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Not everyone is working less and making more
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This Old House star^Steve Thomas3headlines a weekend
long series o f events June 2-4 celebrating the opening of
Neil Kelly Company’s new westside showroom. The
showroom is located at 15573 SW Bangy Road, Suite 100,
in Lake Oswego (exit 292 off 1-5).
The events get underway Friday, June 2, when Governor
Kitzhaber will perform a ribbon cutting to dedicate the new
building, which has been constructed as a model o f
sustainable building practices and exem plifies the
G overnor’s recently announced sustainability initiative.
Throughout the weekend, visitors can enjoy cooking
demonstrations by professional chefs and 15-minute info
breaks on a variety o f home-related topics ranging from
planning media centers to choosing cabinets to financing
home improvement projects.
All weekend long there will be free refreshments, special
activities for the kids and door prize drawings, as well as
the opportunity to help choose a new name for the
sustainably-constructed building that houses the new
showroom. Anyone attending the event is invited to
submit name suggestions, which capture the essence of
the building’s architecture and environmental sensibility.
After the weekend celebration, the names will be reviewed
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a free night, with dinner for two included, at Salishan |
Lodge on Oregon’s coast, courtesy o f the building
owners, Neil Kelly company, Blazer Development and
CES NW. With more than 50 years in business, Neil
Kelly is the largest and one o f the oldest desigrvbuild
remodeling contractors in the Northwest. Recently the
company became the exclusive Portland-area supplier
o f Renewal by Andersen, an innovative, full service |
replacement window product.
Library’s Summer Reading Program Starts June 1
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Beginning June 1, kids and young
adults can visit any Multnomah
County library to sign up for Summer
Reading 2000. This year’s Ticket to
Tomorrow! game encourages players
to read with galaxies o f awesome
activities, amazing books and stellar
prizes. The program ends Aug. 31,
and all prizes must be claimed by
Sept. 1,2000.
All Tickets toTomorrow! Participants
are encouraged to attend the free
performances and workshops at the
library this summer. Arts and crafts,
music, live anim als, book club,
puppets and storytelling will entertain
children o f all ages.
Attractions include O M SI’s mobile
planetarium, Harry Potter parties and
the out-of-this world artwork o f David
Wiesner.
Another main attraction is the free
Oaks Park Summer Reading Kick Off
Party on Friday, June 16, from noon-
8 p.m. Kids and young adults can
sign up for summer Reading at the
party, where allTicket to Tomorrow!
Players will receive a free 10-ride
bracelet to Oaks Parks attractions.
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($16,600). The difference in median
an n u al w age b etw een th o se
Oregonians who worked one quarter
in 1998 and those who worked four is
substantial ($940 versus $25,056).
Part o f the sizable difference can be
explained by the difference in median
hourly wages. Those who worked
one calendar quarter in 1998 had a
median hourly wage o f $8.00, while
those who worked four quarters
eamedamedian hourly wageof$ 13.94,
a 75 percent difference. Differences
in median hourly wage, however,
account for a relatively small portion
of the difference in median annual
wage between Oregonians who work
one o f four quarters.
According to Helvoigt, “The median
numberofhours worked during 1998
appears to be much more important
factor in explaining the difference
between the annual median wage o f
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Readers play Tickets to Tomorrow!
In one o f three ways. “Read To Me”
is for children to whom books are
being read, and “Read on my Own”
challenges readers entering grade 6
and under. The “Young Adults” game
is for young people mark off rockets
on their game boards, progressing
through “space stations” and earning
prizes.
Readers earn prizes as they complete
each o f the four required levels o f
reading.
Religion
Based on data from the Oregon
Em ploym ent D epartm ent, m ost
people who earn more money also
work more. “I, seems reasonable to
expect that, in g en e ra l, th o se
individuals who work more also eam
more money,” said Ted Helvoigt an
economist with the Employment
Department “What is surprising is
the extent to which this is true.”
Helvoigt said 64% of Oregonians
covered by unemployment insurance
worked in each o f the four calendar
quarters in 1998. The remaining 36
percent were evenly divided between
working one, two, or three calendar
quarters. Only the median income of
those Oregonians who worked four
calendar quarters was abovethe 1998
poverty guidelines fora family offour
those who worked one calendar
quarter and those who worked four.”
Oregonians who were employed all
four calendar quarters in 1998 worked
a m edian o f 1,842 hours. In
comparison, those Oregonians who
worked one calendar quarter in 1998
worked a median o f 112 hours.
"Although no information is available
re g a rd in g
the
dem o g rap h ic
characteristics o f the workers, many
o f those Oregonians who worked only
one quarter were probably students
and older retirees. Still, lack of year-
round employment opportunities,
especially in Oregon’s rural areas is
likely to be a reason why many
Oregonians work only part o f the
y e a r,” H elvoigt said. “ Fam ily
obligations and a lack o f necessary
work skills may also be factors keeping
some Oregonians from maintaining
year-round employment.
Oregon’s teen pregnancy rate declines
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“This comprehensive approach is
critical to our success. No one
need all strategies and all groups to
work together to achieve our goal,”
says Weeks.
O reg o n ’s effort to reduce teen
pregnancies are paying off. A new
report from the DepartmentofHuman
Services’ Health Division shows the
state has significantly decreased the
rate o f teen pregnancies.
From 1994 through 1998 the Oregon
teen pregnancy rate decreased 9
percent. The 1998 rate is 17.2
pregnancies per 1,000 females ages
10-17, compared with 18.9
In 1994.
“Oregon’s teen pregnancy rate didn’t
decrease by accident. It happened
b e c a u se m any people and
organizations throughout the state
have worked hard in their local
communities,” says DHS Director
Gary Weeks.
To help state agencies and local
communities continue the downward
trend the Department o f Human
Services has released an updated
sta te w id e p la n , the O regon
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1 Oth annual family camp planned
CONTRIBUTED STORY
Plans are underway for the tenth
1 anniversary Parenting for Peace and
Justice family camp. The camp will
take place June 29 - July 2, at the
Aldersgate Conference Center near
Salem. The theme forthisyear’scamp
will be “a watershed experience: the
wonder o f creation.” Water rituals
are at the hear, o f faith life. Water runs
through Sacred Scripture. W ater
integrates meals. Water can also leave
one humbled by its power. Family
camp, on this tenth anniversary, lifts
upconnections to water and will help
particip an ts deepen respect for
creation.
The Parenting for Peace and Justice
family camp nurtures and empowers
families for “a little more justice and
peace in our hearts and social
structures.” The large group sessions
will be facilitated by Jim and Kathy
McGinnis and by the Alejandro and
Mary Aguilera-Titus family. These
sessions include “a taste o f our
c o n n e c tio n s w ith w a te r,” “ an
experience with the council o f all
beings,” and “in harmony with water:
deepening our care for creation.”
These sessions will help participants
become aware o f the ways we nurture
and care for creation and feel nurtured
by creation, encourage listening to
the life forms of the earth, and will take
a look at the life o f St. Francis of
Assisi and how his harmony with
creation deepened throughout his
life.
Kathy and Jim McGinnis are the
founders and co-directors o f the
Institute for Peace and Justice. Based
in St. Louis, MO, it is an interfaith not-
for-profit corporation promoting
peace, justice, and care for the earth
through education, social action and
prayer. They are also the founders
and co-coordinator o f the Parenting
for Peace and Justice Network, with
local coordinators in more than 100
U.S. and Canadian cities and in
Australia, the Philippines and Brazil.
Jim is the director o f Organizing for
Families Against Violence Advocacy
Network, and co-author o f the Family
Pledge o f Nonviolence and other
family resources. The Aguilera-Titus
family is returning to Oregon for this
year’s family camp. Alejandro and
Mary live in Silver Spring, MD with
their three children Renata, Daniela
and Jonathan. Alejandro serves as
the associate director o f Hispanic
Affairs with the National Conference
o f Catholic Bishops. He is a past
d irecto r o f the A rchdiocese o f
P o rtla n d ’s O ffice for H ispanic
Ministries. Mary works part time with
Families Against Violence Advocacy
Network.
The family camp will begin on
Thursday evening, June 29. There
will be time forrecreation, storytelling,
song, campfires and a talent show.
Father Loren Kerkof, OFM, will
celebrate Mass on Saturday evening,
and an ecumenical prayer and worship
service will take place on Sunday
morning.
The family camp is co-sponsored by
se v e ra l g ro u p s in c lu d in g the
Archdiocese o f Portland Offices of
Justice and Peace, Family Life,
Hispanic Ministries, and Office for
People for Disabilities, the Black
C a th o lic L ay C a u c u s, C lark
Foundation, Ecumenical Ministries
o f Oregon, Jesuit Volunteer Corps
NW, Maybelle Clark MacDonald
Fund, Metanoia Community, Mount
Angel Abbey and Seminary, Peace
w ith J u stic e D iv isio n : U nited
M ethodist Church, Peacemaking
Unit: Presbytery o f the Cascades,
Oregon FellowshipofReconciliation,
Oregon Peace Institute, Our Lady of
the Lake Parish (Lake Oswego), Rose
E. Tucker Trust, Steps to Success -
PCC, T rappist Abbey o f Our Lady o f
Guadalupe, TRM Copy Centers, and
the University o f Portland.
Aldersgate Conference Center is
located l5minutessoutheastofSalem.
A ccom m odations are cabins
furnished with one double bed and
bunk-style or single beds.
Childcare is provided for children
under the age o f three during the
large group sessions.
Some scholarships are available for
families with economic need. Formore
information and registration contact
the Office o f Justice and Peace,
Archdiocese o f Portland, 2838 E.
Portland, OR 97214,503-233-8361,
mspeekfn archdpdx.org. Due to a
lim ited am ount o f space, early
registration is recommended.
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On Saturday, June 3rd at 5:00 St.
A n th o n y ’s C hurch w ill hold a
D edication C erem ony for local
sculptor, M agrath’s 9 ’ tall bronze
sculpture o f the Resurrected Christ
which decorates their altar.
S,. Anthony 's located at 3560 SE 79'h,
in Portland, is a new Churchdedicated
to care for the elderly. The church
opened its doors in June bu, until this
Lent their altar was bare. Father
M ich ael M aslo w sk y , o f the
Archdiocese o f Portland, oversaw
the construction o f the church and
the selection o f the artists, but the
c h u rch w as in the m iddle o f
construction before he discovered
Magrath. Michael Magrath. a local
sculptor and supervisor for the Reed
C o lle g e sc u lp tu re stu d io , was
employed part time with a painting
contractor, plans for St. Anthony’s
and throughout the church he noticed
pedestals labeled with “sculpture to
be done by others” Wondering who
exactly “others" w ere, M agrath
contacted Father Maslowsky with a
proposal for pieces. The church
initially offered Magrath the Stations,
but based on the overwhelmingly
stro n g re c e p tio n the S tatio n s
received when the church opened in
June they decided to have him do the
Resurrection as well.
The church is currently negotiating
with Magrath on the commission o f a
life-sized Madonna fortheirgrotto. A
scale miniature o f the piece can be
seen in the studio by appointment
fair price
&
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appraisal.
Church honors work of local sculptor with ceremony
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