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<• **•»’. i». ‘ a f t S y c t Ä i ', <iX PTC HM iwJÿrï. December II, 1906 Committed to cultural diversity. Volume XXVI, Number 50 (Die ^ o rtla n h O bserver ■ SECTION HHHMHMMMMMMHMMHMMMHI T h is season. W estern States Chiropractic College invites the public to join them in supporting the Salvation Arm y Harbor Light facility through the W S C C partners in Care program. New and currant patients can receive a free visit Friday, December 13 at the W S C C Campus C lin ic in exchange for a donation o f one o f these items: Disposable diapers, New socks, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Deodorant, Fem inine napkins, Razors, Soap, Rain ponchos, Bottle warmers. To participate in the Partners in Care program, please contact the W S C C Campus C lin ic at (503) 255-6771 to schedule an appointment. The clinic is located at 2900 N F 132nd. and is open from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. by F red H embrv hen one thinks ball-boy, one may picture: A small cute boy clad In team colors, scurrying cross-court after loose basketballs. Its not just boys, and its not that basic. MORE THAN ONE WOULD THINK W The correct term is Ball Attendant. The Observer met with equipment manager and ball attendant supervisor Mark Cashman o f the Portland Trail Blazers. Mark is in his third season with the organization. “ Its (being a ball attendant) more than one would think. ” stated Mark. Ball attending is a bi-gender profession. Unfortunately, only one position exists for young women. This is due to male locker- room privacy issues. Most o f the work is in the locker room. This limits the productive time that can be offered to females. Basic Aid Training ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE GRADE SCHOOL AGED TO SUIT-UP Red Cross w ill offer Basic A id Training at American Red Cross, Oregon Trai I Chap ter 3131 N. Vancouver Ave., Portland. The class w ill be held on two Saturdays, January 11 & 18, from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Basic aid training, a five-hour course, teach es children ages 9 - 12 years how to prevent injuries, respond to emergencies, treat minor and serious injuries, and perform choking and rescue breathing skills. Cost is $20, for more information or to register, call 280-1440. The age range allowed for ball attendants is from fourteen up. In fact Mark worked his way through college as an attendant. The attendant team consists o f fourteen members. They are chosen annually. The prior year members receive tenure. New people are selected for openings left by predecessors. Eight is the average number used for each game. S ix are for reserve purposes. Why so many? This isn’t dodgeball its basketball!, one may state. Well explain. b y Learn About Tutoring Volunteers interested in learning about tutoring in the Winter o f 1997 are invited to an informational coffee: Tues., Jan. 7th, 10:30 am - Noon Wed., Jan. 8th, 1:3 0 pm - 3 :0 0 pm Tues., Jan. 14th, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Wed., Jan. 15th, 10:30 am - Noon Tues., Jan., 21st, 10:30 am - Noon O A S IS (Older Adult Service and Infor mational System) is located on the tenth floor o f the downtown Meier & Frank store. People 55 years or older are teamed with a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade student for weekly sessions. Older Women’s League The Port land Chapter ofthe Older Wom- en's League (O W L ) will hold their annual Holiday Party to which mid-life and older women are invited. Members and guests can bring wrapped presents for homeless and children at the W C A ’s Center. Items can be warm clothing such as mittens, sox, caps, or non-food-stamp items such tooth- paste/brushes, bandaids, shampoo, etc. toys for young children, especially children's pre-school and above books. Located at the Tabor Bldg, 4610 S E Belmont, enter ing from parking lot in the rear; on Decem ber 14, 1996, 10:00 Am to Noon; Bus #15. Free and open to women o f all ages. For information about meeting or O W L , call 721-0848. SUBM ISSIONS: Community Calendar information will be given priority if dated two weeks before the event date. IT ALL STARTS IN THE LOCKER ROOM Yes, the locker room. It one ofthe many responsibilities for the attendants This are of course, is where the players prepare for a game, rest at half time, and prepare for the real world after each game. In addition to serving the Blazers, they are responsible for the opposing teams locker room requirements, as well as the game offi cials. LOTS TO DO ON THE COURT L ee P erlman occupied housing for low-income people. ousing Our Families won the A ll the properties were seized by the county Great Concordia Land Sweap- for non-payment o f taxes. The number o f stakes last week, as Multnomah parcels involved this year was the lowest county awarded it a choice property since the program began in 1992, and reflects over four com peting non-profit corpora the rising value o f land, especially in inner tions. northeast. H The house and lot at 5404 N .E. 27th Ave. was one o f seven properties that the county commission awarded this year under its A f fordable Housing Development Program to groups pledging to create rental or owner- When I’m In Charge Red Cross w ill offer a When I ’m In Charge class at American Red Cross, O r egon Trail Chapter 3131 N. Vancouver Ave., Portland. The class w ill be held on Saturday, January 25, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. When I ’m in charge, a two-hour course, prepares children ages 8 -1 1 years to respond to a variety o f “ home alone” situations and includes role playing, a safe ty quiz and film, and activities that stimu late critical things and discussion. Cost is $12, for more information or to register, call 280-1440. (From left to right) TrailBlazer Ball Boys Andrew Gilbo, Ronnie Geawood, J.R. Shockley, and Thomas Moyer. H lien the buzzer sounds the game play fo r these guys is like this: Lo ck e r room: Two do clean up, laundry duty, and player attending. Home Bench: Three or four get towels, water, and Gatorade. C o u rt: Two for ball retrieval, towels, and garment pick up. Mop duty: Two remove sweat deposited on floor during game for safety. Referee attendant: One gets water, tow els, etc. for the referees. WOW! THAT’S WORK! For all the armchair skeptics, ball atten dants do sweat. O f course, it dose have great fringe benefits. Below is a b rief list: • Looks excellent on a college resume, one gets to look up to (literally) the greatest basket ball players in the world, and cool gear. • In addition to the above, they receive minimum wage pay. That w ill keep the Child Labor Commission at bay for sure. Housing Our Families gets first choice Babysitting Class Red Cross w ill offer a Babysitting class at American Red Cross, Oregon Trail Chap ter 3131 N. Vancouver Ave., Portland. The class w ill be held on two Saturdays, January 18 & 25, from 9:00 a m. to 1:00 p.m. The Red Cross Babysitting class, an eight-hour course, isavailable to youth, 11 years o f age and older, and includes re sponsibilities ofbabysitters. job interviews, child development, infant care, accident prevention, first aid, and what to do in an emergency. Cost is $30, for more informa tion or to register, call 280-1440. B We Do More Than Grab Loose Balls! /IT n m m u n i to MJ^a 1 e n ò a r Chiropractic College Partners in Care Program ,9 > *.» The county’s Bureau o f Community and Fam ily Services favored the Housing Our Families bid for the Northeast 27th Avenue house and lot in the Concordia neighborhood over its competitors. H O F proposed to con- vert the house to a duplex and bu i Id three new units. It promised the most affordable hous ing (all units to rent at $430 to $550 a month), and guaranteed that the housing would re main affordable indefinitely. The bureau rejected proposals for owner- occupied housing on the site by Habitat for Humanity, Metro Community Development Corporation and Northeast Community De velopment Corporation, and a rent-to-own proposal by the Sabin Community Develop ment Corporation. Sabin C D C ’s proposed Affordable rental units/homes D evelopers, financiers, govern rehabilitated single family home and a newly ment officials, neighborhood rep constructed duplex, both for sale. resentatives, citizens and other A ll the rental units offer affordable rents invited guests gathered have recentely and the homes are offered at an average o f opened Franciscan Enterprise of Ore $80,000 each. F E O w ill work with the Port gon's (FEO) most recent project and land Development Commission to fins qual their first to offer home-ownership op ified low-income families interested in own portunities. ing the homes and P D C w ill assist the new T h e p ro je ct, located at 606 N .E . Killingsw orth Court, is centered around six new rental units in two separate triplexes. Flanking the triplexes on either side is a owners with permanent financing. Speaking at the opening, C ity Com m is sioner Gretchen M iller Kafoury commented. “Throughout the K ing Neighborhood you see evidence that Franciscan Enterprise has been at work here. We are grateful for these new apartments and are excited for the new families who w ill own these homes.” The $800,000 project was financed through a Rental Housing Development Loan from the Portland Development Commission, the city’s Bureau o f Housing and Community Development. Partners for the Common Good 2000, M cAuley Institute, developer equity, and a grant from Pacific Gas Transmission Company. Fire totals building by D anny B eei . T he City Center Storage building, at 2 6 0 0 NE M artin Luther King Jr. Blvd, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday, November 30th . The 26,000 square-foot building was esti mated to be a loss o f $200,000 to the structure and $300,000 to the contents. No injuries were reported but police and fire officials had to evacuate a three to four block area. More than 150 firefighters fought the fire. Neil Heesaker, an official for the Portland Fire Bureau said, “ Due to the fact that it was not known whether flammable materials were stored in the building, that the surrounding area had to be evacuated “ As the risk o f explosion diminished, thick black smoke prevented residents from re turning home. Four people had to be provid ed with emergency shelter according to the Red Cross. The blaze sent flames shooting 20 to 30 feet high and black smoke curling more than 100 feet into gray overcast skies. The first alarm was turned in at 10:17am. Saturday, after Storage Manager Llo yd Kaston reported seeing smoke fil I the storage site after he had turned on the electricity. A second alarm was called in at 10:24am, a third by 10:34am, and a fourth alarm at 10:51am. Sixteen engine companies and seven lad der companies sprayed more than 6,000 gal The charred rem ains are all that is left o f the City C en ter Storage building. lon o f water a minute on the blaze. The unusual demand o f water coursing through the pipes caused sediment to stir and conse quently muddied the water for about a ten block radius, which subside about noon. Streets adjacent to the building were blocked o ff until fire inspectors were certain that the fire was stable, opening Monday morning. The 46-year-old building is owned by Angelo Lampus. He said that the site had 3 2 1 storage units and estimated that half the peo- pie renting space were insured. Lampus, 70, said that the building had been in the family since 1921 The building had passed fire inspection in 1991, but the Fire Bureau noted it then as a fire hazard because it lacked automatic fire alarms, sprinkler system, fire walls and fire doors that would be required on today’s structures. A s a result Heesaker said. “The nearest fire station had completed a fire fighting plan that helped during Saturday's fire.” six townhouse units would have rented for $695 a month, and covenants giving the agency right o f first refusal to repurchase the homes at affordable rates would only last for 25 years. Habitat proposed to put only three units on the property, which the bureau felt was not its "highest and best use,” and it had questions about the financing o f N E C D C and Metro’s proposals. ▼ Continued to page A3 Christmas Daij Potluck Free Food For All eeding the hungry and the homeless, “Potluck in the Park” is again joining with the YWCA to host a free Christmas Day dinner. F Food will be served from 1:00 to 4:00 PM Wednesday, December 25 at Port land’s Downtown Y W C A - at t i l l SW I Oth Avenue, between Main and Jefferson Streets. A ll downtown Portland residents - es pecially the homeless, the poor and the elderly - are warmly invited to attend. There will be upbeat piano music. And Santa will be on had to pass out warm hats, gloves, and socks stuffed with soaps, tooth brushes, and Christmas treats. This annual Christmas Dinner Feeds 800-900 people. “ Potluck in the Park" also serves a free meal every Sunday afternoon, beginning at 3:00 PM, in O ’ Bryant Square at SW Park and Washington Streets. The project is staffed entirely by volunteers, who provide most o f the food. Those wish ing to donate food for the Christmas D in ner should call (503) 226-2578. 1000 pairs o f goodie filled socks are being contributed to this year’s Christmas Dinner as a school-wide project o f the Cathedral School in Northwest Portland Cathedral students are contributing all o f the goodies and stuffing socks contributed by Nike. Flyers publicizing the Christmas Dinner are being distributed to downtown low income hotels and apartments by L in coln High School students. For the third straight year, the Y W C A o f Portland is donating the use o f its gym at the downtown Center for the Christmas Dinner Other sponsors include West Coast Productions and Barbur Boulevard Rent als (donating a stage, tables, chairs, and other equipment), and the downtown Marriott (providing staff to cook and carve donated turkeys).
