2 • The Southwest Portland Post
EDITORIAL
The Southwest Portland Post
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Portland, OR 97206
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email: editor@multnomahpost.com
New officers,
village construction,
speeding and disaster
preparedness
Greetings from the Multnomah
neighborhood! Our next sched-
uled meeting of the Multnomah
Neighborhood Association is on
Tuesday, March 12, at 7:00 p.m. at
the Multnomah Arts Center (7688
SW Capitol Hwy) in Room 30. We
encourage everyone to attend!
We had a productive February
neighborhood meeting. We re-elect-
ed Moses Ross as chair and Katy
Brumbelow as vice-chair of our
Multnomah Neighborhood Asso-
ciation (MNA). The treasurer and
secretary positions remain open.
We welcomed Beth Omansky as
the new chair of our safety commit-
tee, joining Kay Durtschi as trans-
portation committee chair and Susan
Rudloff as land use committee chair.
Parks, Schools and SWNI board rep-
resentative positions remain open.
The Multnomah Village business
district construction will begin soon
in the block between Southwest 35 th
and 36 th avenues. The plan is to com-
plete one side of the street at a time.
Alternative parking is at the
Multnomah Arts Center lower lot.
Although Multnomah Village Busi-
ness Association requested electrical
lighting conduit to be included in the
sidewalk and tree plantings, Port-
land Bureau of Transportation has
determined that it is not economi-
cally feasible, although letter-writing
in support is encouraged.
Concerns about traffic speeds
on Capitol Highway near the in-
tersection at Southwest 40th were
discussed. A motion was passed
authorizing Chair Ross to submit a
letter of support for these efforts to
the City of Portland and PBOT.
Finally, on the topic of Disaster
Preparedness, Multnomah residents
Mike Ashland and Bob Cogan pre-
sented their concerns with actual
neighborhood readiness and ability
to respond to an actual disaster.
They advocate a strategy to inven-
tory and plan at the individual, im-
mediate neighborhood level (15-20
houses is encouraged); to identify
those in each immediate area with
medical expertise, special equipment
and tools, etc.; to have standardized
Earthquake kits in each home.
Mike will report back to the neigh-
borhood on a regular basis to give
updates and encourage involvement.
More information about their specific
local efforts can be found at www.
TBoneReady.com.
March 2013
Ghost hunting rant haunts
Post reader
Regarding “Letters to the Editor:
Ghost hunting in Multnomah Village
simply a ploy to bring in traffic,” by
Anonymous, The Post, February 2013.
Boo to “Anonymous via e-mail.”
I have seen ghosts a few times but I
don’t believe in them. And I reserve
the right to disrespect the differing
opinions of others. But I am haunted
by Anonymous’ rant.
She really should get a life and
lose sleep over matters of the living.
Really? She takes the time to com-
plain about a local, long-standing
ghost story?
Poor Anonymous must be terri-
fied of Edgar Allen Poe who sold
books about the dead and Mary
Todd Lincoln who bought séance
time to see a dead son. Halloween
must set Anonymous’ hair on fire
every October and I’ll bet she’s even
ticked off at the Munsters.
Portland shops have been using
dead presidents to sell merchandise
every February for decades. Has she
written a letter to Les Schwab and
Car Toys too?
A ghostly legend of a dead lady
in the basement of our local café’
is harmless and it is a fun part of
Keeping Portland Weird. “I ain’t
afraid of no ghost!” so why should
Anonymous be afraid?
R.D. Bessmer
Moses Ross
Chair - Multnomah
Neighborhood Association
MNAChair@gmail.com
NEWS
By Lee Perlman
The Southwest Portland Post
Work on the Multnomah Village
Streetscape Project will begin this month,
according to Portland Bureau of Envi-
ronmental Services spokesperson Joe
Annett.
As described in a December Post ar-
ticle, the project will improve Southwest
Capitol Highway between 35 th and 36th
avenues, with the addition of trees and
sidewalks widened up to nine feet.
Work will be from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
daily, and while the street will not be
closed to traffic, at times it will be re-
stricted, Annett said. The project should
take about 90 days to complete.
Meanwhile, thanks to work related to
the Sellwood Bridge, Macadam Avenue
(Highway 43) should be booming – lit-
erally.
According to Multnomah County
spokesperson Mike Pullen, crews will
be using explosives for night-time work
to remove part of the hillside west of the
road to make way for a new right of way.
After each blast, the road will be closed
for up to an hour to allow for the debris
to be cleared, Pullen said.
Meanwhile, he said, crews will be
working on the riverfront to remove the
piers of the old bridge. Starting in July,
they will begin the in-water work on the
new bridge.
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