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Another Suitor Lines Up
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Youth And Young Second group eyes
Adults Being
firehouse venue
Stumptown Stages is express­
Connected
Calendar of Events
To register for an event or for more information: Please
contact Tiara at 503-281 -0224
Meet at OAME building (between Mason and Williams)
4134 N. Vancouver Ave
Spring Events 2010
Let’s Connect Session- Tuesdays
April 13th 2010 -Spring Kickoff
April 24th garden work out
May 11th-connect session
June 19th-Juneteenth Garden
Announcements-
Students receive a community service letter
for their participation and Stipend
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Friday August 6th, 2010: Place to be announced
Saturday August 7th, 2010: Embassy Suites Portland Airport Hotel
(rooms available for only $109 + tax)
Cost for reunion: Classmates $65 spouse or companion $35
Please R.S.V.P. as soon as possible to
E-mail to: leilablakely@gmail.com (preferable)
Voice mail Carol Erdmann 503-982-3051
Snail mail: JHS Class of 70 / PO Box 19905 / Portland, Oregon 97280
ing interest in taking over manage­
ment o f the Interstate Firehouse
Cultural Center promising to build
on the north Portland center’s tradi­
tion o f providing multicultural arts
programming.
Stumptown Stages has operated
in north and northeast Portland since
2005, collaborating with a broad
spectrum o f diverse community
members and organizations. With
its productions o f “Dreamgirls” and
“The Wiz,” the theater group pro­
vided an artistic platform for actors,
singers, dancers, and musicians o f
color.
Quincy Hickson, a young Afri­
can American performer and former
student o f Jefferson High School,
was honored by the P ortland
Drammy Awards as “Best Young
Actor” for Stumptown’s produc­
tion o f “The Wiz.” Stumptown
mentorships have been instrumen­
tal in helping students such as
Quincy seek future college scholar-
Local singer and actress Julianne Johnson (from left), performer
Quincy Hickson, Jefferson Dancers Artistic Director Steve
Gonzales and Kirk Mouser o f Stumptown Stages were honored in
2 0 0 9 for the production o f ‘The Wiz. '
ships.
the facility as a multicultural venue.
Last month, Ethos, Inc., a local The city is asking for proposals
non-profit that provides music edu­ after the IFCC’s current operators’
cation to disadvantaged youth, also closed shop due to financial diffi­
submitted an application to manage culties.
The iPad Revolution
Super gadget gets mixed reviews
R ebekah B elle
T he P ortland O bserver
Apple’s new iPad sold more than
300,000 units on the first day o f
sales, along with more than 1 million
iPad “apps” and more than 250,000
e-books. The electronic device is
something in between the Apple
iPhone and its successful Mac Book
line. But what defines it as an afford­
able super gadget?
If you’re using an iPod touch or
iPhone, you'll find yourself right at
home and that’s the way Apple
designed it .But reactions have been
mixed and the iPad may have some
bugs that need to be worked out.
Some believe the major down side
to the iPad is that it will not let you
multi-task, so you won’t be able to
listen to music while browsing online
or playing games. Other complaints
include a reflective screen; a weak
WiFi antenna; a keyboard that’s
difficult to touch type on; iPad ap­
plications that are more expensive
to purchase; problems with recharg­
ing the unit; and a feeling that the
unit is too fragile.
by
The new Apple IPad is small
enough to carry and big enough
to make it useful.
The upside is the iPad is a sleek
piece o f hardware. It's a product
from a company that has done a
great job over the years o f defining
quality hardware in the computer/
tech industry.
One o f the best things about the
iPad is the size. It’s small enough to
carry easily and big enough to make
it useful. It's better for photo view­
ing than the iPhone and small
enough to carry in one hand or
slung over a shoulder in a case.
The iPad allows you to down­
load o f iBooks and read them in full
color. Full-length movies are also
easy to view and gaming is a breeze.
The iPad’s price might be its most
attractive feature since there has
never has a device so fast and pow­
erful available at such a low price.
Should you buy into this new
revolution today? First you need to
analyze how you are going to use
the device. You shouldn't expect
the iPad to take the place o f your
laptop if you need to work in Excel,
Word, or countless other PC or Mac
applications.
The iPad is not a replacement for
your laptop, at least not yet. If you
don't really do much on your system
except for listen to music, browse
the web and read news sites, watch
some online video, play games, and
keep in touch with friends via Twit­
ter, IM, and Facebook, this may be
the system for you. The iPad does
the majority o f those things much
better than its laptop counterparts.
Although the iPad has begun its
young life with great expectations
and certainly lots o f potential, its
future is uncertain. There’s a lot to
like about it, and, like it or not this
new niche-market device is here to
stay.
TriMet General Manager Named
Agency promotes in-house leader
TriMet's Board o f Directors has
voted unanimously to promote Neil
McFarlane as general manager o f
the transit agency.
Since 1998, McFarlane has served
as executive director for Capital
Projects at TriMet. A California na­
tive, he managed the design and
construction o f TriM et’s capital
facilities, including the Airport, In­
terstate Avenue, 1-205 and Portland
Mall MAX light-rail extensions. Prior
to that he served as the agency's
project control director for the 18-
mile, $963 million Westside light rail
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