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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.