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Cycling Center Begins Holiday Bike Drive
Salvation Army Gift Giving
V olunteer elves for the Salvation
Army will sort, stock and distribute
thousands o f donated toys, c lo th ­
ing and food at the Christm as d istri­
bution center on Friday, Dec. 21 and
Saturday, Dec. 22 at 1625 NE. Sandy.
Weatherization Workshop
The Com m unity Energy Project will
be holding a free workshop on w eath­
erizing your home at the St. Johns
C om m unity Center, located at 8427
N. Central St., from 6 :3 0 - 8 :3 0 p.m
Call 503-284-4962 or 503-284-6827.
A Beaumont Middle
School student
lends his hand to
fixing bikes for a
holiday bike drive
with the help of
Daniel Bohn,
executive director o f
the Community
CyclingCenter,
1700 N.E. Alberta.
Help for the Winter Blues
The O regon H ealth & Science U ni­
versity is hosting an inform ative
session on “Bright N ew s for the
W inter Blues” to help people under­
stand about Seasonal A ffective Dis
order and its available treatm ent
through bright light exposure and
m elatonin. The event will be in
B eaverton at 2935 SW. C edar H ills
Blvd. Call 503-494-0060.
photo by M ark
W ashington /
T he P ortland O bserver
Raffle to Support Literacy
H .E .L .P. Portland, a com m unity
based literacy and m entoring p ro ­
gram will be having a raffle to sup­
port th e c e n te r's services. For a $25
you can win a Hawaiian vacation for
4, New York City C hristm as S hop­
ping Spree. T railblazer tickets and
other great prizes. To enter, call 503
247-3030.
Anti-War Coffeehouse
Radical W omen hosts an evening o f
öpen poetry, m usic and political
com m entary featuring local artists
and activists. Join the grow ing o p ­
position to the US g overnm ent’s
attack on A fghanistan and dom es­
tic crackdow n on the civil liberties
o f workers and immigrants. The event
is free and will be held on W ednes­
day. Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Bread
and Roses C enter, located at 819 N.
Killingsworth. Call 503-240-4462.
Creative Writing
and Acting Workshop
W here I ’m From Productions p re­
sents a C reative W riting and Acting
W orkshop for pre-teens, ages 10-
13. The w orkshop will be held at the
C enter for S elf E nhancem ent on
Saturday, Dec. 8 at 10a.m. Call 503-
259-5198.
A Bizarre Bazaar
W ant to know what to get for som e­
one who has everything? Com e to
SCRAP* s Bizarre Bazaar and attend
c r e a tiv e g ift id e a w o rk s h o p s
throughout the day. M eet local art­
ists who specialize in w orking with
found objects. Get help creating and
personalizing gifts for everyone on
your gift list. The event will be on
Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 ¿ m . - 6
p.m. for kids ages 10-70atthe SCRAP
Center, located at 3625B N. M issis­
sippi. Call 503-294-0769.
A Christmas Gala
First Fridays of Portland is back. On
Friday, Dec. 7, the First Friday Party
w ill be at the R adisson H otel, lo ­
cated at 1441 NE. 2nd Ave. This is a
dressy affair where there will be
m usic, dancing, netw orking and
socializing for those 21 and over.
Tickets are available by calling 503-
237-8980.
Southwest Washington
Humans Society
The Home 4 the H olidays pet adop­
tion cam paign is still going on to
place orphaned anim als with loving
fam ilies and individuals during the
holiday season. H undreds of pets
are available to adopt until Sunday,
Jan. 6 at the Southw est W ashington
Humane Society, located at 2121 St.
Francis Lane in Vancouver. Call 360-
69.3-4746.
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The Community Cycling Center is
pleased to announce its sixth annual
Holiday Bike Drive.
The effort is aimed at restoring do­
nated bikes and giving them to under­
privileged children in the Portland area.
Last year, the drive resulted in the give
away of 500 bikes. This year, the goal is
1,000 bikes.
The Community Cycling Center, 1700
N.E. Alberta, is a non-profit organization
committed to recycling bikes, reaching
kids with positive activities and restoring
communities.
The organization relies on the public’s
help to recruit kids’ bikes, volunteers and
financial support.
Leaders in the organization say it costs
just $25 to place a bike in the hands of a
needy child.
Its generous donations provide 100
percent of the bikes and funding for the
Holiday Bike Drive. All ofthe labor comes
from volunteers.
Tri-Met Blasts Vandalism Into Art
Transforming graffiti into etched glass panels saves money and enhances community
G raffiti-ridden glass panels at Tri-
M et bus shelters are being transform ­
ed into art in a process that saves
m oney, reduces waste and enhances
comm unities.
Last w eek, T ri-M et installed tw o
etched “art panels" at a bus shelter on
the south side o f N ortheast M ultnom ah
Blvd. near Lloyd C enter Cinem as. The
agency w ill install about 60 o f the art
panels by the end o f the year.
Seattle artist C arolyn Law sand­
blasted the dam aged panels with a leaf-
and-w ater m otif. This month, the Tri-
Met Public Art A dvisory Board also
picked three more artists to create pan­
els: Portland artist M ichael Hensley
created a hum orous “C ityscape with
Birds;" Sarah Hall, o f Portland, created
a stylized image o f tw o people in a
forest; and Karen Guzak of Snohomish,
W ash, created a w ater pattern called
"D rifting."
A nnually, about 750 glass panels
are so severely scratched by vandals
that they m ust be replaced at a cost o f
about $370 each, Tri-M et officials Said.
But the sandblasting process cuts
replacem ent costs nearly in half, with
sandblasting and installation costing
ju st $ 196. Tri-M et expects to save over
$ 100,000 a year by using etched panels.
"T his innovative solution to an e x ­
pensive problem underscores our com ­
m itm ent to keeping our am enities at-
Jordan Greene of Warren Pacific Corp, removes a graffiti-damaged glass
panel from a Trl-Met bus shelter near Lloyd Center Cinemas. It will be
replaced with an artistic panel like the one on the right.
tractive," said Fred H ansen. Tri-M et
g e n e ra l m a n a g e r. "T ri-M e t saves
money, recycles m aterials and provides
artw ork to the com m unity."
Tri-Met has about 1,000 bus shelters
and is adding 500 over a five year period.
See w w w .tri-m et.org to learn more
about T ri-M et's art program . To report
graffiti or other damage to Tri-Met prop­
erty, call 503-962-7666.
City Throws Party for New Year’s Eve
The city is planning an official New
Year’s Eve party to avoid a repeat of last
year's downtown melee.
Last year, no party was scheduled and
unruly revelers smashed windows and
looted stores, causing about $65,000 in
damage to downtown businesses.
The disturbance erupted after mid-
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night when Portland police dispersed a
crowd of about 2,000 that had gathered at
Pioneer Courthouse Square.
This year, the event w ill be held in
Pioneer Courthouse Square. No alco­
hol will be allow ed, the square will be
fenced in and gated, sim ilar to the m il­
lennium party in 2000; and the music
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will include what organizers describe
as oldies, sw ing, blues and adult con­
tem porary music.
The city will have to pay police over­
time to cover the event. A $49,200 con­
tract with Entercom Radio has been pre­
pared to promote and produce the cel­
ebration.
This year’s plans call for the bikes to be
distributed on Dec. 16 with City Commis­
sioner Erik Sten serving as Santa Claus to
present bikes to 1,000underprivileged chil­
dren at the Legacy Emanuel Hospital atrium.
Bikes can be dropped off at the Com­
munity Cycling Center, RiverCity Bicycles
or any Bike Gallery store.
Unity Banquet
Supports
Scholarships
The Black United Fund of Oregon
will sponsor its sixth annual Commu­
nity Unity Banquet on Thursday, Dec.
6 at 6 p.m. at the Portland Hilton, 921
S.W. Sixth Ave.
Each year this event brings together
Portland’s diverse communities in rec­
ognition of an Oregonian whose life
exemplifies the theme of this event -
Justice, Unity, and Freedom.
The banquet, with more than 300 at­
tendees annually, also allows the group
to express appreciation to its corporate
partners for their efforts to stimulate
community development, volunteerism,
and philanthropy in Oregon.
Charles Jordan, director of Port­
land Parks and Recreation has been
selected as this year's honoree for
his distinguished leadership, contri­
butions and his continued work and
long-standing efforts to improve the
quality o f life for children and fam i­
lies in our communities.
Proceeds from the banquet event
will benefit the Black United Fund of
Oregon and the Community Scholar­
ship Fund.
The Community Scholarship Fund
was established in 1994 to acknowl­
edge the achievements of “at risk"
students based on their academic per­
formance, community service and lead­
ership. Selected students receive
scholarships to attend the college or
university of their choice.
Since the inception of the program.
21 students have been awarded schol­
arships. The goal this year is to award
five $ 1,000 scholarships named in honor
of Portland community activist Ron
Herndon and two $ 15,000 Willamette
University Partnership Scholarships.
Since its inception 1983, the Black
United Fund of Oregon has served
more than 700 agencies.
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