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August 8,2001
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Museum Place Passes Design Review
Summer Fresh Salsa
Preserve the sum m er fresh and
flavorful salsa at K ru g er’s Farm
Market, located at 17100S.W .Sauvie
Island Rd., w here visitors can learn
the basics o f canning on Aug. 18 and
19, w ith classes taught by m aster
food preservers on site at 1 p.m. and
3 p.m. each day. Call 503/621 -3489.
T here will be live m usic and hay-
rides.
A Holy Ghost Block Party
The Fellow ship M issionary B ap
tist C hurch Youth A nti-G ang M inis
try will be presenting “A Holy Ghost
Block P arty” on Saturday, Aug. 18,
from Noon - 6 p.m. at 4009 N. M is
souri Avde. There will be BBQ, games,
m usic, dance, rap, balloons, prizes
and more. All are w elcom e.
Sailing the San Juan
Islands
Portland Parks and R ecreation is
offering a six-day sailing trip this
m onth and next aboard the 124 foot
historic tall ship, Z odiac. C osts in
volved cover the six days o f cruising
and all meals. Call 503/823-5132 fora
com plete inform ation packet.
Caribbean Music in
the Park
Have lunch at the Eastbank Espla
nade and a free noon-tim e concert.
You will suddenly feel as though
you are lounging on a C aribbean
Island. T here w ill be steel drum m u
sic on Friday, Aug. 10 and m arim ba
m usic on Friday, Aug. 17. All c o n
certs are from Noon - 1 p.m. Call 503/
823-5596.
Preparing for
C h ild b irth -A -Z
T he P ortland O bserver
The Portland D esign Review C om
m ission has approved the first phase of
M useum Place, a three square block
mixed use, m ixed income project in the
heart o f dow ntow n.
U nder the direction o f Sockeye D e
velopm ent, the company will transform
the area bound by Southw est 10th and
1 1th avenues and Colum bia and Main
streets. It currently includes a Safew ay
grocery and the main branch o f the
YW CA. The finished project w ill in
clude a new 47,000 square foot Safeway
- tw ice the size o f the current store,
including another 1,200 square feet o f
retail space, 250 ow ner-occupied con
dom inium units, 150 market rate apart
ments, 100 units for very low income
residents, a refurbished YW CA with a
dom estic violence shelter and sw im
ming pool, and 500 underground park
ing spaces.
Phase One o f the project, located
between Colum bia and Jefferson Street,
will contain the new grocery and 220
underground spaces. It will also have
12 ow ner-occupied town houses above
the store, and a six-story, 126-unit apart
ment building, w ith a roof garden con
necting the tw o structures.
The project is cited as a m icrocosm
o f the city and a developer’s vision for
dow ntow n’s W est End, an effort to add
m iddle and upper-incom e housing and
An architectural drawing of Museum Place South shows a mixed use, housing project, including a new Safeway store, at
the West End of downtown Portland, a few blocks from the Portland State University campus.
retail to the area w hile preserving its
existing stock o f low -incom e housing
and institutions.
S ockeye’s D oug O bletz told the D e
sign C om m ission that the project "w ill
continue to dem onstrate P o rtlan d ’s
com m itm ent to do things a little differ
ently and a little better.”
Charles Maxey was a pillar of the com m unity
Stories of the Eastbank
Libraries Closing on
Aug. 9
All Multnomah County libraries, the
Title Wave Used Bookstore and the
Library Administration building will be
closed on Thursday, Aug. 9, whole
library staff attend training. Normal
hours will resume on Friday, Aug. 10.
Teen Summer Kayak
Experience
Portland Parks and R ecreation is
offering a chance for teens to try out
several kinds o f boats, from sea kay
aks to racing boats. Interested par
ticipants w ill have the opportunity
to continue paddling at the regular
sum m er practice sessions o f the
Portland Kayak and Canoe Team.
Participants m ust pass a basic swim
test. Participants m ust m eet at the
Sellwood Pool, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. on July
29. Call 503/823-5132.
t
together. It’s good to have another
model that says this can be done.”
C o m m is s io n m e m b e r B rid g id
Flanigan called the proposal “ a w on
derful project with a very com plex pro
gram.”
The Commission will review the next
phase o f the project on Aug. 16.
Community Activist and Entrepreneur Dies at 84
Learn about labor preparation,
birthing from w ithin, breastfeeding
basics, coping techniques, m edica
tion, anesthesia, baby care and post
partum care for the m other and fam
ily. Includes tour. The C enter for
W om en’s H ealth Classes at OHSU is
sponsoring the event w hich will be
held on Aug. 8 ,1 5 ,2 2 and 29, from 6-
8 p.m. Call 503/494-8231.
Explore the un-natural history o f
the W illa m e tte R iv er w ith Paul
Fishm an, environm ental consultant.
View and discuss how the E sp la
nade design incorporates m any fea
tures to protect and enhance fish
and w ildlife habitat and how past
land use practices com prom ised the
integrity o f the riv e r’s ecological
balance. M eet at the w est end o f the
Steel Bridge w alkw ay at the north
end of W aterfront Park. Call 503/823-
5596 for more info. T his is a free
event.
The Phase One design, and a series
o f code adjustm ents received a rare,
unanim ous vote o f approval from the
C om m ission at its first hearing.
Com m ission mem ber Lloyd Lindley
said that combining housing, retail, gro
ceries and social services made M u
seum Place “a tough project to put
The interior of the former Maxey’s Barbershop with Charles Maxey cutting hair is
captured in an Oregon Historical Society photo.
Charles Britton Maxey, a well-
respected contributor to both the north/
northeast Portland community and
the state, died July 29 at the age of 84.
Funeral services were held Friday at
the Bethel AME Church, where he
was a member of the congregation.
An activist, businessman and fam
ily man, he was active in many orga
nizations including his church, the
NAACP, Urban League, Young Re
publican Party, the Texas Social Club,
Little League and Connie Mack Base
ball.
He was also active as a member of
the Parent Teachers Association,
Jefferson and Benson High School
Dad’s Clubs, the Barbershop Con
nection. Leisure Hour Golf Club, the
African-American Advisory Council
to the Portland Police Bureau and his
beloved fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi.
Maxey was bom Feb. 13,1917, the
fourth child of five sons and two
daughters, parented by Robert and
Virgie Maxey.
He resided with his family in
Longview, Texas prior to graduating
from Texas College with dual de
grees in economics and secondary
Catering to the Clean and Sober
One of the best-kept secrets in Port
land is a social club for the clean and sober
called Miracles Club, located at 4069 N .E.
Maitin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Itis the first
African American owned facility o f its
kind in the United States.
Founded in 1992, Miracles Club was
created for the intent o f supporting re
covering addicts and a source of social
activities. The club was incorporated in
1995, and received nonprofit status in
1996.
Miracles remains committed to hous
ing 12-step meetings and providing other
services to assist recovering addicts to
maintain a clean and sober lifestyle. The
organization also provides activities di
rected towards allowing their clientele an
opportunity to socialize in a drug and
alcohol free environment.
Although M iracles’ pri
mary clientele consists of
individuals mainly from the
north, northeast and south
east areas of Portland, their
meetings and events draw
people from all over Port
land as well as the surround
ing cities; some o f their
m em b ers
are
from
B eaverton, W ashington.
Tigard and Parkrose.
The club also provides
educational workshops and
serves as a social club pro
Pm in » ry M ark W ashtm ; n is /T he P orti a m i O rsery er
viding a variety o f fun so
Helpingdirectactivities at the Miracles Oub are board
cial events that can be en
members Curtis Burris (left) and Sam Brown.
joyed by all. from their tal
For more information on the Miracles
ent shows to community picnics and fam
Club, call 503-249-8559.
ily night held every Friday.
k
Charles Maxey
education. Maxey secretly married
his Kappa Alpha Psi sweetheart
Johnnie Obina Samples on Oct. 15,
1939. There relationship was the start
of a romantic liaison which lasted
over 61 years; not unlike that of the
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Gas Company Seeks
20 Percent Rate Hike
Despite a drop in wholesale prices.
Northwest Natural Gas wants to increase
residential rates by 20 percent in October.
If approved by the Oregon Public Utility
Commission, the increase would mark the
second double-digit rate hike in the last
year by Oregon's largest natural-gas util
ity. Northwest Natural has about 500,000
customers in Oregon and southw est Wash
ington The company w ill formally ask for
the increase in mid-August. Northwest
Natural last raised rates by 21 percent in
October 2000. If approved by the Oregon
Public Utility Commission, rate changes
from all three utilities would take effect Oct.
1 Commission Chainnan Roy Hemmingway
declined tocommcnt on potential increases
until utilities formally filed requests. "Any
general rate increase is subject to very
intense scrutiny." he said.