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Page B4 (Elie ^lorthinb (©heeruer March 20, 2002 )iortlan ä 01 o in n i n u i t y a I e 11 b ¿1 r continued from Metro, puffe BI ? b « ru e r ebratingCops Helping Kids” auction benefiting youth, on Saturday, April 6,5 p.m. at a location in downtown Portland. PAL serves thousands o f youths through their juvenile crime preven tion program. Call Deborah Munn or Maria E lm o re a t 8 2 3 -0 2 5 0 , o r go o n lin e to www.palkidsotg Monterrey Touted As Model Mexican City M ONTERREY, Mexico (AP) Nestled among jagged mountains 120 miles south o f the Texas border, this city in many ways is everything Mexico is not: It’s modem, the residents are uni versity graduates and you can drink the water. Monterrey is also what anti-global ization activists fear, with its suburbs, mini-malls and U.S. chains. W hen world leaders converge on Monterrey next week, Mexico will be presenting this industrial metropolis as the poster child for how to develop the third world. M onterrey is playing host to the U.N. International C onference on Fi nancing for D evelopm ent, an unprec edented world sum m it on how to com bat poverty and red istribute w ealth Garcia Clinic Earns Praise Senator Gordon Sm ith went to the floor o f the U.S. Senate early this month to praise the efforts o f the Virginia Garcia Memorial Heal thCen- ter in providing primary health care services to migrants, seasonal farm w orkers and o th er low -incom e groups in W ashington County. “The V irginia Garcia Clinic does a wonderfbl job at bridging the large gap between access to coverage and access to care,” said Smith. “The clinic staff represent the kind o f health care heroes we desperately need in our quest to ensure that every person in this country has access to health care. Today, I salute the work and workers o f the Virginia Garcia Clinic, true heroes for Oregon. Virginia Garcia was a 6-year-old girl who died from a treatable in fection in the 1970s. She died, not because she lacked health care, but because nobody spoke to her fam ily in the only language they knew - Spanish. The clinic, lo cated in C orm elius, serves nearly 8,000 patients a year, 80 percent o f whom are Spanish speaking and 90 percent o f w hom are below the poverty level. around the globe. During a side meeting o f anti-glo balization activists, a group o f Euro pean nongovernmental organizations denounced recent pledges by indus trialized countries to spend billions more on aid, calling it “cosmetic” and another move to keep poor nations dependent. Fifty-two heads o f state are ex pected to attend the summit, includ ing President Bush and Cuban Presi dent Fidel Castro. U.N. spokesman Tim Wall said Mexican President Vicente Fox chose Monterrey to show world leaders its economic success “rather than a sce nic place with great cocktails.” “ M o n terrey is not w hat you w ould call a great tow n for tourism , it’s not a center o f colonial architec ture, it d o e sn ’t have a beachfront, but it’s an econom ic pow erhouse,” Wall said. “ I t’s the hom e o f Latin A merica’s first steel mill, it has manu facturing, trade, com m erce, high- tech industries.” With more millionaires per capita than any other area in Mexico, the Monterrey metropolitan area o f some 3 million people boasts the highest standard o f living in Mexico. Wages for laborers can be as much as five times higher than in the rest o f the country — where the urban mini mum wage is $4 a day — and the people o f Monterrey study an aver age o f three years more than other Mexicans. The crime rate is among the lowest for M exico’s metropolitan ar eas, and its police are considered among the least corrupt. The city is home to M exico’s richest b u sinesses, including C em ex, the w orld’s third-largest cement company. Dotting the green mountains outside the city are sprawling estates with swim ming pools, helicopter pads and horse stables. Versace and other world-class designers have stores here. M ercedes and BM Ws zoom to strip m alls and superm arkets. M any resi d e n ts sp en d w e e k e n d s at beach hom es on Padre Island o ff the Texas coast o f the G u lf o f M exico, and have adopted English w ords like “shop ping.” But some anti-globalization activists say the glossy image is nothing more than a Hollywood prop. Workshop Teaches Brazilian Dance The Portland State U n iv ersity ’s World Dance Office presents an eight- week Samba workshop with Sheyla Mattos and the local band, Lions o f Batucada. Mattos, the workshop instructor is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. She frequently returns to her homeland for intensive studies o f Brazilian folkloric dance to inspire and share the beauty and energy o f Brazilian dance and culture with her students. The dance workshop will be from April 9 - May 30, every Tuesday and Thurs day, ffom6-7:30p.m. at PSU’sPeterStott Center, Room 207. Beginners o f Samba dance willjoin with advanced and return ing students o f Mattos. Members o f the legendary Lions ofBatucada will provide live accompaniment for all classes. For more information, call the World Dance Office at 503-725-5670. Men’s Gospel Music Workshop For all male youths and adults who can sing gospel, the New Hope Baptist Church, located at 3725 N. Gantenbein, will be having a gospel music m en’s workshop choir on March 21 and 22 at 7 p.m. and on March 23 at 10 a.m ., followed by lunch at 1 p.m. A New Hope Church free concert is scheduled for March 25,6:30 p.m. Call 281-0163, 698-5447 or send an email to new hopefeips.net. Chinese Kite Festival The Portland Classical Chinese Garden celebrates the tradition and history o f Chinese kites during the Clear Brightness Festival. On Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7, from noon to 3 p.m., children 6 years and older can learn to make kites in a Chinese opera mask motif. The garden is located at N W. 3"1 and Everett. Call 228-8131 or go online to www,pQrtlandghingSggardgn.org. Wildlife Conservation Lectures The Oregon Zoo is having a W ildlife Conserva tion Lecture Series. This year, Peter Matthiessen, an acclaimed writer o f two dozen books will be speaking on the preservation and revitalization o f the world’s dwindling crane populations. The event will be held on Tuesday, March 26, from 7:30p.m. -8:30p.m . Call 226-1561. Pacific University Lecture The streets o f Portland liven up as dancers o f all ages move to Samba music. Linking Creative Services to Hispanic Businesses Creative Services’ contributions in Oregon is the topic at the Hispanic Chamber meeting on Tuesday, March 26, from 11:30 a.m. - 1 :30 p.m. in the Benson Hotel, located at 309 SW. Broadway in Portland. “The goal o f this forum is to in crease the participation o f Hispanic Learn Local Demographic Analysis Learn about how to do local dem ographic analysis at three different w orkshops on the subject. The w orkshops will be held March 20 and 22 at the Portland Building. They are designed for human service providers, neigh borhood activists, grant w riters, planners or anyone who w ould like to easily look up and analyze social data. For m ore inform ation, contact Gina Clemmer at 234-5959 or go online t o w w w .sm artgirltechnologies.com . businesses to economic opportuni ties in O regon’s creative services in dustry, and to increase communica tion and networking between the His panic community and the creative ser vices industry. “Presenters from the Creative Ser vices Association, Downstream Digital and the Metropolitan Group will provide an overview o f the industry and how they work with Hispanic businesses and the Latino community,” says Gale Castillo, executive director o f the Chamber. To attend, call 222-0280 or email to hmcctouswest.net. The Hispanic Cham ber website is at www.hmccoregon.com. Immigration policy post-Septem ber 11 will be a topic o f discussion at the Pacific Q uestions Tow n Hall “People W ithout Papers,” on W ednesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in T aylor A udi torium in M arsh hall on P acific’s cam pus in Forest Grove. The event is free and open to thepublic. Call 359-221 1. Women’s HIV/AIDS Support Group For women with HI V/AIDS, a support group is available through Sister’s Keeper. It meets ev ery 2nd and 3rd Monday, from 7 - 8 p.m. at the Allen Temple CME Church, 4236 NE. Eighth Ave. Call Renee W ard at 249-1719. Continuing her commitment to family and community T he M emorial S chon . » ship Joyce Washington was tireless in her devotion to children and building a better community. îl!f ^ o rtla n h ffilsftlb r is continuing this loving legacy by awarding high school seniors from our community scholarships to help them achieve their dreams. You can help by sending your contribution to the Joyce Washington Memorial Scholarship Fund in care of Bank of America. Your support will be truly appreciated. Call your local Bank of America for more information, thank you. Á I » f
