NO V.
Page A 6
25, 1998
(Elie JJortlanb © b seru er
Community
Holiday
Celebration
I
n the afterm ath o f a strong surge
o f revitalization and develop
ment throughout, the Northeast Port
land community announces its first,
annual “Spirit on the Boulevard” cel
ebration to show o ff its new look and
promote com munity pride and unity
during the holiday season.
The celebration it the efforts o f
many in the com munity - residents,
business owners, neighborhood and
business associations, city leaders,
non-profit organizations, city agen
cies, school children, communities o f
faith and other groups. Spearheaded
by the Portland Police Bureau, the
North-Northeast Business Associa
tion (N-NEBA), the Northeast Com
m unity D evelopm ent Corporation
(NECDC), and the NE Coalition o f
Neighborhoods, The “Spirit on the
Boulevard” is a series o f activities
centered around raising funds to pur
chase large wreaths to be hung along
the boulevard from NE Broadway
Street to NE Colum bia Boulevard
beginning December 4.
For further information, please
contact: M onique W ortm an,NE Coa
lition o f Neighborhoods, (503) 823-
4575, or Phyliss Gaines, N-NEBA,
(503) 795-6036.
“S P IR IT ON
T H E B O U L E V A R D ” -The
“Spirit on the Boulevard” project is
a partnership w ith the North-
Northeast Business Association N-
NEBA), the N E Coalition o f
Neighborhoods, Northeast Com m u
nity Development Corporation
(NECDC), and the Portland Police
Bureau to implement an annual
holiday celebration on Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
The “S pirif’project brings together
business owners, neighbors, students,
com munity organizations and civic
leaders in an annual series o f events to
highlight the revitalization efforts tak
ing place in the area and promote a
sense o f pride and unity during the
holiday season. Activities for the
“Spirit on the Boulevard” include:
H O L ID A Y W R E A T H S - Funds
are being raised through grants and
donations from businesses and neigh
borhood associations to purchase and
hang up to 100 large, artificial wreaths
along the boulevard, from NE Broad
w ay Street to N E C olum bia Boule
vard. A large holiday tree, to be
designated the “Com m unity Tree”,
will be placed at the Harry Jackson
Plaza, 5020 N E M LK Jr. Blvd., for
com m unity decorations and as a cen
ter for com m unity activities;
C O M M U N IT Y T R E E - All
b u sin e sse s alo n g the b o u le v ard
have been ask ed to hang h oliday
lights in th eir sto refro n t w indow s
for the holiday, begin n in g from
D ecem ber 4 th ro u g h Jan u ary 4 ;
H O L ID A Y L IG H T S - T he re
tail businesses have also been asked
to host “op en h o u se” at th eir sites
on S aturday, D ecem ber 5, and/or
S unday, D ecem b er 6, and offer
h oliday specials, as appropriate;
A D V E R T IS IN G S U P P L E
M E N T S - In sponsorship w ith the
N -N E B A , the S kanner and P ort
land O b serv er new spaper are cre
ating holiday ad vertisem ent sec
tions in their p apers for the busi
ness to do group ads at special
rates;
H O L ID A Y D E C O R A T IO N
W O R K S H O P - A t N E C D C ’s
M cC oy V illage A partm ents, w ork
shops w ill be held to allow the
children to m ake ornam ents for the
com m unity tree. T hey w ill also
m ake decoratio n s for the w indow s
o f nearby businesses;
K IC K -O F F R E C E P T IO N -
The festivities w ill begin on Fri
day, Decem ber 4, at a reception
hosted by A didas A m erica at the
Harry Jackson Plaza, site o f the
Comm unity Tree. The M ayor or
her designee w ill “light” the Tree
and “hang” a wreath. A t about the
same time, the businesses along
the boulevard w ill sw itch on their
lights to begin the com m unity c e l
ebration;
HOUDA Y CA R O LING -N eaby
church choirs and neighborhood com
munity groups have been asked to carol
at the reception, as well as during the
tones o f the open house. The carolers
will be positioned at key locations along
the boulevard, for example, at the
Safeway store. New Song Church, the
ChevronatFremontaid the Reflections,
as wefl as the Harry Jackson Plaza.
A Northeast Portland Building Under Investigation
For Illegally Storing Hazardous Chemicals
C o n t in u e d F r o m F r o n t
could a ffo rd . Cox was
p ay in g $150 per m onth
for a sch o o l bus th a t is
fu rn ish ed and has a f ir e
p lace. G ran t and all the
ten an ts sh ared a k itch en
and ate v e g e ta b le s th at
he grew in the g a rd en .
M ost o f the re s id e n ts ,
including C ox’s 14-years
old p re g n a n t d a u g h te r
w ere te ste d p o sitiv e for
lead.
“ Two w eeks a fte r we
m oved in, we beg an to
e x p e rie n c e p h y s ic a l
p ro b le m s,” said C ox. “ I
have lost th ree teeth and
1 am w o rried ab o u t my
g ra n d s o n b e c a u s e the
baby h a s n ’t grow n in a
m o n th ,” she said.
Even though re sid e n ts
w ere ex p o sed to to x ic
chem icals in the building
and su sp e c t som e o f the
health problem s resulted
from c h em ic al e x p o s i
tio n s, Cox still a p p re c i
ates and reg ard s G ra n t’s
goodw ill highly.
“ He is a h e a lth y man
and was concerned about
us eating the rig h t food,”
said Cox. “ He counseled
us on how to b e tte r our
lives and drove us around
to our a p p o in tm e n ts.”
O ffic ia ls e stim a te the
cleanup to take w eeks to
m onths and m illio n s o f
dollars.
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Rogue Valley has
what it takes to
produce world
class Merlot...
Keep an eye on
Griffin Creek."
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g reen b o ughs o f g arla n d an d , o f
co u rse, silv er b e lls...b u t b rig h t
o ran g e m an d arin s? For m ore
than 110 y ears, th ese Ja p an e se
m an d arin o ran g es h av e been a
C h ristm as trad itio n . T his
D ecem ber, they m ake th eir
ex clu siv e an n u al retu rn . G et
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d u rin g the m onth o f D ecem ber.
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g ift, s p e c ia l p re s e n t fo r th e
h ard -to -b u y-fo r frie n d , or
c o lo rfu l ad d itio n to a holiday
ta b le .
C o o k ie s
T h ese cookies a r e a h it w ith kids
fro m one to 92. T h is recipe
com es with a cau tio n : You'll be
asked to m ake a n o th e r batch!
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ch o p p ed m a n d a rin s
b u tte r
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eggs
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p o w d ered g inger
n u tm e g
cin n am o n
w h ite flo u r
b ak in g p ow d er
raisin s
ch opped w alnuts
v an illa e x tra c t
In one bowl, cream th e b u tter
an d su g a r tho ro u g h ly a n d then
a d d eggs, o ran g e s a n d raisins.
In second bowl sift flour, baking
pow d er and spices, ad d nuts.
A dd flour m ix tu re to the
cream ed m ixture an d beat
thoroughly. Blend in vanilla
extract.
D rop from teaspoon onto
g re a se d cookie sh eet. B ake for
15 m in u te s at 300*F. M akes
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