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The Miracles Club
P o rtla n d , O R - The
M irac le s C lu b (lo c a te d on N E.
M artin L u th e r K in g /M a so n ) is
a n o n p ro fit, so c ia l c lu b for
th e “ r e c o v e rin g ” c o m m u n ity
an d th e ir fam ily . It w as o p en e d
in th e e a rly 1 9 8 0 ’s b y a few
m en w ith th e in te n t o f p r o v id
in g a “ c le a n a n d s o b e r ” sp a ce .
A s a sh a re d c o m m itm e n t, th ey
h e ld e a c h o n e a c c o u n ta b le fo r
sta y in g o f f o f a d d ic tiv e s u b
sta n ce s. T h e ir g a th e rin g c irc le
w o u ld o p e n l y s h a r e t h e i r
s tre n g th s , s u p p o rt an d h o p e s.
It w as in th is k in d o f e n v iro n
m e n t th a t fo ste re d th e ir h e a l
in g an d g a v e th e m th e im p e tu s
to d o th e sa m e fo r o th e rs.
T h e M ira c le s C lu b h a s b ee n
th a t fo r p e o p le - a p la c e to
u n w in d o r g a th e r as a fa m ily
to p u t th e ir liv e s in p ro p e r
p e rs p e c tiv e as p a rt o f th e ir
so c ializa tio n p ro cess. It is open
d a ily a n d fre q u e n tly a tte n d e d
b y th e m e m b e rs w h o are all in
r e c o v e r y . T h e y a re fre e to
jo in an o n g o in g su p p o rt g ro u p
lik e N a r c o tic s A n o n y m o u s
th a t’s c o n v e n ie n tly o ffe re d on
site .
P h illip Jo h n so n o f N o rth
e a s t P o rtla n d is o n e d e v o te d
m e m b e r w h o se life h ad b e e n
d ra m a tic a lly
changed
th ro u g h T h e M ira c le s C lu b .
H e h a s s u c c e s s fu lly sta y e d
d ru g an d a lc o h o l-fre e fo r 6
‘/ j y e a rs. P h illip c re d its G o d
a n d th e s u p p o rt o f th o se in
T h e M ira c le s C lu b fo r h is
re c o v e ry . T h e d ra m a tic tu r n
aro u n d for h im o c c u rre d o n ce
he b e c a m e a m e m b e r. P h illip
w e n t from b e in g “ d o w n an d
o u t” h o m e le s s to h a v in g h is
The Miracle club was established in
the early 1980’s by a few men with
the intent o f providing a “clean and
sober " space.
o w n h o m e , ru n n in g a s u c
c e s s f u l la w n m a in te n a n c e
b u s in e s s a n d r a is in g a fa m
ily.
T h e M ira c le s C lu b is h o ld
in g f u n d -r a is e r e v e n ts th a t
a re o p e n to th e p u b lic . T h e y
p la n o n h o s tin g a c o m e d y
sp e c ia l, “ A p p o llo N ig h t” an d
“ T h e D a tin g G a m e " . P r o
c e e d s fro m th e s e e v e n ts go
to w a r d s c o m m u n ity p r o
g ra m s th a t w o u ld fu rth e r e f
fo rts in h e lp in g re c o v e rin g
a d d ic ts .
TRAVEL
In yet another deal from AirTran,
tie airline today announced the
xtension o f its G rade “A" fare
ale sta rtin g today for travel
hrough February 28, 1999. A
hree-day advance purchase is re-
luired and tickets m ust be pur
chased by January 28, 1999. Black-
Hit dates are February 12 though
-ebruary 15,1999.
Grade “A” fares range from $39
o $ 109 one way to all cities AirTran
lerves.
Some sample fares: Atlanta - Ft.
Walton Beach
$39Knoxville-
MewOrleans
$59
A k ro n /
Zanton- M iami $99 B oston -
Philadelphia
$49 C h ic a g o
(M idway) - W ashington (Dulles)
$59 Newport News/W illiamsburg
- Ft. W alton Beach
$ 6 9
W ashington (D ulles) - Dallas/Ft.
W orth $99 H ouston - Orlando
$99 A tlanta - Ft. Lauderdale
$69 G reensboro - Tam pa $79
Rules and restrictions: All fares
are one-w ay. All fares are non-
refundable, and a $45 per person
fee applies to any change m ade
after purchase plus any applicable
increase in airfare. Three-day ad
vance purchase required. All tick
ets m ust be purchased by Janu
ary 28, 1999. All travel m ust be
com pletedby February 28,1999.
Seats are limited, subject to avail
ability and may not be available
on all flights. Fares and sched
ules are subject to change w ith
out notice. Travel is blacked out
February 1 2 -February 15,1999.
A ir p o rt p a s s e n g e r f a c ility
charges o f up to $ 12 are not in
cluded.
C all y o u r travel ag en t or
A irTran at 800-AIRTRAN (800-
247-8726), or visit the A irTran
w ebsiteatw w w .airtran.com .
US A irw ays will expand its
low-fare MetroJet serviceon May
4, 1999 when it adds daily non
stop service betw een Chicago
M idw ay A iiport and both W ash
ington D ulles International A ir
port and Baltim ore-W ashington
In tern atio n al (BW 1) A irport.
U n d e r th e n ew s c h e d u le ,
M etroJet will operate five daily
C hicago M idw ay-W ashington
Dulles flights and four daily C hi
cago M idw ay-BW I flights.
Sam ple fares: Chicago M id
way- W ashington D ulles $110
W alkup; $69 Lowest A dvance
Fare Chicago Midway-BWI $ 118
w alkup $70 lowest advance fare
Fares cited do not include ap
plicable $3 airport passenger fa
cility charges. Depending on the
destination, the lowest advance
purchase fares require that tick
ets be purchased at least seven
or 14 days prior to departure, and
may require a minimum one-night
stay. All fares are show n as one
way. T he lowest advance pur
chase fare for travel between BW1
and Chicago M idw ay requires a
round-trip purchase.
C all y o u r travel agent, or
M etroJet at 1-888-M etroJet (1-
888-638-7653).
C eleb rity C ru ises celeb rates
i t ’s in a u g u ra l E u ro p e c ru isin g
s e a s o n th is y e a r a n d T h e
T ra v el C o m p an y o ffe rs su b
sta n tia l sav in g s o f f b ro c h u re
p rice s on 12-day v o y ag e s.
T he M ay 1 6 ,1 9 9 9 G reek Is
lan d c ru ise from V en ic e to
G en o a, Italy b eg in s at $ 1,899.
A 1 2 -n ig h t W e ste rn E u ro p e
c ru ise , d e p a rtin g Ju n e 7, 1999,
s a ilin g b e tw e e n G e n o a an d
A m ste rd a m b eg in s at $ 1 ,7 9 9 .
C e n tu r y 's Ju ly 3 an d 17 14-
n ig h t B a ltic c ru is e s s a ilin g
r o u n d -tr ip from A m ste rd a m
b eg in s at $ 2 ,6 9 9 . T he Ju ly 31
an d A ug. 14 d e p a rtu re s s ta rt at
$2,899.
R ates are p e r p e rso n , d o u b le
o c c u p a n c y an d in c lu d e p o rt
c h a rg e s/ta x e s; a irfa re is a d d i
tio n a l. R e serv a tio n s an d a d d i
tio n a l in fo rm atio n m ay b e o b
tain ed b y co n tactin g T he T ravel
C o m p a n y , tel: 8 0 0 -4 8 9 -0 5 2 5 ,or
v i s i t i n g t h e i r w e b s it e at
w w w .cru ise o u tle t.c o m .
12 N ig h t W e ste rn E u ro p e
(G e n o a, Italy to A m ste rd a m ,
N e th e rla n d s) from $ 2 ,1 9 9 pp
A u g u stt 28
K orean A ir is offering new
internet fares starting at $498
roundtrip for travel throughout
A sia and Far East destinations.
Y ou can purchase tickets until
January 29; and you m ust begin
your outbound travel by F ebru
ary 5.
T ickets m ust be purchased 7-
days in advance o f departure and
there is a 30-day m axim um stay
allow ed (no m inim um stay).
R o u n d -trip fares d e p a rtin g
from A nchorage, A tlanta, B os
ton. Chicago, Denver, Dallas, New
Y ork, N ew ark and W ashington,
D C .:
$748 Bangkok $748 Beijing $748
Ko Chi M inh City $748 H ong
Kong $748 Manila $748 Seoul $748
Singapore $798 Jakarta $798 Kuala
Lumpur $998 Bombay
R o u n d -trip fares d e p a rtin g
from Los A ngeles and San F ran
cisco:
$598 Bangkok $598 Hong Kong
$598 Seoul $648 Beijing $648 Ho
C hi M inh City $648 M anila $648
Singapore $698 Jakarta $698 Kuala
Lumpur $898 Bom bay
R o u n d -trip fares d e p a rtin g
from Honolulu:
$498 Bangkok $498 Hong Kong
$498 Seoul $648 Beijing $648 Ho
C hi M inh C ity $648 M anila $648
Singapore $598 Jakarta $598 Kuala
Lumpur $798 Bombay