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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.