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June 24. 2001 THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE LOCAL-3 Community Calendar111 Aim ft BfiBaxMair I Monday OAKLAND HERITAGE ALLIANCE has announced this summer's walking tours 16 tours In July and August hlghUghtlngthe city's live and diverse neighborhoods. Fpur. of the tours focus on Oakland's waterways and environs. They Include the newly desolated historic Waterfront Warehouse District.

Lake Merritt's estuary and channel, and the funky eclectic mix that Is the artist enclave at 5th Avenue Point. This summer marks the 21st year that OHA volunteers have organized the walks. Much of the research Is based on the (lies of the citys Cultural Heritage Survey, an ongoing project of the Strategic Planning Division. The resource? of the Librarys History Room are also tapped," says OHA president (and one of the tour leaders) Pamela Magnuson-Peddle. People love the Survey they often comment that It's so much fun there like being In someone's attic." "There is a wonderful synergy where sharing Information seems to beget getting Information.

People get inspired to share. New tidbits come in when people Join the tour groups. They have personal anecdotes or memorabilia which we add to the collections and use the next time." she says. New Information came to light recently about one of the commercial buildings to be featured on the Frultvale District tour. One of our volunteers caipe across a wonderful pamphlet on the Gothic vfval-style Frultvale Medical Building (on International Boulevard near 38th Avenue) FREE CERAMCS CLASSES Lawn handtajkfng iKhniquH and um nvAk to mka (facorativ and functional torn, kv tiuction fraa.

matariak and tiring cfwgaa apply, noon to 4 pm. South Beikatoy Sanior Cantar. 2930 ENi St. 5254497. BERKELEY COMMUNITY CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA Providaa rahaanala tar paopia intaraitad in angina no aut-tiona or prior axparianca needed, $66475 tuition achotanhipa avaiabia, 7 to 10 pm.

St Ambroee Church baaamant .1145 Giknai St, Berkeley, 528-2145. Tuesday TUESDAY ART SERES Artata from a variety of diicipfnaa tah about thair worit and pracaaa creation tree, 7 pm 54 Wtohington St, Oakland. Chances to iemm Monday BONE DENSITY TESTING The Foundation tar Octooporoes Raaaarch and Education wi hoat bone density testing, a non-inwawB acan of lha taraann which takes Mean minutes, $30, 10 tm. to 3:46 pm Long's Drugs, 1451 Shaltuck Am Berkeley, TUeaday FREE CERAMICS CLASSES Learn handhuidng techniquae and uaa molds to make daooradva and functional Harm in-stiuction is fraa, materials and firing charges apply, 9 am to noon SL John's Sanior Cantar, 2727 Cotiega Am Berkeley, 525 5407. TURNING POINT CAREER CENTER -Oltars its fraa, weekly orientation oulfning tivrihbfa raaoureas and programs, 1:30 pm Barkelay YWCA 2600 Bancroft Way, 8455370.

FREE MEDtCAREHEALTH INSURANCE COUNSEUNG The Health Inaurance Counaekng and Advocacy Program provides tree individual counaefng on Maif-care, HMOs and other haalth-raiatad questions people may ham Oakland a-nase Community Council, 168 11th St, Oakland. Cal 839-2022 to schedule an appointment MEETMGS Today San Leandro debates need for senior center Take stock of your financial well-being. Read the Business section. Landmarks published when it first opened In 1927," says Survey Coordinator Betty Marvin. We now have a much clearer Idea how the architect and builder went about designing the structure specially for the particular -needs of health professionals.

We'll now be Incorporating this new Information In the upcoming tour." According to OHA's tom-brochure, In the 1920s Frultvale was Oakland's "second downtown," with Its own banking, temples, high rises, lodges and courthouse. The date'of the tour is Sunday. Aug. 12. No reservations are required, comfortable walking shoes are recommended and particularly on the afternoon tours, plan to bring water.

The sug- gested donation per tour is $5 for OHA members; 810 general: signing up for membership or renewal will make the tour free. To receive a listing, call the OHA office 763-9218. The city-sponsored downtown walks are also ongoing. These tours are free and take place every Wednesday and Saturday through October. Call the city tours hotline.

238-3234 or check the Web site, www.oaklandhet.com (click on the community link) for maps, dates and starting places. Wednesday's tour Is the Old Oakland Historic District: Saturday is Chinatown. i OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS MEERNG Meeting for people wrio eel computri-vely, 7 to 8 irrv, Mendene Houee, 3989 Howe St, OeUend, far more Monnetioa cal Crttiy at 6544060 i Monday NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN NOW wM meet to tool on I queity of We ieeuec, 6:30 pm, Meme Bear'i, 6636 Telegraph Ave OeUend, 261- 1642. Tuesday COPING WITH CANCER IN A LOVED ONE Ake Batee Medfcel Center'! Com-l prehenriveCencer Center and Braeet Center Satan aponaora a free drop-in eervice far I family and taende of cancer to 7 pm, 3001 Dwight Way. Berkeley.

204- 1811. 1 POWDER HOUND SKI CLUB The Powder Hound Ski Club ic a year-round kv del end recreational activities group kt eirigle adults in the Eaet Bey, eoael gath-I aring, 7 pm Hikon, 1 Heganbeigar Rd, Oakland 789-7880, wwwpowderhound- tog. Ongoing SUMMER READNG Children as old as 8th grade who sign up and read far at heat eight houre before August 18 wi re- came tree prim, sign up at any Oakland Pubic Library branch or bookmobile, 23d 6706. Tuesday FAMILY STORYTIME The Kan- eington library wi hold story reednge far famly member of el ages, fast 7 pm 61 ArfngtonAve, Kensington, 524-3043. By Josh Indar STAFF WRITER SAN LEANDRO A city that was once regarded as a haven for retirees now has a population that's getting younger all the time, as families move In and seniors move on.

the latest release of census data shows. But you wouldn't know It If you hung around a( the Golden Key Club, a storefront senior drop-ln center Inside Bayfalr Mall. We've got 1 1 .000 members," said Frank Ferreira, a volunteer at the club. "We started signing people up 1 1 years ago. San Leandro's population of people over 65 has dwindled from 19 percent of the total population In 1990 to Its present figure of 12,688.

or 16 percent. The median age In San. Leandro also dipped slightly, from 38. 1 to 37.7. But that doesn't mean San Leandro has found the fountain of youth.

Add in the 6.629 people between the ages of 55 and 64. and the city's senior population still comes in at 24 percent, six percentage points higher than (hat of the rest of Alameda County. isa Soul Beat TV E3 Community service program on Soul Bert Tetavtaion (KSBT-TV, Charnel 27 at 2524 73rd Av, 5303774, and on the World Wide Web at http:rtivww.iOufceal.iXXn) include: 4 am Soul Beal Gold Hi. 5 em end noon Meeeage to the Black Man: Louie Fanakhen, Nation of ktam. 6 am Goipei Bant vrith Young Turner.

am. In Tune Prophetic Movement vwtii Barbara Rouaael and Matilda Grogerv 9 am and 11 pm Revetattona Gaepel Munc Update weh Otis and Perm Sander. 10 am Ever tacreawng Fair wah Rev. Fred K. Price 11 am Be fever Bible Chrktim Church vwtii Prtor Alen McNair.

11:30 am Soul Beet Special. 1 pjfc Soul ShowcaM vwtii Al Bat-tod. 3 pm Golden Gaepel Mine Videos wah Marahalen Martin. 4 pm The Roundubie wah Chauneey Bailey and Afcce Spearmen. 9 pm Haakh Beta wah Dr.

Geoffrey Wafton 9 pm Shopper's Baal wah Pm Sanders and Helen Dm 9 pm True Sofabone wah Or. Yuwt Bey. 9 pm -Soul Baal SpeaaL 10 pm Paatar Dorothy McGhee. Figures for how many elderly people have sold houses or passed them on to children are hard to come by. But anecdotal accounts by San Leandro real estate agents confirm that more and more families are buying homes left vacant by departing seniors.

Older people are mostly moving out of the area, said Carmen Perez, an. agent with Hmc Really. They're going to live with relatives in places like Washington (state). while younger people are moving In The latest census release comes when the City Council, responding to years of prodding by senior activists. Is set to consider building a new senior, center.

Senior advocates are cautioning the city against using the new figures to Ignore the need for such a center. "This Is kind of a blip." said Joseph Rodriguez, assistant director for the Alameda County Agency on Aging. "Don't forget that theres a whole tidal wave of baby boomers coming up behind (the seniors that are leaving now). Rodriguez said seniors in the area need a centrally located focal point to get help them find Information on affordable housing, transportation and other issues seniors face. They also nerd a place to congregate and organize their efforts to gain a greater voice in the community.

Gomrxment Access TVb Today's local programming on Oakland KTOP-TY (Channel 10) includes: DS :30 am Info Access 9 am Rules and Legislation (62DT) 10 am. Local Pres Events 10:30 am City Sounds: Samba Ngo and Ngoma Players 11:30 am National Gaiety: Awarenes Series, The Old Masters 12:30 pm Community and Economic Development Committee (61901) 2 pm First Amendment Center: Cameras in the Courtroom 3 pm Pubic Works Committee (61901) 4:30 pm Eco News: Building Nature Trails for Educatxxi and Recreatiori 5 pm Lannan Literary Series: Victor Hernandez Cruz 6 pm Oakland Redevelopment Agency: City Council (6 1901) (CO 10 pm Info Access ETC. These kids need your help. And we need your help: too. Help us protect the youth of Alameda County from the dangers of tobacco use.

1 r. You already know it's against the law to sell tobacco products to minors. But every day, merchants turn their back on this law. And when they do that, they turn their back on these kids. Most people who smoke started when they were teenagers! If you see a merchant violating this law, we encourage you to do something about it.

Call the STOPline to report the violation anonymously. With your help, we can stop merchants from selling tobacco to minors. Help us make life healthier for youths whp live in Alameda Count)'. lb report tobacco sales to a minor in Alameda County, call 510-628-STOP. Today DTEET ALS The ALS aaeodation wi hoat a fandraieing wak around Lake Merritt (approximaialy 3 rrafaU to raies money far ALS research and patient eerwcae, $15 9 am regfrfratton, bendWend in Ukaeide Pwk.

Belevue Avon OeUend, 1415)392-2571 Ongoing All AMERICAN APPLE BAKE-OFF CONTEST Jack London Square is holding a belong oonteU as pert of its Fourth of July CeWnlon. Judgeig wi be beeed on Americana appear of the Mat Amateur chefa only Uiould submit a racM featuring apples in a bWed good by tax to A American Apple Baka-Olf, 2055680 Submawone should indude name, com- plate adds and daytime phone lumber, one eney per famdy. due An 26, 627- 1670 Alameda County Public Health Department Tobacco Control Program 1000 Broadway Suite 500 Oakland, a 94607 www.co.aIameda.ca.uspublichealth Funded by Proposition 99. Hare a listinyfor the daily calendar? Setut it tiro weeks in aiirance to Jason Bono at the Community Calendar Desk, The Oaklanti Tribune, 401 13th Oaklamt 946 1 J. or call 06-6451.

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