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February 9, 2000
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N eighbors o f M ultnom ah C o u n ty ’s
Northeast Health Center are invited to
attend a free Community Resource Fair
The goal o f the event is to heighten
awareness o f the wide array o f services
essential to family health, education and
well-being. There will be face painting and
healthy refreshments. The event will be
held on Friday, February 11 at the
Multnomah County Northeast Health
Center(5329 NE Martin Luther King) from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 248-3663.
Valentine Social at
Matt Dishman
Sweeten your week and join other seniors
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Here comes Interstate MAX
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N.E. Community
Resource Fair
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• P r o ject listed as
priority in President
Clinton’s budget; major
step tow ard fed eral
funding
CONTRlBtTEDSTOKE
The Interstate MAX light rail project today
passed its first major hurdle when it received
a strong financial endorsement from the
Clinton Administration.
During a conference call with US Department
o f Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater,
Mayor Vera Katz and Tri-M et’s General
Manager Fred Hansen were told that Interstate
MAX is a priority for new rail projects in
(age 55 & up) around the city for dancing
or listening to George Sievert & Orchestra
as they play the best music from the 4 0 ’s
into the 90’s. Make requests to hear your
favorite Swing, Latin, Waltz, and Dixieland
tunes. Portland Parks & Recreation’s
Senior Leisure Services proudly sponsors
this annual event on Friday, February 11,
I -4 p.m. at the Matt Dishman Community
Center at 77 NE Knott. No partner needed
- you can make new friends during “mix &
meet” numbers. Refreshments will be
served. $2 admission. For more information,
call 823-4328.
President Clinton’s budget that was released
on Monday. Congressman Earl Blumenauer
participated in the call from Washington, DC,
with City Commissioner Charlie Hales and
Metro Councilor Jon Kvistad in Portland.
The region is asking for $257.5 million to fund
the federal government’s share o f the $350
million, 5.6-mile extension. The President’s
budget lists the project at the top o f its funding
requirement for new projects, and calls for a
$40 million appropriation forFYO 1.
F ree Q u iltm a k in g
Workshop
New home considered for proposed team
People of all ages will have the opportunity
to learn quiltmaking from local experts at
theOregon Jewish Museum from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m. on Sunday, February 13. At the
Family Day workshop, local quilters will
demonstrate the quiltmaking process.
Visitors will have the opportunity to do
hand piecing and applique. Supplies will
be provided. Admission to the museum is
free. Call 226-3600
Free Cancer
Screening
To celeb rate V a le n tin e ’s D ay and
commemorate National Cervical Cancer
Awareness month, Planned Parenthood
o f the Columbia/Willamette (PPCW) is
offering free breast and cervical cancer
screenings February 14 for women who
have not had a Pap smear in the last three
years. Women must make appointments
for the screenings, and can call 1 -800-230-
PLAN for the nearest PPCW clinic.
( Please see 'Max' page 3)
be
their next board meeting, 7 p.m. Feb. 14 at
Emanuel Hospital’s Lorenzen Center.
He has given up an earlier effort to bring a
major league team to an expanded Civic
S tad iu m , in part b ecause o f solid
neighborhood opposition to such an idea.
“We didn’t start our discussions with the
people around the stadium and that was a
huge mistake, not that wecould haveovercome
the obstacles involved,” he said. “We need to
get away from our fixation on Civic, and find
a proper fit.”
The school district property has come up
as a possible site “more than once,” Lashbrook
said. Its location near a freeway entrance, the
Rose Quarter and two light rail lines are all a
plus, he said. Not all issues relating to parking
and traffic have been addressed, but “ we
have to start somewhere. We have to get off
the dime.” So far he is “just in the discussion
phase” with school district officials, and an
hour-long meeting with mayor Vera Katz who
“gave me her blessing," he said. “It doesn’t
look like finding aplace forthe school district’s
offices will be our biggest obstacle,” he said.
Katz’s office could not be reached for
comment. Portland School board member Marc
Abrams laughed when told o f Lashbrook’s
comments. “The property is not for sale,” he
told the Observer. “We have our offices
there, and we have long-term contractual
obligations to Multnomah County to provide
space there. We plan to begin a year-long
evaluation o f our facility needs, but any
alternative plans for this property is very
premature.”
“As the 22nd largest market, with only the
Trail Blazers as competition, Portland is very
undersported,” Lashbrook said. Citing past
defunct professional football and soccer
teams and the Portland Power women’s
basketball team he said, “Portland hasn’t
failed to support new teams, it’s the leagues
that have failed.” He said that retail businesses
located near major league baseball stadiums
see their business go up 30 percent on game
days. “It would be silly not to at least look at
it,” he said.
Portland Conference Center Alan Peters
said, “This is an event district. It seems
natural.”
B lack H istory M onth
Mary Louise Defender Wilson, gifted
D ak o tah /H id atsa T ra d ito n a list and
Storyteller from Shields, North Dakota is
traveling to Portland, Oregon for special
folk art performances on February 18-19.
She is the 1999 recipient o f the prestigious
National Endowment for the Arts Heritage
Fellowship for her folklore and oral
tradition. She will be at the Interstate
Firehouse Culture Center Origin’s Lecture
Series on Friday, February 18 at 7:30 p.m
and at an afternoon with Wisdom o f the
Elders on Saturday, February 19 at PSU’s
Smith Ballroom. Call Rose High Bear at 503/
775-4014 or Brad Kendricks at IFCC at 503/
823-2070.
Michael Allen Harrison, pianist/composer
will be holding a Valentine Concert Series
- 2000 in the romantic candlelight setting
o f the Old Church. Tickets are avai lable at
all Fred Meyer Fastixx Outlets or by phone
at 503/224-8499. Michael will feature many
selections from his recordings over the
last 14 years, including his latest CD with
Julianne Johnson “Cheek to Cheek”, as
well as new compositions never heard
before.
L ee P erlman
Big league baseba! I booster Lynn Lashbrook,
having tried to promote big time use o f Civic
Stadium, thinks he has found abetter location:
The Portland School District property at
501N. Dixon St., across North Broadway from
the Rose Quarter.
“I’ve fallen in love with the improvements
on the east side,” Lashbrook, a professional
consultant, told the Lloyd District Community
Association board at a recent meeting. “You
guys would be the winners. It would aid
everyone’s quality o f life.”
Lashbrook is scheduled to discuss his ideas
with the Eliot Neighborhood Association at
Native American Folk
Art
V a len tin e C o n cert
Series 2000
From left to right Comissioner Charles Hale. Mayor Vera Katz and Tri-Mets general manager. Fred Hanson cut into a cake during the
meeting Tuesday.
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Two foreign students
donate money to
Portland s local NAACP
chapter. This week s
observation o f Black
History1 Month cover the
years o f 1900-1950. The
founding father o f the
NAA CP (National
Association fo r the
Advancement o f Colored
People) was an amazing
intellect and radical. He
was also the first black to
receive a Ph. D. from
Harvard University1.
Ironically, he was fired
from his own NAACP
organization twice fo r his
leftist views. Can you name
him? For the answer, see
the Focus.
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