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Page B6 d ir Ask G reensboro, N C Dear Aggie Pride: S tick to the obvious m orals, fa ith IJorthxnh © hsm ier November 17, 2004 Scenic Ainsworth to Grow Greener and values yo u r fa m ily raised you w ith . Y o u 're doing the rig h t thing by saving y o u rs e lf u n til y o u 're ready. Next tim e you need to make a point w ith you r fiends, show them a picture o f an A ID S v ic tim that can hula-hoop w ith a C heerio o r take them to the drug store to see how expensive it is to handle sexual dis eases. Besides, yo u r parents sent Real People, Real Advice A h advice column known for its fearless approach to reality based subjects! you to college to hit the books and not the bed sheets. Dear Deanna! I ‘ m a 23-y ear-old black female w ith a master's degree, a bachelor’s degree in business m a rk e tin g and an Dear Deanna! I got in to a fig h t w ith a g irl my associate's degree in Spanish. I'm boyfriend cheated on me w ith and eager to begin m y career and know I now he acts lik e he doesn't want to should earn at least S5O-6OK a year. be bothered w ith me. I feel so em Employers d o n't want to pay me barrassed because I was in the street what I'm worth. I keep getting o f fered SI 1 per hour jobs. Should I low ering my s e lf to this level and I s till came up empty handed. - Signed Candace; Providence, Rl accept such ajo b until I find the right position and can do better? I t ’ s been 6-months. Was college a waste o f Dear Candace: You should feel stupid because if time? -U nem ployedC ollegeG radu- ate; Los Angeles y o u ' re not married, this man doesn't belong to you o r the other w oman. Dear Unemployed: I f he was a real man, he w o u ld n 't Y ou can have every degree in the have you in this situation to begin book and still be unem ployed. Y o u r w ith . You d id n 't say you won the credentials look good on paper, but fig h t, so it looks like you got you r as a person, you need to w o rk on butt whooped fo r nothing. Count it yo u r attitude, approach and faith. as a lesson learned and you w o n 't Y ou attract what you project and i f disgrace y o u rs e lf like that again. the lo w pay i ng jo b s come you r way, M ake it a blessing that this buster o b vio u sly that's what y o u ’ re ap is out o f yo u r life. p ly in g for. Instead o f g iv in g up. Dear Deanna! placement agency that can eva lu partner y o u rse lf w ith an executive As a ju n io r in college, all m y friends ate yo u r resume and s k ills and help are sexually active. They try to make you gain the em ploym ent you seek. me feel I i ke a do rk because I keep to m yse lf and plan to w ait u n til m ar riage before takin g that step. I'm tired o f the sex scene and I w ant to let m y friends kno w they need to accept me as I am and I ’ m not g ivin g up the booty. —A & T A g g ie Pride; Ask Deanna is written by Deanna M. Write Ask Deanna! Email: askdeanna I @yahoo, com or write: Deanna M, P.O. Eox 88847, Eos Angeles, C’A 90009. Website: www.askdeanna.com photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Friends o f Trees volunteer Jim Gersbach and a rare yellow wood tree planted on Northeast Ainsworth Street at Alberta Park. Gersbach will direct more than three dozen tree plantings Saturday along Ainsworth to create a linear arboretum from Martin Luther King Boulevard to 42nd Avenue. Friends o f Trees launch linear arboretum Portland residents w ill expend Northeast A in sw o rth Street. m ately 30 street trees m ostly be seeking unique trees to plant on the ir property. ebrate the o rg an izatio n's 15th an tween the sidewalks and parking strips along tw o m iles o f A insw orth, niversary season o f urban forestry. fro m M a rtin Lu ther K in g Jr. B ou le arboretum w ill help increase tree d ive rsity in Portland, helping pre Saturday's plantings w ill cel The groups hope that the linear “ W'e wanted to select trees w ith vard to Northeast 42nd Avenue. our years o f experience that do The existing trees in the m edium o f vent massive tree loss i f a species- pretty w e ll under these con ditions the already scenic thoroughfare w ill specific disease infects the c it y ’ s but that m any people weren ’t aware stay. trees. Diseases such as D utch elm o f and w o u ld n ’ t k no w where to see The arboretum w ill include spe disease have devastated e n tire th e ir tree fa m ilia rity after Friends the m ," said Jim Gersbach. form er cies not com m o nly planted in Port neighborhoods in Eastern and M id o f Trees volunteers plant scores board m em ber and current v o lu n land today, such as the K en tucky w e s te rn c itie s th a t la c k e d in o f ne w trees to create a I inear arbo teer o f Friends o f Trees. coffee tree, m ountain silve rb e ll, b io d iv e r s ity . Persian iro nw o od and A m erican Gersbach, such devastation was hornbeam. com pletely preventable w ith good retum over nearly 40 blocks o f V olunteers w ill plant a p p ro xi “ T h is is the firs t tim e that so 36* to planning. m any neighborhoods have w orked "H a d those neighborhoods been together on a tree plan ting along a single avenue that crosses m u ltip le planted w ith a variety o f trees, the devastation w o u ld have been much n e ig h b o rh o o d less. T hey w o u ld have s till have b o r d e r s ," sa id Friends o f Trees Executive D irector had other trees,” he said. Jane Foreman. “ I t ’ s a g ift to the c ity .” The linear arboretum helps fu lfill a vision o f the O lm sted brothers, fits A c c o r d in g G e rs b a c h , a re s id e n t of C oncordia, is one o f the three v o l unteers coo rdinatin g the linear ar boretum project. w ho shaped m any Portland parks “ H a vin g an ea sily accessible in the early 1900s. The O lm steds avenue o f new and in te re stin g recom m ended a tree-lined boule street trees w ill greatly assist people vard connecting the C olum bia R iver w ho are try in g tochoose w h ich tree to the W illa m e tte River. to plant. U n til now, w e ’ ve had to "T h e o n ly part o f that vision that send people to d iffe re n t locations seem ed to get re a liz e d is on around the c ity i f they w ant to see A in s w o rth ." Gersbach said. how a p a rticular species looks,” said Gersbach. Friends o f Trees and Portland Parks and R ecreation's Urban F or T o learn more about the N o v. 20 estry D iv is io n plan to create a b ro chure id e n tify in g each o f trees to planting o r about Friends o f Trees, call 503-282-8846 ext. 17 o r visit serve as a reference to hom eowners w w w .friend softrees.o rg. Art Alexakis, frontman for the band Everclear and State Sen. Margaret Carter, who represents north and northeast Portland, share the spotlight in a Blazer's ad campaign focusing on the team's meaningful relationships. Focus on Community B U IL D YO U R O W N R O B O T . S IN G Y O U R W A Y T H R O U G H F O R E IG N L A N D S . IN V E N T A P E R S O N A L D IA L Y S IS M A C H IN E . L E A R N TO M A K E W IN E . R ID E A S U B IN T H E The PortlandTrail Blazers kicked o f f the N B A season w ith an adver Damon Stoudamire. A R C T IC M A JO R S, tisin g cam paign designed to show be lted o u t John D e n v e r's “ C o u n IN C L U D IN G A N A F R IC A N - A M E R IC A N S T U D IE S P R O G R A M . D O T H IN G S O T H E R P E O P L E O N L Y R E A D A B O U T IN B O O K S . O R E G O N S T A T E U N IV E R S IT Y . GO B IG . the tea m 's connectedness w ith try w e ll-k n o w n P ortland faces and strum m ed on g u ita r and w ith a AND STUDY GLO BAL W A R M IN G . CHOOSE FROM OVER 200 Oregon State U N IV E R S IT Y C a rte r, a talented gospel sin ge r Road" w h ile A le x a k is ne ig hbo rhtxxl kids. p e rp le x e d S to u d a m ire — a p p a r One o f the candid m oments o f film in g fo r the T V spots brought e n tly not fa m ilia r w ith the 70s-era to g e th e r na tive P o rtla n d e r A rt ra d ic a lly . f o lk song— jo in in g in o n ly spo A le xakis. frontm an fo r the band T he T r a il B lazers w ill a ir the E verclea r, State Sen. M argaret c o m m e rc ia ls d u rin g gam e b ro a d Carter and T ra il Blazer Point Guard casts th ro u g h o u t the season.
