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NE A lberta Street receives new banners
Back to School Fair
T his year on Septem ber 2, N ortheast
P o rtlan d ’s Irving Park w ill be filled w ith
excitem ent as basketball players, social
service agencies and com m unity groups
all jo in together to co-sponsor the NE
C om m unity B ackto School F air2000! In
addition to the Fair w ill be the 9th annual
Free B asketball Clinic. T he basketball
clinic is open to the first 500 registrants
boys and girls ages 7-18. A ll youth
registered for the Clinic will automatically
get at the end o f the day a backpack filled
w ith
v a r io u s s c h o o l s u p p lie s .
R egistration is from 9 a .m .-10 a.m.
Twenty new banners will unfurl on NE Alberta
Street this month. Each one is large and
colorful, representing various cultures that
parallel the m ulti-cultural feeling o f the street.
A short dedication cerem ony will celebrate
the hanging o f the banners. Scheduled for
Saturday, Septem ber 16lh, at 11:45 during the
A lberta Street Fair. T he dedication will take
place on the main stage (21s' and Alberta).
The new banners w ere made possible by a
grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council
to the arts group, A rt on A lberta. Judge
Cornw ell was selected by the panel for her
e x p e rtise an d h e r co m m itm e n t to th e
n e ig h b o rh o o d .
She ow ned Judee
M oonbeam ’s Fibre A rt Studio on Alberta
Street for three years before m oving to
K illingsw orth and M allory. She was helped
by several neighborhood students: Shaneika
W arden, M aurice C arter and B ridget Lovett.
C ornw ell’s m otifs w ere inspired by patterns
and im ages from an A frican M aasi w arrior’s
shield, a M ayan tem ple, an O sage blanket, a
Celtic key design, a C hinese dragon to name
a few. To quote Judee M oonbeam (Comwell)
“T he cultures I ’m m ost interested in had to
share space to honor a few others. I need to
m ake a m illion m ore banners to cover all
b ases.
Multi-Church Garage Sale
to Benefit Homeless
Shelters
T he 26 churches o f M etro East Portland
Interfaith Hospitality Netw ork are hosting
a Huge Multi-Church G arage Sale, Friday,
S eptem ber 8 and Saturday, Septem ber 9
at ST. T im othy Lutheran C hurch, 14500
SE Powell in Portland. T heir program
b e g a n in O cto b e r 1999 to p ro v id e
tem porary shelter, food, transportation
and professional counseling support to
homeless families as they look for housing
and em ployment. Call 491 -0578.
Help Build a Better
Community
O nT uesday, Septem ber 12th, from 5p.m .
to close M cM enam ins B agdad T heater
& Pub will hold a benefit night for REACH
Community Development. 50% ofall food
and beverage sales in both the restaurant
and the theater will go to REA CH . For
inform ation about m ovies show ing that
evening, call225-5555 ext. 8830no earlier
th a r Septem ber 8.
James Earl Jones
Celebrates Children
M orrisonC enterC hild& Fam ily Services
has announced that Jam es Earl Jones w ill
be the keynote speaker at "C elebrating
C h ild ren ,” the o rg an iz atio n ’s annual
c o m m u n ity r e c o g n itio n g a la , o n
S ep te m b er 14, 2000 at the O regon
Convention Center. G uests will be treated
to intim ate and inspiring rem arks by one
o f A m erica’s m ost recognized voices and
distinguished perform ers. T ickets are
av ailab le now for $100 p er person.
C orporate sponsorships and tables are
also available and w ill include benefits
such as a private reception w ith Mr.
Jones. Call C ynthia Thom pson at 503/
233-4356.
City Garden Fair
A C ity G arden F air will be held on
Saturday, Septem ber9, from 8 am. to 1 pm.
at the P ortland Farm ers M arket at South
Park Blocks by Portland State University.
There will be produce and flower judging.
B ring produce and flow ers for judging
betw een 8 to 10 am. Judging will begin at
10 am. K ids w elcom e w ith activities for
th e m . F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n , c a ll
C om m unity G ardens at 823-1612.
Rapid Eye Therapy
R apid E ye T herapy uses blinking and
eye m ovem ents in a 12-session program
o f regressions through birth and inner
child stages, in order physiologically to
rem ove stresses, traum as, and unw anted
patterns w hich w ere stored during those
tim es. H annah V aiv w ill be part o f a
W om en’s H ealth D iscussion G roup at In
O ther W ords on T hursday, Septem ber
21,7p.m.Call232-6OO3.
Volunteer for the 2000
Komen Portland Race for
the Cure
V olunteer to help m ake the 2000 K om en
R ace for the C ure, one o f the largest 5K
run/w alk events in the nation, another
great success! T he 2000 Race, to benefit
the O regon & Southw est W ashington
A ffiliate o f the Susan G. K om en Breast
C ancer Foundation, needs m ore than
1,000 volunteers during Race W eekend,
S eptem ber 15 and 16 w ith Race D ay on
S eptem ber 17. D istribute food, register
participants, help set up, w ork at the
H ealth Expo and the N EW Post-Event
Party, and other tasks. Call 503/553-3680
or visit w w u .raceforthecure-pdx.org
Multnomah County celebrates graduation o f community health workers
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M ultnom ah C ounty H ealth D epartm ent w elcom ed 13
new C om m unity H eath W orkers (CH W ) to local Field
Service Teams. CH W s are members ofthe communities
they serve. T hey are recruited not only for their skills,
know ledge, and abilities, but also for the experience
and cu ltu ral b ac k g ro u n d th ey sh are w ith th eir
com m unities. C H W s provide cultural m ediation
betw een com m unities and the health care system ;
provide inform al counseling and social support;
organize com m unities; advocate for individuals and
com m unities; provide health education; and assure
that people get the services they need.
For the past 6 w eeks, 13 new CH W s have participated
in the first full-length curriculum for CH W s in the
N orthw est. T he curriculum is divided into three parts:
skill base, orientation to the health social service
system , and health issues. Thanks to a cooperative
agreem ent with Portland C om m unity College, the
C H W s received 16 academ ic credits. These credits
can be applied to an undergraduate degree program.
The C H W s received recognition and certificates o f
academ ic credit at a graduation cerem ony on A ugust
2 5 ,2 0 0 0 at PCC C ascade C am pus.
The Portland City Council voted to appoint urban designer
Lloyd D. Lindley to the Portland Design Com m ission fora four-
yearterm .
Mr. Lindley is a registered landscape architect (ASLA). He
com pleted w ork on the K ing N eighborhood Com m ercial
D evelopm ent Strategy, W ashington Square Regional Center
Plan and Low er Burnside A rea R edevelopm ent Plan. Recent
,jects also include an urban design evaluation o f the Broadway
rridor in Vancouver, Canada to determ ine whether SkyTrain,
jht Rail T ransit or Rapid Bus should serve this corridor. He
:urrently leading the Lloyd D istrict D evelopm ent Strategy,
loyd’s work designing streets, parks and transportation
items dem onstrates his aw areness o f how public space o f
kinds contributing to the character o fo u r com m unity,” said
y C om m issionerCharlie Hales. “Design review is ultimately
aut creating a great place - not ju st a good building. Lloyd
ows the details that need to be attended to as w e create and
dtalize great neighborhoods,” H ales said.
e eight-m em ber Portland D esign C om m ission provides
idership and expertise on urban design and architecture,
e C om m ission review s m ajor redevelopm ent within design
itricts and serves as the appellate body for m inor design
dew cases. A s com m issioner-in-charge o f the O ffice o f
inning and D evelopm ent R eview , H ales is responsible for
:ommending Design Com m ission appointments to the Mayor
Lloyd Lindley
(left) speaks to
PDC
Commissioner
and VP o f
Government
Affairs and
Economic
Development
Carl Tai ton on
some specific
aspects o f a
current PDC
project.
and Council.
Current Commission members are: Brigid Flanigan, Chris Kopca,
M ike M cCulloch, Nancy M erryman, Loren Waxman, and Linda
W isner.
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