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from Front
ter, west of Jefferson High School ;
a new humanities building on
Killingsworth at Albina; and a
sciences building and an em er
gency services training building,
both on Albina.
A block of housing between
Albina and Mississippi would be
tom out for a parking lot.
Long term, the college wants to
expand another two blocks to the
west, taking out a swath of housing
and the Renaissance Market at 909
N. Killingsworth St., mostly for
parking and later new buildings.
The college envisions tearing
down the existing store and de
veloping a joint retail/college ven
ture that could include a new mar
ket. So far, no agreement has been
reached with the store operators,
the Emmanuel Temple Full Gospel
P en teco stal C hurch, an o th er
mostly African American congre
gation.
R e p re se n ta tiv e s o f the
Humboldt Association are gener
ally supportive of the college’s
plans, although they say it has
not always pursued them in the
best way.
“PCC really underestimated the
amount of outreach they needed
to do,” former Humboldt chair
Susan Erickson told the design
commission.
The neighborhood group has
called for creation of a parking
structure, rather than surface lots,
and other strategies to reduce stu
dent parking in the neighborhood.
They also called for “more exten
sive and appropriate" community
outreach," and "a greater sense of
civic responsibility” in participat
ing in neighborhood revitalization
Nurses, OHSU Settle Strike
. (A P) — S trik in g n u rses ap p ro v ed a c o n tract
agreem ent w ith O regon H ealth & S ciences U ni
v e rsity on S unday, b rin g in g an end to a 56-day
w alkout.
The nurses voted 736-118 in favor o f the new
contract, and will return to work W ednesday,
according to Oregon N urses A ssociation spokes
man Jim Berialt.
“I’m very comfortable with this,” said Dominga
Lopez, president o f O H SU ’s association o f regis
tered nurses. “ It’s a good com prom ise, but there
is a lot o f w ork to d o .”
“W e’re excited that finally the end is here,” said
hospital spokesw om an Christine Pashley. "W e
can now move forw ard and start rebuilding those
relationships that have been bruised, and get our
team back together.”
The strike, which began in December, included
loud union rallies and picketing, as well as charges
and countercharges over the use o f replacem ent
w orkers and the quality o f patient care.
T he a g re e m e n t p ro v id es fo r a 7 p ercen t pay
raise the first year o f a new c o n tra c t, a 7 percent
raise the second year and a m inim um 6.5 per
cent raise in the third year, O H SU o fficials said.
The third year increase “and a variety o f differ
entials” w ould be tied to an index o f five large
Portland area hospitals, officials said.
The new contract also includes paym ents to
full-tim e em ployees to offset the costs o f medical
insurance and other portions o f the benefit pack
age .Full-tim e nurses now receive $415 per month;
they will receive $445 per month in the first year of
the new contract, $475 per month in the second
year and $505 per m onth in the third, officials said.
The nurses had been dem anding a nearly 19
percent w age increase over tw o years and im
proved health insurance options. O H SU had said
it w ould not offer more than a 14 percent wage
increase.
work.
C om m ission m em ber Mike
McCullouch said that placing the
parking lots on the edge of the
campus, where they would be next
to private homes, was perhaps
not the best idea.
Architect John Blumthal said
that the process is “intended to
establish a framework for expan
sion without that level of specific
ity, but giving enough certainty
to provide a comfort level for neigh
bors.”
He added that the surface lots
are “all future building sites.”
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Miracle Theatre Introduces
a Spanish Classic Plag
Night of Negro
Spirituals Feb. 24
The “N egro S piritual,” as
we all know , com es from the
great body o f C hristian slave
songs handed to us by our
ancestors through “oral tra
dition."
T h is y e a r, th e B e th e l
A .M .E. C athedral C hoir, un
der the direction o f Rochelle
M cElroy, presents its annual
contribution to Black History
Month with “Com fort Ye My
People, an Evening o f Negro
Spirituals.”
This special event will be
held Sunday, Feb. 24 at 4 p.m.
at the church, located at 5828
N.E. 8lh Ave.
Kimberly Howard plays “Yerma, ’ a distraught young woman
who's torn between two loves.
The Miracle Theater Group continues its season with a
powerful production of “Yerma,” a modem masterpiece by
Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca. “Yerma” is Span
ish for barren, yet this lush tragedy is anything but barren. Rich
with symbolism and velvet to the senses, the intensity of
Lorca’s poetry and prose will rouse your pulse and thicken
your blood.
“Yerma” debuted in 1938. Though extremely popular, it
faced much criticism for its risqué subject matter and erotic
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prose. Since then, a classic emerged.
Yerma’s quest for intimacy drives her to isolation, impris
oned within the walls of her imagination. What is real becomes
surreal, what is surreal is shattered. Tom between two men,
one who “dries” her soul; the other untouchable due to her
bounded morals, she sacrifices her chance for happiness. Full
of tender, delicate, and harsh reality; images of fertile land
scapes and desolate circumstances infuse Yerma’s dance for
life. Chant, music and rhythm flavor Lorca’s poetic ballad,
“Yerma.”
Performances of “Yerma” will be given from February 8
until March 9 at El Centro Milagro, 525 SE. Stark. For more
information or to make reservations, call 236-7253.
Joyce Washington was tirelessin her devotion to children and building a better community.
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js loving legacy by awarding high school seniors
to help them achieve their dreams.
You can help by sending your contribution to the Joyce Washington
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