play and learn to swim.” “We try to encourage children to come and develop their skills at our pools,” Scott said. “We want to make our lessons and Junior Lifeguard and Junior Swim instruc tor programs accessible for dedicated people who might want to work for us.” To aid recruitment, the city also makes obtaining certifications — which are re quired tor working as a lifeguard or swim instructor - more affordable through schol arships and an innovative “Leam-to-Eam” program. The A q u a tic S c h o larsh ip s o ffe r po ten tial g u a rd s and in stru c to rs at 15 years o f age o r o ld er w ith d isco u n ts on c e rtific a tio n classes. T he renew able sc h o la rsh ip s give price breaks based upon the p a rtic ip a n ts ’ (o r th e ir p a r e n ts ’) annual incom e. More information about aquatics em ployment, scholarships and the “Learn to Earn ’ program can be obtained by writing to Portland Parks and Recreation, Aquatics Division, 1120 S.W. Fifth Ave., Room 1302, Portland, O r 97204, or by calling 823- 5130. Kennedy School Has Been jazzed u y Healthy Kid’s Fair Healthy K id’s Fair will be hosted by Legacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital and Oregon Youth Care o f Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 11 from 10 AM to 2 PM. The fair’s traditions include Easter Eggs Hunts for kids up to age 8, photos with The Easter Bunny, and the Teddy Bear Clinic, where children can drop o ff their favorite stuffed pal form ending. Call 335-3500. Health Forum “ Bed-wetting” is the topic o f a free community health forum presented by Dr. Rupa Shah, a pediatrician at Providence Milwaukie Hospital on W ednesday, April 15 at 7 PM. This forum will answer ques tions, address your concerns, and give helpful hints about how to handle prob lems associated with bed-wetting. Call 5 13- 8404. Home Maintenance The Portland Housing Center will be offering free hom eow nerclasses on Home M aintenance Scheduling. Instruction will be given on maintenance issues, identify ing and scheduling for routine and preven tative repairs. The event will be held at the PCC-Cascade Campus on April 23, from 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Please pre-register by calling 282-1297. Talent Hunt Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.’s Zeta Nu, graduate chapter o f Portland will host “Talent Hunt”, Friday, March 20th, from 7 PM till 9 PM at Cascade Hall Auditorium, Portland Community College, Cascade campus, 705 N. Killingsworth. The first place winner will receive $100 and a free trip to Las Vegas on April 23rd to compete with other winners from California, Alaska, W ashington, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. First place winners will go on to compete at a conference in New Orleans on August 7th. Call 977-4544. C uisine ala M eM enam ins h a s rep la ced th e s tu d e n t cafeteria a t th e K en n ed y S c h o o l in th e Concordia Neighborhood. (Photo By Neil Heilpern) B y N eil H eilpren day, moviegoers found themselves in a converted right yellow daffodils are up and auditorium filled with overstuft'ed couches and smiling at the old Kennedy School round end tables from the 30’s and 40’s. in Northeast Portland. Maybe They plopped down for a first run James they’re smiling because o f the new energy Bond movie, sinking their teeth into scrump inside. tious cheese or Mediterranean chicken pizza Students no longer tote books between from the in-house pizzeria. classes, but a variety o f people— com m u Before the movie started, fami I ies, couples nity and out o f town— enjoy the facility and friends chatted amiably, listening to Arlo since the M eM enamins organization trans G uthrie’s twanging beat over the sound sys formed the place. tem. The movie cost a buck. Last O ctober it became a combination Walking the hallways, people viewed nu bed and breakfast hotel with 35 rooms, merous pieces o f art, old photos o f former brewery, movie theater, gymnasium, pizza students and teachers from the 1920’s and parlor, three taverns, retail outlet and com 30’s, and some whimsical pieces. One mural munity center in the Concordia neighbor depicts the school in its rural setting o f tow hood. A seafood restaurant is expected this ering fir trees, dairy farms and orchards. summer. Several chandeliers from the old Portland Thecultural beehiveboastssomanyactivities Hotel adorn the place. people swarm there on weekends. L^st Satur- Instead o f hallways a-buzz with the noise B o f children scampering between classes, it now sounds more like cocktail party chat ter and the clink o f ice cubes in glasses. In addition to a full size bar, the school has two miniature taverns carved out o f expanded closets. One is the "Honors Bar,” where no smoking is allowed, sym phonic music is played, and even the plumb ing pipes overhead boas, original oil paint ings o f classical and operatic stars. “Detention Bar” is for “those bad chil dren who smoke cigars and wan, to listen to the Grateful Dead,” said facility manager Liz Robbins. Even George Washington is on the wal I, but wasn 't he a tobacco fanner? "M eM enam ins’ Kennedy School isnow the hubofourorganization.” said Concordia N eighborhood A ssociation chair Pat Messinger, "the greatest thing to happen to Concordia since the school was built.” In the Portland O bserver issue o f M arch 4 , 1998, w e featured a photo o fa n apartm ent b u ild in g an d called it the C row d T ours New M cC oy V illage A partm ents. T he Portland O bserver w as incorrect, the photo above is the M cC oy V illage. The Port land O bserver wou Id like to apologize to its readers. Free Leadership Retreat At Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp OHSU’sC'ommunity Solutions Project has a youth group for Native American, African American and Hispanic youth 12-24 yrs, with health conditions or disabilities. This dynamic group self named Youth Teen solutions began meeting Nov. 1997 to discuss waysin which to educate the commu nity about youth w/hcalth conditions. We now meet monthly, and are Planning a Free Leadership Retreat a, Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp to explore ideas, issues, and transition options! The dates are April 3rd and 4th. We would like to hear from youth who maybe interested in attending. Please call Rachelle Hankins 232-9154 *124.
