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August 23. 2006 ___________________________ ______ «Tl.e (© b s e m e r PageB3 Focus Kids 10 to 12 Years!!!!!!!!! A fter School Leering Practical M ath, Science and Computer Technology location«; PCC Skill Center (Cascade Campus) Hillsboro A irport • Pearson Air Museum A c c e p tin g A p p lic a tio n s CENTERS FOR AIRWAY SCIENCE 503.292.4542 I Download an application O w m airwayscience org $1 ENHANCING THE OWNERSHIP EXPERIENCE. AFFORDABLE NEW HOMES in PARKROSE 10 year TAX abatement. Garage, yard, porch A patio, NO common walls Karmen Baricevic CSP Beautiful new homes loaded with great features! Convenient NE location to MAX. Bus,I 205, & I 84! A p e r m a n e n t replica o f a p in e log c a n o e th a t L ew is a n d Clark u s e d on th eir e x p ed itio n 2 0 0 y e a rs a g o (left) a n d a c e d a r c a n o e u s e d b y th e n a tiv e C h inookan p e o p le r e s t a lo n g th e C o lu m b ia R iver n o r th w e s t o f P ortland a t C o tto n w o o d B e a c h in W ashougal. Native Canoe Earns Artist Award Concrete canoes that repli cate the pine log canoes Lewis and Clark used on their expe dition 200 years ago, and the cedar canoes o f the native Chinook people that the ex- plorers encountered near Port land, have won a special award for artistic merit. The canoes are permanent structures anchored along the Columbia River atCaptionW il- liam Clark Park at C otton wood Beach in Washougal. The W ashington A ggre gates and Concrete Associa tion credits Chinookan artist Tony Jonson and the Turn- stone Construction craftsmen with creating the replicas with a high level of artistic detail, bringing out the seams, cracks and depressions of the rough dugout canoes. 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(A P) — Ray C harles never per The last project Charles recorded formed with the late Count Basie before his death on June It). 2004 when the two music legends were was the duets album "Genius Loves alive, hut now they are being united C om pany," w hich earned eight in death. G ram m y Awards. It sold more than Concord Records and Starbucks six million copies w orldwide, m ak Hear Music will release a disc this ing it the biggcst-seller o f his ca fall that com bines vocals recorded reer. by Charles during a concert in the W hile looking through a record mid-1970s with new music made hy com pany vault in late 2005, one of today's Count Basie Orchestra. the "Genius Loves Com pany " pro Among the dozen cuts on "Ray ducers cam e up with tapes marked Sings. Basie Swings" arc Busted," "Ray/Basie." The prtxlueer, John "I Can't Stop Loving You," "The Burk, thought he'd found som e Mac Dre Tribute at Roseland A Mac Dre tribute celebration ta place Friday Aug. 25 at the Rosel T heater featuring Keak Da Sneak, Ry J Klyde. Harm and M eezilini. Andre Hicks (July 5. 1970 - Nov 2004), better known by his stage nai Qweit B old a n d colorful figurative art is p a rt o f th e M arcio M elo co llec tio n to b e fe a tu re d during S e p te m b e r a t O nda A rte L a tin a / C ro ss C urrents Gallery, 2 2 1 5 N.E. A lberta S t. C o u n t B a sie Late legends united V • » <nf«» No Credit Checks! CD Blends Ray Charles, Count Basie MonstersWanted R a y C harles I Jr • #1 Wireless Store! Stylized to Realistic Figurative art ranging by Marcio Melo, ranging from the stylized to realistic, will exhibit for the second time at the Onda Arte Latina/Cross Currents Gallery, 2 2 15 N.E. Alberta St. An opening and artist's reception will be held on Last Thursday. Aug. 31 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. A special conversation with the artist will take place on Satur day, Sept. 2 at 3 p.m. The exhibit runs through the month of September. Melo is a Brazilian painter who lives in Canada. Those who saw his paintings last year were captivated by his bold and colorful paintings. He typically works from imagination and his themes run from Brazilian Candomblé Saints to Canadian wildlife. The paintings often include peopleor animals, many with fantastic or spiritual imagery as elements. 4 t| thing to rew rite history. W hile the acts had shared concert bills, it was believed they had never perform ed together. The tapes turned out to contain a copy o f C harles singing accom panied by his own orchestra, al though the music was recorded so poorly it could barely be heard. Burk had the idea o f pairing the vocal recordings with new instru mental backing. G reg g Field, a d ru m m er w ho toured and recorded w ith both C h a rle s’ and B asie's bands b e fore B asie died in 1984, w as brought in to build the new disc w ith co m p u ter ed itin g . Field had to m atch C h arles' singing to the new h and's p erform ance, often s tre tc h in g o r c o m p a c tin g the space betw een w ords in o rd er to fit the tem po. Since the musical m arriage o f Natalie Cole with her late father Nat K ingC oleon "Unforgettable," tech nology has advanced to the point o f making alm ost anything pos sible. M ashups, which marry art ists and songs in txld com bina tions. have become an underground art form. ‘Scream at the Beach’ recruits Looking for som ething differ ent that’s both fun and educa tional? Volunteers are needed to help prepare for ’Scream at the Beach,' O ctober’s largest, scari est and top-rated haunted house at the Jantzen Beach SuperCentcr in north Portland. Likened to a Disney experi ence, this family friendly but very scary entertainm entcom plex fea tures five full-featured haunted a ttr a c tio n s , liv e sh o w s an d hordes o f roam ing m onster char acters. A few gtxxl monsters are needed ,0 com plete the elaborate set up in tim e forthe 2(X)6 season. T asks include creature cre ation, assem bling sets, making props, sew ing costum es, install ing special effects and more. Technical T heaterexperience is a plus, but anyone with a love for Halloween and an ounce o f talent will find this project worthwhile. For more inform ation, visit scream atlhebeach.com or email vi >1 unteers @ scteai nattlx-hc;ich com. 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