Oregon Advance Times_1968-07-25

Roving Reporter: _Ju_1y_25_,_1_9s_a___ Th_e_o_r_eg_o_n_A_dv_an_ce_/_T_1M_E_s___ P_ag_e 7 Summer Youth Activities Varied, Interesting Are you young? Are your children young? What do they do for recreation? Where do they go for summer fun and activities? The summer programs in the Albina Community offers numerous summer activities Albina Art Center and the for young and old alike, One new Black Summer located can easily enroll in the pro- at the corner of Cook and grams offered by the Port- Albina deal with the making land Public Schools dealing of different pottery, sculp– with activities such as track, ture and paintings. The Al– drama and art. Both the bina Art Center is a service club in which older and younger generations can take an active part. The "KINGS" of Martin Luther King, Jr., Grade School. Instead of a long, hot sum– mer the residents of the Al– bina area can have a prosperous and expanding summer, The Seven of Dia– monds, a new teenage night club, has been opened re– cently for the young to ex– periment and interpret the latest dances while live bands also experiment and interpret the latest sounds. The club also has a diner located in the front area of the club which serves food at moderate prices, The Kings and the Boise Blues go up for the ball. The Kings came down with a 103 and the Blues only 59. ,ii, Volunteer keeps the right score. More Busy Youths The YMCA located on north Killingsworth has the usual cultural, entertaining, Working on Advance Times. and swimming classes for the public, They also sponsor games and there is gym– nastic equipment. There are several lovely parks in the Albina Com– munity. Irving Park, a well– known and utilized park, is a favorite spot for a majority of the youngsters to go and spend their leisure time. Irving Park has two large ball fields, and a number of pieces of playground equip– ment such as swings, slides, monkey bars, a sand box, and a small wading pool for the smaller children, Peninsula Park, located on the corner of North Albina and Portland Blvd,, has a lovely rose garden. How– ever, the main attraction is directed toward the large swimming pool. Swimming lessons are available during the hours of 12 to 6 for eight years and up. They also have a family swim dur– ing the hours of 6 to 8, The pool is open 10 a,m, and closes at 8 p.m. Knott Street Community Center, a well-developed building, has heen in exist– ence for sometime, The cen– ter caters to indoor sports and gymnastics and is also oriented toward cultural ac– tivities such as sewing. Sometime it:t the near future , when the proposed swimming pool is completed, activities will begin to take on a new light with the outdoor sport of swimming. It is under– stood that the pool is not to have a covered dome for the Many of the residents of this area are unaware of the parks and facilities available for use. It would be to our advantage and to our future that we make use of the tools we already have, which in turn will build the need for bigger and better community necessities. Betty J, Harris, a 16-year– old junior at Franklin Hi!h School, and John W, Mays, a 17-year-old senior at Lin– coln High School, are both enrolled in summer programs sponsored for our community .youths. Right now Betty is acting as an Assistant Drama teacher to Mrs. Irene Peter– son of Augustana Lutheran Church, on the corner of N, E, 15th and Knott. The new program is in its early stages, dealing approximately with 76 students ranging from grades 3 to 8, There is an enrollment fee of $1.00, however, the church will absorb this fee if students are interested and haven't the funds, Betty states that she "en– joys working with the chil– dren and that art, music and dancing is a part of the pro– gram, She also tells us that August 1 is open house and "we hope that a lot of people come out to see the children perform. John is a Recreation Aide at the Martin Luther King Jr. grade school, The school features a summer · program of sports, dramatics, and other cultural arts. John acts as a co-coach with Don– ald McFerguson. John states that ''the basketball team has won all of its games, and that the track team is really socking it to them," The baseball team is open from ages 12 to 14 years. The track team is open to the toddling 3-year old's and to those who remember the horse and buggy days. The school is open from the hours of 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mar– tin Luther King Jr. School is the old Highland Grade school which is located on the corner of 7th and Wygant. On being asked why there has been so much attention focused on the Albina Com– munity, John stated that "re– sponsible people of Portland are afraid of the long, hot summer," And in his opinion he would rather have a "long, fun-filled summer." Sitting in the park listening to latest teen sounds. Vocational Proiects Visited