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June 27, 2001
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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