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Zoo Opens Horizons to Local Youth
con tin u ed
fro m F ront
d irec to r, left the industry.
“ D arryl and som e com m ittee
m em bers left for other pursuits, but
w e’re still trying to see how we can
make it w ork.” G om ez said.
G o m ez said it’s also im portant
to focus on recru itm en t before
the co lleg e level, prior to w hen
m any stu d en ts form ca reer d e c i­
s io n s .
A n o th er lim itatio n he rec o g ­ targ ets teen s w ho may have o th ­
n iz e s h its c lo s e r to h o m e - e rw is e k n o w n n o th in g a b o u t
P o rtla n d ’s u n resp o n siv en e ss to w o rking at the zoo. It co m b in es
its ch a n g in g d em o g rap h ics.
en vironm ental ed ucation with jo b
W hen V ecch io arriv ed at the sk ills like m an ag in g tim e and
O regon Z oo in 1998. he brought m oney. P articip an ts are recruited
along a m odel program he created from o th e r co m m u n ity program s
in R hode Island that fam iliarizes like B oys and G irls C lubs. S elf
in n er-city y outh w ith zo o o c c u ­ E n h an cem en t. Inc. and S ch o o ls
p atio n s, ca lled Z A P o r Z oo A n i­ U niting N eig h b o rs (S U N ) sites.
mal P resenters.
During its first year 10 positions
Z A P is a paid in te rn sh ip that were tilled, this year V ecchio says
the zoo received 80 applicants.
Pam McElwee. Z A P program co­
ordinator, said this past year they
reached 13,(XX)kids. ‘T h e idea is to
reach out to folks w ho may no,
norm ally visit the zoo and d o n ’t
have access to that kind o f educa­
tion." she said.
T he presenters groupgrew when
its graduates were trained as coun­
selors for the zo o ’s second diver­
sity program - UNO or Urban N a­
ture O vernight.
U N OcoordinatorJody Van Riper
V ecch io created U N O in 2004) said it is m odeled after W onderful
to e n g a g e m in o rity youth from O utdoor W'orld. a sim ilar nation­
ages eight to 11, mainly from north­ wide program that reaches inner-
e a s t an d n o rth P o rtla n d an d city youth ages eight to 12.
H illsboro. U N O c o u n se lo rste a c h
Z A Pand UNO budgets w ill grow
kids ab o u t the o u td o o rs through this year to the$l(X).(XK)to$2( X).(XX)
o v ern ig h t cam p in g . T he zoo re ­ range, and V ecchio hopes to locate
p o rted that out o f the 3(X) U N O jobs for Z A P graduates.
p a rtic ip a n ts th is past sum m er,
"I alw ays envisioned Z A P kids
n early h alf had n ever been c a m p ­ would return as future zookeepers,’’
ing before.
he said.
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Lining Up for Vanport Square
c o n tin u e d dK fr o m F ront
and other seattxxi as "m ore a d es­
tination place."
"I started talking with Ray in the
spring o f 2002,” Fife said. "The
chance to ow n my own property
was an attraction and dealing with
Ray was the final piece. I stuck with
Ray's vision."
M aintaining the vision o f a co m ­
m u n ity -a n c h o re d re ta il c e n te r
h a s n 't b ee n e a s y . L e a ry an d
willing to sell w ithout assurance o f
obtaining adequate replacem ent for
by the m onth o ra lease was a major
its heath and senior services facili­
inducem ent for most o f the buyers,
ties, which the developm ent team
including Hom o f A frica ow ner
was unable to supply.
M uham m ed Yousef.
The plans also called for acquir­
"It's my own space, my own
ing a group o f hom es on Northeast
building, I own it!" Y ousef said,
G arfield Street, but two o f the ow n ­
passionately excited about his new
ers were unw illing to sell. W orst o f
location to be. The Horn o f Africa
all, the deal foragrocery fell through,
has been doing business at 3939
and the team w as unable to find
N.E. M artin Luther King
another anchor tenant.
Jr. Blvd. for 10 years, but
Eventual ly Gerding-Edlen
Y ousef said, "The (new )
dropped o ff the team. PDC
location isa lot better than
gave several extensions on
w here I'm at now ,” de­
the o rig in al dev elo p m en t
scribing his current digs
timeline, but became increas­
as "dom inated by crack
ingly restive. The urban re­
dealers."
new al d is tric t's ad v iso ry
He adds that he has
com m ittee, in its budget re­
— Muhammed Yousef, Horn of Africa owner
found Leary to be "a nice
view, endorsed funding for
guy, very honest and help­
V anport, but also included
ful."
W oolley, together with the huge alternative uses for the funds if the
U nlike Yousef, w ho is moving G erding-E dlen Co., won develop­ project fell through.
lock, stock and barrel, restaurant ment rights to the site in 1999. At
L ast y ear, th e team p ro p o sed
ow ner M arco Shaw will continue to first the plan was a m ega-project leasin g the M arco b u ild in g to a
operate his Fife location as a neigh­ spanning three square blocks and teleco m m u n icatio n s service co m ­
borhood restaurant serving co m ­ a new grocery.
pany. S om e n eig h b o rs p ro tested
fort foods with locally grow n and
T hen there w ere difficulties. that the p ro p o sed use w ould p ro ­
produced foods, w hile opening M ultnom ah County, w hich ow ns vide no b en efits to the ad jacen t
Hard-Shell in Vanport with shellfish the northernm ost block, was un­ co m m u n ity , an d that the public
It's my own
space, my own
building, I own it!
p ilo ro by M ark W ashing ion / T hp P ok i i . a n d O iisi kvpk
Construction is at a fast pace for the future Vanport Square business and retail park at Northeast
Emerson Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard.
su b sid y (th e p ro ject receiv ed $9
m illion in tax increm ent financing
and new m arket tax c re d its) w as
ex c essiv e in relation to its size.
S om e called for the rep lacem en t
o f L eary and W o o lley as the d e ­
v elo p m en t team .
In contrast, there is strong sup­
port for the current schem e.
"There were som e people who
tried to underm ine Ray’s and my
effo rts for th eir ow n reasons,"
W oolley told the Portland O b ­
server. "People are staunchly be­
hind us now. W e’ve gone a long
way tow ard cem enting our relation­
ships with the com m unity."
At the o p en in g ce le b ra tio n .
Leary thanked virtually everyone
who had played a part in the pro­
cess. He com pared the planning to
the lives o f Jackie Robinson and
Joe Louis.
"All the hiccups, false starts and
travails to get here, they were noth­
ing. T oday we can start Vanport,"
he said.
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Rose Festival President Named
First African
American to
lead group
L eslie G o o d lo w -B a ld w in o f
n o rth ea st P ortland w ill lead the
R ose F estival board d u rin g the
festiv al's 100th y ear in 2007. She
is the first A frican A m erican to
head P o rtla n d ’s annual trad itio n .
G o o d lo w -B a ld w in , p ro g ra m
Leslie Goodlow-Baldwin
m a n a g e r fo r th e M u ltn o m a h
C o unty D evelo p m en tal D isa b ili­
She ca lls h erse lf on e o f the
ties P rogram , jo in e d the Rose fe stiv a l's b ig g est c h e erle ad e rs.
F estival board in 1999 and has S ince m oving to P o rtlan d w hen
served in key le ad ersh ip roles.
she w as five years o ld , she has
Turkey Fryer Safety Urged
m ls se d -o n ly on e G ran d Floral
Parade.
"M y fam ily had its favorite spot
on the route, ju s t like th o u san d s
o f p e o p le in P o rtla n d . B ein g
elec ted to th is b oard w as one o f
the b iggest a c c o m p lish m e n ts o f
my life," G o o d lo w -B ald w in said.
"A nd I am pro u d to be the first
A frican A m erican to lead the Rose
F estiv al, esp e c ia lly d u rin g the
C en ten n ial C e le b ra tio n ."
T he R ose F e stiv a l’s C e n te n ­
nial celebration will feature a trib ­
ute to P o rtla n d ’s h isto ry , cu ltu re
an d co m m u n ity w ith en h an ced
trad itio n al festival events, as w ell
as new ac tiv itie s ce n tered on the
100-y ea r o b se rv a n ce .
Tocdl residents are urged to
use care when cooking holiday
m eals especially if using a turkey
fryer.
"If you’re cooking your turkey
in a deep fat fryer, do it outdoors
and never leave it unattended,”
advises O regon State Fire M ar­
shal N ancy Orr. "Because hot oil
is extrem ely dangerous, don't use when adding or rem oving food
turkey fryers on w ooden decks or from the fryer.
in garages."
If the oil begins to smoke, im­
A dditional turkey fryer safety m ediately turn the fryer gas sup­
tips from the C onsum er Product ply off, Oregonians need to be
Safety Com m ission advises holi­ careful in the kitchen too. Cook­
day cooks to raise and low er food ing fires are one o f the leading
slow ly to reduce splatter and pre­ causes o f residential tires in O r­
vent bum s and to cover bare skin egon.
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