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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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