The INDEPENDENT, November 1, 2000
Family Poetry Workshop scheduled at
The Banks Public Library
will host a free “Family Poetry
Workshop" led by noted
Oregon poets Tim Barnes and
Edna Kovacs, both of Portland,
on Saturday, November 18,
from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The
library is located at 111 Market
Street in Banks.
Presented by the Oregon
State Poetry Association in
partnership with the Center for
the Book at the Oregon State
Library, the program is made
possible by an “Arts Build
Communities” grant from the
Oregon Arts Commission, plus
grants from The Collins
Foundation and Barnes &
Noble Booksellers.
The workshop is open to
children from six to 12. Each
child must be accompanied by
an adult mentor - parent,
grandparent, neighbor or fami
ly friend - who will participate
fully in the day’s activities.
Between 9:00 a.m. and noon,
children and adults will create
poems under the guidance of
the two poets. From 1:00 to
3:00 p.m., library staff and vol
unteers will join poets and par
ticipants in producing booklets
of workshop poems.
Barnes teaches English and
creative writing at Portland
Community
College,
and
serves as advisor to the col
lege
literary
magazine,
Alchemy. He spent ten years
teaching poetry through arts-in-
education and talented-and-
gifted programs in Oregon and
Washington. He has published
poems, essays, reviews, trans
lations and interviews in
numerous literary and scholar
ly magazines.
Barnes is also the author of
three books of poetry, Mother
and the Mangoes, done in col
laboration with artist Angelina
Marino; Star Hill Farm and the
Grain of What is Gone, and
Falling Through Leaves. His
latest book, Wood Works: The
Life and Times of Charles
Erskine Scott Wood, written in
collaboration with University of
Oregon History Professor
Edwin Bingham, was published
in 1997 by Oregon State
University Press.
Kovacs has taught writing,
literature and oral history at all
educational levels, elementary
school through college, and in
special programs for excep
tional children, senior citizens
and ESL (English as a second
language)
students.
Her
poems, essays and interviews
have appeared in numerous
periodicals. She has received
literary and education outreach
grants from Regional Arts and
Culture Council and the
Oregon Arts Commission.
Kovacs is also the author of
Writing Across Cultures: A
Handbook on Writing Poetry
and Lyrical Prose, and two
chapbooks of haiku, Mandalas,
winner of the Cicada Chap
book Award, and Aquarelles.
Her latest book, Writing with
Multiple Intelligences, is new
from Blue Heron Press.
This is the second series of
Family Poetry Workshops pre
sented by OSPA and the
Center for the Book. In 1997-
98, libraries in Alsea, Baker
City, Boardman, Cascade Locks,
Florence, Heppner, Klamath
Falls, Langlois, Molalla, Mon
mouth, Newberg, Port Orford
and The Dalles hosted work
shops. Libraries in the current
series include Brownsville,
Coos Bay, Lyons, Tillamook
County (Rockaway Beach) and
Wallowa County (Enterprise).
This grant program is particu
larly designed to serve rural
residents whose area libraries
could not otherwise afford a
program such as this.
Founded in 1956, OSPA has
as its mission “to bring togeth
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er, and nurture, the widest pos present.”
The number of participants
sible community of Oregon
poets; to help Oregon poets, is limited to 12 child/adult
young and old, develop their teams, therefore, it is important
talents and skills; to stimulate, that those interested contact
at the grassroots level, a the library immediately For
statewide appreciation of poet information, call Librarian
ry; and to raise public aware Denise Holmes at 503-324-
ness of Oregon poets, past and 1382.
Veterans’ Day closure for library
The Banks Public Library will
be closed on Saturday, Novem
ber 11, in observance of Veter
ans’ Day.
It will also close Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, Novem
ber 23-25 in celebration of the
Thanksgiving holiday. It will re
open for business as usual on
Tuesday, November 28.
Vernonia swim program was a hit
This summer’s swimmership
program in Vernonia was a
great success. Funded by a
grant from the Columbia Coun
ty Commission on Children &
Families, swimming lessons
were provided for 40 youth be
tween the ages of 5 and 18. In
addition to the lessons at
Cedar Ridge, free transporta
tion was provided when need
ed. Most of the transportation
was provided by parents, who
developed a carpooling pro
gram.
The Cedar Ridge Swim Pro
gram was already established,
with many swimmers partici
pating each year. Although a
new session was added, the
demand was far greater than
the capacity of the swim pro
gram. The response to the
scholarships was overwhelm
ing, with over seventy applica
tions submitted, therefore
many applicants had to be
turned away.
According to Dana Hyde
and Kim Tierney, who handled
the program on the local level,
of the 40 participants selected,
all but a few got over their fear
of water. Most were able to at
tain survival swimming status
for short distances, many
learned to swim underwater
and most of the older students
learned to swim.
PCC wants input on new leader
The board of directors of
Portland Community College
has hired the national Associa
tion of Community College
Trustees to coordinate the
search for PCC’s next presi
dent. President Daniel F. Mori
arty, who has been with the col
lege since 1986, announced
his retirement effective Sep
tember 2001.
The PCC board is seeking
community input to help with
the selection process. The
board will hold a community fo
rum for public comment on the
challenges and opportunities
that lay ahead for PCC and de
sirable characteristics sought
in a new president. The forum
is set for Tuesday, November
28, from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at the
Sylvania Campus, 12000 SW
49th Avenue in Room 107 of
the ST Building.
Those who wish to com
ment, but are unable to attend
the forum, can contact Neal
Naigus, Community Relations
Manager, Portland Community
College, P O B ox 19000, Port
land, OR 97280 or e-mail nnai-
gus@pcc.edu.
Community
members interested in an ap
pointment to the board’s Presi
dential Search Committee may
also contact Naigus.
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