December 12, 2001
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Concordia Welcomes New Seasons Market
continued A . from Front
Brian Rohter (right), president o f the New Seasons Market in northeast Portland gets a warm
welcome from Charles Washington, publisher o f the Portland Observer and a resident o f the
store 's Concordia neighborhood.
photos by M ark
W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
« Neighbors and dignitaries symbolically break bread - sharing a loaf o f baguette bread several feet
long - during last week's grand opening o f the New Seasons Market, a locally owned and
operated store at 5320 N.E. 33rd.
W ilshire Park Sentry M arket
closed in 1994 - a few months
after C oncordia N eighborhood
A ssociation land use chair H ec­
tor Roche m oved into the area.
United G rocers made several
abortive attem pts to start a new
Thriftw ay market before selling
the property to N icholson D e­
velopm ent o f K irkland, Wash.
That com pany’s initial plan was
to build a Rite A id drug store on
the site, w ith a grocery as an
afterthought, a plan not popular
with Concordia.
“I d o n ’t know how m uch we
had to do with Rite Aid not be­
ing here,” Roche said, “but when
the deal fell through, Nicholson
responded to what the com m u­
nity had said.”
Roche gave Rohter credit for
m eeting the concerns o f neigh­
bors, especially those im m edi­
ately adjacent, about the impact
of the store. Rohter returned the
tribute, saying o f Roche, “ You
see how it happens when you
have quality people involved.”
Both gave credit to Jillian
Detweiler, former staffer to com­
missioner Charlie Hales, for help­
ing overcom e a m ajor obstacle:
th e v a c a tio n o f N o rth e a s t
E m erson S treet to c reate a
useable site. Hales consistently
o p p o s e d th is re q u e s t, b u t
D etw eiler suggested instead
that the street be relocated.
“Jillian really m entored and
guided us,” Roche said.
A nother Hales staffer, Ron
Paul, said that next to a school a
market is the most important in­
stitution a neighborhood can
have.
T h an k s to New S easons,
C oncordia now passes the “or­
ange ju ice test,” he said. This
m eans that in a neighborhood,
“ You can send a child out by
bike or foot to buy some orange
juice, and know they’ll come
back safely,” Paul said. Further,
he said, because the store is
ow ned lo cally it re p re se n ts
“w ealth creation.”
An auxiliary building houses
a liquor store and the Rib E x­
press, both previous tenants of
the site. A sking shoppers to
p a tro n iz e b o th b u s in e s s e s ,
R o h ter said E x p ress ow n er
W ayne Cannon “makes the best
ribs in tow n.”
New Seasons was started by
Rohter, Stan Amy, Sarah Ffitch,
and other form er executives of
N ature’s Fresh N orthw est in
February 2000. The Concordia
store is the new ch ain ’s fourth.
Portland Remembers Sept. 11 Victims
continued A , from Front
Blackwell.
At 5:46 a.m., the exact time the
first hijacked plane slammed into
the W orld T rade C enter, a
minute of silence was observed
on the square.
Then bagpiper Ken Jones
played ‘ ‘Amazing Grace. ” Many
on the square wiped away tears.
Most of the city had not yet
woken up. The bagpipe’s notes
bounced off empty downtown
buildings.
A Portland police sergeant,
Jones said he felt honored to
play at the ceremony.
Judith and Michael Jordan
stood quietly at the back of the
crowd. They said they wanted
to come because they had been
separated while Judith traveled
to C anada on Sept. 11 —
M ichael's birthday.
“It was a very hard day,” he
said. "A very bad birthday.”
The couple said the memorial
would help them put the tragedy
in perspective.
“The ceremony was the way
it should be,” Michael said, tears
in his eyes. “Reflective, digni­
fied. I’ll never forget what hap­
pened.”
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County Welcomes
Primary Care Director
M ultnom ah County H ealth
D e p a rtm e n t h a s w e lc o m e d
V anetta A bdellatif to the posi­
tion o f D irector o f Primary Care.
Abdellatif joins a management
team that provides direction for
all health departm ent program s
and activities. H er experience
and leadership will help the de­
partm ent m aintain its com m it­
ment to assuring access to pub­
lic health care for all residents
and addressing racial health dis­
parities.
A bdellatif will direct the fo­
cus and activities o f the county ’ s
seven prim ary care clinics, an
after-hours clinic, and three out­
reach sites, all o f which provide
direct m edical health care ser­
vices to over 50,000 residents.
She will w ork in partnership
with com m unity m em bers, the
C om m unity H ealth C ouncil,
public and private institutions,
and the c lin ic m a n ag em en t
team s.
“Vanetta brings a strong set
o f skills, background, and aca­
dem ic preparation for the role
o f leader in the primary care
division o f the health depart­
ment. W e are pleased and proud
that she is joining our senior
leadership team ,” states Lillian
Shirley, health departm ent di­
rector.
A b d e lla tif w o rk e d w ith
Providence H ealth System s for
Vanetta Abdellatif
the past four years, serving as
the clinic m anager for tw o o f
Providence’s m ission clinics.
P rio r to h er em ploym ent at
Providence, V anetta w orked for
Legacy Emanuel Hospital with
outpatient and residential alco­
hol, drug, and m ental health
treatm ent program s.
“I am very excited to be a part
o f the team at the health depart­
ment," Abdellatif said. “My in­
terests are creating systems that
support the provision o f quality
services to poor and vulnerable
populations. The level o f com ­
mitment and enthusiasm from
providers and staff in this area
has truly impressed me. I look
forward to working with the team
to meet the challenges that lie
ahead in the coming months."
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