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Film Portrays Obama's Early Years
Young actor
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Community Listening Session
ealth is about more than health care:
It’s about Prevention!
Sponsored by the
Oregon Health Improvement Plan (HIP) Committee
Wednesday, M ay26,2010
Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) '
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6:30 p m -8 :3 0 pm
Meet HIP Committee members and others committed to
promoting health in your communities.
They want to hear and learn from you.
Participate in small group discussion to address these questions:
• What are the issues in your community that have the
greatest impact on your health and that of others in the
community?
• What is happening in your community that promotes health
and supports a thriving community?
• What 3-5 changes in policy would make your community
healthier and thrive?
(AP) - Young Barry Obama is
struggling with his pingpong shot.
Or rather, 12-year-old Hasan
Faruq Ali is struggling to play left-
handed in imitation of the character
he is portraying in a new Indonesian
film, "Little Obama."
"Hasan has the walk, he has the
posture o f Barry," said Slamet
Djanuadi, a consultant on the film
and a childhood friend of President
Barack Obama when he lived in In­
donesia from 1967 to 1971.
" B ut Barry was a better pingpong
player," he laughed, w atching
Hasan hit the ball off the table.
The m ovie, produced by
Multivision Plus, Indonesia's largest
production company, will premiere in
Indonesia on June 17, the week of
Obama's anticipated visit to the coun­
try. The president postponed a
planned visit in March to push
Hasan, who was bom in America
in Questa, New Mexico, but has
lived in Indonesia since he was about
2 years old, was an obvious casting
choice to play the young Obama.
Fluent in English and the Indone­
sian language, and the son of a
white mother and African American
father, Hasan fit the bill.
Improving his pingpong game
was his focus during breaks on the
fifth day of filming, last week. Day
four's challenge was boxing, a child­
hood pursuit the president has said
he learned from his stepfather and
one that Hasan, with three years of
H asan Faruq Ali, 1 2
karate training, felt more comfort­
able with.
through health care legislation.
"It feels great to play Obama,"
The film tells the story of Obama's
childhood in Jakarta, where he lived the novice actor said with a grin. "I
with his mother and Indonesian step­ was shy about it at first and there are
some new difficulties that you have
father from age 6 to 10.
"It's about his friendships, his to work to get over, with intense
hobbies, just a childhood story," practice, like this," — gesturing to­
said screenwriter and co-director ward the pingpong table on the lawn
Damien Dematra. "It's not about — "andjust learning the lines, prac­
politics, it's just the story of a boy." ticing the scenes.
Norman Sylvester Band -
Boogie Cat Norman Sylvester
and his band perform Saturday,
May 29 at Nehalem Bay Winery; Fri­
day, June 11 at the West Linn Saloon; Satur­
day, June 12 at Holy Names Heritage Center; and
Friday, June 18 at Clyde’s.
Discount Admission — OMS1 visitors pay only $2 per
person for general admission on the first Sunday of
each month as well as discounted admission of $5 to
the Planetarium, OMIMAX Theater and USS Blueback
Submarine. The discounts are made possible by dona­
tions from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the
Standard, and the Bank of America Charitable Founda­
tion
Light refreshments will be served.
Q uestions? Call Patricia at 971-673-1081 or
Patricia.sc hoonmaker@state.or.us
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versity Smith Memorial
Student Union, Room 228.
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Pearson Air M useum’s Open
Cockpit Day — Saturday, May 29,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. is the only day a year
visitors can settle into the cockpit of some of the
Vancouver airfield’s vintage aircraft and see the
planes from the pilot’s perspective. Weather permit­
ting, free airplane rides for kids on a first come, first
serve basis. Regular museum admission applies.
Prehistoric Predators - Enor­
mous dinosaurs with lifelike fe­
rocity are represented in an ex­
hibit that continues through
Labor Day at the Oregon Zoo.
Visitors will follow a trail through
an ancient rain forest, su r­
rounded by the realistic animatronic creatures that
roar, snarl and move.
Juneteenth Fundraiser - Live entertainment, a fash­
ion show and appetizers will highlight a kick-off
fundraiser for the annual freedom celebration on
Sunday, May 30 at 8 p.m. at the Curious Comedy
Club, 5225 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. For more
information, call Doris Rush at 503-605-8252.
The committee is creating an action plan to improve the
health of Oregonians, where they live, work, learn and play.
It’s about preventing chronic diseases, avoiding obesity and
making healthy choices.
The committee functions under the direction of the Oregon
Health Policy Board, a nine-member Board that provides guid­
ance to the Oregon Health Authority, a new state agency created
by House Bill 2009 in the Oregon 2009 legislative session
(www.oregon.gov/oha).
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Rose Festival Waterfront Village-The Rose Festival
Waterfront Village opens Friday, beginning three weeks
of fun with rides, entertainment, foods, a market and
other activities at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, down­
town.
Human Rights Film — ‘Made in L. A.,” a compelling,
humorous and deeply human
story about immigration, the
power of unity and the courage
it takes to fine your voice, will be
show free and open to the pub­
lic on Thursday, May 27 at 5:30
a.m. at the Portland State Uni-
Workshops Celebrate Sisterhood - Community
residents are invited to join Portland
author and activist S. Renee Mitchell
and others during a series of work­
shops that will focus on women of
color, healing and expression. The
sessions are on Saturdays, through
June 26, from 3 p.m. to4:30 p.m. at the
Healing Roots Center, 5432 N. Albina Ave. RSVP at
503-278-8280orremeemitchellspeaks@yahoo.com.
Music Millennium Free Show s- T h e Music Millen­
nium, 3158 E. Burnside, hosts in-house live perfor­
mances. Enjoy free music and the opportunity to
meet artists. Call 503-231 -8926 for a schedule.