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October 23,2002__________________________________
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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.
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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.
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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. All age concerts play on
Thursday nights and ch ild ren 's
m atinees show in the small the
ater Saturday and Sunday at 2:30
p.m. The gym nasium is open
M ondays and Tuesdays for pub
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