Page A3 lanuary 3. 2007 The Miracles Club, a community center for African Americans recovering from drugs and alcohol on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Mason Street, has received help from the city to buy their building, but will likely have to move anyway. City Moves to Keep Miracles Club Grant to help recovery group stay open by S arah B i oint T he P ortland O bserver F acing m on ey woes and e v ic tio n fro m th e ir spot on N ortheast $495,000 grant fro m the c ity to keep th e ir do ors open to those re co ve r in g fro m drugs and a lc o h o l. H o w ever, the y lik e ly w ill not rem ain in th e ir c u rre n t lo ca tio n . M ira c le s had u n til Dec. 29 to b u ild in g to be sold. they could provide the fu st $5(X),(X X) an earnest m oney agreem ent w ith - sion fo ra fu tu re M ira c le s site, F inn paym ent they c o u ld ca rry another out an appraisal to fin d o ut i f p ro p sail), in c lu d in g talks w ith new o w n " W e 'll be w a lk in g hand in hand $5 00 ,(MX)on con tra ct. e rty was indeed w o rth that am ount ers w ho may be w i 11 i ng to negotiate w ith th e c lu b in fin d in g th e m a new O n Dec. 20. the c ity cou ncil voted o f m on ey,"sa id Brendan F in n ,co m w ith M iracles to rem ain in the b u ild hom e o r keeping th e ir hom e w here 4 -0 to c o n trib u te the d o w n p a y m issio n e r Dan S a lt/m a n 's c h ie f o f ing. it is rig h t n o w ." ment. staff. "W e are partners, it's not ju s t M ira c le s board c h a ir Herm an M ira cles still has G o rm a n 's w o rd d o n a tio n ." Finn said. " W e 'r e a llo B rya n t said the c lu b w ants to stay in the n e ig h b o rh o o d , o r n o rth P ort com e up w ith $5 0 0 .0 0 0 to cou nter B ut de tails c o u ld not be w o rke d an o ffe r o f $1 m illio n to b u ild high- o u t in tim e. G orm an s till plans to that it can stay at its cu rre n t lo ca ca tin g this am ount o f m on ey fo r rise apartm ents in the b u ild in g 's sell the p ro p e rty to investors, keep tio n fo r at least throu gh 2007. M ira cle s to stay there w ith a new land. T h e c ity has alrea dy begun place. in g the c lu b 's fu tu re unclear. pro p e rty m anager, o r to tie them e x p lo rin g op tion s, and hopes to in to a new p ro je c t." fin d a P D C -o w n e d p ro p e rty along H a v in g a year w ill g iv e the c ity M a rtin L u th e r K in g Jr. B o u le va rd , C u rre n t la n d lo rd Jack G orm an ‘‘W e had to react q u ic k ly , and roo m to negotiate a deal w ith the the M ir a c le s C lu b has w o n a had to ld the M ira c le s ' board that i f n o b o d y was c o m fo rta b le sig n in g P ortla nd D e velo pm e nt C o m m is B ut F inn added they expect the M L K w ith in a m on th o r tw o . Jackson Retirement Party Set A b e lo v e d A f r ic a n A m e r i a n d a s s ig n e d to th e E ast P re Jan. 9 at 2 p .m . at E m a n u e l ca n p o lic e o f f ic e r . I.t. H a rry c in c t. H e re tu rn e d to n o rth e a s t T e m p le , 1033 N . S u m n e r St. Jackson w ill r e tire a fte r 2 6 P o rtla n d s h o r tly a fte r, w h e re he I f y o u are in te re s te d in s h a r y e a rs o n th e fo rc e , a n d e v e r y h a d a lre a d y b u ilt a r e p u ta tio n in g a s to ry o r m a k in g a p re s e n o n e in th e c o m m u n it y is in f o r h is c o m m u n ity p o lic in g ski Ils ta tio n , p le a se c a ll D ia n e H a in a n v ite d to c e le b r a te h is fa r e w e ll. a n d h is p re s e n c e at n e ig h b o r at 5 0 3 -8 2 3 -5 7 0 6 o r d h a m a n t« ’ J a c k s o n sp e n t m a n y ye a rs h o o d m e e tin g s d u r in g h is o f f p o r tla n d p o lic e .o r g . o f h is c a re e r at the N o r th P re Joseph Johnson is arrested for attempted murder on Dec. 19. Wanted Man Taken Down by Police A P ortland O bserver reader too k photos when he saw six P ortland S o u th w e s t F if th lent c rim in a l h isto ry and a w arrant out fo r his arrest in C a lifo rn ia . next to the P ortland B u ild in g . Sgt. Brian Schm autz said the man w a s p r o m o te d to lie u te n a n t so n w i l l ta k e p la c e T u e s d a y , LYING TO HIDE YOUR GAMBLING? Lt. Harry Jackson a 1 1 Schm autz said Johnson has a v io o f an A fric a n A m e rica n man on a The in c id e n t occurred Dec. 19 A re tire m e n t p a rty f o r J a c k - and Y a m h ill. p o lice o ffic e rs put a gun to the head d o w n to w n P ortland street. h o u rs . c in c t in S t. J o h n 's , a n d in 2 0 0 4 A c c o rd in g to the p o lice report, Johnson was unarm ed at the tim e o f the arrest. O ffic e rs w atched him hoard and then e x it a T r iM e t bus. was Joseph Johnson, 33, a suspect le avin g a handgun on the vehicle, in a Dec. 2 d ru g-re lated sho otin g at w h ic h the p o lice then recovered. KBOO Harassment Case All But Ignored continued from Front b u s y ." D a vis responded by saying the and reached a reasonable c o n c lu s ta tio n “ d ilig e n tly s io n ." m a tte r" as fast as th e ir resources D a vis said w hen it com es to p u rsue d the w o u ld a llo w . sexual harassment, the channels o f " I ' l l be the firs t to say som etim es co m m u n ica tio n are the same fo r th in g s here take lo n g e r than w e 'd e m p lo y e e s and v o lu n te e rs . He lik e ." D a vis said. "W e have a lo w added that in the past 18 m onths budget and not a lo t o f staff. A n il they have term in ated volunteers som etim es the oth er pa rty d o e sn 't fo r sexual harassment. 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