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1 î -a.^ J»?* .**•> < <; - . » • -,. . , t «¿«2t j» ¿4»'’* *3? V o lum e X X V II, N um ber 13 C om m itted to cultural diversity. . Al’Hli 2. 1997 Straight Talk With Derek McGint Negro Leagues 'Living Legends' Pamplin Conducts ’ "•n it Derek McGinty' hosts a look at the science o f romance in Chemistry o f Love. The event demonstrated ongoing support for contributions to the African American community. summit See Arts & Entertainment, page A3. • j £- 5* . ' V , ‘r* '• ''* » . '• - ■>•:;•• See Sports, page A 7. e B i. (The ^lortianh (O bsem r H H H H H I THE i n Healthy kids go to hospital REVIEW in 13 \ ' i r i> i H Clinton seeks liquor TV ad ban Mutual accusations in mideast Rather than resolving their differences, Israel and the Palestinians are drifting farther apart amid escalating violence. Two Palestinians were killed in blasts today in the Gaza Strip. Israel says the blasts were botched suicide bombings by Arab extremists aimed at Jewish school children. The Palestinians concede that one o f the dead men blew him self up, but say the other man was killed by a bomb or grenade thrown from an Israeli jeep. Are banks gouging consumers? Vancouver, listens to heart of Ashley Long. 4 1 /2 . of Northeast Portland at Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital's Healthy Kids Fair Saturday. March 29. 199 7. Photo by Nell He„ pern The meters are coming, the meters are coming! US Immigration law tak es effect A federal appeals court ruling today has allowed a new law cracking down on illegal imm igration to go into effect. This comes one day after a federal judge in Washington issued an order delaying implementation until Saturday because the government had failed to give ad equate notice o f new rules. Cronkite Has Heart Surgery Legendary U.S. newsman W a lte r Cronkite underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery today in New York. An assistant to Cronkite says the surgery on the 80-year- old former CBS anchorman was successful and he is recovering at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center. HIV Prevention Act opposed The National M inority AIDS Council i N M AC ), a national H IV /A ID S organiza tion for communities o f color, opposes the H IV Prevention Act o f 1997,” introduced on March 13,1997 by U.S> Representative Tim Cobum, (R-OK), in a press conference held on Capitol H ill. The provisions o f the bill include: The establishment o f a na tional H IV reporting program, partner no tification, H IV testing o f sexual offenders. and non-consensuai H IV testing. EDITORIAL........... ...... A2 HEALTH................ ...... A4 FAMILY................... ...... A5 SPORTS................ ...... A7 METRO.................. ...... B I RELIGION.............. ...... B2 ARTS & ENT.......... ..... B3 TECHNOLOGY...... ...... B4 CLASSIFIEDS........ ...... B7 undreds of children went to the hospital Saturday, but they were all healthy. Legacy Emanuel Children’ s I lospital con ducted a “ Healthy Kids’ Fair," a time to celebrate Easter and to become fam iliar with the hospital as a friendly place — before they ever have the need to be there as a patient. I he children scurried from one display to another, and then to special locations for various events. Some youngsters brought their favorite teddy bears in need o f "medical attention.” The friendly experts at theTeddy BearClinic sat at several tables in one room, mending worn seams and replacing missing noses and eyes. Other chi Idren enjoyed watch ¡ng the gooey plaster strips o f cloth being wrapped around their fingers, then proudly walked around a large lobby sporting their personal finger casts. Scales were climbed upon for height and weight measurements. Stethoscopes were lifted to ears and to each other’ s chests for a listen to thumping heartbeats. President Clinton is asking federal regu lators to examine ways to prevent adver tisements for hard liquor from appearing on television. C linton deeision to ask the Federal Communieations Commission to look into the matter follow s the distilled spirits industry’s decision to end its nearly half-century-long voluntary ban on such advertising. A consumer watchdog group says U S. banks are gouging consumers with extra fees for using automated teller machines. At issue are controversial fees averaging $1.15 charged to consumers using an A T M at a bank other than their own. That fee is added to the fee most consumers already pay their own banks for using another bank’ s machine. Banks defend the fees, claiming the money helps pay for A T M s in new locations. l l i n r t io 11 ii bv L ee P eri män available for short transactions. oming this summer to the Lloyd Ihe Broad way-We idler Corridor w ill not Center area together with new receive meters for now because merchants transit service that may include fear they w ill drive customers away. How a Fareless Square for MAX, restricted ever, all spaces that do not have time limits parking for Northeast Broadway and w ill receive them, and there w ill be two Weidler streets, permit parking for the parking deputies who w ill patrol the area neighborhoods to the north and east lu ll time. (Right now, two deputies patrol and some apartments in the area, and special nighttime permit-parking-only areas near the Rose Quarter and Lloyd Cinemas. C U _______________ __ And. to top it all off, $375,000 in new revenues for interest groups to fight over. I he meter district proposal w ill go to City Council tor a public hearing sometime in May. for implementation in August or Sep tember Why? C ity policies and zoning designate the Lloyd District as part o f the Central City, an extension o f downtown. As such, city goals call for it to absorb major new development that would bring 15.000 new employees and 5.000 new residents into the area in the next 20 years; the 16-story Liberty Mutual tower now under construction at Northeast Sev enth Avenue and Holladay Street, and the 202-unit Lloyd Place Apartments at N orth east 15th Avenue and Weidler Street, are just the tip o f the iceberg. The area can't absorb all this i f everyone drives to the area and parks on the street. Already, merchants complain that commut ers leave no place for their customers to park. Accordingly, the Portland Office o f Trans portation plans to install about 1600 parking meters this summer in the area bounded by Northeast 15th Avenue and Weidler Street, the Willamette River and the Banfield Free way. Most w ill be for five hours, making it possible (though inconvenient and expen sive) for people who have to to continue to park on the street all day. Some w ill be for two hours, to ensure "turnover.” A few w ill be for 15 minutes, near busi nesses such as cleaners that want such spaces i ... the city fears many workers will try to park in the adjacent Eliot, Irvington and Sullivan’s Gulch neighborhoods. Therefore, the city is proposing to set up permit parking districts in parts of these areas. ------------------------- 9? everything on the east side from St. Johns to Lents.) The Lloyd District Transportation Man agement Association, a non-profit organi zation. is working with Tri-M et to get better transit service to the area. Several lines that now go to the Rose Quarter w ill have a stop at Northeast Seventh Avenue and M ult nomah Street, according to T M A 's Rick W illiam s. A new Annual Pass w ill give employees unlimited transit service for $100 a year, or $8.50 a month, provided that employers buy one for all their workers. I f Tri-M et sells 3.000 such passes they w ill add two new bus routes to Southwest Portland, according to W illiam s; i f they sell 9,000 th ey'll add a direct route to southeast. Even so, the city fears many workers w ill try to park in the adjacent Eliot, Irvington and Sullivan’ sGulch neighborhoods. There fore, the city is proposing to set up permit parking districts in parts o f these areas. Residents and workers within the district w ill be allowed to buy permits for $ 15 a year that w ill let them park on the street all day: everyone else w ill be limited to two hours. Many o f these same residents have for years complained about Rose Quarter pa trons parking in front o f their homes. For this reason, the city is looking at a special permit district operating from 6 to I I p.m. every night, during which time non-permit holders could not park on the street at all A third permit program would allow ten ants in Lloyd District apartments with no off-street parking to park for free at meters within two blocks o f their homes. A ll this was put together by a committee consisting of representatives of city bureaus, large and small businesses, and neighbor hood associations. After a year o f discus sions they have agreed on most issues with one predictable exception: money. A fter paying o ffth e initial cost, the meters are expected to generate $375.000 a year in profits. Ihe Irvington Community Associa tion takes the position that only because o f the meters would they need permit parking, and that therefore they should be offered to residents free, with meter revenues paying the cost. Business and city representatives feel the best use for the money, and the area o f greatest impact, is the Lloyd District. They also argue that i f permits are too easy to get, th e y 'll be sold on the black market. W ill people try to park all day at Lloyd Center’ s new lot. Steve Barnhouse o fL Io y d Center says the mall w ill step up its security, put warning notices on cars that park in the lot for more than four hours and. as a last resort, tow away chronic violators They w ill not charge for use o f the lot. he said, because the equip ment involved along would cost about $1 m illion . Several children decorated Easter bags, hunted for eggs in special planters and had photos taken with the Easter bunny. Some hopped aboard a Life Flight heli copter to learn how patients are rapidly taken from accident scenes and other places to the hospital. Other stops included poison prevention information, baby basics, and anesthesia equipment. Meters not well recieved in L i i l’ i H ki xi \ \ ow is the public reacting to news of the Lloyd District parking meters? So far, not very well. Ihe Portland O ffic e o f Transporta tion recently conducted a m ail survey o f residents and w orkers in and near the Lloyd Center 252 people responded to the 7500 surveys mailed out. O f these a large m a jo rity said they d id n ’ t like meters, c o m p la inin g that they w ould “ destroy the character o f the area" and “ make it too much like dow n to w n." On the other hand, there was strong support fo r perm it parking d is tricts, as there has been at meetings o f the E liot and S u lliva n 's Gulch neigh borhoods Those who responded were sharply divided over whether the area's new bike lanes were a good or bad thing. At a pair o f meetings the c ity held on March 20 there seemed to be vague disgruntlem ent w ith the proposal, al though not strong opposition to it. Only about a dozen o f ihe 60 people who attended offered testimony. State representative Joanne Bowman said the area now is a "perfect com m u nity. You can walk to any kind o f a c tiv ity you want to - or d riv e ." She added. "E very tim e I go to a meeting people who live here are vocal about not w ant ing to have to pay to park in front o f their house, or to go to the store, yet I keep hearing that the plan is m oving forward I keep hearing that the deci sions are being driven by the c ity and big business." n contrast, Otis Perry said he fa vored meters, but that they should oper ate only five days a week "E ven though this is the central business d is tric t, it's s till not dow ntow n.” he said " I ’ d like to think I come to v is it and shop on w eekends”
