Committed to C u lluid l Diversity www port I.link tbsenei rom (EI tc ^ o rtla n h C o in m u n i t y a I e n <1 a r Clothing for a Good Cause |nl\ It). .’ (Mi; (©baeruer SECTION B Taking Stress Out of Caregiving Successful Choices hosts a blow out clothing sale fundraiser from 9a.m .through5p.m .Sat.,July 19, in the McCoy Academy parking lot, 3802 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Stop by for food, drinks, music and killer bargains. African Beats at Fairview Enjoy marimba music inspired by the rhythms o f southern and west ern Africa from I 1:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 at Fairview Park, 152ON.E. Village St. Formore information, call 503-988-5655. Classics for Canines Improve your reading skills by reading aloud to therapy dogs from 1 to 3 p.m. Sat., Aug. 2 at the Albina Library,36O5N.E. 15 th Ave. Register at 503-988-5362. Sant Thakar Singh Know Thyself as Soul Founda tion features free a meditation class from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Portland State’s Hoffman Hall, 1833S.W. 1 l lhAve. Form ore in formation, call 503-648-7380. Démocraties Party Who says politicians can’t party? The Multnomah County Demo crats’ third annual potluck is at I p.m., Aug. 17 at Woodstock Park, S o u th e a st 4 8 ,h A ven u e and Steele. Formore information, call 503-804-4471. Participants learn tools to become more powerful caregivers to their aging family members at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in north Portland. photo M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Lakewood Theatre Company pre sents “Oregon G hosts” week ends at the Studio Theatre, at Lewis and Clark College, 615 S. W. Palatine Hill Rd. $23. For more information, call 503-635-3901. African Americans helping sick and elderly take time for themselves Welcome Home Troops! by J aymee R. C vti T he P ortland O bserver Haunting at Lewis and Clark The Troops Parade to welcome home the U.S. forces from Iraq is at 11 a. m. Saturday, July 19inthe park blocks at Northwest 8,h Av enue and Davis. For more infor mation, cal1503-670-0864. Many African Americans have been raised to believe that taking care o f sick or elderly loved ones is a duty to take pride in. They may not have also been w arned about the tension associated with being a caregiver and what that stress can do to their mental and physical health. The cooking, cleaning, shopping, super vision, daily personal care and sometimes financial support can bury caregivers in mountain o f to do lists that prevents them from taking time for themselves. A new six-week long class at Legacy Emanuel Hospital, helps family caregivers learn that taking care o f themselves can help manage depression, anger, stress and im Farhia Omar teaches caregivers to manage stress. prove communication with doctors and other family members. The class. Powerful Tools forCaregi ving, taught by Farhia Omar, was bom from a study at the Oregon Health and Sciences University, focusing on how stress on Af rican Americans can lead to dementia and A Izheimer’s disease. O m ar and lead researcher Fred M iller en co u n tered several p articip an ts who listed “careg iv in g ” as a m ajor en viron m ental stress. The free class includes free textbooks and teaches techniques to reduce stress, com municate effectively, take care ofyour- self, m ake tough decisions, set goals and problem -solve. “T hey need to know th e re’s a lim it to what they can do, and they can get o ut side help if n ecessary ,” said O m ar. T h is c la s s , n o t fo r p r o fe s s io n a l caregivers, benefits people taking care o f loved ones in their home, in nursing homes and even out o f state. For m ore inform a tion about the caregiving series, call 503- 494-2367. Local Writers to Celebrate Success at Dawson Park Petal Pushers The Providence Rose Pedal cel ebrates five weeksofcycling with events through Aug. 10. Music and Movies by M oonlight is on Wed., July 16 and Aug. 6. The Portland Art Museum is free to anyone arriving by bike from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 17. Native American Fish Quintana Galleries presents Wy- Kan-Ush-Pum Gala, Celebrating Salmon and Art at the Governor Hotel, 6 1 1 SW Tenth Ave. Auc tions will feature internationally renowned Native American art. Enjoy a salmon dinner, live enter tainment and Spirit o f the Salmon Awards. For more information, call 503-731-1284. photo by M ark W ashington /T hf . P ortland O bserver Car Wash Benefit Give your baby a bath from 10 a m . to4p.m . Saturday, July 19at 605 N.E. Ivy St. All proceeds ben efit the University Park Com m u nity Center and Richard Brown Headstart Center. Museum Hosts Cruz-ln V ancouver’s Pearson Air Mu seum, 1115 E. Fifth St., welcomes you to its Cruz-in, W ednesdays from 4 to 9 p.m. through Aug. 20. Come by to see hundreds o f vin tage cars, hot rods and hogs, not to mention a barbeque, bar and music. Formore information, call 360-694-7026. Stallions Horsin’ Around The World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions ride through the Rose Garden at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 19 for “Dancing White Stal lions "Tickets are $ 19.50. Formore information, call 503-224-4400, » Rose Garden for Sale? Renaming Blazer venue could pay millions BY J aymee R. C vti T he P ortland O bserver C ould P ortland’s Rose G arden A rena fall prey to the talons o f corporate spon sorship, as did the Staples C enter, the FedEx Forum and C om paq Center? C orporate nam ing-rights o f the Rose G arden could m ean m illions for the Port land Trail Blazers, according to the te am ’s n e w ly a p p o in te d P r e s id e n t S te v e Patterson. Patterson brokered a $5.4 m illion re nam ing ag reem en t b etw een C o m p aq C om puter Corp, and the A rena O perating t Co. in H ouston in 1996 and told report ers at the Sports Business Journal that the Rose G arden w as a "big opportunity to raise revenue.” The B lazers and its Oregon Sports A rena recently cut costs by laying o ff 88 workers. T he te a m ’s $105 million payroll is the highest in the NBA. A t a p ress c o n fe re n c e last w eek, P atterso n said th at p la y er personnel cu ts w e re n ’t o u t o f th e q u estion and an sw e re d , “ M ake m e an o ffer" w hen asked about tr a d i n g D am on S to u d am ire , w h o w as arrested on his th ird m a riju an a o ffe n se at a T ucson, A riz. airp o rt e a rlie r th is m onth. Blazers spokesm an M ike Hanson said discussion about renam ing the Rose G arden is “prem ature" and that no plans to sell the nam e are in place. Tanya Brame reads her short story at the Missis sippi Pizza Pub in north Portland. I A writer’s block party at Dawson Park in north Port land will mark the end of a series o f w orkshops by Write Around Portland. The local group provides low-income individuals with the opportunity to articulate their lives and experiences through the power o f cre ative writing, transforming lives and building commu nity. The party on July 26th will follow a successful se ries o f Summer o f Writing workshops in the Boise-Eliot neighborhood, recognizing the accomplishments o f the participants and providing a gathering place and activi ties for local children and adults. For the kids there will be bookbinding, poetry tiles, postcard making and face painting. Writing workshops will serve teens and adults. There also will be music, an open mike, booths featuring food, information and m er chandise o f local artisans and businesses. In addition, the works from the participants will be published in a Summer An thology and released at the block party.