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‘Good in the Neighborhood’ Plans Set
Neighborhood
Mayor Tom Potter has been in office fo r a little
over 100 days. How do you think he is doing?
I like the fact that he took all the city bureaus
instead o f assigning them to each com m issioner.
I like how h e ’s looking at the big picture.
—Judy Boyer
H e’sdefinitely reinvigorated City Hall andisgetting
m ore people involved. People are looking at the city
governm ent m ore intently than before.
—Professor James S. Harrison
H e ’s doing a good jo b ; h e ’s taking risks
that V era Katz d id n ’t take. H e d o e sn ’t let
people com e in and push P -T ow n around.
ers, face p ain tin g , a b u g zo o an d a rts
Tom Potter named
Grand Marshal
Portland M ayor T om Potter will be the
G rand M arshal in a com m unity parade that
is part o f the 13d’ A nnual G ood in the
N eighborhood M ulticultural M usic and
Food Festival on the last w eekend o f June,
celebrating the diversity found in north­
east Portland.
“G ood in the N eighborhood is a w on­
derful exam ple o f neighbors com ing to­
gether to celebrate com m unity assets,”
Potter said. “ Every year this event high­
lights the incredible diversity w ithin our
city. I am honored to be this y ear’s G rand
M arshal o f such an effort.”
T he festival will feature som e o f the
N orthw est’s finest entertainers and a va­
riety o f m usic styles such as rhythm and
blues, C aribbean music and gospel. Som e
artists scheduled to perform at the festival
are O cean 503, C hatta A ddy, the Linda
H om buckle Band and Ballet Folklórico de
W oodburn (dance o f M exico).
an d cra fts.
T he route o f the parade is from N orth
R ussell Street to N ortheast M artin L uther
King B oulevard, north on M LK to N o rth ­
east A lberta and east on A lberta to the
King School Park site, w hich is adjacent to
King E lem entary School, located at 4 9 0 6
N .E. ó“1 A ve.
Proceeds from the festival and the k ic k ­
o ff event go to the K ing School P arent
T eacher A ssociation and N ortheast C o a­
lition o f N eig h b o rh o o d s' o utreach p ro ­
Mayor Tom Potter
A v ariety o f eth n ic cu isin e, a b eer and
w ine g ard en , and an in fo rm atio n villag e
fo r o rg an iz atio n s, b u sin esses an d sp o n ­
sors w ill also be p art o f the festiv al.
A ctiv itie s fo r ch ild ren w ill take p lace in
the K id S p ace area, in clu d in g sto ry tell-
grams.
The festival will be held from noon to
9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25 and from noon
to 7:45 p.m . on Sunday, June 26. A d m is­
sion to the festival is free. A k ick o ff fo r the
event will be held from 6 p.m . to 10p.m . on
T h u rs d a y , Ju n e 23 at M c M e n a m in s
K ennedy School, 5736 N .E. 33rd A ve.
F o r m o re in fo rm atio n a b o u t the ev e n t
o r v o lu n teer o p p o rtu n ities, call 5 0 3-282-
1288 o r v isit th e G o o d in th e N e ig h b o r­
h o o d w e b s i t e a t w w w .g o o d i n t h e
n e ig h b o rh o o d .o rg .
MMMNNNMMMttMaW M MMttINMMM NHMi
— Matthew Shevchenko
Oregon Gets It's Ceremonial Strike
I’m against using taxpayer m oney forelections.
He seem s to be doing a fine jo b , but for m e, I'm
not im pressed. T he ju ry is still out.
—Ken di Esary
p.m.
T he festivities include free ice cream ,
entertainm ent, and a free quarter for kids
younger than 18. T his is also one o f the
only opportunities to buy uncirculated
rolls o f O regon quarters.
O regon m arks the 33rd quarter to be
unveiled since the start o f the U nited
I like his attitude and how he interacts w ith
the public. H e ’s doing a good jo b .
— Nigel O ’Shea
States M in t’s 50 States Q uarters Program
that began in 1999. T he im age o f C rater
Lake w as recom m ended by the O regon
C om m em orative Coin C o m m issions, a
group o f 18 O regonians and co-chaired by
G ov. T ed K ulongoski.
"T he C rater Lake im age for the O regon
quarter is a sym bol that perfectly captures
the natural beauty o f O regon and the spirit
o f its people, from ancient tim es to to d ay ,”
said T reasurer Randall Edw ards at the
United States M int at D enver.
Portland will host the official launch o f
the O regon quarter on W ednesday, June
15. The historic celebration will begin at
11:45 a.m. at the O regon H istorical S oci­
ety, 1200 S.W . Park Ave., follow ed by a
block party and quarter exchange at 12:45
? Oregon quarter from the U.S. Mint
goes into circulation on June 15.
High School
Standards
Raised
The Portland School Board has
unanimously voted to raise the stan­
dards for high school graduation,
starting with next year's freshman
class.
The more rigorous requirem ents
are designed to ensure students leave
school prepared for upwardly mobile
careers or for further education.
T he class o f 2009 will be required
to earn a total o f 24 credits to g radu­
ate. T he new policy adds an addi­
tional credit in both m ath and sci­
ence (bringing the total required in
each subject area to three), and re­
quires students to take eight elec­
tives including three aligned w ith a
careerpathw ay area, culm inating in
a senior portfolio/project.
“ Research show s that the single
largest barrier to student achieve­
m ent is low exp ectatio n s,” said
B obbie R e g an , c o -c h a ir o f th e
school board. “W e can and m ust
expect m ore from our students, and
w e will offer them the challenge and
support they need to succeed.”
T he class o f 2011 (today’s sixth
grade students) will be required to
com plete 25 credits to graduate, in­
cluding tw o years studying a w orld
language and one elective credit in
the applied or fine arts.
A tie.
A pair of shoes.
New denim blues.
A robe.
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Viagra Users go Blind
(AP) - Federal health officials
are looking into reports o f blind­
ness am ong dozens o f m en w ho
used V iagra and other im potence
drugs - but at the sam e tim e ca u ­
tioning that the vision loss can be
linked to the sam e illnesses that
lead to im potence.
T he Food and D rug A dm inis­
tration disclosed Friday that it w as
in discussions with the m akers o f
V iagra, Cialis and L evitra about
w hat the labels o f those drugs
should say about the rare cases o f
varying degrees o f vision loss,
including blindness. T he m aker o f
Cialis already has voluntarily added
a one-line m ention to its label.
At issue is sudden vision loss
when blood flow to the optic nerve
is b lo ck ed , a c o n d itio n ca lled
N A IO N or non-arteritic anterior
ischem ic optic neuropathy.
C o m p lic a tin g th e q u e s tio n :
N A IO N is c o n sid e re d one o f the
m ost co m m o n cau se s o f sudden
v isio n loss in o ld e r A m eric an s,
' and e stim a te s su g g e st th e re are
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