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Mt. Hood Registers
for Summer Term
MHCC is currently registering
students for sum mer classes be­
ginning on Monday, June 23.
Continuing and returning stu­
dents who have attended MHCC
during the last year may register
by calling 503-491 -6000.
Canoe Tours of
Northwest Rivers
Portland Parks and Recreation
will offer trips half-day and full-
day trips o f the Tualatin, Colum­
bia and W il lamette Ri versall sum­
m er long. The quiet and graceful
river trips will offer participants
to take a close-up look at nature
and wildlife. They are designed
forpaddlers ofall experience lev­
els. For more information and a
com plete list o f dates, call 503-
823-5132.
Summer Nature Day Camp
Portland Parks and Recreation
will host two weeklong summer
day camps in June for children
aged 5 to 12 years. Kids will get
first-hand experience with nature
through hiking, scientific obser­
vations, games, forest crafts and
story telling. Cost is $180 per
week. For more information and
to register, call 503-823-5132.
Write Around
Portland Benefit
The Liminal Theater at 403 N . W.
Fifth Ave. will host an Annual
Facilitator Reading to benefit
Write Around Portland on June
12 from 7 p.m. to9p.m . There will
be wine, food, music, a raffle and
otherrevelry. Write Around Port­
land facilitators are the people
who volunteer to work behind
the scenes to offer workshops
that bring the power o f writing to
people throughout the city. There
wi 11 be a $ 10 suggested donation
for the reading. For more informa­
tion, call 503-796-9224.
Harvey’s 1 Bite BBQ
Celebration, June 13
A buffet-style barbeque with lean
and healthy meat cuts, plus home­
made cakes, a show and more
takes placeFriday,June 13,7p.m.
at 9400 NE 72nd Ave. Barberton
Hall in Vancouver. Harvey uses
all-natural methods and ingredi­
ents for cleaning and seasoning
meat. The buffet costs $25 per
person. For more information.call
360-885-4546.
Summer Camp
at the Oregon Zoo
C h ild re n four y ears o f age
th ro u g h sev en th g rad e can
spend five exciting days at the
zoo learning about various en ­
dangered species. The camp,
w hich runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
June 16 through Aug. 29, in­
cludes daily lunch breaks and
instruction from the z o o ’s most
experienced animal keepers. For
m ore inform ation or to register,
call 503-220-2781.
Radical Women
Rummage Sale
Come to the Bread and Roses
Center, 819 N Killingsworth, on
Saturday, June 21 and Sunday,
June 22 to check out tons o f pre­
owned stuff in prime condition.
Furniture, small appliances, retro-
clothing, children's items and
books will be prices to sell and
coffee and bake goods will also
be available to eat while you
browse. All proceeds will benefit
the ‘Freedom Socialist’ newspa­
per. For more information or to
donate items, call 503-240-4462.
Interstate
Neighbors
Plan Party
A hat completes a woman. A great hat will make a woman feel beautiful.
- Allie Kilpatrick-Brown, owner of Kilpatrick's Hats and Accessories
Summer event to usher in
new era of light-rail
The Interstate Avenue Association is plan­
ning a first ever Street Fair and Garage Sale up and
down the rebuilt thoroughfare this summer.
This event is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 16
and Sunday, Aug. 17 next to the new Interstate
Light Rail that runs the full length o f Interstate.
Organizaers said the events will celebrate the
last stage o f light rail construction and bring
people from all over the city to see some o f the
area’s new and exciting developments.
N eighborhood A ssociations, business and
comm unity organizations are invited to join to­
gether to host 50 residential garage sales plus a
business fair with fun activities over the two
days. The events will run from Overlook Park next
to Kaiser Interstate to the Paul Bunyon statue
and includes the Kenton downtown area.
Local talent and artists will perform at Patton
Park on Interstate, sponsored by the Inter­
state Firehouse C ultural C enter, including a
local high school band, A frican dancers and
the Portland C om m unity C ollege Jazz Band
and other perform ances.
The IFCC art gallery and theatre will be open
to the public.
Event sponsors are encouraging other events
to include street-wide festivities, booths with
information, food concessions from restaurants
and businesses along “The A venue”. Tables
with treats and business information, door prizes
and sale items will be available for the public.
Ifyou are interested in participating with an act
or volunteering, contact IFCC at 503-823-4322. If
you are a local resident and wish to list your
garage sale, contact your neighborhood associa­
tion. If your business would like to h av eab o o th
at Patton Park , please contact Interstate Special
Events at 503-285-6685. If you would like your
business featured on “The A venue” map, con­
tact Doug Hartman at dhartmanfa navi.net.
piioto by W ynde D yer / T he
P ortland O bserver
Allie Kilpatrick-Brown Puts hats out on display. These are popular accessories for church and other formal occasions.
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shop is the ‘only
place’ in Portland to
find church hats
BY W Y N D E D Y E R
T he P ortland O bserver
Every churchgoing woman needs a
good hat - at least that’s the opinion o f
Allie Kilpatrick-Brown, ow nerofrecently
opened K ilpatrick's Hats and Accesso-
ries.
since I was a teenager.”
And until she set up shop at 401 NE
She loved her first hat so much, in fact,
Mason two months ago, Kilpatrick-Brown that she can remember the day she bought
said there was no place in Portland for it right down to every detail. Kilpatrick-
women to buy their Sunday's best.
B row n w as 18-years-old when she
"W e had to wait for a hat show to come stumbled upon a store window in Texacana,
to town,” she said.
Ark. There it was - a pea green hat in the
Tired ofcounting the days until the next exact same hue as her brand new two-piece
annual hat extravaganza and bored after pea green church suit.
years o f retirement, Kilpatrick-Brown de­
“ I got so excited I bought that hat right
cided todo something she'd always loved. away,” she said. “ I paid $ 18 for it - and that
“ I’d always had an interest in hats,” she
continued
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said. “I’ve had a passion for hats ever
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A T ru cklo a d o f R e lie f
Northeast
Albertson’s
store has hunger
in the bag
W ith kids out o f school, and
sch o o l-sp o n so red free b re a k ­
fasts and lunches com ing to an
e n d fo r th e s u m m e r, th e r e
c o u ld n 't be a b etter tim e for
A lb ertso n ’s G rocery S tores and
the O regon Food Bank to jo in for
N a tio n a l H u n g er A w a re n e ss
Day.
T hursday, A lb ertso n ’s Store
# 5 7 5 o n N o rth e a s t P re s c o tt
Street, don ated a truckload o f
fo o d , in c lu d in g p a sta , so u p ,
crackers, cereal, tom ato sauce
and green beans to the O regon
Food Bank.
A lb ertso n ’s is also a partner
in a pilot program based in Port­
land, donating m uch-needed per­
ishables such as m eat, cheese,
fresh v egetables and m ilk, to
needy fam ilies.
“Hunger relief isour main outlet
o f charitable giving,” said Robin
P au l, m a rk e tin g m a n a g e r o f
A lbertson’s northwest division.
The store is asking for shop­
p e rs’ help w ith its ongoing food
d riv e and virtual food drive,
w here area residents can either
purchase a ready-m ade grocery
bag for $9.99, o r buy a donation
coupon at the cash register d u r­
ing checkout.
photo by J aymee R .C i ti /T he
P ortland O bserver
Charlie Norris, director o f human resources for Albertson's talks about the state's hungry children as the Oregon
Food Bank collects a truckload o f donated food at the Albertson’s store on Northeast 60T and Prescott.
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