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Committed to Cultural Diversity September 25, 2002 www.portlandobserver.com ommunity a le n d a r C Gumbo Extraordinaire Everyone is invited to a grand opening celebration fo r“Rice in the M iddle,” a new restaurant on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 2 - 4 p.m. There will be free cajun gumbo samples, prizes, face painting and balloons. The event will be lo cated at 4711 N. Interstate Ave. Call 503-260-6877. Canoe the Slough Join the C olum bia Slough W a te r s h e d C o u n c il p a d d lin g guides for a tour o f the slough. B rin g y o u ro w n can o eo rk ay ak , paddles and Personal Flotation De vice. T ree-1 ined banks o f the low er slough will m ake for a scenic evening paddle. E very one m eets on Tuesday, Sept. 17,6 p.m. at the St. Jo h n ’s Land fill Boat launch, 9363 N. C olum bia Blvd. Call 503-281 - 1 131 or go o n lin e to w w w .colum biaslough.org. Portland Memory Walk Join the l l lh annual Portland M em ory W alk at the W orld T rade C enter on Sunday, Sept. 29, starting at 8:30 a.m ., to raise pledges to su p p o rt th e p ro g ra m s an d s e rv ic e s o f the A lzheim er’s A ssociation. For m ore inform ation and registra tion, call Jessica C u rrier at 503- 413-6850. Community Energy Project coordinators John Hartog and Amber Spradlin show how to install a fill cycle device to make a toilet run on less water. PHOTO BY W Y N D E Oregon Beach Cleanup Saturday, Sept. 28 m arks the date for the 19'h annual G reat O regon Fall Beach Cleanup. The event w ill take place from 10 a.m . - 1 p.m . along the entire O regon coast, from the W ash ington to theC alifom ia borders. V olunteers m ay check in at one o f 42 m eeting sites, pick up a litter bag and head dow n to the beach to help im prove the coast for w ildlife and w inter visitors. Call 800-333-SOLV or go online towww.solv.org. Housing Authority of Portland The H ousing A uthority o f Port land is offering a free sem inar, “W hy Section 8?,” on Oct. 1 for landlords interested in p artici pating in the Section 8 rent as sistance program . T he course, taught by current Section 8 land lords ad H A P staff, w ill co v era variety o f topics. T raining will be on T uesday, O ct. 1, from 2 - 5 p.m. at the East Precinct C om m unity R oom , located at 737 S.E. 106“’ Ave. Call 503-802-8459 or em ail reannew fah ap d x .o rg. Residents Get Help Lowering Energy Bills Goal is to stay warm this winter without paying a high price by W ynde D yer T he P ortland O bserver G et ready for w inter. The cold is com ing. So are the inflated heating bills. The C om m unity E nergy Project is ready to help. T he non-profit agency kicked o ff the b e g inning o f its season o f self-help w orkshops w ith a daylong open house in conjunction w ith the A lberta Street Fair. The lure o f free hot dogs and d o o r prizes drew quite a crow d. C EP O utreach C oordinator A m ber Spradlin said betw een 50 and 60 people stopped in to take advantage o f free sw itch-plate ther m om eters, lead tests and w ater conserva tion devices. ‘ “ It really excites m e that people w ant to learn,” S pradlin said. “T he phones have been ringing o f f the hooks. People aren ’t ju st going to take a fatalistic view about high bills this w inter.” C EP offers free Self-H elp W eatherization W orkshops for Portland residents w ho m ake 50 percent or less than the m edian m onthly incom e. The prim ary goal o f the w orkshops, w hich w ill run through F ebruary, is to edu cate the public about w ays to stay w arm during the w inter m onths w ithout paying a high price. E verybody w ho attends a tw o- hour session w ill receive hom e w eatheriza tion instructions and a free kit w orth $150. Kits include plastic storm w indow s, silicone and acrylic caulking and all other supplies needed to draft p ro o f a home. continued on page B2 Jefferson to Open Campus at Killingsworth Students, community volunteers to tear down laurel bushes The 12-foot high laurel bushes that block Jefferson High School from the community will be torn down by students, alumni, and volunteers intent on beautifying the school and connecting it with the neighbor hood. Multnomah County Library M ultnom ah County Library will expand itsC yberSeniorsclasses to six libraries throughout ih e Portland area in N ovem ber and D ecem ber. The classes are d e signed for senior citizens with I ittle or no com puter experience and are offered free o f charge. The N ovem ber series o f classes are at the C apitol Hill Library, located at 10723 S.W . C apitol W ay, Nov. 6 ,1 3 and 20. PHOTO BY M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver Back to Scrap The School and C om m unity R euse A ction Project is plan ning the second annual Back to SC R A P festival on Saturday, Sept. 28. from 1 1 a.m. - 5 p.m. to introduce teachers and fam ilies to their program s. A t the event, parents and children will learn to reuse m aterials creatively, fh e event is free and open to al 1 ages. The festival will take place in the yard o f the R ebuilding C enter, located at 3625 N. M is sissippi. C all 503-294-0769 or go o n lin e to D y ER/T h E PO R TL A N D O B SER VER by S ean P. N elson , T he P ortland O bserver A sm all arm y o f volunteers w ill gather at Jefferson High School this w eekend to cut dow n the 12-foot high laurel bushes that com pletely block o ff the north Portland school from its surrounding neighborhood. Students, school staff, school ad m in istra tors, and m em bers o f the H um boldt N eigh borhood A ssociation w ill begin the w ork at 8 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 27. C om pletion is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 29, according to M arshall H askins, the Jefferson High School athletic director and basketbal I coach w ho is organizing the project. The volunteers also are scheduled to p ressure w ash the football stadium and pick up garbage underneath and around it. H askins described the laurel bushes as a psychological barrier that isolates Jefferson H igh School from the com m unity. “ As you m ove dow n K illingsw orth, you w o u ld n ’t even know there w as a school h « Y W e’re try ing to open up to the com m u nity to show them that Jefferson is viable," H askins said. continued on page B2 Grant High School Homecoming to Build Pride Generals host rare game at Grant Park by L ee P e ri . man /T he P i er ti . and O bsf . rv er On Friday, Sept. 27, G rant High School will hold a first tim e ev er hom ecom ing varsity football gam e at G rant Park. The G enerals w ill play host to the Jefferson D em ocrats beginning at 4 p.m . Parking will be available in the sc h o o l’s faculty parking lot on N ortheast 36th A venue. The event will feature barbecue food for sale, a halftim e parade featuring the hom ecom ing king, queen and court, and bleacher seating for 700 people. “W e know o f one gam e that w as played at the park in 1951 or 5 2 -it w as cal led the mud bow l,” school athletic director Bob K ennew ell said. “T hat w as the only one w e w ere able to find. “W e w anted to have a gam e here to boost pride in o u r school and gain com m unity support," he said. G rant norm al ly plays its hom e gam es at PGE Park, dow ntow n. continued on page B2
