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Shared Spirits’ & Interstate MAX blend culture and project awareness
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Tri-M et’s Interstate MAX light rail
project will host a day o f information
sharing and cultural entertainment
on Saturday, May 6 at the Interstate
Firehouse C ultural Center.
E x h ib its, e n te rta in m e n t and
discussions will be from 10 AM - 4
PM at the Interstate Firehouse
Cultural Center, 5340 N Interstate
Ave. (Tri-Met bus line 5-Interstate).
D iscussions on Interstate MAX
to p ic s
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w ith
performances by local cultural groups.
A rtist L illian P itts’ ex h ib it o f
sculptures, masks and prints called
“Shared Spirits” will be on display.
Performers include:
• No! Kidding! Choir, youth choir
providing an urban, multi-ethnic,
vocal program (11 AM)
Polish Dance Troupe, presenting
traditional Polish dances (1 PM)
• Stage II/Teen Artists, an urban
troupe providing African drumming
& dancing (2 PM)
ATZ1NNEGAYALL1, a traditional
pre-Hispanic dance group (3 PM)
G u ests can jo in sm all g ro u p
discussions on Interstate MAX
topics, including station design, art
projects, bike routes, brownfields
studies and construction plans.
All performances and discussion
groups are free o f charge and are
accessible. Children are encouraged
to attend. Mexican pastries, coffee
and juice will be available. Language
in te rp re te rs a re a v a ila b le if
notification is given by Thurs., April
27at(503)247-3958.TTY(503)238-
5811.
In te rsta te
M AX
ex ten sio n
The 5.8-mile Interstate MAX line
includes 10 new stations between the
Expo Center and Rose Quarter Transit
Center, and would operate directly
between Expo Center and downtown
Portland.
The City o f Portland, Tri-Met and
Metro have approved local funding
for the S35O million extension, which
requires no additional property taxes.
A federal matchof$257.5 million has
been re q u e ste d . If ap p ro v e d ,
construction will begin by the end o f
2000, and train service will start in fall
2004.
For information on the community
day, drop by the Interstate MAX
field office at 5101 N Interstate Ave.
orcall(503)962-2254ortryourwebsite
at www'. tri-met.org.
Child abuse report calls for response
CO.N IR IB t lEU S TO RV
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State child welfare officials say a
report released Tuesday is further
evidence o f the need for more
community involvement in child
protection and safety.
The Oregon Department o f Human
Services’ annual status o f children
report documents 1999 statistics on
child maltreatment, adoption and
foster care.
“From this report, we continue to
leam that government alone cannot
meet the goals of child protection and
permanence,” said Ramona Foley,
administrator o f the State Office for
Services to Children and Families. “By
w o rk in g to g e th e r, sta te , local
government and nonprofit partners will
continue to help individuals and
famil ies improve their outcomes in the
best interest o f Oregon’s children.”
W hile the federal government has
released consecutive reports that,
nationally, child maltreatment cases
are on the decline, Oregon’s caseloads
are increasing. This is attributed in part
to achild-maltreatment category called
"threat o f harm,” which some states
don’t report. This includes any
activities, conditions or persons
that place the child at substantial
risk o f physical or sexual abuse,
neglect or mental injury, even
though actual harm may not have
occurred.
“ A lth o u g h
th is
c a te g o ry
contributes to higher numbers o f
child victims, it also puts child
welfare workers in a position to
identify early factors that may
endanger a child,” said Foley.
Foracopy visit www.hr.state.or.us/
Police from page 1
to the World Trade Center to protest
outside Sen. Gordon Smith’s office.
Tensions rose when someone threw
a newspaper box at officers, someone
broke a Nike store window and several
protesters threw fiery objects at
officers on horseback, police said.
Police then pushed and prodded the
protesters into W aterfront Park,
trapping the protesters along the
waterfront. An officer declared an
unofficial state o f emergency and
others waved guns and clubs. Later,
they used the weapons to disperse
the crowd.
A leader o f the demonstration used a
loudspeaker to urge the marchers to
continue on to Powell’s.
“When they start throwing rocks at
buildings and horses, we have to act
swiftly and decisively,” said Mike
Crebs, incident commander at the
Portland police department. “We did
everything w e’re supposed to do.”
B ut th o se at T u e sd a y ’s p ress
conference said officers were also
rough with peaceful protesters.
“1 was trying to calm things down
when the police grabbed me,” said
Shira Zucker, 20. “I was choked with
a billy club and struck at least four
times.”
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Birthday
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