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2 • The Southwest Portland Post EDITORIAL The Southwest Portland Post 4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509 Portland, OR 97206 Fax: (866) 727-5336 email: editor@multnomahpost.com Years in Business! Transportation bureau should fix dangerous Capitol/40th intersection Multnomah Neighborhood Associa- tion has identified safety issues at sev- eral locations along Southwest Capitol Highway. A safety vigil was held in March at Capitol Highway, near Miles Street and the West Hills Preschool and Learning Center. The most recent vigil target [in April] was Capitol Highway near the intersection at 40th Avenue. “SLOW Down / Share the Road” signs were made available through the Portland Bureau of Transportation and 10 signs were strategically placed near this intersection. Orange cones and bright safety vests helped to draw attention, while keep- ing the volunteers safe. The vigil vol- unteers placed and held signs to alert drivers heading off to work or school. Capitol Highway safety concerns include speeding traffic in both direc- tions and ignoring the stop sign at 40th Avenue. [Because of the unique Y con- figuration] a major traffic safety issue 4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509 Portland, OR 97206 Phone: (503) 244-6933; Fax: (866) 727-5336 general email: news@multnomahpost.com web address: www.swportlandpost.com Editor & Publisher: Reporters/Writers: Copy Editor: Advertising Sales: Graphic Design: Printing: Don Snedecor Lee Braymen-Cleary, Erik Vidstrand Rich Riegel Don Snedecor, Harry Blythe Leslie Baird Design Oregon Lithoprint © 2014 by The Southwest Portland Post. All rights reserved. The opinions of the artists and authors contained herein are not necessarily shared by the publisher. Deadline for news and advertising is generally the 20th of the month prior to publication. Please call for current deadline information. Advertising rates are available upon request. The Post has a circulation of 7,000 in Multnomah Village and the surrounding neighborhood business districts including Burlingame, Capitol Hill, Garden Home, Glen Cullen, Hillsdale, South Portland, Raleigh Hills, West Portland and Vermont Hills. The Post is published on or about the 1st of every month. Subscriptions are $14 per year. Back issues are $2.50 each when available. All major credit cards accepted. The Post is printed on recycled newsprint using soy-based inks. Multnomah neighbors Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen, Moses Ross, James Nobles, and Greg Manning participate in a safety vigil in April at the intersection of Southwest Capitol Highway and 40th Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Patti-Waitman Ingebretsen) occurs as vehicles attempt to navigate that dangerous intersection. Multnomah neighborhood residents are actively pursuing Capitol Highway safety with the hope that the Portland Bureau of Transportation can resolve or decrease the identified safety issues. The residents along Capitol Highway, as well as members of the Multnomah Neighborhood Association, are quietly hopeful that a solution can be found to address and resolve the identified safety concerns Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen Multnomah Village Editor’s Note: Since this letter was written, progress has been made. A city engineer inspected the intersection of Capitol Highway and 40th Avenue and came up with an ingenious solution— with paint. By repainting the traffic stripes and fog lines the transporta- tion bureau can inexpensively redirect traffic in both directions and prevent potentially disastrous automobile ac- cidents from occurring. My understanding is that this repaint- ing project has been approved and will be completed soon. — Don Snedecor June 21st Workshop for Writers/Family Historians! Learn how to research and write family history. Indigo Editing sponsors Portland author Camille Cole in a day-long intensive for narrative history writers, memoirists, novelists, or anyone wanting to write a compelling story about family, a family member, or their own life. Cole’s 2013 book, The Brass Bell, is the story of a great aunt, a school in a cherry orchard, two world wars, and the Great Depression. A copy of her book is included in the cost of the class that includes a focus on both research and writing. Find more here: http://writeyourfamilyhistory.blogspot.com Contact Camille: 503.914.9515 Photo by: Rachel hadiashaR Today, [May 26] while on my walk along Southwest Garden Home road, I was the victim of a random act of meanness by three teenage girls in a nice white car. To be quite frank, they threw a wet sanitary napkin at me with a lewd pic- ture on the top drawn in sharpie. This isn’t the first time this has happened to me in this neighborhood. Last year, two teenage girls threw unripe plums at me as I climbed the stairs to my apartment. There was no provocation; I’m just a normal woman in my 20s minding my own business. It isn’t so much what these girls did that bothers me; it’s the fact that they did those things for fun. They actively set out to be mean to someone for laughs. That’s cruel and hurtful. When I was a high school student, I learned about the Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) organization (www. randomactsofkindness.org). Whether it’s buying coffee for the person behind you in line or prepar- ing a surprise dinner for your family, RAK seeks to promote kindness among all of us. 21 As a teenager, RAK inspired a lot of fun activities for me. I remember pick- ing flowers in the dark with my best friend. We tied up the blooms in little bou- quets and did our best to sneak up to random houses at night and leave the flowers on the doorstep. There was a bit of teenage daring involved, but it was positive and I re- member it fondly to this day. I wonder what those mean girls will think about their behavior when they grow up? Casey Davis Multnomah Village Victim of teenage pranks urges random acts of kindness Celebrating June 2014
