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Marchers Hold Vigil to Return Peace to Neighborhood
Alice Walker Benefit
In Other Words W omen’s Books and
Resources, Portland’s feminist bookstore,
is pleased to announce that it will be the
bookseller for a b en efit read in g by
A lice W alker on W ednesday, O ct. 18.
T he reading, hosted by B radley-A ngle
H ouse, takes p lace at 7 p.m . at P S U ’s
Sm ith M em orial B allroom . T ickets are
$ 12 (minimum donation), available at In
Other Words and through Fastixx. Call
503/238-1672.
It's a somber
march from the
Lutheran
Ministries
Community
Center on
northeast
Skidmore and
Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd. to
the sites of three
recent murders
just blocks away.
Mayor Vera Katz
joined the
peacekeeping
effort and
candlelight vigil
on Thursday
night.
K id ’s Safety W ork sh op
Open to ages 7 to 11, this workshop is
a very valuable self defense experience
and a lot o f fun! Kids will learn to set
boundaries and to use physical and verbal
self defense strategies. They will acquire
skills for dealing with bullies and would-be
abductors, and will practice applying their
newfound skills on a padded attacker. Call
503/231-1999.
The Salmon Festival
Salmon watching is a unique Northwest
activity and the Salmon Festival on Satur­
day and Sunday, October 14 and 15, will
offer guided salmon viewing tours at
M etro’s Oxbow Regional Park. Children
games and activities, exhibits, arts, musi­
cal entertainment, horse-drawn wagon
rides and great food round out the festival
each day from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 797-
1850.
(Photo by Mark
W ashington/
Portland Observer)
M od el R ail R oad S w ap
The Columbia Gorge Model Railroad
Club will kick o ff a new Portland tradition
with their First Annual Fall Railroadiana
andM odel R ailroad Sw ap M eet on S at­
u rd ay , O ct. 21. T he sw ap m eet w ill be
one o f the largest o f its kind in the greater
Portland - Vancouver area and will be held
at the Collectors Market (formerly the Pay-
N-Pak Antique & Collectors Market), 8900
N . Vancouver Avenue at N . Schmeer Road
& Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (Delta Park)
in Portland, Oregon. The swap meet will be
open to the general public from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. with the admission for adults at $3
and children under 12 free. Call 360/694-
7769 evenings or 503/288-7246 or email:
swap(fl cgmrc.com
Generation Jam
Get ’em before they’re gone! Tickets are
now on sale for the 3rd annual Doembecher
Generation Jam on Saturday, October 7.
The D oembecher Foundation Junior Ex­
ecutive Board is turning the Aero Air han­
gar at the Hillsboro Airport into a concert
and dinner hall for the event, which fea­
tures music by Hit Explosion. Tickets are
$50 ($20 is tax deductible) and are available
through the D oembecher Foundation of­
fice by calling 503/294-7101 or 1 -800-800-
9583. Raffle tickets will be sold at the event.
Tools for D ifficult People
The Hollywood Senior Center will be
holding a workshop to provide neighbor­
hood activists with a tool box o f practical
techniques for dealing with difficult people
and difficult situations. They will examine
why people can be “difficult" and methods
you can use to control your own reactions.
The workshop will be on Monday, Octo­
ber 23 from 7-9 p.m. at the Hollywood
SeniorCenter located at 1820 NE. 40”'. Call
Joleen Classen at 823-3202 or Brian Hoop
at 823-3075.
W riting W orkshop
Barnes & Noble teams up with W riter's
Digest to present the W orld’s Largest
Writing Workshop, an afternoon to ex­
plore the writing process. They will share
tips, hints and ideas to ge, you started
writing or help you improve your existing
writing skills. The event will be on Satur­
day, Oct. 14 at 2 p.m.
Humane Society Telethon
It’s a first for Oregon and a great day for
animals when the Oregon Humane Society
Telethon bounds onto the air. Grab the
remote from Rover and tune to FOX 49 on
Saturday, Oct. 21 from 11:30a.m. to 3:30
p.m. for an afternoon o f”Petacular" enter­
tainment. The telethon will feature dozens
o f dogs, cats and rabbits looking for good
homes.
Cosby Brings
Comedy to
Dad’s Weekend
Comedian Bill Cosby will be a featured
attraction this weekend, when Oregon State
University hosts D ad’s Weekend 2000.
D ad’s W eekend is becoming a fall staple.
Traditionally, D ad’s Weekend was held in
February. Last year, citing a number o f issues,
including weather and a heightened interest
in football, OSU planners decided to move the
event to the fall.
“Last year, people indicated that they
really liked having D ad’s Weekend during
football season so they had the chance to
enjoy a game," said Machelle Kennedy, coor­
dinator for O SU’s Memorial Union Program
Council, which sponsors the event.
This year's D ad’s Weekend football con­
test features the OSU Beavers hosting the
Stanford Cardinal in Reser Stadium. Game
time has been changed to 3:30 p.m. on Satur­
day, to accommodate a national Fox Sports
Net broadcast.
Cosby’s comedy show is set for 7:30 p.m.
on Friday in O SU ’s Gill Coliseum. Tickets
which are $35 and $25, are available from the
OSU Athletics Ticket Office at 541 -737-4455
or 800-462-3287. Cosby was the first African-
American actor to star in a dramatic series on
television (I Spy, 1965-68).The veteran come-
dian also starred in several situation com ­
edies, including The Cosby Show, which
aired from 1984-92. He has won numerous
Emmy awards and written several books, in­
cluding “Fatherhood” in 1986.
upporting Business Opportunities
namon Williams (from left), Tony Jones, Sheila McDaniels, Tyrone Henry, Teresa Blivens and Loretta Young are working to
list small businesses gain certification with the state of Oregon. Certification is the "key operative piece " to contracting
wrtunities available throughout the state. A recent workshop on the subject was sponsored by the Oregon Association of
îority Entrepreneurs, Portland Development Commission, city of Portland, Port of Portland and the state Office of Minority,
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West Linn Teacher Wins McAuliffe Fellowship
Barbara Murray, a language arts teacherat
West Linn High School, is this year's Oregon
recipient o f the Christa McAuliffe Fellow­
ship
Murray will receive a grant o f $34.000 to
support the Oregon Reading Initiative intro­
duced by state schools superintendent Stan
Bunn.
She will develop videos forOregon middle
and high school teachers on strategies for
teaching reading in other content areas
“When we talk about being reading teach­
ers in middle or high school, especially in
subject areas like math or science, teachers
get a little nervous that they will have to
sacrifice the study o f their subject in order to
build skills in students,” said Murray. "I un­
derstand this concern.”
Murray goes on to say, however, that,
“ Understanding and comprehension o f sci­
ence, social studies and math is unproved
when effective reading strategies are em ­
ployed" She believes that it is important for
teachers to see other teachers in their own
disciplines using these strategies success­
fully in classes in order to help move the
Reading Initiative forward.
For instance, Murray asked Nicki Hudson,
a math teacher at West Linn High School, to
be part for the project and be videotaped in
her classroom during real lessons. Both
Murray and I ludson are formerOregon teach­
ers o f the year. Murray has collected other
highly successful teachers in middle and high
schools to be part o f the project. “ It’s been
exciting to talk about reading and literacy with
foundation named for teacher-astronaut
Christa McAuliffe.
such high caliber teachers who are willing to
share their ideas with colleagues across the
state."
Murray said West Linn-Wilsonville School
District has made reading and literacy a focal
point for a number o f years, and the fellow­
ship will be an opportunity to further that
understanding Jane Stickney, assistant su­
perintendent for the district and a reading
expert, will be involved in the video project.
“There is a need to reinforce reading in our
secondary schools," said Bunn. T m de­
lighted that several expert teachers will share
their teaching success through this fellow­
ship."
The fellowship honors teacher-astronaut
Christa McAuliffe who died in the 1986 explo­
sion o f the space shuttle Challenger.