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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
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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.
B u t H in e s said he w as le ft fe e l­
take tim e fo r certain aspects o f the
co m m u n ic a tio n ."
in g fru s tra te d because the issue
A fte r the fin a l m eeting. Hines
w a s n 't taken s e rio u s ly , o r tim e ly
began to th in k race m ig h t have
enough.
“ Each tim e I contacted them they
sponse.
THAT’S A CALL FOR HELP.
som ething to do w ith K B O O s re­
said ‘ w e 'll get back in tou ch, we
“ I 'm not the type o f person to
take th is ve ry s e rio u s ly .'" H ines
y e ll race, but I b e lie ve i f I was a
said. " I th in k m y issue w o u ld w a r­
w h ite m an K B O O w o u ld have
rant m ore concern than b e in g ig ­
showed m ore respect in respond­
nored because e v e ryo n e is to o
in g to m y co n ce rn s." H ines said.
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