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April 28. 2004
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' Women’s Issue
OHSU Center for W om en’s
Health holds its annual confer-
-.’ ence, focusing on “Strong
Women” from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Saturday, May 1 at the Or
egon Convention Center. To
register, call 503-494-0712or visit
www.ohsuwomenshealth.com.
Healthy Chat
OHSU’s healthy chats continue
with The Healing Powerof Exer
cise from l:30to2:30p.m .M ay4
at Elsie Stuhr Center, 5550 S.W.
H all B lvd. in B eav erto n .
C aregiving for Fam ily and
Friends with Serious Memory
Problems is from noon to 1 p.m.
May 6 at the Metro YMCA, 2831
S. W. Barbur Blvd. The Dark Side
of High Fashion Shoes is dis
cussed from 7 to 8 p. m. W ednes
day, May 12 at the PHSU Family
Health Center, Richmond, 3930
S.E. Division St.
Salvation for Kids
The Salvation Army’s 10lh anni
versary luncheon is all about
kids, from noon to 1 p.m. May 14
at the Lloyd Center Doubletree
Hotel, 1000N.E. Multnomah. For
more information, call 503-963-
1187.
Maya Angelou Visit
Maya Angelou joins the Unique
Lives and Experiences lecture
tourat 7:30p.m. on May 19atthe
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
For
tic k e ts,
v isit
www.eventsunlimited.org.
OAME Luncheon
The Oregon Association of Mi
nority Entrepreneurs is holding
its 16th annual Entrepreneurship
Luncheon and Trade Show with
keynote speaker Mayor Vera
Katz from 10a.m. to4 p.m. Thurs
day, May 6 at the Oregon Con
vention Center. The trade show
is free and the luncheon costs
$45.
All Aboard Interstate Max
Opens Saturday
with events at
every stop
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Interstate Max, the new public transpor
tation system serving north and northeast
Portland, opens to the public Saturday with
public celebrations and festivities planned
at stations along the line.
TriM et’s newest link in a regional light-
rail system is designated the “Yellow Line,”
connecting downtown Portland to the Rose
Quarter and Expo Center via North Inter
state Avenue.
On Saturday, events emphasizing on
community spirit will highlight the cultural
richness of area neighborhoods with music,
food, and family activities.
The day begins with a grand opening
ceremony at 10 a.m. at the Interstate/Rose
Quarter Station with a community parade
escorting the first train of riders into the
station.
Between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., free public
events take place at seven Max stations
along the Yellow Line featuring 225 perform
ers. Each station’s events are unique and are
themed according to the public art displayed
at each stop.
The rich history of jazz and blues will be
featured at the Albina/Mississippi station
with Ron Steen, Norman Sylvester and the
Original Cats. South American, African
American and Indian themes are scheduled
at the North Killingsworth station with Obo
Addy and Pachamanca.
A turn-of-the-century theme is in store
for the 100,h anniversary of the Kenton neigh
borhood with The Buckles performing near
the Kenton/Denver Station. Japanese cul
ture is honored through art and historical
information at the Expo Center stop featur
ing Portland Taiko.
For more opening information, visit
www.trimet.org or call 503-238-RIDE.
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Women Speak
Wpmen have a voice at Women
in NAACP, a new women’s
group, meeting from 10:30 a.m.
to ‘1 p.m. the first Saturday of
each month at the American Red
C ro ss B u ild in g , 3131 N.
Vancouver Ave. For questions,
call 503-249-6263.
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Thanks, Mom
A M other’s Day brunch at the
Oregon Zoo’s Cascade Grill is
from 9a.m .to I p.m .M ay9.The
buffet is $15.95 for adults and
$7.95 for kids. For reservations,
call 503-525-4299.
Portland Taiko will ring in the Max
Yellow Line at the Expo Center on
Saturday.
Old Home Workshop
Buses Near ‘Yellow Line’ Added for More Frequent Service
A workshopcalled So, You Went
A head and Bought an Old
H ouse?isfrom 6:30to8:30p.m .
Thursday, May 13 at Rejuvena
tion, upstairs at 1100 S.E. Grand
Ave. Cost is $17. To pre-regis
ter, call 503-231-7264.
Diabetes Walk
America’s Walk for Diabetes is
at 8 a.m. at the Rose Quarter
Amphitheater in Portland and
Esther Shore Park in Vancouver.
R e g iste r
o n lin e
at
www.diabetes.org/walk or call
888-DIABETES.
Fundraise for PALS
The Police Activities League,
which serves youth in Portland
and Gresham, is sponsoring its
8'h annual PAL Campaign for
Cops Helping Kids dinner auc
tion benefiting PAL at 5:30 p.m.
May 8 at the Multnomah Ath
letic Club. For more information,
call 503-823-0250.
Dinos on Trial
Dinosaurs are back in Portland
with T. Rex on Trial, an exhibit
at OMSI. Explore the evidence
and decide for yourself if T.
Rex was a predator or a scav
enger. The hands-on exhibit
runs through May 9.
TriMet opens its new light rail system on North Interstate Avenue Saturday with the " Yellow Line ' providing public transpor
tation services between downtown Portland, the Rose Quarter and Expo Center. Rides are free along the route all weekend
with special festivities planned Saturday around each Max station.
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Bus
service will improve on several routes
in north and northeast Portland in conjunc
tion with the Interstate Max opening on
Saturday, May 1. Nine bus lines will have
more frequent service and connect to the
new Max “Yellow Line.”
The new light-rail route runs from the
Expo Center in north Portland to downtown.
It replaces Line 5-Interstate bus service.
Major service improvements include the
1-Greeley, with weekend hours expanded
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with buses running from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m
The 6-Martin Luther King Jr. will provide
service to Jantzen Beach/Hayden Island and
Vancouver, formerly served by Line 5. In
downtown Portland, the route will change,
with buses traveling to 18'h Avenue and
Southwest Jefferson.
The 16-Front Avenue/St. Johns will begin
serving a portion of Columbia Boulevard not
served by transit before. It will also provide
service to the Pier Park area and Rivergate
industrial area.
Otherarea “frequent service lines,” the 4-
Fessenden, 6-Martin Luther King Jr. Boule
vard, 8-N .E . 15"1 A v en u e, and 72-
Killingsworth/82nd Avenue, will see 15-
minute service extended until 10:30 p.m.
everyday. The 75-39,h Avenue/Lombard will
be upgraded to frequent service, providing
15 minute or better service, everyday.
The 40-Mocks Crest will have Sunday
service for the first time.
The 83-OMSI Shuttle will be extended to
S.W. Montgomery and Park, adding 10 new
stops and replacing some Line 6-Martin Luther
King Jr. Boulevard stops in downtown on
Salmon, 10th, Market and Montgomery.
85-Swan Island will go from rush-hour
only service to every 20 minutes on week
days.
Information on the route and schedule
changes are available by calling 503-238-
RIDE or visiting www.trimet.org.
Letter Carriers to Help Hunger Fight
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Food donations
collected on
Saturday, May 8
Letter carriers in Portland and
Vancouver are participating in the
10"1 annual National Letter Carriers
Food Drive by collecting frxxl as
they walk and drive along their
postal routes on Saturday, May 8.
Stamp Out Hunger, benefiting
the Oregon Food Bank, is the larg
est one-day food drive in Oregon.
“Letter carriers deliver mail to
homes in every community, and we
know the people along our routes,”
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said L.C.
tional Association of Letter Carri
ers Branch 82. “We know first hand
that the need for food donations
has never been greater.”
In the next few days, the postal
employees will deliver information
cards and specially marked bags to
customers along their routes. Area
residents are encouraged to fill the
bags with nutritious, nonperish
able food such as tuna fish, peanut
butter, soups, stews and boxed
meals and leave the bags by mail
boxes on the morning of Saturday,
May 8 for mail carriers to pick up.
Lastyear’sdrivegenerated more Oregon Food Bank donations are collected by a National Associa
than 1.4-million pounds of food tion o f Letter Carriers volunteer.
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throughout the state. More than
2,000 letter carriers collected almost
710,000 pounds o f food in Oregon
and Washington.
"Oregon remains among the top
states in hunger in the nation, and
the number of people who are hun
gry continues to grow ,” notes
Rachel Bristol, executive director
of Oregon Food Bank. “The N ALC
Food Drives provides some of the
most nutritious food we receive.
This high-quality frxxl is particu
larly important for the growing bod
ies and brains of one in five chi Idren
in our area who rely on emergency
food boxes for meals during the
year.”
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