June 6, 2001
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High Five Challenge
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K PTV O reg o n ’s 12 hostst a special N avy
edition o f the O reg o n ’s 12 gam e show HP
H igh F ive C hallenge T hursday, June 7.
M em bers o f the U nited States N avy and
C oast G uard face o ff against m em bers o f the
C anadian N avy in this international m atch.
T he show is broadcast on S aturday, June
9 at 9:30 a.m . T he program is taped in front
o f a live studio audience.
Rose Cup Races
A popular w eekend with local racing en­
thusiasts for m ore than 40 years, the 2001
Rose Cup Races presented by Tem p Control
M echanical Corp, features S portsC arC lubof
A m erica's Regional and National Cham pion­
ship point races w ith m ore than 300 am ateur
drivers invariedclassesofrace cars. The race
begins at 1:30 p.m ., Sunday, June 17.
Eastbank Esplanade
Bridge Loop
P ortland Parks & R ecreation is offering
unique w alking tours along the city ’s new
$30 m illion Eastbank Esplanade led by local
historian an d author o f ‘The Portland Bridge
B ook,” S haron W ood W orm an. T he tour
w ill be on Saturday, June 9, from 8 :3 0 a .m .-
12:15 p.m . and later from 1 p .m .-4 :4 5 p .m .
P re-registration is required. T o register, call
503/823-5132.
Rose Festival at
Waterfront Village
T his year, R ose Festival w aterfront ac­
tivities is celebrating its 31” anniversary in
T om M cC all W aterfront Park (betw een
B u m sid e and H aw thorne B ridge). The
W aterfront V illage w ill b e open until Sun­
day, June 10. T his year, there will be several
new , exciting im provem ents and additions.
YMCA Camp Collins
Celebrates 75 Years
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Y M C A C am p C ollins is 75 years old this
sum m er. T he cam p has served 350,000 chil­
dren in that tim e, and is getting ready for the
next 75 years. C om e and share the m em ories
w ith them . T hey w ill be celebrating on Sat-
urday, June 16 at the Y M C A C am p Collins,
locatedat3001 S .E .O xbow Parkw ay,nextto
O xbow R egional Park. F o rm o re info., call
5 0 3 /6 6 3 - 5 8 1 3 , o r v is it w w w .y m c a -
p ortland.org .
Strawberry Festival at
Kruger’s Farm
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Join K ru g er’s F arm for the arrival o f the
straw berry season on June 16 and 17. V isi­
tors have the opportunity to sam ple the
fruits, tour the farm , take a hayride, picnic
under the oak trees, listen to live m usic and
enjoy fresh straw berry shortcake. T here
w ill also be jam -m aking dem onstrations.
This is a free event. K ruger’s Farm is located
at 17100 S. W. Sauvie Island Road. Call 503/
621-3489.
Architectural Treasures
of Portland
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New Baltazar F. Ortiz Center Opens in Northeast
Cully and Killingsworth site provides health and social services to Latinos and other area residents
new c o m m u n ity
cen ter designed to
p rovide a variety o f
health and social serv ices to
local resid e n ts has o p ened at
n o rth e a s t
C u lly
and
K illingsw orth.
T he B altazar F. O rtiz C om ­
m unity C enter w as developed
by the H acienda C om m unity
D e v e lo p m e n t C o r p , a n d
n a m e d a f t e r its f o u n d e r ,
B altazar F. “ B u z” O rtiz.
T he c e n te r is designed to
pro v id e health and social se r­
vices to local neighbors by
p a rtn e rin g
w ith
th e
M ultnom ah C ounty D ep art­
m ent o f C om m unity and Fam-
ily S e r v ic e s a n d H e a lth
D e p a rtm e n t’s La C lin ic a de
B uena Salud.
In add itio n to basic health
care serv ices, m ental health
c o u n se lin g , y o u th o u tre a ch
p rogram s, and dom estic v io ­
lence su p p o rt se rv ic es, the
O rtiz C e n te r w ill w elcom e
c o m m u n ity -b ase d o rg a n iz a ­
tio n s and n e ig h b o rh o o d a sso ­
c ia tio n s into the c e n te r for
m eetings and events.
P hoto by M ark W ashington /T hf . P ortland O bserver )
“ W e are p lea se d to w e l­
Comoro Page (from left), Steve Crowell, Monica R. Mumper, Raquel Aguillon and Jose Rivera give a warm
com e our neig h b o rs to this
welcome to residents visiting the new Baltazar F. Ortiz Community Center in northeast Portland.
new fac ility and we sin cerely
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B y C olleen L ore P arker and M ichael
L eighton
T he P ortland O bserver
B obbie R idgew ay w as startled an d then
shocked w hen she realized the upstairs w in­
dow s o f her north P ortland hom e w ere being
broken by beanbags fired by P ortland Police.
T he 67-year-old grandm other w as even
m ore shocked w hen a special unit o f police,
clad in dark clothing, entered her home, pointed
guns at her and had her lay dow n on the floor.
She w as kept in handcuffs for 45 m inutes
and o nly then w as she show n a search w ar­
rant.
O fficers stated that th eir actions at 2 p.m.
Friday w ere w arranted, d escribing the raid as
high-risk, considering the violent history o f
the suspects they w ere seeking. T hey say
they w ere seeking additional suspects and
evidence that m ay have been in the home.
R idgew ay told the Portland Observ er that
authorities said they had thought the up­
stairs o f her hom e was a separate apartm ent.
T hey also told her that her residence had been
u nder surveillance.
She and other family m em bers, how ever,
feel that if her hom e had been under surv eil­
lance, the police w ould have know n that her
upstairs w as not a separate unit.
N ortheast Cm dr. Derrick Foxw orth said
“the p olice consider it com m on practice for
Special Em ergency Reaction Team officers to
fire beanbag rounds to provide a diversion to
m ask their front door entrance.”
T his is oflittle com fort to Ridgeway, a long­
tim e resident o f Portland. She is the grand-
m otherofR onald Lamont Cunningham Jr., 21,
w ho w as said to have lived w ith her prior to
his arrest three hours before the raid.
Cunningham and two other men, identified
as T y ro n e A n th o n y T h u rm an , 22, and
D om anick D avid Cam pbell, have been ar­
rested as suspects in connection w ith a M ay
26 assault on tw o police officers outside the
G reek Cuisina. W arrants have also been is­
sued for Jerrin L avezie H ickm an, 23, and
D ante Lam ont Porter, 27, and D am on Lonzie
Cunningham , 25.
Police said that betw een five and eight men
attacked officers Chad G radw ahl and D avid
M ichaelsonas they left a birthday party at the
dow ntow n Portland bar and dance club.
Police said the attack w as unprovoked,
and investigators believe it was com m itted by
Celebrate the Park!
A lice C otton, a local author will be giving
a slide show presentation at M ultnom ah
C ounty L ibrary on W ednesday, June 13,7
p.m. in honor o f P ortlan d ’s 150,h anniver-
sary. H erspecialty is on revealing the unique
story o f beautifully designed buildings in
the city and highlighting its architecture.
The Friendly Poets Society is offering a
$l,OOOgrandprizeintheirPoetryCompetition
2001, free toeveryone. There are 28 prizes in
all w orth over $3,000. The contest is seeking
poem s on any subject, using any style, with
a life-affirming inspirational theme. Form ore
in f o rm a tio n ,
go
o n lin e
to
www.friendlvpoets.com. Deadline is June 15.
; Free Tennis Lessons
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H ave you ever w anted to leam to play
tennis, but w eren’t sure how to go about
doing so? W ell, here is your chance! The
U nited State Tennis A ssociation has desig­
nated the m onth o f M ay as “USA Tennis
M onth” throughout the entire nation! To
celebrate, the V ancouver Tennis & Racquet-
ball C enter staff, in conjunction w ith the
V ancouver C om m unity Tennis Association,
will be offering Free 1.5 hour introductory
group tennis lessons to interested groups
and/or organizations. Free lessons are avail­
able for kids ages 7 to 15 until June 9. Call 360/
696-8123.
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Grandmother Forced to Floor During Raid
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hope they w ill think o f it as
th e ir ow n ,” said Bob Puentes,
B oard C hairm an o f H acienda
CD C . “ The O rtiz C om m unity
C en ter represents a shared vi­
sion and dedication for the
C ully/K illingsw orth area; one
in w hich neighbors help to
m ake it prosper and succeed.”
The site also includes the
V illa de Suenos and V illa de
C lara V ista affordable hous­
ing developm ents; both c re­
ated by H acienda.
a C linica de Buena
Salud is nationally re
now ned for its ded i­
catio n to the Latino C om m u­
nity and its innovative services
to vulnerable populations.
H a c ie n d a
CDC
w as
founded in 1992 and has grown
into one o f the largest com ­
m unity developm ent corpora­
tio n s in M ultnom ah County.
Its goal is to provide fam ilies
w ith safe, decent, and afford­
able housing and the tools nec­
essary for independence and
self-sufficiency. W orking with
a v ariety o f public and private
p artners, it has developed the
m ost extensive bilingual/bicul-
tural netw ork o f health anu
social services in Oregon.
Local residents, including representatives from Emanual Hospital
and the Eliot Neighborhood Association, celebrate a renovated
Dawson Park at north Vancouver and Stanton Saturday. Live music,
games, face painting and other activities were held to usher in a
new era for the park. Neighborhood groups have been working to
clean up the park and sweep crime from the area.
P hotos
by
M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Portland firefighters give kids an up close and personal
look at Fire Engine 51 during Saturday's celebration at
Dawson Park.
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m em bers o f a local C rips gang, in retaliation
for previous contact an officer m ade with at
least one o f the alleged assailants.
G radw ahl was beaten unconscious and
M ichaelson was stabbed in the low er back,
police said. They are o ut o f the hospital, but
still recuperating. C unningham was already
in custody when the police raided Ridgeway ’ s
home. A nother hom e in G resham was also
raided, and resident M ichael Dixon ques­
tioned police tactics as well. Thurm an, his
stepson, had already been arrested and was
in custody at the time.
The Police B ureau’s Crisis Response Team
called on the residents o fb o th hom es after the
raid to speak w ith fam ily m em bers w ho were
disturbed and shaken by the raids, Foxworth
said.
Patient Bill of
Rights
Becomes Law
(AP) — Gov. John Kitzhaber has
signed a “Patient's Bill o f Rights” into
law, givingtwo million Oregonians new
tools to challenge health coverage de­
cisions.
The governor says the measure is
an important step in ensuring that the
health-care system is responsive to
people’s needs.
Tlie law takes effect July 1, 2002.
Those covered by HMOs, preferred
provider organizations and regular in­
demnity health insurers will gain new
rights.
Consumers denied coverage will be
entitled to appeal to an impartial expert
reviewer certified by the state.
Health plans that refuse to submit to
external review become legally open
to lawsuits. Plans that fail to follow an
independent reviewer decision face
fines starting at $ 100,000 and become
open to lawsuits.
Other requirements will help pa­
tients who are undergoing treatment
and need specialist’s care.
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