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Study real estate law online
Mt. Hood Community College is making it possible to learn the essentials of real estate law from the comfort of your own home.

Real Estate Law is a new six-week online noncredit course through MHCC’s Community Education programs. Students will receive a solid foundation in real estate practice, learning about everything from investments to foreclosures entirely over the Internet.

Instructor Neal Bevans, a veteran lawyer with extensive experience as a real estate title examiner, investor and real property attorney, will facilitate the course. By mixing explanation of legal theory with specific and practical examples, he will provide students with hands-on applications and examples to show them how to use this knowledge in day-to-day real estate practice.

Bevan’s course isn’t just for legal professionals. “If you’ve ever thought about buying, selling or renting a home, this course is also for you,” said Bevans, who promises that the material will be down-to-earth and often very entertaining. “You’ll soon see just how fascinating a topic real property law can be.” Real Estate Law is part of a growing catalog of more than 300 facilitated online courses. For more information about this course, contact the MHCC Education Department at 503-491-7571 or visit www.ed2go.com/mhcc.

People requiring accommodations due to a disability should contact the MHCC Disability Services Office at 503-491-6923 or 503-491-7670 (TDD).

THE ARTS
Artist shows work at MHCC’s Gallery
Armed with a palette knife, subtle color and mixed paper from his travels, artist Israel Hughes created Transition, an art exhibit on display in the Mt. Hood Community College Fireplace Gallery. The exhibit features abstracts inspired by urban landscapes, figures seeking freedom in these urban landscapes and collages building a visual map of constantly changing environments.

“I have an instinctive approach to my art,” said Hughes. “I will exaggerate or distort natural urban phenomena, searching for the mood of the moment.”

Hughes was born in Oregon and has studied art within the state as well as in Seattle and San Francisco. His art has been exhibited in galleries from Washington and Illinois to Germany and New Zealand.

Transition runs now through Feb. 23. The gallery is located in Room 1051 on the Gresham campus of MHCC, 26000 S.E. Stark St. The College Center is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

People requiring accommodations due to a disability should contact the MHCC Disability Services Office at 503-491-6923 or 503-491-7670 (TDD).

Drama students present classic farce
The Parkrose High School Thespian Troupe #1783 proudly presents “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring. This comedic romp is a macabre tale of two charming and innocent ladies, Abby and Martha Brewster, who populate their cellar with the bodies of lonely old men whom they have “helped find peace.” Joining the antics are their nephews: Teddy, who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt; Mortimer, a manic theatre critic; and Jonathan, a mad killer with a face like Boris Karloff’s. The fun happens in the Parkrose High Theater, 12003 N.E. Shaver St., Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 1, 2 and 3 at 7 p.m. Call 503-408-2621 to reserve tickets.

CHURCHES
Church seeks to involve entire community
Through an event called 40 Days of Community, members of Crossroads Church, 2505 N.E. 102nd Ave., are deepening the area’s sense of community. Inspired in part by a recent Memo article about the Gateway Project, which assists homeless students in the Parkrose School District (see “Homeless-not helpless,” November 2006), the church has dedicated a portion of its efforts to the project.

The effort, which began last month with presentations to the congregation by a Gateway Project representative, continues through Feb. 18. The church asked its members to work as teams to gather blankets, soaps and hygiene products for distribution to project students. Members were also asked to select a personal sacrifice, such as foregoing a regular coffee treat or movie tickets, to give that money to the church to benefit the Gateway Project.

This service to community continues in February. The Crossroads Cupboard Food Bank will benefit from the second leg of the event. Area residents are invited to get involved. All services on Sunday, Feb. 4, will include an address by a representative of the Crossroads Cupboard. On that day, attendees will be divided into small groups and asked to work together to fill a food box, which will be returned to the church on Sunday, Feb. 18.

Also on that first weekend of the month, students at Crossroads Church will drop a thousand empty bags at neighboring homes. Recipients of these bags will be asked to fill them with nonperishable food items for pick up on Sunday, Feb. 11. A monetary donation will be requested from the congregation for this effort as well.

Services are held at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. each Sunday. Drop in to become involved in 40 Days of Community or call the church at 503-257-9193.

The Crossroads Cupboard, 2407 N.E. 102nd Ave., adjacent to the church, is open Thursday and Friday from 9 to 10:50 a.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. For more information about the Cupboard, call 503-257-9345.

See “Akeelah and the Bee” for free
Parkrose United Methodist Church will host a free movie night for all ages, Friday, Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m. This month’s movie is “Akeelah and the Bee.” Free popcorn and beverages will be served.

The church is located at 11111 N.E. Knott St. For more information, call 503-253-7567 or visit www.parkroseumc.org.

FUND-RAISERS
Proceeds from pancake breakfast to aid seniors year-round
The Cherry Blossom Loaves & Fishes Center will host a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 3. Proceeds from the breakfast will help provide hot meals to homebound seniors through the center’s Meals-On-Wheels program.

The cost is $3.75 for adults and $2 for children under 10. The menu includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, ham, juice and coffee. Cherry Blossom Loaves & Fishes Center is located in the East Portland Community Center at 740 S.E. 106th Ave. Call Tamara Bailey at 503-256-2381 for more information or if you are interested in volunteering.

Valentine-A-Grams offer two gifts in one
Valentine-A-Grams allow people to give two gifts in one by sending someone special a tasty treat while also supporting seniors in need.

Volunteers for the Loaves & Fishes Centers, The Meals-On-Wheels People, will deliver Valentine-A-Grams to individuals and businesses on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 14, to benefit the more than 5,000 Portland and Vancouver area seniors served by Loaves & Fishes Centers daily.

Each Valentine-A-Gram will include two delicious Cinnabons, a jar of Cinnabon’s famous Makarra cinnamon, a packet of fresh ground Seattle’s Best Coffee, orange juice from Sun Orchard Premium Juices, an insulated travel mug, a gourmet lollipop from See’s Candies and gift certificates for Cinnabon, Jamba Juice and Hollywood Video. The cost is $24.95.

All of the products for the gift boxes are donated so that 100 percent of the money raised through the sale of Valentine-A-Grams goes to support the Meals-On-Wheels program. Hundreds of people who volunteer to deliver Valentine-A-Grams make the event possible each year.

Cinnabon owners John Whittaker and Steve Foltz said their support of the 12th annual Valentine-A-Gram fund-raiser has become a tradition that illustrates the importance of corporate giving.

“Both Steve and I, as do all our Cinnabon employees, feel very proud of the opportunity to support an organization as deserving as Loaves & Fishes Centers,” Whittaker said. “The fact that 100 percent of the purchase price goes directly to providing food to seniors makes this an extra-special event.”

Valentine-A-Gram relies on more than 400 volunteers to deliver the gift boxes on the morning of Valentine’s Day. Deliveries take about an hour and begin at 7:30 a.m. Pick-up points are available on both the east and west sides of Portland and in Vancouver.

To order Valentine-A-Grams by Monday, Feb. 5, or to volunteer to deliver, go to www.loavesandfishesonline.org or phone 503-736-6325.

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