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Volunteers to register residents to vote this weekend
Easter Festivities at
the Oregon Humane
Society
• Margaret Carter knows
the pow er o f the vote.
The Oregon Hum ane Society will be open
for business for the first E aster in its
history this Easter Sunday, April 23,2000.
It will be a festive spring day at the shelter
and all are invited. Throughout the shelter
cam pus, w e have hidden num bered eggs.
You will receive a list o f items to try to find.
H oliday-related prizes will be given to
those finding them ost items. The hunt will
take place from noon until 6 pm. There will
be discounts for fam ilies wanting to adopt
on E aster day they will be able to crack an
Easter Egg revealing a discount on the
norm al $55 adoption fee. Y ou may get a
couupon for $5 o $25 o ff our adoption fee.
Call 503/285-7722.
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Easter Concert of
Handel’s “Messiah”
Tw o perform ances o f “The M essiah” are
scheduled at St. M ary’s Cathedral at SW
18,h and Couch St. on Easter Sunday, April
23 at 2 pm. and the Easter Tuesday, April
25 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are on sale at Sheet
M usic Service o f Portland, 34 NW 8th, or
reservations can be m ade by calling the
CA E at 296-9983. Prices are $20 general
adm ission, $ 18 seniors, and $5 students
w ith ID. Further inform ation is also
availableatw w w .caeportland.com
'.O M R IB L U JM Ü K Y
H JK T ML PüRILANU O B S E R V E R
In 1984, M argaret C arter beat six opponents
to becom e O regon’s first A frican-A m erican
w om an to becom e a state representative.
“ W e w alked on lunch hours, after school and
on w eekends to register voters in our district
and educate them about the issues,” said
M argaret Carter, who is now running for the
state Senate against political new com er Evie
Crow ell. “ It was the largest cadre o f volunteers
fro m th e c o m m u n ity an d d if f e r e n t
organizations I’ve ever seen.”
C a rte r , w h o s e rv e d in th e H o u s e o f
R epresentatives for 14 years, will be am ong
a b o u t 100 v o lu n te e rs w h o w ill w a lk
n eig h b o rh o o d s in N orth an d N o rth e a st
Portland on Saturday to register people to
vote and to rem ind them that O regon now
votes by m ail instead o f residents heading to
“We are going to give them reasons to
vote. ”
Jam ie Partridge, N ew Party m em ber
M argaret Carter, interim p resid en t o f the Urban League
o f P ortland
the polls.
S a tu rd a y at T e rre ll H all on P o rtla n d
The them e o f the w alk is “ Let
C om m unity C o lleg e’s cam pus, located on
Y our V oice Be Heard.”
North K illingsw orth Street. W alkers will
The walk begins at 10 a. m . on
receive training on how to register people to
v o te a n d a ls o th e y w ill b e a s sig n e d
neighborhoods in w hich they will walk.
Lunch will be served when the volunteers
return to Portland Com m unity C ollege’s
Terrell Hall. State R epresentative JoAnn
Bow m an is scheduled to speak during lunch.
T he event is sponsored by the Portland
C om m unity College Faculty Federation and
the N ew Party.
John Sutter o f the faculty federation said
voting is a m atter o f “govern or be governed.”
Jam ie Partridge o f the New Party said it is
important to register people to vote in North
and N ortheast Portland because the district
has the low est voter participation rate in the
state because residents may feel that the
process leaves them out.
“ W e’re going to change that,” Partridge said.
“W e are going to give them reasons to vote.”
Partridge said those reasons are education
funding and M argaret C arter’s bid for the
Senate.
The New Party’s goal is to build grassroots
political power.
It is a m ultiracial, working class organization
th a t o p e ra te s in s id e an d o u ts id e th e
D em ocratic Party. The Portland chapter o f
th is n atio n al o rg a n iz a tio n is b a se d in
N ortheast Portland.
Claudiette LaVert, a longtim e com m unity
activist and chapter organizer for the New
Party, said there is a voice in the ballot. “If you
choose not to vote, there will be silence.”
For m ore inform ation about the w alk or to
volunteer, call 282-1585.
Learn to Meditate
a
Learn to M editate for free in a 2-week
course offered by the Sri Chinm oy Centre.
D iscover how m editation can sim plify
y o u r life and deepen y o u r sense o f
happiness. Many techniques taught by
experienced m editation teachers. The
e v e n t w ill be h eld at th e P o rtlan d
D ow ntow n Library on Sundays, April 23
and 30, from 1:3O-3 pm. Call 503/471-1588
to register.
Alternatives to
Growth Oregon
A lternatives to Grow th O regon (A G O )
will hold a forum , O regon’s Choice:
E ndless G row th or Q u ality o f L ife,
Saturday, April 15,8:30 am. - 5:30 pm. at
P o rtla n d S tate U n iv e rsity . K ey n o te
speaker will be Bill M cK ibben, author o f
" M a y b e O n e: A P e rs o n a l an d
Environmental Argum ent forSingleC hild
F am ilies,"" The End o f N ature; T he A ge
o f M issing Inform ation," and " Hope,
H um an and Wild: T rue Stories o f Living
Lightly on the Earth." Registration fee
(in c lu d e s lu n ch ) $ 1 5 -3 5 . For m ore
information, call 503/222-0282 or visit their
w ebsite at w w w .A G O regon.org.
The Men They Will
Become
Eli H. N ew berger, MD, one o f the leading
experts on child and fam ily developm ent
and author o f the critically acclaim ed,
“The M en They Will Become: The Nature
and N urture o f M ale C haracter” will be in
Portland for a one day seminar on April 24,
2000. The conference, w hich shares the
titleo fD r. N ew berger’s book, will be held
at the Kennedy School in Portland, Oregon
from 9 am . to 4 pm. Dr. N ew berger’s book
explores the developm ental process o f
building character in boys. Call 503/281-
6151,ext. 12.
Run, Walk and
Stand for the Earth
The city will be host to a unique celebration
in observance o f the 3O'h A nniversary o f
Earth Day on Saturday, April 2 2 ,2 0 0 0 at
7:30 am . The three main organizing groups,
the Earth and SpiritCouncil, theCity Repair
Project and The G reen H ouse Network,
have planned a series o f participatory
events, including a run to stop global
warming, a human circle around the city o f
Portland, a M ardi-G ras style procession
honoring the earth’s m yriad life forms,
tree planting, and a multi-cultural ceremony
and celebration at Pioneer Courthouse
Square.
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Governor Kitzhaber cuts ribbon at Standard Dairy Grand Opening
• Grand Opening offers
businesses a chance to
sh o w
w ares
and
buildings history
CONTRIBIIEDSIORT
for T he P ortland O bserver
The Standard Dairy Building, located at 2808
N.E. M artin Luther K ingJr. B lvd.,celebrated
its grand opening w hich began Thursday,
April 13 and it continued through April 16.
T he grand opening com m enced at 10 a.m. on
T hursday, April 13 with statem ents from
M e tro C o u n c ilo r Ed W a sh in g to n .
W ashington spoke about the history o f the
building and the M artin Luther King. Jr. Blvd.
neighborhood.
G uest speaker. G overnor John Kitzhaber, cut
the ribbon at the grand opening and toured
the Standard Dairy Building.
T he rest o f the weekend offered grand
opening specials throughout the businesses
located in the Standard Dairy, including Billy
R eed ’s R estaurant & Bar, Healthy Motion,
M etropolitan Art Studio, Sheeba H ouse o f
Elegance, Talism an Gallery and Vessels.
The grand opening activities involved door
prizes, contests, a fashion show and tours o f
the Dairy.
In honor o f April being D onor A w areness
Month, volunteers from the O regon Donor
Program was on hand to distribute donor
cards and answ er questions. In addition, Billy
R eed’s hosted the musical group The Earth
Tones on Saturday.
All o f the activities w ere free o f charge
throughout the weekend.
The building housed the Standard Dairy
during the 1940s through 1980. T he structure
sat empty until 1988 when Portland developers
Bill Reed and Lydia Lundberg purchased the
building.
Ten years later, in 1998, Reed and Lundberg
began work on the project that is now the new
Standard Dairy Building. Today , the Dairy
com bines living, work and retail space to
provide an “urban village” to N ortheast
Portland. The D airy has been nom inated for
the G overnor’s Livability A w ard by M etro
This award honors buildings that exem plify
G overnor K itzhaber’s Quality Developm ent
Criteria.
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