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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.
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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.
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„ ------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
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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.