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Peninsula Little League Organize
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Cat Toy Making
The Oregon Humane Society and
SCRAP (School and Community Re
use A ction Project) present Cat
| “SCRAP” Fever. Join in the cat toy |
making workshop - make fun cat toys
from recycled materials. The event
will be held at the Oregon Humane
Society’s Whittel Education Wing
(1067 NE Columbia Blvd.) on Satur
day, January 30, 1999, from 11 AM - I
| 2 PM. Drop in anytime. The event is |
free.
Tai Chi Society
The Taoist Tai Chi Society of Or-
egon/USA invites you to join us in
I celebrating its third annual Chinese I
| New Year Celebration. An evening of |
cultural exchange opens with a Chi-
| nese Lion Dance followed by a tradi
tional 9-course banquet, including
vegetarian, seafood, and meat dishes,
guest speakers and demonstrations
of the art of Taoist Tai Chi will fol-
| low. The doors of the Great China j
Seafood Restaurant will open at 5:30
PM on Saturday, February 20"1 lo-
| cated at 336 NW Davis, in the heart |
I of China Town. Call 503/223-6193.
Autism
Families for Early Autism Treat
ment (FEAT) of Oregon is proud to
I present the “Innovative and Effective
Interventions for Autism' confer
ence, January 28 through January 30,
1999. FEAT of Oregon welcomes
leading national autism researchers.
The first event will be on Thursday,
January 28. Registration is at 8:30 -
9 AM at the Portland Marriott (1401
[ SW Front Ave.).
j
Gambling Addiction
An educational talk on “Gambling
Addiction” is hosted by OHSU. The
I authority lecturing on the subject is |
I Jeff Cook, M.Ed., addictions coun-
i selor and case manager. His discus-
| sion is on Wednesday, February 10
from 7-8:30 PM at OHSU (2935 SW.
I Cedar Hills Blvd., in Beaverton Mall).
| Call 418-2000.
Peninsula Little
League's Board of
Directors, organize for
yet another year of
Championship play.
(Back/L-R), Cathy
Boggan, Reggie Howie,
Bryan Butcher, Pierre
DuBoise. (Front/L-R)
Carmen Butcher, Rita
Butcher, Sharon Maxwell-
Hendricks, Sheretta
Butcher, and Nancy
Smith.
KITZHABER DELIVERS
SECOND INAUGURAL
ADDRESS
New Party Fields
Candidate In ESD Race
Governor Calls for End to partisanship Calls
on Legislature to Meet Oregon’s Challenges
have the capacity and the maturity to sepa
rate politics from personalities — to
never
allow disagreements
on matters of
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policy be reflected in the kind o f charac-
Show
ter assassination that has dominated the
The EXPO Center will once again
national debate over the past month,
I be transformed into a dream world o f|
K itz h a b e r
. Dollhouse Miniatures. Come and join
office for his
concluded his
us for one of the largest assortments
second term as
speech with the
I of Miniature Houses and Accesso
governor be
“I f we are to be successful in
theme o f his re-
ries ever assembled in Portland, on
fore members this endeavor, we must recreate the
| January 30 & 31, 1999. In addition to
electio n cam
o f b o th the
paign— the Or
the items for sale, the local crafts
sense
o
f
common
purpose
which
H ouse
and
men will also be exhibiting completed
egon challenge
S e n a te , the
has long been the foundation o f
| houses, vignettes, roomboxes and'
— and called for
O regon S u
the community we call Oregon..
much more. Several local clubs will
action by the
be exhibiting recently com pleted I prem e Court
L egislature in
We
must
never
underestimate
the
p ro je c ts. C all 3 6 0/693-7629 or I and the public.
three broad ar
In
his
importance— indeed the necessity
| email DnKminis@aol.com.
eas: education,
sp e ec h , the
—
o
f
community
and
the
power
o
f
juvenile
crime
South/North Corridor
governor in
prevention and
Following upon the results of the
voked the heri place in shaping Oregon's future. ”
growth manage-
South/North ballot measure, Metro’s
tag e
of
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ment.
The gov
Transportation Planning Committee is
Oregon’s pio
requesting comments and suggestions
ernor
stressed
that
although
his
specific
neers who worked hand-in-hand to create
regarding the transportation needs for
proposals
just
one
way
to
meet
these
Oregon. He said, “Our greatest challenge
the South/North Corridor. Public tes
challenges,
the
Legislature
the
respon
today is to preserve that w ay— to recog
timony on the transportation needs
sibility to thoroughly debate these is
nize it for what it is: a touchstone — a
for the broader Metro area is also
sues in a civil manner and get results,
past we can invoke it into our present.
welcome. This event will be on Thurs
“Oregonians will properly hold us ac
We must recreate the politics of commu
day, January 21 at the Clackamas Com
countable for reaching — or not reach
nity — the politics of progress — and
munity Club (15711 SE 90"1). The
ing — agreement on how to move for
bury
the
politics
of
partnership.
If
we
can
meeting time is at 5:30 PM.
ward.”
do so, no dream lies beyond our grasp."
This constructive debate, Kitzhaber
Using the recent events in Washing
School Meeting
said,
will be crucial to maintaining
ton, D.C. as a backdrop, Kitzhaber then
The Board of Education Instruc
Oregon’s
identity and prosperity, “ If we
sounded a call to the Oregon Legislature
tional Improvement Committee is
are
to
be
successful
in this endeavor, we
to not let partisanship politics stand in
scheduled to meet Thursday, January
must
recreate
the
sense
of common pur
28 at 8:30 AM in the “ N ew ”
the way o f progress, “Our greatest chal
pose
which
has
long
been
the foundation
Superintendent’s Conference Room
lenge is to make our system of govern
o
f
the
community
we
call
O regon.. We
at the Robert Blanchard Education
ment work here in Oregon even as our
must never underestimate the importance
Service Center, 501 N. Dixon Street.
national government veers recklessly to
The purpose of the meeting is to con
— indeed the necessity — o f commu
ward the brink in Washington, D.C.," the
tinue discussion of preparing students
nity and the power of place in shaping
governor said.
for the 21" Century. Call 916-3741.
O regon’s future. For in spite of our
“We owe it to ourselves, to Orego
differences and our areas of disagree
nians and the integrity o f this public in
ment, we share a common history, a com
stitution — the government o f this state
mon heritage and we surely leave a com
— to conduct ourselves and our debate
mon legacy.
with this same level o f civility. We must
reg o n G o v e rn o r John
Kitzhaber delivered his sec
ond Inaugural Address today
to the opening ceremony o f the 70th Leg-
islative Assembly in Salem. Just mo-
ments before, Kitzhaber took the oath of
O
Gerì Washington
Geri Washington, an African Ameri
can community activist, has filed to run
from North/Northeast Portland (posi
tion 5) for the Education Service Dis
trict Board. Backed by the Portland New
Party, Washington pledges to provide a
fresh perspective to the ESD Board. “I
will give a voice to parents and students
who are left out and left behind by our
schools," says Washington. “As a single
mother of three children, I know the
struggles of working parents."
Washington’s campaign and term on
the ESD Board will focus on keeping
children in school and ensuring that all
students succeed. The candidate prom
ises to fight to lower the dropout rate,
especially among low-income, immi
grant and minority youth. She will join
the struggle to raise achievement levels,
particularly among working class and
poor students. Promoting more parent
involvement and power to their children’s
education, Washington also is pushing
for more teacher training, better school-
to-work programs and accessible stu
dent transportation.
Geri Washington is well known in the
inner-Northeast community as a youth
worker, educator, church leader, and
union organizer. She has been active
with the Rainbow Coalition, the African
American Legislative Issues Roundtable,
Sisters in Portland Impacting Real Is
sues Together (SPIRIT), JOBS with JUS
TICE, the New Party, the PTA, the Ser
vice Employees Union, and the Environ
mental Justice Action Group.
Currently employed by the Urban
League, Geri Washington organizes for
affordable housing, hazardous waste
clean-up (brow’n fields) greenspaces,
transportation, and economic vitality in
North/Northeast Portland.
Geri Washington’s supporters include
the New Party, the Rainbow Coalition,
Sen. Avel Gordly, Rep. Jo Ann Bowman,
Sen. Bob Boyer, Commissioner Serena
Cruz, School Board member Joseph
Tam, Tom Kelly, Martin Gonzalez, Ra
leigh Lewis, Macceo Pettis, Angela
Wilson, Sam Jackson Jr., Josiah Hill,
Jamie Partridge, Nancy Haque, Regina
Warren, Barbara Wilier, and Margaret
Butler.
Washington’s opponent is twelve year
incumbent, Judy Chambers, a St. John s
homemaker Ballots for the election go
in the mail mid-February, due on March
9th.