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I loliday Event Draws 600
Storm Clean-Up Begins
Portland residents are encouraged to
use existing services to clean-up after the
w ind storm last week and the earlier ice
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storm. Y ard debris can be left at the curb
as part o f regular garbage service, bu, the
lim its o f one can o r bag every other week
have not been expanded. O ther options
include hauling the debris to processing
fa cilitie s fo r a fee and renting drop-boxes
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L eft: Kids from the Beach Elementary
School Choir entertain during the
holiday party with Santa at the
Salvation Army's Moore Street Center.
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and chippers.
Below: Santa gets a reluctant hello
from Manea Charles at the Salvation
Army's Christmas Party in north
Portland.
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Power Restored
To Area
A t the height o f last Tuesday’ s big
w ind storm, nearly 350,000 residents in
Oregon and Southwest W ashington were
w ith o u t power. Portland General E lectric
said it was the w orst damage the ut i I ity had
experienced since the 1962 C olum bus Day
Storm. Hundreds o f crews w orked 18-
hour shifts and by Sunday nearly all ser
vices had been restored.
Shuttle Runs Free
To Airport
To avoid the seasonal tra ffic and park
ing crunch at the airport, T ri-M e t shuttle
buses w ill run free between the Gateway
Transit Center and the a irp o rt through Jan.
2. For inform ation call T ri-M e t at 238-
R ID E.
Furse Supports
Peacekeeping
U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Furse has voted
in fa vo r o f sending men and women o f the
U.S. armed forces to Bosnia to support a
peace plan. She criticiz e d opponents in
Congress who are w illin g to vote fo r huge
appropriations fo r the m ilita ry , but are so
“ u n w illin g to risk fo r peace.”
Seven thousand pounds o f food was
stolen last week from St. V incent de Paul
food donation barrels placed on T ri-M e t
(Photos by Oblna Maxey)
C ora S mith
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fo r being able to sponsor this eve..;,
he Salvation Army’s
g iv in g a g ift to kids who m ight not
Moore Street Center
otherwise receive a g ift fo r C h ris t
in north P ortlan d
mas and sharing a little b it o f the
a ttra c te d long lines love
of o f the Lord.
enthusiastic Santa Claus
The o ffic ia ls said they were
wishers Saturday even in the
happy w ith the turnout and called it
midst of a threatening cold
a “jo y o u s p rivile g e fo r the Salva
day.
tion A rm y .”
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The annual event attracted
The R ile y ’ s met at a Salvation
some 600 eager h o liday p a rtic i
pants to the free com m unity C h rist
mas party fo r children.
A rm y camp program and it was
love at firs t sight. The impressive
M om s, dads, uncles aunts,
brothers, sisters and friends, es
corted their w ishful little offsprings.
The line to be photographed w ith
Santa surrounded the building, how
ever the long w ait was anticipated.
The c u ltu ra lly diverse turnout re
flected the look o f the com m unity.
M oore Street Commanders, Lt.
D oug R ile y and his w ife , L t. C o l
leen R iley, along w ith program d i
rector T im Fuqua, directed w ith
authority, the entire party. Each o f
them expressed their appreciation
couple have 10-m onth-old tw in
sons, N ickolas and Zachary, who
remained home, and who w ill prob
ably receive blocks and books from
Santa this year.
Lt. James W ooten, Salvation
A rm y north and northeast branch
manager, directs youth and young
adult programs. W ooten is the Sun
day youth pastor and is credited
Jefferson H igh School, puppeteers
and dancers, and a dditionally, they
p e rfo rm c o m m u n ity s e rv ic e
projects. For example, the young
volunteers “ rin g the b e lls ” fo r
fundraisers and also provide assis
tance to senior citizens at nursing
homes.
The special holiday program
was highlighted by the Canadian
Brass Quartet, who are vis itin g for
tw o weeks, and the voices o f north
P o rtla n d ’ s Beach E le m e n ta ry
School choir.
A ll o f the youth and West
jo in e d in a m elody o f songs begin
ning w ith “ Santa Claus is Com ing
to T o w n .”
Guest speaker was Portland
Police Lt. D errick Foxw orth o f the
east Com m unity' P olicing Center.
His message projected a com
w ith the creative m in is try “ Safe
W ith a T estim ony" (S W A T ).
The kids in his program get to
mon sense approach to safety. He
to ld th e yo u n g ste rsth a flife isa b o u t
experience the excitem ent o f the
A fr ic a n d ru m s tro u p e fro m
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M ax trains. The theft adds to other losses
o f contributions fo r the agency, including
Salvation A rm y ’ s d o o r-to -d o o r pick-ups
canceled by bad weather and a loss o f
annual donations by S m ith ’ s Home Fur
nishings, w hich went bankrupt.
Duck Fans
Head To Dallas
The U n ive rsity o f O regon’ s appear
ance on N ew Y e a r’ s Day in the 60th
Annual C otton B o w l Classic w ill bring
thousands o f D uck fans to Dallas, Texas.
School o ffic ia ls expect the “ m om ent on
the w o rld stage” w ill translate into long
term benefits fo r the university and the
state o f Oregon.
B attle Leads
To Shutdown
For the second tim e in fo u r weeks, the
federal governm ent closed dow n several
services last weekend after the House
refused to take up necessary appropria
tions b ills. Hundreds o f thousands o f em
ployees were furloughed. Republicans
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gang enforcement unit at the N orth
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Girl Scouts
Prepare
Homeless Meal
Gale force winds did
damage all over the
city last Tuesday,
including knocking
over this tree into the
home of King
Neighborhood
Association
President Fred
Stewart on
Northeast Jarrett
Street. Police Chief
Charles Moose,
another resident of
the neighborhood,
also had a tree
blown down by the
high winds, but
escaped damage to
his home.
even m ore p e o p le w ili b e n e fit.
“ W e re ’ m a k in g sure as m a n y p e o p le as p o s s ib le
k n o w o fa n d s u p p o rt the b re a k fa s t,” L a g o y said “ G irls
(Photo by Michael
Leighton)
s o m e th in g sp e c ia l fo r P il l. ”
F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n , to c o n trib u te o r to v o lu n
n a celebration of giving, area Girl Scouts
are gathering food, clothing and volunteers
for the seventh annual Breakfast for the
Homeless to be held Christmas morning at Pioneer
Courthouse Square from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
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La st ye a r, o v e r 75 g ir ls and th e ir fa m ilie s spent
C h ris tm a s m o rn in g d is tr ib u tin g fo o d and c lo th in g and
v is it in g w ith o v e r I 50 p e o p le T h is ye a r, m a n y G ir l
S cout tro o p s are c o lle c tin g d o n a tio n s o f w a rm c lo th
in g , fo o d and o th e r g ift ite m s and are p la n n in g to once
ag a in spend p a rt o f th e ir C h ris tm a s m o rn in g at th is
y e a r’ s b re a k fa s t.
L in d a L e g o y , c o o rd in a to r o f the e ffo r t, hopes
are h ard at w o rk to m ake sure e v e ry b o d y leaves w ith
were charged by Democrats w ith using the
shutdown as a way to force President
C lin to n into accepting cuts to M edicare.
te e r, c o n ta c t L a g o y o r H e a th e r at the G ir l S cout
S e rv ic e C e n te r at 6 2 0 -4 5 6 7 ,
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