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Lewis and Clark: A Multicultural Adventure
Epic journey recast on film for 200th anniversary now showing at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
The Corps o f Discovery is challenged by the unpredictable Missouri River. The expedition was a
multicultural journey with two white Army officers, a black slave and an Indian making up the
primarygroup.
At the dawn of a nation, two courageous
captains of the U.S. Army led a mission of 31
explorers from the mouth of the Missouri River
to the Pacific Ocean and back. Scientists, natu
ralists and adventurers, Meriwether Lewis and
W illiam Clark pushed their Corps of Discovery
- which included a heroic Native American
woman, Sacagawea, and an African American
slave named York - to the limits of physical
endurance to expand the boundaries o f the
country's knowledge about the land to the west.
To celebrate the 200'h anniversary of this epic-
journey, the Oregon Museum of Science and
Captains Lewis and Clark discover mass herds o f buffalo in the Great Plains, as part of their great
journey west.
Industry’s Omnimax Theater is showing the
documentary film, “Lewis & Clark: Great Journey
W est” until March 2()03.
Narrated by Jeff Bridges, the film chronicles
the grueling journey through thick forests and
raging rapids, over towering peaks and plunging
precipices - a treacherous 8,000-mile trek that
was survived thanks to the grace and generosity
of the Native Americans who inhabited this
unmapped land.
For a listing of show times, call O M SI’s
Omnimax Theatre Hotline at 503-797-4640 or go
online to the museum’s website atwww.omsi.edu.
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School Supplies Donated
The Salvation Army will again distribute
school supplies to hundredSof low-income fami
lies and their children.
“It’s important for children to begin the first
day of school with confidence,” says Captain
Kenneth Hodder, divisional commander of The
Salvation Army Cascade Division. “When we
hand them a backpack filled with school sup
plies, you can see their faces light up. Being
prepared for school gives them the confidence
to succeed.”
The distribution will take place at The Salva
tion Army Moore Street Worship and Commu
nity Center on North Williams on Aug. 27 from
10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
In order to receive a new backpack and school
supplies, families must qualify and pre-register.
No walk-ins will be accepted. Families needing
assistance may call 503-239-1226. If you would
like to volunteer to help, call 503-234-0825.
O r e g o n L e a d s S ta te s in H u n g e r
(AP) — Six out of every 100 households in
Oregon are going hungry, the highest rate in the
nation, according to a new study.
It is the second time in three years Oregon has
been named as the hungriest state in the nation.
Oregon also ranks as the third worst state in
terms of food security, according to the study
released Thursday by the Food Security Insti
tute at thé Center on Hunger and Poverty at
Brandeis University in Massachusetts.
“By any calculation, there are too many hun
gry people and that's unacceptable,” said Pam
Curtis, a health policy adviser in the office of the
governor.
At the root of the problem, state and local
officials said, is Oregon’s stubborn recession,
which has produced the highest unemployment
rate in the country.
Even those with jobs said they are struggling.
Researchers used population and U.S. D e
partment of Agriculture food security data to
show the percentage of households in each state
considered “hungry” or “food insecure.
A hungry household is one whose members
often feel pain because of a lack of food. A food-
insecure household is one whose members don’t
know where their next meal is coming from.
A ccording to the study, 6.2 percent o f O r
egon households were in a state of hunger
from 1998 through 2000. the period covered by
the. study.
It showed 14.3 percent of Oregon households
were food-insecure— the third highest rate after
New Mexico and Texas.
African Americans Find
Adventure at Sea
Queenie Samuel
o f Portland (left)
enjoys African
attire night with
her new friend,
Pat, on board the
Carnival ship
Destiny.
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Oueenie Samuel of Portland has
just completed the 11lh annual sail
ing of Festival at Sea, a cruise spe
cifically conceptualized for Afri
can Americans.
The itinerary included- San
Juan. Puerto Rico, St. Thomas VI,
Guadeloupe, Barbados, Trinidad,
Tobago, and St. Marteen.
The C arnival ship D estiny
hosted 3,000 African Americans
from across the USA. who gath
ered to have fun, visit the ports of
call, and enjoy headline entertain
ers such as The Isley Bros., Jeffery
Osborne, Yolanda Adams. A.J.
Jamal and Damon Williams.
The cruise also featured m id
night buffets, comedy shows, ca-
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s in o s , sp a s h o p p in g , ja z z
lounges, old school grooves, on
and on.
Samuel said an African attire
night and a formal black and white
dress night were regal.
She said the mixing, meeting and
sharing time with a capacity crowd
of fellow black Americans was an
experience to behold, nothing like
a trip or visit to Africa.
“This was pure pleasure. Every
body was there for the same rea
son, to have fun,” Samuel said.
Q ueenie encourages fellow
residents to jo in her on the cruise
n e x t y e a r by c o n ta c tin g
w w w .festivalatsea.com or cal 11 -
800-466-2719 for information.
Oregon Tobacco Quitline
• 1-877-27O-STOP
• 1877-2NO FUME (Spanish)
• TTY: 1-877 777-6534
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in an alternate format, call 503731-
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