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Local News COMMUNITY NEWS BRIEFS The Cascade Institute hosts a National School Choice Week Policy Picnic, Jan. 30, at noon, they say to raise awareness about the need to empower parents with the abili- ty to choose the best educational environ- ments for their children. These options include high-performing public schools, public charter schools, magnet schools, pri- vate schools, online learning, and home- schooling. Cascade Institute founder Steve Buckstein hosts, and participants must pre-register because space is limited. Bring your own brown bag lunch, the Institute supplies cof- fee and cookies. The picnic is at the Cascade Policy Insti- tute office at 4850 SW Scholls Ferry Rd., Suite 103. Call 503-242-0900. PCC Hosts Oregon Transfer Days around Portland To assist students transferring to a four- year college or university, Portland Com- munity College holds Oregon Transfer Days at all of its campuses during a week in Feb- ruary. Oregon Transfer Days are a partnership involving four-year universities and all of the state’s 17 community colleges. First launched by a coalition of admissions pro- fessionals in 2007, the annual Oregon Transfer Days outreach tour brings admis- sions and recruitment professionals from C O M the state’s seven public universities, private and out-of-state colleges to the community colleges. Assistance is offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day, on Monday, Feb. 18 (Upper Mall, College Center Building, Sylvania Campus, 12000 SW 49th Ave.), Tuesday, Feb. 19 (Mall, Building 3, Rock Creek Campus, 17705 NW Springville Road), Wednesday, Feb. 20 (Mt. Tabor Hall, South- east Center, 2305 SE 82nd Ave.) and Thurs- day, Feb. 21 (Cafeteria, Student Center, Cascade Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth St.). The transfer days are open to any commu- nity college student, whether they are plan- ning to transfer, or just starting to consider their four-year degree opportunities. For more information about PCC’s Ore- gon Transfer Days, contact Kathleen Bradach, academic advising specialist, at 971-722-4578, or by e-mail at kbradach@pcc.edu. Free Red Cross Class Prepares Oregonians for Unforeseen Disasters The American Red Cross hosts free monthly preparedness classes in which Ore- gonians can learn how to get ready for unforeseen disasters, 6-7 p.m., the last Tues- day of every month at the Oregon Trail Chapter, Tillamook Room, 3131 N. Vancou- ver Ave. Together We Prepare, a free community education class that provides information on how to prevent, prepare for, and respond to disasters by making personal disaster plans, establishing family meeting places and addressing emergency communication strategies. Participants learn how easy it is to assemble a disaster kit and have the M U N I T Barber’s Book PHOTO BY HELEN SILVIS The Cascade Institute Policy Picnic Celebrates School Choice Barber Franklin Whatley wondered why he had never seen a textbook for clipper haircutting. So he decided to create his own. Now, Whatley hopes his book, “The Art of Clipper Cutting: A Guide to Clipper Cutting Fundamentals,” will be adopted by Cosmetology schools around the country. Whatley, who works for the Terrell Brandon Barbershop on Northeast Alberta Street, has just been appointed to the Oregon Board of Cosmetology. opportunity to ask questions related to indi- viduals’ preparedness plans. In 2013, classes will be held on Feb. 26, March 26, April 30, May 28, June 25, July Y C A L E N 30, Aug. 27, Sept. 24, Oct. 29 and Nov. 26. No class will be held in December. For more information call 503-284-1234. D A R P ORTLAND 2013 B ULLETIN B OARD If you have an event you want to share with the community, email it two weeks in advance to The Skanner at info@theskanner.com Friday February 1 2013 OREGON BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION THEME: A WHOLE NEW WORLD. Portland Annual Diversity Event: Education, entertainment, youth participation, advances in diversity and inclusion principles. Located at Historic The Hotel Monaco, 506 SW Washington. This is a free event for the public. Friday – Saturday February 1 & 2 Page 2 The Portland Skanner January 30, 2013 23RD ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF ART: BUCKMAN ART SHOW & SELL RETURNS TO SE PORTLAND. The longtime fixture in the Portland art scene benefits Buckman Arts Focus Elementary PTA. Children activities and much more. Friday $5 per person age 5 and older. 5 – 9 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. $2 suggested donation. Buckman Arts Elementary School, 320 SE 16th Ave. Sunday February 3 FREEDOM FIGHTER EXHIBIT. You are invited to come see The Glider Lehrman Institute of American History National Exhibit of Fredrick Douglass. Roosevelt High School students bring you interviews based on local Freedom Fighters on Social Justice. 9:30 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. Mt. Olivet located on the corner of N. Chautauqua & N. Willis Tuesday February 5 NATIONAL PANCAKE DAY: IHOP TO OFFER FREE PANCAKES TO GUESTS NATIONWIDE. While celebrating Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals 30th anniversary. On this day the restaurant chain hopes to raise $3 million as the first national fundraising campaign to kickoff the 2013 fundraising year. 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. IHOP Restaurants Nationwide. Donations will be greatly accepted for this event. Wednesday February 6 WHAT’S THE LEAST I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM? The event is free and everyone is invited. Presentation and discussion will be at 7 p.m. at TaborSpace Community Room and Coffeehouse, 5441 SE Belmont in the Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church. Sunday February 10 CELEBRATING AFRICAN/BLACK HISTORY MONTH: LITERATURE AS A TOOL FOR JUSTICE AND LIBERATION. You are invited to a very interesting and dynamic discussion about literary fiction as a tool for justice, liberation and forward human progress. This event is free and open to the public. 7 – 9 p.m. Red & Black Café, 400 SE 12th St. FREE AT LAST? LET THE ELDERS POINT THE WAY. Delta June R. Key Center, 5940 N. Albina Ave. 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
