Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association

CRATER CHAT

Mar 03, 2004

Caribbean dinner to benefit Our House
Treat yourself and your sweetheart on Valentine?’s Day to a delicious five-course Caribbean dinner prepared by a professional chef, serenaded by a marimba band. The event will support Our House, which provides care for persons living with HIV-AIDS. Please call 503/232-8500 to order your tickets ($12.50 per person) for this experience, which begins at 6 p.m. on February 14 and will be held at Tabor Heights UMC, 6161 SE Stark.

Community arts show and concert
Tabor Heights UMC will present a community arts show, March 7?–14, as a celebration of the creative spirit. Artists in all media may submit their works for display until March 5. The show will open in conjunction with a concert by the Stradivari Strings, directed by Hugh Ewart, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 7, at the church, 6161 SE Stark. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. The art show will conclude with a presentation by Richard Adams, director of the Zimbabwe Artists Project, at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 14, free and open to the public.

Courtyard Senior Living offers meeting rooms
Courtyard Senior Living, on 60th & Division, is offering free conference rooms for neighborhood groups. If you would like to take advantage of this offer, please call Amy Keown, community relations director, at 503/772-9795 or email her at ankcourtyard@qwest.net.

Community school news
Youth activities for winter and spring terms at the Mt. Tabor Community School will include fencing, babysitting skills, dance, and clubs for chess, birds, and homework. An after-school watercolor painting class will continue into spring term. Family gym nights are scheduled for April 12 and May 3. Adult activities include quilting, conversational Spanish, yoga, aerobics, and watercolors. Please call the Community School office at 503/916-2915 to register for classes.

MTNA in 2004: what?’s coming up?
Because MTNA wants to represent the interests of all neighbors, we may conduct a community needs assessment this spring and follow up with projects or committees to address the most pressing needs. We hope to improve our web presence to be able to offer you more information about the neighborhood, and we hope to establish a Mt. Tabor email list to alert you to events and problems that need immediate attention. We can always use volunteers to work on short- and long-term projects, and we will have vacancies on the board for which you can run. All neighbors are welcome to attend monthly meetings to stay on top of what?’s going on in the neighbor-hood (the third Wednesday of every month except December, 7:30?–9 p.m., Bueermann Hall, Western Seminary, 55th & Hawthorne). We hope to see you in 2004.