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September I I , 211(12 w m vv.portlaudohserver.com Committed to C u ltu ra l Diversity (The ^ o rtía n h (©bseruer ommunity a le n d a r C Learn Anger Management Learn and practice strategies to control anger, reduce stress, and set lim its in K a ise r Perm anente’s “Dealing with Anger” class. The eight ses sions are held on Wednesday nights, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., beginning Oct. 2 - Nov. 20. C lasses are held at K aiser Permanente’s Interstate M edi cal Office Central, 3600 N. Inter state Ave. in north Portland. Call 503-286-6816. Columbia River Watershed Festival The Columbia River Watershed Festival will feature speakers, musical groups and more than two dozen kid-friendly interac tive exhibits. It will focus on (low hum ans can develop a spiritual and ecological vision for the Colum bia River W ater shed in the Pacific Northwest. The event will be on O ct. 5, from 10 a.m . - 3 p.m., South east Park, located at 12th and Stark in Portland. River City Celebration Harbor jet-boat tours, interac tive trade exhibits, historical displays, lantern-making work shops, food booths, entertain ment and an evening illuminated procession along the c ity ’s Eastbank Esplanade await visi tors to Portland’s "River City Celebration & Illuminata Parade of Light'’on Saturday, Sept. 21, from noon - 10:30 p.m. The daylong festival will be at the e a st en d o f P o r tla n d ’s Hawthorne Bridge, where S.E. M a d iso n ST. m e e ts the Willamette River bank. St. Andrew Catholic Church ^St. A ndrew C atholic Church O utreach M inistries is h o ld ing a Parish N eighborhood ' “G iv e a w a y ” on S a tu rd a y , Sept. 14, fro m 9 a .m .~ 12p.m. The giveaw ay will be held in the back parking lot, behind the com m unity center or in the gym if raining. G iveaw ay item s will include clothing, shoes, dishes and furniture. Call Greg at 971 -244-0339. Resort to Fitness Learn Nia, a hybrid movement class that incorporates m ar tial arts and m odern dance. It’s a great form o f aerobic exercise. N ia is being taught at Resort to Fitness th ro u g h out this month, located at 2714 N.E. Broadw ay. For a sched ule and to register, call 503- 287-0655. Victims Assistance Program Volunteers are needed as on- call Rape Victim Advocates with the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Victims Assistance Program forevening and week end shifts. Training is five events, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., b e g in n in g O ct. 1 at the M ultnom ah C ounty C o u rt house. Call 503-988-3222 to volunteer. Beaverton City Library The Beaverton City Library is sponsoring a series o f p ro gram s to ad d ress areas o f concern for consum ers such as with money, buying a home and other security m easures. All program s are free. On T uesday, Oct. 8, from 6-8:30 p.m., W ells Fargo Home M ort gage in H illsboro w ill give a talk on “ Home Buying: U n derstanding M ortgage and Fi nan ces.” SECTION B Black Actor in Bicentennial Role Only African American actor in documentary shares his views R on W eber F or T he P ortland O bserver With their muscles straining, backs ach ing, and bare feet bleeding, they trudged on. It took men of steel to carry the heavy boats and tons of supplies over sharp rocks, through steep wooded forests, and across miles o f open plains. Up ahead lay Indians, bears, treacherous mountains, and dangerous white water rap ids. As their overloaded boats crashed through the rocks and rapids, amused Indi ans stood high on the terrain above, waiting for the crazy white men to drown, attempting a feat even the best of them would not dare. When the boats safely came to rest down stream, baffled Indians watched as York, a large black man, put down his paddle, and proudly strode todry land. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark would be nearby. Viewing the boats, supplies, weapons, and clothes the men wore, one would guess the time to be in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Surprisingly, it was the 21 st century, and York would be Toby Tyler of southern Cali fornia. As an avid hiker and backpacker, the role that called for a muscular African Ameri can man, fit Toby to a tee. Portland’s OMSI is currently showing the film, produced by National Geographic and narrated by Jeff Bridges, through Feb ruary 2003. The large-screen format allows the viewers to get a front row seat as they watch the Corps of Discovery’s only black member help bring this dramatic true story to life. Hold tightly onto your seats as the landscape in front of you explodes into view via "a priceless IM AX camera hurtling over a sixty-foot precipice toward the Missouri River below.” by W hile having two real-life siblings and looking forward to children of his own, Tyler felt very close to his fellow cast members, calling them “family.” Although he was the only black actor on set, the rest of the cast made him feel right at home. His job was just the same as York’s was 200 years ago: to work as a team member and help accomplish the mission. The role demanded elbow-to-elbow hard physical labor, depicting the grueling leg endary expedition with other actors that bonded them tighter than most traditional roles. The additional “twist” of working near uncontrolled forest fires sometimes made the production of this film difficult. Smoke filled the air and shooting in some areas was delayed as much as six months, but they hunkered down and got the job done. In a recent interview, Tyler, a former foot ball player for Utah State, expressed how hard it was to “pull away” from the cast after the shoot was finished. “W orking as a team carrying and pulling those boats upstream helped us get close. We were tight,” he said. Having a grandfather who was a boatman in Gulfport Louisiana helped fuel Tony’s interest in working on this film. Tyler got his start in acting while doing theater work at Utah State. Here he often “lived the life of a solitary writer focusing on social drama.” He has acted in many roles, including Yellowstone, Black Knight, and A Place In The Sky, where he met the director and producers of the Lewis and Clark film. His roles have been very diverse, ranging from a cook to a weatherman for the Tuskegee Airmen. To prepare for the York role, Toby im mersed himself by reading Lewis and Clark Toby Tyler from the movie “Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West, ’ now showing at OMSI. journals, Stephen Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage, and a detailed packet of informa tion provided by National Geographic. “Understanding what York went through helped me better play the role. This part also helped me understand the importance of our country’s history,” he said. In a d d itio n , T oby stu d ie d O prah W infrey’s performance in Beloved. Oprah was said to have “gone deep and called on spirits,” to help her in this award- continued on page B2 Anderson Named Dean o f M inority Affairs Doctor on mission to enhance minority opportunities at OHSU and stu d e n ts,” C assel said. “T his w ill stre n g th e n both the school and the e n tir e O H S U m e d ic a l c o m m u n ity . S tep h an ie has the sk ill and train in g to lead this effo rt, and we are delig h ted that she is w illin g to jo in the d e a n ’s office sta ff.” A n d erson, an a ssista n t p ro fe sso r at the school, proposed the position partly b ecause o f her ow n experien ce as an • eth n ic m in o rity ph y sician . “ I re a liz e d if I w ere feeling iso lated, how m ust a busy re sid e n t or m edical stu d en t fe e l? ” A nd erso n said. “O ur goals are to im prove the sense o f c o m m unity on O H S U ’s cam pus as w ell as prom ote the v isib ility o f OH SU and its su p p o rt o f m in o ritie s.” O H S U ’s O ffic e o f D iv ersity and M u ltic u ltu ra l A ffairs recru its and su p ports m in o rity stu d e n ts fo r all four o f O H S U ’s schools. T he School o f M edi cine is the first O H SU school to create Dr. Stephanie S. Anderson its ow n ad m in istra tiv e position for m i n o ritie s to co m p lem en t the w ork o f the Dr. S tep h an ie S. A nderson has been nam ed a ssista n t dean o f m in o rity a f u n iv ersity -w id e office. A nderson is ex c ite d about the lo n g fairs in the O regon H ealth and S cience term p o ten tial. U n iv e rsity S chool o f M edicine. “The m inority physicians w e're tra in A n d erso n is ch arg ed w ith helping the school recruit m inority faculty, re si ing today are those w ho will go on to d en ts and stu d e n ts; retain them by im prom ote diversity training and take care o f the m in o rity co m m u n ities that so p ro v in g c ro ss-c u ltu ra l co m m u n icatio n m uch need p h y sic ia n s,” she said. and n etw o rk s on cam pus and w ith the A nderson receiv ed her M.D. from P o rtla n d co m m u n ity ; and m ake O H SU n atio n ally know n for its recruitm ent and the U niversity o f C alifornia at San F ran c isc o and co m p leted her internal m e d i re te n tio n o f m in o ritie s at all levels. T he ap p o in tm e n t w as a n n o u n ced by cine resid en cy tra in in g at Santa C lara Valley M edical C enter in California. Her Dr. C h ristin e C assel, dean o f the School p ro fessional interests include w o m e n 's o f M ed icin e. health as w ell as m edical student and “O ne o f my m issio n s is to enhance re sid e n t ed u catio n . o p p o rtu n itie s for o u r m in o rity faculty 4 L A. Kiona Tift with the gold medal she won in Ti Kwon Do. Fifth Grader Trains For Junior Olympics Kiona Tift is only 9 years old, but al ready she has a black belt in Ti Kwon Do and has traveled internationally. , The fifth grader at Prescott Elem en tary School in Parkrose is currently train ing for the 2003 Junior O lym pics in Florida. Her home gym is the Family Martial Arts and Fitness Center in north east Portland. Kiona won a gold medal at the W ash ington State Championships last year, and also competed at the world champion ships in Seoul, Korea. She has spent many years of dedication to get where she is today. Kiona started Ti Kwon Do when she was just 3 years old in Tacoma, and has earned special recognition for her athletic accom plishments from Washington Gov. Gary Locke and the Pierce County Council. A Native American, she also dances in pow wows. Kiona is the daughter of Ana Garcia and QuwayneTift. 4
