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April 21, 1999
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Meeting to Discuss
Possible New 33rd &
Killingsworth Grocery
By L ee P erleman
With some critical pieces o f the
puzzle falling into place, Nicholson
Development is ready to discuss its
plans fora new grocery store at North­
east 33rd Avenue and Killingsworth
Street. Dan Taylor, representing the
Kirkland, Wash.,developmentcom-
pany, w ill a p p e a r at the next
Concordia Neighborhood Associa­
tion land use committee meeting, 7
p.m. Tuesday, April 27, at Kennedy
School, 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave.
Nicholson proposes to build a Rite
Aid pharmacy, a grocery store of
about 20,000 square feet, and addi­
tional retail on the site, Taylor says.
A development agreement with Rite
Aid has been reached, he says. There
have been discussions with potential
operators o f the grocery store, “but
nothing we can talk about publicly at
this point," he says. There are no
agreements yet with other potential
retail operators.
.-•Nonetheless, N icholson’s pro­
posal appears to be the most solid
effort to return a grocery to the
site, at 5322 N.E. 33rd Ave., since
the W ilshire Park Sentry Market
closed in 1994.
In 1996 the city rezoned the prop­
erty to CS, a designation that would
allow large retail uses but places
severe restrictions on how new build­
ings are designed. Nicholson feels it
can work within these restrictions.
The property includes a satellite
parking lot across Northeast Emerson
Street from the main site. After it ac­
quired the property following Sentry’s
closure, United Grocers sought to close
the street in order to create a large
enough parcel to build a new store. At
the 1996 rezoning hearing, commis­
sioner Charlie Hales and two other
City Counci 1 members made clear they
would oppose any such move.
Hales is still o f the same mind,
according to aide Jillian Detweiler,
but he is willing to try an alternate
strategy. The street could be moved
to the south edge o f the property, she
says, maintaining access to North­
east 34th Avenue but enlarging the
parcel Nicholson would have to work
with. The change would create an
irregular intersection at 34th that
could discourage through traffic,
w hich w ould be a p p ro p ria te ,
Detweiler says.
Catherine Brown, the Concordia
Neighborhood Association’s land use
committee chair, says the associa­
tion has discussed the proposal with
Taylor. However, she says, “We
haven't gotten enough o f a reaction
from neighbors yet to take a position.
W e’re playing a liaison role.”
Past proposals by United Gro­
cers to re-establish a grocery on the
site have had strong support from
the Concordia neighborhood as a
whole, but have encountered oppo­
sition from some residents on North­
east 34th Avenue. Both Brown and
T a y lo r say th e y p la n to use
Tuesday’s meeting to acquaint the
public with the project and assess
their reaction to it.
“We want to see where we will
need to do additional work,” Taylor
says. Ultimately, he says, “We are
convinced we can make this work.”
Appliance Thermometers
One o f the critical factors in con­
trolling bacteria in food is control­
ling temperature. Pathogenic micro­
organisms grow very slowly at tem­
peratures below 40 °F, multiply rap­
idly between 40 and 140 °F, and are
destroyed at temperatures above 140
°F. For safety, foods must be held at
proper cold temperatures in refrig­
erators o f freezers and they must be
cooked thoroughly. But how would
a consumer know if the refrigerator
was cold enough, or if the oven was
heating at the proper temperature'.’
Appliance thermometers are spe­
cially designed to measure the tem­
perature o f the air in either the re­
frigerator/freezer or the oven. Some
refrigerator thermometers have long
metal probes and are similar in ap­
pearance to food therm om eters.
O ther refrigerator thermometers,
and most oven thermometers, are
designed to hang from a wire rack or
sit on a shelf.
Whether they measure the tem­
peratures in the oven or refrigerator/
freezer, most appliance thermometers
are either liquid-filled or bimetallic-
coil thermometers:
Liquid-filled Thermometers, also
called “spirit-filled” or “liquid in
glass” thermometers, are the oldest
types of thermometers used in home
kitchens. As the temperature in­
creases, the colored liquid (usually
an alcohol solution) inside the ther­
mometer expands and rises to indi­
cate the temperature on a scale.
Bimetallic-Coil Thermometers
contain a coil made o f two different
metals with different rates of expan­
sion that are bonded together. The
bimetal element is coiled, fixed at
one end, and attached to a pointer
stem at the other end. As the tem­
perature increases, the pointer will
be rotated by the coiled bimetal ele­
ment to indicate the temperature.
Using Appliance
Thermometers
Refrigerator/Freezer
Thermometers
Refrigerator/freezer therm om ­
eters are specially designed to pro­
vide accuracy at cold temperatures.
For safety, it is important to verify
the temperature o f refrigerators and
freezers. Refrigerators should main-
tain a temperature no higher than 40
°F. Frozen food will hold its top
quality for the longest possible time
when the freezer maintains 0 °F.
Most refrigerators and freezers
can be easily adjusted to run colder
or warmer. The temperature control
is usually accessible in the refrigera­
tor part o f the appliance. Check the
owner’s manual for specific details
on adjusting the temperature. An
adjustment period is often required
when changing the temperature.
To measure the temperature in the
refrigerator:
Put the therm om eter in a glass
o f w ater and place in the m iddle o f
the refrigerator. W ait 5 to 8 hours.
I f the tem perature is not 38 to 40
°F, adjust the refrigerator tem pera­
ture control. Check again after 5
to 8 hours.
An appliance thermometer can
be kept in the refrigerator and freezer
to monitor the temperature at all
times. This can be critical in the
event o f a power outage. When the
power comes back on, if the refrig­
erator is still 40 °F and the freezer is
0 °F or below, the food is safe.
UO Offers Free Week's Newspaper
Workshop to Minority Students
from Oregon High Schools
EUGENE- About 20 minority
students from Oregon high schools
will produce a new spaper in a
w eek’s time during a sum m er jo u r­
nalism workshop at the University
o f Oregon School o f journalism
and Communication.
The workshop, scheduled for June
13-19, w ill accept applications
through April 30, and participants
will be selected soon afterward, ac­
cording to John Russial, associate
journalism professor and the work­
shop director.
“ Students will do all o f the re­
porting, editing, photography and
design for the paper,” Russial said.
“They also will have an opportu­
nity to help produce an Internet
version. Participants will attend
classroom sessions in the m orn­
ings. In the afternoon they will
work closely w ith visiting new s­
paper professionals and jo urnal­
ism professors.”
The workshop, including room
and board and transportation to and
from Eugene, is free to participants.
Students will stay in a campus resi­
dence hall with college-age chap­
erones. The Oregonian Publishing
Co. and the S.I. Newhouse Foun­
dation provide a financial grant to
fund the workshop, the fifth con­
ducted by the UO School o f Jour­
nalism and Communication.
For information and application
forms, contact the local high school
publications adviser or Russuial at the
UO School of Journalism and Commu­
nications, (541) 346-3750, or send e-
mail to jrussial(aoregon.uoregon.edu.
Fight back against prostate cancer
H
ealth
^Focus
.lames L. Phillips, M.I).
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston. Texas
Prostate cancer is the most com­
mon cancer in men. and sadly, more
than 39,(KM) men are expected to die
from it this year. The good news is
that this disease doesn't have to be a
killer if men will take advantage of
the early detection methods avail­
able.
Dr. Kenneth Slawin, a urologist at
B aylor C o lleg e o f M edicine in
Houston, recommends annual pros­
tate exams for all men over age 50.
For African-American men or men
[Diversity
with a family history of prostate can­
cer, exams should begin at age 40.
A prostate screening should in­
clude a p ro state-specific antigen
(PSA) blood test and a digital rectal
exam. PSA levels in the blood are
used to determ ine prostate cancer
risk, with higher numbers indicating
greater risk.
If your PSA test is elevated, your
physician might ask for a follow-up
PSA test known as a Free PSA test.
The Free PSA test, approved by the
Food and Drug A dm inistration in
1998. can help determine if the ini­
tial PSA elevations are due to cancer
or to an enlarged prostate.
W hile p ro sta te c a n c e r often
spreads without pain or other symp­
toms. a few possible warning signs
include:
• Difficulty beginning or maintain­
ing urinary stream.
• Frequent urination, especially at
night.
• Weak or interrupted urine flow.
• Painful urination or ejaculation.
• Presence of blood or pus in urine
or semen.
If you have any of these problems,
see a doctor. These symptoms may
also indicate another treatable con­
dition, benign prostatic hyperplasia,
or enlarged prostate.
Standard treatments for prostate
cancer that has not spread include
surgical removal of the prostate or
radiation therapy. The earlier the can­
cer is detected, the higher the suc­
cess rate.
Don't let fear of the unknown get
the best of you Make annual pros­
tate exam s a regular part o f your
health care program.
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OSU Attracting More
Minority Students
CORVALLIS - Minority students
are showing a greater interest in Or­
egon State University according to
recent statistics released by the
university ’ s office of Admissions and
Orientation.
The number o f freshman African
American students who have been
offered admission to Oregon State
l Jniversity this fall has increased 64
percent compared to 1998 and there
has been an increase in admission
offers for other under-represented
minority populations as well.
According to Bob Bontrager, di­
rection of Admissions and Orientation
at OSU, 64 freshman African Ameri­
can students have been offered admis­
sion to the university compared to 39
last year. Admissions offers to fresh­
man Latino students have jumped from
120to 176, an increase of more than 46
percent. OSU also saw increase of
more than 20 percent in the number of
Native Americans and Asian Ameri­
can freshman who have been offered
adm ission for the fall o f 1999.
Bontrager said the statistics were based
on applications and admission offers
through the end of March.
Bontrager said the number of
freshman African A merican and
Latino students who have applied for
admission to OSU has increased
nearly 40 percent compared to 1998.
OSU has also seen an increase in the
number o f Asian American and Na­
tive American students applying to
the university.
Bontrager said ju st over h a lf o f
the students who w ere accepted to
OSU traditionally enrolling the fall
and that the increased interest m i­
nority students encourage him have
shown OSU.
“OSU has one of the strongest,
most comprehensive programs re­
lated to multicultural issues o f any
university in the country,” Bontrager
said. “We have not always done a
good job o f communicating that to
students o f color, so in the last two
years we have tried to do a better job
o f sharing that information.”
The most prominent example has
been a series o f community events
held in African American, Asian
American and Latino communities
around the state. Bontrager said the
concept o f those events has been to
recognize that bringing students o f
color to OSU involves the develop­
ment o f a relationship with not only
the students but also their families
and communities.
Last fall, nearly 400 families
attended the “ Si Se Puede,” event
sponsored by OSU in Hillsboro Jim
Garcia, coordinator o f O SU ’s Casa
Educational, said the event helped
to illustrate to Latino students and
their families that there is a strong
support system at the university for
minority students.
“The Latino community expects a
reflection of their cultural experience
on campus and they find that OSU has
the community and institutions that
serve their needs,” Garcia said.
Paul James, coordinator of OSU ’ s
Ujima Education Office, said the
university has worked extensively
with community service agencies and
high school counselors in Portland’s
African American community the
past two years to develop relation­
ship and show prospective students
that OSU is a viable option. James
said the university has begun a new
student orientation program for Afri­
can Americans and African Ameri­
can recruiters educate prospective
students about OSU.
“I think we’ve sent the message to
service agencies and to high school
counselors that Oregon State Uni­
versity is about more than just han­
dling out promotional brochures,”
James said. “OSU has actively cre­
ated a sense o f community for Afri­
can American students, which is com­
municated by current OSU students
to potential students.
Phyllis Lee, director o f the Office
o f Multicultural Affairs, said O SU’s
success in attracting and retaining
more minority students can be attrib­
uted to an understanding that it’s a
university-wide endeavor.
“OSU is moving forward very
intentionally in its mission o f being
educational institution accessible to
a broad constituency,” Lee said. “We
keep in touch with the communities
that are sending us their kids. It’s not
an accident that these numbers are
improving. For example, it’s impor­
tant to understand that w e're chang­
ing the campus to be more welcom­
ing, supporting and inclusive, thus
improving both access and the envi­
ronment for learning.”
Lee said OSU has had difficulty
in the past attracting minority stu­
dents but instead of ignoring the prob­
lem the university has attacked it
head-on.
"OSU hasn’t answered all its prob­
lems related to minority recruitment,"
Lee said. "But instead o f ignoring or
running away from them we have
admitted our shortcomings and tried
to address them.”
Third Annual Jackson Symposium Set
The Cascade Campus Commu­
nity Center o f Portland Community
College is glad to once again cel­
ebrate African American history
with the Third Annual Jackson fo­
rum Symposium on Thursday, April
29 at 6 p.m. at the cascade Campus,
705 N. Killingsworth.
The symposium, which is free and
open to the public, features four pre­
sentations by local and regional his­
torians on the subject o f the African
American experience as it relates to
employment and labor issues in Port­
land. Topics o f discussion include
the music and real estate industries,
the tugboat w orkers' union and
Portland’s Golden West Hotel.
The event will be held in Terrell
Hall, Room 122. Refreshments will
T R I- M E T
be served prior to the presentations
in Terrell Hall, Room 112. The
public will also be given the oppor­
tunity to interact with the present­
ers at a brief reception following
the ceremony.
This year’s Jackson Forum Sym­
posium . named for local minister and
civil rights activist Rev. H. Jackson,
is sponsored by Washington Mutual.
NEW S
Tri-Met growth continues
Combined Tri-Met bus and light rail readership last month
continued more than six years of continuos growth.
Westside MAX ridership hit a new high of 24,000 weekday
rides. Combined bus and MAX ridership has increased for
74 consecutive months, comparing the month during the
previous year. Tri-Met buses and MAX trains totaled
255,200 average weekday rides in February, a 6.9%
increase over February 1998. Each time a passenger
boards a bus or MAX train counts as a ride.
“These continuing ridership gains show that we’re on the
right track in providing a viable transportation option,” Fred
Hansen, Tri-Met General Manager said. “We’re now working
to expand our system to continue to increase ridership and
meet the growing transpiration needs of the region.” The
entire 33-mile MAX line was used heavily on weekends,
carrying an average of 42,300 rides on Saturday and
25,700 rides on Sundays. Ridership for the entire MAX line
has already exceeded the projected 50,000 average
weekday rides expected after one year of operation.
For information about riding Tri-Met, contact 238-RIDE, or
www.tri-met.org
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