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March 7, 2001
Fans to Clyde: ‘Thanks
for the Memories’
Paintball Fund-Raiser
Join in the Paintball com petition th a t’s
open to all on Sunday, A pril 1 at the Splat
A ction P aintball Park. Proceeds from the
event w ill go tow ards the fight against
illiteracy. F or m ore inform ation and to reg
ister, callC asi o r B u d at 503/771 -5752.
Community Energy
Project
C om m unity Energy Project offers a free
w eatherization w orkshop. H om e ow ners
and renters are w elcom e. Free m aterials are
available to households that qualify based
on incom e. T he next m eeting will be on
Saturday, M arch 10, from 11 a . m . - 1 p.m. at
422 NE. A lberta. P re-registration required.
Call 503/284-6827.
Weekend Green Tour
Guides
Portland Parks & R ecreation needs dedi
cated people to lead w eekend plant w alks
in city parks betw een April 1 and N ovem ber
1. These guides w ill be trained to talk about
the various plants - from trees to sm all
flo w ers - in L au relh u rst, M t. T abor,
S ellw ood, D uniw ay, G rant, P eninsula,
South W aterfront, and F orest Parks and at
H oyt A rboretum . A ll tours w ill be held on
Saturdays a t 10 a.m . - noon. T raining is
offered. Call 503/823-3601.
Vanport Flood Film
A free show ing o f “B irddog” - a film
about the V anport flood in 1948 - is sched
uled M arch 8 at Fi ffh A venue C i nem as. The
film ’s w riter and director K elley B aker will
be there to answ er questions. This presen
tation w ill be given on T hursday, M arch 8,
from 6:30 p .m .- 8 : 3 0 p.m. at Fifth A venue
C inem as, located at 510 S W Hall. Call 503/
823-7740.
b rin g p e a c e to th e m se lv e s a n d others.
(P hoto by M ark W ashincton /P ortland O bserver )
We Are Our Sisters Keepers
Events designed to inform and empower young women
Forty-five young at-risk girls were recently
brought together to celebrate sisterhood.
They attended a Feb. 24 conference, entitled
“W e Are O ur Sisters Keepers”, the first in a series
ofevents designed to inform and empower young
women o f the future. Assisting the group were
representatives from Youth Gangs Outreach, the
AsianFamifyCenter.NortheastCoalitionofNeigh-
borhoods, Victory Outreach, Portland Police De
partment Crisis Response Team, Youth Opportu
nity Center, Alternative Pathways, and Melles
Counseling andConsulting. Workshops included
“Keeping It Real”, “Letting Go”, and “Drama'
Relationships”. Each workshop included presen
tations by leaders in the community and group
discussion. Keeping it Real, highlighted choices,
andhowthosechoicescanaffectalifetime. Letting
Go alio wed the girls to discuss the barriers in their
life that keep them from feeling at peace with
themselves and with others. Drama/Relationships
was about making good decisions regarding rela
tionships, with friends, significant others, and
family members. The conference ended with an
affirmation by the girls o f what negative issues in
their lives they want to discard. Some o f these
issues included negativity, bad habits o f not going
to school, hatred and bitterness. When asked to
evaluate the session, one young lady said “I came
inhere with a Sown onmy free and I’m leaving with
a smile.” We Are Our Sister Keepers, a celebration
o f women, the similarities and uniqueness o f one
another, was the first step in teaching and sharing
sisterhood. It is a bond that allows women to revel
in and respect one another.
L earn the seven habits o f highly effec
tive teens in a seven-w eek course held by
John O da, Ph.D . Y our teenager w ill leam
such things as turning fear into m otivation
and action; take control o f their em otions;
develop a plan o f action that supports their
outcom e, and m uch more. The sessions will
be held at W ells Fargo C enter in Portland,
starting on T uesday, A pril 10, from 6 p.m.
to 9 p.m. Call 503/471-2954.
Wild in the City
P ortland Parks and R ecreatio n ’s O ut
door R ecreation Program , in collaboration
w ith The A udobon Society ofPortland. will
visit S um m er Lake Park, a 24-acre com m u
nity park dedicated to the city as a condi
tion o f developm ent o f the Sum m er Lake
and A ri G reen subdivisions. C all 503/823-
5132.
Evening Indoor Park
Protect the Salmon in
Your Yard
A free “N aturscaping for C lean R ivers”
w orkshop w ill be held on S aturday, M arch
10 at the A lbina Youth O pportunity School.
T he w orkshop focuses on natural land
scapes and w ater-friendly gardening prac
tices. Each participant receives a w ork
book and a native plant to start his o r her
ow n natural garden. The free workshop will
be held at the A lbina Y outh O pportunity
School, located at 3710 N. M ississippi,
f r o m 9 a .m .- 1 p.m. Call 503/797-1842.
Kayak/Canoe Tualatin
River Tour
Portland Parks and R ecreation’s O ut
door R ecreation Program , in collaboration
w ith The A udobon Society ofP ortland and
T ualatin R iverkeepers, will host a leisurely
kayak or canoe paddle along the T ualatin
River. T his is a great trip for the novice
paddler to explore the riparian forests along
the river, as the w ater is calm and the
distances are short. Participants provide
their own boats. Call 503/823-5132 for more
inform ation and to register.
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(P hoto
by M ark W ashincton /P ortland
O bserver )
Stein Quits Commission, Prepares for Governor’s Race
Turn Your Teen Around
T he only evening indoor park in Port
land - p erfect for w orking parents! Join us
every T uesday through M arch 1 3 ,6 -8 p .m .
at Rice School and enjoy slides, trikes,
balls, and cars in this parent-supervised
play tim e. F or 50-cents per child, children
up to age 6 can enjoy a safe, relaxed, coop
erative playtim e. Rice School is located at
6433 NE. Tillamook. Call 503/823-3661.
Trail Blazer fans fill a thank you banner with signatures at Pioneer Place Monday to
honor former all-star guard Clyde Drexler whose number 22 was retired by the Blazers
during halftime ceremonies Tuesday night. Drexler played 12 seasons in Portland and is
the club s all-time leader in 11 o f 20 career statistical categories
Multnomah County Chairwoman Beverly Stein (right) is joined by her scheduler Lyne
Martin at a news conference Monday to formally announce her plans to resign from
county government in order to run fo r Oregon Governor.
( P hoto
by M ark
W ashincton /P ortland O bserver )
(AP) - M ultnomah County Chair
wom an Beverly Stein resigned from
her position M onday so she can devote
m ore tim e to the 2002 governor’s race.
”My passion right now is to prepare
for a new leadership challenge and
th a t’s what I’m going to do,” she said
at a news conference at the M ultnomah
County Library. Stein, 53, is the sec
ond Dem ocrat to seek the state's top
jo b , following former state Treasurer
Jim Hill o f Salem.
A nother possible candidate is U.S.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, who said Monday
that he w on’t make a decision until
later this year.
”I ’ve been soliciting opinions from
people around the state. I ’m giving it
serious consideration,” DeFazio said.
State Labor C om m issioner Jack R ob
erts and Portland lawyer Ron Saxton
have announced th ey ’ll try for the Re
publican nom ination in the May 2002
prim ary election, and more candidates
are expected.
The governor's race is wide open
because incum bent D em ocrat John
Kitzhaber is stepping down in 2002.
after serving the maximum two terms.
"The governor's chair looms empty
before us, and Oregon is going into
some tough budget years,” DeFazio
said. “We need strong leadership.”
At her press conference, Stein em
phasized her leadership skills and listed
the things she got done during hereight
years as chairwom an, such as improv
ing the library and getting more kids
im m unized,”
I believe my accom plishm ents in
M ultnomah County prepare me very
well to lead,” she said. “ I look forward
to going around the state and telling
people about those accom plishm ents.”
Stein avoided questions about her
platform and how it would appeal to a
rural population th at’s never heard of
her. Stein said she would have those
answers when she form ally begins her
campaign in May. S tein 's chief of
staff, Bill Farver, will lead M ultnomah
County until a May 15 election.
Parade Will Celebrate St. Auction Support for Charities
Johns Library Reopening
M u sic, c ra fts , a p a ra d e a n d p u p p e t
show w ill c e le b ra te th e o fficial reo p en in g
o f the St. Jo h n s B ran ch L ib rary on S atu r
d ay , M arch 10. A c tiv itie s are free and
o pen to th e p u b lic. T h e lib rary is at 7510 N.
C h a rlesto n A ve.
T he ac tiv itie s w ill b eg in at 10 a m. w ith
“ R ondo, A T rio o f F lu tes" p erfo rm in g . At
12:15 p.m . local sc h o o lch ild re n , library
s ta f f , c o m m u n ity m e m b e r s a n d th e
M cM en am in s M arch in g B an d w ill g ath er
at the St. Jo h n s C o m m u n ity C en ter, 8427
N. C entral A v e., an d p arad e to th e library.
A t 1 p in an o fficial ce rem o n y w ill w el
co m e the n eig h b o rh o o d back to its library
At 2p.m . “ 11 T ea tro C alim ari” w ill present
the “T h ree B illy G o ats G r u f f ' puppet show .
T h ro u g h o u t th e d ay , ch ild ren can d ec o
rate th eir o w n co m m em o ra tiv e b o o k bags
an d refre sh m e n ts w ill b e saved. V o lu n
teers also w ill o ffe r h elp w ith co m p u ter
tech n o lo g y .
St. Jo h n s B ran ch L ib rary reo p en ed Feb
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13 afte r an ex ten siv e y ear-lo n g renovation.
T he b u ild in g now has 854 m o re sq u are
feet o f space, ex p an d ed c h ild re n ’s area
an d a la rg e r m eeting room for p o p u lar
sto ry tim es and art classes.
O th er im p ro v em en ts in clu d e u p d ated
p lu m b in g , electrical, h eatin g and air c o n d i
tio n in g , new interior fu rn ish in g s an d lig h t
ing an d restoration o f the b u ild in g ’s o rig i
nal 1913 w indow s an d o ak w all trim .
N ew com puters allo w v isito rs o f all
ages to lo cate books an d o th er item s in the
library catalog. Som e co m p u ters also h av e
ed u catio n al softw are to teach co m p u ter,
m ath and reading skills.
T he St. Johns B ran ch L ibrary re n o v a
tion is p art o f a m u lti-y ear p ro ject funded
by a general o bligation bond ap p ro v ed b y
voters in 1996.
St. Jo h n s B ranch L ib rary is o p en S u n
day from 1-5 p.m. T u esd ay - T h u rsd ay
from 10 am - 9 p.m . and F rid ay an d
S atu rd ay from 10 am 6 p.m .
Susan Stanley o f Providence Health Plans bids on an item to raise money fo r charitable
groups Employees o f Providence raised more than $13,000 Thursday during the group's
annual charity auction With money from a silent auction not yet tallied, the total will be
matched by the health plan and donated to Food for Lane County Family Dinner
Program, Providence Child Center, The Boys and Girls Aid Society and Kinship House.