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Tutoring Center Celebrates Success
The Hollywood Education and
Literacy Project, located at 700
N. Killingsworth, held an informal
graduation ceremony June 9 to
acknowledge the success o f the
volunteer-based organization.
People o f all ages and ethnic
backgrounds came together for
the celebration.
Johnnie A. Gage, former ex­
ecutive director o f H ouse o f
Umoja, who took a job with the
Eisenhower Foundation in Febru­
ary, flew in from W ashington,
D.C. to act as Master o f Ceremo­
nies.
State Rep. Deborah Kafoury
and Portland School Board Elect
Lolenzo Poe arrived to speak in
support o f the project and its con­
tributions to the community.
A bout 40 certificates were
awarded to students who have
completed courses and tutors who
had completed their training.
“The HELP Center is a tre­
mendous resource in helping com­
munity residents gain a level of
independence that can only occur
from obtaining a higher level o f
literacy,” said Poe, who is also the
director o f Multnomah County
Community and Family Services.
For some, the work started
months ago merely learning the
P hoto by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
HELP, a nonprofit literacy center located in N.E. Portland, held an Informal graduation ceremony recently for
students and trainers who had completed their programs. On hand were supporters of the organization's
efforts to combat illiteracy and assist low academic achievers. From left: HELP Director Hillary Larson; Lolenzo
Poe, Director of Multnomah County Human Services; Deborah Kafoury, State Rep. for District 18 and Johnny A.
Gage of the Eisenhower Foundation.
tions that take from our com ­
m unity. It is refreshing to see
an o rg a n iz a tio n lik e H ELP
w hich gives back.” For more
alphabet and putting the sounds
together that make up words. Rep.
Kafoury stated that, “There are
many organizations and institu­
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Killingsworth St., Erickson later told
the Portland Observer.
The resolution authorizes the
use o f condem nation - the purchase
o f property w ithout the ow ner’s
S tory C ontinued from F ront P age
Humboldt plans to host a discus­
sion with legal experts o f property
owners and tenants’ rights under con­
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K illingsw orth Street and w est o f
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5522 N. A lbina Ave., and a series o f
properties on the west side ofN orth
A lbina A venue and w est side o f
M ississippi, north ofK illingsw orth
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Board m em ber D aniel M oriarity
told those present that the resolu­
tion is “not a directive, in every
instance, to proceed to the next
step.” V oluntary sales agreem ents
are alw ays “ our p re fe rred p ro c e ­
d u re ,” he said.
B oard c h a ir K aren M cK inney
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y o u h a v e r a is e d . B u t w e ’ve
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v o lu n ta ry c lo su re , and it has not
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S ev eral p eo p le w ho spoke at
the m eeting qu estio n ed how hard
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fers. A fo u rth , M a rtin G o n zalez,
sa y s he has “p la y e d phone ta g ”
w ith PCC officials.
H azel S hipley told the board in
te a rs th at her ho u se at 5635 N.
A lb in a A ve. is “ the only hom e
I ’ve ev er ow ned, and y o u ’re g o ­
ing to m ake me m ove and it’s not
fair. N o b o d y ’s ta lk e d to m e e x ­
cep t H um boldt. N o o n e ’s given
me that re sp e c t.”
D a v id U p h o f f , o w n e r o f
C larence W alker F low ers, said he
has tw o p ro p erties h e ’s w illin g to
se ll, but PCC did not m ake an
o ffer. “A nd now y o u ’re invoking
co n dem nation. I t’s not rig h t!” he
said.
A n o th e r ow n er, W ayne D oge
o f A rgo Safety R ailin g s, said that
b ecau se o f the re so lu tio n , the
p lan n ed sale o f his b u sin e ss has
fallen through.
PCC v ice p re sid e n t for a d m in ­
istrativ e services R andy M cE w an
la te r told the P o rtla n d O b se rv e r
th at in one o f several m eetings
w ith Hum boldt, “O ne m essage we
were given very clearly was, ‘D o n ’t
be bothering residents by having
real estate people w alking around
and knocking on doors.'”
M cEwan said that he had talked
to U phoff three tim es, and had
scheduled m eetings w ith apprais­
ers that U phoffhad either cancelled
or failed to show up. “N o apprais­
als, no sales offers,” M cEwan says.
U phoff says that a PCC appraiser
did in fact visit his properties.
McEwan told the board that PCC
p ro v id es re lo c a tio n a ssista n c e to
p ro p e rty ow ners and ten an ts o f
resid en tial and com m ercial p ro p ­
e rtie s it acq uires. T hese can in ­
c lu d e the p a y m e n t o f m oving
c o sts, and su p p lem en ts if those
d isp la c e d can n o t fin d a co m p a ­
rable new lo catio n for the sam e
co sts they paid for th e ir p re v io u s
p ro p e rty , he said.
Sean B row n, co -o w n e r o f No
F ish G o Fish re sta u ra n t, to ld the
board, “ We m ay find it d ifficu lt to
re lo c a te e a sily , and I hope it a f­
fects your d e c isio n .”
E rickson told the b o ard th at it
sh o u ld form ulate and c irc u la te a
d e ta ile d relo c a tio n plan for re s i­
dents and b u sin e sse s, and “ d e m ­
o n stra te to the com m u n ity th at it
has m ade su b s ta n tia l’ effo rts to
co n ta c t and n e g o tia te w ith the
com m unity. T hen and only then
should the PCC B oard vote to use
co n d em n atio n on a case by case
b a s is .”
T he b o ard , w hich had d is ­
cu ssed the issue at its M ay m e e t­
ing, passed the re so lu tio n w ith ­
out discussion.