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June 18. 2003
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C o a in l e m n u d n i a t y r ‘Good in the Neighborhood’ Keeps Tradition
Fun at the Car Wash
Have your car washed for a good
cause from 10a.m. to 4 p .m . Sat
urday at 605 N.E. Ivy St. All pro
ceeds benefit the University Park
and Richard Brown Headstart
Centers.
Northeast to shine
with music, parades
and special events
by L ee P erlman
T he P ortland O bserver
Art Therapy
The comm unity festival now known as
Reflections coffee shop, 448 N.E.
"Good in the Neighborhood" may, in some
Killingsworth St, is helping to de-
ways, be getting closer to its roots.
stigmatize mental illness by host
The former "Good in the Hood” is moving
ing an art therapy exhibit from the
from Holy Redeemer School on North
women ofProject Network. Work
V ancouver to King School Park just o ff
will be displayed from Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at 4815
through Saturday, June 28. Free.
N.E. Seventh Ave.
Events kick o ff at 6:30 p.m. Thursday,
Homowo Summer Camp
June 26 with a party at Kennedy School in
Immerse your child in African
A rts for a fun-filled week o f | northeast Portland with entertainment by
G rooveyard, the Molly Malone Irish danc
Homowo African Arts and C ul
ers and spoken word artists.
tures 10“1 Annual Sum m erC am p
The main draw is a weekend o f concerts
at the Friendly House C om m u
by
multi-ethnic performers on Saturday and
nity Center, 1737N .W .26,bAve.
Sunday, June 28 and 29 at King School Park
The camp is from July 14 through
and a parade beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday,
18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for chil
June 28th from Emanuel Hospital up North
dren aged three to five and from
east Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for children aged
Entertainm ent by the likes o f Norman
six to 11. Camp is $ 125 forthree to
Sylvester, the Thara Memory All Stars, the
five-year-olds and $200 for six to
Patrick Lamb Band and Linda Hombuckle
11 -year olds. For m ore inform a
will perform on the Main Stage at King Park.
tion, call 503-288-3025.
A second M ulti-Cultural Stage will feature
Naturopathic Medicine
the likes o f the Gypsy Caravan belly danc
Learn how healthy living can I ers, the Ballet Folklórico de Woodburn and
begin in the garden— not the | Maze! Tov Orchestra.
m edicine cabinet— at a naturo-
A Kid Space will offer a craft making,
pathicm edicineseriesffom 7to9 I clowns, and face painting by master artist
p.m. Tuesdays through July 22 at
Roger W itter. There wi 11 also an In formation
P C C ’s Portland M etropolitan
Village with booths by public and non-profit
Workforce Training Center, 5600
agencies and organizations, an Ethnic M ar
N.E. 42 Ave. Cost for the series is
ketplace with unique goods by 30 vendors,
$ 5 6 o r$ 1 6 each . For more infor-1 20 food booths, and a beer and wine garden.
mation, call 503-978-5143.
The Northeast Coalition o f N eighbor
hoods has taken over management o f the
Juneteenth Celebration
festival after 11 years at Holy Redeemer. The
The annual Juneteenth Parade, I
separation was “on good terms," in one
them ed “Living the D ream ,” be
gins at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bethel | spokesperson’s words, as the school found
the burden o f liability too much to handle.
AM E Church, 5828 N.E. 8lb Ave.
Another significant change is that since
The parade features bands, drill I
team s, vintage cars and oth er
festive m archers. Juneteenth
events kick o ff with an ice cream
social on T hursday from 2 to 5 |
Portland jazz great Norman Sylvester will join other top performers during the new ‘Good in the Neighborhood" celebration
at King School Park on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and June 29.
King School is less enclosed than Holy
Redeemer, organizers will not charge admis
sion. However, there will be a request for
donations at a suggested scale o f $5 per
individual, $ I per child and S10 per family.
Participants are also encouraged to bring
canned goods to donate to the Oregon Food
Bank.
This year, the festival will lose the small
army o f Holy Redeemer parent volunteers.
Community activists have come forward to
replace them, but more are needed. Those
wishing to helpare urged tocall 503-282-1288.
Paul Knauls, ch ief parade organizer, re
calls the inspiration for the festival in the late
'80s when there was so much negative press
Sitting down over a
burger is resolving
problems in Portland
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Blood Olive
The Red Cross M obile Museum I
brings new meaning to a blood |
drive. The interactive museum,
along with food, vendors and a I
jubilee atm osphere, begins at 6
p.m. Friday at the intersection o f
North Vancouver A venue and I
North Russell Street. The carni
val continues from noon to dusk |
Saturday and Sunday.
Reunited
283-4901.
Everything Old Is New
PHOTO BY J AYMEE
R. C u T l/T H E
PORTLAND OBSERVER
Pearl Smith practices her curtsies for the Les Femmes Debutante Ball.
Smith, a Les Femmes member for four years, will graduate from Mountain
View High School this month and plans to attend college in Texas.
Belles o f the Northwest
The Concordia N eighborhood I
BY J aymee R. C vti
A ssociation's 5,h Annual Yard
T he P ortland O bserver
Sale isfrom9a.m. to4p.m . Friday,
Being ladylike and being strong,
July 25, Saturday, July 26 and
confident
women go hand in hand,
Sunday, July 27 between N orth
say
m
em
bers
o f Les Femmes, an
east 22nd and 42nd Avenues and
o rg an izatio n aim ing to educate
Prescott Street toC olum bia Bou
levard. M ultiple homes p artic i-1 young people in the finer social
pating.
graces.
Thirteen local young women, all
recent high school graduates, will be
MHCC is currently registering I presented to the community at the
annual Les Femmes Debutante Ball,
students for sum m er classes be
beginning at 5 p.m., Sunday, June 29
ginning on Monday. Continuing
and returning students who have
at the Marriott Hotel, 1400 S.W.
attended MHCC during the Iasi
Naito Pkwy.
year may register by calling 5 0 3 -1
As members o f Les Femmes, girls
491-6000.
are taught “how to act, how to talk.
Mt. Hood Registers for
SummerTerm
east to 15th Avenue, south to Alberta Street,
cast to Seventh Avenue, and south to the
school grounds.
Once consisting o f "three kids on bi
cycles," according to one organizer, to the
largest neighborhood parade in the U.S.
with 2,000 participants. Knauls says the
attendance may be down a bit this year, but
not by much. All participants will receive
snacks courtesy o f Fred Meyer.
Sylvester, who does much o f the work o f
organizing the musical entertainm ent in ad
dition toperform ing himself, has had a sim i
lar experience.
"I used to have to persuade people to
com e," he says. "N ow they come to m e."
Talking Out the Heat
p.m . at L eg a c y E m m an u el
LorenzenCenter. A carnival will I
take place from noon to 11 p.m .
T hursday through Sunday at
the L orenzen C en ter grounds
at 2801 N. G antebein St. For
m ore inform ation,call5O 3-335-1
F eel g o o d at th e T h o m a s I
Jefferson High School Class o f
1987 reunion on Aug. 22 and 23.
For more inform ation, e-mail
about northeast Portland.
“Every day the papers carried news about
this shooting or that shooting. Some o f us
said, ‘Why can’t we show w hat’s good in
the ‘hood for a change?” Knauls said
Entertainer Norman Sylvester, another
festival charter member, said event planners
have always brought togethera mix ofdiffer-
ent cultural backgrounds and that tradition
continues.
The parade this year will take a slightly
different route. Starting at a lot owned by
Legacy Emanuel Hospital at North Wil liams
Avenue, it will proceed along North Russell
Street to Northeast Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard, north to Killingsworth Street,
how to walk, how to eat and how to
sit,” said Ebony Price, a recent
Benson High School graduate who
plans to study criminal justice at Port
land Community College.
Myleen Roberts, a recent Jefferson
High School graduate, has been w ith
Les Femmes since the 8,h grade.
Roberts, a Rose Festival princess,
plans to study marketing and com
munication at the University o f Illi
nois.
“ Les Femmes has taught me te-
straint, patience, love, courage and
pride in m yself as an African Ameri
can woman in today's society," Rob
erts said.
by J aymee R. C uti
T he . P ortland O bserver
Resolutions Northwest staff is encouraging
Portlanders to talk to their neighbors, w ork out
theirdiffercncesand break bread togetherat its
Community Mediation Barbeque from 5 to 8
p.m. Thursday, June 19 at the newly renovated
K ing Faci I ity and Park, 4 8 15 N . E . 7,b A ve.
The staff finds that disputes can pick up in
summer months as neighbors are outside, some-
times getting on each other’s nerves. Resolu
tion Northwest settles common neighborly ar
guments such as property lines, noisy pets and
other nuisances that could have landed neigh
bors in court. And they settle these problems
for free.
In February, the city o f Portland contracted
Resolution Northwest, a nonprofit mediation
organization, to help resolve disputes before
finding themselves with attorney’s fees and
hard feelings. The city previously had its own
mediation branch, which was cut to save costs.
Using mediation saves money by conserv
ing the city 's resources, said Shari Bandes, a
mediation specialist.
"Som e o f the savings are not tangible. When
people solve problems at this lower level, they
are not involving other city resources like the
city police or parking patrol." she said.
Officials site statistics that show 80 percent
o f mediations end in a resolution agreed to by
both sides and 97 percent o f participants say
they would recom mend it to others.
“People have told us that the process helped
them and their neighbor actually talk, after
problems have sometimes accum ulated for
years," said Claire Slawson, the program coor
dinator.
Resolutions Northwest has been in busi
ness for 20 years, working with the Multnomah
Resolutions Northwest Program
Coordinator Claire Slawson.
m oron R on W ashincton /T he P okii and O rsekver
County Court Juvenile Justice Center to m edi
ate sessions between juvenile offenders and
theirvictims.
The firm recently hired 25 new volunteers
its first hiring in more than a year enabling
them to resolve conflicts on weekdays and
evenings.
Slawson is particularly proud o f the diverse
group o f volunteers, both women and men,
young and old, and o f many different cultures
with different language skills.
“ W e're supporting the whole city o f Port
land and it’s helpful to reflect the populations
that we serve."
The barbeque gives the comm unity a chance
to meet the staff and celebrate mediation. The
staff also welcomes the comm unity to tour its
renovated office at the King Facility. Besides
food, the free barbeque offers music and games
forthe whole family. For more information, call
503-823-3152.