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T he P ortland O bserver • J anuary
P age
20, 1993
Terminated Urban Homestead Program Aided
192 Portland Families; Other PDC Housing
Programs Bolstered By New Federal Funds
It w as a program that turned the w hich continues to operate. T he m a
A m erican dream into reality for many jo r difference: a three year residency
requirem ent rather th an the five-year
low -incom e Portlanders.
T he U rban H om estead Program , requirem ent under the elim inated pro
a federally-funded effort adm inistered gram .
Also at the January 20 m eeting,
locally by the P ortland D evelopment
C o m m is s io n
(P D C ),
m ad e the Com m ission voted on acceptance
hom eow nership possible for 192 Port o f$ 1 .2 m illion in U.S. D epartm ent o f
land fam ilies w ho otherw ise could not H ousing an d U rban D evelopm ent
funds to im plem ent P D C ’s affordable
have afforded their ow n homes.
T h at num ber is the final tally housing program s. PDC receives its
PD C staff w ill provide in its conclud HUD funding in the form o f C om m u
ing report on the program at the nity D evelopm ent Block G rants ad
C om m ission’s m onthly m eeting Janu m inistered through the City ’s Bureau
ary 20th. The program upgraded neigh o f C om m unity D evelopm ent (BCD).
borhoods by acquiring vacant homes T his w ill be PDC ’ s 18th year contract
an d transferring ow nership to quali ing w ith BCD to deliver affordable
fied hom esteaders who com m itted to housing to Portlanders.
A n ad v erse O reg o n S uprem e
rehabilitating the hom es-w ith the help
o f PD C hom e repair loans-and live in C ourt ruling last year on urban re
new al bonds, w hich were the source of
them for five years.
T he pro g ram ’s final report of 70% o f P D C ’s funding, d id not affect
the H ome R epair, P ortland H om e
fered this profile o f the program:
* 192 vacant and derelict proper stead or Rental R ehabilitation pro
ties in the City w ere acquired and gram s. PD C is the C ity’s urban re
newal, housing an d econom ic devel
rehabilitated.
* A verage hom eow ner income opm ent agency.
“T here has been som e concern
w as $15,000
* A verage m onthly paym ent for expressed about PDC housing pro
gram s, but they are federally funded
th e hom es was $250
* 53% o f the hom eow ners were and do not rely on urban renewal
financing as other PDC program s do,”
w hite; 37% A frican-A m erican
* 46% were female heads ofhouse- said A cting H ousing D irector Neyele
holds; 51% w ere m inority fem ale H unter. “ I w ant to assure our clients
and loan customers that w e have money
heads o f households
E lim ination o f the program does to lend and have new program s in
not end hom esteading in Portland. place to help P o rtlan d ’s neighbor
T h e City form ed a com panion Port
land H om estead Program in 1989,
hoods.”
PDC will be im plem enting HUD ’ s
M rs. R obert Brophy (Linda)
761-1523
2605 SE 145th #11
Portland, O R 97236-2650
M rs. K eith Fry (Iris)
4724 N E 90th Ave.
Portland, O R 97220
252-4708
M l Hood C om m unity College
celebrates H ealth A w areness W eek
Jan. 25-28 w ith a health fair and three
health forum s.
T he H ealth F air will be held Jan.
2 5 -2 6 ,1 0 a.m . - 2 p.m ., in the Tow n
and G ow n ro o m . T he them e o f the fair
wi 11 be “W alk In to a W orld of W ellness,
“ and is intended to offer som ething
for ev ery o n e’s health interests and
needs. T opics w ill range from drug/
alcohol abuse and recovery, to co n
quering fear, to healthy diets and
lifestyles.
A variety o f exhibits w ill provide
inform ation ab o u t local health re
sources, interests, activities and p ro
viders. D aily door prizes w ill be draw n
including a three-m onth health -club
m em bership, a cookbook, a m onths
supply o f vitam ins and free body fat
testing. All attendees will be eligible
for the draw ings.
O ther offerings w ill include free
food sam ples, $7 cholesterol screen
ings, and $5 body fat testing using the
bio-electrical im pedance m ethod. A
OES Pre-School/
Kindergarten
Visitation Day Set
F am ilies seeking adm ission to
O regon Episcopal School for pre-kin
dergarten and kindergarten age ch il
dren w ill have an opportunity to visit
the School, meet teachers and be in
volved in activities on Saturday, Janu
ary 30. A pplications m ust be subm it
ted by January 28. Please Call OES at
246-7771 for additional inform ation
or application packets.
"All progress is precarious
and the solution of one problem
brings us face to face
w ith another problem ."
Tom Hopkins’
’’Competitive Edge Selling”
How to:
Out-Think
Out-Perform and
Out-Produce
the Competition
February 8, 1993
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Holiday Inn Portland
Airport & Trade Center
1-800-486-7586
Call for details
Hw />cn/ i'CA'ii/pr
A dvertise in the O bserver
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4 p.m.
For more in fo rm atio n , contact:
Harry Lenhart, PDC, 823-3296.
For Homestead inform ation, con
tact: Frances W alker, PDC, 823-3412
MHCC Hosts Health Fair
And Forums
Notice
G irls P olytechnic, Jam es M onroe,
W ashington-M onroe
A lum nad Assn.
55th A nnual High School Reunion
Them e
“T he S chool W e L eft B ehind”
E vent
A nnual R eunion D inner
D ate
A pril 1 2 ,1 9 9 3 (2nd M onday)
P lace
O ur Lady O f Sorrow s School
5239 S.E. W oodstock Blvd.,
Portland
Tim e: 5:00pm - Social H our
D oors open at 5:00pm
6:30pm - B uffet D inner
Price: $9.50 per person
Paid advance reservations m us
be received by A pril 5 ,1 9 9 3 .
N o tickets at door due to
lim ited sealing.
Dues: $1.50 yearly alum nae
m em bership
Total $ 11.00.
W elcom e: All form er students &
faculty o f girls Polytechnic High
School, escorts & friends.
A dults only.
Inform ation:
M .C. H eyerm ann (M arti)
774-8814
5933 SE H arney St.
Portland, O R 97206
HOM E Investm ent P artnership Pro
gram , w hich will fund deferred pay
m ent loans and 3% neighborhood
housing loans for the rehabilitation
o f o w n er-o ccu p ied sin g le fam ily
homes; rental housing developm ent
loans for non-profit organizations
developing affordable rental hous
ing; and deferred paym ent renova
tion loans for ow ners for rental prop
erties w ho agree to provide afford
able rents for a mi nim um o f five years
in designated neighborhoods.
The P ortland H om estead Pro
gram will continue acquiring vacant
homes in need o f repairs and tran s
f e r r in g th e m to lo w -in c o m e
Portlanders. T his year the program
w ill renovate 30 vacant properties for
new hom e ow nership, there is a one
tim e $500 paym ent applied to taxes
an d insurance in tran sferrin g the
property and the average m onthly
paym ent is $375.
PDC offers groups ofH om estead
hom es periodically throughout the
year at H om estead O pen Houses. In
terested homeowners visit each home,
an d due to the popularity o f the pro
gram , place their nam es in a random
draw ing w hich selects the owners.
Seven hom es w ill be offered at the
next H om estead O pen House sched
uled for Sunday, January 24 from 1-
‘
variety o f health-related organizations
will be represented including W hole
som e and Hearty Foods and Bungy
masters. A variety o f cam pus club
representatives w ill provide health in
form ation as well.
Jan. 26-28, selected guest speak
ers will facilitate free H ealth Forum s,
n oon-1250p.m ., in the M H CC C oun
se lin g C o n fe re n c e R oom (R oom
2162). On T uesday, Jan. 26, Scot
Skagerberg from Body Basics will
address the topic “Perm anent Fat Loss:
T he M issing L ink.” O n W ednesday,
Jan.27, Jan B arry-G ertz from Psycho
logical Services C enter will discuss
“C ritical T hinking A bout S tress M an
ag e m e n t” O n T hursday, Jan. 28, Chris
Johnson from the M ullnom ah County
HIV O utreach Project will present
“EtO H (alcohol) + Sex = A Very
W orrisom e E quation!” Johnson d is
cusses the role alcohol plays in the
spreading o f H IV /A ID S.
F o r m o re in f o r m a tio n c a ll
M H C C ’s H ealth and W ellness Center
at 667-7600.
An American Ceremony
“Ring out the old, ring in the new."
These traditional New Year’s words
lake on special significance in 1993,
as Americans welcome Bill Clinton as
our 42nd president on Jan. 20.
That dale heralds one of our
nation’s few bows to pomp, pageantry
and spectacle — the inaugural
ceremony.
America’s first president, George
Washington, was inaugurated on April
30, 1789. The ceremony was simple.
Washington took the 35-word oath re
The U.S. Capitol building decorated for the Bicentennial Presidential
quired by Article II, section 1, of the
U.S. Constitution to “preserve, protect Inaugural ceremony in 1989,
and defend the Constitution of the inaugural speech, both personally each incoming president has put his
United States.” He then delivered his and professionally, was given by personal stamp on the proceedings.
inaugural address — a ritual that is still William Henry Harrison in 1841. His Over the years, ancillary events such
the heart and soul of our present-day speech — the longest on record at as balls, parades and special programs
nearly 8,500 words with a two-hour reflecting the style of the incoming
inaugural ceremony.
The inaugural address is the new delivery time — was deemed “appall administration have become a standard
president’s first opportunity to share ing” by his friend Daniel Webster. part of the fanfare.
Teddy Roosevelt wore a ring con
his vision of the country’s future with It also cost the president his
taining
a lock of Abraham Lincoln’s
the American public. Most Americans, life. Harrison delivered the speech
hair,
Jimmy
Carter walked the length
in
frigid
weather
without
the
benefit
young and old, are familiar with
the more stirring presidential ad of a coat, hat or gloves. He caught of the parade route to show his com
dresses. Franklin Delano Roosevelt pneumonia and died within a month munion with the people, and George
Bush introduced a “George to George”
was able to infuse a Depression-weary of his inauguration.
theme to his 1989 inaugural — which
Chances
are
Harrison
would
not
public with hope through his words,
happened to be the 200th anniversa
have
been
speaking
outside
if
it
had
"the only thing we have to fear is fear
itself.” And John F. Kennedy’s rous not been for Henry Clay. The inaugu ry of George Washington’s first in
ing call of "ask not what your country ral ceremony was held indoors — in augural. Flags, seals and music of
can do for you — ask what you can the chamber of the House of Repre Washington’s era were prominent in
do for your country” is one of the most sentatives — until 1817, when Clay, the festivities, and Bush took his oath
memorable lines of any presidential speaker of the House, refused to allow of office on Washington's Bible.
This Jan. 20, the Clinton admin
the senators to bring their “undemo
inaugural address.
istration
will have the opportunity
Less-than-successful inaugural cratic” plush chairs into the House
to
present
its style and vision to
chamber
for
the
swearing-in.
President
speeches include Franklin Pierce’s
the
nation.
And as we look to the
James
Monroe
ended
up
delivering
vain attempts to be heard over a howl
ing blizzard in 1853 and Rutherford B. his inaugural address from the steps of new year, we will, as Americans
Hayes’ equally vain attempts in 1877 the U.S. Capitol building, where it is have done for the past 204 years,
look to our president with hope for a
to drown out boos and catcalls held today.
bright future. 1,1
While
the
oath
and
speech
have
provoked by his disputed election to
remained
inaugural
constants,
the
the presidency.
Probably the most disastrous ceremony has evolved over time, and C 1992, PM Editorial Services
MLK Blvd.
Business
Notice
MLK Blvd. B usiness Improve
m en t A sso c ia tio n a n n o u n c e s its
agenda for 1993. A ccording to T ho
mas Boothe, ch airm an o f the associa
tion, the priorities o f im plem entation
are as follows:
Priority I - T he aassociation has
already begun to establish a public
safety program for the northeastern
section o f M LK Jr. Blvd.
Priority II - T he association will
prov ide business aw areness classes to
citizens o f Portland. E nrollm ent starts
February 1,1993. Classes will be con
ducted evenings for the convenience
o f those who are at w ork or school
during the day. For more inform ation
call 288-8569.
Priority III - T he association will
develop an incentive program to help
im prove and attract new business to (
the MLK Blvd. corridor.
T he association w ishes to thank
those w ho have given us their vote o f j
C e le b ra te D iv e r s it y
Together as friends and neighbors let’s
embrace our similarities while
honoring our differences.
I
confidence.
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and 9 ■ 4 on Saturday
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Drapery Cleaning
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We Specialize
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& Leather Goods
Catlin Gabel
School
Announces Joint
Admissions
Testing For
Grades 6-12
Students seeking adm ission to
grades 6-12 for the ‘9 3 -’94 school
year to either OES or C atlin G abel are
required to sit for adm issions testing.
The first adm issions testing session is
scheduled for Saturday m orning, F eb
ruary 6, on the O es Cam pus.
A dm issions applications m ust be
subm itted prior to the testing date.
Please call the OES A dm issions O f
fice at 503-246-7771 for m ore infor-
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Plants. Balloons
Fruit Baskets
Complete Wedding Service
Cal & Marva Mitchell
Owners
6800 NE MLK Blvd
Portland, Or 97211
(503) 289-6346
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Share our common
goal to affimi and
uphold the rights of
all citizens to pursue
their lives with dignity
and respect.
B e in fo r m e d ,
G e t in v o lv e d ,
S a y s o m e th in g .
S T A N D LJP
PORTLAND
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PCC Announces
Financial Aid Forms
for 1993-94 Now
Available Applications for
federal financial aid to
attend Portland Community
m atton.
Toll-free Lines To
Department Of
Revenue
Available
'FLOWERS''
& More
7
T axpayers w ith questions abuot
filling out their income tax returns
can call the D epartm ent o f Revenue
toll-free. These lines are open 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week and have recorded
inform ation about taxes. You can also
reach departm ent staff weekdays from
College for the 1993-94 school
year are now available in the F in an
cial Aid offices at Sylvania, C ascade,
and Rock C reek cam puses, and the
Southeast Center.
The academ ic year begins sum
m er term 1993 and ends w ith spring
term 1994.
C orbett G ottfried, director o f F i
nancial Aid at PCC, said, “W e en
courage students and potential stu
dents to apply now to be considered for
m axim um assistance."
A p p lic atio n s rec eiv e d b efo re
8am to 5 pin
M arch 1 will be considered for m axi
These lines will be open through
m um financial assistance. T hose re
April 29 ,1 9 9 3 T he phone num ber in
ceived later are handled on a first-
Portland is 243-2833. Spanish speak
com e, first-serve basis.
ers can call 373-0876 and leave a
Please pick up an application at a
message. A staff m em ber will call
cam pus close to you. You may call the
them back
following Financial Aid offices for
T he TD D num ber is 373-1826.
m ore inform ation:
T his is not for voice use
Sylvania — 244-6111, ext. 4394;
Cascade
— 244-6111, ext. 5278;
PORTLAND OBSERVER
Rock
C
reek
- 244-6111, ext.
'The Eyes and Ears ol the CommuntY"
Office: (503)288-0033
Fax#: (503)288-0015
7216;
Southeast -- 244-611 l.e x t. 6254.
Portlander
Recognized For
Service To Youth
O n January 26, 1993. Rebecca
Black, founder o f a non-profit o rg an i
zation dedicated to rc-connccti ng Port
land gang m em bers to the com m u
nity, will receive the 1993 N ational
C h ild L ab o r C o m m ittee (N C L C )
Lew is H ine Award for Professional
Service to young people
Black will receive $1,000 from
th is year’s Award C hairm an, Paul
Allaire. Black, w ho w as nom inated
for the aw ard by Portland M ayor J.E.
Bud Clark, began her work w ith gang
m em bers shortly after the city’s initial
bout w ith gang violence in 1988
Shortly after establishing a job-
referral desk at a P ortland neighbor
hood center. Black created the n o n
p ro fit youth o rg a n iz a tio n O reg o n
O utreach, Inc. (OOI). T hrough O O I,
black began forging collaborations to
prov ide services for dropouts and youth
involved in gangs or the legal system.
Black says, “ 1 see children w ho
need us to do som ething now If old
m ethods do not work, we must dare to
m ake fools of ourselv es by trying new
things, w hich may or may not work.
O u r youth have not been lost to us;
they are ju st w aiting for us to help "
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