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MARCH 5 I. 1999
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The Fantasticks
Lakewood Theatre Company will be
having open call auditions on Sunday,
April 11 to complete its casting o f the
musical comedy. The Fantasticks, directed
by Ron Daum. Actors will receive remu­
neration. Each actor should prepare a c las­
sie Broadway song for the audition. Lake-
wood Theatre Company supports and en­
courages multi-ethnic diversity in its cast­
ing. Call the theatre at 503/635-3901 during
the hours o f 9-5 weekdays to schedule an
appointment.
Wisdom of the
Elders
It's
That
Time!
Model Movement &
Attitude
All women dream o f walking through
the door o f a party only to have every head
turn. Venus Imaging Education will impart
to you the secrets that professional models
use to command this attention. Our enter­
taining class will infuse you with confi­
dence as we teach you how to walk, move,
stand & turn like a professional model. Call
360/882-4416.
Your Advertising Dollar
The Women Entrepreneurs o f Oregon
(W.E.O.), Lake Oswego/W est Linn Chap­
ter will be hosting a speaking event on
Monday, April 12, from 5:45 to 8 PM at Stuff
Pizza(4200 Mercantile Dr.). Loni Sander’s
lecture topic will be on “Make the Most o f |
Your Advertising Dollar". Call 656-6127.
Give It
Up!
A Question Of Mercy
Artists Repertory Theatre takes a pow­
erful look at love, compassion and dignity
with its production o f A Question ofM ercy
by David Rabe. Closely based on an essay
by Dr. Richard Selzer, the play confronts
the emotional tribulations o f loved ones
and a physician in helping a terminally ill
patient plan his suicide. A Question o f |
Mercy runs through Sunday, April 25 at
Artists Repertory Theatre’s main stage -
The Reiersgaard Theatre (located at 1516
S W Alder). Call 503/241 -1 ART.
It'll go
whether
you like
it or not.
Sistas In Motion
Sistas In Motion, dedicated to the cul­
tural and educational empowerment of
Arican American women through travel, is
now open for second quarter enrollment.
Membership entitles women 30% to 70%
savings offered by all travel vendors, and
10% to 25% discounts on national tours,
co n certs, and events (i.e. A AW OT,
UniverSOULCircus, The Harlem Nutcracker,
Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo, ESSENCE
Music Festival and more). Call 310/323-59O3
or email inmotion79@hotmail.com.
Rem eber to adjust your
clock a hour ahead
on Sunday, 2 :0 0 a . m .
Hispanic and Native Americans gathered at Linfield College
for "An Afternoon of Wisdom of the Elders." For more details,
see El Observador de Portland section
It's also a good tim e to
check th e batteries in your
sm oke alarm s as well.
Cancer Awareness
Many cancers are caused or aggravated
by lifestyle choices. Learn how to keep
cancer at bay with good nutrition. In a free
one-on-one session Saturday, April 10,12-
4 PM at Natural Center-East, o f the Na­
tional College o f Naturopathic Medicine,
11231 SEM arket.Call255-7355,ext.Ofor
appointment. For complete list o f free
screenings, call 499-4343, ext. 103.
Earth & Spirit
The Natural Way lecture series will be
hosting a talk on Wednesday, March 31 by
Sister Jose Hobday, a Seneca E Ider, Sister of |
Franciscan Order and the author o f Simple
Living: The Way to Inner Freedom. The
event will be held in the Unity World Healing
Center(on366Third Street) in Lake Oswego,
from7:30-9:30PM.
Star Wars Collection
This spring break, A.C. G ilbert’s Dis­
covery Village gave you a few reasons to
stay in Salem! Monday, March 22 through
Friday, M arch 26 everyone was invited to
“spring into art’’ at the Village! “Space­
ship to Tatooine" arrived at the Village
spring break! Visit Jordan H ofer’s exten­
sive Star Wars collection on the Toy I
Inventor’s W orkshop, including many o f
the original Star Wars action figures, a real
light saber, a life-sized Yoda and new
figures from Episode 1. Call 503/371-3631.
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Housing Our Families
Abandon Project
B y L u P ihlemam
Housing Our Families has put its pro­
posed Fargo 10 housing development
proposal on hold. HOF interim director
Joan Miggins told the Observer that the
agency didn’t want to undertake such a
complex project, utilizing property tax
credits, “until we get our house in order.”
The Boise N eighborhood A ssocia­
tion had opposed the proposed 10-
unit row house developm ent at North
B orthw ick A venue and Fargo Street,
and had successfully put a hold on a
$361,000 federal grant, based on d is­
satisfaction with HOF. The non-profit
agency has allow ed drug dealing in its
B etty Cam pbell Building and M aya
A ngelou apartm ent com plex, critics
charge, and has been unresponsive to
com m unity concerns
Thom as D. W alsh, co-developer
and contrac tor on the Fargo 10 project,
told the O bserver that he still intends
to attem pt to build it, but is “in limbo at
the m om ent.” Creating a partnership
with another non-profit agency to build
affordable housing would be “our first
c h o ic e .” A nother p o ssib ility is a
“ speculative" venture to offer the units
for sale at market rate.
Chris Brown, co-chair o f the Boise
A ssociation, says that the group has
not yet had a chance to take a position
on the project, but that m ost members
would probably prefer to see owner-
occupied dwellings on the site.
W alsh says building in this way
w ould am ount to “a $1 m illion bet. I
d o n ’t know what the m arket size is for
that kind o f housing in that location.”
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The recent 42-unit K nott Street Town
Home project, east o f N ortheast M ar­
tin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at K nott
Street, was a success, he says, but
“That was closer to Irvington and its
higher property values.” H ow ever, he
adds,
“ Perhaps w e ’ll do it and grit our
te e th .”
Meanwhile, HOF and Boise are con­
tinuing negotiations to resolve their
differences. W hile neither w ished to
discuss specifics w hile the talks are
under way, both say there has been
definite progress. B row n adds, “The
w ithdraw al from the Fargo 10, w hich
caught us o ff guard, certainly d id n 't
h urt.”
Brow n heard the announcem ent
as a pledge by H OF to do no more
developm ent in Boise for the tim e b e­
ing. M iggins says that “at this point
we hav* no new projects planned."
A sked about a planned developm ent
on N ortheast 10th Avenue south o f
A lberta Street, in the King neighbor­
hood, she says, “ 1 d o n ’t know if it is
proceeding o r n ot.”
M iggins is the latest in a series o f
interim directors w ho have m anaged
HOF since G retchen D ursch left in
O ctober. Part o f the problem was that
the agency b o ard’s first choice for a
perm anent successor later turned the
jo b dow n, and other candidates w ere
deem ed unsatisfactory, M iggins says.
HOF is now going through a new re ­
cruiting effort for the directorship,
M iggins says.