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A P R IL 29, 1998 Page A6 (Clip Jlo rtlan b © bseruer Tri-Met Announces New Shuttle Routes & Earlier MAX Schedule Tri-M et General M anager Tom Walsh today announced that MAX trains will run earlier than originally planned in response to em ployer re quests to meet worker shift times. At a transportation event at Intel, Walsh said that when Westside MAX opens September 12, trains will start run ning around 4 am, 30 minutes earlier in order to get employees to work in Hillsboro and Gresham for 6 am shifts, new employer shuttles will connect with the MAX trains to serve the high-tech area. “With the opening o f Westside MAX and the introduction o f new bus service, thousands ofpeople will have new choices for getting to and from work," Walsh said. “ Working with Intel and other employers in the area helped us design service that works for their employees.” Tri-M et will also run MAX trains later in the evening. Beginning Sep tember 12, the last MAX train will leave downtown Portland around 1:30 am heading to Gresham and Hillsboro. Walsh also announced that Tri- Met and local employers have final ized the four employer shuttles routes that will serve the high tech area. The shuttle routes and som eofthe major employers served are: • 41S Hawthorn Farm: Shuttle serves Hawthorn Farm MAX station and the Hawthorn Farm Business Park, which includes Intel and Lattice Semiconductor, as well as businesses inthe Dawson Creek Business Park, w h ich in c lu d e T riQ u in t, ID T , Komatsu and Tadisys • 42S Orenco: Shutttle serves Orenco MAX station and Intel, Fujitsu, Epson and P acifiC are and K a ise r Permanente • 49S W illow Creek : Shuttle serves Willow Creek MAX station and busi nesses in the Amber Glen Business Center, which include Intel, OGI, Synopsis, Planar America and Nike, • SOS Cornell Oaks Shuttle serves Merlo MAX station and Cornell Oaks C orporate Center, which include Sequent, Intel, Nike, Timberline Soft ware, and Leupold & Stevens. Shuttles will run every 30 minutes on w eekdays during rush hours. Three new bus routes will also serve these areas throughout the day, evening and weekends: 47-Baseline/ Evergreen, 48-Comell and the 67- Jenkins/158th. Passing on Property to Your Heirs Requires Planning Y our intentions are good— to leave property to your heirs when you die. But if you d on’t plan prop erly, your gift o f the family farm or lakcshore vacation home could turn into a mess for the people you had intended to help. The following tips are food first steps as you make your way through the process. l alk to y o u r fam ily. You may be uncomfortable talking to your family abut what will happen to your prop erty after you die, but talking to your family about what will happen to your property after you die, but talk ing now can help prevent probate complications and family strife when you’re gone. Talk about your inten tions and seek feedback from your family. C onsider the effects of taxes on you r p ro p e rty — now and a fte r you die. Most people would rather give theirmoney to family orcharity rather than the government, but the inter twining effects o f taxes— including income, estate, capital gains, and gift taxes— com plicates any handing down o f property. Reduce y o u r estate. You can reduce your estate (and the taxes it generates) by giving property (or other assets) as gifts to individuals, donating assets to charity, or placing assets in a trust. When giving prop erty to a family member or friend, a gift tax will apply if the gift is more than $ 10,000 per individual per year. Over time, you can reduce your es tate considerably with incremental gifts. Consult an estate planning a tto r ney and/or financial services pro fessional. You, in consultation with your family and a trusted professional, will be the best judge o f how to struc ture your estate to real ize your wishes. Laws vary from state to state and fre quently change; be sure to seek advice from an accountant on your specific tax situation. ONE MISSING MAYOR FOUND! Clackamas Co. Woman finds Picture of 1852 Mayor Marye after Public Plea for Help Mayor Simon B. M arye will now be able to join his colleagues on the wall o f mayors past, thanks to Elaine Lionberger o f Clackam as County. Three w eeks ago. M ayor K atz’s Office put out a public plea for help in finding the photos o f three mid- 1800’s m ayor to com plete a display to be placed in the M ayor’s Office for the official re-opening o f the reno vated City Hall. Upon hearing about the search, Lionberger called the M ayor’s O f fice last week, saying she had a pic ture o f M ayor Marye in a book called The M aryes o f Virginia which she had o b tain ed w h ile tra c in g her geneaology. Along with the photo, the book also provided the City with a little more history about Mayor Marye. The first judge o f the San Fancisco County Court, Marye moved to Port land to be a prosecuting attorney for Clackamas County in 1852, the same year he became mayor. He served only a short five-month term, but voted on the Portland City chapter in December 1953. T he M ay o r’s Office now has p ictures of every past P ortland m ayor except two: W .H . F a r r a r and H am ilton Boyd. Farrar and Boyd were mayors during the mid- 1800’s. In those days mayors only served one-year terms, which makes thephotoseven m oredifficulttofind. The M ayor’s Office has already searched the Mulnomah County Li brary, the Oregon H istorical Socei ty, and thecity archives. Mayor Katz is hoping that relative, historians, photo collectors or other residents will be able to help complete the search. Photos o f the two mayors can be sent to the M ayor’s Office to the attention ofCarol Winkel, 1220SW Fifth Ave., Room 303, Portland, Or. 97204. 11 you have any leads to share with Carol by phone, you can reach her at 823-4120. Tl o h o "I 1-L-L an I ndustry O regonians U nited F or B usiness S uccess The Oregon Association o f M i nority Entrepreneurs (OAME) is a non-profit, tax exempt organiza tion formed to promote and de velop minority entrepreneurship and economic development in the State o f Oregon. OAME will be holding a lun cheon and trade show that will fo cus on the diversity o f business people in Oregon. The theme for the next two years will remain the same; “Oregonians United for Busi ness Success.” Each year OAME focuses on a specific ethnic group. This year at our luncheon, OAME will focus on European-Americans. Please join OAME in celebrat ing and honoring O regon’s minority and small businesses on May 7 at the Oregon Convention Center. The keynote speaker for the event will be Dr. Will Keim. He is an internationally renowned speaker to over 2,000,000 students on over 800 college and university cam puses around the world. Dr. Keim’s teach ing topics are numerous and include leadership and Ethics for the 21st Century, Building Community and A ffirm in g D iv e rsity and Multiculturalism. He presents many o f the critical lessons o f life in a way that truly inspires individuals. Dr. Keim is passionate, persua sive and honest in his appeal. You will enjoy his sharp sense o f humor (HOV) lane will run along a 3-mile stretch from the Going to Delta Park interchanges on 1-5 Northbound only. This HOV lane will help to eliminate a bottleneck at the Lombard interchange, increase travel times through this area by at least 1 minute for car-poolers, and help decrease the pollution and safe1.y problems created by stop and go trail ic. Carpool restrictions would only apply during the evening rush hour. Re-striping will happen this sum mer. Carpools o f 2 or more people “Oregon small business owners are increasingly dissatisfied with the state’s transportation system,” Joe Gilliam, Oregon State director for the National Federation o f Indepen dent Business, said today in releas ing the results o f questions relating to transportation from the 1998 Oregon State ballot, an annual survey o f O r egon NF1B members. “ For the first time, we find a m a jority overhaul of the state’s road system , with 51 % in favor o f m ajor action, 34% o p p o se d ,” G illiam said. By a slight m argin, survey respondents also favor building new roads to controlling the flow o f traffic, som e 42% favor new road construction, 33% controlling traffic flow. The survey found little support for putting more m oney into m ass transportation. O nly 7% say they or their custom ers w ould use m ore will be able to start using the HOV lane in October. The pilot project will run through April 1999. ODOT will monitor the project, do performance evaluations, and consult with Metro about whether to continue it in the future. The project will cost about $2 mil lion. This includes new paint striping and reinforcingtheshoulderjust north o f the Lombard interchange so that it can operate as a travel lane. The Council’s vote simply. NE 6 0 th & C lisan L ot to B e R edeveloped Happy 4th Birthday Johnaishia Love Always Mom and Dad. The parking lot at 60th & Glisan is being redeveloped into a new com munity that includes 288 new apart ments in three buildings, 26 row houses, a day care facility, and space for future retail uses. O nce the projects complete, there will be no public parking available on the site. Parking within the project will be dedicated to the residents who live there. The site will be fenced to protect the public from demolition, excava- tion, grading and construction. All cars using this site for parking will need to make alternative arranee- ments beginning May 1.1998. Driv ers are urged to not park on neigh borhood streets. Residents and busi ness owners need the limited number o f spaces for themselves and clients. Local residents are encouraged to walk or bike to the station. An alter native park and ride lot is located at NE 96th and Pacific at the Gateway District Light Rail Station. A insw orth ^ D rug 3 0 0 2 NE Ainsworth Dr. K e im and direct thought provoking style. It is no accident that Dr. Keim is a successful speaker, he has a mes sage that is true and important and he presents it in a way that makes sense o f the issues. Small Business Supports 'Major Overhaul' of Oregon Transportation System Metro Works for Quicker commute for Car-poolers The Metro Council is supporting a solution for people in a rush to get through rush hour traffic. Today, the Council approved a pilot project to test a carpool lane on a part o f Inter state 5 through North Portland. The Oregon Department o f Transporta tion (ODOT) will manage the pro gram, but Metro must approve the project because o f its role as a regional transportation planning and funding coordinator. The High O ccupancy V ehicle o r 1 o 2 8 2 -0 7 8 7 Fine Selection Of Mother's Day Cerda and Candy Utility Paystatlon • Western Union Tri-Met Tickets & Passes • Prescriptions Your Neighborhood Pharmacy i buses or light rail to get to their place o f business; 87% say they would not. “These results should not surprise us; in today’s economy, a successful business is one that moves its prod ucts quickly and efficiently to mar ket, whether that market is in Port land or in Tokyo. Transportation is the key, and for business that means good roads, convenient airports and state o f the art state port facilities, but not necessarily more light rail.
