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CCCCCC merger combines record number of C’s
Mayor Sam Adams, who is in charge of
bicycles, was not available for comment.
Spokespeople for Clackamas Community
n a startling and unprecedented move,
College (CCC), Columbia River Crossing
Central City Concern (CCC), the city’s
(CRC), Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)
largest social-service provider, announced
Monday that it would merge completely with and. the former Soviet Union (CCCP) said they
had no immediate plans to join the merger.
the Community Cycling Center (CCC) on
Northeast Alberta. The merger will cut costs
In other news:
and reduce acronym-related confusion,
• Street Access For Everyone (SAFE), the
representatives of the organizations said.
group that oversees enforcement of Portland’s
Central City Concern has provided housing
sit/lie ordinance, has faced criticism in the
services and addiction treatment in Old Town/
past for allowing people to be cited under the
Chinatown since 1979, when the area was
law despite the lack of public benches
characterized by poverty and crime. With
downtown. To respond to detractors and
development of the adjacent Pearl District in
demonstrate their ongoing commitment to
the 1990s, the area has gone more upscale.
providing alternate places for people to sit and
Now, many new downtown residents
lie, the group has formed a subcommittee
mistake the building with the “CCC” logo for
called Seating Opportunities For All (SOFA). It
another branch of the Community Cycling
will meet the fifth Tuesday of every month at
Center, which sells refurbished bicycles and
runs a full-service repair shop in the Alberta
8 a.m.
• As part of a city-sponsored effort to
Arts District.
encourage dialogue between diverse
“It used to be just once or twice a year
communities, two Northwest organizations
someone showed up expecting you to fix the
have formed a unique partnership: Portland’s
chain on their rebuilt 1985 Italian racing
bike,” said Eleanor Patton, a Central City
Youth Alliance for Development Alternatives is
Concern caseworker. “But now it’s pretty
teaming up with a Washington group called
much constant”
the Yakima Aging with Dignity Association.
Meanwhile, legions of low-income residents
The two groups’ members will meet, share
who were priced out of downtown moved to
their experiences and concerns, then raise
the Eastside — and many have walked into the
public awareness of age-related issues in a
Community Cycling Center hoping for medical
series of town hall-style open forums. The first
care and housing assistance, according to
YADA-YADA community conversation will take
volunteer mechanic Dave Sanderson.
place April 31 at First Presbyterian Church
Explaining misconceptions and redirecting
downtown. For more information, see the Web
frustrated clients was eating into both
site for Portland’s citywide community-building
organizations’ resources and staff time, their
initiative, Sharing Makes Us Great (SMUG).
directors said, so for efficiency’s sake they
• The 2007 effort to rename Interstate
decided to combine their operations. Starting
Avenue after Mexican labor leader César
in May, the Old Town and Alberta locations
Chávez caused an uproar, but city planners are
will each offer addiction treatment, supportive
determined not to make the same mistakes
housing, benefits assistance, bicycle sales and
again. As they explore the possibility of
maintenance, and workshops on cycle
rechristening the same street in honor of
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“Research has shown time and again that
extensively with the Interstate Corridor Urban
services are most effective when they’re
Renewal Advisory Committee (ICURAC), the
packaged together,” said City Commissioner
Interstate People with Endless Complaints
Nick Fish, who is in charge of housing and
Advisory Committee (IPECAC), and the
community development. “I know that
Advisory Committee on Relations with
CCCCCC will help hundreds of people get
Oregon’s Neighbors, Youth and Minorities
back on their feet - and right onto a sweet
(ACRONYM).
new set of wheels.”
BY C. WADAMENE
UNEMPLOYED WRITER
Layoffs hit Street Root's copy
editing staff of copy editors
As the news pa pe r industry conti nues to reel from
a downturn in revenues, even nonprofit papers are
feeling the crunch.
In an announcement this week, Street Roots says
it will be laying off its entire staff of volunteer copy
editors. The move marks the first such voluntary lay-
offs in the organization's 10-year history.
The cuts were made in an effort to reduce
expenses and trim overhead, and comes at a time
when people are increasingly relying on the printed
page for their news and information.
"The entire industry is feeling pressure to cut
costs," says Managing Editor Joanne Zuhl. "We jst
felt that we could no longer justify the expensed of
people sucking up an entire stretch of table, free
coffee and water, not to mention the cost of heating
and cooling them in the office, and for waht? We
will coninue to support them it their efforts to
volunteer elsewhere."
Zuhl added that she expects readers have will not
notice any change in the paper's qualitty.
Columbia River crossing takes a
new direction with tram proposal
Facing mounting criticism about a proposed
multibillion-dollar, 12-lane bridge to replace thé
aging Interstate 5 span over the Columbia River,
Portland Mayor Sam Adams is floating an alternate
idea: a massive aerial tram.
"The financial and popular success of the OHSU
tram makes this a possibility worth exploring," the
mayor said. "Plus, it's got great 'green' potential.
Think of it - no asphalt, no exhaust, and a less-
obstructive view as huge cables ferry passenger
vehicles and long-haul trailers in a dazzling aerial
s/ngfe tear rolling dawn his cheek.
"In fact," he said, "there's not much point in
voting for it. It's a great idea: Let's just do it. It'll pay
for itself. Trust me."
Noting that such a tram holds potential for
drawing tourists even during Portland's notorious
rainy season, the mayor unveiled a test slogan for use
by the Visitors Bureau: "Tram it where the sun don't
shine," he said, chuckling uneasily.
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Paramedics on the scene said they were
shocked by the victim’s conditions.
“I’d never seen anything like it before,”
said one guy, who declined to be named for
this article but who felt he was trustworthy
enough to be quoted anonymously. “It’s
amazing any of them survived.”
Despite police efforts to block off the
scene, images were instantly broadcast over
the Web by concerned students who shot
hundreds of redundant pictures with their
cell phones.
Police say they expect the northbound
lanes of Broadway will remain closed
through next week as HAZMAT crews
continue the cleanup.
Under new Homeland Security laws, the
names of the victims have already been
erased from history.