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February 23, 2000
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Community celebrates Patton home redevelopement
Local Teen Talent
for M usicFest 2000
Talented teen bands looking for a big
break may just find it at MusicFest
2000. The Rose Festival is inviting
Portland-area teen bands to submit
applications for the fourth annual
competition. The best o f the bands will
be chosen to perform at Rose Festival
events in June, and the winning band
secures a prime spot on the Pepsi
Waterfront Main Stage. At least halfof
the group’s members must be currently
enrolled in high school for the band to
participate in MusicFest. Applications
must be accompanied by a group photo
and ademo tapeorCD. All applications
must be postmarked by Wednesday,
March 15. Call 503/227-2681.
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An Evening of Negro
Spirituals
You are cordially invited to the Bethel
A.M.E. Church, Cathedral Choir’s
special concert to celebrate Black
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This special event will be held at the
Bethel A.M.E. Church on Sunday,
February 27 at 4 pm. For more
information, call 503/288-5429.
City, county and state leaders joined ministers
from Portland’s Albina neighborhood Feb 18,
2000, at Patton Home, 4619 N. Michigan, to
celebrate the Patton Home Com m unity
Redevelopment Project.
The project is a $6.6 million collaboration
C om m unity Plaza
Design Workshops
Kems Community Members are invited
to participate in a series o f Design
Workshops to create a community
plaza. The plaza will be located in the
Kems Neighborhood in the area of 29lh
Avenue and East Burnside. Local
Landscape Designer, Mike Whitmore
and student from the Benson High
School’s Architecture program will help
participants create a space that serves
the communities needs. The event will
be on Tuesday, March 7, 8 am. at
Natures Fresh Northwest on 2826 East
Burnside. Call 503/823-3449.
funded by Ecumenical Ministries o f Oregon,
o f which Charles Jordan is President o f the
Board o f Directors, Meyer Memorial Trust,
the Portland Development Commission, the
state H ousing T rust Fund, and other
community partners
Construction, scheduled for completion by
the end o f the year, will provide rooms for 64
low-income adults with special needs and
Black History Month
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Portland’s Jefferson High School was awarded
(3) selections and Benson High School gets
(1) fora total o f(4) selections out of 1800 prep
basketball standouts in the nation to be on
McDonald’s 2000 All American High School
Basketball Team.
There are a total o f 24 slots on the team. The
selections are as follows:
Jefferson High School
1. Brandon Brooks 6’3” point guard
2. Antone Jarrell
6’6” wing guard
3. John Tinnon
6 ’8” forward guard
Benson High School
1. Robert Day
6 ’5”
Award ceremonies are scheduled for 2:00
P.M., February 23, 2000 at their respective
schools. McDonald’s All-American alumni
includes such current and former NBA
superstars as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson,
Grant Hill, Patrick Ewing, Isiah Thomas and
Dominique Wilkins. This year’s McDonald's
A ll-A m erican G am e w ill be played
Wednesday, March 29, at the Fleet Center in
Boston, home o f the Boston Celtics. The
game will be broadcast live on ESPN during
primetime at 8
P.M. (EST).
All proceeds
from the game
b e n e fit
R o n a ld
M c D o n a ld
H o u s e
Charities o f
Eastern New
England.
Benson Techman Robert Day
H ighland Passion
Play
On March 18 and 19, the Laurelhurst
Theater will sponsor the first annual
KemsCan! Film Festival. Admission to
the first matinee shows is free with a
canned food donation. All donations
will benefit Jean’s Place, a local women's
shelter. Open to all ages. Call Elizabeth
Kennedy at 503/823-3449.
The central kitchen will also be remolded, plus
eight new bathrooms and a sunroom will be
added.
Ecumenical M inistries o f Oregon is an
association o f 15 Christian denominations
including Protestant, Orthodox and Roman
Catholic religious bodies that work together
to respond as a people o f faith to the needs of
Oregonians.
Oregon Hits the JackPot
CHILDSUPPORT FORCH1LDREN is
offering four $1000 scholarships to
graduating students across the state
who wish to further their education.
Students interested in applying should
contact their high school counselors.
All applications must be received no
later than April 1,2000. Four students
will be selected. B usinesses and
individuals interested in making a tax
deductible contribution may contact
Barbara Hansen, Executive Director, at
503/622-3588.
K erns Can! Film
Festival
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Child Support for
C h ild r e n
Scholarship
The Highland Passion Play is an Easter
musical with performances in April.
Actors and singers o f all ages and crew
needed. Also looking for keyboardist.
For more information, please call 669-
8974.
14,000 square feet of meeting space for
community and non-profit organizations. For
over a century the three-story Patton House
in Northeast Portland has been a home to
people who need assistance.
The renovation o f the 70,000 square foot
house will provide a new roof, upgraded
foundation, exterior, heating, cooling,
plumbing, and electrical systems.
Left to right: John Tinnon. Brandon Brooks. and AntoneJarrell o f the Jefferson Democrats
Genealogist - Like Cyrano de Bergerac, Alex Haley penned love
letters on behalf offriends. De Bergerac wrote his within the pages
o f a drama; Haley authored his during off-duty' hours as a messboy
in the U.S. Coast Guard, beginning to hone the skills that would
result, some twenty years later, in his becoming a fiercely
independent professional writer in the civilian world. Growing up in
Tennessee, Haley had listened to stories about his ancestors that,
embellished by intensive research and creative imagination, served
as thefoundationfor Roots: The Saga of an American F amily. The
story o f West African Kunta Kinte and his American descendants
eventually was translated into twenty-two languages and reaped
27J awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. It was published eleven
years after the appearance o f H aley’s first book. I he Autobiography
of Malcolm X, a riveting description o f a dramatic life that was also
a best-seller - though its popularity did not reach the phenomenal
level attained by Roots.
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Beavers named producer, host of Spectrum
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P o rtla n d -R a in a B eavers, reco g n ized
motivational speaker and 1985 Portland Rose
Festival Queen, has been named producer
and host o f “Spectrum,” an AT&T Cable
Services Community Television production.
An eight-year producer o f Oregon's largest
Martin Luther King, JR celebration, Beavers
also serves as an independent contractor
with Portland Public School system offering
a range o f youth leadership services. A 10-
year host o f Paragon C able's Northeast
Spectrum, she is also an active volunteer with
the World Arts Foundation, Inc., the Oregon
A ssociation o f Student C ouncils, Sell
Enhancement, Inc., Bndge Builders and the
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Spectrum, Oregon's only locally produced
program focusing on issues o f relevance to
the African American community, has been
reformatted to include issues and topics of
importance to a broader group o f ethnic
populations and minorities. “As the greater
Portland Metro area's diverse population
continues to grow,” said Kevin Mulligan,
Regional Director o f Communications “we
aim to serve as a voice for the many groups of
people that make our region unique and
special " Spectrum is scheduled to premiere
Wednesday. February 23.2000 at 8:00 PM on
AT&T Cable Services Community Television
channel 44 in Vancouver, channel 54 east of
the Willamette River and on channel 52 west
o f the Willamette.