December 28. 2005
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Kwanzaa’s Second
Principle
K w anzaa’s second principle
Ujima, collective work and re
sponsibility. will be celebrated
on Wednesday, Dec. 28 from 5:30
p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Interstate
Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340
N. Interstate Ave. Participants
are invited to learn and share in
the experience of setting your
own Kwanzaa table.
Kwanzaa Principal of Nia
Celebrate Kwanzaa’s Principal of
Nia, on Friday, Dec. 30 with the
B ridge B u ild ers G ala and
Gentlemen’s Ball at 7:30 p.m. at
Newmark Theater, 1111 S.W .
Broadway. For more information,
call 503-288-8429.
Get Fit, Stay Healthy!
Sankofaa Health Institute offers
a free diabetes support group
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every third
Thursday at Alberta Simmons
Plaza, 6707 N.E. Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd. For more informa
tion, call 503-285-2484.
Aquatic Fitness
Providence has a full schedule of
Fitness classes including water
exercising at the Providence
Aquatic Center, 4805 N.E. Glisan.
Foraschedule.call 503-215-6301.
Swimming Lessons
Portland Parks and Recreation
offers swimming lessons for all
ages and skill levels year round at
the Columbia, Dishman. MLC,
Mt. Scott and Southwest Com
munity Center pools. For rates
and information, call 503-823-
5130.
Jessie Gnanananthan
Mary Overstreet-Smith
Roy Pittman
Chief Salutes
Partnerships
Individuals recognized for efforts
P ortlan d P o lice C h ie f D errick
Foxworth has recognized outstanding
work of individuals from both the com
munity and the Police Bureau.
Certificates o f appreciation were
awarded this month to local residents
and members of the Police Bureau who
directly aid the community in promot
ing community policing efforts in a
distinct way.
“These are citizens and police offic
ers that have gone above and beyond
the call of duty to make our neighbor
hoods safer places to live,’ said Louis
Grant, co-chair of the C h ie f s Forum.
The recipients included officers Paul
Ware, Travis Fields, Franz Schoening,
Jeffrey Dorn, Jason Harris and David
Sessum; Deputy District Attorney
Jessie Gnanananthan; Cully Neighbor
hood President Kathy Fuerstenau;
Pastor Mary Overstreet-Smith of the
Powerhouse Temple Church and The
East Precinct Cadet Post.
A w ards were also made to Roy
Pittm an o f the Peninsula W restling
Club; Peggy G lascock and Arnie
M assier o f Portland Parks and R ecre
ation; Libby L escalleet o f the P ort
land Boys and G irls Club; and D oug
Thom pson o f the Portland T ranspor
tation D epartm ent.
“Law enforcement by itself will not
make our city safer,” Foxworth said. “It
is examples like these recipients who
help the Portland Police Bureau achieve
our goal of reducing crime and the fear
of crime in the city o f Portland.”
photo by M ark
W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Kathy Fuerstenau, president o f the northeast Portland's Cully Neighborhood Association is
thanked by Chief Derrick Foxworth for her community work with the Portland Police Bureau.
Heavy Hitter Signs with Georgia Tech
Free College Outreach
The first Saturday of each month,
from 12p.m. to2p.m . high school
students will be helped to pre
pare for college at the Matt
Dishman Community Center, 77
N.E. Knott St., through the ef
forts of Oregon State University.
Red Cross Teaches Safety
The American Red Cross offers a
range of safety classes for crisis
situations, from learning how to
baby sit to performing CPR. The
courses are intended for children
aged 8 through adult. For more
information visit www.redcross-
pdx.org.
Women in NAACP
Women in NAACP meets from
10:30a.m. to 1 p.m. the first Satur
day of each month at the Ameri
can RedCross Building, 3131 N.
Vancouver. For questions, call
503-249-6263.
Birth Ready
W hether you need childbirth
preparation classes, or just a re
fresher, Providence Health Sys
tems has a workshop for you.
Prepare for pain, take a weekend
seminar or prepare big sisters and
brothers-to-be throughout the
su m m er
by
v isitin g
www.providence.org/classes or
call 503-574-6595.
Lincoln
shortstop excels
at softball
Lincoln High School Senior Kory
Keaton has signed a national letter
of intent to play softball for Georgia
Institute of Technology.
Keaton will play shortstop for
the Yellow Jackets, her current po
sition for the Lincoln Cardinals.
Keaton spent her freshman and
sophom ore years at Beaverton
High School, where she played
shortstop and outfield, but trans
ferred to the nearby Lincoln during
her junior year, for academic rea
sons. She posted a .444 batting
average during her junior season.
Georgia Tech discovered her
while she was playing for the Silver
Bullets, a traveling team of gifted
student athletes competing in fast
pitch softball each summer. Keaton
said she was recruited to Georgia
Tech while playing for the highest
level within the organization, Silver
Bullets Gold.
Lincoln High School Senior Kory Keaton’s softball skills have landed her a scholar-
ship at Georgia Tech.
She signed with Georgia Tech
after narrowing her search to five
colleges, including the University
of Oregon and Oregon State.
“I liked Georgia Tech the best,
because of the college campus, the
team and coaches,” she said.
Keaton’s academic interests in
clude art and math and she said
she’s always wanted to be an archi
tect.
“I am going to have fun with
that.”
K eaton has been playing soft-
ball for eight years. She began for
fun, but eventually realized her
talents could carry her through
college. Her older sister played in
high school as w ell, and was re
cruited to Southern M ississippi
but decided to attend W illam ette
U niversity.
Keaton will play her last season
fo r P o rtla n d In te rsc h o la stic
League, beginning in February, and
will attend GeorgiaTech in the fall.
“I’m looking forward to it,” she
said. “I know that I ’ m going to be an
impact player.”
Parenting Classes
Newborns don’t come with in
struction manuals but parents
and parents-to-be can attend
classes th ro u g h P rov id en ce
Health Systems to learn about a
variety of topics from pain and
childbirth to breastfeeding to
infant CPR and much more.
For a schedule o f events, call
5 0 3 -5 7 4 -6 5 9 5
or
v isit
www.providence.org ./classes.
Celebrating Unity and Kwanzaa
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The spirit o f unity is on display as Prospective Gents from the Bridge Builders youth group joins Kaiser Permanente employees and guests during Kaiser's 9th
annual Kwanzaa celebration. Almost 200 people enjoyed the Dec. 2 evening o f soul food, entertainment, and fund raising for scholarships and Katrina disaster
relief. The Bridge Builders host their annual Kwanzaa Gala and Gentlemen's Ball on Friday, Dec. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Newmark Theater.
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