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others inquired as to special rates for “business-
being-ruined-by-landslide” conditions. Fortu­
nately, calls of support from friends and guests
also came in, reassuring LaChance that people
do care.
T he See Vue is accessible from the north on
The current board of directors
Highway 101 and can be reached via “interest­
has voted to hire a part-time contractor to
maintain and develop increased membership in
ing” detours from the south. LaChance wishes
to assure all former and future guests that the
the business-networking organization.
The position is a three-month contract with
See Vue is open for business— and worth the
effort
of term.
getting
there.
a possible three-month renewal
The
can­
didate selected will
be responsible for
n our nation’s capital, the Blair House serves
recruiting and re­
as the guest accommodations for the White
taining members,
House. In Portland, we have both a White
producing promo­
House and a Blair House.
tional materials and
Lanning Blanks and his partner, Steve Hold­
t r Marty Davis
helping those who
er, have been proprietors of the nine-guestroom
are new to the
W hite House for the past three years.
group maximize the
Phil Sparks and his partner, Trevor Scott,
benefits of their PABA membership.
opened Blair House last September. They
named their business and home as a gesture of
.G. Flynn, founder of Portland-based
thanks to Blanks and Holden for their help and
YSAT Enterprises, is the focus of the fea­
guidance while converting the once private res­
ture article in the February issue of Phnning, the
idence to the five-guestroom Blair House.
magazine of the American Planning Associa-
Both homes are located in
Portland’s historic Irvington
district. T he W hite House is
listed on the National Register
of Historic Places. While the
smaller Blair House provides
exquisite accommodations and
culinary delights at breakfast,
the larger W hite House is avail­
able for weddings, commitment
ceremonies, receptions and vir­
tually any event you’d wish to
hold in the elegantly restored
ballroom.
For those who grow weary
just thinking of spending a day
in Sparks’ shoes, let it be
known that the ever-energetic
entrepreneur
has left his job
Portland’s White H ouse...
with the city of Portland and is
tion. The article is a discussion of gay men and
now concentrating on running Blair House
lesbians facing adversity in the workplace due to
while still owning and operating Homebodies
their sexual orientation.
on Northeast Broadway.
The upscale furniture store, meanwhile, has
* or many of us, dreary winter weather means
added antiques and upper-end consignment
more time for books, movies and friends. For
goods to the display floor. Also, a separate area
some of our gay business owners, however, win­
has been set aside for by-the-yard sales of uphol­
ter weather is leading to severe financial hard­
stery fabric.
ship.
T
he Portland Area Business Associ­
ation continues to show signs of
reorganization and commitment to
achieving growth goals.
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Case in point: Renée LaChance, owner of
■ Business news with a queer angle should be
the See Vue Motel, south of Yachats on the Ore­
reported to M arty D avis at the Just Out office.
gon coast. The landslide-induced closure of
H er e-m ail address is m arty@ justout.com .
Highway 101 north of Florence
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clientele to the east and south.
Originally thought to be a tem­
porary hardship, recent esti­
mates are that the highway
might remain closed for
months, severing the main
access to Eugene and the
Willamette Valley— and cut­
ting off a much-needed stream
of storm-watching, motel-stay­
ing customers.
LaChance’s plight has been
covered by mainstream media
in articles in the Corvallis
Gazette-Times and The Register-
Guard of Eugene, providing a
mixed bag of results. For some
readers, the story implied that it
was "goodbye See Vue,” while
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