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
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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.
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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.