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Art On Alberta
The Art on Alberta celebrates its 20'"
monthly ‘Last Thursday’ art walk on De­
cember 26. For questions, call Reggie
Petry at “Our Dream” Gallery at 288-
3024.
Concert-at-Christmas
The annual Concert-at-Christmas of
the 75 year old Portland Youth Philhar­
monic (PYP) will have an operatic flair
this year and feature a guest appearance
by the Portland Symphonic Gilchoir
which celebrates its 10,h anniversary this
season. The Concert-at-Christmas is at
7:30 PM, Saturday, December 26 in the
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Women In
Communications
How can your business tap into the
power o f the World Wide Web? How
will people find you in cyberspace ? How
can you best reach your target audience
using electronic media? For answers,
don’t miss the Assn. For Women in
Com m unication’s January luncheon
guest speaker Jan Calvert, to be held
from 11:30-1 PM, Wednesday, January
13, at Shenanigan’s, 4575 N. Channel
Ave., in Portland.
School Conference
The Board of Education Instructional
Improvement Committee is scheduled
to meet on Wednesday, December 16 at
9:30 AM, in the “New” Superintendent’s
C onference Room at the R obert
Blanchard Education Service Center
(501 N. Dixon Street). The purpose of
the meeting is to discuss PPS Strategic
Plan for Student Achievement. Call 503/
916-3741. The Board o f Education Bud-
get/Finance Committee is scheduled to
meet on Thursday, December 17 at 2:30
PM and at 4Pm at the same site.
Parents Support Center
Your 10 year old grieving the loss of
a friend? Perhaps your 12 year old thinks
she’s ugly and it’s all your fault! Come
and talk to someone who knows, in a
place that’s full o f people, books and
materials designed to help you - The
Resource Room, newly opened at A
Teacher’s Space on the comer of NE 28*
and Broadway. COFFEE’S ON from 11-
1 PM every Thursday! Drop-in, come as
you are, casual time for gathering infor­
mation. Call 288-3577.
Women’s Open Mic
It’s the latest buzz in the women’s
writing community: the last Friday of
every month In Other Words Bookstore
hosts an open mic for women to read
their original writings. Hosted by local
author Meg Daly, the series was an over­
night success in 1998. Refreshments are
served, and the evening is free and open
to the public. The Last Word happens the
last Friday of every month at 9 PM at In
Other Words. Call 503/232-6003.
Vocolot
Congregation Neveh Shalom and the
Mittleman Jewish Community Center
are pfoud to present the first Portland
concert by the Bay Area acapella group
Vocolot. The concert will be held on
Saturday, January 9 at 8 PM at Congrega­
tion Neveh Shalom, 2900 SW Peaceful
Lane in Portland. Vocolot’s repertoire
mixes folk, jazz and classical music, cre­
ating an innovative sound for the coming
century.
Health Technologies
Learn in just 1 hour as RDH & Asso­
ciates demonstrate a non-medical way to
recharge your energy, fight stress, gain
relief from aches and discomforts, sleep
more deeply and feel more fit by using
natures tools.
These non-medical, breakthrough
health technologies have actually given
people their lives back. The FREE
workshop will be on Tuesday, Decem­
ber 29 from 7-8 PM at the Central
Branch o f the Multnomah County Li
brary (801 SW 10* St.). Call 503/
283-1972.
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Over $11,000 Raised In Portland
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Over $11,000 was raised by 41 area
charities during the fourth and final “Holi­
day Scratch-lt for Charity” event Dec. 11
at the Lloyd Center in Portland Local non­
profit groups as well as news media celeb­
rities representing their designated chari­
ties participated in the Oregon Lottery-
sponsored event. A total of $11,374 was
raised by the local charities and news me­
dia representing charities.
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The individual funds
raised are as follows:
Oregon Children’s Foundation-SMART $278
Helping Hands $ 143
Wilson ville Skate Park Project $45 5
Crisis Pregnancy Center $ 181
lnterfaithCaregivers$314
Oregon Lions Sight and hearing Foundation
$113
Children’s Museum $220
William Temple House $203
Assistance League o f Portland $211
Cares NW$160
Women’s Resource Center $ 159
Community Action Organization $ 131
Opening Doors $ 119
Friends o f V ista House $ 134
National Multiple Sclerosis Society $243
American Heart Association $552
Kids N’ Cancer-Camp Agape $ 197
Big Brothers Big Sisters o f Metro Portland $228
Doembecher Foundation $79
Jefferson Youth Football Program S308
Found, Fighting Blindness-KWBY $445
Oregon Partnership-KBNP $ 127
Children's Dental Center $348
Arts Alive-KXL AM $255
ArtsAlive-95.5FM$184
Toy and Joy Makers-KPTV $ 185
Toys for Kids-KOIN $656
Humane Society-Z100 $ 176
Humane Society-KATU $440
Susan Komen Found -KXJZ $ 163
Waverly Home-KUFO $924
Bradley-Angle House-KBBT$205
Annie Ross House-KUPL$294
SIDS-KWJJS287
B. Miller Needy Kids-KEX $ 129
Juvenile Diabetes-KISN $ 153
Humane Society-KPDX $ 147
J. Washington Memorial-Portland Observer $221
Morrison Center-KGW $291
Community Action-KU IK $ 167
Oregon Food Bank-KINK$290
Everyone's a winner with Scratch It for Charity.
Skanner Foundation-Skanner$ 162
AmericanCancerSoc-KCKX$270
March of Dimcs-KBNP $ 127
CASA-KRSKS299
T h e “ H o l i d a y S c r a t c h - l t fo r
C h a r ity ” p ro g ra m ra is e d o v er
$ 5 2 ,0 0 0 th is y e a r , w h ic h w as th e
m o s t e v e r fo r th e a n n u a l e v e n t,
(Photo by R. Washington)
a n d f a r s u r p a s s e d th e o v e r
$ 3 8 ,0 0 0 r a is e d la s t y e a r. T h is
w as th e n in th y e a r o f th e p r o ­
g ra m . ■
The Salvation Army Christmas Clearing Bureau
Adds Staff And Expands Hours
T he S a lv a tio n A rm y C h ris tm a s
C learing B ureau has added extra s ta ff
m em bers to handle the large volum e
o ff calls to the telephone bank. “ We
are receiving up to 900 calls a day,
400 calls per day over our anticipated
500, from fam ilies and individuals in
M ultnom ah and C lackam as counties.
They are referred by social service
a g e n c ie s , g o v e r n m e n t e n t i t ie s ,
schools and service p ro v id e rs,” re ­
ports Bobi M agill, assistan t d irector
o f the NE Sandy office o f The S alva­
tion A rm y Fam ily S ervices.
T he S a lv a tio n A rm y C h ris tm a s
C learing B ureau m akes it easier for
social service agencies th roughout the
P o rtlan d -m etro p o litan area to track
and boost the d istrib u tio n o f food,
clo th in g , g ifts and services to nearly
42,000 people in need.
This holiday season people in need
o f assistan ce call one num ber: 231-
HELP. They are asked a few questions
and th eir responses are en tered into a
cen tral co m puter system . The Salva­
tio n A rm y and o th er p a rtic ip a tin g
ag en cies then determ ine how best to
m eet the needs o f each fam ily or indi­
vidual.
S taffed by v o lu n teers from 8:30
a m. to 5 p.m . on M onday, W ednesday
and Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
T hursday, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
on S aturday, the C learing Bureau is
accepting ap p licatio n s for assistance
through M onday, Dec. 21. D istrib u ­
tion o f food, clo th in g , gifts and ser­
vices will begin on F riday, Decem ber
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WCBPA 15th Annual Convention
John Holoman, publisher L.A.
Herald Dispatch holds award he
received at president’s reception
in which he was recognized as an
outstanding and stalwart member
of WCBPA. Next to him is
representative from Kaiser
Permanente which was the
corporate sponsor for the
president's Reception; next is
Brian Townsend, publisher o f the
San Bernardino Precinct Reporter
and president of WCBPA; and,
Webster Guillory, newly elected
Assessor o f Orange County who
received the President's Award o f
Recognition for his work in
politics.