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Family Housing Funding Bill Cosby to Keynote
in Southeast Portland
National Business Hall of
S alem , O regon (A pril 6, 1999)
T he O regon H ousing and C om m u
n ity
S e r v ic e s
D e p a r tm e n t
(D H C S D ) com m itted a $350,000
p red ev elo p m en t loan to the H ous
ing A uthority o f P ortland (H A P)
for acquisition and predevelopm ent
ijt south east P ortland. T he State
H o u sin g C o u n c il a p p ro v e d the
aw ard at their M arch 19,1999 m eet
ing in Salem .
H A P proposes to develop a 62
unit m ulti-fam ily housing develop
m ent on SE 160th A venue in the
H azelw ood neighborhood o f south
east Portland. T he project will be
affordable to fam ilies at 30 to 60
percent o f the area m edian income.
T he developm ent will feature 380
tw o-bedroom , 10 three-bedroom , 4
four-bedroom and 10 single occu
pancy units that will be used as group
hom es for special needs populations.
A ccording to John W ahrgren,
H o u s in g F in a n c e M a n a g e r at
OHCSD, “this affordable m ulti-fam
ily m ixed-incom e developm ent ad
dress a priority housing need in this
outer southeast neighborhood.”
HAP currently ow ns nearly 5,300
units o f rental housing. O ver half, or
2,820 units, are subsidized as afford
able housing and m anaged by HAP.
Private property developm ent firms
or non-profit service providers m an
age the rem ainders o f the develop
ment Oregon H ousing and C om m u
nity Services D epartm ent is the state
housing finance agency, providing
financial and program support to cre
C olorado S p rings, C O - E n te r
ate and preserve opportunities for ta in er Bill C osby w ill p rese n t the
quality, affordable housing for lower L uncheon K ey n o te A d d ress at the
income Oregonians. The departm ent
25th A n n iv ersary Ju n io r A ch ie v e
also adm inisters federal and state m ent N ational B u sin ess H all o f
anti-poverty, hom eless and energy Fam e. The ev en t w ill also featu re
assistance com m unity service pro an evening in d u c tio n cerem o n y ,
grams.
w hich w ill be E m ceed b y jo u rn a l
For inform ation on the program
ist and A & E host B ill K urtis.
offered by the O regon H ousing and
W e n d y ’s
Com m unity Services Departm ent,
F o u n d er D ave
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retired Illinois
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Inc. C hairm an
John
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N ic h o ls a re
tions or to register.
am ong six leg
endary H all o f
Bill Kurtis
Saturday, A pril 24
Famers. A 25th
C om m unity Energy Project Office
A n n iv e r s a r y
10:30 a m. - Noon
induction cerem ony, w hich is b e
422 NE A lberta
ing h o sted by title sp o n so r BP
A m oco p.i.c. w ill take place on
W ednesday, April 28
A pril 29, 1999, at the Sheraton
St. Johns YW CA
H o tel an d T o w ers in C h ic a g o .
6 :3 0 - 7:45 p.m.
W G N -T V c h i l d r e n ’s e v e n t.
8010 N. Charleston
C om disco, A m eritech, M o to ro la
and P ricew aterhouseC oopers are
associated sponsors.
Fame Conference
Community Energy Project, Inc.
• W ater C o n serv atio n W orkshop
-» S p o n so re d by the P o rtlan d W a
te r B u rea u an d the C om m unity
E n ergy p ro ject.
•; Is your to ilet stealin g $50 from
you? A re y o u r faucets dripping
m oney dow n the d rain? L earn how
to fix these p rob lem s and start sav
ing m oney now ! T he C om m unity
E nergy P ro ject w ill be holding a
FR E E w ater co n serv atio n w ork
shop. L earn how to d etect leaks
around y o u r hom e, co n tro l your
w ater-sew er bill an d rep a ir leaky
faucets and toilets. W e w ill also
share w ays all o f us can live co m
fortably w hile red u cin g w ater use.
E veryone w ill receiv e a k it w orth
$25 ...fo r FR E E . T hese m aterials
can help you save $80 or m ore per
year! C all the C o m m u n ity E nergy
P roject at 284-6827 w ith any ques-
America Deserves a Refund;
Return the Tax Overcharge
_
S tatem en t by O regon CSE
D irector C athy E pi . ey
“April 15. Taxpayers see this date
on the calendar and em otions range
from fear to anger. W hy does an
otherw ise typical spring day cause
A m ericans to feel im m ediate frustra
tion? O ne w ord Taxes.
“ O ur tax code is too com plex
- _ _ m uch.
-L T o d ay there fko the
( 'nniirpee
and « w e pay too
Congress has proposed ju st the
rem
edy - $800 b illio n in m uch-
is a budget su rp lu s in W ashington,
needed tax cuts. If this tax cut is
D.C. W hat th is really m eans is that
passed, O regon taxpayers could re
taxpayers have been overch arg ed ,
ceive $17.5 billion in tax relief over
but W ashington is trying to keep
the next ten years.
this surplus ev en th o u g h th e y ’ve
“ C o n g ress an d the P re sid en t
got m ore o f y o u r m oney than they
should
return tax overcharge to the
need. T his is w rong.
A
m
erican
people.”
"A m erica deserves a refund and
Cascade Campus Job
Fair Brings 80 Employers
To Job
The Portland Com m unity College
Cascade Cam pus and today’s C a
reers are joining forces to bring as
m any as 80 o f O regon’s finest com
panies into the North/N ortheast com
m unity for the C ascade C am pus
Spring 1999 C areer and Job Infor
mation Fair on Tuesday, M ay 4 on
the Cascade Campus.
The fair, slated for 11 a.m. to 4
p.m., w ill provide netw orking op
portunities for students, people seek-
ing new career options, and others
em ployees, as w ell as peo p le seek
ing sum m er jo b s. A lso slated d u r
ing the ev en t w ill be em ploym ent-
related w orkshops for fair a tte n d
ees. Job seekers are enco u rag ed to
bring resum es.
Parking is free during the fair,
w hich will be held on the Cascade
Cam pus. 705 N. K illingsw orth. To
leant more about the career fair, or
for a detailed list o f the com panies
that will be represented there, con
tact Kay Coryell at 978-5290.
wanting to see first-hand the m yriad
o f em ploym ent choices they have
right here in the Portland m etro area.
Som e o f the high-profile com pa
nies scheduled to m eet w ith students
and the com m unity include: A m eri
can Red Cross, Fred M eyer, H anna
Andersson, LSI Logic, Legacy Health
System s, M t. H ood B everage C om
pany, O regon Lottery, O regon State
Police, Tektronix, and m any more.
T hese em p lo y ers and o th ers are
looking for both full- and part-tim e
Bill Cosby
Signals to Begin Operation on
Morrison Bridge Freeway Ramps
Reliefis finally in sight form otor-
ist who find it difficult to safely merge
onto Interstate 5 northbound and In
terstate 84 ea stb o u n d from the
M om son Bridge - freew ay ramp
meter signals.
According to O regon D epartm ent
o f Transportation officials, the re
cently installed signals are sched
uled to begin operation M onday
(April 19) during the m orning and
afternoon commutes.
“ The bridge ram ps feeding onto
Interstate 5 northbound w ill operate
6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m ., and 2:30
p.m. to 7 p.m .,” said O D O T traffic
signal m anager Je ff Bell. The ram p
from the M orrison Bridge eastbound
will operate only during the evening,
have proven there w orth in w iring
more efficiency out o f an already
existing freew ay system. They have
been show n to relieve congestion
and im prove safety here in Portland
and elsew here in the U nited States.
W hen traffic is h eav y on the
freew ay, large groups o f vehicles
(also know n as “p lato o n s” ) on the
on-ram p can severely disrupt as
m any v ehicles try to m erge onto the
freew ay all at once. Ram p m eters
b reak up these platoons to im prove
co n d itio n s at the m erge point by-
allow ing only one vehicle at a tim e
to en ter the freew ay.
Besides the local benefits, ramp
m etering has a system w ide benefit.
The ram p meters are often used many
miles upstream from where the free
w ay bottlenecks norm ally occur. By
smoothing the traffic flow well in
advance o f the congestion, the meters
actually increase the freeway capac
ity. This helps m ove more vehicles
at times when the traffic is heaviest,
resulting in sm aller backups and
shorter periods o f congestion.
Tice Electric Com pany, o f Port
land Ore., was the state's contractor
on the $590,650 project.
Continued from page B I
earn ed by A frican A m ericans n a
tio n w id e. T h ese figures increase
ea ch year.
N E C D C is a sixth y ear sponsor
for local stu d e n ts’ p articip a tin g in
the H B C U tour. E ach year w e c o n
tin u e to find stu d en ts w ho need
our h elp as they ev alu ate th eir post
high sch o o l o p tio n s for continuing
th eir education. T hey earn our sup
port by d em o n stratin g th e ir com -
m itm en t and m o tiv atio n th ro u g h
acad em ic ach ie v em e n t an d co m
m u n ity in v o lv em en t. W e are re
questing sp onsorship th ro u g h your
H arold H ayden M em o rial S ch o l
arsh ip F u n d , o f an id e n tifie d stu
d en t w hom resid es w ith in N /N E
P ortland. S p o n so rsh ip is $ 1 ,0 0 0
p er stu d en t and ex p en ses in clu d e
ro u n d -trip air trav el, n in e d ay s o f
hotel ac co m m o d atio n s and m eals.
Helping Our Schools
A
s the needs o f Oregon have changed, Lottery
dollars have shifted to go where Oregon
needs them. In 1995, Oregonians voted to allow
Lottery profits to help fund K-12 public education,
while continuing to fund the economy and create
jobs. Just last year the people voted to direct a por
tion o f Lottery funds to help parks and salmon.
o date, the Lottery has returned over $2 billion
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to support our most valuable resources: our
schools, our economy, and our environment. Lottery
dollars are working everywhere to keep Oregon
feeling like... Oregon.
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LOTTERY
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