Committed to Cultural Diversity
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November 8, 2000
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Decade Old
Remarks
Veteran’s Day Ceremony
The University o f Portland will host a
Veteran’s Day ceremony at 11:11 a.m. Satur
day, Nov. 11, following a 24-hour candle
light vigil. The ceremony will take place at
the Praying Hands Memorial located be
tween Kenna and Christie halls on campus.
Beginning at 11 a.m. on Nov. 10, more than
100 Air Force and Army cadets will partici
pate in a 24-hour candlelight vigil prior to the
ceremony. Call Cadet Brandon Cieloha at
503/943-1579. The event is free and open to
the public.
Thanksgiving at Timberline
Celebrate a harvest season tradition at
the historic Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood.
Feast on turkey in the classic dining room
overlooking the Oregon Cascades and snow-
covered ski slopes. Reserve your seat now
on this holiday Gray Line bus trip sponsored
by Portland Parks & Recreation’s Senior
Recreation program. The bus departs from
the Hollywood Senior Center on Thursday,
Nov. 23,at 11 a.m. and returns at6:30p.m. All
expenses included in the $67 fee and all ages
are welcome. Call 823-4328.
Fall Revival
On W ednesday, Nov. 8 through Friday,
Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., the Fellowship Missionary
Baptist Church located at 4009 North Mis
souri Ave.will be having a Fall Revival. All
are welcome to come and experience revival
with us. There will be singing, praying,
preaching and testifying. The guest evan
gelist will be Rev. C.L. Bachus o f the Mt.
Zion Baptist Church in Kansas City, Kan
sas. Call 503/249-0377.
Stress-Free Living Through
Self-Empowerment
A one-day class on stress-free living
through self-empowerment will be held on
Sunday, Nov. 19 at the Subud Center, lo
cated at 3185 NE Regents Dr. from 1 - 5
p.m. You will leam to invoke a deep state of
relaxation and instill positive suggestions
into your unconscious mind. Also, you will
be taken on a journey o f self-empowerment
as well as gain the experience that will enable
you to bring relaxation into your daily life.
Call 503/224-5959.
George Fox Hosts
Prospective Students
Prospective students will get a taste of
college life at George Fox University during
Bruin Preview Days, Nov. 9-10 on the
Newberg campus. During Bruin Preview
Days, high school juniors and seniors and
college transfer students can experience
campus life at George Fox through a variety
o f activities. Bruin Preview days are hosted
by the admissions office and are limited to
the first 200 students. Call 503/554-2240.
Community Energy Project
Drip, drip, drip. Is your leaky faucet drip
ping money down the drain each month?
C om e to a free W ater C o n serv atio n
W orkshopa nd leam how to detect leaks
around your home, repair leaky faucets and
toilets, save money on your water-sewer bill,
and more. All Portland residents will receive
a FREE kit o f water-conserving materials
that can help save over $ 100 a year on water
and sewer bills. Call 503/284-6827.
Etheric Healing Workshop
The Etheric Healing Worshop is a lecture,
demonstration and hands-on practice o f natu
rally assisting the body into harmony. Prac
tice sessions focus on developing the sen
sitive skills needed to detect subtle energy
in the human body. Both Level I and II
workshops will be held at Friendly House,
located at 1737 NW 26,h & Thurman. Level I
is from 7 - 9 p.m. and Level II is from 9 a.m.
- 4 p.m. A free public healing will be at
N ature’s W ellness Center in Lake Oswego.
Call 503/675-9809.
Dribble! Shoot! It’s Hoop
Tune!
W ant to dribble and shoot? Montavilla
Community Center is the place to start! Take
the ball to the hoop with Basketball for Lil’
Dribblers (ages 4-6) on Mondays, Nov. 1 3 -
Dec. 1 l,from4-4:30p.m.,$10,and Basketball
for Junior Hoopers (ages 7-9) on Mondays,
Nov. 13-Dec. 1 l,4:30-5:15p.m.,$10(Cityof
Portland residents) . Call 503/823-4101 or visit
their website at www.PortlandParks.org.
Aaron Miles, flanked by his mother, Amelia Miles and his Jefferson High School Coach Marshall Haskins, announces his decision to
attend the University o f Kansas next year. Miles is considered one o f the best college basketball prospects in the country.
(P hoto by M ark W ashington /P ortlasr O bserxer )
Nationally Ranked Player Picks Kansas
Aaron Miles Passes Up Arizona, UCLA and Oregon in His College Choice
Jefferson High School’s Aaron Miles,
rated one o f the best high school basketball
players in the country, announced the col
lege o f his choice Monday.
The 6-foot seniorpoint guard forthe Demo
crats unbuttoned his shirt to reveal a Univer
sity o f Kansas basketball jersey with the
number 11 and his last name on the back,
during an announcement ceremony.
He will join Jefferson teammate Michael
Lee at Kansas. Lee committed to the school
two weeks ago.
Miles said he decided Kansas was his best
choice, followed by runner up Arizona, with
UCLA and Oregon the other two finalists.
“ It was a major decision,” Miles said. “I
prayed about it, and God helped guide me.”
He said several factors put Kansas ahead
o f Arizona.
“When I went down there they just put me
in a fun place. I met all the players. It just felt
like a good fit,” Miles said.
Miles played shooting guard and point
guard for the Democrats last season and
helped lead them to a 28-0 record, the Class
4A title and a No. 4 national ranking. He was
an honorable all-state pick and played him
self into the national spotlight during the
summer with his performance at national
camps and tournaments. Miles was the most
valuable player at the NBA Players camp in
W ashington that featured the best prep play
ers in the country. Miles and Lee, who play
quarterback and running back for the
Jefferson league champion football team, will
play point guard and shooting guard at Kan
sas. “W e’ve been winning championships
since we were young, we might as well take
it to the next level,” Miles said.
Miles, who has a 3.5 grade-point average
and is Jefferson’s student body vice presi
dent, said he will major in sports medicine.
“Aaron, obviously, he’ll have success
there,” Jefferson coach Marshall Haskins
said.
Arts Against
Hunger Food
Drive Begins
n an unprecedented city-w ide part
nership using the pow er o f the arts
to fight hunger, the Philip M orris
family o f com panies is joining forces with
the Portland A rt M useum , Portland Insti
tute for C ontem porary Art, O regon Ballet
Theatre and the O regon Food Bank to
launch A rts A gainst H unger, a program
that collects food for the hungry w hile
engaging audiences in P ortland’s vibrant
arts scene.
The first 4,500 people to bring two or
more non-perishable food item s to collec
tion bins at the locations listed below
Sharon Kitzhaber, wife o f Gov. John Kitzhaber, D-Ore., addresses patrons o f the arts
during the food drive w ill receive free
community in helping kick o ff the Arts Against Hunger food drive.
adm ission to either the Portland Art M u
(P hoto bi M ark W ashington /P ortland O bserver )
seum or PICA.
Participants can also enter a raffle to
kitchens throughout O regon and Clark
the cost o f the free adm ission.
win one o f 25 pairs o f free tickets to O r
C
ounty, W ashington, pro v id in g em e r
The
food
collections
started
Thursday
egon Bal let Theatre' s perform ance o f “The
gency
food assistance to one in seven
and
will
continue
through
Sunday,
Nov
12.
N utcracker’’ on Dec 20 at 7:30 p.m.
O regonians in 1999
The Oregon Food Bank distributes food
A ll food donations will benefits Th e
Formore information call 1-800-932-3788
to food banks, food pantries, and soup
O regon Bank, Philip M orris is covering
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Great Athletes Ready For Induction
Multi-Cultural Hall of
Fame is Off and Running
Seven great Oregon athletes o f color will
be inducted into the first Multi-Cultural
Oregon Sports Hall o f Fame Sunday.
The class o f 2000 includes Mel Renfro,
Freeman Williams, Denny Moyer, Woody
Green, Leroy Ellis, Ray Lampkin and Jim
Jarvis.
Theathletes will be honored during a
special fundraising celebration at 7 p.m. at
Atwaters Restaurant. Music will be per-
formed by jazz musician Patrick Lamb and
R&B artist Kirk Green.
The event is the culmination o f a 2-year
effort by Portland resident Thad Spencer,
a former # 1 heavyweight boxing contender
Spencer once signed a contract to fight
Muhammad Ali in 1968, but the proposed
fight collapsed two days later when the
government took A li’s heavyweight cham
pionship title because he refused induc
tion into the military for religious reasons
Spencer said creating a multi-cultural
sports hall o f fame was a necessity because
so few minority athletes have been recog
nized by the Oregon Sports Hall o f Fame
Tickets can be bought at any Fred Meyer
Fastixx or by calling Galore Paging at 503-
288-9180. For additional information, call
Spencer at 1-877-685-1792.
Proceeds will go towards the purchase
o f a homebase for the new hal 1 o f fame, one
that could include a museum, boxing arena,
concert hall and fitness center. The Pine
Street Theatre in southeast Portland is one
possible location; it’s currently on the
market for$ 1 1 million.
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Portland’s police chief, under scrutiny for
anti-gay statements 11 years ago, told offic
ers at roll call on Monday that his views have
changed.
“Gays and lesbians have values, like ev
eryone, and are to be valued for their lives,
work and contributions,” ChiefM ark Kroeker
said in tys roll call address. Newly disclosed
anti-gay remarks made by Kroeker to a Chris
tian group during a speech in 1989 have
kicked up a political storm. In the speech,
which was taped, Kroeker blamed the AIDS
epidemic on society’s relaxed moral stan
dards, spoke o f the “terrible issue o f homo
sexuality” and referred to alternative lifestyles
as a form o f perversion.
Kroeker, a bom-again Christian, served 32
years on the Los Angeles Police Department
before coming to Portland in December to
replaceChiefCharles Moose. Since the 1989
tape surfaced, Kroeker has met privately with
gay and lesbian officers to reassure them that
he respects all people.
Portland M ayor Vera Katz is taking the
matter seriously. She scheduled meetings
Monday with gay and lesbian leaders, police
officers, and others - including Kroeker - to
discuss the c h ie fs 1989 comments. But be
fore those meetings occurred, Kroeker told
officers at Monday roll call that his views
have changed.
“First, AIDS is not a gay disease. It affects
all people,” he said.
Kroeker also said gays are “no more law
less or criminal than anyone.” The chief said
he does not "devalue any other human being
for his or her belief or sexual orientation, and
the Police Bureau would not tolerate any
discrimination based on sex or sexual orienta
tion.”
Several staffmembers welcomed the chiefs
comments. “I was grateful for him taking the
side that I am not lesser than he is either
because I am a woman or because 1 am gay,”
said Detective Sgt. Sara Westbrook, a les
bian. Kroeker has had a rocky start since
becoming Portland’s police chief.
He was accused by activists ofbeing heavy-
handed when he had riot police disperse a
workers’ rights protest in May.
Kaiser Delays
Flu Shots
K aiser Perm anente is delaying the start
o f its flu vaccination campaign by a week
because it hasn ’t yet received enough
vaccine from the m anufacturer, W yeth-
Ayerst. The flu shot campaign for K aiser
Perm anente m em bers will now start M on
day, Nov. 20, instead o f Nov. 13 as previ
ously announced. It will continue through
Dec. 15. All Saturday flu clinics are can
celed.
In north and northeast Portland, shots
will be given at K aiser Perm anente’s C en
tral Interstate M edical Office, 3600 N. In
terstate Ave. Shots will only be given w eek
days, on a drop-in basis, from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m ., except Thanksgiving Day, when medi
cal offices will be closed.
“ The first two weeks o f the cam paign
we are reserving our available vaccine for
those who most need the protection o f a flu
shot - people over 65, those with chronic
health problem s, such as diabetes, heart
disease, and asthm a, and people who care
for seniors and people with chronic a il
m ents,” says Jerry Slapjack, MD, c h ie f o f
Kaiser Perm anente’s Infectious D isease
Department.
“O ther Kaiser Permanente members un
der 65 who w ant a flu shot should be able
to get one after Dec. 4 ,” says Dr Slepack.
“That w ill still allow m ost people to build
up their im m unity before the flu season
gets under way in earnest. In the N orth
west, flu activity d o esn ’t generally peak
until late D ecem ber through early M arch.”