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Spring Clean-Up
T h e K in g N e ig h b o rh o o d A s s o c ia ­
tio n is s p o n s o r in g a S p rin g C le a n -
U p on S a tu rd a y , M ay 16th, from 9
AM to 2 PM . It w ill be h e ld b e h in d
NE P re e in e t (6 th and K illin g sw o rth ).
B rin g y o u tra s h , b u lk y w a ste , y ard
d e b ris , tir e s an d s c ra p m e ta l. C all
2 8 8 -6 9 2 0 .
i PSU Annual Book Sale
M ore th a n 5 ,0 0 0 v o lu m e s an d n u ­
m e ro u s m a g a z in e s w ill be fo r s a le at
“ re a lly r e a s o n a b le r a te s ,” T u e sd a y
th ro u g h T h u rs d a y , M ay I 2 - 14, at th e
P o rtla n d S ta te U n iv e rs ity L ib r a r y ’s
a n n u a l b o o k s a le . T h e sa le ta k e s
p la c e in P o rtla n d S ta te U n iv e r s ity ’s
Sm ith C e n te r B a llro o m , T u e sd a y and
W e d n e sd a y fro m 8 :3 0 AM to 9 PM
and T h u rs d a y from 8 :3 0 AM to 2
PM .
Small Business
Dialogue
S m a ll B u s in e s s D ia lo g u e is an
o p e n d is c u s s io n o f to p ic s re le v a n t
to sm a ll b u s in e s s e s . T h is e v e n t is
p u t to g e th e r by th e P o rtla n d C h a m ­
b e r, w ith m o re th a n 2 ,0 0 0 firm s in
th e o r g a n iz a tio n . T h e B u s in e s s D ia ­
lo g u e w ill be on T h u rs d a y , M ay I 4
from 4 :3 0 to 6 PM . T h e c o st is $5 fo r
C h a m b e r m e m b e rs and $7 re ta il. C all
2 2 8 -9 4 1 1 .
Seminar On Retiring
Bank o f A m e ric a is h o ld in g a se m i­
n a r c a lle d “ R e tirin g W h en Y ou W ant
- In th e L ife s ty le Y ou W a n t". T h is
w ill be a fre e s e m in a r on M ay 12 at
th e D o u b le T r e e H o te l P o rtla n d -
L lo y d C e n te r. T h e s p e a k e r w ill be
Jim R e ita n , S e n io r V ic e P re sid e n t o f
G lo b a l P riv a te B an k . He w ill e x ­
p la in w h a t it m e a n s to fin a n c ia lly
su rv iv e y o u r re tire m e n t. C all (8 0 0 )
2 4 1 -8 7 6 9 .
Swim A Lap
T h e 2 3 rd a n n u a l Ja n tz e n Sw im A
L ap to b e n e fit A lb e rtin a K e rr C e n ­
te rs is se t fo r S a tu rd a y , M ay 9. P a r ­
tic ip a n ts a re a sk e d to ra is e p le d g e s
b a se d on fla t a m o u n ts o r p le d g e s p er
lap.
S w im m e rs m ay c o m p le te th e r e ­
q u ire d o n e h o u r o f sw im m in g at an y
tim e, at an y site , le a d in g to th e e v e n t.
C all G e o f f K n a p p at 2 3 9 -8 101.
St. Johns Parade
T h e S t. Jo h n s P a ra d e C o m m itte e
is p le a s e d to p re s e n t th e 3 6 th A n ­
nual St. J o h n s P a ra d e on S a tu rd a y ,
M ay 9th from n o o n till 2 PM . S ta r t­
ing at N. B u rr tr a v e lin g w e st on N.
L o m b a rd th r o u g h d o w n to w n S t.
Jo h n s, tu r n in g rig h t at N. N ew Y o rk
and d is b a n d in g at N. St. Jo h n s S tre e t
n ex t to St. Jo h n s P ark .
Oweesta Conference
O n M ay 1 5 -1 9 , r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s
from N a tiv e A m e ric a n trib e s an d o r ­
g a n iz a tio n s a ro u n d th e c o u n try w ill
g a th e r in P o rtla n d at th e D o u b le tre e
L loyd C e n te r to le a rn how to s u c ­
c e e d e c o n o m ic a lly w h ile at th e sam e
tim e s u r v iv e c u ltu r a lly .
T h e N in th A n n u a l O w e e s ta C o n -
fe re n e e ( O w e e s ta is th e M o h aw k
w ord fo r m o n e y ), is an o p p o r tu n ity
fo r N a tiv e A m e ric a n s to le a rn from
o n e a n o th e r an d to p e x p e r ts on how
to b le n d N a tiv e c u ltu r a l v a lu e s w ith
the b e st o f w h at W all S tre e t h as to
o ffe r.
C a ll (5 4 0 ) 3 7 1 -5 6 1 5 .
Volunteer Opportunity
W an t to le a rn c o m m u n ic a tio n ,
a s s e r tiv e n e s s , e m p o w e rm e n t, c o n ­
f lic t r e s o lu tio n p r o b le m s o lv in g
s k ills an d h e lp e ld e r a b u se v ic tim s ?
V o lu n te e r to be an O m b u d sm a n fo r
V ic tim s o f E ld e r A b u se .
E ld e r s in A c tio n is d e v e lo p in g a
b ra n d n e w , o n e - o f - a k in d in th e
n a tio n , p r o g r a m to a d v o c a te fo r
v ic tim s o f e ld e r a b u s e . C a ll 8 2 3 -
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MAYS, 199S
SECTION
Theologian Martin E. Marty Received An
Honorary Degree
Concordia University
Graduated 198
Saturday May 02,
1998
ne o f the w o r ld ’s m ost w ell-
know n and re sp e c te d s c h o l­
ars o f re lig io n and e th ic s
sh ared the sp o tlig h t w ith I 98 g ra d u a te s
at C o n co rd ia U n iv e rs ity ’s S pring C o m ­
m en cem en t held at I I a.m . on S atu rd ay
M ay 02, I998 in the u n iv e r s ity ’s g y m ­
nasium . A 9:30 b a c c a la u re a te se rv ic e
at St. M ic h a e l’s L u th eran C h urch p re ­
ce d e d the g ra d u a tio n c erem o n y .
Rev. Dr. M artin E. M arty re e e iv e d
an h o n o ra ry d o c to ra te o f H um ane L e t­
ters for his long se rv ic e to the L u theran
C h u rc h -M isso u ri Synod and for his in ­
f l u e n t i a l s c h o l a r l y c a r e e r , s a id
C o n c o rd ia P resid en t Dr. C h a rle s E.
S c h lim p e rt. M arty w ill g iv e th e c o m ­
m en cem en t ad d re ss.
For 35 years, Marty was professor o f
American Religious andCultural History at
the University o f Chicago until his retire­
ment this March. In retirement, Marty will
serve as Director o f the Pew Foundation’s
Public Religion project, a $5 million dollar
project to interpret the role o f religion in
I i ^ v . ex». i v i a i i i H
iv ia n y p a y ^
American public life; The four year project
will examine: 1997 — Religion and Mass
Communications; 19 9 8 - Role o f Religion
recipient of the National Humanities A ward,
in Politics and Government; 1999 — Role o f
awarded to him by President Bill Clinton
Religion in Business and Commerce; 2000
Student speakers will be Karen Storment,
— Role o f Religion in Education.
a psychology major from Milwaukie, and
In 1986 Time magazine said Marty “is
Koty Zelinka, a secondary education major
the most influential living interpreter o f
from Portland.
religion in the U.S.” In 1997 he was the
The College o f Education graduated 97 stu-
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(Photo by M .W asington
dents, 47 undergraduates and 50 master’s
degree candidates. The School o f Manage­
ment hail 73 graduates, 59 in Business depart­
ment and 14 from the health and Social Ser-
v ices department. The Arts & Sciences and
I hcological Studies colleges graduated a to­
tal o f 28.
Metro
Gives a
New Name
to an Old
Tradition!
le p h a n ts a lw ay s rem e m b e r,
but th is tim e th e r e ’s som e
th in g they need to fo rg e t— th e
nam e o f w h e re they live! T o d ay , the
M etro C o u n c il voted to ch ange the nam e
o f the M etro W ash in g to n Park Z o o to
the O reg o n Z oo.
“O u r zoo is a w o rld -c la ss fa c ility , and
w e are very pro u d o f it.
T h is n a m e c h a n g e w ill h e lp us to
b e tte r id e n tif y th e zo o to th e p e o p le
o f O re g o n an d to p e o p le a c r o s s th e
U n ite d S ta te s ," sa id M e tro C o u n c il
P r e s id in g O f f ic e r Jo n K v ista d .
“ A s I w as g ro w in g up, th e z o o w as
a g re a t p la c e to v is it a n d to le a rn , and
w e ju s t w a n t to k e e p it th a t w ay fo r
fu tu r e g e n e r a tio n s .”
T h e new n a m e w ill a ls o r e f le c t the
g ro w in g im p o r ta n c e o f n a tiv e e x h ib ­
its at th e z o o .
“ W e a re w o rk in g to b u ild a w o n ­
d e rfu l p ro g ra m th a t w ill b rin g p e o p le
in to u c h w ith th e a n im a ls th a t a re n a ­
tiv e to th is r e g io n .
T h e n a m e c h a n g e s im p ly r e f le c ts
o u r c h a n g in g p r i o r i t i e s ,” sa id M e tro
C o u n c ilo r R u th M c F a rla n d (D is tr ic t
I).
V o te rs in th e M e tro re g io n a p ­
p ro v e d th e fu n d in g to b u ild th e O r ­
e g o n E x h ib it in I 9 96.
Little League looking for answers to dwindling numbers of players
B y N eil H eilpren
he num ber o f kids running
around local baseball diamonds
is dim inishing and little league
officials are w ondering how to
challenge.
“ Little league team s are making ad­
justm ents nationw ide,” said Nancy Smith,
president o f district one (north and north­
east Portland) o f the Peninsula’s Little
League. “T h at’s particularly because o f
the increasing popularity o f spring soc­
cer, basketball and other activities.”
"L ittle league isdeclining in num bers,
and som e leagues are m erging to pool
resources,” she told The Portland O b­
server.
Smith describes h e rse lfa s“an involved
parent" who has been league president
for three years, and participated two years
in the ju n ior-senior program for youth
betw een ages 13 - 15.
C om plaining that “volunteerism is
dow n,” she noted “so many o f our chil­
dren com e from single parent fam ilies
w h o 's limited financial resources” d o n ’t
perm it the involvem ent needed to oper­
ate the leagues.
The num bers gam e is also frustrating
fordistrict adm inistrator Sandy Berg who
keeps com ing back to the thought o f
“having the kids play together no m atter
what their race or background and every­
body is equal on the ball field.”
“T h a t’s what little league is all about."
“ We used to be able to field four team s
in each league, .but that is now down to
one or two team s,” she said, noting that
Peninsula Little League is dow n to only
one team in the I0 -1 2 age bracket.
W ith few er team s, the d istric t has
in creased the n u m ber o f in te r-le a g u e
T
face the
P eninsula Park All-Star Little League.
gam es and is m aking plans to com bine
som e o f the sm aller leagues. For e x ­
a m p le, K enton, In terstate and P o rts­
m outh leagues will pro b ab ly com bine
next y ear, she said, an tic ip a tin g a bigger
c o re g ro u p o f v o lu n te e rs and m ore
y o u n g ste rs to form team s.
“ E verybody is trying very hard to get
the w ord out," she said, “but because it is
a volunteer program, there are a few people
trying to do a lot o f jo b s to make the
program w ork."
M a ss m a ilin g o f f lie r s , c o n ta c ts
th ro u g h the schools and one n e w sp ap er
ad cam paign last year ju s t h a s n ’t done
the trick.
Berg also pointed to the lack o f adult
volunteers to be coaches, team m anagers,
and um pires. They are needed for tw o
games and two practice evenings each team
has per week.
A lthough the little league season runs
from the first part o f April through June
20. Berg said som e help may still be needed
this year for coaching, “but what we really
need help in is um piring.”
“ We will provide training at no cost,"
she said, urging potential volunteers to
call her at 2 8 8 -2 7 18.
The cost for participating ranges from
$25 to $50, including sign-up fee, uni­
forms, equipm ent, insurance and few
other details.
“ It d o esn ’t cover ev ery th in g ,” said
Berg. “That is why leagues have fund­
raisers.”
She w as q u ick to p o int out that c h il­
dren from fa m ilie s that c a n ’t afford
those fees can still play. “ W e never
re fu se a ch ild . T hey can still sign up
for this year. C all me and I w ill d irect
them to the right league for th e m .”
Eight Year Old Eric Baily Helps Tri-Met Clean N.E.
B> L ee P erlman
Tri-Met is asking citizens to help it clean
up its aet in north and northeast Portland, and
eight-year-old Eric Baily is showing how it
can be done.
The Rigler School student regularly picks
up cigarette butts and other debris that people
leave on the ground at the Northeast 15th
Avenue and Ainsworth Boulev ard bus shel­
ter, a block from his home. “ I don’t like to see
people leaving trash like that on the ground,”
he says.
His mother Karen requested that a trash
can be installed at the shelter three years ago.
“We asked Eric to pick up trash at the shelter
a year ago as a chore, but he's continued to do
it on his own,” she says.
It is one o f the few cases in w hich a
resid en t, o f any age. has ag reed to take
re sp o n sib ility for tak in g care o f a T ri-
Met sh e lte r and litte r can. I, is the kind
o f "co m m u n ity p a rtn e rsh ip " T ri-M et is
seeking from rid e rs and neig h b o rs.
Since January 7, and through June 30, T ri-
Met is giving special attention to the area
through the Line Four Pilot Project.
A c c o rd in g to T r i- M e t o u tr e a c h
w o rk er M olly R yan, “ W hen so m eo n e in
that sh e lte r is about to throw so m eth in g
on the g ro u n d , so m eo n e else w ill say,
‘D o n ’t you know that an eig h t year old
kid tries to keep this c le a n ? ’”
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