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T » • A , Committed to cultural diversity, http://www.pDrtlandobserver.net Volume X X V II. Number 73 M A Y 27, I99S B (The ^ n rtla n h (©bseruer n m u tu n t hi ¿X t e n it a r A r t Work A t Two W estside Max S ta tio n s Celebrated Video Conference Local business owners can help shape a small-business agenda, to be submitted to Congress this June at the Congressional Small Business Summit in Washington, D.C. Videoconference participants will vote to prioritize initiatives for Congressional ac tion. The event will be held on May 29 from 9-11 AM at the Portland Com m unity College’s General Motors Training Center . Call 1 (800) 344-8888 to pre-register. Mixed Media Mixed Media w orksby Beverly Bizzell, paintings by Renee Zanagra, and photo graphs by Dick Bogle will be exhibited at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center at 5340 N. Interstate Ave. on June 4-27. Gallery hours are from Monday-Friday from noon to 5:30 PM. and Saturdays from noon to 4 PM. Call 823-2000. Free Acupuncture The Oregon College o f Oriental Medi cine is offering free acupuncture clinics. The next available time to come in for Neck, Shoulder, Back and Joint Pain is on Satur day, June 13th. All clinics are walk-in clin ics, open from 9-10:30 AM. No appoint ments are necessary. They will be held at our new clinic facility located at: 10541 SE. Cherry Blossom Drive. Call 254-3566. Task Force Do you have concerns about gangs, drugs, and violence in your neighborhood? Why is your voice not being heard? Please come share your experiences and ques tions at the following task force meeting for com m unity citizens being held on June 17th at the King Neighborhood Facility (4815 NE. 7th). Meeting time is at 6:30 PM. Shakespeare Festival Mt. Htxid Community College will again o ffe r a su m m er to u r to the O regon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon on July 8 - 12. The college offers transpor tation, lodging at Southern Oregon Uni versity, and tickets to several plays. Also available are a raft trip on the Rogue River and a backstage tour o f the festival. Call 667-7260. With the opening o f W estside MAX only a few months away on Sept. 12 and 13, some o f the nearly 100 art works are being installed at the stations. At Hawthorn Farm Station, Dennis Miller o f Intel, who collaborated on the art, is shown with artist Patrick Zentz and electrician Bill Burkitt o f Team Electric, who wired the work that shows the movement o f wind on a topographic map. In Hillsboro at the Washington/SE 12th Ave. Station, hundreds o f neighborhood residents enjoyed looking at tiles that decorate a 140-foot wall. About 650 residents made tiles for the wall at workshops conducted by artist Linda Haworth, who then arranged the tiles on the wall. Tri-Met photos by Tim Jewett Northeast Seniors Gather For Urban League Health Fair Computer Workshops The American A ssociation for Retired Persons and M icrosoft are hosting four free computer technology workshops on June 1st and 8th. The presentations will include demonstrations o f various soft ware, the Internet and a hands-on activity using e-mail, in addition to information on how to purchase the right computer for you. Call (800) 922-8716. Seating is lim ited and reservations wi 11 be taken on a first come, first serve basis. Design A Mural Student artists wanted to design a neigh borhood mural. First prize is $100 cash. Second prize is a $50 gift certificate to Art Media. The First place design will be in corporated into a larger full scale mural located on the Big City Produce wall. Deadline is June 8 at 3 PM. Send artwork to Patrice Kelly at 4536 N. Kerby; Port land, Oregon 97217. The winner will be announced at 2 PM. on Saturday, June 13th at the vacant lot at N. Albina and Summer. Pride ’98 Pride ’98 is a celebration o f the positive accomplishments o f lesbian, gay, bi, and trans people in Oregon and southwest Washington. It will be held in downtown Portland on June 20th and 21st in W ater front Park, by the Bum side Bridge. This year's theme, “ Family M atters," focuses on the im portance o f com m unity in everyone’s life. The Pride N orthw est Hotline is 295-9788 or log onto their website at w w w .gaypdx.com /pride. Visiting Author Robert Hopcke, author o f There Are No Accidents: Synchronicity and the Stories o f Our Lives will be at Tower Books on Sunday, June 14th at 2 PM. for a discus sion and book signing. Robert is a Jungian psychotherapist and director o f the Center for Symbolic Studies. Call 253-3116. e n io r c itiz e n s fro m N o rth an d N o r th e a s t P o rtla n d tu r n e d o u t fo r a h e a lth f a ir on M ay 2 1 th a t b r o u g h t a n u m b e r o f fre e s e r v ic e s to th e U rb a n L e a g u e S e n io r C e n te r. T h e f o llo w in g o r g a n iz a tio n s to o k p a rt in th e h e a lth fa ir. L e g a c y E m a n u e l H o s p ita l ( f r e e p h y s ic ia n an d d ie tic ia n a d v ic e ) , V is io n N o r th w e s t ( f r e e e y e e x a m s ), M t. H ood H e a rin g C lin ic ( f r e e h e a r in g te s ts ) , P o r tla n d A d v e n tis t H e a lth V an (f r e e h e a lth c h e c k u p s ) , O re g o n S ta te U n iv e r s ity E x te n s io n S e rv ic e s ( f r e e n u tr itio n a d v ic e ) an d in f o r m a tio n s e r v ic e s fro m th e U rb a n L e a g u e ’s B re a st & C e r v ic a l C a n c e r a n d E n v ir o n m e n ta l H e a lth P ro g ra m s and M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty ’s A d u lt an d S e n io r S e r v ic e s . “ O u r u rb a n s e n io r s n e e d th is k in d o f in f o r m a tio n a b o u t h e a lth ,’’ sa id U rb a n L e a g u e D ir e c to r o f S e n io r S e r v ic e s S e re n a S to u d a m ir e . “ T h is f a ir a ls o h e lp e d th o s e w h o s e r v e s e n io r s b e tte r u n d e r s ta n d th e ir h e a lth n e e d s .” T h e N o r th e a s t M u ltic u ltu r a l S e n io r C e n te r is a p a r tn e r s h ip o f th e U rb a n L e a g u e o f P o r tla n d , L o a v e s an d F is h e s a n d M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty ’s N o r th e a s t A g in g S e rv ic e s B ra n c h . T h e c e n te r s e r v e s a d iv e r s e p o p u la tio n o f s e n io r s in N o r th /N o r th e a s t P o rtla n d w ith c a s e m a n a g e m e n t, a c t i v i t i e s , n u tr itio n , a n d p r o g r a m s to h e lp th em liv e in d e p e n d e n tly in th e ir c o m m u n ity as lo n g as it is s a fe to do so. S Left To Right: Toni Oldfield, Serena Stoudamire, and Arleta Ward. (Photo by M. Washington) King Garden Project Receives National Award B y L ee P e r lm a n local community gar den project o f the King N eighbor-hood A s s o ciation received national nition last week. The g ro u p ’ s U rban G reen Spaces project was named Run ner-Up in a national competition for "P hysical Im provements” by community groups run by N eigh borhoods U .S.A. The award, and a $100 prize, was announced at the national group's annual con vention last week at the Marriott Hotel in Portland. The Green Spaces project u ti A lizes three properties donated by M ultnom ah C o u n ty : a form er p a rk in g lot on N ortheast K illin g sw o rth Street at M allory recog Avenue, and two lots seized for non-paym ent o f taxes, one on Northeast Seventh Avenue be tween Mason and Shaver Streets, the other on Northeast Roselawn Street at 12th Avenue. In itia l f i nancing came from a grant from the Lila W allace Reader’ s Digest Fund, given for the development o f green spaces in areas "not served by traditional parks," ac cording to Je n n ifer Siebold of King. There has also been exten sive local fundraising, she said; the Seventh A ve n u e p ro je c t, dubbed Two Plum Garden, alone has received $7500 in donations, she said. Each of the gardens is being developed according to the de sires o f the people liv in g around it, Siebold says. Two Plum G a r den w ill have three raised beds for gardening by local residents. The M allory site w ill focus on creating a co lo rfu l appearance, with bright perennial flowers and artw o rk, “ because that’ s what p e o p le liv in g aro u n d there wanted,’’ she says. The artwork w ill include tiles created by King School students. The Roselawn garden is still being designed, she says. Other Portland neighborhoods have p reviously received awards from Neighborhoods U .S.A ., a na tional organization o f neighbor hood activists. In 1992 northeast Portland's Sabin community re ceived N .U .S .A .’ s grand prize as Neighborhood o f the Year. H ow ever, King was the only Portland community to win an award at this year's convention. " I t ’ s quite an h o n o r,” K in g president Fred Stewart says.