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Garden Dedicated to Local Resident
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Fam ily, friends and support
ers o f R ichard "D ickie" D ow , a
37-year-oldm anw hodiedin 1998
after an altercation w ith Portland
police, recently dedicated a m e
m orial com m unity garden in his
name.
T he garden, put together by
D ickie’s m other. Barb V ickers,
features flojvers and a m em orial
plaque. T he garden is located at
the site o f the confrontation, the
co m er o f N orth F enw ick and
Lom bard, three blocks w est o f
Interstate.
The group People for Police
A ccountability gave full sup
port for the m em orial.
It ’ s the first o f its kind to honor
a person treated as a suspect
who died as the result o f police
action in Portland.
O fficers restrained D ow on
Oct. 1 9 at6 p .m . after an incident
involving a school police officer.
Dow w as revived after police
officers beat him, pepper sprayed
him and piled on him, but he died
the next m orning.
For more inform ation, contact
People for P olice A ccountabil
ity in care o f P ortland C opw atch
at503-236-3065.
Thanksgiving
at Tabernacle
Members of the Tabernacle Church,
8131 N. Denver at Kilpatrick, invite
area residents to a free Thanksgiving
Community Dinner.
The annual event will be held from 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 22.
Contact Michelle Scofield
at 503-286-2590 or Diane Soares-
Gordon at 503-286-3009 for more
information.
A small memorial garden at North Fenwick and Lombard pays tribute to Richard “Dickie" Dow
who died in a police confrontation three years ago.
P hoto by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Project Network Expands to Help Families
Grant will help local agency break cycles of violence and drugs
Project N etw ork is one o f only
a handful o f program s nationw ide
to receive a three-year, $ 1.44 m il
lion federal grant fo r strengthen
ing m inority com m unities. T he
m oney will allow the residential
substance abuse treatm ent and
licensed m ental health provider to
o ver m ore services in north and
northeast Portland.
The netw ork now plans to w ork
w ith other agencies to expand
treatm ent services and resources
for A frican-A m erican families, in
cluding m en. T hese agencies in
clude the C enter for C om m unity
Mental Health, the African-A m eri
c a n M a le P r o g r a m th r o u g h
M ultnom ah C ounty’s D epartm ent
o f A dult Com m unity Justice, Stay
C lean, Inc., and others.
T he project has been nam ed
U gaza Jam ii, w hich is Sw ahili for
healing com m unity. The goal is to
im prove long-term recovery re
sults by providing significant oth
ers w ith the sam e intensive treat
m ent as the w om en get at Project
Network.
“A fter achieving som e level o f
stability at Project Network, women
and their children often return to a
hom e life and relationship full o f
violence and drugs,” says Jeanne
Cohen. LCSW , director o f Project
Network. “Multi-generational dys
function and historical barriers are
often overwhelming. This grant will
help the community offer resources
and collaborations for families as a
whole.”
“ Receiving this grant is a strong
vote o f confidence about the abil
ity o f Project N etw ork and its part
ner agencies to further im pact the
health and w ell-being o f A frican-
A m erican fam ilies in P ortland,"
C ohen says. “ It’s also a w onder
ful acknow ledgm ent o f the w ork
w e ’ve done in the last decade to
provide holistic care for w om en
w ith com plex social issues. W ith
this grant, w e hope to give further
insight to strengthening A frican-
A m erican fam ilies and com m uni
ties.”
Established in 1989, Project Net
New Pacific Coast Restaurant
to Replace Atwaters
Pacific C oast Restaurants, In c.,
announced that construction o f a
new restaurant is underw ay on
the 30,h floor o f the U.S. B ancorp
tow er, in the form er A tw ate r’s
space.
“ W e are progressing w ith ou r
plans to open an exceptional d in
ing establishm ent in a location
w ith an u nparalleled view o f the
city,” said ,A1 F lee n o r o f Pacific
C oast R estaurants. “W e are on
track for a first q u a rte r2002 op en
ing.”
Pacific C oast R estaurants is
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Wishes on Wheels
Race to the Finish! Sponsored teams representing doctors,
lawyers and businesses took part in last month s pinewood
derby model car event in the Emanuel Hospital atrium in
support of the care provided at Legacy Emanuel Children's
Hospital. “It definitely puts the fun in fundraising and is an
outstanding example of corporations supporting a great cause, ’
said Patty Brandt, the hospital s development director.
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egonians h av e n ’t claim ed their
federal rebate checks from this
su m m er’s big tax cut, an d tim e
is ru n n in g sh o rt for ta x p ay e rs
to c la im th e m .
T he IRS say s O re g o n ia n s
m ust act by D ec. 5 to claim the
checks, or th e y ’ll have to claim
it on th e ir 2001 tax retu rn s.
The checks average 300 d o l
lars, to ta lin g n ea rly $ 1.4 m il
lion.
In ad d itio n , n ea rly 12-hun-
d red tax refu n d s w ere retu rn ed
to the IR S from O reg o n from
this y ea r and p re v io u s years.
T h ese ch eck s are w o rth o v er
$ 8 0 6 ,0 0 0 , an a v e ra g e o f $681
d o lla rs p e r check.
N a tio n a lly , ab o u t 3 0 0 ,0 0 0
reb a te ch e ck s w o rth $95 m il
lion w ere re tu rn e d to the IRS,
fre q u en tly b ec au se a ta x p ay e r
m o v ed to a n ew ad d re ss or
ch a n g ed th e last n am e, o ften
b ec au se o f m arriag e.
T he IRS says taxpayers w ho
th in k th ey m issed th e ir refu n d
should first check th e ir records
and th en call 8 0 0 -8 2 9 -1 0 4 0 to
rep o rt it.
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T hursday, Servers jo in e d w ith
F rancesconi and oth er city lead
ers to plant the first “Tree ofH o p e"
at F ire S tation 14, 1905 N .E .
Killingsworth.
In addition, F rancesconi has
asked Friends o f T rees to d ed i
cate this tree planting season to
com m unity healing.
T h e n o n -p ro fit g ro u p ’s s ta f f
an d v o lu n te e rs a n n u a lly p la n t
tree s in n e ig h b o rh o o d s, at u r
b an n atu ra l are a s an d o n sc h o o l
g ro u n d s th ro u g h o u t th e reg io n .
T h ey also p ro v id e tree s at b e
low co st fo r p e o p le to p la n t in
th e ir ow n yards.
T here are m any w ays for citi
zens to participate in the “T rees o f
H ope” project. T hey can jo in a
n e ig h b o r h o o d tr e e p la n tin g
project, b uy a tree to p lant in their
ow n yard, volunteer to p lant at an
urban natural area or m ake a co n
tribution to plant a **Tree o fH o p e ”
at Forest Park.
T o participate in a com m unity
tree planting, call Friends o fT rees
at 503-284-T R E E . C itizens can
also get inform ation and advice
on planting their ow n tree by call
ing the C ity o f P o rtlan d ’s U rban
Forestry O ffice at 503-823-4489.
for the love of jazz
Deadline Set For Claiming Tax Cut
undergoing a total renovation o f
the 18,300 square foot space at a
cost o f m ore than $3 m illion.
R ather than undergoing a tra
ditional dem olition o f this space,
the com pany chose a m ore envi
ronm entally proactive approach
and contracted w ith the R ebuild
in g C e n te r , a n o n - p r o f it
d e c o n s tr u c tio n c o m p a n y o n
N orth M ississippi A venue. Re
b u ild in g C e n te r w o rk e rs d is
m antled the space nail-by-nail and
board-by-board, preserving m ost
o f the m aterials fo rarecy cled u se.
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w ork was designed to help chem i
cally addicted, pregnant women end
the cycle o f substance abuse.
At the tim e. Legacy Em anuel
H ospital & H ealth C enter had
noticed a troubling tr e n d - a sharp
increase in the num ber o f drug-
addicted m others and babies bom
w ith com plications.
P roject N etw ork offers a holis
tic approach to treatm ent focused
on the health and w ell being o f the
entire fam ily unit, including the
form ation ofh ealth y relationships
that allow families to stay together.
Project N etw ork provides quality,
cu lturally-based clinical and so
cial services to A frican-A m erican
w om en and their fam ilies.
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