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Page 14 Street Roots • Ju ly 1-7, 2 0 1 6 Poetry Harm’s Way Traditions of the Fourth by Kenneth T. Nickell by Doug Mareks Exquisite illicit; the subject of our every day. We’ve climbed out of the gutter into Harm’s Way. Neither money nor substance motivates us. We’re on the front lines preventing the b u st Strong in our convictions, and purposeful cause. Another one dies; no honor no pause. The enemy swarms, armed with a smile. Our blood will spill; but after a while. There’s strength in our number “the infinite 3.” We know they will kill us, the thought set us free. Corruption on both sides, in this War on the Block “Evil is calling; I’ll take the glock.” Protecting perversion all night and day. Removed from our suffering; into Harm’s Way. Monday is the Fourth of July, our country’s Independence Day. The whole day is dedicated to the idea of Patriotism. How we rose up against Mother England and King George’s oppression and taxation. We normally celebrate this with food, with cookouts of steak, hot dogs and hamburgers cooked on the grill, arid side dishes of potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans and macaroni salad. Macaroni brings back a movie Yankee Doodle Dandy based loosely on the song of the same name. There is a line in it “He stuck a feather in his cap and called it Macaroni.” His hat was a tricorne hat like the Colonials wore. Which brings up another tradition of re-enactments of the Revolutionary War, which I used to attend as a youth. Before watching the fireworks in Washington, D.C., so by the end of the day you were feeling patriotic. Willing to fight all over again to defend this country and its ideals. C areO reg on* goMobileteam MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON Hom eless Shelter Properties, Im provem ents and Providers R eponses d u e: July 18, 2016 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) N o:4000004977 Multnomah County, in cooperation with A Home for Everyone and the Joint Office of Homeless Services, seeks responses from individuals, organizations, and firms that are interested in providing information regarding properties that may be suitable for use as shelter for people experiencing homelessness, are interested in providing donated professional and construction services needed to improve properties for use as shelter, and/or are interested in operating shelter for people experiencing homelessness. By "shelter we mean safe, sanitary, warm, lawful, and appropriately managed overnight sleeping accommodations that are intended for limited durations stays. RFI AVAILABILITY A copy of the RFI is available for download at the Purchasing website: https://multco.us/purchasing or can be picked up at the Multnomah County Purchasing bid desk, 501SE hawthorn Blvd, Suite 125, Portland, OR 97214. Phone (503) 988-5111, Fax (503) 988-3252. MULTNOMAH COUNTY PURCHASING OHP Navigation Clinics CareOregon and our partners make Oregon Health Plan navigation easy! We offer help with: • Medicaid medical, dental and mental health appointments. • Medicare eligibility for disabled and elderly adults Find us at these locations: Bud Clark Commons Portland Rescue Mission 665 NW Hoyt Avenue July 6 ..................8-10 a.m. July 20................ 8-10 a.m. 111 July July July July City Team Portland 526 SE Grand Ave July 13................8-10 a.m. Clackamas County Transition Center 2223 Kaen Road, Oregon City July 13..................1-3 p.m. July 27.................. 1-3 p.m. W Burnside 7 ...........................8-10 a.m. 14.........................8-10 a.m. 21.........................8-10 a.m. 28.........................8-10 a.m. Union Gospel Mission 3 SW 3rd Ave July 19.................. 2-4 p.m. July 26.................. 2-4 p.m. x? Dignity ‘ACTUAL PHONE MAY VARY. O Poverty Over 6 m illion people worldwide vote for dignity over poverty w hen th ey buy stree t press. By doing so, they help vendors in 40 countries, selling over too different titles, to change th eir lives. In retu rn , readers enjoy quality, independent jo u rn alism , in the knowledge th a t th e y ’ve m ade a difference.
