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Committed to Cultural Diversity www.portlandobserver.com June 27, 2001 Fortiani» (©bseruer G '- i i S , '? . . SECTION . ZiT n m nt u n i t y v Jza I p n h a r 30,000 Cheap Books for Sale 30,000 books, none priced higher than $3.50, will beofferedatPowell’sBooks’ Square Deal Sale at Pioneer Courthouse Square, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. everyday from Wednesday, June 27 through Friday, June 29. 100 Man Chorus Workshop The Fellow ship M issionary B aptist Church will present a 100 man chorus work shop on Thursday, June 28 with rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday, June 30 with rehearsal at 9 a.m. and later at 7:30 p.m. The workshop will be held at the Fellowship Mis sionary Baptist Church, located at 4009 N. Missouri. Call503/281 -0421 or503/249-0377. The G reening o f D ivision/C linton Calling all kids, young and old, floats, decorated wagons, trucks, golfcarts, bikes, and buggies, antique and art cars, marching bands and entertainers who make the 9lh Annual Division/Clinton Street Fair an event to remember. W e’ll have a rhythm sectiona nd a motorcycle escort. The parade “Branch ing out to the Future,” begins at 11 a.m. at St. Philip N eri’s parking lot on 16,h and Division and with a short detour to Clinton, ends at 36,h. Call 503/774-2832. Community Center Camps Montavilla Community Center, located at 8219 N.E. Glisan will offer 5 weeks o f match-up camps for ages 4-6 and 7-10. Each afternoon, from 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m., children are matched with a special interest camp. Formore information, call 503/823-4101. Red Cross Training Red Cross will offer Babysitter’s Train ing at HosfordCommunity Center, 2302 S.E. 28th Place. The class will be held on M on day, July 9 and Wednesday, July 11, from 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Babysitter’s Training is an eight-hour Red Cross course that teaches youth ages 11 to 15 the skills needed to be prepared and responsible childcare givers. To register, call 503/916-2906. W ater C onservation W orkshop Come to a free water conservation work shop and learn how to detect leaks around your home, repair leaky faucets and toilets, save money on your w ater-sewer bill, re duce your indoor and outdoor water usage, and more! The next meeting will be at the Albina Ministerial Alliance, located at 4867 N.E. M L K B lvd.,from 5:30p.m .-7:30p.m . Call 503/284-6827 to register. Blues Festival to Feature 100 Performers July 4-8 Event Fills Tom McCall Waterfront Park Roadhouse blues trouba dour Delbert M cClinton, soul legend Solom on Burke, Tex- Mex roots rockers Los L o bos, blues belter Shem ekia C opeland, funk/blues p io neers Little Feat, and the late Stevie Ray V aughan’s rhythm se c tio n , D o u b le T ro u b le , highlight a lineup o f more than 80 blues artists perform ing on three stages as the W est C o ast’s largest blues festival expands to five full days this year over the ex tended July 4 w eekend. The 2001 Safew ay W ater front Blues Festival will b e gin W ednesday, July 4 at noon. The independence day celebrations w ill culm inate in a spectacular firew orks show over the W illam ette R iver at 10 p.m. the festival continues n o o n -10 p.m . T hursday, July 5 through Saturday, July 7, and noon-9 p.m., Sunday, July 8. The festival is held at the Shemekia Copeland, an up and coming 21-yearold Blues south end o f Tom M cCall belter, recently received the W.C. Handy Award for Best W aterfront Park in downtown Blues Album of the Year and Best Female Blues Vocalist Portland. of the Year. She will be performing at the Waterfront Blues H ighlights o f this y e a r’s Festival on Wednesday, July 4, from 9-10 p.m. lineup include Texas R oad by guitarists h o u s e b lu e s tro u b a d o u r Also featured will be many stalwarts o f PaulG erem ia D elbert M cC linton, m aking the Pacific N orthw est blues scene, includ and S te v e his first Portland appearance ing Curtis Salgado, Paul deLay, Lloyd Jones, Jam es, blues in two years; the “ King o f Monti Amundson, Duffy Bishop, Linda h is to ria n R ock and S o u l” Solom on 01 u Dara, the father of multi-platinum New York rapper Nas, is one the most dynamic H om buckle, Ellen Whyte, Terry Robb and D i c k Burke, recently inducted into vocalist and multi-instrumentalists on the music scene. He has collaborated with such m any more. A dditional national and re W a t e rm a n , the Rock & Roll Hall o f Fame, artists as Cassandra Wilson, Bonnie Raltt, and Bo Dlddley. Olu Dara will be performing gional acts to be announced. and m an y who will perform with his soul at the Waterfront Blues Festival on Thursday, July 5. On July 4, Oregon Food Bank will host o th e rs . T he revue as well as deliver G os StarSpangled Blues 2001 : The Party on the Safew ay W aterfront Blues F estival’s tal C opeland; the blues infused w orld beat o f pel service on Sunday; Tex-M ex roots rock Hawthorne, an evening o f fine dining and ent coordinator Peter D am m ann recently O lu Dara; and the horn-driven jum p-blues ers Los Lobos; funk/blues/rock legends entertainm ent held on the H aw thorne received the prestigious 2001 K eeping the revivalists R oom ful o f Blues. Little Feat; the late Stevie Ray V aughan’s Bridge. The party will help the food bank Blues A live Award from the Blues Founda The festiv al’s intim ate feel and Blues legendary rhythm section Double Trouble; meet its goal o f raising $2.1 m illion by July tion for his work to show case legendary history focus w ill be enhanced by w ork the young blues belter Shem ekia Copeland, S tory C ontinues on P age B4 blues talent. shops and/or acoustic blues perform ances d au ghter o f late blues legend Johnny Housing Center Opens Sandy Boulevard Site 2001: Slough Odyssey Want to ipwn a M idsum m er N ight City Bike Tour home? This city bike tour is a bicycle adven ture exploring Portland by m oonlight. Pre-party at 11 p.m ., ride starts at m id night. M eet at the Rose Q uarter C om m ons. Sponsored by The Bike G allery. Call 503/281-9198 form ore information. This event is free. irn*tna/u holds the key H ollyw ood T heatre’s 75th A nniversary 4th o f July Firew orks Join the community for an old-fashioned celebration. Bring the family to enjoy good food, live music and a spectacular fireworks display on W ednesday, July 4 at the Blue Lake Regional Park in Fairview. At the event will be great music and lots o f food for all. Fireworks will begin at ,0 p.m. Call Bruce Taibet at 360/695-2442. 1 Waste Fees Dumped Metro removes household hazardous waste collection fee Bring your own hum an-pow ered ves sel or RSVP Joe A nnett for a com plim en tary 1 hour rental courtesy o f A lder Creek K ayak & Canoe. This is an opportunity to explore the W illam ette R iver or the Colum bia Slough. The launch site will be at 9363 N. C olum bia Blvd, located 4.5 m iles west o f 1-5, across from Chim ney Park. Call 503/823-4513. A lice C otton, the author o f “W hen B uildings Speak,” will be at H ollyw ood T h eatre’s 75,h A nniversary on Thursday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. She will do a slide show presentation and book signing. A panel fo preservationists and p reserva tionist organizations will answ er ques tions and share their stories. H ollyw ood T heatre is located at 4122 N.E. Sandy. Call 503/254-3173. B P hoto by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver The staff of the Portland Housing Center welcomes area residents to their new location at 3233 N.E. Sandy Blvd. Portland Housing Center is celebrating the o p e n in g o f its new N e ig h b o rW o rk s Hom eO w nershipCenterlocatedat 3233 N.E. Sandy Blvd. The opening coincides with the center's 10-year anniversary as a community resource for home buyers, homeowners, renters and landlords. The center follows a model to give first time homebuyers the best information from the housing and lending industries. Home buy ers then have a "one stop place” where they can seek out trustworthy information to help counter all the dubious mail, television and telephone home buying solicitations. The model provides increased efficiency w ith a dedicated com m unity room for classes and offices for counseling. Services offered by the center include certified home buyer education classes. referrals to participating lenders, insur ance and realtors, debt and credit counsel ing, financial fitness classes, down pay ment loans and m ortgage default counsel ing. The center also provides education ser vices for tenants and landlords through its tenant education program “Ready to Rent” and its landlord workshops. Services are offered in English and Spanish. The M etro C ouncil has ap proved the rem oval o f m ost charges for household hazardous w aste accep ted at M etro haz ardous w aste facilities. T he change in p o licy w ill m ake safe d isposal o f com m on everyday products such as paint, oil, p esticid es and c le a n ers even e a sie r for resid en ts. In turn, safe disposal p rotects the natural re source system o f the region for fish, w ild life and people. “ T his action fur thers M e tro 's effo rts to m ake safe d is posal o f these hazardous m aterials as easy and inexpensive as p o ssib le ," co m m ented D avid B ragdon, M etro C ouncil presid in g officer. “ W e w ant to provide as m any incentives as p o ssib le for e v eryone to act in an e n v iro n m e n ta lly re spo n sib le w ay." M etro also is e x p a n d ing efforts to ed ucate re sid e n ts about less toxic g a rd e n in g te c h n iq u e s and h o m e -c a re p ro d u c ts . R e m o v in g the household hazardous w aste collectio n fee is part o f a M etro po licy that sh ifts the focus from acco m m o d atio n o f d is posal to prev en tio n . P o licies on p re v e n tion include identification o f alternatives, buying only w hat is needed and proper d is p o s a l o f an y u n u s e d q u a n titie s . M e tro 's hazardous w aste fa c ilitie s are located at M etro South Station, 2001 SW W ashington, O regon C ity, and M etro C entral Station, 6161 NW 6 1 st. Portland. For m ore inform ation about preparing m aterials to bring to M etro and w hat can be accepted, call M etro R ecycling Infor m ation, 503-234-3000. t