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First Year Success for Irvington Village
The friendships
that have
developed you
wouldn’t believe.
With seniors there
are no color
barriers. It's like,
we ’re all in this
together.
— Lissa Guyton, Irvington
Village assistant manager
continued
Guyton said a safe, healthy envi­
ronm ent encourages seniors to
leave their apartments and stay
active and healthy.
“ Interaction is good for our ten­
ants,” she said. “ It takes some fo­
cus o ff any pain they may be in.
And it keeps the mind active.”
O pportunities for adventure
outside the village abound with
trips to the N utcracker during the
holidays, Blazer gam es and the
Japanese Gardens. Arts and crafts
classes, concerts and piano sing­
alongs keep things hopping on
the inside.
Irvington has already estab­
lished itself as a diverse model for
Adel Murad (left) and
Greg Penson enjoy
the afternoon on the
front steps of
Murad's apartment
with Penson‘s pitt
bull, Debo. More and
more dogs are seen
out and about with
their owners in north
and northeast
Portland.
Ivington Village resident Bettie Robins (left) and Lissa Guyton,
the residential center's assistant manager.
assisted living in north and north­
east Portland.
“The friendships that have de­
veloped you w ouldn’t believe,”
Guyton said. “With seniors there
are no color barriers. It’s like, w e’re
all in this together.”
Friendships are tightening and
the health o f residents is blossom­
ing.
Minnie Powell, 91, moved into
Irvington in December. Her health
was suffering and she was sure she
w ouldn’t like the assisted living
facility.
“I w asn’t eating right,” Powell
said.
When she first came to the vil­
lage, she could barely walk across
the room on herown power. But she
took advantage o f the nutritious
meals and some well deserved
peace and quiet.
O n T h u rs d a y , sh e to ld
G uyton she had since gained 12
pounds and w as feeling a lot
stronger than she had in som e
time. Her opinion o f the village
had changed.
“The workers and everyone else
here are really nice,” Powell said.
“No one turns their back on me
and I appreciate it.”
Her progress brought a happy
smile to G uyton’s face.
“So many people are thriving
here," said Guyton. “From where
they came from and where they are
now, they’re a different person
and that’s beautiful.”
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from Front
paper for canine lovers, ‘The Dog
Nose N ew s,’ which reports tender
tidbits o f local, national and inter­
national doggie happenings. Pet
daycare services, dog gyms, dog-
treat bakeries, pet shops and do-it-
yourself dog grooming facilities
have sprung up all over north and
northeast Portland.
On the extreme end o f the stick,
Irving Park hosts Pug Play Day for
snub-nosed snorters on the last
Sunday o f every month and Dove
Lewis Emergency V eterinarian
Hospital holds pet loss support
groups each Thursday. At the end
o f each swim season the North
Clackamas Aquatic Park opens the
floodgates toa pack ofdogs for Dog
Days o f Summer.
But more common, Rowton said,
is the hordes o f after work and early
morning dog walkers who take their
pups to the park for exercise in
Portland’s many off-leash areas.
“ You go to Gabriel Park at six in
the morning and the only thing
m issing is the cappuccino ma­
chine," Rowton said. “ 15 years ago
you just didn’t see that.”
W hile Rowton attributes the
abundance o f dogs on the streets
to the downsizing o f homes and
changing o f the social fabric, many
long-time north and northeast Port­
land residents think there may be
another force at work.
As housing costs in Portland
rise an d m o re p ro sp e c tiv e
homeowners are pushed into tradi­
tionally crime-ridden areas, ‘Beware
o f D og’ signs have popped up ev­
erywhere. It could be that the not-
so-friendly streets o f what used to
be the ghetto might seem safer to
walk in the company o f a canine.
“A couple o f years ago these
streets were em pty,” said north­
east Portland native Robert Bacote.
“Now I see new faces walking
through here with their dogs every
day and especially at night.”
W h ile B aco te d o es th in k
gentrification has played a role in
the recent influx o f dogs in north
and northeast Portland, in the Afri­
can American community, he said
the popularity o f dogs - especially
big dogs - has been around as long
as rap and hip-hop.
Ruff Ryder rappers DMX, Eve
and Snoop Dog even started their
own dog kennel to breed what
Bacote cal Is ‘ star quality dogs' ant)
have launched their own dog foot)
brand, RuffRyderGame Dog Food:
“It’s a big trend right now to have
big dogs," Bacote said. “All those
rappers do is portray their dogs - in
their music and in their lives.”
. •
From the music to the fashion to
the big dogs, many inner-city kids
grow up emulating those hip-hop
stars. In a tw o-block radius o f
Bacote’s parent's home on North*
east Going there are at least 10 big
dogs. His friends Greg Penson arid
Adel Murad both own pit bulls and
Bacote has two rottweillers.
“If it was up to me, I’d have a
poodle,” he said. “But my brother
went tojail so w e’ve got his dogs.”
In spite o fh er size and menacing
bark, Bacote said Gator, his favorite of
the two dogs, is gentle and playful. He
wasn't a pet person before, but since
his brother’s incarceration six months
ago, he has grown to love the dog.
When his brother gets out o f jail, he
hopes he can keep Gator.
“He understands me,” Bacote
said. “H e’ll lay there and listen and
I can tell he knows what I’m sayingi
Sometimes I want to be like, ‘ Man,
why can ’t you talk back?” ’
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ing, something she’s against.
developer," Smith said. “ If they
Kenton’s D ancin’ Bare, a highly
want to sell, that’s their right, but visible nude entertainment em po­
they shouldn’t be forced to do it.” rium, was mentioned a possible
Smith fears new development condemnation target.
will drive out many small, existing
However, Mills said there was
businesses and introduce high den­ no there was no reason to believe it
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could not be acquired by ordinary
market practices.
Smith said while she doesn’t fre­
quent the establishment, they have
a right to be there.
“ It’s fixed up, they pay taxes like
everyone else and they don’t haVe
police problem s,” she said.
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