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( ninnili lid to C u ltura l Diversi!) h u M .po rtliin rinh seri cr.com M a rd i 27, 2002 (Tbc ^ o rtla n h (©bseruer SECTION P aitlan d/ö CatntnanUicô f f l n ni ni n u i t y a ( e il lì ¿1 V Greyhound Pets of America Greyhound Pets of America is holding a Make A Fast Friend day on Sunday March 31, from 1:30p.m .-4:30p.m . at the Multnomah Greyhound Park in Fairview on the 3rd floor. As a result of the end of the racing season, their adop tion kennel is full. There are more than 50 Greyhounds available. Anyone in terested in a dog needs to apply and an in-home screening placement is done Dream Comes True For Business Owner Parking lot employee beats former employer to contract Easter Egg Hunt Jantzen Beach SuperCenter will be holding their first annual indoor Eas ter egg hunt featuring Mother Goose on Saturday, March 30, from 1 -4 p.m near Shoe Pavilion for all children ages lOand younger. There will be different egg hunts based on children’s ages Forages 1-3, hunt begins at 1 p.m.; for ages 4-6, hunt begins at 2 p.m.; for ages 7-10, hunt begins at 3 p.m. Oregon Spring Beach Cleanup The 18lh annual Great Oregon Spring Beach Cleanup will be held on Satur day, April 6. Thousands of volunteers are needed to help clean Oregon’s beaches, from the W ashington to the California borders, between 10 a .m .- 1 p.m. Call SOLV at 800-322-3326orgo online to www.solv.org. Portland Farmer's Market Portland Farm er’s Market will teach anyone interested in how to grow like a professional gardener on Saturday, May 11, at PSU ’s campus grounds on S.W. Montgomery and Harrison St. Gardening speakers will offer free talks eachhourandkids' activities will keep little sprouts busy with take-home projects inspired by nature. For more market inform ation, go online to www.portlandfarmersmarkct.org. Oregon’s Daffodil Show For the second year in a row, The Oregon Garden will host the Oregon Daffodil Society’s Daffodil Show on April 6 and 7 in the J. Frank Schmidt, Jr. Pavilion. Enjoy 10,000daffodils that were planted at the garden last fall by volunteers. The show will run from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 and 10a.m. - 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 7. Call 8 7 4 -8 2 6 4 o r go o n lin e to www.orcgongarden.org. Chinese Kite Festival The Portland Classical Chinese G ar den celebrates the tradition and his tory o f Chinese kites during the Clear Brightness Festival. On Saturday, April 6and 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 lo cated at N.W. 3rd and Everett. Call 228- 8131 or go o n lin e to www.portlandchinesegarden.org. Charles McCloud now runs the parking business where he worked for a decade. Charles McCloud had his dream of owning and operating his own parking lot service. Forover lOyears, the former employee of Diamond Parking has been the beacon of customer service at the Weatherly B uilding parking lot on P o rtlan d ’s eastside. Less than a month ago, Diamond man agement appeared at the lot one morning to relieve McCloud of his duties. “God works in mysterious ways,” said the father of eight. W ithin hours, M cCloud said that he had been approached by the new ow n ers advising him that he was being retained to run the parking lot and that the building was immediately term inat ing their relationship with Diam ond Parking. McCloud gives much of the credit to the African American Chamber of Com merce for interceding and getting him the opportunity for his own business. Chamber President Roy Jay has been on a mission for the past year investigat ing Portland's parking lot operators for various employee violations. McCloud and others are now being represented by legal counsel, thanks to the Chamber in trying to recover years of unpaid salaries and other benefits that the chamber alleges is owned to hun Community Bank Earns High Grade American Banker magazine ranks Albina Community Bank in the top 20 of small banks nationwide. The minority-owned institution was founded in 1996 and serves the needs of residents and businesses of north and northeast Portland. The bank, located at 2002 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr., was ranked 18,h of more than 100 U.S. banks with assets of less than$l billion. “W e are honored with A m erican Banker’s ranking,” said Robert McKean, Albina Bank president and chief execu tive officer. “It is another symbol that shows the city that we can indeed hold true to our mission o f serving people in our community and be a profitable, grow ing bank.” The ranking system shows Albina Community Bank experienced more than a 50 percent increase in returns on assets and nearly a 31 percent return on equity from September 2000 to September 2001. Cosmetology Career Training Celebrated Learn About Public Relations Learn about innovative public rela tions campaigns for your company or organization. A workshop will be held on Monday, April 22, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Portland C hildren's M u seum. A reception will follow. For more in fo rm a tio n , go to www.prblackbwfo.wffl. Pacific University Lecture Immigration policy post-September 11 will be a topic of discussion at the Pacific Questions Town Hall “People W ithout Papers,” on W ednesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in Taylor Auditorium in Marsh hall on Pacific's campus in Forest Grove. The event is free and open to the public. C all359-2211. Oregon Food Bank Oregon Food Bank is currently look ing for Portland area chefs to help offer a series of six-week nutrition education classes designed to help introduce low-income children and their parents to healthy eating habits and cooking within a limited budget. There will be three classes held around Portland. To volunteer, call Julie W ebber at419-4183. Area students and professionals In the cosmetology field gather for a downtown workshop made possible by the Portland Area Career Training Center, a partnership between Portland Public Schools and the business community. Pictured are Ruth Harrington (from left), Kathy Treves, Laurie Varrelman, Bob Laster, Kara Bacon, Teresita Tillman and Lyra Tulipat. photo by T racey S tadamirì TU n ^ - G ettabi . e N ails Students from the m etropolitan area got to observe and spend tim e with experts in their field during the second annual cosm etology fair. The Portland Area C areer Training C enter, 5730 N.E. M artin Luther King Jr. Blvd., a partnership betw een Port land Public Schools and the business students made the recent event pos sible. Licensed cosm etologists, nail spe cialists, college staff, financial aid per sonnel and current cosm etology stu dents attended the fair. A reas o f exposure included hair cut ting. m ake-up, nails, braiding and de- veloping good com m unications skills. E vent sp o n so rs in clu d ed N a tio n w ide In su ra n c e , Beau M onde C o l lege o f H air D esign, Mt. Hood C o m m u n ity C o lleg e, P erfect L ook. G reat C lip s. S u p e rC u ts, Salt & P epper, the L ittle Beauty Shop and U n-4-G ettable N ails. dreds of employees. This is the first time, and probably not the last, that one of the major parking lot operations will lose a contract to their employees or competitors, according to Jay. “Charles deserved the opportunity to be in business for himself. He’s helped Diamond make thousands of dollars each year for the company. Now it’s time for him to make it for himself,” Jay said. Airport Opens More Parking Spaces Inspected vehicles can park near terminal during busy travel times Portland International Airport has opened additional parking garage spaces to travelers who voluntarily al low their vehicles to be inspected. While vehicle inspections are not required in order to park in the majority of the PDX parking garage, the volun tary inspections will allow access to an additional 1.100 parking spaces that were closed by the FAA for security reasons shortly after Sept. 11. Once security staff training is com plete. PDX will offer the parking spaces during the busiest travel tim es when additional parking capacity is needed. During slower travel periods when ample parking capacity exists, gates to the special parking spaces will remain locked. Vehicles parked in the special spaces can exit at any time through barriers allowing exit while preventing entrance. “We plan to maintain excellent cus tomer service by providing ample and convenient parking options while at the same time maintaining our heightened security measures at the airport,” Steve Schreiber. Port of Portland aviation di rector said. In conducting voluntary searches, security staff will visually inspect ve hicles following procedures approved by the FAA. While exact search proce dures arc confidential for security rea sons. the searches essentially look for large objects in vehicles, trunks o f ve hicles, etc.
