October 5. 2005 Page A3 îl!r JJortlanb (Observer College Financial Aid Looks Brighter historic bill at PCC T he state o f O reg o n has e a r m arked eno u g h m o n ies to su p port co lleg e fin an cial aid a fte r ru n n in g out o f funds last year. G ov. T ed K u longoski signed the $77.8 m illion O reg o n O p p o rtu n ity G ra n t, th e la rg e st n eed -b ased fin an cial aid p a c k age in O regon histo ry , at the C a s c a d e C a m p u s ’ new D an M oriarty A rts and H um anities B uild in g on Sept. 28. T he m oney w ill go to q u a li fied fu ll-tim e stu d en ts d uring th e c u rren t y ear and b eginning n ex t y e a r, e lig ib le p a rt-tim e (tak in g a m inim um o f six c re d its) stu d e n ts w ill q u a lify for these funds as w ell. “ I see ed u catio n as a c o n tin u u m , startin g in p re -sc h o o l,” K u lo n g o sk i said. “ A nd c o m m unity co lle g e s are an im p o r tant p iv o t p o in t b etw een K-12 and fo u r-y e a r in stitu tio n s.” Gov. Ted Kulongoski joins Portland Community College students at the Cascade Campus in north Portland for the signing o f new legislation that provides need-based financial aid. The students pictured are (from left, front row) Serena Adams and Leah Gibson; and (from left, behind the governor) Theresa Alexander, Melanie Serrou and Tony Warfield. Neighborhood Groups Reviewed Portland residents are invited to discuss the future o f the city’s neighborhood association system on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Smith Centerat Portland State Uni versity, downtown. Panel members will include John Canda, executive director of the Northeast Coalition o f Neighbor hoods and a local African-Ameri- can leader; Gretchen Kafoury, a former city commissioner; Joleen Jensen Classen of the Office of Neighborhood Involvement; and Bonny M cKnight, chair o f the Russell Neighborhood Associa tion. The event is part of the League’s examination of the advisory neigh borhood groups and coincides with T he a u d ie n c e included S tate Sen. M arg aret C arter, PC C D is trict P resident Preston P ulliam s, C o m m issio n e r o f the D e p a rt m ent o f C om m u n ity C o lleg es & W o r k f o r c e D e v e lo p m e n t C am P re u s-B ra ly , and o th e r local and c o lle g e o fficials. T he cerem o n y took place in the au d ito riu m o f the brand new PC C b u ild in g , a ttra c tin g m ore than 200 guests. T he g o v e rn o r took part in a ro u n d tab le d iscu ssio n w ith 15 PCC stu d e n ts before the sig n ing. M o d e ra te d by C a s c a d e C am pus P r e s id e n t A lg ie G atew ood, the forum featu red stu d en ts a sk in g the G o v ern o r a b o u t su c h to p ic s as fu tu re fu n d in g for the g ran ts, p o ssible ben efits for pro fessio n al te c h n ical stu d e n ts, re sid e n c y r e qu irem en ts, and m ore. “ Y ou are so im p o rtan t to the s ta te ,” K ulo n g o sk i told the stu d e n ts. “ I w ant to p rovide you w ith living w age jo b s and that is w hat 1 rem ain focu sed o n .” K u longoski also to uched on the issu e o f the new g lo b a l eco n o m y and its relation to e d u c a tio n . “ M y prim ary re sp o n sib ility to yo u , the city and the state is to giv e us the o p p o rtu n ity to c o m p e te in th e g lo b a l e c o n o m y ,” K u lo n g o sk i sa id . “ W e need sk ills to co m p e te in this eco n o m y . H ow do w e get th em ? By in v e stin g in e d u c a tio n .” T h e O re g o n O p p o r tu n ity G ran t will su p p o rt an additional 2 0 ,0 0 0 stu d e n ts sta te w id e d u r ing the next b iennium . M ore financial aid tra n sla te s to m ore stu d e n ts ta k in g a d v a n ta g e o f p ro g ram s and co u rse s o ffered at state co m m u n ity co lleg es. Greeting from East side members of the Portland delegation to the State House of Representatives. Mayor Tom Potter’s review of the success and failures of citizen in volvement efforts. Since neighborhood associations were established in 1974, "Resources have been reduced, practices have changed, and today is a different e ra ,” L eague p resid en t C arol Cushman says. "The League felt it was timely to study this issue.” Rep. Chip Shields Rep. Jackie Dingfelder New Kenton Streetscape Wanted The Kenton business district in Development Commission and a north Portland may soon get a new team of transportation, architecture streetscape design for D enver and development experts will work Avenue. with the Kenton neighborhood and Work has begun on the Down business community to move the tow n K enton R ed e v e lo p m e n t plans forward. Project, which is aimed at helping “We are very excited about the revitalize the historic business dis project and think the future of trict and adjacent area around the Kenton is very bright,” said Aaron new Interstate MAX Kenton sta Gray, chair of the Kenton Neigh tion. borhood Association. “This effort This fall and spring, the Portland builds on past efforts and is timed to be the catalyst that finally gets our downtown moving.” Public meetings on the project will be held the first Wednesday of each month through March with the exception of January from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at the Kenton Firehouse, 2209 N. Schofield. For more information, go to www.pdc.us/ura/interstate/kenton or w w w .johnson-gardner.com / kenton. Rep. Steve March Pep. Jeff Merkley 4* 'W We salute Portland's minority owned businesses. NEW S E A S O N S When drains., IT S P O R E S ! W e ’re in the heart of mushroom season and th e re ’s a real bounty available. Some hearty souls are trom ping through the coast range w ith their id e n tific a tio n books searching for those little treasures. An alternative for less adventurous (or busier) m ushroom lovers, is to visit us this weekend. Explore N orthw est favorites like S hiitake, C rim ini, A garicus (also know as W hite B uttons), P ortabella, W ild Lobster and C hanterelle. If those d o n ’t fill you up, round out your ‘shroom experience w ith organ ic Black O yster, Forest Nameko, Alba C lam shell, and Trumpet mushroom s. O ur Demo team w ill be in c o rp o ra tin g some of these fabulous fungi into recipes like M ushroom Bread P udding, Mushroom Soup, M ushroom B ruschettà, and M ushroom & W ild Rice S tu ffin g . Like what you ta ste ? W e’ll give you preparation tip s and send you home w ith your favorite recipes. Join us S aturday and Sunday, 1 1 am until 5pm. 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