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C om m itted to cultural diversity.
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Al’Hli 2. 1997
Straight Talk With
Derek McGint
Negro Leagues
'Living Legends'
Pamplin Conducts
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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”