October 5. 2005
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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
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