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August 10. 2005 www.portlandobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity M etro Îlîc ^ o r tla n b ffibseruer c o m m u n ity C a le n d a r Bridge Pedal Weekend Sunday, Aug. 14 is the big day for the 10th A nnual P ro v id en ce Bridge Pedal, an 8 bridge, 14 mile ride through the city. Start times are6:30a.mand9:30a.m.Formore inform ation visit w w w .provi dence.org/bridgepedal.com or call the Bridge Pedal hotline at 503-281-9198. Oxbow Campfire Program On Friday, Aug. 12 or Saturday, Aug. 13 come to Oxbow Regional Park to learn how plants have been used for thousands of years for food and medicine with natu ralist Natalie Norman and Miriam Burk from Portland Parks and Recreation. The event starts at 8:30a.m. and lasts until 9:30p.m. For more information, call Metro at 503-797-1850. by N icole H ooper T he P ortland O bserver I Flower Arranging The Ohara Ikebana Show featur ing the 500 year old art of Japa nese flower arranging, takes place at 10a.m. on both Saturday, Aug. 13 and Sunday, Aug. 14 at the Japanese Garden in Washington Park. For more information on this event or others at the Japa nese Garden call 503-223-1321 or visit www.japanesegarden.com Summer in the Garden The beautiful therapeutic garden at the Oregon Burn Center at Legacy Emanuel Hospital, nor mally closed to the public, will be open on Monday, Aug. 15 for garden arts and crafts. Horticul tural therapy students will con duct garden tours and artist dem onstrations are planned. Real Estate Networking A business investment and real e sta te n e tw o rk in g event benefting the O.A.M.E. Youth Entrepreneurship Program will take place on Friday, Aug. 12 at Windows Cafe in the Red Lion Hotel on Grand Ave. Doors open at 5 p.m. with entertainment at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $10. For m o re in fo rm a tio n , e-m a il jproperty @ peoplepc.com. Learn First Aid Learn first aid safety for yourself and your family at the American Red Cross. Current class offer ings include learning how to baby sit children for children and per forming CPR. The techniques learned in the courses may prove necessary for crisis situations. F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n v isit www.redcross-pdx.org. Beginning Drumming The North Star Ballroom. 635 N. Killingsworth Court, hosts begin ning drumming and Ghanaian rhythm classes on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. On Wednesdays, an interme diate level of the drumming is of fered in addition to an African aerobics/dance class. All classes are taught by Chata Addy. For moreinformationcall503-632-04l 1. Summer Play Days All summer long come join other families in Irving Park every Wednesday at 10 a.m. to gather with Waldorf School oriented and inspired families who wish to play, snack and get wet in the new water play area. For more infor m ation, contact www.shining starschool.com . Shining Star School Openings for fall enrollment at Shining Star School, a W aldorf Initiative School near Northeast Sixth Avenue and Prescott Street, are now available for kids going into grade 1 and 2. Twelve chil dren will be accepted for this small community based school. For more information visit www. shiningstarschool.com or call 503-753-4459. years* PHOTO BY N icole H ooper / T he P ortland O bserver Exotic dancing as instructed by Isis Leeor is not for the strip club scene, but for women who want to enhance their body image. Stripping or exotic dancing clubs are often the meeting place for bach elor parties, nights out with the guys and business meetings. The women at these so-called gentlemen clubs are there to help male customers fan tasize. But the strippers often get a bad rap because they are viewed as smutty with no respect for their bod ies. Why else would a woman take off her clothes? Is she desperate or does she like the attention? With women like dancer Sheila Kelly making appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show, housewives and women all over the world are now being intro duced to a variety o f “ learn to strip" videos. Even Carmen Electra has a DVD collection to teach the regular woman how to take it off and be “fit to strip” . In Portland, the instruction has moved from the privacy o f the home into the classroom. Three ti mes a week, Isis Leeor, a former exotic dancer turned counselor, teaches Stripping 101 at the Milk and Honey Stu dios in southeast Portland. Her classes teach stripping as a way to explore your sexuality and improve your body image. Leeor believes her time as an exotic dancer taught her how to move her body to be comfortable. But it was her counseling background that inspired the class. She studied hypnotherapy and thought pattern management for many years. She started the stripping classes two continued on page H6 Local Students Learn Latest Trends The project, funded through the N ational Science Foundation, is a partnership betw een PCC, O regon State U niversity and the co n stru c tion industry. The students also used their recent construction e x perience and met w ith the com m u nity garden com m ittee at Rock Creek to help plan the building o f a “green” structure. Last year, the group researched m a te ria ls , e s tim a te d b u ild in g c o sts, and d e sig n e d and c o n structed a scale model o f a w eather station for the Rock Creek E nvi ronm ental Science Center. “ I am alw ays in awe o f the c re ative designs these kids com e up w ith."said Hinkle. "W atching how engaged they are in building their m odels and presenting their d e signs reinforces my b elief that m eaningful hands-on learning gets re su lts.” The purpose o f Fram ing S tu dent Success is to increase know l edge am ong high school students, parents, teachers and counselors of rew arding careers in the c o n struction industry and its educa tional pathw ays. In addition, it is designed to strengthen the math, science and w riting skills o f stu dents in high school construction program s. T he p ro je c t a lso a id s high school teachers in developing c u r riculum that is designed to engage stu d e n ts. Weather station built with straw bales and dirt H igh sc h o o l s tu d e n ts from around the area were not only build ing a w eather station, but also building their future. A dozen high school students from A loha, Franklin, and Benson took part in the second year o f a three-year project o f Portland Com- m unity C o lleg e’s Building C on stru c tio n T e c h n o lo g y program called “Fram ing Student Success.” In July, the students constructed an eco-friendly w eather station on the Rock Creek in northw est Port land. It is the first com m ercial straw - bale structure to earn a perm it from W ashington C ounty, says Spen cer H inkle, Building Construction T echnology instructor. At each stage o f construction the students learned about “green" construction techniques such as sifting dirt. “ W e’re trying to get smooth dirt so that we can put the first coat of plaster around the straw bale,” said Due Ho, a senior at Benson Tech student. “The plaster is made out o f sand, w ater and dirt. The first coat keeps the insects out o f the hay, otherw ise th e y 'll eat it and ruin the structure.” Ho said ever since H abitat for Hum anity helped build his m other a house, building construction has fascinated him. W hen the Fram ing for Student Success project started last year, he jum ped at the oppor tunity. “I was very excited,” he said. “ I'v e learned a lot o f things and this has been the greatest ex p eri ence ever.” continued ~ on page R6 Benson senior Due Ho (left) sifts dirt in techniques needed to create plaster in Portland Community College s Building Construction Technology program. com m unity s e r v i c e i 1
