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ommunity a le n d a r C Fix-It Fair The City o f P ortland will hold it’s 16th A nnual F ix-it Fair on resource saving strategies for the hom e and garden on S atur day, Nov. 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Self-E nhancem ent Inc., located at 3920 N. K erby. City, County and com m unity n on profit agencies will provide in form ation, hands-on dem on strations and more than a dozen h o w -to c la s s e s on sa v in g money. T ri-m et w ill pass out free bus passes and NW N atu ral w ill serve com plim entary hotdogs. For more inform ation, call 503-823-4309. Killingsworth Designs Draw Support llt has all the elements required to create an active street life. ’ — neighbor Alex Dorsey on plans for a Killingsworth upgrade Area residents look at plans to create an active street life along Killingsworth in the vicinity o f Portland Community College in inner north and northeast Portland. Adopt a Pet The Oregon Hum ane Society is extending its outreach efforts to several area pet stores this month. H elp the H um ane S oci ety bring hom eless pets into the com m unity, call 503-285- 7722, extension 204 for m ore inform ation. Thanksgiving Farmers Market | . / M P o rtla n d ’s fa rm e rs, b ak ers, chocolate and cheese m akers w ill get together for the first annual T hanksgiving Farm ers M arket on S aturday, Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Portland State U niversity. In addition to the re g u la r farm ers m arket item s, shoppers can purchase natural centerpieces and order pies and custom ized holiday w reaths. Free cooking dem on strations are scheduled on the secrets to wild mushroom soup, new spins on bread stuffing and ginger cranberry sauce. For more information, call 503-241 - 0032. Free Thanksgiving Dinner St. Andrew Catholic Church will offer its annual free T h an k s giving Feast to 400 people from th e su rro u n d in g n e ig h b o r hoods on north and northeast Portland on T hanksgiving day from noon to 3 p.m. at the church C om m unity C enter locates at 4940 NE 8lh A ve. To volunteer to help w ith the dinner or to donate food, call 971 -244-0339. Thanksgiving at Kennedy School M c M e n a m in s w e lc o m e s friends and fam ilies for a trad i tional T h an k sg iv in g D inner buffet from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m . at K ennedy School at 5736 N.E. 33rd. The menu features chipolte pepper, pesto and traditional develed eggs, m aple baked ham with honey-beer mustard, herb- roasted turkey breast, baked yam s w ith Jonathan apples and brow n sugar glaze, traditional sage stuffing and fresh baked pum pkin pie w ith w hipped cream . For reservations, call 503-249-3983. Thanksgiving Blood Drive The A m erican Red C ross in vites blood donors to give the gift o f life at its Eight A nnual T h a n k s g iv in g D ay B lo o d Drive. Characters from Oregon C h i ld r e n ’ s T h e a t r e ’s S acagaw ea will m ake a special appearance, along w ith broad casts o f the M acy’s Parade and national football gam es, hands- on c h ild ren 's activities, food, beverages and a visit from the Portland Fire Bureau and its engines. T he event will begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m. at the A m erican Red Cross D o n o r C e n te r , 3131 N. V ancouver Ave. continued on page B2 November 20. 2002 www.portlandobserver.com Comm itted to Cultural Diversity Brandon Dorsey (left), 10, looks over the choices in a proposed upgrade of the Killingsworth Street corridor. “He needs to understand he s part of the community," his mother said. Ornamental lighting, trees would make corridor more welcoming PHOTOS AND TEXT BY DAVID Pl.ECHI. T he P ortland O bserver Some needed attention is coming to a north and northeast Portland thoroughfare and business district. Neighbors from Interstate Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard have come up with a plan that would line a section of Killingsworth Street with trees and ornamen tal lighting and make the corridor a more welcoming place. Thursday night, the Killingsworth Street Improvement Plan was presented at the North Portland Branch Library in the heart of inner city Killingsw orth and adjacent to the Jefferson High School and Portland Com munity College campuses. Alex Dorsey brought her son Brandon 10, to review plans that could be imple mented if funding is identified. “I am here because it’s my community,” Dorsey said. She often frequents the library with her son. They like to take advantage of places to stop and sit and people watch. They both want a more people friendly corridor. “He needs to understand he’s part of the com munity,” Dorsey said. Dorsey was impressed by visions of new p a v e m e n t, b ric k w o rk , stre e t tre e s, streetlights, banners and benches. “It has all the elements required to create an active street life,” she said. “The design is meant to engage the neighborhood.” The plan also calls for public safety fea tures like curb extensions, more crosswalks and additional bike lanes. One particularly lofty idea would place a park atop Killingsworth where it crosses 1-5, extending the current platform 50feet south and 20 feet north. A design proposal shows trees, benches and foliage over what is now TriMet Forms Diversity, Transit Equity Team A Two Interstate MAX employees promoted T riM et has created a new D i versity and T ransit Equity D e partm ent to focus on recruitm ent, outreach, transit equity and busi ness opportunities for m inority and disadvantaged businesses. B ru c e W a tts a n d A m b e r O ntiveros have been prom oted from their w ork on the Interstate light rail project to expanded roles in the new departm ent w ithin the office o f T riM et G eneral M an ager Fred H ansen. W atts, form erly T riM et's D is advantaged Business E nterprise (D B E ) m anager, w ill head the Amber Ontiveros Bruce Watts new departm ent as senior d irec Prior to jo in in g TriM et, W atts w as executive tor. U nder his direction the D iversity and T ransit E quity D epartm ent w ill serve as a resource to all director o f the C oalition o f Black M en, m anaging divisions in the areas o f diversity focusing on outreach program s and developing avenues to further social and econom ic change for A frican- recruitm ent, outreach, transit equity and D BE A m erican and broader com m unities. opportunities. O ntiveros has joined the departm ent as m an “C reating this new departm ent u n d ersco re’s ager o f special projects. She form erly was the T riM et’s com m itm ent to a diverse w orkforce Interstate M A X com m unications coordinator. reflectin g the co m m u n ities w e se rv e ,” said O ntiveros is a form er ch ief o f staff for Sen. H ansen. “It also expands on our success w ith M argaret Carter, a north and northeast Portland providing opportunities on the Interstate M AX legislator. She provided C arter w ith policy ad project for locally ow ned m inority businesses.' vice, m anaging com m unication, lobbying and T riM et’s Interstate M A X project created a serving as a liaison to num erous constituent national model for providing opportunities for involvem ent by m inority businesses groups. a barren concrete overpass. Michael Shillingford owns the Portland Ice Cream Co. where the freeway intersects Killingsworth. He also liked what he saw and indicated he would consider expanding his retail outlet if the improvements are implemented. “I think it’s nice, it's conducive to the neighborhood," he said. Ben Ngan is a designer and consultant for the project. “The whole boulevard would get some kind of distinguishable treatment," he told neighbors. He said the PCC campus would look different from the rest of Killingsworth but also share a “mainstreet” character. The city successfully won federal fund ing for the study by tying it to the light rail construction on Interstate. It will also look for federal money to make the street plans happen. O fficials said if the city does not re ceive com prehensive funding, projects could be im plem ented separately, as m oney trickles in. “It’s Killingworth’s turn to get some dough," Ngan said, “It’s clearly in line.” Financial Aid Plummets Educational support for students drops while their tuition increases (A P ) — S tu d en t fin an cial ing on th e school and how m uch aid g ran ts are p oised to tak e a it c h a rg e s fo r tu ition. S tu d en ts w ill h av e few o p $2 m illio n hit acro ss the state. T h a t's ab o u t $ 2 0 0 p er stu d en t, acco rd in g to fig u res ta l lied last w ee k by the O reg o n S tu d en t A ssistan ce C o m m is sion, th e o rg an izatio n th at ru n s the sta te ’s p rim ary n eed -b ased stu d en t fin an cial aid p ro g ram . T h e cu ts are b ein g m ad e b ecau se o f the state b u d g et gap, an d b ecau se o f th e S e p te m b e r p assag e o f M easu re 19, w h ich sh ifted som e m oney u sed fo r th e g ran ts o v e r to the p u b lic sch o o l system . A nd the n ew s c o m es as the sta te ’s u n i v ersities h av e an n o u n ced te n tativ e p lan s to raise tu itio n , p en d in g th e o u tco m e o f a te m p o ra ry in c o m e tax in c re a se m easu re on the Ja n u ary ballot. tions to deal w ith the cuts. T hose w h o h a v e n ’t u sed up all o f th eir loan elig ib ility co u ld borrow m o re m o n ey , but the am o u n t m ay not be larg e e n o u g h to ju stify th at step. F ew c o lle g e s w ill b e a b le to help. T h e L e g isla tu re cu t m o re th an $ 5 0 m illio n fro m th e state u n iv e rs ity s y s te m b u d g e t in a s e rie s o f s p e c ia l s e s s io n s , an d an a d d itio n a l $ 2 5 m illio n w ill b e cu t if v o te rs tu rn d o w n th e in c o m e ta x in c re a s e in J a n u a ry . If that m easu re p asses, the grant red u ctio n s fo r spri ng term w ill be less. T h e ex a ct am ount h a s n 't b een d eterm in ed . Jim B u c h , a s s o c ia te v ice A t the s ta te 's p u b lic u n iv e r sities, stu d en ts w ill g et $228 p resid e n t fo r en ro llm en t se r less fo r th e rest o f the y ear in eg o n . said th e re w as h o p e e a r lier th is y ear th at the u n iv ersity co u ld m ak e up som e o f the fin an cial aid grants. C o m m u nity co lleg e stu d en ts w ill get $ 1 9 0 less, and stu d en ts at p ri v ate c o lle g e s w ill see th e ir g ran ts red u ced an y w h ere from $ 3 0 0 to alm o st $ 600. d e p e n d v ices at th e U n iv ersity o f O r o p p o rtu n ity g ran t red u c tio n s from its ow n bu d g et. B ut w ith the legislative cuts, he said th at’s no lo n g er p o ssib le.
