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September 27, 2000 Portland (Ohi Page A5 (The Jlorthntò (Observer Family Sauerkraut Festival Tips for Parents: Growing Good Kids Family Party Features Food, Crafts, Entertainment Steinfeld’s Scappoose Sauerkraut Festival will mark 12 years o f cel ebrating sauerkraut on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 10 a m. to 6 p.m. on the grounds o f Scappoose City Hall, 33568 E. Columbia Ave. This year’s family-friendly event will feature nearly 100 food and craft booths, a petting zoo, mini stock car races, kids’ stage and a main stage featuring talent from around the Pacific N orthw est. Souvenir sauerkraut festival T-shirts, as well as gift packs o f Steinfeld’s prod ucts, will be available at Steinfeld’s booth. This y e a r’s entertainm ent in cludes something for everyone. Pat O ’Neal Riverboat Jazz will perform New Orleans style jazz; Sam Bam boo will play Caribbean calypso, soca, and reggae; and Johnny Martin will croon American classics. Other perform ers include tap dancing saxophone player Michael “Shoe horn” Conley and Rhys Thomas, who combines juggling, acrobatics and comedy. In keeping with the theme o f the festival, each food vendor will fea ture at least one item containing sauerkrant, sauerkraut chicken; fish tacos with sauerkraut, buffalo pol ish dogs with sauerkraut-and for dessert, sauerkrant ice cream, o f course. P ro c e e d s from S te in f e ld ’s Scappoose Sauerkrant Festival will benefit the Scappoose Community Club, which sponsors projects to enhance the image o f the city. Do nations will be accepted at the gate. Steinfield’s Products, founded in 1922, p ro d u c e s sa u e rk ra u t, winekraut pickles and relishes. Pick les are produced at S tein feld ’s Rivergate plant in Portland and sauerkraut is made in its Scappoose plant, the largest sauerkraut plant west o f the Mississippi. Scappoose is 30 minutes Northwest o f down town Portland on Highway 30. Senior Adults Needed The Foster Grandparent Program is looking for senior adults, at least 60 years o f age to help at-risk chil dren in Washington, Multnomah and Clackamas counties. Children need positive role models to assist them with reading, developing social skills, and more. Foster Grandpar- ents serve 20 hours a week and re ceive $200 a month tax-free plus other, incentives including meal and travel compensation, paid time-off, and sick leave. N o experience needed, just a desire to help chil dren. Call (503) 232-0007 exten sion 202 for details. Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk The Oregon Trail Chapter o f the A lzheim er’s Association is prepar ing for their Ninth Annual Memory Walk, to be held Sunday, Oct. 8 at 10 a.m., starting and ending at Pio neer C ourthouse Square at SW Broadway and Morrison in down tow n P ortland. C lose to 2,000 people are expected to participate. M em ory W alks is a 5K (3.1 m iles) non-competitive pledge walk and is the primary fundraiser for the A lzheim er’s Association. This year’s theme is “Celebrat ing Caregivers” to honor profes sionals and family members who care for persons with A lzheim er's disease. Jamila, age 6 Delightful Girl Awaits Bonding to New Family Jamila’s beautiful smile reveals the social spark she harbors in side. Described as a joy to be around, Jamila is both polite and well behaved. Physically agile, she has been rollerblading since age four and can already ride a bike! Other favorite activities and interests in clude Barbs, RugRats and the color pink. Jamila also has a particularly hearty appetite. Her fondness for food probably stems from her pre vious living situation where meals were not always reliably provided. She is a loving little girl with the ability to attach and bond to a new family. Jamila would be a wonderful addition to a family as an only or youngest child. Adoptive parents will need to actively advocate for her educa tional needs as she progresses through school. Continued coun seling will also be o f great benefit for Jamila as she further resolves her feelings about her past. Jamila is a delightful girl with a lot to offer the right family. To learn more about adoption and the more than 500 children who await adoption, call the Spe cial Needs Adoption Coalition at The Boys & Girls Aid Society at 1-800-342-6688 or (503) 222- 9661. Agencies waive or reduce fees for adoption o f children in the state care. Singe adults as y/ell as couples are encouraged to call. Raising children ranges from the simplest of tasks, such as a kind touch, to the dauntingly complex, such as character formation. "Along with wanting our kids to grow, learn, and develop, our society also wants our youngsters to become good citizens, to become people that are responsible, honest, have respect for others, and so forth,” says Carlos Sundermann, Director of the Na tional Resource Center for Safe Schools at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. “These are the kinds of values that cross religious and cultural boundaries. They are conveyed— that is, taught—parent to child. And in the majority of families they are. Sadly, in some families, they aren’t. But if we consciously carry out char acter education in our schools and society, model these generally ac cepted values in all that we do, then we accomplish two things: “We reinforce and strengthen eth ical home values, and we encourage those who don't have that example in their personal lives to acquire these important ways of behaving during their schooling years.” While these principles don't belong to any one culture or religion, Carlos reempha sizes, they are foundations of just about all cultures and religions. Parents, educators, and other mem bers of the community are increas ingly looking for information on this topic. "On our safe-schools resource center's Web site (www. safetyzone. org), we have a list of ‘Hot Topics,”’ Carlos notes, "and character education is among them. The Web site points to two character-education links that we find to be objective, nonsectarian, and nonpartisan.” One link is to the Character Edu cation Partnership (www.character. org) and the other is to Character Counts! (www.charactercounts.org). Character Counts! establishes Six Pillars of Character: • Trustworthiness • Respect • Responsibility • Fairness • Caring • Citizenship Buttressing each pillar are con tributing traits. For example, under Responsibility is Accountability, Pur suit of Excellence, and Self-restraint. Parents and others can find many helpful character-building tips on Character Counts! The Character Education Partner ship, says Carlos, divides its ap proach into 11 principles of charac ter education. In its very first princi ple, notes Carlos, the partnership cites "caring, honesty, fairness, re sponsibility, and respect for self and others" as essential ethical values. The partnership advocates for the school as a caring community where "caring relationships will foster both the desire to learn and the desire to be a good person." At the same time, the partnership recognizes parents as the primary instructor of morality, and encourages parental participa tion in the school’s efforts. This column by Karen Lytle Blaha is provided as a public service by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory’, a nonprofit institution working with schools and communi ties in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Ore gon. and Washington. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA The Urban League of Portland cordially invites you to Celebrate tke Spirit of tkc City Wednesday evening, October 4, 2000 Portland Hilton Hotel Reception 6 p.m. ♦ Dinner 7 p.m. Featuring local entertainers. Daniel Bernstine, Ph.D. President, Portland State University Chair, Board of Directors The Urban League of Portland Margaret Carter President, The Urban League of Portland $175/person. $1750/table for 10. 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