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Page 12 The Skanner October 19, 2016 News Clinic cont’d from pg 1 tient advisory group, which includes a combination of patients and former patients – were emphatic that the clinic should stay in close-in northeast Port- land. “Many of our patients still live in this neighborhood,” Ginsberg said. Even those who now live in East Portland or other outer Portland neighborhoods generally favored keeping the clinic in Northeast, she added. The new location is more spacious and will allow the clinic to serve more patients and hire more staf, Ginsberg said. The clinic will also be able to do Chaplains blood draws onsite. Previously, pa- tients had lab work done at Legacy — and adding that extra leg to their visit created some additional diiculty for patients who come to the clinic from outside the neighborhood. The clinic has also switched to electronic health “ The building’s owners could easily have sold the property to a developer records, allowing providers to send prescriptions directly to a pharmacy, so patients don’t have to come to the clinic to pick up prescription forms. Ginsberg said the building’s owners could easily have sold the property to a developer, and that she’s happy the new east in 2006 with Pastor Mary Over- street-Smith, who passed away in Au- gust. The clinic’s irst location was on North Williams Street and then mov- ing to Garlington Center on MLK Bou- levard. The clinic has always focused Nightclub cont’d from pg 1 DeLong speciically sought a grant to help pay for African American spiri- tual leaders to receive this training. The clinical pastoral education de- partment has also changed its usual education requirement for this intern- ship. Normally these graduate-level cours- es require bachelor’s and master’s de- grees, but in this case, those who have been engaged in meaningful ministry regardless of education are welcome in the internship. Guinn said that leaders in African American congregations oten have a huge variety of schooling, from those who felt the call to preach but had no formal training to those who had got- ten Ph.Ds in divinity. DeLong said the requirements re- lect this range of experience. “I don’t want to say no to people who have been pastoring a congregation space will be able to ofer something positive for community members. “We wanted to be a positive force in the community. Hopefully other chang- es will follow that will be good for the neighborhood.” Ginsberg co-founded North by North- and have all these skills and gits, sim- ply because they didn’t get a bachelor’s degree,” DeLong said. Those who are interested in be- coming chaplains are encouraged to contact DeLong at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Spiritual Care and Ed- ucation, (503) 413-4151 or visit www. legacyhealth.org/cpe. Candidates can expect to meet with DeLong and pastoral education staf to undergo a vetting process to make sure they are the right it for the role. “Because this training program works with real people in real life sit- uations, we really are concerned and careful about who we allow to have that kind of access to our patients, to our families,” DeLong said. Read the rest of this story at TheSkanner.com on providing culturally competent care to African American patients, though patients of all races receive treatment there. “I’m just excited to watch the patients come in and see their faces,” Ginsberg said. “It’s going to be beautiful. It’s for them and that’s a really good feeling.” There will be a ribbon cutting cere- mony at 2 p.m. Friday at 714 NE Alber- ta St. The Rev T. Allen Bethel, Mayor Charlie Hales, PDC director Kimberly Schneider Branam, state senator-elect Lew Frederick, building owner Hasan Artharee, North by Northeast Board Chair Charlene McGee and patient John Washington will all be present for the event. cont’d from pg 1 defendants violated Fontaine Bleau patrons’ right to freedom of associ- ation. The initial tort claim also in- cludes several case histories of Black- owned clubs being shuttered by the city, and alleges a historical pattern. Acosta ruled the historical allegations are immaterial to the substance of the case. “The court inds Plaintifs’ allega- tions relating to the City’s treatment of other nightclubs owned by and cater- ing to black individuals, and playing music that attracts primarily black patrons, are material and pertinent. However, Plaintifs’ purely editorial comments…are not relevant to a night- club but, rather, relate to the treatment of black citizens of the City in general and are stricken,” the order reads. However, a paragraph of the complaint establishing that music is protected speech will not be stricken from the suit. But the other motions to dismiss were denied. Attorney Jesse Merithew, who rep- resents DeWalt Productions, which owned the club in the case, told The Skanner he expects to confer next week about scheduling a jury trial. “We’re happy with it,” Merithew said. “The whole case is still there. We’re looking forward to getting this case before a jury.” The city of Portland did not respond to a request for comment on this case. The Fontaine Bleau, owned by Afri- can American promoter Rodney De- Walt, closed in 2014 following the fatal shooting of Portland resident Durieul Harris inside the club. DeWalt Productions seeks economic damages in the amount of $2.5 million, $5 million in and punitive damages in the amount of $15 million.