2 • The Southwest Portland Post
Former Sears Armory should not
be used as a shelter for homeless
people
I am shocked and appalled to hear that
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales’ latest scheme
is to take over the Westside Emergency
Services Center (former Sears Armory) on
Multnomah Boulevard to house homeless
people!
The city of Portland clearly has let the
homeless situation get out of control and
dumping these people in Southwest Portland
is not the answer. This facility has been
specifically targeted to support the west side
for emergency services and resources.
The building needs to be used for the
EDITORIAL
original intent. Furthermore, it would be a
disservice to homeless people as there is no
public transportation or access to [critical]
services.
It is clear that city of Portland is a magnet
for homeless folks who know how to work
the system and where they know they can
get away with just about anything.
How about toughening up policies so that
this population will find somewhere else to
set up camp? Many of this population choose
[homelessness] as an alternative lifestyle, use
drugs and have mental health issues.
If the average citizen tried to set up camp
at Waterfront Park, we would not be allowed
to do so. Portland makes it too easy and it is
widely known that this is a place where the
city allows lots of illegal activity.
Take a look at other cities and find a model
that will not make Portland a magnet because
city laws are not enforced. Take Portland
back!
Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen
Multnomah Village
Wilson men’s cross country team
wins PIL championship
In October, the “Green Machine” that is
Wilson cross country had a historic day of
racing at the 2015 Portland Interscholastic
League district championships.
The afternoon started off with our junior
varsity women Trojans finishing a strong
fourth place. The lead pack of Trojans
included freshmen Annika Sunderstrom,
Lizzie Reunert, Emma Halling, junior Elsa
Douglas, and senior Natalie McKinnon. The
future is extremely bright for this group of up
and comers!
The junior varsity men placed second in a
very competitive JV division. The “wolfpack”
was led by senior Xavier Triplett, juniors Elius
Graff, Aidan Manley and freshman Caden
“Kid” Samkutty, all finishing in the top 10.
However, the main events for the afternoon
were in the varsity divisions. At the district
championships only the top three placing
teams and top ten individuals qualify for the
opportunity to compete at the state meet in
Eugene, on October 31st.
The varsity women’s team (Grace Heizer,
Isabelle Brooks, Ellie Stein, Iris Emmerick,
Adarha Poasa and Aurora Emmons) ran
their hearts out, yet finished in fourth place
(by three points) behind Lincoln, Grant and
Franklin.
However, sophomore Grace Heizer ran like
the wind and finished third overall, qualifying
her for state as an individual and becoming a
member of the 2015 PIL all-league team.
The big news of the day was in the
men’s division. The mighty Trojans (Alex
Slenning, Nick Slenning, Kian Mitchell,
Chris Nussbaum, Caleb Seely, Sam Barherns
and Chase Howard) ran a perfect race and
shocked their rivals by winning the district
championship.
This is the first outright district
championship for Wilson cross country
since 1985 and qualifies the team for the state
meet. Highlighting the day was sophomore
superstar and now district champ Alex
Slenning who blew the field and won the race
November 2015
by 12 seconds.
Junior power-house Caleb Seely made a
huge move in the last 400 meters to finish
in second place. Alex, Caleb and senior
Chase Howard all earned All-Conference
honors. Now it’s on to state!
Aaron Olsen
Editor's Note: Aaron Olsen is assistant cross
country coach at Wilson High School.
Correction, Wilson High School
has an orchestra
Regarding, “Wilson students and teachers
gear for school year,” by KC Cowan, The Post,
September 2015.
In the September 2015 issue of your
newspaper, KC Cowan did an exciting thing
by covering the registration and new school
year at Wilson High School and it was great
that it made the front page.
Two corrections I know of. It is not “Corey
Bissonette’s brother, Coby” but rather Jonah
Hart’s brother, Coby Hart who plays the cello
in the orchestra.
And, Jonah Hart plays the viola in the
orchestra. It is very interesting that last year
that same orchestra had Maia Hoffman who
won best violist in Oregon high schools for
like four years.
The other correction is in the continuation
of the story when, alas, the poor struggling
orchestra did not make it on the list of classes
that make the “arts well covered.”
The orchestra is small and mighty. It
struggles to be kept on the schedule. Please
help spread the word that Wilson has one,
and, I believe, is one of the two PPS high
schools that do.
Marcia Waugh
Multnomah
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