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PaseA 8________________________________________________ il?‘ ^Jortlanò © b se ru e r_______________ October 27, 2004 Farewell to Disjecta CaCcCwett ’s Co Conia C Ciuipef 20 N.E. 14,h Avenue Portland, Oregon 97232 (.503) 232-4111 The Pie-aiTailgCineilt Concept Denyse O. Teterson Dear Family Member: Denyse Peterson represents limerai homes and cemeteries in the Portland Metro politan area. Many families have a difficult time getting through all the associated decisions, questions, grief and financial responsibilities that follow when a love one dies. Denyse’s resjMHisihility is to provide information. Pre-arranging lessens the burden before the time of death with challenges such as emotional overspending, indecision, haste and worry. Our personal planning guide can lx* a great benefit to loved ones. Overall, pre arranging will benefit families tremendously. File pre-arrangement Dignity Memorial providers are honored to help families in our community with your funeral and burial needs. Representing these fine funeral homes: • Caldwell’s Colonial Chapel • Sunnyside Chapel it Memorial Gardens • Lincoln Memorial Park& Funeral Home • Hennessey, Goetsch & McGee Funeral Directors • Gateway little Chapel of the Chimes • lincoln-Willamette Funeral Directors • killingsworth little Chapel of the Chimes photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Disjecta director Bryan Suereth (clockwise from top), Creative Director Paul M iddendorf and Chelsea Moshe take down artwork in preparations for a move to the northwest Pearl District. • Ross Hollywood Chapel • Skyline Memorial Gardens it Funeral Home Northeast Portland loses arts space BV J aymee R. C uti T he P ortland O bserver from the A lberta arts and shop ping d istric t to o th er parts of N ortheast Portland is losing n o rth e a st P o rtla n d w en t so u r Dijecta, an arts and entertainment w hen his building w as sold out space known for em bracing diver from under him. sity at 116N.E. Russell St. Now he’s relocating to a larger D is je c ta D ir e c to r B ry a n bui lding in the Pearl District, with a S u ereth ’s dream o f bridging a gap renewed energy to broaden the venue on a national scope. “ I make this claim confidently, that Disjecta has shown some of the most diverse programming in the city, from queer culture to Afri can-Am erican culture to neighbor F o r m o re inform ation o r to sch ed u le an ap p o in tm e n t, please call D enyse P eterso n at (503) 232-4111. hood events to scrap reuse to the jazz programs we do,” Suereth said. “We had a broad slice o f people com ing through here, representing different ethnicities and age ranges, utilizing it as a com m unity re source.” D isjecta will hold a farew ell party at its northeast location on S aturday, O ct. 30, beginning at 10 p.m. The costum e party in cludes m usical guests Pink Scare, The Old H aunts and The D oors o f P erception. Warren Guidry o f north Port land is awarded the Merchant Marine Expedi tionary Medal for his service to our country. M ark W ashington / T he P orti . and O bserver photo by Local Merchant Marine Honored T he M e rc h an t M arin e E x p e Iraqi F reed o m . He w as n o m i d itio n a ry M edal w as rec en tly nated fo rth e aw ard by the M ili aw ard ed to W arren G u id ry , a tary S ealift C o m m an d o f the m e rc h a n t m a rin e from n o rth D ep a rtm en t o f th e N avy. P o rtlan d fo r his se rv ic e to o u r T h e m edal is p re se n te d to c o u n try in the g lo b a l w ar on m en and w om en w ho serv e as terro r. m a rin ers on U n ited S tates flag G uidry w as recognized for his v essels in su p p o rt o f o p era tio n s p a rtic ip a tio n in O p eratio n E n in v o lv in g the U .S. m ilita ry and d u rin g F reed o m and O p eratio n o u r n atio n al in te rests. Public Housing in Crisis and chooses not to restore full fund ing to the program. by lowering standards to smaller Section 8 is the largest housing bedroom sizes, using gross figures assistance program in the country. in income calculations or adopting Locally, it provides rent assistance an across-the-board $25 minimum to nearly 8,000 households in rent contribution for even the low Multnomah County. est income levels. In April, the U.S. Department of The need for Section 8 public Housing and Urban Development housing assistan ce is great in froze Section 8 funding for local M ultnom ah County. M ore than housing authorities. 7,000 households are currently on “We will use reserves to cover the waiting list to receive rental our shortfall in 2004. but we can’t assistan ce. W hen the list last continue to pay for program opera opened for one week during Sep tions out o f funds that are ear tember 2002, the Housing Author marked for true em ergencies,” said ity of Portland received 8,900 appli Steve Rudman, HAP’s executive cations. director. The $700,000 annual shortfall For a full report of the proposed could continue into 2005 if Con cuts to Section 8 and the Housing g re ss a d o p ts th e B ush A u th o rity o f P o rtlan d , v isit adm inistration's Section 8 proposal www.hapdx.org orcall503-802-8501. continued GO TO L IV IN G W IT H OF SEA AND O R G A N IS M . THE TAG D A L A I L A M A 'S C H A M P IO N S . READ A BO UT W HALES. THE FROM S T U D IE S IN BOOKS. D IS C O V E R EFFECTS TRANSLATOR. CHOOSE A F R IC A N -A M E R IC A N ONLY BLUE REVERSE PLAY OVER IN 2 0 0 PRO G RAM . OREGON T R t W O R L D ’S O F A G IN G . 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