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| Memo Calendar (continued)... Center celebrates with wine tasting Twenty years ago, Oregon experienced an economic crisis even deeper that our most recent recession. From that need was born the Northwest Catholic Counseling Center. Today, with health care costs out of control, more and more individuals and families are uninsured or underinsured, and at the same time, the Oregon Health Plan has been drastically cut. The need is even greater today than 20 years ago. The Northwest Catholic Counseling Center will celebrate its 20th Anniversary with a wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres and silent auction on Saturday, April 29 at Riverside Golf and Country Club, 8105 N.E. 33rd Ave. The public is invited. Reservations are required. Call 503-253-0964. The center remains committed to its original mission of providing affordable and professional therapy to all. Students have hand in growing plants offered for sale There will be a Native Plant Sale at Midland Park on Saturday, May 6 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This small natural park is located at Southeast 122nd Avenue and Morrison Street, behind the Midland Library. Jane’s Park Group, Midland Library and Portland Parks sponsor the event. Most of the plants to be sold have been propagated by students at Parkrose High School or cared for by students at Ventura Park Elementary School. The proceeds from these plants will go to support the Environmental Projects Class at Parkrose High and the Green School Program at Ventura Park Elementary, respectively. There will also be some plants donated by members of Jane's Park group and other organizations. The proceeds from the sale of these plants will be used to cover the costs of the sale and to improve the habitat for birds and butterflies at Midland Park. This sale is the day before Mother's Day, so bring your mother and support local students at the same time. For more information, contact Linda Robinson at lrobins@pacifier.com THE ARTS Popular production of “Moelièr Than Thou” returns The Modern Languages Department at Mt. Hood Community College is bringing back the unique, lively and perceptive one-man show based on Molière’s classical French plays. Tim Mooney, translator and interpreter of the classic French playwright and comedian Molière, will appear once again in the Portland area to share his hilarious one-man show, based on his own translations of highlights from Molière’s plays. Mooney possesses a unique talent for engaging the audience and bringing to life the lively insights Molière depicted over 300 years ago and first shared with the court of King Louis XIV. You will be royally entertained. The show will be Wednesday, April 5 between noon and 1:45 p.m. in the MHCC Visual Arts Center, 26000 S.E. Stark St. in Gresham. Tickets are $6 in advance and $7 the day of the show. There is a discount for groups of 20 or more. For more information, call Dr. Tschuy at 503-491-7469 or e-mail tschuye@mhcc.edu. People requiring accommodations due to a disability should contact the MHCC Disability Services Office at 503-491-6923 or 503-491-7670 (TDD). District music festivals upcoming All levels of David Douglas district band and orchestra students will perform in the District Band Festival on Thursday, April 6 and the District Orchestra Festival on Tuesday, April 25. Both performances will be in the David Douglas High School Main Gym, 1001 S.E. 135th Ave., beginning at 7 p.m. Students to perform hilarious opera The Parkrose High School Theater and Music Departments are presenting “The Pirates of Penzance” at the Parkrose High School Theater, 12003 N.E. Shaver St., on April 20, 21, 27, 28 and 29 at 7 p.m. There will be a matinee performance on Saturday, April 22 at 2 p.m. This Gilbert and Sullivan classic features a child apprenticed to a band of tenderhearted, orphaned pirates by his nurse who, being hard of hearing, had mistaken her master's instructions to apprentice the boy to a pilot. Upon completing his 21st year, young Frederic rejoices that he has fulfilled his indentures and is now free to return to respectable society. But it turns out that he was born on February 29 in leap year and he remains apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday. By the end of the opera, the pirates, a Major General who knows nothing of military strategy, his large family of beautiful but unwed daughters and the timid constabulary, all contribute to a cacophony that can be silenced only by Queen Victoria's name. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for high school and middle school students, $3 for seniors 65 and over and for children 12 and under. They will be available beginning April 10. Call the box office at 503- 408-2718 to make reservations. EVENTS First time homebuyers offered assistance Portland Community Land Trust is a nonprofit community organization that helps first time homebuyers with limited incomes to purchase a home at below-market prices. Currently, qualified buyers can buy both newly constructed and older homes at prices between $115,000–149,000. Attend one of these free one-hour classes to learn more about the program. Be at the East Portland Community Center, 740 S.E. 106th Ave., on Monday, April 3 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. or the PCLT office, 3109B N.E. Broadway, on Thursday, April 20 from 11:00 a.m. to noon. For more information, contact Kelly Caldwell at 503-493-0293 or kelly@pclt.org. English language classes for adults Help with English Language and Life Orientation classes for adults will begin at two locations on April 4. Adults interested in learning English or improving their English language skills are invited to enroll. Beginning and advanced classes will be offered at each site. Free childcare is provided. Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. through May 25. Please arrive on time for the first class session. You do not need to pre-register. Classes will be held at Floyd Light Middle School, 10800 S.E. Washington St., and Gilbert Heights Elementary, 12839 S.E. Holgate Blvd. The class fee is $25. For information in English call Cheryl Bland at 503-261-8236, in Russian call Olga Fedotova at 503-261-8397, or in Spanish call Erick Flores at 503-261-8244. This program is being funded through a 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant. All-comers track and field meet follows clinic for grade school kids Young track and field enthusiasts in the David Douglas School District are being offered a unique opportunity this month. On Saturday, April 8, kindergarten through eighth grade students can participate in a track and field clinic at the David Douglas High School track and the south building gymnasium assisted by the high school track team. Participants will experience a variety of drills, exercises and activities. Boys and girls will learn techniques in the long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, shot put, discus, javelin and hurdles as well as sprints and distant running events. The morning session, from 9 a.m. until noon, is for kindergarten through fifth grade. Sixth, seventh and eighth graders will have their chance in the afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m. There is a $10 fee to participate, which includes lunch and a $5 voucher for an all comers meet on Saturday, April 22. Details follow. Lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m. for both groups. Please make checks payable to DDHS Track. If you have questions, contact Coach Buttler at 503-256-6500, ext. 8754. After honing skills at the clinic, students are invited to show off their skills and compete with friends at the K-5 Elementary All-Comers Track and Field Meet. All area students are eligible to compete. There will be no pole vault at this meet, but all other events highlighted at the clinic will be contested. Organizers have adapted special events for the kindergarten though second grade set. Kids will compete in the tennis ball toss, mattress high jump, standing long jump, diaper dash and more. The meet will be held on the DDHS track, 1500 S.E. 130th Ave. on Saturday, April 22 from noon to 4 p.m. There is a $10 participation fee, or $5 plus the voucher from the clinic. Registration forms are available from P.E. teachers. Participants may also register at the clinic on the day of the meet at 11:15 a.m. Coach Buttler is available to respond to questions at 503-256-6500, ext. 8754. >>continued |
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