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| Vol. 21, No. 9 • Mailed monthly to over 13,500 homes in the Gateway & Parkrose Communities Free • JANUARY 2006 | ||||||||
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| Memo Calendar Items (continued) CHURCHES Combined choirs offer special Christmas music event The fourth annual Epiphany Choir Fest sponsored by the DayBreak Family Shelter Network will be held Sunday, Jan. 8 at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 1700 N.E.132nd Ave. at 3 p.m. DayBreak provides temporary shelter and support to homeless families as they look for housing and employment. Choirs from participating churches will each sing a couple of Advent or Christmas songs, there will be congregational carol singing and the program will close with the combined choirs singing Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus.” A free-will offering will be received to help support DayBreak. Refreshments will be served and childcare provided. Choirs participating, include Resurrection Lutheran, Fremont United Methodist, Unity Church of Portland, Parkrose United Methodist, Parkrose United Church of Christ, Gethsemane Lutheran and Waverly Heights United Church of Christ. Come and bring your families for a beautiful Sunday afternoon of Advent and Christmas music. This will likely be your last chance to hear these tunes until next Christmas season. SENIOR RESOURCES Become a reading tutor OASIS new tutor training has been scheduled for interested volunteers, age 50 and over, to help children, in grades 1 through 4, learn to read. Tutors will be placed in the David Douglas School District. After training, tutors are matched with a child and work in a participating school for an hour a week. No experience is necessary. Everything is provided in the free training. For more information or to register for one of the free trainings please call 503-833-3636. Volunteers may train in a district other than the one they will tutor. Portland training is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 17 and 18 from 9 a.m. until noon at the OASIS Education Center, located in downtown Portland, on the 10th floor of the historic Meier & Frank store. Gresham training will be January 17, 18 and 20, from 9 a.m. until noon, at the Gresham School District Office, 1331 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Aging course offers tips on living longer The Providence Center on Aging offers “The Secrets of Living to be 100,” a four-part course on living longer, healthier lives on Thursdays, Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2 and 9, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Providence Portland Medical Center, 4805 N.E. Glisan St. Free on-site parking is available and there will be free Providence shuttle service from the TriMet Hollywood Transit Center. The U.S. is on the brink of a longevity revolution. People age 65 and older are the fastest growing segment of today’s population. Twenty-year-olds look terribly old to a child, but no one would describe them as aged. Likewise most people above age 65 are healthy and don’t describe themselves as elderly. Poor health is not an inevitable consequence of aging. In fact, the majority of people over age 65 are healthy, happy and fully independent. Cindy Klug, director of research and education at Providence Center on Aging, discusses what you can do to live longer and be healthier There is a fee of $30. Space is limited and registration is required. For more information or to register call the Providence Resource Line at 503-574-6595. MEETINGS Board will elect officers The East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its monthly board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 6 p.m. The agenda will include election of officers and appointment of associate directors. The meeting will be held in suite 463 of Montgomery Park, 2701 N.W. Vaughn St. It will meet again on Monday, Feb. 6, also at 6 p.m., in Montgomery Park room 443. The agenda for this meeting has not yet been determined. For information, call District Manager Jean Fike, 503-222-7645, ext.114. |
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