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Committed to C u ltura l Diversity May 22, 2002 u u w.portlundohserver.com “ffividginp 3\w t£and 'ô CanitniuUtieô ” ZiT n in in n u t t u vLUi I e ii ft a r Student Named Board Representative Benson activist assumes duties on policy-making panel Oregon Humane Society The Oregon Humane Society hosts an adoption outreach event to bring companion pets into the community for adoption. The event will be at Nature’s, 3016 S.E. Division on May 25 and at Petco, 10730 S.E. 82nd on Saturday. May 25, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 503-285-7722or go online to www.oregonhumane.org. lUXUiJJXU ‘ M i H i U l b i i l OHSU on Women’s Health T he O regon H ealth & Science University’s Center for W om en’s Health is sponsoring a brown bag discussion series on health care is sues. The next one will be given by faculty member Anne Nedrow, M.D. She will be speaking on health prob lems that can be diagnosed and treated with both conventional and alternative forms of medicine. The talk will be given on Thursday, May 23, 1 p.m. at the OHSU Hospital, Room 8B-60. Call 503^194-0515. Noon Time Rides Portland noon time bicycle rides will be held every Mondays and Thurs day, between noon and 12:10 p.m. They are fast rides with hills. To participate, meet at the S.W. com er o f Pioneer Courthouse Square, be tween Yamhill and Broadway. Call Ray Thomas at 503-228-5222 with questions or meet at start. Johnell Bell, a junior at Benson High School, has been named Student Rep resentative on the Portland School Board for the upcom ing year. Bell is no new com er to student ac tivism. He becam e the first student m ember of the Citizens Budget Review Commit tee earlier this year. He was also in charge of the com m unications system for the most recent Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Bell will take over the non-voting board position from Jennifer Lewis of M adison High School who graduates in June. Lew is and two previous stu dent representatives are creating a book to help Bell and other future board m em bers navigate the board territory and new responsibilities. A district wide student advisory coun cil named Bell board representative. He and other applicants for the po sition faced a series of questions rang ing from their views on school budget priorities and how they would repre sent the d istric t's 54,000 students and parents. Portland Farmer’s Market The W ednesday Portland Farm er’s M arket calendar will grow by three w e e k s th is s e a s o n , ru n n in g throughout the sum m er until Oct. 1 6 ,from 1 0 a .m .- 2 p.m. This bus tling m id-w eek m arket, located in the Park Blocks near the Portland A rt M useum , treats P o rtla n d ’s business com m unity and dow n to w n re s id e n ts to ju s t-p ic k e d edibles for lunch and other treats. continued 4 confident Johnell Bell o f Benson High School puts his leadership skills to the test as the next student representative on the Portland School Board. photo by M ark W ashington T he P orti ani » O bserver on page B3 Planning a Future for St. Johns Neighborhood Improvements sought for beloved neighborhood and Lombard corridor Mt. Hood Jazz Fest Ends 20 Year Run Organizers hope popular event will return after debts paid Traffic enters the St. Johns community o f north Portland from the majestic St. Johns Bridge. L ee P eri . man T he P ortland O bserver by The city is beginning a planning pro cess for St. Johns and North Lombard Street, prompting community reactions that range from “at long last!” to “so what?” The plan will cover the central St. Johns business and residential district, ju st east of the W illamette River, and a long swath along North Lombard to North W oolsey at Columbia Park. Work on the project has been ongo ing, with two open houses earlier this year drawing 175 people. The city has also sponsored a series of recent walks to allow people to observe existing condi tions firsthand and make recommenda tions about what should be done to im prove them. St. Johns is one of the last communities in north Portland to receive this detailed planning work. The Albina Community Plan of 1994 took in several north Portland photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver communities, but none west of North Chatauqua. According to city planner Barry Man ning. the St. Johns plan likely will deal with strategic development opportuni ties and the scale and character of new development. Other issues that have surfaced are the need to strengthen small businesses along Lombard, to make it more pedestrian friendly, and to make downtown St. Johns a more viable gathering place and shop ping location. Steve W eirof the North Portland Busi ness Association and Pat, Opdyke of the Community Association of Portsmouth have similar goals, although they have a different emphasis. W eir would like to see “constructive rezoning" o f the Lombard corridor, and “infrastructure improvements" in the form of better streets, sidewalks, lighting and new crosswalks. continued on page H2 (AP)— For the first time in 20 years, there won’t be a Mount Hood Jazz Festival this year. The festival's board canceled this year’s event after months of trying to wipeout its $169,000 dollar debt. Organizers say they still hope a grant from a charitable foundation will help them re-employ artistic director Bill Royston, who was laid off last year. Royston could help the festival find new sponsors and grants and organize fund-raisers to pay creditors. “I’m still keeping my fingers crossed,” said board member Wayne Thompson of Portland. Creditors range from the company that sold the souvenir posters and T- shirts to the company that built the stages. In the meantime, a group of Gresham area music fans led by festival board member Sue O ’ Halloran plans to plug the gap with a concert in Main City Park this year. The concert would be held the first weekend in August — the jazz festival's normal berth on the calendar. In its early years, buoyed by jazz headliners such as Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie, the festival could sell out the Mt. Hood Community College football stadium and make hundreds of thousands of dollars for its non continued on page R2
