September 18.2002
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Oregon Beach Cleanup
Saturday, Sept. 28 marks the
date for the 191*1 annual Great
Oregon Fall Beach Cleanup. The
event will take place from 10
a.m. - 1 p.m. along the entire
Oregon coast, from the W ash
ington to the California borders.
Volunteers may check in at one
of 42 meeting sites, pick up a
litter bag and head down to the
beach to help improve the coast
for wildlife and winter visitors.
Call 800-333-SOLV orgoonline
to www.solv.org.
Learn Anger Management
Learn and practice strategies to
control anger, reduce stress,
an d set lim its in K aiser
Perm anente’s “D ealing 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
Perm anente's Interstate M edi
cal OfficeCentral,3600N. Inter
state Ave. in north Portland.
Call 503-286-6816.
Multnomah County Library
Multnomah County Library will
expand its Cyber Seniors classes
to six libraries throughout the
Portland area in November and
December. The classes are de
signed for senior citizens with
little or nocom puter experience
and are offered free of charge.
The November series of classes
at the Capitol Hill Library, lo
cated at 10723 S.W. Capitol
Way, Nov. 6,13 and 20.
Columbia River
Watershed Festival
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The Columbia River Watershed
Festival will feature speakers,
musical groups and more than
two dozen kid-friendly interac
tive exhibits. It will focus on
how humans can develop a
spiritual and ecological vision
for the Columbia River W ater
shed in the Pacific Northwest.
The event will be on Oct. 5, from
10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Southeast Park,
located at 12,h and Stark in Port
land.
The Charleston Place
Street Fair
Charleston Place, a 100 home
development in the St. Johns
area, is having a street fair on
Sunday, Sept. 22,from n o o n -5
p.m., at the 8300 block of N.
Bliss St. This free event is a
party for those on the road to
affordable home ownership. It
includes food, music, kids ac
tivities and home ownership
information. Call 503-331-1752.
Resort to Fitness
Learn Nia. a hybrid movement
class that incorporates martial
arts and modem dance. It's a
great form of aerobic exercise.
Nia is being taught at Resort to
Fitness throughout this month,
located at 2714 N.E. Broadway.
For a schedule and to register,
call 503-287-0655.
Yoga for Seniors
Seniors can learn gentle breath
ing and stretching yoga exer
cises for increasing joint flex-
ib ility an d stre n g th e n in g
muscles. Each class ends with a
relaxation period. The eight-
week class is held M onday
mornings at the Trinity Episco
pal Cathedral. 147 N.W. 19"1
Ave., continuing through Oct.
28,10:30a.m. - 1 1:45 a.m. Call to
register at 503-478-1218.
The first anniversary o f the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks brings a message o f harmony and hope from Portland-based Mercy Corps. The world globe was covered
in flowers and on display at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
photo bv M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Bank Visa Helps
Local School Kids
Collins Takes
Charge of Graffiti
Abatement
Minority owned bank introduces
credit card with cash back to schools
Mediator and public
safety advocate to
combat crime, vandalism
A ca sh b ack fe a tu re fro m a new V isa
c re d it card p ro d u ct at A lb in a C o m m u
nity B ank w ill help P o rtlan d high school
stu d e n ts p a rtic ip a te in afte r-sc h o o l arts
and sp o rts p ro g ra m s, th e lo c al m in o r
ity -o w n ed b an k an n o u n c ed T u esd ay .
W hen c o n su m ers use th e new “ S c h o
la stic P la stic ” V isa card fo r p u rch a ses,
the n o rth ea st P o rtlan d b an k w ill c o n
trib u te 1 p e rc e n t o f e a c h p u rc h a se
am o u n t to a fte r-sc h o o l stu d e n t a c tiv i
tie s a t P o r t l a n d 's B e n s o n , G r a n t,
Je fferso n , M ad iso n an d R o o sev elt H igh
S ch o o ls or, if p re fe rre d by th e c u s
to m er, w ill m ake a sim ila r c o n trib u tio n
d ire c tly to th e P o rtlan d S ch o o ls F o u n
dation.
“ W e are c o n sta n tly lo o k in g fo r w ays
to reach out to o u r c o m m u n ity ,” no ted
A lbina C om m unity Bank P resident R ob
ert M cK ean . “ W e th o u g h t th is w as an
im p o rta n t g e stu re to w a rd lo cal s tu
d en ts w ho b en e fit from a w id e ran g e o f
sc h o o l-sp o n so re d a c tiv itie s p ro g ram s.
A fter all, ‘co m m u n ity ' is o u r m iddle
n a m e .”
S ch o lastic P lastic d o es carry a $60
an n u al acco u n t fee, w ith u sers earn in g
points tow ard special d iscounts on item s
such as a irfares, tra v e l and ca ta lo g
m e rch an d ise.
A lb in a C o m m u n ity B ank is the o nly
certified co m m u n ity d ev elo p m en t bank
in O reg o n an d o n e o f o n ly a few such
b an k s in the U .S. By ch a rter, co m m u
nity d ev elo p m en t b an k s invest d ep o sits
w ith in th e ir im m ed iate n eig h b o rh o o d s
in the form o f ho m e m o rtg ag es and
b u sin ess loans.
T he bank is a m e m b er o f the FD IC
and is ow n ed by local resid en ts and the
N o rth east P o rtlan d C o m m u n ity D ev el
o p m en t T ru st. It o p e ra te s tw o P o rtlan d
b ran ch es at 2002 N .E. M artin L u th er
K ing Jr. B lvd. an d 8 0 4 0 N. L om b ard
St. in St. Jo h n s.
For m ore in fo rm atio n , call A lb in a
C o m m u n ity B ank at 5 0 3 -2 8 7 -7 5 3 7 .
Eddie Collins
E ddie C o llin s, a longtim e co u n selo r
w ith the N eighborhood M ediation C en
ter, is ta k in g on a new p o sitio n as the
c ity ’s g raffiti ab atem en t co o rd in ato r.
A city em ployee for 24 years, he
brings extensive experience w orking
w ith public safety issues, neighbor
hood livability, and peaceful resolution
o f high risk situations.
“ Mr. C o llin 's experience m ediating a
variety o f high risk situations will be
very valuable as the O ffice o f N eigh
borhood Involvem ent continues to fur
ther o u r very visible graffiti abatem ent
program ,” said C ity C om m issioner Jim
F rancesconi.
The graffiti abatem ent program b e
gan in northeast Portland and was e l
evated to a cityw ide program by M ayor
Vera Katz.
“ I am pleased to take over this ex cel
lent program and look forw ard to w ork-
ing with C om m issioner F rancesconi,
the M ayor, and the Portland Police B u
reau to further reduce graffiti,” said
Collins.
T h e g r a f fiti a b a te m e n t p ro g ra m
c o o r d in a te s a $ 2 5 6 ,4 6 8 c o n t r a c t
w ith Y o u th E m p lo y m e n t I n s titu te
w h ere c re w s o f y o u n g a d u lts w o rk
w ith th e P o rtla n d P o lic e B u re a u an d
o th e r law e n fo r c e m e n t a g e n c ie s to
re d u c e an d e r a d ic a te s ig n s o f g r a f
fiti in key a re a s.
“G ra ffiti is o fte n c o n sid e re d th e
first sign o f a d e c a y in g u rb an la n d
scape, an d is seen as first ste p fo r
fu rth e r crim in al a c tiv ity ,” c o m m en ts
Art H en d rick s, the c ity 's crim e p re
v e n tio n m a n a g e r in th e O ffic e o f
N e ig h b o rh o o d In v o lv em en t. “ 1 am
p le a s e d th a t C o l lin s is s h i f t i n g
h is e x p e r t i s e to th is im p o r t a n t
p ro b lem ."
Recent Upturn Noted in Oregon’s Jobless Rate
(AP) — The statewide jobless rate d e
clined from 7.3 percent in July to 7 percent in
A ugust.
Oregon has suffered the highest unem
ployment rate in the nation since last No
vember.
The num ber o f unem ployed w orkers in
Oregon stood at about 121,0(X) in August,
the low est level since O ctober o f last
year.
A ugust jo b losses w ere concentrated
in food processing, which shed 1 ^OOjobs.
The industry norm ally adds jo b s in A u
gust, but this year it added more jo b s in
July and then pared back in A ugust.
M a n u fa ctu rin g w as able to p o st a
sm all gain due m ostly to gro w th in d u
rab le g o o d s, w hich add ed 1,200 jo b s to
mark the fifth straig h t m onth o f g a in s.
But A ugust was the first m o n th th a t the
gain w as less th an e x p e c te d w hen a d
ju ste d for seasonal tre n d s, an d th e s e c
tor rem ain s 4 ,7 0 0 jo b s below its level at
the sam e tim e last year.
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