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Home Buying in
Lents Success
Crystal Andrews
(right), her husband
Abel Balderas and
their two daughters
Luciana and Aaliya,
get settled in the
home they pur­
chased in the
Lents neighbor­
hood o f southeast
Portland. The
recent purchase
was made possible
in part to a grant of
$2,000 Andrews
won at last
spring's Lents
Home Buying Fair.
A n e ffo rt to b rin g a ffo rd a b le
h o m e o w n e rs h ip o p p o rtu n itie s
to lo c a l re sid e n ts is fin d in g s u c ­
c e s s in th e L e n ts n e ig h b o rh o o d .
an a v e ra g e h o m e . M a n y o r g a ­
n iz atio n s w o rk in g to g e th e r h av e
g iv e n th e se fa m ilie s th e o p p o r ­
T h e L en ts H o m e o w n e rsh ip
tu n ity to o w n a h o m e in L e n ts,"
In itia te , a c o lla b o ra tio n o f 4 0
sa id N ick S a u v ie , e x e c u tiv e d i­
n o n p ro fit, p u b lic an d p riv ate se c ­
re c to r o f R o se C o m m u n ity D e ­
v elo p m en t.
to r o rg a n iz a tio n s h a s been w o rk ­
in g t o g e t h e r to i n c r e a s e
h o m e o w n e rsh ip an d im p ro v e the
o v e ra ll h e a lth o f th e so u th e a st
P o rtla n d n eig h b o rh o o d .
S in c e th e in itia tiv e b e g a n in
2 0 0 5 ,6 4 n ew h o m e o w n e rs h av e
b een c re a te d in L en ts.
T h e g o al is to c re a te 5 0 m o re
n ew h o m e o w n e rs th is y e a r in
L en ts a n d to in c re a se p u b lic
sa fe ty . F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n
ab o u t the L en ts H om eo w n ersh ip
In itia tiv e ,
c o n ta c t
A rn ie
D if fe n a u e r at 5 0 3 - 7 8 8 -8 0 5 2 ,
“ It is h a rd e r a n d h a rd e r fo r
Prowler Killed
in Self-Defense
th e a v e ra g e P o rtla n d e r to o w n
e x te n sio n 105.
Rosa Parks Elementary Opens its Doors
continued
Woman overpowers intruder
from Front
th e d iv e rse s tu d e n t b o d y has
parks
b ee n h ig h . In 2 0 0 4 , P rin cip al
A Portland em ergency room
nurse overpow ered a prow ler in­
side her hom e on Sept. 6, stran­
gling and killing the intruder with
her bare hands after a violent
stru g g le , b efo re flee in g to a
neighbor’s house.
Susan K uhnhausen, 51, left
P ro v id en ce P o rtlan d M edical
C enter for hom e near Southeast
79th and A lder Street last week to
find Edw ard Dalton H affey, 59,
inside, arm ed with a ham m er and
in the act o f burglarizing her home.
The 30-year nurse, standing
five-foot-seven and weighing 260
pounds, struggled with Haffey,
w ho w as about fiv e-fo o t-n in e
inches and 180 pounds. She m an­
aged to strangle H affey after suf­
fering a few scrapes and bruises.
By the tim e police arrived at 6:51
p.m ., they found Haffey, a co n ­
victed felon with a long record,
dead in her home.
Under state statute, a person
can use a reasonable degree of
deadly force when defending them­
selves against an intruder or som e­
one who is burglarizing their home.
K uhnhausen has been an ad­
vocate for the protection o f nurses
and had previously experienced
violence in her workplace.
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