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APRIL 1, 2009 NUTRIA-ITIOUS, BUT NOT EVERYONE’S TASTE Nutria meal distributer runs afoul with anim al rights activists, rat lovers. Quite possibly the last newspaper standing Tm the reslder Guess which former president is eyeing Portland for a new home? BY WEST WINDS U N E M P L O Y E D W R ITE R W "former president George W. Bush is M reportedly looking at property in Portland’s I West hills as a possible retirement home and a site for his beleaguered library. The news of Bush’s move was tipped to the press after a tourist saw Bush and a real estate agent on the Pittock Mansion grounds. A spokesperson for Bush said that the former commander in chief has been speaking with several property owners in Portland’s west hills and has made an offer on at least two residential properties r r i tl . A. and . a . large tract of forested i land. The properties are believed to be both for a private residence and his presidential library, which has been stalled in a legal dispute at its proposed site at Southern Methodist University in Texas. “Mr. Bush has always felt an affinity with Portland,” said Pasty White, Bush’s spokesman. “He has always wanted to live near the city, remembering how welcoming the people were there.” “Da f%@$ is he talking about?” asked Bill Admissen, a Portland vendor who dropped his stack of street papers when told of the news. “You m m T i/»’o got ont the thp right noht Portland? sure he’s Portland?” Former president Bush’s father, former president Bush, dubbed Portland “Little Beirut because of the violent uprisings the president incited with his visits. The younger Bush has said he has felt no such hostility from the city that once served up a $20,000-a-plate dinner for former vice president, Nixon operative and Halliburton multi millionaire executive Dick Cheney. While visiting. Bend three years ago to talk about Republican theories on forest management, Bush spoke fondly See RESIDER, page 3 Homeless team courted for new flmor League Soccer stadium tens of of thousands thousands of of players players and and spectafc spectators - most tens of them living in extreme poverty and on the streets - to the host cities. omeless residents across Portland chanted “We are elated with the news,” said Ismella and sang for 40 minutes Thursday after Ratones, an avid soccer fan experiencing news spread that a homeless soccer team homelessness. “I know it hasn’t been formally as being courted for the new Major League announced yet, but we know the city needs more xxer stadium. Police issued 86 citations. The Homeless World Cup is traditionally a street resources for the homeless, and a new sports venue seems like the answer we’ve been waiting >ccer event, played in pitches, but as the for." ipularity of soccer grows, along with Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber jmelessness, the expectation is that homeless made the announcement in March that Portland ams could become a regular feature at the new would be host to the 18th team in the MLS. adium. Homeless people are not allowed to play However, the Portland Timbers will not join the jccer on Portland’s streets. regular season until 2011. A homeless league has The new team’s presence is expected to draw the advantage of starting right away, said -orldwide attention among the homeless ommunity. Past Homeless World Cup events in :dinburgh. Scotland; Copenhagen, Denmark; and See SOCCER, page 12 lost recently in Melbourne, Australia, attracted n v O.W. n i m MAISHINS BY MAISHINS UN EM PLO YED JO U R N A L IS T B ph o to by p h o to w o r k Tens o f thousands o f people experiencing homelessness and their fans flocked to Melbourne, Australia, in December2008fo r the Homeless World Cup. The event is notv in its fifth year and gaining support from homeless leagues across the world. Homeless leagues are now courting the owners of the newly approved M ajor League Soccer stadium in Portland as a new hub for events.
