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Temporary Restaurant
Licenses Required for Food
Booths at Alberta Street Fair
A lberta Street F air food vendors
are required to com plete an applica
tion for temporary food serv ice license
from M ultnom ah C ounty H ealth D e
partm ent. A pplications m ust be co m
pleted tw o w eeks p n o r to the event.
T he food serv ice licen se an d in
spectio n is a m easu re to p rev en t a
po ssib le food-born e illness in the
com m unity. T he H ealth D ep artm en t
is ab le to point ou t p o ten tial p ro b
lem s and give h elp fu l su g g estio n s
ab o u t serving food to the public.
" R IO S
O n the day o f the fair, a representa
tive from the Health D epartm ent will
m eet w ith each food vendor During
this m eeting, the representative will dis
cuss im portant safety procedures tor
each operation, inspect the food stands,
and Issue each organization serving food
a tem porary restaurant license.
If you should have any questions, or
w ould like an application tor food ser
vice hcensepleasecontact the Multnomah
County 1 lealth D epaitm ent Environmen
tal Health Section at (503) 248-3400.
C H IL D
P R E V E N T IN G
ABUSE*
Teach Pre-Teens to
Safely Care for Children
Tubman School Students to Take
Course sponsored by CARES Northwest
such as eggs and toy dolls as well as
radiographic images ot infant's brains to
illustrate their points. The "K ids Prevent
ing Child Abuse" program w as devel
oped in response to the case o f a 12-year
old Portland baby sitter w ho shook a
baby to quiet its cries. The result was
To m ark C hild A buse Pervention
M onth. C A R ES N orthw est will spend
every Thuisday in A pril educating sixth
grade students from T ubm an S chool
about child abuse and dom estic vio
lence. At 10 to 12 years o f age. children
begin caring for younger children, ex
periencing greater peer pressure to use
drugs and alcohol, and are ju st a few
years from dating and the risks o f b e
com ing involved in a violent relation
ship. Each T ubm an sixth grade class
w ill attend one o f five sessions held on
P eo p le co n tin u e to c o m e o v e r the
b o rd er at the G en eral Jan k o v ic/B lace
cro ssin g . It tak es h o u rs fo r v eh icles
to cross. B et w een 9 :00 am an d 3:00
p m to d ay , o n ly th ree c a rs c a m e o v er,
b u t sev eral h u n d red p e o p le arriv ed
o n foot. A lm o st all o f th e refu g ees
are leav ing th eir cars, o r a re b ein g
forced to leav e th eir c a rs, o n the
S erb ian side.
B etw een 3 ,5 0 0 an d 4 ,0 0 0 p eo p le
a re c u r r e n t l y li n e d u p o n th e
M aced o n ian side o f th e b o rd e r b ein g
p ro cessed b y M aced o n ian a u th o ri
ties. S o m e h av e b een th ere for tw o
nights n o w , sleep in g o u t in th e open
T h ree tra in s a rriv e d fro m in sid e
K osovo to d ay at the b o rd er w ith th o u
M aced o n ia.
O ne w o m an d ied o f a h eart attack
to d ay in " n o m a n ’s la n d " b etw een
th e tw o b o rd ers.
Hie purpose o f this program , now
in its second year, is to prev ent danger
ous, harm ful behaviors and im prove
the health o f our children. C A R E S
(C hild A buse R esponse and E valua
tion Services) N orthw est is one o f the
T erry H eseliu s a n d th e M ercy
C o rp s' assessm en t team are in T iran a
today. T h ey are m eetin g w ith d o n o r
ag en cies a n d c o o rd in atin g re lie f re
sponse. T h ere are n o w o v e r 100,000
refu g ees in A lban ia. M ercy C o rp s is
sh ip p in g b lan k ets and clo th in g for
nation’s largest child ab ase assessm ent
centers. N o w ten years old, C A R E S
sees 1200 children each y ear from the
tri-county area and is a collaborative
effort o f Legacy E m anuel C h ild ren ’s
H o so ital. K a ise r P e rm a n e n te an d
th e refugees.
Montenegro
M ercy C o rp s s ta ff in M o n te n e g ro
are m an ag in g re lie f o p e ra tio n s from
a w a reh o u se in U lein w h e re th ere are
now m orethen32,O O O refugees. M ost
D o em b ech er C h ild ren ’s H ospital.
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Metro Council OK's Major Expo Center
Renovation
T he Expo Center is going to get a
much-needed facelift, thanks to a vote by
the M etro Council today. The Council
voted to fund the construction o f a new
“ H a l l O ’’ In the end, it will mean more
business, more money and abetterplace
for people in this region to use. M etro
ow ns the Expo Center and operates it
through theMetropolitanExpoition-Rec-
reation Com m ission (MERC).
“W e take our responsibility to m an
age these facilities very seriously, and
t h is is w hat m akes the most business
sense,” said M etro Council Presiding
O fficer Rod Monroe. “The building
itself is old and som e groups w on’t use it
because it is simply not up to standards.
T he people or our region will be getting
a m uch better facility without us having
to spend one cent o f tax money to do i t ”
em pty o f A l
b a n ia n s a s
S e rb ia n a u
th o ritie s go
d o o r to d o o r
fo rc in g
peo p le from
th eir hom es.
Som e b e
lieve peo p le
a re
b e in g
forced o u t o f
sands m o re refu g ees. B u ses are sta
tio n ed at th e b o rd e r a n d a re tak in g
p e o p le to p o in t s t h r o u g h o u t
Albania
sicians and police officers about dom es
tic violence, shaken baby syndrom e and
other effects o f violence on small chil
dren. Dr. Leila Keltner and Dr. W llliam
B ennett and Portland Police Officers
D an Costello and Lon Smith use props
Macedonia
severe disabilities for the infant.
consecutive Thursday mornings.
Tubman students w ill learn from phy
L Ä H I V U M C I K ’ tU fU 1 A J1I O I1 I1 U I u o v
Mercy Corps Field Update
From the Balkans
refu g ees co m in g in to M o n ten eg ro
from K o so v o first co m e in to the to w n
o fR o z a j in M o n ten eg ro . F ro m th ere,
80 to 90 p ercen t o f th e m are m ak in g
th eir w ay d o w n to U lein . M ercy
C o rp s is sen d in g 50 to n s o f flo u r to
U lein an d w ill c o n tin u e to sen d a d d i
tio n al re lie f item s. M ercy C o rp s
cu rren tly h as flo u r in th e p o rt o f B ar.
p ro cu red th ro u g h th e U S F o o d fo^
These areas will require, at minim um,
m ajor structural im provem ents to meet
building code and seismic requirements.
M F.RC’s long-term developm ent plans
include replacing all o f those building
with a third state-of the art hall that could
be tied to a future light rail line and
C olum bia River m arina "W e are look
ing to the future, planning for the future,’'
said M etro Councilor Jon Kvistad. "T he
Expo Center represents an example o f
how strong fiscal m anagem ent and vi
sion can turn apublic liability into a long
term asset the citizens can be proud of.
W e are working hard to protect the value
the region ’ s existing inv estments with no
additional taxes." C ouncilorK vistadisa
long-time proponent oftheExpoC enter.
th eir ho m es
so
S e rb
fo rc e s can
s le e p th e r e
instead o f in
th e ir b a r
racks, w hich
a re
b e in g
bom bed by
NATO.
A reliable
so u rce has
rep o rted that
the fire has
d e s tro y e d
M ercy C o rp s ’ o ffic e in P ristin a and
an entire ro w o f h o m es aro u n d it,
including the U N H C R o ffices, have
su ffered a sim ila r fate.
Overview of
Mercy Corps
Kosovo Relief
Operations
Albania
1,500 b ab y p ack s w ith a tw o-w eek
supply o f v itam in s, m ilk, rice p o r
ridge, b aby lo tio n , an d so ap fo r one
Mercy Corps Kosovo
M e r c y C o rp s b e g a n w o rk in
K o so v o in 1993. O v e r the p ast six
y ears, M ercy C o rp s h as p ro v id ed
m o re than $30 m illio n in re lie f and
d e v e lo p m e n t a id to m o r e th a n
2 5 0 ,0 0 0 people - re ach in g m ore than
10 p e rc e n t o f the total p o p u latio n .
M e rc y C o rp s a ssists all p eo p le re
g ard less o f eth n ic ity serv in g A lb a
n ia n s ,
S e rb ia n s ,
C ro a tia n s ,
M o n ten eg rin s, a n d o th ers in need.
O p eratio n s in sid e K o so v o have
b een tem p o rarily su s p en d ed a n d all
ex p a tria te s ta ff ev a c u a te d from the
tro u b le d p ro v in c e last w eek . R e lie f
w o r k c o n ti n u e s in M a c e d o n i a ,
M o n ten eg ro and e lse w h e re in the
infant.
B lankets an d c lo th in g for 26,000
B alkans. M ercy C o rp s w ill resu m e
w o rk inside K o so v o as soon as it is
refugees.
Macedonia
How To Help
Food for 2 9 ,0 0 0 refu g es fo r tw o
F in an cial co n trib u tio n s are u r
g en tly n e ed ed to h elp M ercy C o rp s
By M a il D onations m ay b e sent to:
M ercy C orps In tern atio n al
K o so v o R e lie f F u n d , D ept. N
P.O . B ox 9, P o rtlan d , D R 97207
By P h o n e C all 1-8OO-852-21OO
to m ake an im m ediate cred it card gift.
O n lin e C lick the "G iv e O n -L in e"
b u tto n
on
our
w e b s ite
at
w w w .m ercycorps.org and m ake a gift
via o u r se c u re server.
Y ou can m ak e a d o n a tio n at any
b ran ch i f U S B A N K . B e sure to
sp ecify that y o u r g ift is for:
M e rc y C o rp s I n te rn a tio n a l
K o so v o R e lie f
ESTIMATED TOTAL REFUGEES TO
P eace pro g ram .
e x ten t allo w e d by law'.
At any US Bank
safe to d o so.
w eeks.
p ro v id e ad d itio n al re lie f su p p lies to
K o so v a r refu g es fleeing the country.
A g i f t o f$ 3 5 en ab le s M ercy C o rp s to
p ro v id e a F am ily F o o d P ack that
sustains a fam i ly o f six for one m onth.
A ll gifts are tax d ed u ctib le to the
BE ASSISTED AS OF 3/31/99: 100,500
Pristina
S o u rces in P ristin a to ld C o rp s to
d ay th at th ere w as less v io len ce d i
rected at A lbanians b u t that he Serbian
m ilitary, police and p aram ilitary have
step p ed u p th eir ca m p a ig n o f d riv in g
p eo p le o u t o f tow n. A n area k n o w n
as “ S u n n y Hill” is n o w co m p letely
and he helped to kick o ff this latest
A special
rebuilding campaign.
TH E PROJECT
invitation to the
Hall D was built in the early 1980's,
and it has 60,000 square feet o f exhibit
space. It has an asphalt floor, no air
conditioning, and a num ber o f support
columns throughoutthe space. Theseare
three things that m ake it unacceptable to
m any potential users. The new Hall D
will be similar to the Hall E model (built
in 1997), and it will be connected by
com dors to Hall E (to the south) and Hall
C (to the north). The new HaU D will
include 72,000 square feet o f exhibition
space and 30,000 square feet o f support
space that will include offices, a central
African
American
Community...
kitchen and meeting rooms. (See at
tached sheets for plans and drawings).
"T he people o f this region deserv e a
first-class facility that will support itself
while providing them with lots o f ben
efits,” said M etro C ouncilor E d W ash
ington (District 5). "This is a w in-w in for
everyone involved.” C ouncilor W ash
ington represents the district that includes
the Expo site as well as N ortheast North
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T he project will cost a total o f $ 15.8
million. M etro will finance the project
using revenue bonds backed b y Expo
C enter revenue. M etro will not use any
tax payer m oney to pay for the rebuild-
in g o fH allD . The project also includes
$750,000 for parking facility landscap
ing w ork and $425,000 to develop and
preserve a w etland site near the south
w est com er o f the property.
M etro will issue the bonds later this
frill. Construction is expected to begin
in the spring o f 2000 with opening to
com e in the spring o f 2001.
EXPO: THE HISTORY A THE FUTURE
M ultnom ahCountytransferredExpo
to M etro in 1994. M etro took over full
ow nership in 1996 and it opened “ Hall
E", a state-o f-th e-art facility w ith
108,000 square fe e t Hall E w as hom e
to the popular Sm ithsonian exhibit that
attracted m ore titan 400,000 people.
(here are other sections o f E xpo that
need attention in the com ing years Hall
A w as originally built in 1923 as a live
stock building. O ther portions (Hall B,
C , East and C W est) w ere added through
the years The main part o f Hall C was
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