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October 02, 2002 Page A6 Festival of Reuse on Mississippi Cade Campbell, 3, stretches to drop a tennis ball Into one o f the many recycled toys made by Scrap volunteers for Saturday's outdoor event. “It was ju st fantastic, ” said Scrap employee Teri Thomas- Peterson. “There were hundreds of happy people." Scrap, a non-profit business located at 3625 B N. Mississippi, promotes the creative reuse o f materials through the resale o f usable fabric, office, school and art supplies. Q u a i s oats , P hotos by D avid P lechl / T he P ortland O bserver Earl o f Earl and the Reggae All-Stars exercises his vocal talents from behind his drum set Saturday during the Back to Scrap Festival on North Mississippi Avenue. The event featured performances by local musicians, spoken word artists, a fashion show and a 20-foot scrap metal man. The giant puppet, assembled and operated by neighborhood artists, danced and painted on wood to a live musical accompaniment. Ballot Measures Explained Voters will have the opportu nity to get first hand information on all the statewide ballot mea sures for the upcoming general election at a ballot measure fair Saturday, Oct. 5 at Portland State University, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair, hosted by the O r egon Progress Forum, will include booths for all 12 m easures. R ep resentatives from both sides o f the issues will be available for questioning. At noon, the pros and cons o f each m easure will be debated for the public. A panel discussion w ith guest speakers is also planned. “I know the importance o f giv ing voters as much information as possible,” said Phil Keisling, Chair man o f the Oregon Progress Fo rum. “This is a great way to do that.” For those who cannot attend the event, Multnomah Community Television will rebroadcast the ballot measure debate portion o f the program on local public access channels 21 and 11. The 2002 Ballot Measure Fair will be held at the PSU Smith M e morial Center in the Vanport room on the third floor. held in grain elevators, with some stalled in rail cars, trucks and barges. The port also handles the larg est volume o f automobile imports in the nation, but manufacturers say their supply o f new cars is enough to withstand some delays. R ailroads and trucking com panies also are affected, idling som e ra ily a rd s and k eep in g up to $ 7 0 0 .0 0 p e r m o n t h o nly tw o d ays w o tth of w o ik? Excellent Educational Assittance Program: < •Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $20,000) •Montgomery Gl Bill (up to $263.00 per month) • Ask about our $350.00 per month (tax free) Incentive Kicker •Ask about our $8,000.00 enlistment bonus trucks o ff the road. D el A lle n , p r e s id e n t o f A riports Forw arding, a Portland freight forw arding com pany that routes container cargo across the country, says the ripple e f fect is huge. “Certainly the carrier loss from this will go on for m onths, for truck and rail in addition to ship ping,” A llen said. in the Following Floldt: •Aircraft maintenance & avionics •General purpose mechanic & vehicle operations • Computer maintenance & switching • Information & inventory management Contact your local A ir National Guard Recruiter to determine eligibility 5 0 3 .3 3 5 .4 0 4 0 Airport to Curb Water Pollution Portland International Airport will receive $2.5 million for con struction o f a de-icing containment facility to keep chemicals from polluting the nearby Columbia Slough, a w aterw ay that runs through north and northeast Port land. Federal money for the project was announced Friday by Oregon Senators Gordon Smith and Ron W yden. Currently, materials used to de ice planes and runways at the air port combine with storm water and drain into the slough. The new de-icing containment facility will utilizeaholdingtank to capture those materials before they are released to the city o f Portland ’ s sewer system or trucked to alterna tive locations for treatment. De icing materials will no longer run off into the waterway. Forum Addresses Airport Noise A rea residents can learn about a irp o rt o p e ra tio n s and noise m anagem ent program s during a public forum on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Port land International A irport C on ference Center. Those in attendance cart talk with staff from the airport ’ s noise m anagem ent office about spe cific areas o f concern and learn more about opportunities for citi zen involvem ent in reducing air craft noise effects in the com m u nity. The airport is located at the end o f the Red Max Line. The terminal is wheelchair accessible and park ing is available in the short-term parking garage. To RSVP for the program, or for special n eeds, c o n ta c t A nne M itchell at 503-460-4837 or mitchatePQrtptld.cQm- Advertise with diversity in lhe Portland Observer call 503.288.0033 or email: ads(d po1tland0bscTver.com FREE CHECKING d i Openings N o w Available Closed Ports Choke Shipping (A P )— Officials Tuesday said that the lockout o f W est Coast dock w o rk ers is co stin g the N orthw est about $38 m illion a day by choking o ff shipm ents o f grain, electronics, clothing and other products. The Port o f Portland is the largest wheat export center in the nation. But m ost o f the crop Is aw aiting shipm ent or is being W l m l P o i I time jo b w ill p a y you 8 0 0 . 3 9 2 . IS O ! w w w .o r p o r t .a n g .a f .m il African Americans are dying at higher rales than whites from preventable diseases. 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