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Volume X X V II. Number 73
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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.
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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.