September 27, 2000
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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.
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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.
RSVP by enclosed card.
(S03) 280-2600
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