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Committed to cultural diversity.
Volume XXVI, Number 50
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We Do More Than Grab Loose Balls!
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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).