May 25, 2005_________________________________________ _____ ®Ir ^O ttlauh ©bsCW er____________________________ PageA7 Members of the Kinetic Image Dance Company perform Kinetic Images Dance Company are known for blending life dance and videography. Kinetic Images Dance Company Offering eight pieces o f classi­ cal to contem porary m odern dance, Kinetic Images Dance Company, Inc., announces the conclusion o f its current season with “Prism” on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3 at 8 pm. at Portland State University’s Lincoln Hall. The modem dance company, known for its technology with live performances, will present “Prism” and several new pieces exploring nature, sonatas and the audience itself. The Kinetic Images Dance Company features 12 Portland area dancers from a variety of backgrounds. For more information, visit www.kineticimages.org. Award-Winning Journalist Debuts Fiction “In My Father’s House,” the first novel by Goldie Taylor, is the fictional autobiography o f G illespie Noble, marking the evolution of race, gender and politics in the Deep South. This legal thriller takes place alter­ natively in Civil Rights-era Elberton, Georgia and present day Atlanta. Told photo by N icole There Goes the Neighborhood continued in first-person, stream of conscious­ ness narration, the characters and his­ torical events are spun from fictional­ ized composites. How far would a father go to protect his child? Would he confess to acrim e he did not commit? Would he abandon his wife and six other children? from Front City mediation can also be called for intervention when there’s a dis­ pute between neighbors. For example, if your neighbor has a tree and the branches go into your yard and nothing is resolved a fte r d isc u ssin g it w ith your I H ooper /T hf . P ortland O bserver A car that sits on private property for more than one week is in violation of City Code Title 29. neighbor, call the m ediation o f­ fice at 503-823-3152. To reach the office of neighbor­ hood inspections to report a nui­ sance, call 503-823-7306. Lastly, if you suspect that you are living near a drug house, con­ tact crime prevention at 503-823- 4000 or try to assemble your neigh- bors into a crime watch program. H o m e o w n e r s a n d r e n te r s need to know th at se rv ic e s e x ­ ist to m ake n e ig h b o rh o o d s b e t­ ter and th at the law s re q u ire hom eow ners and renters to m eet c e rta in re sp o n sib ilitie s to m ake the n eig h b o rh o o d an e n jo y a b le and safe place to live.