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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.