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First Lady
First lady Hilary Rodham Clinton
set up a committee to explore a race
for a Senate seat from New York.
The filing allows Mrs.Clinton to
raise and spend money in prepara­
tion for the race for the Democratic
nomination. Her opponent on the
Republican side is New York City
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani who has
already formed a Senate exploratory
committee and raised almost $3
million toward the race.
It would appear that
summer has arrived as
children play in the
Salmon Sreet Fountain
responding to the rise in
temperature from the low
6 0 s to the high 80's.
World Economy
According to a U N. report, the
world economy is still growing
slowly and the poorest countries
continue to suffer the most. In de­
veloping nations, economic growth
is much slower this year than any
year this decade. The report by the
U.N. is entitled “ The W orld
Economy in 1999.”
Temperatures are
expected to rise to 9 0+
by the end of the w eek.
Cosby Brings His Wit to the West Coast
Chinook Winds Casino, in Lincoln City, proud of it's newly remodeled
facilities, bring w itty, never to be taken for granted. Bill Cosby, to
show off it's new duds. Cosby, in his usual seasoned style moved
buoyantly through the crowd gathering kisses and haurrtingly
suggesting that, “yourwife.........is not your friend."....She sbeyond
that. A great tim e was had by a ll, proving once again, that Cosby s
Hot Weather
For another day, the mercury
had climbed toward 100 again in
the Midwest and the East Coast
(from southern New England to
North Carolina). As many as eight
deaths were blamed from the heat.
Utilities had advised customers to
turn off unneeded appliances to
conserve electricity and some had
scattered blackouts as air condi­
tioners outpaced generators.
Upcoming Events at the
Main Act Center Stage
include :
10-0unce Baby Dies
In Portland, a 10-ounce baby
girl nicknamed “Mighty Mo” died
recently. She was born premature
on June 12. Her twin sister who
weighs 2 pounds, 10.5 ounces is
listed in fair condition. The Guiness
Book of World Records says the
smallest baby to survive is a 9.9-
ounce girl born in 1989 in
Maywood, 111.
Merle Haggard
Temptations
Photo by Sandy S aharan
Hope for Conference to Bring
Non-Profit Organizations
and Neighbors Together
Free Computers
America Online and Prodigy
Communications Corp, have joined
together to offer free personal com­
puters to consumers if they agree
to sign up for online service for
three years. AOL said that it would
give a $400 rebate on selected
eMachines Inc. to people who agree
to subscribe to its $21 95-a-month
CompuServe Internet access for
three years. The eMachines com­
puter is offered at a low $399, in
effect making it free, but the moni­
tor isn’t included.
*
i
Noriega Sentenced
A French court recently sen­
tenced Noriega and his wife to 10
years in jail for laundering millions
j of dollars through accounts in sev­
eral leading French banks. The
couple were also fined $29.1 mil-
! lion for their crimes.
i
Noriega is currently in jail in Mi-
’ ami on a 30-year sentence for money
■ laundering and drug trafficking.
July ie *” & 17th at 8:00 p . m
group discussions of gentrification and
L ff P frlfman
consensus building.
The conference was inspired by a se­
ommissioner Erik Sten's Northeast Hous
ries
of disputes between CDCs and neigh­
ing Conference will attempt to find a
borhood
associations. The most notable
ommon direction for groups that have
was
one
between the Boise Association
ately been working at cross purposes.
and
Housing
Our Families earlier this year,
Specifically, all inner northeast neigh-
but
there
have
been differences between
»orhood associations and community de­
residents
of
Concordia
and Sabin Com­
velopment corporations, as well as the
munity
Development
Corporation,
King
jublic at large, have been invited to the
and
Northeast
Community
Development
lathering from 10a.m. to3 p.m. July lOat
Corporation, Eliot and Portland Commu­
self-Enhancement, Inc., 3920 N. Kerby
nity Reinvestment Initiatives, and between
Ave. The conference is free, breakfast
Piedmont and PDC.
md lunch are provided, and child care is
Crudely put, residents and neighbor­
available upon request. However, those
hood
associations have been complaining
coming are asked to pre-register with
that
non-profits
and city officials are forc­
Sten’s office at 823-3589,
ing
an
over-abundance
of low-income
The conference will include talks by
rental
housing
on
their
community,
and
Cathy Galbraith of the Bosco-Milligan
not
managing
it
well.
The
non-profits
and
Foundation. Leroy Patton of the F air Hous­
officials
say
their
critics
are
insensitive
to
ing Council and Baruti Arthuree of the
the
needs
of
the
needy,
and
that
some
of
Portland Development Commission. There
them are recently-arrived yuppies
will be a general session, and smaller
C
. . .
.
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‘It’s
been clear
to me
personally for
some time that communication hasn’t been
going well," Sten’s aide Marshall Runkel
says. “People aren’t really speaking the
same language.” In addition, he says. The
housing market has changed, and so has
the cast of characters. CDCs have gone
from a group of people sitting in someone's
living room to medium-sized agencies in
a short time. We’ve recently had two di­
rectors leave (at HOF and NECDC).
Gentrification has emerged as an issue -
and everyone has their own definition of
what that means.”
Chris Brown of Boise, who says he was
economically forced out of southeast Port­
land, says that gentrification "isn't neces­
sarily a bad word. The whole idea of
neighborhood associations is to make
neighborhoods nicer places to live, and
you can’t have it both ways.” He says that
with only 30 percent home ownership
Boise doesn't need more rentals. He adds.
“ I I f fully
iillv r respect
e
the people who were here
before me. The best way to help them
continue to live here is to allow them the
opportunity to buy a place to live. Is there
a moral obligation to provide housing for
people who can't afford market rate? Yes.
Is there a moral obligation to provide
housing in a given geographic area? I’m
not sure.”
Jennifer Siebold of King says, “We have
an economically diverse neighborhood
now. and we want to keep it that way. It
isn’t served by cramming all the low in­
come housing into inner Northeast. This is
an economic issue, not a race issue.
Maxine Fitzpatrick of PCRI and Karen
Voiss of Franciscan Enterprise, both of
which specialize in rental housing, say
there’s a need for what they provide. “We
have long waiting lists,” Voiss says.
“Housing prices are escalating faster than
the level of wages.” Because of the CDCs,
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