Page 2 Portland Observer, January 14, 1982
METROPOLITAN
St. Johns Fair Share
solves skating dilemma
by Bonnie Seal
For Kimo and Ariannc Tichgelaar,
ages 16 and 1.7, roller-skating is a fa
vorite pastime. Like a large number
o f other youths in St. Johns, they
would like to have a chance to skate
year-round, but for years, the near
est public skating rink has been over
an hour away by T ri-M et, and w in
ter weather condition s o fte n p ro
hibit outdoor skating.
S tarting at the end o f January,
there w ill be at least one n ig h t a
week when Kim o and Arianne and
th e ir peers w ill no longer have to
board tw o buses in an h o u r-lo n g
hike across Portland to skate. The
James John School gym w ill be
open fo r ro lle r-s k a tin g on F riday
nights through a mutual agreement
between St. Johns Fair Share, the
P ortland Park Bureau, and James
John School.
Sarah Tichgelaar, president o f St.
Johns Fair Share, estimated the gym
w ill hold between 25 and 40 skaters,
and said there w ill be a m inim um
charge, probably fifty cents, to help
with the maintenance o f equipment.
According to Ms. Tichgelaar, the
opening o f the gym to roller skaters
culminates a year-long effort on the
part o f St. Johns Fair Share to es
tablish roller-skating in the area.
The idea fo r a skating fa c ility
originated w ith Fair Share member
Verdeen E k h o ff, who, in the past,
had served as a volunteer at a skat
ing fa c ility at Portsm outh School,
which closed several years ago.
the tennis courts is "o ve r and above
"T h e re were so many people we
expectations in that a re a ." He ex
had to turn them away,” she recalls.
plained that the present tennis court
“ There’ s nothing fo r kids to do in
surfaces w ould not be appropriate
the w inter tim e. The only activities
fo r skating, and there w ould be a
in this area are the pinball machines
large cost to re-surfacing the flo o r,
and the movie theatre.”
and that the b u ild in g had o n ly
F air Share circulated a p e titio n
enough fire exits fo r the 21 to 25
and collected over a thousand signa
people it is now expected to h old.
tures su pporting the fa c ility . The
C hanging it in to a skating area
group held a p u b lic m eeting, and
w ould bring in a larger num ber o f
sixty persons attended. Later, the
people, and require more fire exits.
organization sponsored a Skate-a-
The group considered eleven
Thon in C olum bia Park, and man
other sites, but they were either too
aged to collect over $200 in spite o f
small, had too many posts, or had
bad weather and the fact that half o f
already been leased, said Eckhoff.
the participants did not collect their
A fte r continual negotiations with
money. A ccording to Ms. E k h o ff
politicians and park bureau execu
and Ms. T ichgelaar, this showed
tives, it was determined that the gym
strong com m unity support fo r the
at James John could be used on F ri
project.
day
nights d u rin g the w in te r
Eleven d iffe re n t sites were con
months.
sidered, but a ll were e ither to o
sm all, had too may posts, or were
“ O ur original intent was to have
already being leased fo r other p u r
something that could be open three
poses, said Ms. Tichgelaar.
nights a week, and we w ould have
The target site fo r the project had
liked to have found som ething the
been the St. Johns Racquet Ball
size o f a skating r in k . ” A t this
p o in t, M s. T ichgelaar claim s the
Center. According to Ms. Tichgelaar,
group's main objective is to “ prove
the racquet center lost $10,000 last
that there is interest.”
year. “ The tennis courts are too ex
Both Ms. Tichgelaar and Ms. Ek
pensive for the people in St. Johns,
h o ff said they are pleased to get the
and there is not enough interest in
use o f the James John gym, but u lti
tennis here,” she said. The group
mately hope for a site that w ill hold
felt that the space would be o f more
a larger number o f skaters.
use to the people o f the community
i f it were turned into a skating rink.
They plan to continue looking for
Rich Gunderson, recreation d iv i
other sites. “ We are not looking at
sion manager for the Portland Park
just the racket center. I f something
Bureau, said the tennis courts are
comes available , we are d e fin ite ly
not losing money, and that use o f
open to it.”
Surplus cheese available to low-income persons
Incom e
Energy
Assistance
Program. To be eligible, individuals
or families must have incomes at or
below 125 per cent o f the poverty
level according to guidelines
established
by
the
federal
government.
S urplus A m erican pasteurized
cheese - about 10 train car loads -
w ill be available fo r distrib u tio n to
low income individuals and families
in early February.
E lig ib ility c rite ra i fo r cheese is
s im ila r to that used in the Low
A three-member fam ily would be
eligible if its income wre $8,838 per
year or less; a single in d iv id u a l
w ould q u a lify i f his incom e were
$5,388 per year o r less. C entral
referral telephone numbers w ill be
published later in January.
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