October 11, 2000
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A New Apartment Complex Offering Affordable Housing
has Opened in Inner Southeast Portland
R itzd o rf C ourt provides 86 stu
dio and 4 o n e-b ed ro o m a p a rt
m ents for fo rm e rly h o m e le ss
people earning less th en 40% o f
m edian income.
T his p erm anent hou sin g is the
fin a l p ie c e o f th e P o r tla n d /
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty S h e lte r
R eco n fig u ratio n Plan for h o m e
less adults.E ach ap artm en t is fur
nish ed w ith a bed, d re sse r, table
and chairs. T here is 2,5 0 0 square
Eight-year
Driver
Licenses
Awarded
Oregon DMV has begun issuing
some Oregonians driver licenses that
are valid for eight years. That means
that Oregonians w on’t need to visit
DMV as frequently, and will help
reduce the number o f people who
come in to DMV field offices.
Conversion to an eight-year cycle
will take eight years. For the first four
years, DMV will issue both four-year
and eight-year licenses. After Oct. 2
2004, DMV will issue the eight-year
license only.
“To know if you’ll get an eight-
year license, just remember how you
renew ed last tim e,” said Lorna
Young ’s, ODOT Deputy Director for
DMV. “If your last renewal was done
by mail, you’ll get an eight-year li
cense. If this is your first license in
Oregon, or if your license has been
expired for more than a year, you’ll
need to go in to a field office and get
an eight-year license.”
Your printed renewal notice will
tell ifyou’reeligible to renew bymail.
Ifyou are, you’ll be issued a four-year
license, regardless o f whether you
renew by mail or to the local DMV
office. You will not have an option to
choose when your license will expire.
Ifyou have a question about which
type o f license you qualify for, con
tact DMV Customer Assistance at
(503)945-5000.
“The per-year fee license remains
the same,” Y oung’s said. “For ex
ample, to renew a regular Class C
licenses, the kind most people have,
for four years, it costs $17.25. So a
license that is good for twice as long
has a cost o f $34.50.”
feet o f ground floor
com m ercial space.
P eople began to
m o v e in to th e
apartm en ts in Sep
te m b e r a n d fu ll
le a s e - u p is e x
p ected by F eb ru
ary.
R itz d o rf C ourt
w as n am ed a fte r
M a rsh a R itz d o r f
who lived in southeast P o rt
land in the late 1970’s, d u r
ing w hich tim e she was a
pro fesso r o f urban studies
at Portland State U niversity.
M a rsh a ’s professio n al life
was dedicated to the p rin c i
pals o f social equality. Her
w ork focused on w om en and
housing and th eir in terface
w ith land use reg u lations.
Voters’ Guide
Goes Online
T he o ffic ia l O n lin e V o te rs'
G uide co n tain in g b a llo t m easure
in fo rm atio n and argum ents for
the 2000 G eneral E lection is now
available.
The O n lin e V o te rs’ G uide, a
w eb -b ased version o f the state
V o te rs’ P am phlet, can be linked
to by v isitin g the O regon V otes
w eb
s ite
a t:
w w w .o reg o nvotes.com .
“ W e have w orked hard to get
O n lin e V o te rs’ G uide up on the
In te rn e t as soon as p o ssib le ,"
S ecretary o f State B ill B radbury
stated . “ It has been a p rio rity o f
my office to m ake inform ation
re a d ily a c cessib le and availab le
o n lin e .” B ra d b u ry sa id . T he
p rin te d ed itio n o f the state V o t
e r s ’ P am phlet w ill be m ailed to
ev ery O regon household b e g in
ning O cto b er 11.
The O nline V o te rs’ G uide con
tains in fo rm atio n about the 26
b allo t m easures O regon voters
w ill decide on during the N ovem
b e r 7 election. C andidate in fo r
m ation w ill be a v ailab le online
Friday.
The last day to re g iste r for the
G eneral E lection is O ctober 17.
P ow er
Wheelchairs
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able Power Wheelchairs to non-
ambulatoiy Senior Citizens usu
ally at no out-of-pocket expense if
they qualify. No deposit required.
Iheelectric wheelchairs are pro
vided to those who cannot walk
and can not self-propel a manual
wheelchair in their home or inde
pendent living quarters who meet
the additional qualifications of the
program. This service may also be
available to the permanently dis
abled of any age.
Please call 1-800-749-8778 or
visit our web site at
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T hursday , O ctober 19, 2000
B lo o d te s tin g o f c h ild r e n
should be p e rfo rm e d at ages 1
and 2 o r at least befo re age 6 if no
previous te stin g has been done
and any risk factors for lead p o i
soning are present. C hildren who
live in or regularly stay in a home,
apartm ent, or ch ild care center
c o n stru cted befo re 1978 are at a
g re a te r risk o f d ev elo p in g lead
po iso n in g , e sp e c ia lly if there is
re m o d e lin g o r p e e lin g p a in t.
O ther risk factors include fam ily
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The e ffe c ts o f lead p o i
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tected early by a blood test.
I f u n d e te c te d lead p o iso n
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ing learn in g and b eh av io ral
problem s in affected c h il
dren.
T he P o rtlan d C om m unity C o l
lege board o f directors nom inated
M o riarty for the aw ard, praisin g
him for creating “a c lim a te o f suc
cess and rob u st grow th despite
sev ere b u d g et cutbacks in O r
e g o n .”
The
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n o te d
M o ria rty ’s p u rsu it o f strategic
alliance w ith business, public and
o th e r e d u c a tio n a l in stitu tio n s,
w hich allow ed the college to wield
g reater in flu ence w ith city and
state leaders.
M oriarty has in itia te d n atio n
ally recognized program s at Port-
lan d C o m m u n ity C o lleg e, includ
ing the m ost recent U .S. D epart
m ent o f L abor aw ard for the PCC
and Mt.
H ood D islo cated W orker p ro
gram . He holds a doctoral degree
in higher ed u catio n from G eorge
W a sh in g to n U n iv e rs ity and a
m a ste r’s and b a c h e lo r’s degree
from Catholic U niversity in W ash
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T/us planning process is being led by the Fremont/M LK Vision C om m ittee.
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Year by Community Colleges
The A sso c ia tio n o f C o m m u
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c e n tly n a m e d PCC P re s id e n t
D aniel F. M o riarty C E O o f the
year.
T he n atio n al a sso c ia tio n w ill
p resen t M o ria rty w ith the 2000
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M o riarty has been p re sid e n t
o f P o rtlan d C o m m u n ity C o lleg e
since 1986.
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C hild h o o d lead p o iso n in g is a
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m ental h ealth p ro b lem and lead-
based is now the p rim a ry sou rce
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A free lead sc re e n in g w ill be
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