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nxxxxxx u n i t y Rosemont school re-development proposals available at public openhouse
The R osem ent site
a 1 c n h a x* What: A Request For
represents a unique
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Water Conservation
workshop
T uesday, D ecem ber 14, Peninsula
P ark C o m m u n ity C e n te r 700 N.
Portland Blvd. 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Parenting Teens
Positive Discipline, Betsy Davenport,
instructor. Saturday, Decem ber 11,9
am to noon. $30 indiv, or $35 for 2
adults, same home.
Pioneer Square
Salvation Arm y Kettle Kickoff: Soup
on the Square W ednesday Dec. 1
11:30 am D owntown Portland, OR up
to 4,000 bow ls o f soup, fresh rolls and
hot coffee will be served; sponsored
by N W N atural, Franz Bread and
Boyd Coffee; adm ission is one can o f
food or donation o f $ 1 or more; 223-
1613; handicapped access.
In Situ Portland
Fueled by a long-standing desire to
increase opportunities for tem porary
outdoor art installations in Portland,
the Regional Arts & Culture Council
(R A C C )
announces
in
situ
P O R T L A N D , a th re e -y e a r p ilo t
p ro g ram . In situ P O R T L A N D is
designed to bring chai lenging temporary
artw orks into the public realm to serve
as catalysts for dialogue about art and
co m m u n ity issues. T hree $7,500
projects will be funded annually. Artists
and artist team s are invited to submit
proposals by M onday, D ecem ber 6.
For m ore information, contact K nstin
Calhoun, Public Art M anager at 503/
823-5401.
NCNM
N atural
Health Clinics
The N ational College o f Naturopathic
M edicine is now offering its “20/20”
college student healthcare package to
all Portland area college students. Now,
students can go to N C N M ’s three
prim ary locations for only $20 a visit,
and get a 20% discount on all natural
m edicinary purchases during teaching
visits. For m ore inform ation, call 503/
499-4343, ext. 1116.
Red Hot Mamas
O n D ecem ber 2nd, from 5:30 PM to
7:30 PM , the Red Hot M am as, who
recently heated up Tim es Square, with
the unveiling o f the first ever menopause
b illb o a rd , “ T h e N ew F a c e o f
M enopause,” will be bringing a “hot
flash” to Portland. PRIM E PLUS/
R ed Hot M am as, the nation’s largest
m enopausal m anagement educational
o rg a n iz a tio n are ju m p -s ta rtin g a
chapter in Portland via an informational
and educational forum at the YW CA
o f G reater Portland, sponsored by
H ealth y W om an, soy m enopause
supplem ent. The event will be at the
YW CA o f G reater Portland, located
at 1111 SW 10th Avenue.
Christmas Fantasy
Trail
Take a walk through a lighted, wooded
trail decorated with thousands o f lights
C hristm as tree, cedar boughs, swags
and holly are for sale, and refreshments
are available; 6 to 9 p.m. M ondays
through Saturdays;
W enzel Farm, 19754 South Ridge
Road, O regon City. 6 3 1 -2047; adults
$3, ages 12 and younger $2.
P ro p o sa ls
w as
issued in A ugust
1999
for
redevelopm ent o f
the
se v e n -a c re
R osem ont School
site at 597 N. Dekum
St. in the Piedmont
n e ig h b o rh o o d .
Proposals were due
at PDC on November
19 and four were
received.
The proposals will
be showcases at an
open house/public
d isp la y
a t the
P e n in su la
P ark
Community Center
th is F rid a y and
Saturday. Members
o f th e S e le c tio n
Committee will be on
h an d to an sw er
questions. There will
also be opportunity
for the p u blic to
p ro v id e
w ritte n
feedback regarding
the proposals.
W hen?Friday,D ecem ber3,1999
Where: 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, D ecem ber4,1999
9a.m.-5p.m.
Peninsula Park Community Center
700 N. Portland Blvd.
Who: Four proposals for the property were
submitted from the following firms:
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Tom Walsh and Company
Winkler Development Corporation
Pacific Housing Advisors
ONE Company
Why: Rosemont School has sat deteriorating
and vacant for several years.
opportunity for the city
in that the site is large,
is near parks and is well
served by transit. Its
e x c e lle n t, c lo se -in
location makes it a very
desirable location for
housing.
In April 1998 the City
o f P ortland, acting
th ro u g h
PD C,
p u rc h a se d
the
Rosem ont site. The
Villa St. RoseConvent,
although not formally
re g iste re d as an
h isto ric
site , is
c o n sid e re d a key
n e ig h b o rh o o d
lan d m ark by the
P ie d m o n t
neighborhood.
In July 1998, PDC
formed the Rosemont
Planning Committee
c o m p rise d
of
n e ig h b o rh o o d
representatives and
city officials to help lead a community process
and help advise the city on future uses of the
property.
For more information, contact: Julie Rawls,
PDC, 823-3294
G o s p e l
The National Conference for Community and Justice ' Christmas'
to
The National Conference for Community
and Justice (N C C J) is a non-profit,
n o n - s e c ta r ia n , h u m a n r e la tio n s
organization founded in 1927 as the
National Conference o f Christians and
Jews, with thegoal ofreducing prejudice
and intergroup conflict. T hep u rp o seo f
the conference has been summ arized as
“striving foraw orkablepluralism .” For
70 years, N C C J has im plem ented
programs that have dealt with the cutting
edge o f hum an relatio n s’ issues. The
scope o f w ork o f the organization
included police-com m unity relations,
interreligious dialogue, com m unity-
based intercultural dialogue, youth
leadership and education, and workplace
programs.
A s ou r neighborhoods becom e m ore
diverse, so to do our places o f worship;
faith-based intercultural dialogues are
tailored to m eet the needs o f churches
that find themselves working through
theunpredictabilityofrapidly changing
demographics.
N urella D oum itt, N C C J’s O regon
C hapter Executive D irector agrees.
“ F or over 70 years, N C C J has built
b r id g e s . T o d a y , w ith y o u th
program m ing such as N C C J’s Cam p
O dyssey and O ur W orld Y outh
L e a d e rs h ip P ro g ra m s , w e are
teaching young people to recognize
prejudice in all its ugliness and to
confront and com bat it. A s our nation
becom es even m ore diverse, this work
and the leaders w ho graduate from
NCCJ ’ s programming are needed m ore
than ever."
CONTRIBUTED STORY
for T he
Nurella Doumitt, NCCJ's Oregon chapter
executive director.
Portland Trailblazers and Fannie Mae Foundation put
finishing touches on home as part of'Home Team' Program
enjoy the stability and comfort that comes
from owning a home. Over the course o f six
years, our home Team has funded the
rehabilitation o f 42 homes in neighborhoods
throughout Portland. There's no question
that this Home Team defines the meaning of
partnership and true team spirit,” said Fannie
CONTRI BUTED5TORY
Mae Foundation president and CEO Stacey
for T he P ortland O bserver
Davis Steed. This season’s home team
development projects in Portland are being
The Portland Trail Blazers and the Fannie mea
managed by the NECDC with a $75,000 grant
foundation will join the northeast Community
from the Fannie Mae Foundation and $ 15,000
Development Corporation (NECDDC) on
from Blazer’ fund-raising efforts. The NECDC
is a n o n p ro fit
com m unity-based
organization whose
mission is to improve
the quality o f life for
the
c u ltu ra lly
diverse population
o f in n e r N orth/
Northeast Portland
through community
d e v e lo p m e n t
programs.
For information on
the H om e Team
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p ro g ram s o r the
Foundation, please
call(202)274-8082or
Alex Novelli at (202)
274-8061 or visit die
w ebsite at www.
f a n n i e
maefoundation.org.
From left:Colin Portnujf, Michael Harper (form er Trailblazer), Alava Wyndham, Joe Kleine (Trailblazer). and
Jennifer Farland o f the Fannie Mae Foundation
Blazer Players pick up
Brushes and Paint a
Newly Renovated Home
Tuesday, November 30 to put the finishing
touches on a newly renovated home as part
o f the “Home Team” partnership’s mission to
and Northeast Portland. The Foundation’s
Home team Program ailows us to impact the
lives o f so many deserving families,” said
Blazers president Bob Whitsitt.
Since 1994, the Home team has funded the
rehabilitation o f homes in Portland with
$450,00 in Fannie Mae Foundation’s grants
and 55,000 from the Trail blazers’ fundraisers.
“Through this Home team workday with the
Trail Blazers A family will soon be able to
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feature local
gospel singers
with symphony
P ortland O bserver
More than 100 voices culled from 19 gospel
choirs throughout the region will come
together to form the northwest Community
Gospel Chorus for the Oregon Symphony’s
A Gospel Christmas,” Saturday, Dec. 18, at
7:30 p.m. at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
in the Portland Center the Performing Arts.
Charles Floyd will conduct this exhilarating
evening o f gospel and spiritual Christmas
music. Media support is provided by KINK
fin 102.
Since 1993, Floyd has conducted the annual”
Gospel night at Pops” at Boston’s Symphony
Hall and Esplanade Pavilion and has recently
conducted his “ Gospel Christmas” with the
Atlanta and Houston Symphonies. Also a
pianist and composer, Floyd is perhaps best
known for his work as NatalieCole’sarranger
andconductor. Theireleven-yearpartnetship
includes such projects as the multiple Grammy
Award-winning tribute to Nat King Cole
entitled “Unforgettable, with Love and the
E m m y A w ard -w in n in g PBS “G reat
Performances” concert video.
Floyd's program will feature the gospel choir
singing Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus” and
Hallelujah" from “Soulful Messiah"; Floyd’s
own composition, “For Unto Us”; Donald
Lawrence’s “Heaven” featuring soprano Rene
Woods; Fred hammond’s Let the Praise
Begin” featuring tenor John Gainer; Thomas
Whitfield’s “W ithMy WholeHeart’ featuring
tenor Terry Davis; and “Go tell it on the
Mountain. “ Other selections to be preformed
include Bach’s Little Fugue in G minor and
grieg’s Shepherd Boy” from “Lyric Pieces”
(orchestra only); “The first Noel” featuring
alto Marilyn Keller; and Away in a manger’
featu rin g so prano L atish M cFarland.
Additional vocalists scheduled to appear
include The Jackson Sisters and alto Pamela
Baker
Terry Davis will direct the Northwest
Community Gospel Chorus, comprised o f
choir members from houses o f worship as far
away as Engene.
Tickets range in price from $ 18.75 to $50 and
may be purchased at the Oregon Symphony
Tickets office (923 SW Washington) Monday-
Saturday 9am to 5pm or charged by phone at
(503)228-1353 or(800) 228-7343. Tickets also
may be purchased at all Ticketsmaster outlets
(790- A RTS) or through Ticketmaster on-line,
via web site at www, orsymphony.org.
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