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September 25, 2002
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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.
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“ 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.
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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.
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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.
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