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li October 23,2002__________________________________ Portland (ßbseruer_______________ ,_____________ Pas cAS While their children played carnival games, parents enjoyed the food and beverages in the dining area. Fine service and a cozy atmosphere await patrons at the Kennedy School. When the former elementary was purchased and saved from demolition, McMenamins and the city wanted the site to retain its community minded atmosphere. photo by D avid P i . el hl / T he P ortland O bserver Kennedy School Fest Paul Allen, 9, watches as fellow Boise-Eliot choir member Justin Johnson, 11, tries to launch a baseball through a hole to win a prize at Saturday’s Kennedy School anniversary party. After the choir performed, elementary school students filled the former elementary school gymnasium for wall-to-wall carnival games and other fun. Brew-pub and theater celebrates 5 years by D avid P i . echl T he P ortland O bserver The M cM enam ins Kennedy School celebrated its fifth anniver sary with festivities tailor made for kids and families. The gym at the former elementary school was bus tling all day Saturday with carnival games and free prizes. PHOTO BY W V N D E celebrating their anniversary we would bring some school kids and celebrate too,” she said. When the former elementary was purchased and saved from dem o lition, McMenamins and the city wanted the site to retain its com munity minded atmosphere. McMenamins Property manager Parents sipped micro brews and dined on the finest McMenamins fare as tiny tots met with face paint ing fun and collected balloon ani mals from clowns. Becky Underhill brought her Boise-Eliot Primary Colors Choir to join in the fun. “We thought since they were Troy Dokins says it is the policy of McMenamins to keep the site open to the surrounding community. “This is a neighborhood friendly place,” he said. “M ost o f our events are pretty family and kid oriented.” The school features a 100-de- Bill Clinton Inducted into Black Hall of Fame Former President Clinton re turned to his home state Saturday night to be inducted into the Ar kansas Black Hall of Fame. Once described by authorToni Morrison as “our first black president,” the former Arkansas governor and two- term president was the first non black recognized in the hall’s 10- year history. Household Finance to Pay Back Millions continued ‘Make a Difference’ Food Drive Saturday The Salvation Army Moore Street and the M arvin T ho mas M em orial Fund will host a food drive to benefit local s h e lte rs , fo o d h a n k s and churches from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Salvation Army located 5325 N. W illiam s Ave. For m o re in f o r m a tio n , c a ll M arvena Kemp at 503-209- 3890. k WILD SAFARI h a rv e st p arty FREE Admission - FREE Candy Elementary A Middle School Students Welcome CANNON'S ALL children must be accompanied by an adult. RIB EXPRESS T H U R S D A Y , O CTO BER 3 1 S T 5 : 3 0 to 7 : 3 0 (D o o r s c lo s e a t 7 : 1 5 p . m . ) < FORMERLY CHUCK HINTON'S) Catering & Take-Out ENTER through the Center fo r S e lf Enhancement's Gym doors on N orth Shaver S tre e t. O ur S pecialty : 3920 North Kerby Ave., Portland, OR, 97202, 503.249.1721, x241 fro m A3 tant prepaym ent penalties and passing off insurance on the life of the loan as actual life insurance. Local resident Julia Frunchess was one of those who felt taken advantage of by the lending com pany. Frunchess brought her case to the attention of the media in June after buying a house for $ 111,000 and quickly seeing that cost climb to $152,000 as hidden fees and interest rates finally came to the surface. After Frunchess contacted an attorney and threatened litigation. Household lowered her interest rate from 14 percent to 9 percent. She said she is still trying to get the company to follow through with everything they promised her. Each attorney general will de cide how to distribute each share of the $484 million. If the money was distributed evenly to each homeowner im pacted by the com pany’s prac tices, it would only amount to about $ 1,500 per person, community ac tivists said. “Household wants to think this is sufficient,” Ginsberg said. “But most people think it’s a step in the right direction.” lic basketball. But if all you need is a hot meal and a cool draft beer, the dining hall is the place to be. With an overflowing selection of beers, wines, burgers, pasta, pizza and fries there is a mouth watering treat for everyone. S elf Enhancement, In c. presents blacks Clinton appointed to higher office, said some have wondered if Clinton was just a white politician trying to get the black vote. “President Clinton is here to night not because he needs your vote but because he has always wanted our love and wanted to share his love with us,” Slater said. “I OWE you way more than you owe me,” Clinton told the audience o f850people, who gave him a thun- d ero u s, stan ding ovation. “You have looked beyond the color of my skin to the truth of my heart.” Rodney Slater, a fellow Arkansan who served as Clinton's transporta tion secretary and was one of many gree soaking pool, free year round to people in the neighbor hood. 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