J une 25, 1997 • T he P ortland O bserver
P age B4
BEAVERTON GETS READY TO PARTY!
Lou
Rawls
stars
Curtis Salgado brings the b lu es
to life Friday, Ju n e 2 7 at 1 0
Safer neighborhoods
sought by president
Officer next door program offering police 50
percent discounts on housing
President Clinton cheered the
nation's mayors Monday by declar­
ing "our cities are back" and an­
nouncing modest initiatives to make
Americans feel safer in low- and
moderate-income urban neighbor­
Legenday voice
headlines Taste of
Beaverton
hoods.
The centerpiece was the “officer
next door" program, offering police
50 percent discounts on 2,000 gov­
ernment-owned homes, particularly
in large cities with high crime rates.
The aim is to increase the visibility
of police in troubled areas by mov­
ing them into long-vacant homes.
"It will be some of the best money
the federal government ever spent,
Clinton said in a speech to the U S.
Conference of Mayors.
The president also promised to
give first-time home-buyers a $200
COME SEE THE BEEPER MAN AT
Tom Grant brings m usical
magic to the stage on Sunday
at 4 p.m.
Stage and the Com m unity N ew s­
papers Fam ily Stage.
Dave Mason, form erly of T ra f­
fic and Fleetwood Mac and fresh
o ff the Ringo Starr tour, w ill kick
o ff the Friday N ight Party
Hot newcomers from South­
ern C a lifo rn ia , C e c ilia Noel &
the W ild Clam s, w ill rock the
park on Saturday night with their
high energy funk and salsa mu­
sic.
For the younger set, there'll
be m agic shows, clow ns, pup­
pets, and other wonders o f the
U S W'est Dex C hildren s The­
ater stage.
The Taste of Beaverton is held
at G riffith Park at H ighw ay 217
and the B e a v e r t o n -H ills d a le
H igh w ay. For inform ation call
778-581 I
Get ready to party! It s time
for the 1997 M ille r G en u in e
Draft Taste o f Beaverton!
Produced by the Beaverton
Area Cham ber o f Com m erce and
more than 500 volunteers, the
June 27-29 event offers fun and
entertainm ent.
H eadlining this year’ s extrava­
ganza is Lou Raw ls.
W ith a v o ice as “ sweet as
sugar, soft as velvet, strong as
steel, and smooth as butter,
R aw ls has been e xcitin g au d i­
ences for more than three de­
cades. He perform s Sunday at 5
break on closing costs for living in
the most-populous cities and to pro­
vide working families the chance to
move from renters to owners with
the help of federal vouchers
Clinton focused on good news:
falling crime rates and unemploy­
ment dow n by a third in the 50 larg­
est cities. "What a long way we have
come," Clinton said. "I, wasn't so
very long ago that huge numbers ot
Americans had just simply given up
on the prospect ot our cities.
However, Secretary Andrew
Cuomo of the Housing and Urban
Development Department released
a report showing that problems con­
tinue. It said middle-class migration
to the suburbs is continuing, city
poverty rates are rising, and large
cities lost jobs.
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