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Volume XXVI111. X lim ber X
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1999
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Forgotten Soul
“Forgotten Soul” , written by Kwik Jones
is a play set during the struggling eighties,
about a fighter nam ed Ray (D.L. Irby) and
his dream o f becom ing the greatest boxer
the world has seen, since the now aging Ali.
The play runs M arch 4 and 5 at the Tubm an
M iddle School (2 2 3 1 N. Flint) at 7:30 PM.
Call 503/284-0531.
Fitness Class
Dee Hakala, author o fT hin is Just a Four
-etter W o rd -L iv in g Fit for AH S hapesaad
Sizes, will be in the Portland area M arch 7
to prom ote the Y W C A ’s N ew Face o f Fit­
ness program. This aw ard w inning pro­
gram is specifically developed for those
who have medical concerns, are overweight
or out o f shape. D ee will be teaching a free
N ew Face o f Fitness class W ednesday,
M arch 10 at 5 :30 PM at the YW CA gym na­
sium on the com er o f 10lh and Main.
Natural Way Workshop
The N atural W ay w orkshop series will
present W illiam H . Burke, C hief o f the Walla
W alla T ribe, C o n fed erated T ribes o f
U m atilla on Friday, M arch 5* at the W orld
U nity H ealing C enter, 366 T hird Street,
Lake O sw ego at 7:30 PM. In keeping with
the purpose o f this w orkshop to foster
Earth healing through Spiritual connection
and study, w e invite people o f all faith
practices and beliefs. The teaching will
open w ith drum m ing by the N ative A m eri­
can Drum group, Spirit Learning. For more
inform ation call Earth& Spirit Council at
503/452-4483.
Y2K Preparation
The Portland H eart-C entered Y2K A c­
tion Team is dedicated to the w ork ofbuild-
ing neighborhood and com m unity rela­
tionships for preparedness and resiliency.
Several experts will share their know ledge
on Saturday, February 27, from 8 AM to 4
PM at Portland State U niversity at Smith
M emorial Center (1825 S W Broadway).
Make-Up Tips
K now n as the “m ake-up artist to the
stars,” the nam e SAM FINE has becom e
sy n o n y m o u s w ith A fric a n -A m e ric a n
beauty. Fans will be able to greet-and-m eet
Sam, see a m ake-up dem onstration and ask
questions. H e w ill be at N ordstrom s in
dow ntow n Portland on M arch 6.
Goodwill Volleyball Tour
Sports For Y outh Foundation, Inc. is
currently accepting applications for boys
and girls aged 15-19, who are accomplished
High School orC lub volleyball players and
good citizens, both in their school and
com m unity, to take part in the 1999 G ood­
will Ambassadors WorldTours. 1999 marks
the 16* year that the G oodw ill A m bassa­
dors have conducted w orld tours for Junior
volleyball players. The 1999 tour will travel
to London, Paris, Geneva, Venice, and Rome.
Registration deadline is M arch 15*. Call
4 2 5 /2 5 1 -6 6 7 5
or
e m a il
intb@ volleyballnw.com
Image Management
Learn how to create pow erful style, im ­
age, and presence that m akes you radiate
and attract others! By sim ply m aking ad­
justm ents w ithin ourselves, w e are able to
create incredible results and satisfaction in
our lives. O n Saturday, M arch 6 attend a
S u ccess G u a ra n te e d S em in a r at T he
Friendly House (1737 NW 26* & Thurman).
The event will begin at 8:30 A M until 12:30
PM. Call Image Resources at 503/452-8986.
Early Childhood Care
On M arch 11, family m em bers and pro­
fessionals will have the opportunity to hear
Jane Knitzer, a dynam ic, know ledgeable
speaker discuss new strategies for sup­
porting young children and their families.
They will also hear a panel o f experts dis­
cuss issues specific to M ultnom ah County
and O regon. T he guest speaker, Jane
Knitzer will be at the Lloyd Cinem as (1510
NE M ultnom ah Boulevard. Call 503/248-
5274.
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Mayor Honors Portland Area Students
in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
n February 9th, M ayor Vera Katz
h onored stu d en ts acro ss the
Portland area for performing more
than 5,500 acts o f kindness and justice as
part o f the Do som ething Kindness & Jus­
tice Challenge, a tw o-w eek national educa­
tion initiative in honor o f M artin Luther
King, Jr. At a recognition ceremony at Harriet
Tubm an M iddle School, M ayor K atz pre­
sented O lym pic-sty le “K indness & Justice”
m edals to a group o f “all-star” eighth grade
students and led them in a pledge to con­
tinue perform ing acts o f kindness and ju s­
tice to keep Dr. K in g ’s dream alive.
“ By perform ing acts o f kindness and ju s­
tice in their schools and neighborhoods, our
students are living the ideals taught by Dr.
M artin Luther King, Jr.,” said M ayor Katz.
“W hen young people act to im prove the
lives o f others, everybody wins.
Students in m ore than 150 local class­
rooms perform ed 5,500 acts ofkindness and
ju stice during the leadership initiative.
(N early 20,000 Portland students registered
for the KJ Challenge, w ith m any teachers
opting to use the free character education
Kindness & Justice curricula w ithout re­
porting students acts.) Each day for two
weeks, students learned the values taught
by Dr. King - responsibility, com passion,
honesty, nonviolence and m oral courage -
and perform ed acts o f kindness (helping
others) and justice (standing up for w hat is
right) in theirschools, hom es and com m uni­
ties. N ationwide, m ore than tw o m illion stu­
dents in 16,5000 classroom s logged more
Mayor Katz shown above with students whom have been awarded
than 1.7 m illion acts o fkindness and justice
on the Do Som ething K indness & Justice
together to make their community a betterplace.
said Steve Taylor, a spokesperson for Applied
Challenge w eh site-w w w .dosom ething.org
•Brian from Dak Grove Elementary School in
Materials. “Students in Portland and across the
with m ore acts being subm itted by mail.
M
ilwaukie
gathered gift baskets for needy
nation are creating a new tradition o f service in
The Do Som ething K indness & Justice
persons.
honor o f the Martin Luther King, Jr. National
Challenge is sponsored by A pplied M ateri­
•Michelle from Cedar Mill Elementary
Holiday.”
als, a Fortune 500 global growth company
School
in Portland gave her sister the last apple
“M y father once said, ‘Everybody can be
and the world’s largest supplier o f wafer-fab­
in
the
house,
even though apples are her “very
great because anybody can serve.’” said M ar­
rication systems and services to the global
favorite.”
tin
Luther
King
III,
Chair
o
f
the
Do
Something
semiconductor industry. It employs about 100
•M onanisa from Harriet Tubman Elemen­
Kindness & Justice Challenge. ‘ ‘If young people
people in Lake Oswego and Aloha, OR and
tary School in Portland visited her brother in
can
commit
to
a
day
o
f
kindness
and
justice,
Vancouver, WA.
the hospital, helped him get more comfortable
they can commit to a week o f kindness and
“Erasing bigotry, fostering good citizen­
and told him she hopes he gets better soon.
justice
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week
becom
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ship and facilitating interest in high technol­
“ W e w ant young people to realize their
Through
the
Do
Something
Kindness
&
ogy is good for our children, good for busi­
pow er to make a difference,” said Andrew
Justice
Challenge,
students
in
Portland
worked
ness, good for educators-good for all o f us,”
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photo courtesy o f Visual Aspect, Inc.
Shue, who co-founded Do Something in
1993. “Small, individual acts ofkindness and
justice can have a big impact on people’s
lives and plant a seed that becomes a lifetime
o f service.”
Do Something is a New York-based non­
profit organization that inspires, trains, funds
and mobilizes young people to be leaders
who measurably strengthen their com muni­
ties Educators can learn more about Do
Something Kindness & Justice Challenge
by downloading the classroom curriculum
on the Internet at www.dosomething.org or
by calling Do Something at 212-523-1175.
Priestly retires as N.E. Coalition Director
B en P rie stle y la st w eek a n n o u n ce d
h is re sig n a tio n as d ire cto r o f th e
N o rth ea st C o a litio n o f N eig h b o rh o o d s,
e ffe c tiv e F eb ru a ry 26.
“ I ’ve been involved in com m unity o rg a­
nizin g from the 1960s up u n til now ,
P rie stle y to ld the n o n -p ro fit c o rp o ra tio n ’s
b o ard last w eek. Q uoting fo rm er co m m is­
sio n e r G re tc h en K afoury, w ho retire d last
year, he said , “ I c a n ’t com e up w ith any
new an sw e rs.” P riestley , 56, has been d i­
re c to r fo r fo u r years.
T he co a litio n co n tracts w ith th e city,
thro u g h the O ffic e o f N eig h b o rh o o d In­
v o lv em en t, to p ro v id e p rin tin g , m ailin g
an d s ta f f a ssista n c e to 13 re c o g n iz e d
n eig h b o rh o o d asso ciatio n s in in n er n o rth
and n o rth ea st P o rtlan d . It also p ro v id es
o ffic e sp ace for the c ity ’s crim e p re v e n ­
tion program , and operates the Y outh G ang
O utreach and T ri-M et R ider A dvocate p ro ­
gram.
It w as u n ce rtain at press tim e w h eth er
th e N E C N b o ard w ould ask P rie stle y to
rem ain as in terim d irecto r un til a p e rm a ­
nent rep lacem en t could be found (P riestley
said he w o u ld “co n sid e r” such an assig n -
m en t), and i f n ot w h o w o u ld fill the p o si­
tion.
A lso u n clea r w as w h eth e r the b oard
w ould seek a change in the position. N ECN
is o n e o f five n o n -p ro fit co rp o ratio n s th at
c o n tra ct w ith th e city In v o lv em en t to p ro ­
v id e n eig h b o rh o o d su p p o rt serv ices. U n ­
lik e the o th e r four, w h ere the s ta ff is hired,
fired and sup erv ised by the coalition board,
N E C N ’s d ire c to r is a city civ il serv ice p o ­
sitio n . W h eth er it rem ain s so is for the
b o ard to d ecid e, O N I actin g d irec to r C elia
H ero n to ld them .
“ O n a day to day b asis, I ’m n ot su re it
m akes a d ifferen ce,” H eron said. “ S upervi­
sio n , as in th e p a s t, th e c ity w o u ld
d e le g a te to th e b o a r d .” C ity s a la r ie s
a n d b e n e f its a re se t b y c iv il s e rv ic e
a n d “ te n d to b e h ig h e r , b u t w h a t c o a ­
litio n s p a y th e ir e m p lo y e e s is u p to
th e m . W e g iv e y o u a b u d g e t, w ith no
m a n d a te o n e x a c tly h o w y o u s p e n d it."
T h e o f f ic ia l jo b r e q u ir e m e n ts h a v e
“ m o re r e s tr a in ts i f it re m a in s a c ity
p o s itio n , b u t w e c a n s h a p e th e g e n e r ic
jo b d e s c r ip tio n to r e f le c t w h a t y o u
w a n t.”
Chevron Station Owner Sues City
P o r t l a n d - Ja m e s W in te rs , o w n e r o f
U n ite d E n e rg y , a p e tro le u m d is tr ib u ­
tio n c o m p a n y lo c a te d on 3 4 3 5 N E . M a r­
tin L u th e r K in g Jr. B lv d . is su in g P o rt­
la n d in f e d e ra l c o u rt. K in g a rg u e s th a t
h is c iv il rig h ts w ere v io la te d b y a tte m p t­
in g to s h u t d o w n h is s e rv ic e s ta tio n . H e
is su in g th e c ity fo r $ 1 .6 m illio n in to ta l
d a m a g e s. A d d itio n a l a m o u n ts a d d in g
u p to $ 9 0 0 ,0 0 0 w ere re q u ire d b y h im for
th e c i t y ’s in te r fe re n c e w ith v io la tin g
h is b u s in e s s r ig h ts a n d th e c o m p a n y ’s
e c o n o m ic re la tio n s .
T h e c ity c o n te n d s th a t W in te rs d id
n o t a b id e b y h is a g re e m e n t in J u ly 1998
to “ c le a n u p ” a c tiv itie s at h is s ta tio n
w h e re se v e ra l c rim in a l in c id e n ts w e re
r e p o r te d an d in v e s tig a te d . T h e re h a v e
b e e n th r e e p o lic e re p o r ts c ite d b y th e
c ity in v o lv in g d ru g d e a lin g s d o n e on
th e p r o p e r ty . W in te rs h a d p ro m is e d to
im p ro v e its lig h tin g , h ire s e c u r ity an d
e s ta b lis h a fo rm a l sy ste m fo r e x c lu d in g
p e o p le w h o v io la te p o s te d ru le s o f c o n ­
d u c t.
W in te rs m a d e c la im s in h is le g al s u it,
file d e a rly th is m o n th th a t th e c ity a tto r ­
n ey h a d u se d u n s u b s ta n tia te d p o lic e
in fo rm a tio n . In h is r e p o r t, h e sh o w e d
th a t th e c ity w as g u ilty o f “ a llo w in g .
e n c o u r a g in g , an d ra tify in g th e p r a c tic e
b y its o f fic e r s o f r e c k le s s ly re p o r tin g
in a d e q u a te ly in v e s tig a te d in fo rm a tio n
a b o u t U n ite d E n e rg y ’s c o m p lia n c e .”
A n o th e r c la im a g a in s t th e c ity w as th a t
h e w as w ro n g ly d e n ie d h is s ta te liq u o r
lic e n s e .
A n a tto r n e y fo r th e c ity d e fe n d s th a t
th e r e w e r e n o a tte m p ts a t p lo tt in g
a g a in s t W in te rs an d U n ite d E n e rg y .
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