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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
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M ark W ashincton /T he P ortland O bserv er
Minority-owned business continues to fight city’s attempt at closure
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• 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
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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
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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)
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