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Portland Landmark Doris’
Cafe Opens It’s New Location
South African Leader
to Visit MYCAP
A distinguished South african
leader will visit the Minority Youth
Concerns Action Program (MYCAP)
this week to learn about grassroots
organizing in northeast Portland. Jo
seph Johannes Marks will talk to staff
and youth at the MYCAP facility Fri
day, April 16 at 1:00 p.m. MYCAP is
located at 4732 N.E. Garfield.
Marks is the chairman of the C ape
Areas Housing Action Committee and
a member ofthe Democratic Party, the
official opposition party in the former
whitcs-only house of assembly of the
South African parliament.
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M ark has been active in the
anti-apartheid politics since 1952.
His prime focus for more than a de
cad e h as been on c o m m u n ity
grassroots organizing. M arks re
quested the visit to MYCAP, a pro
gram that helps gang-related youth
establish productive lives in the Port
land community.
MYCAP director Tim Holt en
c o u ra g e s c u ltu ra l e x c h a n g e s,
“MYCAP is not just a program, it is a
movement to heal the world. Hosting
a meeting such as this is one step in a
series of many in the healing process.”
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Great food, good friends and excellent music created a festive atmosphere for the grand opening o f Doris Cafe at its new location 325 NE
Russell. Pictured are people from the community enjoy dancing to the music provided by Michael Vance B f-Jamin Inc.
Portland Landmark Doris' Cafe
O pens it’s new location for the
community. So Beef it up Pork it
dow n but d o n ’t C hicken out if
you want the greatest BAR-B-Que in
town. Join us in celeb ratin g the
grand opening of DORIS’ Cafe on
Saturday, April 10, 1993 from 12
noon to 4pm The new restaurant is
located at 325 N. E. Russell. Celebri
ties, the community and the media
is invited to mix it up for this lip
sm ackin’ occasion. T here will be
free ribs, live music, giveaways and
dancin’ in the street to the sounds
of some of Portland’s best deejays.
ROSIE DEAN And Jewel Thomas,
o w n ers, o p e n e d D O R IS C A FE ,
Sept 1987. Since then, DORIS’ CAFE
has becom e a la n d m a rk From
Botswana to NEW York, word of
mouth travels fast making DORIS’
CAFE a must for everyone from na
tio n al re c o rd in g a rtists, L uther
Vandross, Bobby Brown, The touring
company of “Fences” , and The Port
land Blazer. The guest list includes
many notable celebs, politicians, com
munity leaders and the everyday folk
who lend their support and swear by
the food at DORIS’!, most celebrated
rib joint in Portland SO JOIN US
SATURDAY, APRIL 10,1993 FROM
12 NOON TO 4PM FOR THE BEST
SOUL FOOD EXTRAVAGANZA IN
TOWN!!!!
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“Christian Women Against
Crime (CWAC) Third
Annual Awards Banquet”
Proposed Budget Emphasizes Security, Innovative Service
The Tri-M et Board of Directors
reviewed a proposed budget for next
fiscal year that calls for an increased
focus on security, improved customer
se rv ic e , e x p a n d e d se rv ic e , an d
Westside MAX construction
Reflecting the agency’s em pha
sis on improved customer service, the
proposed budget provides for signifi
cantly more bus service, additional
telephone operators, a n d a $ l million
security package including more po
lice officers, Park & Ride fencing and
lighting.
Next year’s budget also enables
Tri-M et to comply with the Federal
Clean Air Act, Americans with Dis
abilities Act and mandatory drug test-
ing
T he $134 m illio n p ro p o sed
operating budget, a 9% increase
ftomeurrent year, represents T ri-Met's
aggressive efforts to meet the chal
lenges of a rapidly-grow ing region
It projects a 3% increase in passenger
revenues resulting from expected
ridership growth. Employer payroll
tax revenues, which make up about
tw o-thirds o f T ri-M ct’s operating
funds, are projected to increase 7.#%.
No fare increase is scheduled for FY
94.
The $80 million proposed capital
budget dem onstratesTri-M et ’s strong
commitment toexpanding sc rv iccand
making transit more convenient for
customers. Priority capital expendi
tures include: new buses and shelters,
bus priority signal projects, additional
Park & Ride spaces, telephone im
provements and more vehicles for the
existing MAX line.
Proposed budget
As Tri-M et enters the first year of
Westside MAX construction, the Light
Rail Construction Fund provides for
38 new positions, a down payment for
low-floor light rail vehicles for the
Westside line and work on the three-
mile tunnel through the West Hills.
Funds are also in place for engineer
ing work on the MAX extension to
Hillsboro An aggressive Traffic M an
agement Plan is also included to keep
traffic moving on the Sunset Highway
during rail and road construction
Tri-M et implemented a 3.25%
service increase last Septcm bcr-the
largest increase in 10 years This fall,
a 5% increase is proposed, which
means more than, 1,700 additional
hours of bus service a week New
service includes demand-responsive
buses in outlying area like Sunnyside
Corridor and Columbia South Shore,
extra buses in the Sunset Corridor
during Westside MAX construction,
and shuttle to keep inner N.E. Port
land moving duringblazcr Arena con
struction
Population grow th mcansTri-Met
must move in a new direction, beefing
up service and capturing more riders
in order to reduce congestion and keep
the air clean, explained Tri-Met Gen
eral M anager Tom Walsh. “We sim
ply must find innovative and creative
ways to serve the growing region.
Most of the growth is occurring in the
suburbs, where car travel is sky rocket
ing compared to transit use. This bud
get reflects our efforts to help preserve
the region’s livability by reversing
that trend,” Walsh said.
He added that expansion at this
level during the next year, FY 95,
would only be possible with a new
revenue source dedicated to transit A
transportation funding package, pro
posed by the Oregon Transportation
Commission, is currently before state
legislators in Salem The proposed
FY 94 operating budget includes 95
new positions. Walsh told the board
that nine positions are needed for bus
main'.cnancc.and 36 additional full
time bus drivers arc needed to prov ide
new serv ice planned forthis fall Forty-
one additional rail personnel arc nec
essary to maintain the existing Eastsidc
rail line and begin training mainte
nance workers for Wcstsdic MAX
On April 21, the board will re
ceive a report from the six-member
Citizens Advisory Committee on the
Budget, which has monitored devel
opment of the budget since December.
After reviewing the budget over the
next three weeks, the board is ex
pected to vote on the approval of the
budget at its regular m eeting at
3:30pm, April 28, in Room C of the
Portland Building. A public hearing
will be held before the vote.
New In-State
Dialing Plan
Begins
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Dr. Lonise Vias
Christian Women Against Crime,
Inc. (CWAC) announced Thursday,
Effectiv e Sunday , Oregon phone May 13, 1993 as the date of their 3rd
users can now dial “ 1" plus “503" and annual aw ards banquet, "Commitment
the seven-digit telephone number on To E xcellence’’The banquet is sched
in-state long distance calls. It’s the uled for 7:00pni at the Governor Hotel
first step to making more telephone
prefixes available to nice, future tele
communications growth in the state
The new dialing plan, approved
Tom Farber of Gresham has been
last year by the Oregon Public Utility
named an agent in the Country Com
Commission.applics to all long dis
panies Gresham Agency
tance calls within the "503” area code.
The Country Companies arc a
Currently, customers dial “ 1 ” plus the g ro u p o f c o m p a n ie s p ro v id in g
seven-digit number on in-state long insurance products and services.
distance calls On July 11 long dis As a C ountry C om panies agent,
tance calls within the state will re Farber is able to provide for all
quire dialing “ 1" plus the “503 area th e in su ra n c e n eeds o f area
code to be completed by telephone residents by offering life. Auto,
Ballroom, SW 10th at Alder.
The key note speaker is Dr. Lonise
Bias, National Lecturer Against Sub
stance Abuse. Dr. Bias is the mother
o fth e late Len Bias, the University of
Maryland basketball player, who died
on June 19,1986, only three days after
being drafted by the Boston Celtics.
“ We are so pleased to have Dr
Bias bringing her message of hi pe to
the community and Portland," says
Alberta Phillips, Executive Director
of Christian Women Against Crime,
Inc.
Dr. Matthew Prophet and Dr.
Myra Rose, Principal of Grant High
school arc H onorary C o-C hairs.
Awards will be presented in the areas
of education, team work, community’
and public serv ice
Christian Women Against Crime
(CWAC) was established in 1985 to
address problems in the community
For information regarding banquet
reservations, call 282-1316.
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Gresham Resident Named Country
Companies Agent
company switching computers
ity Income and Commercial insur
ance
Farber attended Portland Com
munity College. He is a member and
previous program chairman of the
International association of Arson
Investigators
Farber will s e n e clients from .he
Country Companies office at 1107 NE
Home, Farm, Ranch, Health, Disabil- Burnside, Gresham
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