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PjgeB6____________________________ Happy B-Day Sliay Washington from your family Fortiani» © bseruer _____________________ NovembCT io. 2<xn R eligion Soul Food Dinner Sunday Highland church fundraiser HomeTown We invite you to eom e wee why we are the School T h a t H brÄw for you!!!!! l i e h a Satie „\orlh Catholic H igh School o p h \ n o rs E Sunday Novem ber 14th, 2 0 0 4 1 P M -4 P M 76S4 N Defamare Aw PbrOuxL o n 87S1Z 903-389-0389 Ext.110 O pportunity... Through „Icadcmica, Com munity, S errice North Portland Bible College i A n n u a l B a n q u e t - N o v e m b e r 1 3 ,2 0 0 4 P hoto by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver ■ Speaker: Dr. Patricia Pickles Chief Academic Officer Portland Public Schools ■ Where: Ramada Inn 6221 NE 82nd Avenue Portland, Oregon ■ Theme: “Fulfilling God’s Hometown Buffet General Manager Tim Ross (left) and Robert McDonald promote the Sunday, Nov. 14 soul food dinner for the Highland Promised Land Building Fund. Grace Hosts Saturday Bazaar G ra ce M em o rial E p isc o p al Church, 1535 N.E. 17th Ave., will be holdi ng a hoi iday bazaar and art fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13. The fair will include crafts by local artists, a tree o f life quilt cre ated by church members, preserves, home-baked goods, and a gour met lunch for $6. For more information, call 503- 287-0418 Purpose” Ex. 9:16 Date Set for Kwanzaa Gala ■ Time: 6:(X)pmforSilent Auction ■ Dinner at 7:00 pm ■ Contact Office: 503.288.2919 ■ Cost: $25/person($27.50at the door) A date has been set for the eighth annual Bridge Builders Kwanzaa Gala and Rite of Passage Initiates Ball. The event, w hich honors co l lege students w ho com plete one o f the Bridge B uilders rites o f VICTORY Middle School At the Blazers Boys & Girls Club 5250 NE MLK (Near Killingsworth) (5 0 3 ) 7 8 9 -9 0 9 9 6th & 7th Grade Correction In a photo caption about a p a sto ra l breakfast in last week’s issue, David Hinton, general man ager o f Killingsworth St. Johns Lombard L ittle C hapel o f the C him es was m isidentified. The P ortland O bserver regrets the error. Come Join Us Today passage program s, raises m oney Newmark Theater. Tickets range for scholarships and is the larg between $26.50 and $38.50 with est K w anzaa celebration in honor additional costs for the post cel o f youth in the Pacific N o rth ebration. Tickets are available at w est. the Portland Center for Perform This year’s ball will take place at ing A rts Box O ffice o r any 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31 at the TicketM aster location. T he co ngregation at H ighland M inistries invites the com munity to a Soul Food Sunday featuring ham, greens, fried chicken, black eyes peas and more. The event is a fundraiser for the Highland Promised Land Building Fund and will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 at Emanuel Temple Church on the com er of North M ichi gan Avenue and Sumner Street. Highland is growing out o f room at its Northeast 1S"1 and Alberta Street church location and is in the process o f negotiating purchase of a larger place for worship and supporting services. “W e’re growing in numbers. W e’re not trying to be the largest church. W e’re trying to be the most effec tive," said Robert McDonald, High land Church member and event orga nizer. HomeTown Buffet will cater the “all you can eat” dinner. Tickets are $ 10 for adults and $7 for kids aged 17 and younger. Kids five and under eat free. Tickets are sold at the door. For more information, call 503-287- 9567o r503^149-2585. Pre-Thanksgiving Meal Hot coffee, hot m eals and a good fellow ship w ill be the order o f the day w hen B rothers on the M ove p resents its 7lh annual Pre- T h anksgiving D inner on S atu r day, N ov. 13 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m . at C orner Stone C om m unity C hurch O f G od In C hrist, 2216 N.E. K illingsw orth. Free shuttle services will pick up needy residents from Northwest Third Avenue and Burnside Street at 11 a.m„ 12:30p.m .,2p.m .and3:30 p.m. and from Northeast Martin L uther King Jr. Boulevard and W ygant Street at 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and2:30p.m . For more information, call the church office at 503-281 -4587. Ponzi Scheme Hits LA Churches The Los A ngeles a re a 's black the m oney to governm ent co n Boxer M ike Tyson attended the com m unity w as the ch ief victim tractors and w ould see returns o f d in n er as the guest o f honor, said o f a Ponzi schem e that took at 10 percent to 20 percent a m onth. L isa A. G ok, an SEC assistant least $8 m illion from investors, The SEC said the R iverside- regional director. the Securities and Exchange C om based firm s m ay have collected A federal ju d g e on granted the m ission alleged as it shut dow n much more than $8 m illion by so S E C ’s request for a tem porary tw o com panies it said w ere in liciting investors at “ lavish" sales restraining order and asset freeze volved. events — including a lobster and for O hana International Inc., F i I n v e s to r s , s o m e s o lic ite d prim e rib d in n er O ct. 22 at the nancial Solutions, and 44-year- through som e o f the are a’s larg R itz-C arlton hotel in M arina Del old C hristiano H ashim oto o f R iv est black churches, w ere alleg Rey that attracted n early 500 erside, the president o f both co m edly told they w ould be lending people. panies. Adding 8th Grade Next Year (2005-06) Great Academics! J i/J/e We showed 8 months of gin In just over 4 months last spring! Parents bring Families to Victory for a Great Learning Experience We educate children from “Where they are now!" We address strengths to meet every child's needs. o f J/to '( /dnteù T o td à d / y inrifcA Jo aJJen d * Wteewnh » fttwmo u ' ej M ' ‘H c / t f / a u ■ i t e m a ' d a / i f p t c i r p 15:1 Student to T eacher Ratio! d 'a J u a fa y , ■ lo c o n /c ) 20, 2 0 0 4 Certified teachers team with registered teachers Even one classroom teacher has a doctorate degree! ,7:OO f t . m . Jo 7 :0 0 f r .m . Tuition is FR EE! • (J a la ta d fia T h a tc h o f b o d 4222 > I d . 12? .d c c n a c fE odJand, (Dtcgott 'J r . d . .dJJcn .JioJhrJ, d J o d ffindor Excellent Behavior! Come see for yourself Featuring ' J >• 'J c d io y dJa yn cb , f f t . —■‘ficyn o J c d fe a J v a - a ir o - 'J’o ca J n ta d c a J adi.d.i, p r o o f s a n d da n cco t > U cn to d a J video f rc.ro tdaJion For Regular Students! Most special needs students arc also accepted An Equal Onnortuniiv Lv>i All Victory M iddle School admit« inde nts o f any race, color, nationality and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available lo students at the school drccofJion Jo doJJorc ,. mt*. d'tdJic i4 rucJcomc Jo a JJcn d For more information call Rev. Renee'Ward at (503) 283-1976 Retired Barber Turns 90 A longtim e Portland resident and retired bar ber celeb rates his 9 0'h birthday Friday, Nov. 12. Elijah G arfield Cash passed his Oregon Bar ber License exam in 1948. He first barbered in the black com m unity near what is today Memorial C o liseu m . He is w ell known for his 30 years of operating a barbershop at 4601 N. Williams. Cash was bom in Pitts b u rg h , T ex a s an d a t tended Center Pointe High Sch(X)l, an extension o f Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. He moved to Vancouver, Wash, in 1944 to work in the local shipyards. On the train from Texas, he met Geneva Frazier Knauls, who was ju st seven years old at the time, but like Cash would become a local African-American business pioneer, Mr. Cash retired from barbering after 50 years. He has a son, Howard Earl and many grandchildren and great grand children. He and his wife, Betty, love gardening, dinning out and going swimming. I
