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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