t H '• *■* * . î. J*» . r. .¿c J • . :•*-«»-<• V' . < # » - . '. U ^ n *< «** .Volume X X V I, Number 25 MMMINN«lNSK3tflBt&¿ M *i m> a nBajWfik’fl Committed to cultural diversity. June 19, 1996 (The ^ o rtía n h (©bseruer SECTION Affordable Housing Bolstered by Regional Focus Introduced in August II Fomaio’s Portland located is the first outside of California. Located at 115 NW 22nd Avenue, the restaurant and bakery opened to the public on April I. Hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. midnight; and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. For restaurant information or reservations, please call 503-248-9400. For additional bakery information, please call 503-248-9500. Summer Sockhop At Pearson Air Museum 50’s & 60’s sock hop featuring Rock n’ Ricky 7 to 12 p.m. June 22, 1996 for more information call 694-7026 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Concert First Presbyterian Church, 4300 Main Street. Featuring pianist Tatjana Balas performing the Piano Concerto # I by Liszt, & will also feature the Cantata Carmina Burana for Solo Voices, Chorus & Orches­ tra. $ 10 general, $8 seniors/students. Tick­ ets available at Beacock’s Music, Runyan’s Jewelers, Reader’s Hallmark & Music Headquarters. The Bill Healy Foundation will present • theCeltic Music Fest 1996intheChampoeg Park Amphitheater on September 14 and • 15, from 11 a m. to 10 p in. “Summer’s Best Pickin’s Come be one of this “Summer's Best I Pickin’s at the 142nd Washington County I Fair and Rodeo, Tuesday, July 30th through Sunday, August 4th Once again you’ll find “Summer’s Best” entertainment, PRCA Rodeo action, food, exhibits and livestock for the whole family. June 28-30, 1996 at Marine Park, Cas­ cade Locks, Oregon. Security provided, J live music , parade starts at 11.00 a.m. on I Saturday, June 2 9 ,1996formore informa- ! tion please call Phil Redlock 503-374- 1 8313 or Port of Cascade Locks 503-374- ] 8619. Shrewsbury Renaissance Fair 14-15 September 1996 in Philomath, Oregon. Application deadline for Perform- j ing Artists, Vendors, Improv Theatre, Reenactors, and Crafters is July 3 1, 1996. I Please call Shrew at 541-929-4897. 1 I Class Of ‘56 Reunion j Jefferson High School Class of 1956 J will have a 40 year reunion picnic at Roslyn j Lake on August 10, 1996 from noon until ] 8:30 p.m For more information, call: Doug Sorenson, (503) 245-7198 or Marlene i (Goebel) Iverson, (503) 690-2037. j SUBMISSIONS: Community Calendar information will be given priority if dated two weeks before the event date. L ee P erlman A One of them, HOST Community Devel­ opment, isjust completing work on its newest project, the Woodlawn Park Place subdivi­ sion. Phase One of the 20 house project on a 64,656 square foot lot at Northeast 15th Avenue and Bryant Street should be avail­ able be mid-August. Last week one of the three-bedroom homes was sold for just under $90,000, according to executive director Howard Nolte. The Woodlawn homes range in price from $89,000 to 97,000 for three bedrooms, com­ pared to $64,000 to $70,000 for houses HOST built in Eliot and King, However, the same structures, built and sold on a for-profit basis, would probably cost $ 125,000 to $ 135,000, Nolte says. “This is the wildest escalation in the real estate market in the history of Portland," he says. He quotes the June issue of Money Magazine as showing that at 5.6 percent, Portland’s housing prices are the fastest- rising of the nation’s 50 largest cities. Since 1990 the median price of homes has nearly doubled, going from $70,000 to $ 130,000. In northeast, where the market has been de­ pressed for decades, the rate of increase is even higher. “People may be frozen out of the opportu­ nity for home ownership forever if they don’t buy now,” he says. Rosem ary Daniels n June 4th 3 0 0 people from the Brooklyn Community - stu­ dents, staff, parents ex-Brook­ lyn students, family and friends said farewell to principal Rosemary Daniels. O ▼ Daniels has been the principal at Brook­ lyn School for the past ten years. Daniels is well loved by the Brooklyn community. They called her “The Star” of Brooklyn. She is noted for greeting all the students by name as well as comments on some­ thing special about each student. The enrollment has increased at Brook­ lyn due to her force to add additional programs to the school,- such as Piaget/ English as second language and the new alternative program (Winter Haven) sci- ▼ Continued to page Continued to page Portland’s African-American F.B.I. Supervisor D an B e i . i . H er demeanor Is pleasant and cordial, and even self-effac­ ing. However this African-American woman is responsible for an important unit in the Portland Federal Bureau of Investigation. She supervises 16 regional and federal agents in the areas of violence, interstate theft, kidnapping and bank robbery. The Grand Rapids, M ichigan native holds a master’s degree in Business Education, and worked various other jobs before com­ ing to the F.B.I. in 1983. Our conversation focused on the area of what pre-requisites are necessary to enter the F B I. and what career opportunities are avai I- able to people of color as well as some of the Joyce Adkins realities for person’s of color in the agency. Dan fie//—What is the entering pay for an agent in the F B I. Joyce Adkins—About 10,000 no wait its changed, some where in the area of about 30,000 now. (Actually according to U.S. Department of Justice statistics the starting salary for an F B I. agent which is catego­ rized as G-10 is entry level $33,762 as of January 1996.) Dan fie//—How did you get involved with the F B I Joyce Adkins—\ came into the Bureau in 1983 steered in this direction by a friend, Andy Metcafc, who was a U.S Marshall in Grand Rapids Michigan Dan Bell—Vl&s he Black also. Joyce Adkins—Yes he was Black. He took me up to the Federal Bureau of Investiga­ tion,.. at that time I thought you had to have a degree in accounting or be a lawyer. But he told me no I had the qualifications, and I applied. Did a little background investiga­ tion of my own. Put in the paper work and I went for it. I came in through the Detroit office my career led me back to Grand Rapids for a short time, to Milwaukie, then Washington DC. Dan Bell— Do you have to take a test, what is the criteria to enter the F B I.? Do you have armed forces, or law enforcement back ground? What do you suggest to some one I4or 15 who want to get into the F B I ? ▼ ” Continued to page A5 JUHETEEHTH CELEBRATED by Steenwheeler Days Festival 300 Say “Farewell” ffordable housing is becoming scarce in northeast Portland, but four non-profit agencies are working to keep the opportunity of se­ curing the American Dream alive. by The First-Ever Bill Healy Foundation : Celtic Music Fest • %rK<