Page A5 September 12, 2001 Homeless Camp Moved to Northeast Site OHSU To Study Drug Addiction and Treatment ‘Dignity Village’ puts down roots on a city-approved site X O regon H ealth and Science University will receive $4 million from the Office o f National Drug C ontrol P olicy’s Counterdrug T echnology A ssessm ent C en­ ter to purchase a high-pow er m agnetic resonance im aging or MR1 system and other equip­ m ent to investigate the neuro­ logical effects o f dnig abuse. "OHSU researchers are impor­ tant players in a national effort to use advanced technology to find better ways to prevent and treat d ru g a b u s e ,” sa id A lb e rt Brandenstein, center director. M RI is a noninvasive tech­ nology that can be used to study anatom y, function and neuro­ chem istry in hum an and anim al subjects, M RI creates three-di­ m ensional. high-resolution pic­ tures o f the body through the use o f a m agnetic field. O H SU currently has tw o M R ls that it uses for clinical and research applications. The new m achine is tw ice as pow erful. O H SU w ill use the high-tech im aging system to further re­ search into how drug use a f­ fects the brain. Specific projects include the effects o f chronic m etham phet­ am ine and cocaine abuse, the effects o f anabolic steroids on the brain and looking at how genes can affect an individual’s s e n s itiv ity to a b u s e d s u b ­ stances. The new M RI system will be the centerpiece o f the O H SU A dvanced Im aging R esearch Center, a new facility that will be split between O H SU ’s main cam ­ pus in Portland and its W est C am pus in H illsboro. C om ple­ tion is slated for 2003. Regal Cinemas Files For Bankruptcy (A P) — R egal C inem as, the nation’s largest m ovie theater chain and the Portland area’s la rg e st th e a te r o w n e r, said Thursday it w ill file for C hapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part o f a restructuring plan that will shift ow nership to a group led by billionaire P hilip A nschutz. Regal, like several other m a­ jo r m ovie chains, aggressively expanded in the late 1990s and People lacking a place to live are putting up this tent city on the outskirts of northeast Portland. City officials approved the site as a temporary location for the homeless and as an alternative to a former homeless camp under the Fremont Bridge, downtown. ended up w ith too many th e­ aters. It closed 98 theaters w ith 646 screens this year but re ­ m ains tops in North A m erica w ith 3,898 screens in 338 loca­ tions. U nder the reorg an izatio n . R e g a l’s u n secu red cred ito rs stand to recover up to 100 per­ cent o f their claim s through a $75 m illion pool set up by the new ow ners, the com pany said. photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver ( A P )— A fter w eeks o f tension betw een them and the city o f P ort­ land, several dozen hom eless resi­ dents said they are m ostly pleased with a new location provided by the city on a leaf com posting lot near N ortheast 33rd A venue and the Portland A irport. T ^ a t has co m e as a su rp rise ev en fo r m any o f th e h o m eless w h o liv e d in D ig n ity V illag e h o le ” — b u t h e lik e s it. A nd 37-year-old Jam es Johnson said he appreciates the quiet sur­ roundings, after m onths under the Frem ont Bridge. Som e residents are calling the suburban location “D ignity 2.” The city ’s order that the 75 or so people living in D ignity Village relocate to a com posting field near the airport has resulted in the clo se to d o w n to w n , an d w ho h ad p ro tested th at the new site is far from se rv ic es an d g ro cery sto re s. By last Thursday afternoon, less than h alf o f the 75 people who lived in the old cam p had moved out to the site near the airport. O ne resident, H ow ard Henry, originally o f Phoenix, Arizona, said they m ade it sound like a "hell group splitting up. Some w anted to stay because the dow ntow n site is clo se to stores and public services. O th ­ ers were w illing to m ove to the new site chosen by the city. A third group said it is w as moving to a place they called “The R anch," land in a Portland suburb that w as offered to them by a private landow ner. Housing Group Hires New Deputy A northeast P ortland housing agency has hired as its deputy director a successful local developer w ho has a passion for neighbor­ hood revitalization and com m unity develop­ ment. The Portland C om m unity Reinvestm ent Ini­ tiatives, Inc. hired M artin Solow ay to assist the nonprofit agency in fulfilling its m ission o f providing quality affordable rental housing to residents in north and northeast Portland. S o lo w ay ’s develo p m en t-related acco m ­ plishm ents include helping to develop more than $13 m illion o f housing in the m etro area, including the pioneering loft concept. “W ith the addition o f M artin S olow ay to P C R I’s staff, we have expanded our capacity and affirm ed our long term com m itm ent to I affordable housing,” said M axine Fitzpatrick, executive director o f PCRI. 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