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Dear Aggie Pride:
S tick to the obvious m orals, fa ith
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.