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Attention Unsigned Artists!
A ppro x im ately 10 artists and bands,
encom passing all styles o f m usic, will be
chosen to perform at the Black Music
A rtist S how case on June 2 3 rd. T op 3
perform ers will have a chance o f winning
great prizes like $1,000. The deadline is
May 26. Send a 2-song cassette, bio, picture
if possible, any press material and complete
contact inform ation with non-refundable
application feeof$25 for a single artist and
$75 for group by the deadl ine date. Contact
the Roseland T heater about the Local
Artist Show case on Friday, June 23,2000.
Health and Fitness Fair
The 2000 H ealth and Fitness Fair will be
held at University Park Com munity Center,
located at 9009 N. Foss on Saturday, May
20 from 10 am . - 4 pm . There wi 11 be lots o f
health information, prizes, music and games.
Som e o f the exhibitors include the Oregon
Dairy Council, A m erican C ancer Society,
American Red Cross and the African Health
Coalition. Call 503/823-3631.
Free Performance of “The
Jungle Book”
The Buckman SUN school program will be
s p o n s o r in g a fre e n e ig h b o rh o o d
perform ance o f TH E JU N G LE BOOK by
the TEA R S OF JO Y PU PPET THEATRE
CO M PA N Y . T he perform ance will take
place at 4 pm. on W ednesday, M ay 31 ” in
thecafetorium at Buckman School, 320 SE.
16,h. For m ore inform ation, call Diane at
503/998-2166.
The Palace and Collections
of a Russian Noble Family
A rt lovers have a few m ore days to see the
Stroganoff: The Palace and C ollections o f
a Russian N oble Family at the Portland Art
M useum . This acclaimed exhibition, which
has garnered international press attention
closes on W ednesday, M ay 3 1 ,2OOO.The
exhibition features icons and antiquities,
gold and silver decorative arts, palace
furnishings, and Old M aster paintings, all
arrayed as they w ere in the S troganoff
Palace, one o f the grandest 18lh century
buildings on St. Petersburg’s principal
thoroughfare.
Try Acupuncture, Herbal
Remedies at Free Seminars
A re you healthy as you w ant to be, could
be? Com plem entary medicine can give you
a new outlook on your health. Now, you
can check it out in a safe, educational
forum. T he O regon C ollege o f Oriental
M edicine (O C O M ), 10525 SE Cherry
Blossom Dr., Portland, is sponsoring free
sem inars on June 10, 17 and 24. Each
Saturday sem inar starts at 10am. and lasts
about 90 m inutes. T o reserve your place,
call 503/253-3443.
Learn How to Write Grants
Join a grantw riting w orkshop headed by
Rick Levine on W ednesday, M ay 24 from
5:30-8:30 pm. at the Brentwood-Darlington
Com m unity C enter(7211 SE 62nd Avenue).
Rick Levine has been w riting grants and
teaching grantw riting in the northwest
since 1973. He is the creator and author o f
the first “G uide to O regon Foundations".
The guide, in its sixth edition, is still
c o n s id e re d an o u ts ta n d in g to o l for
grantseekers.
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Portland woman receives award from Oprah Winfrey
A ssociated P ress
W hen M ariah T aylor first received the call
from O prah W infrey’s production com pany,
she thought som eone was playing a jo k e on
her.
But soon it becam e clear that T aylor and her
alm ost 20-year-old North Portland N urse
Practitioner C om m unity Health C linic w ere
being given $50,000 after being chosen as the
sixth recipient o f W infrey’s “ Use Y our Life
A w ard.”
Taylor, the clin ic’s founder and director,
a p p e a re d M o n d ay on W in fre y ’s d a ily
television show to receive the aw ard, w hich
is aim ed at “som eone who is using their life to
im prove the lives o f others,” said the sh o w ’s
publicist, Jerilyn Schultz.
T he p rese n tatio n also serv es “ to b rin g
attention and funding to grass-roots programs
around the w orld,” Schultz said.
T aylor’s operation certainly is grass-roots.
O perating on an annual budget o f about
$250,000, it has provided free or low -cost
services to about 18,000 children from low-
income and uninsured families since it opened
on Nov. 3,1980.
The clinic - w hich has survived several
fin an cial cru n c h es o v e r th e y ears - is
supported by donations and helping hands
from United W ay as well as other public and © Mariah Taylor and Oprah Winfrey pose during the Oprah Winfrey show Monday
private sources. It also relies heavily on
donated m edical supplies
nurse services, she m akes house calls and
plans to relocate the clinic early next year to
A single m other o f four and a former w elfare
a larger building and hopes to hire additional
provides referral services when needed.
recipient, T aylor overcam e a childhood o f
T he clinic is run by a staff o f three full-tim ers
staff members.
poverty in her native A tlanta, Texas.
and one part-tim e em ployee.
The new facility will include space to conduct
In 1946, she moved with her family to Portland.
Beyond hermedical treatments,Taylor collects
evening classes in E nglish as a second
W hile grow ing up, she cared for many o f her
language for m any o f her im m igrant patients
donated clothing, toys, diapers, bread and
siblings during illnesses, sparking an interest
fruit, all o f w hich she distributes to needy
andtheirfam ilies.
The Oprah prize “will be a catalyst for other
that eventual ly led to several col lege degrees
com m unity residents. She even has a Friday
resources that will help cover the costs o f
and a career in nursing.
tradition o f handing out treats to children
Today, Taylor, w ho is 57 and a grandm other
m edicines and fam ilies who have nothing to
w ho get good grades.
o f seven, puts in as m any as 20 hours a day
T he cash aw ard and national recognition are
pay,” she said.
“ It’ll help ensure that every child will be able
at the clinic. In addition to her regular pediatric
perfectly tim ed, Taylor said, because she
to get the proper m edicine.”
Most important, Taylor emphasized, the award
re p re s e n ts a c o lle c tiv e fa m ily an d
com munitywide accomplishment. “I d o n 't do
this by m yself,” she insisted. “ I get help from
all over. Back when we w ere having financial
trouble and couldn’t pay the bills, w e had to
go next door to get w ater to flush the to ile t..
.. W hen people send up prayers for us, they
often d o n ’t know how much that means.
W e’re all in this together. W e all do w hat we
can.”
Portland elementary science teacher named among best in the US
CONTRIBUTEDSTOKY
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President Clinton has nam ed Eric O lson a
recipient o f the n atio n ’s highest honor for
U.S. science teachers in grades K through 12.
M r. O lsen a te a c h e r at C h ie f J o se p h
Elementary School, is am ong 200 teachers
selected for the 1999 Presidential Award for
E xcellence in M athem atics and Science
Teaching.
" A m e ric a ’s c o n tin u in g su c c e ss in th e
in te rn a tio n a l te c h n o lo g ic a l re v o lu tio n
depends heavily upon building our strength
in m athem atics and science education," says
Rita Col well, director o f the National Science
Foundation, w hich adm inisters the awards
program on b eh alf o f the W hite House. “The
teachers we honor here are educating those
w ho will lead this country - and the world -
in creating, developing, and putting to work
new ideas and new technologies.”
Each year, a national panel o f distinguished
scientists, m athem aticians, and educators
recommends teachers to receive a Presidential
Award - one elem entary and one secondary
science teachers from each state and four
designated jurisdictions. T he 1999 aw ardees
were selected from am ong 648 state final ists.
As an awardee, Mr. Olsen will receive a $7,500
educational grant to be used at C hief Joseph
Elementary School, a presidential citation,
and a trip to W ashington D.C., for a series o f
recognition events, inform ation exchange
programs, and an aw ard Ceremony. Mr. Olsen
is a graduate o f Portland State University,
Portland, OR
"Heroes are not giant statues fram ed against
a red sky. They are people who say: This is my
community and it is my responsibility to make
it b e tte r”
Tom McCall (Oregon G overnor 1967-1975)
Portland’s central city concern wins national award for affordable housing effort
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The Fannie Mae Foundation was honored
Portland's Central City C oncern (CCC) as
winner o f the national M axwell Aw ards o f
excellence for its Rose W ood A partm ents, an
affordable housing unit providing appropriate
shelter for low -incom e and hom eless people
with HIV AIDS. The nonprofit will be awarded
a $35,000 grant and w as honored during a
Capitol Hill ceremony in W ashington on May
16.
The Maxwell Awards o f Excellence Program
for the Production o f Low -Incom e Housing
(Maxwell A w ards) seeks to identify, promote
and reward the outstanding work o f nonprofit
organizations that develop and maintain
affordable housing in urban neighborhoods,
m etropolitan com m unities, small cities and
rural areas. The program also designed to
e n c o u ra g e m o re c o r p o r a tio n s an d
foundations to becom e funding or investment
p a r tn e rs in c o m m u n ity d e v e lo p m e n t
endeavors.
Reengineering Yourself for
The New Millennia
Joseph M cClendon III, an instructor at
UCLA and M aster Trainer for the Anthony
Robbins Institute, will offer a one-day
sem inar entitled “ Reengineering Y ourself
for the N ew C entury” on May 18,2000 at
th e O re g o n C o n v e n tio n C e n te r.
M cClendon uses a teaching style that
includes N euro-Linguistic P rogram m ing,
N euro-associativeC onditioning and body
m ovem ent to teach key com m unication
skills and patterns o f physiology o f highly
successful people. Call 503/241 -9200.
Women in Trades Fair
Learn about th e opp o rtu n ities in the
construction trades on Saturday, M ay 20
from 10 am. to 4 pm. at the NECA /IBEW
Electrical T raining Center at 16021 NE
A irport Way. For m ore inform ation, call
503/943-2228 o r visit their w ebsite at
www.tradeswomvn.net
(Please see 'Housingaward' page B2)
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