Committed to Cultural Diversity
November 3. 2004
Putting Stock
in Zach Randolph
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NBA s Most Improved signs new
$84 million contract extension
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Learn to Swim
Fall Swimming Lessons are a vail
able at Columbia Pool, 7701 N.
C h au tau q u a Blvd and M att
Dishman Pool, 77 N.E. Knott.
For information, call the Port
land Parks Aquatic Division at
503-823-5130.
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Preservingour Heritage
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 to dis
cuss Marxist African-American
liberation on Thursdays, Nov.
11 and I8from 7to8:30p.m .and
Fridays, Nov. 12 and 19 from 10
to 11:30 a.m. at the Bread and
R o ses
C e n te r,
819
N.
Killingsworth. Free. For more
information, call 503-240-4462.
Women in NAACP
W omen in NAACP meets from
10:30a.m. to 1 p.m. the first Sat
urday o f each m onth at the
American Red Cross Building,
3131 N. Vancouver. For ques
tions,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 Omniinax through March.
For more information, call 503-
797-4000.
Fox Chase Artwalk
The businesses o f Fox Chase
Com ers, at Northeast 30lh Av
enue and Killingsworth Street,
sponsor Artwalk for the entire
family, Sunday, Nov. 14 from 11
a.m. to4p.m . For more inform a
tio n ,
e -m a il
milagros@milagrosboutique.com.
photo by
M ark W a . shington /T iie P ortland O bserver
Essie Murray stands proudly before her 1911 home after the exterior o f the home was completely refurbished. The home is one o f
a dozen identified as significant to preserving Portland's African-American history.
Historic African-
American homes
rescued
by
L ee P erlman
T he P ortland O bserver
Essie M urray has lived at Northeast Rodney
Avenue and Shaver Street since 1958. The
house is rich in African-American history, dat
ing back to 191 Land the paint left on it was more
than a generation old.
The Bosco Milligan Foundation, together
with the Portland Development Commission
and the Northeast W orkforce Center, were able
to change that. Under a $47,(XX) grant from the
Interstate Urban Renewal District, the house
continued
on page H6
Gallery of Visual Arts
V iew art from talented local art
ists o f all ages throughout the
month o f November 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 more informa-
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 or visit
online at w w w .hevanet.com /
auroradance for additional in
formation.
Getting Creative
A creative developm ent net
working group meets on Nov
1O‘\ Led by professional cre
ative development consultant.
Call 503-490-8751 fordetails.
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.
New Columbia to get Learning Center
Support goes to
new neighborhood
The U.S. Department o f Housing and
Urban Development has presented $6.75
million in grants in the city o f Portland for
New Columbia, the entirely new neighbor
hood under construction as a replacement
to Columbia Villa in north Portland.
The non-profit Northwest Housing Al
ternative, Inc. will receive $6.5 million to
construct 61 one-bedroom units for very
low-income elderly persons and a two-bed-
room unit for a resident manager. The hous
ing will be located in the heart of the com mu
nity, an 80-acre mixed-income community
being developed using HUD and private
and local government funds.
The Housing Authority o f Portland will
receive $249,976 to create a new Neighbor
hood Networks computer-learning center.
The center wi 11 be designed to make it easier
for residents to obtain information on jobs,
educational opportunities, as well as infor
mation on healthcare, nutrition and other
social services, while gaining valuable com
puter skills.
“Today com puter knowledge is essen
tial," said Michael Liu, an assistant secre
tary for HUD. “When our public housing
com munities bring com puter technology to
neighborhoods it opens countless oppor
tunities for residents in the new develop
ment and the surrounding com m unity.”
A ceremonial check shows federal support for new housing and a community learning center at New Columbia in north
Portland. Attending the celebration were Michael Lie (from left), assistant secretary for U.S. Housing and Urban Develop
ment; Jaime Lim and Harold Williams o f the Portland Community College board; and Jeff Bachrach of the Housing Authority
o f Portland.
Birth Ready
W hether you need childbirth
preparation classes, or just a
refresher. Providence Health
Systems has a workshop for you.
Prepare for pain, take a weekend
seminar or prepare big sisters
and brothers-to-be throughout
the su m m e r by v isitin g
www.providence.org/classesor
call 503-574-6595.
Portland Development Commission Offers Help on Home Repairs
The Portland D evelopm ent C om m is
sion will offer a free public w orkshop on
the topic o f how to purchase a hom e
through the Portland D evelopm ent C om
m ission and finance hom e repairs or im
provem ents.
T he w o rk sh o p w ill be o ffe re d from 6
p.m . to 7:30 p.m . on T h u rsd ay , N ov. 4 at
the K aiser-P erm an en te T ow n Hall b u ild
ing, 3704 N. In te rsta te A ve.
In fo rm a tio n p ro v id e d w ill ex p lain
P D C 's “ p u rch a se w ith re n o v a tio n ” first
m o rtg ag e loan p ro g ra m , from the p re
ap p ro v al p ro c e ss to w h at ta k e s p lace
a f te r th e loan c lo s e s an d th e w ork
b e g in s.
The presentation w ill also co v er the
range o f hom ebuyer assistance available
to help som eone get into a home. PDC
loan o riginator Phyliss G aines and c o n
struction specialist C onnie B uckley will
lead the w orkshop and will be available to
answ er individual questions at the end o f
the session.
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P a rtic ip a n ts are a sk ed to p re-re g i
by c a llin g 5O3-823-3OO4 an d to br
th e ir th ree m ost re c e n t pay stu b s to
w o rk sh o p . S p ace is lim ited , b ut anot
w o rk sh o p is sc h ed u le d fo r T hursd
D ec. 2 at the sam e lo c a tio n an d tim
For more inform ation, contact Gaine
503-823-3386.