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PCC Begins Work on SE Center
N. Portland Community Rally
The beginning of
construction of a new
college center in
southeast Portland
draws representatives
of Portland Community
College, the city of
Portland and business
leaders. The backhoe
was used in
Wednesday’s cer
emony to begin
demolition o f the
former Builder's
Square store at
Southeast 82nd and
Division, the site for
the new college
building. Money for
the addition comes
from the same
property tax levy that
is paying for the
expansion of the PCC
Cascade Campus in
north Portland.
The 3rd annual North Portland Com
munity Rally will be held on Saturday,
Aug. 24, from 1-4 p.m. at the Historic
Kenton Park. This is a free event that
includes a rally, picnic cookout, a sup
port resources connection fair, a non
stop live music, poetry, performing
arts event - with games and prizes for
young and old from local merchants.
Call 503-286-1488.
Radical Women
Radical Women hosts an evening of
thought provoking commentary, poetry
.and music to celebrate the international
resistance of women and workers to the
new war order. The meeting is free and
‘open to the public. The event will be on
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m. at the
Bread and Roses C enter, 819 N.
Killingsworth. To arrange childcare,
rides, work exchanges or for more infor
mation, call 503-240-4462.
Street of Dreams
The 27lh annual NW Natural Street of
Dreams will continue to build on its
reputation for showcasing uniquely de
signed homes, unveiling the 2002 houses
daily through Monday, Sept. 2, followed
by an “encore weekend" Sept. 6,7 and 8.
Each home’s design incorporates the
latest trends in electronic technology,
energy-efficiency, landscaping, con
sumer products, furnishings and décor.
The tour begins in Atherton Heights in
Lake Oswego, on die comer of Rosemont
and Stafford, from 10 a .m .- 10 p.m.
PHOTO BY
D avid P i . echl /
T he P ortland
O bserver
Hill Nominated to
Education Panel
Summer Cycle and Walks
The Portland Office o f Transportation
is offering neighborhood walking tours.
Take a walk around northeast Port
land. It will be on Aug. 31, from 9 - 11
a.m. The meeting area is at the Lloyd
Center Nordstrom Plaza, N.E. 9"1 and
Multnomah. Participants will visit
Broadway/W eidler and Lloyd neigh
borhoods and explore several recent
transportation/livability projects. Call
5 0 3 -8 2 3 -5 2 6 6 or go o n lin e to
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www.portlandtransportation.org.
Former
State
Treasurer
Jim Hill
Portland BikeSummer
Dust o ff your unicycle, dig out your
clown noses, and pedal on down to
Portland BikeSummer’s much antici
pated “Full Moon Treasure Hunt Cycle
Circus and Pedal-Powered Bike-In
Movie.” It will feature live costumed
circus-style clue givers, providing di
rectional hints that will lead partici
pants to the secret big top bike-in
screening location. The event will be
held on Thursday, Aug. 22, 8 p.m. at
the Al berta Co-operative grocery park
ing lot on N.E. 15'h and Alberta Street.
Race for the Cure
Safew ay and Y oplait yogurt ju st
launched the Safeway Salutes Portland
S u rv iv o rs p ro g ram , an in-sto re
fundraising effort for breast cancer re
search. Their goal is to raise $10,000.
From Sept. 1 through race day. Sept. 15,
Yoplait and Safeway will donate $ 1 for
every 10,and$1.50forevery 15 Yoplait
yogurt cups purchased with a Safeway
Club Card. The race will be held at Gov.
Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
Water Conservation Workshop
The Community Energy Project is hold
ing a free workshop on water conserva
tion on Wednesday, Sept. 4, from 6:30
- 8 p.m., at Mt. Scott Community Cen
ter, 5530 S.E. 72nd Ave. Take control of
your water and sewer bills. Each Port
land household receives an instructional
workbook and a free kit of materials
worth $25. Call 503-284-6827.
Elders in Action
The Elders in Action Commission in
vites you to join a special group of
community leaders in becoming a
member of the next “Elder Friendly
Challenge Team” to be held from 11:30
a.m. - 1 :3 0 p.m. on Monday. Aug. 26.
This lively event will be held at the 501
S.W. W ashington St. Lunch will be
served. This is an opportunity to learn
about the “elder friendly” community
and their services.
(AP) — Gov. John Kitzhaber has picked former
State Treasurer Jim Hill to fill a vacancy on the
Oregon State Board of Higher Education.
If confirmed by the Senate, Hill will fill the
unexpired term of Tom Imeson, who resigned.
Hill, 55, was defeated by Ted Kulongoski for the
nomination for governor in the Democratic primary
in May.
Hill served in the House from 1983 to 1987 and
in the Senate from 1987 to 1993, representing the
Salem area. He was elected in a statewide race for
treasurer in 1992 and 1996.
He also has served as assistant attorney general.
The board sets major policy direction for the
seven state universities.
A Job Well Done
Jessie Mae McCoy is surrounded by her co-workers in honor o f her 30 years of dedicated service at Wash
World, a laundry and dry cleaning business serving generations o f northeast Portland residents at 15,h
and Fremont. Owner Russell Teisten (far right) says McCoy's commitment to excellence and dedication to
the community are the kind o f qualities that has made it possible for Wash World to expand to new sites
on Southeast Division and Southeast Belmont.
photo by M ark
W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Neighborhood Divided Over Drug Free Zones
Some see boundaries as crime fighting tool, others as civil rights infringement
L ee P erlman
T he P ortland O bserver
A group of neighborhood leaders are
divided over whether drug free zones are
worth the effort.
After lengthy debate, the Boise Neigh
borhood Association has backed away
from endorsing a renewal of the crime
fighting tool unless modifications are
made.
The zones allow police officers to ban
people convicted of selling or possessing
drugs from within a designated area for 90
days. Violators can request “variances” to
travel to legitimate destinations such as
jobs, medical treatment, and their own
homes.
The Portland City Council is scheduled
to adopt new drug zone boundaries, based
on recent drug arrests, on Sept. 26.
Deputy District Attorney Jim Hayden
told the local residents that there was a
concentration of drug activity in the Boise
neighborhood and removing Boise from
the zone would be “pretty drastic.”
Portland Police Sergeant Harry Jack-
by
son and property owners Kay Newell and
Jerry Van Horton, also endorsed the zone
as an important law enforcement tool deal
ing with a serious community problem.
But longtime community activist Vesia
Loving attacked the drug free zones as an
infringement on civil rights, as did shop
owner Molly Sadowsky, Sister Kathy of
be challenged legally for 45 days.
“W e're not trying to do away with the
zones by any means,” he said. “But offic
ers make mistakes, everyone does.”
Loving acknowledged that Boise has
had a drug problem.
“I’m not against a program to exclude
people who sell drugs,” Loving said.
H People are arrested every day who aren't
doing anything and Pm representing them.
Once this law is passed, the police will do
what they want to do.
— Vesia Loving, community activist
the Rosehaven W om en's Shelter, Chip
Shields of Better People, Mark John of
the Community Law Center, and some
members of the neighborhtxxl associa
tion.
John presented a list of changes he
wanted to see in the drug free ordinance,
including a provision that exclusion could
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However, she added, “People are ar
rested every day who aren't doing any
thing. and I’m representing them. Once
this law is passed, the police will do what
they want to do.”
Sister Kathy, whose Rosehaven shelter
operates in Old Town, said, “I'm not a
police hater, thank God they're there."
However, she added, that some police
are “over-eager,” to the point of strip
searching women suspects on the side
walk.
She called the zones a problem when
the people she serves can’t visit her shel
ter without a variance.
“People who receive treatment for drug
problems do a lot better than those in jail
with their faces glued to the TV," she said.
Van Horton said the zone w orked to
exclude and arrest drug dealers “from
V ancouver and O regon City who had
no damn business in the neighborhood
at all. D on't throw out the whole law
because it has a few little things wrong
with it.”
Jackson said that dnig dealing in the
area has been a chronic problem.
“Livability has gotten a little better, but
we still have problems,” he said.
Hayden said the drug free zone is one
reason crime rates arc down in Boise.
“It's not the only reason, but it’s a big
reason,” he said. “If we lose the zone, it
will go back to the way it was."