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tHlTC ommunity a le n d a r C Trick or Treat on Alberta Street C h ild re n and fam ilies are in v ite d to atten d T rick o r T re at on A lb erta S treet on H allo w een. B ring a bag for safe treats an d v isit sto res from 4 p.m . to 6 p.m . A co stu m e c o n test w ill be held at 7 p.m . F or m ore in fo rm atio n , co n tac t W inona at S cary M o n ster M usic by calling 503-282-6608. Meet A.C. Green at 11th Annual Halleluja Carnival i J T h reetim eN B A W orldC ham - pion A .C . G reen o f the Los A ngeles L akers will be at N ew B e g in n in g s C h ristian C e n te r Halloween carnival from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m . N ew B eginnings will o f fe r ‘unlim ited p lay ’ tick ets for $4. B ring a can o f food to help feed the h u ngry and get $1 o ffa d m issio n price. For more in formation cal1,503-762- 6268. Spooktacular Halloween at Kennedy ‘Ghoul’ School The K ennedy School welcomes little goblins and ghouls for trick-or-treating from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m . H allow een enthusiasts o f all ages can stick around for the W illam ette Radio W orkshop’s liv e r a d io b r o a d c a s t o f “ D ra cu la” in the renovated gym nasium from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. N o cover w ill be charges. Bewitching Corn Maze C elebrate the H allow een sea son by roam ing the tw ists and tu rn s o f th e co rn m aze at K ruger’s Farm M arket. This y e a r's m aze features a witch on a b room along w ith other spooky surprises. Call for de tails. K ruger’s Farm M arket, 17100 S. W. Sauvie Island Road, 1 !6 m iles straight across the Sauvie Island Bridge. Call 503- 621-3489. Catlin Gabel 58th Annual Rummage Sale In the last 58 years, the annual C altin G abel rum m age sale has raised m ore than five m illion dollars in financial aidforC atlin G abel students. This year the huge four-day sale will take place at the Porltand Expo C en ter, 2060 N Marine Drive, in Halls A a n d B . T he sale opens Thurs- day,O ct.31 from 5to9p.rn.w ith a 25% m arkup. Regular prices start on Friday, Nov. 1 from 10 a m . to 9 p.m ., Saturday, Nov. 2 and Sunday, Nov 3. For D irec tions or inform ation call 503- 297-1894 ext. 423. October 30, 2002 www.portlandobserver.tom Committed to Cultural Diversity (Observer SECTION B De La Salle North Works School mixes diversity with internships, college-prep by W vnde D yer T he P ortland O bserver Is De La Salle North Catholic High School really the school that w orks? Just ask M att Powell, the school’s founder and president. “Y eah, this is a real strange place,” Powell said. By strange he m eans the year-old school com bines rigorous college preparatory w ork w ith an innovative corporate internship pro gram that pays for 70 percent o f the stu d en ts’ tuition by placing them out into the w orking w orld. W hile m ost area schools have cut school days and shortened the school year, De La Salle N orth boasts a lengthened school year to m ake up for class tim e lost w hile its 148 sophom ore and fresh men w ork one full eight-hour day a w eek at local corporations. W here else can you find 14 -a n d -15-year- olds w orking for law firms, d o cto r’s offices, brokerage firm s and banks? O nly at one other school in the country, that is until De La Salle North Catholic opened its doors last fall. For five years, C hristo Rey Jesuit High School in C hicago w orked to bring college- prep education to a low -incom e area in co m bination w ith a unique jo b -sh arin g program to cover a m ajority o f the school ’ s operating co sts. C orporate sponsors contracted w ith the school and the school provided a team o f students to fill each clerical position the com pany had to offer. The school designed a block schedule so students could work one day o f the w eek at the jo b site w ithout m issing classroom time. T his enabled stu dents to gain valuable work experience and pay their tuition w ithout sacrificing after school or w eekend hours that could be spent on hom ew ork o r w ith friends. Powell w anted to establish a neighbor hood high school and thought the sam e m odel could be applied in north Portland. He said the dem ographics and a high drop-out rate in north Portland is strikingly sim ilar that o f inner city C hicago. “This area is traditionally underserved - by the church and the state," Powell said. "W e d o n ’t w ant to be labeled as a poor kids school, but here are a lot o f fam ilies looking for som ething different in north Portland.” De La Salle North Catholic sophomore Luke Johnson (from left), President Matt Powell, Corporate Internship Program Director Michael Jacobson, sophomore Mary Miller and freshmen Irene Ambrose and Kayla Keagbine wait in front of the old elementary school turned high school on North Delaware Avenue. These students are employed at local banks, brokerage firms, doctors offices, law firms and even international corporations like Nike. PHOTOS BY W ynde D yer / T he P ortland O bserver De La Salle North Catholic High students paint banners for a spirit rally. The college preparatory school's 148 freshman and sophomore students spend one day a week working for local businesses to offset tuition costs. So Powel I decided to give them w hat they w ere looking for. An old C atholic elem en tary school and parish on North D elaw are A venue was the perfect location. The school w as centrally located in the north and north east Portland geography he w anted to serve - an area with a drop out rate o f around 40 percent. T he surrounding Kenton neigh borhood w as supportive o f the school’s goals and the building needed relatively little renovation. “ It w as a real turn-key," Powell said. “There aren’t a lot o f vacant buildings around that w ould accom m odate us like this.” W hen last y ear’s freshm an class filed in the doors, the student body diversity could hardly go unnoticed. De La Salle North C atholic has as m any m inority students as C aucasian and a close balance o f m ale and fem ale students. A lthough m any students are adm itted from area parochial schools, 55 percent o f the high sch o o l’s students are not C atholic and more than h alf o f them receive financial aid to cover the rem aining part o f their tuition. How arc those students doing one year later? A sk sophom ore Raphael Deem. W hen his grandparents told him they continued y^ on pane 86 REACHING FOR RESPECT Hip Hop Fans Fight for Turf by D avid P lechi . T he P ortland O bserver A fter he saw a couple o f black-ow ned clubs shut dow n and a few m ore threatened w ith closure, D avid Parks thought he had better do som ething about it. Parks organized a com m unity forum Sun day night to exam ine issues surrounding hip-hop clubs and the black com m unity that often frequents them. A bout 75 people at Thermometer Exchange T hose co n cern ed about the safety o f their m ercury ther m om eters can trade them in for new digital ones at a therm om eter exchange and im m uniza tion clinic sponsored by the O regon N urses A ssociation and the Oregon Center for Envi ronm ental Health. C om m unity m em bers can learn about the dangers o f m ercury exposure during the exchange from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Lents C linic, Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 4244 SE 91" clubs dow n and is blind to the issues o f a cultural gap. “ If there are problem s, the O L C C figures it is easier to get rid ofclubs than to work with the culture connected to the clu b s," Parks said. He said clubs, artists and prom oters should have a w orking dialogue with police and governm ent officials. "Y oung black crow ds are not savages," ‘F Bro' defends the culture surrounding hip-hop clubs and music while encour aging club goers to “keep themselves in check“ to avoid trouble with authori ties and to keep the music going in downtown's clubs. Multicultural Meal The W oodlaw n United M eth odist Church will hose a Fall Festival M ulticultural Meal in conjunction w ith a cactus and succulent plant show on Satur day, Nov. 2 on the com er o f N E 15 and Dekum. The plant show begins at 11 a.m., dinner will be served from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cost is $5 in advance by calling 503- 289-0284, S6 at the door plus and extra dollar for desert. k photos by D avid P i . echi / T he P ortland O bserver David Parks listens as other hip-hop artists, dj's and dancers address racism and discrimination in the nightclub scene. I I tended. Parks says a general lack o f cultural un derstanding dates all the w ay back to the jazz clubs o f the 20s, culm inating in undue per secution and targeting o f people o f color by police and city officials. “ All w e ’re asking for is the right to have a good tim e," Parks said. Parks argues that the O regon L iquorC on- trol C om m ission is instrum ental in closing Parks said. “Their music should be respected and nurtured like other form s o f m ainstream m usic." Art H endricks, an A frican A m erican city official, said people in city governm ent are w illin g to h e a r th e ir c o n c e r n s . “ W e’re not in the business o f putting businesses out o f business," he said. continued y^ on page R5 I 4
