Committed to Cultural Diversity
October 27. 2004
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Learn about Lupus
A Lupus Education Symposium
is from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Satur
day, Oct. 30 at G ood Samaritan
Medical Building, First Floor
Auditorium, 1040 N.W. 22nd Ave.
Free. For more information, call
877-774-2992.
Learn to Swim
Fall Swimming Lessons are avail
able at the Columbia Pool, 7701
N. Chautauqua Blvd and Matt
Dishman Pool, 77 N.E. Knott.
For information, call the Aquatic
Division at 503-823-5130.
Piece of Italy
St. Charles’ 54th annual Spaghetti
and Meatball Dinner and all the
fixins’ is Sunday, Nov. 7 from
noon to 6:30 p.m. at Northeast
42nd Avenue and Emerson. Prices
are $8 for adults and $4 for chil
dren. Takeout is available. For
questions, call 503-281 -6461.
For Freedom
The Freedom Socialist Party is
holding a study group on Revo
lutionary Integration: A Marxist
Analysis o f African-American
L iberation. The group is on
Thursdays, Nov. 11 and 18 from
7 to 8:30 p.m. and Fridays, Nov.
12and 19from lOto 11:30a.m.at
the Bread and Roses Center, 819
N. Killingsworth. Free. For more
information, call 503-240-4462.
Women in NAACP
W om en in N A A C P, a new
women’sgroup, meets 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. For questions, call
503-249-6263.
Forces of Nature
OM SI presents Forces o f Na
tu re , N a tio n a l G e o g ra p h ic
Chases M other N ature’s Dark
Side, at Omnimax through March.
For more information, call 503-
7974000.
photo by
M ichael L eighton /T he P ortland O bserver
Portland Community College instructor John Lee looks over the sparkling new gym on the Cascade Campus with its windows facing North Killingsworth Street. Lee
said he came back from retirement to work in the state-of-the-art building, which also contains a weight room and dance studio.
Public Tours PC C-Cascade Expansion
by M ichael L eighton
T he P ortland O bserver
Local residents and supporters o f Port
land Community C ollege’s north Portland
campus launched a new era for students and
the community with a dedication last week
o f three new buildings on the newly ex
panded campus.
The grand opening was held under a
massive tent in front o f the new Cascade
Campus Public Services Education Build
ing, a facility that once housed the Renais
sance Market and now will be used for fire,
police and em ergency medical technician
training.
PCC District President Preston Pulliams
and board vice-chair H arold W illiam s w el
co m ed a large cro w d o f sp ectato rs. O ther
s p e a k e rs in c lu d e d C a sc a d e C a m p u s
P re sid e n t A lg ie G ate w o o d and S tate
Sen. M a rg a re t C a rter.
Fire Science students rappelled off a new
fire training tow er and jazz vocalist Mary
Kadderly entertained the college guests.
The public services building along with
new buildings for technology education
and physical education opened this fall and
are part of a $60 mi 11 ion expansion project for
urban campus.
As the college opened the new buildings
to public tours, the guests could see that
demolition work is just beginning on the site
o f yet another major addition to PCC-Cas-
cade, a new arts and humanities building and
new campus bookstore, coming to the cor
ner o f North Killingsworth and Albina A v
enue.
The entire expansion project will dramati
cally increase educational access and op
portunities for students.
Fox Chase Artwalk
The businesses o f Fox Chase
Com ers, at Northeast SO"1 Av
enue and Killingsworth Street,
sponsor Artwalk for the entire
family, beginning Nov. 14 from
11 a.m .to 4 p .m .F o rm o rein fo r-
m a tio n ,
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milagros@milagrosboutique.com.
Gallery of Visual Arts
View art from talented local art
ists o f all ages throughout the
month o f October at the Inter
state Firehouse Cultural Center;
5340 N. Interstate Ave., from 9
a.m .-6 p .m ., free.
Get Fit, Stay Healthy!
Sankofaa Health Institute offers
a free diabetes support group
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every third
Thursday at Alberta Simmons
Plaza, 6707 N.E. Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd. For moreinforma-
tion, call 503-285-2484.
Creative Space For Dance
Aurora dance studio, 5433 N.E.
30th(& Killingsworth), offers an
array o f classes for children,
teens and adults at all levels of
ability. Call 503-249-0201 orvisit
online at w w w .hevanet.com /
auroradance for additional in
formation.
Work For Change
Com munity Advocates invites
those interested in protecting
children from abuse to become
an event volunteer, event out
re a c h , te c h n o lo g y e x p e rt,
graphic artists or office support
team member. For more informa
tion, call 503-280-1388.
Home Improvement
The Com munity Energy Project
holds free workshops on water
conservation and w eatheriza
tion. For more information, call
503-2844962.
Black Colleges
Conference
Saturday
Students urged to
‘Believe and Achieve’
Area middle and high school students
will attend Portland’s 25th Annual Black
Colleges Conference this Saturday, Oct. 30
at Portland Com munity College’s Cascade
Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth, from 7:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
Linder the theme “Black Colleges: Believe
in Them, Achieve in Them !" alumni from
historically-black colleges and universities
will inform students o f opportunities avail
able at Howard University, G ram bling State
University, Tuskegee University, Clark-A t
lanta, North Carolina A&T, M orehouse
College, Fisk University, Spelman, Oakwood
College and Houston-Tillotson.
Students will attend workshops on the
college application process where they can
learn about all 36 United Negro College
Fund schools. High school seniors can re
ceive onsite application fee waivers with a
copy o f their junior year transcripts and a
5(X)-word essay describing their accomplish
ments, college goals, and career aspirations.
Kids from Ethos climb aboard the Music Mobile to test drive instruments. The bus will be part o f a special Artwalk and day
Parents also are invited to meet with rep
of family fun on Sunday, Nov. 14 in the Fox Chase business district at Northeast 3Cfh and Killingsworth Street.
resentatives from the colleges and partici
pate in the college spotlight sessions with
students.
D r.A lgieG atew ood.presidentofthePC C I
Cascade Campus, and alumni of Livingstone
College, a historically-black college will
welcome students, and explain how com m u
nity college can be a pathway to one of the
higher-degree black colleges.
Registration is free, but early registration
is encouraged due to limited space.
Students should check with their school
counseling office for registration forms or
call 503-275-9603 for information.
Neighborhood to Drive the Beat
Fox Chase Artwalk
for family and kids
Businesses in the Fox Chase district of
Northeast 30"'and Killingsworth Street are
inviting area residents to a community
Artwalk and day o f fun activities for kids
and families on Sunday, Nov. 14 from 11
a.m. to 4 p .m .
A special attraction will be the Ethos
Music Mobile, a 1977 Bristol double-decker
bus, that provides an instrument test drive,
where kids and adults can have hands-on
experiences with a variety o f instruments
including drums, guitars, violins, keyboards
and many more.
The host of events planned include a kids
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mural painting at Circleville W oodworks;
special art activities at Hail Mary; a festival
of independent films for kids by Zonker
Films at the Portland Film Project; and a
children’s fashion show and mini-massage
sessions for children at The Core Source.
Some o f the proceeds from artworks and
other donations will benefit art programs at
nearby Faubion Elementary School.