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www.portiandobserver.1 Committed to C u ltu ra l Diversity March 8, 2000 BM B ®Ije ^ o rtla n ò (©bserüer (il ninni u n i tu a I c n ù a r Break out the beads and candy, its Mardi Gras again Spring College Fair The Pacific Northwest Association for C o lle g e A d m issio n C o u n se lin g (PN ACAC) Portland Spring College Fair will be held at the University o f Portland Chiles Center on Sunday, April 2 from NOON — 3 pm. Over 100 colleges and universities from throughout the country will be on hand to share information with students and their families. Area high school counselors and financial aid administrators will be available to answer specific questions about college planning and fin a n c in g an e d u c a tio n . T h e University o f Portland is located at 5000 N Willamette Blvd. Call 503/943-7147. Margaret Carter enjoys the celebration with a myriad o f fellow costumed and masked people at the Cascade Center at Portland Community College yesterday during their annual festivities. The event sported music, dance and a good time fo r Portland residents. 17th A nnual Lee Owen Stone Benefit Auction All are invited to enjoy a delicious Mediterranean buffet and bid on hundreds o f exciting items at teh 17th Annual Lee Owen Stone Benefit Auction on Saturday, April 1, starting at 6:30 pm. All proceeds go to support Oregon’s oldest cooperative preschool. A nonprofit dedicated to diversity and parent involvement to create an enriching learning space for children 2 to 5 years old. Location o f this year’s auction will be at St. Andrew Community Center, located at 4940 NE 8,b Ave., just south o f NE 8"’ & Alberta. There will be a buffet, silent auction at 6:30 pm. and an oral auction at 7 pm. Tickets are $ 10. W ednesday’s Soul Stew Portland finally has a soul night! Whether you’re a fan or an aficionado, you will be digin’ the newest addition to Portland’s dance nightlife, Wednesday’s Soul Stew. Held weekly at the newly renovated Viscount Ballroom. DJ’sE ricT . Hedford (ex Dandy Warhol/ aka the pioneering DJ Aquaman) and Brian Martin (o f Seattle’s Truth and Soul) will be spinning 6 0 ’s and 70’s rare and classic soul o ff the original 45’s. Be there or be Square. Portland W aldorf School Workshops on a variety o f topics (How to Tell YourChild a Story, Puppetry, Working with the Voice in Storytelling, etc.) will be offered at the Portland W aldorf School (109 NE-SO^on Saturday, April 1 beginning at 9 am. During the evening, a presentation o f Word o f Mouth: In the Beginning..., a Festival o f Words, on March 31 and April 1. The festival will include an evening performance for adults beginning at 7:30 pm. on Friday and Saturday, as well as a children’s matinee performance at 2 pm. on April 1. All shows will be held at McGuire Auditorium at Warner Pacific College(2119SE68lhAve.).Call234-9660. Understanding the Sex Industry photo Bi M ark W ashincton /T he P ortland O bserv er Minority-owned business continues to fight city’s attempt at closure * » • Business celebrating two -year anniversary of serving Inner-Northeast Community Chevron contributed story for The Portland Observer Food Mart On Friday, March 3, United Gas & Food Mart I celebrated over two years o f business at its o fi location on 3435 NE Martin Luther King, JR Blvd. The Business thanked customers by p roviding refreshm ent throughout the weekend. At the same time, the company is continuing to fight a nuisance suit filed by the city o f Portland over two years ago against the formerownerofthe property. The nuisance suit seeks to close the gas station and convenience store for one year. United Gas & Food Mart is one o f the few thriving minority owned businesses on Martin Luther King, JR Blvd. When United Gas & Food Mart took over operation o f the gas & Food Mart began operation, complaints station and convenience store in January about the property have virtually ceased. The 1998, the property was the subject o f numerous well lit, twenty four-hour-a day gas station neighborhood complaints. Since United Gas Chevron convenience store at the Southeast comer o f Fremont and MLK has transformed the intersection with its commercial activity. Despite these improvement, the City of (Please see ’Business’ page 3) Democrats win opener by a landslide over Dallas CONlRlBirEDSLORi tor T he P orijland T ìbser > er The sex industry is about power, and using real human beings to gratify and support the fantasies o f others. The exploiters make a lot o f money, the people used in the industry get hurt, and society is left to live with, and pay for, a lot of damage. The Red Rose School will host an eight week class on the sex industry addressing these concerns, and focusing on new ways to eliminate commercialized sexual exploitation. Thursday evenings, from 7:30 to9:30pm , beginning on March 23. Call 236-7244. The undefeated, top-ranked Jefferson Democrats made three-pointers on their first two possessions and didn’t have an empty offensive trip until 1:15 was left in the first quarter as they raced out to a 55-30 halftime lead and never looked back in a 94-65 romp over Dallas. The win puts Jefferson into the second round o f the O.S.A.A.-U.S. Bank Class 4A boys basketball championship against a Lake Oswego team that may provide more o f a challenge. Jefferson’s full-court pressure forced Dallas to speed the pace up from the get-go, and their fearsome combination o f size and quickness allowed them to dominate the glass while committing just 3 first half turnovers. The Democrats shot 62% for the game, including 8 for 15 from three point range, and showed why they arc the overwhelming favorite to win the tournament. Antone Jarrell had three highlight film dunks in the first half and added a 180 flush in the second en route to a 20 point night, leading all Computer ABC’s for the Family Spend valuable time interacting with your child or g randchild at P ortsm outh Community School in North Portland. Use educational softw are, increase your knowledge o f terminology and techniques, brow se the Internet, develop digital pictures, create an address book and presentations, and even learn how to make some basic repai rs. The event runs through March 16,6:30-8 pm.,$12 per family and $4 forindividual. Call 823-PLAY. (Please see ’D em ocrats’ page 3) I K
