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February 21, 1996
(The jlîurtlaitù (Observer
SECTION
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La I c n t> a r
Breakfast Served
The Fort Vancouver and Hazel Dell
Lions clubs w ill serve pancakes, scram
bled eggs, orange juice and coffee Satur
day and Sunday from 8:30a.m. to 11 a.m.
at the grand opening o f the Water Re
sources Education Center in Vancouver.
Soda, coffee, chili and hot dogs w ill be
served front 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.
For information call (360) 696-8478.
Winter Theater At
PCC Sylvania
The Theater Arts Department o f Port
land Community College w ill perform
"You Can’ t Take It W ith You.” from
Feb. 29 to March 9 at the PCC Sylvania
Campus, 12000 S.W. 49th Ave. Tickets
may be reserved by calling 977-4949
weekdays between I p.m. and 5 p.m.
Free Cooking
Classes
A series o f cooking workshops about
good nutrition on a tight budget for moth
ers-to-be and mothers o f school-aged
children w ill be held weekday afternoons
beginning in early March at the Historic
Kenton Fire House. To registration, call
the Kenton Action Plan at 289-6693 or
the Columbia V illa services coordinator
at 306-5717.
Garden Club
Forming
A garden club is being formed in the
Kenton neighborhood with the intent o f
enhancing the visual livab ility o f the area
and providing home grown fresh pro
duce. To start off, the club w ili partici
pate in the planting o f a new rose public
garden along Interstate Avenue just west
o f the Queen Anne Victorian Mansion.
Call Alta M itchoof at 285-5873 for more
information.
Crisis Training
Given
The Portland’s Women’ s Crisis Line
is offering training for volunteer crisis
intervention counselors. Female volun
teers are needed who are at least 18 years
o f age and committed to ending domestic
and sexual violence. Contact LcAnn
Mederios at 232-9545.
P o r t e d nadveOrlaocJo
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m his rookie as a Harlem Globetrotter, meets Adnan Mashia, a Fernwood Middle School m ^ h t ^ r a d e ^ n n g l v s team 's worldwide
ortland last week. WUhams, a former University o f Oregon and Benson High School basketball star visited three Portland area schools
tate transportation facilities
cluding the north costs. The rest o f regions
suffered at least $64 million in
are reporting over $5.5 m illion dollars in
damages during the recent
additional highway damages," Lulay said.
heavy flooding, according to prelimi
“ Shortline railroadsstatewide suffered $14
nary estimates by Oregon Department
m illion in damages, including $12 m illion
of Transportation engineers.
damage to the Port o f Tillam ook Bay Rail
State Highway Engineer Tom Lulay said
hardest-hit were highways and railroads that
fo llo w rivers in the northwestern part o f
Oregon.
"Northwestern Oregon highways had about
$44.6 m illion in damages, including $33.2
m illion in our Portland metro-area region and
$11.4 m illion from Lane County north, in
road,” Lulay added.
The severe storms also disrupted public
transportation services statewide, as well as
freight and passenger rail services on main
line routes.
"Things are starting to get back to normal
now. Most intercity bus routes arc running
again, and Amtrak trains are getting back to
normal as problems are being corrected.
Freight rail isoperatingon near-normal sched
ules,” Lulay said.
Hardest-hit were transportation facilities
in and around Tillamook, including the W il
son River Highway and U.S. 101; Interstate
84 in the Columbia River Gorge; U.S. 30 on
the lowerColumbia River; and Cascade Range-
highways U.S. 26, U.S. 20, Oregon 22 and
Oregon 224
Several coastal state highways were also
damaged, including Oregon 36, Oregon 126
and others.
The biggest headaches for engineers are
slides that piled thousands o f cubic yards o f
mud, trees and debris on highways and rail
roads, or sinkholes and washouts that made
pavement and tracks simply disappear.
“ W e’ re still assessinggthe damages, so we
believe the total w ill continue to rise as we
make closer inspections," Lulay said.
OD O T reported that mote than 180 sepa
rate road closures or restrictions happened
during the flooding.
A t the peak o f the storm's impact, about
167 highway closures or restricts were in
effect. Transportation emergencies were de
clared on a district-by-district basis.
Hill, A Guest
Of Clinton On
Air Force 1
The Black United Fund o f Oregon
hosts a workshop on building leadership
positions and financial backing for vol
unteer and non-profit organizations. The
forum w ill be held Feb. 28 at 9 a.m. at the
Northeast Police Precinct community
meeting room, 449 N.E. Emerson. Reg
istration is $7.50. Call Artangia Presley
at 282-7973.
O
Family Center
Needs Help
Volunteers to assist in shelter pro
grams working with women and children
are needed at the Volunteers o f America
Family Center. Training is provided. Call
232-6562 lor more information.
Fire House
Cleanup Set
A work party to restore the Kenton
Fire House, 8105 N. Brandon, w ill take
place Saturday, starting at 10 a m. V o l
SUBMISSIONS: Community
( alendar information will he given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
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Flood Damage To Cost Millions
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Community Forum
unteers are asked to bring tools, gloves
and a smile to help restore the landmark
structure.
,P hoto By M ic h a c
Amazing Adventures Of Coco-Kaba
regon State Treasurer Jim Hill arrived back in Oregon
aboard Air Force One last week as part of the official
delegation accompanying president Bill Clinton on
tour of the flood-ravaged Pacific Northwest.
H ill had been attending a meeting o f the National Association o f
State Treasures in Washington, D C . when he was invited by Clinton
to jo in him on his trip to get a firsthand look at the flo<xl damage in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
“ I was very impressed with the level o f specific information the
President and members o f the Cabinet had regarding Oregon and the
impact last week s flooding had on specific communities and on
individuals, Hill.said.
The President seemed particularly moved by stories o f how the
flood had hit ordinary people like the farmers in Tillam ook County
who lost whole dairy herds to flood waters.
It s clear that the federal government w ill provide significant help
to both individuals and government agencies hit by the flood. President
Clinton s presence like this is both reassuring to the region and
indicated the level o f commitment he and his administration have to the
state in this time o f need," H ill said.
H ill was asked to joinC linto n at Portland’ sTom M cCall Park on the
Portland W illamette riverfront where heroic efforts by local govern
ment and community volunteers helped stem the tide o f flood waters
threatening Portland's downtown.
I he Presidents visit is a tribute to those volunteers and the leader
ship at ( ity Hall that met this massive challenge so successfully H ill
said.
H ill had also met earlier in the week with President Clinton at the White
House as part of the meetings he was attending in Washington, D C.
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