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C a l e n d a r Foot Patrol Welcomed in Parkrose
om m unity
Race for Justice
St. Andrew Legal Clinic will hold a Race
for Justice to raise donations for legal
services for low-income families on Sat­
urday, June 30 at 10:15 a.m. starting from
Madeleine Parish, 3123 N.E. 24th Ave. A
post-event party at the parish hall will
include free pizza, beverages, live music
and awards. For more information or to
register, call 503-281 -1500, extension 24
or visit salcgroup.org.
5KTram Run & Walk
A 5K run and walk to benefit for the
American Cancer Society takes place
Saturday, June 30 at9:30 a.m. Participants
wi 11 ride the tram to OHSU and then run to
the finish line. After the race, there will be
a free health fair complete with children’s
activities, games, food and live music. To
re g iste r
fo r
the
ra c e
v isit
www.racecenter.com/tramrun.
Re-Tilling of the Soil
People of Purpose and Associates are
recruiting help and donations for a Re­
tilling of the Soil neighborhood cleanup
on Saturday, July 7. Clean up locations
include Maple Mallory A partm ents,
Jefferson High School and Cornerstone
Community Church. To find out how you
can be a part of this event, call Larry
Collins at 503-752-8356.
Zoo Concert Series
A diverse rosterof bands will be perform­
ing as part of their summer World Music
Wednesday concert series. On W ednes­
day, June 27, come see the reggae group
The Wailers. Also on June 22, as a part of
the Zoo Beat concert series catch Derek
Trucks and Susan Tedeschi with Soul
Stew Revival featuring Scrapmatic. Tick­
ets are available at any Ticket West loca­
tion or at the Oregon Zoo. For more
information visit oregonzoo.org.
Officer’s outreach
builds a better
community
When Portland police officer Rob Slyter
talks about reducing crime and the fear of
crime on his beat, he not only talks the talk,
but he actually walks the walk.
The 15-year veteran patrols his Parkrose
beat in northeast Portland the old fash­
ioned way, on foot.
“I like the way police work was done in
the old days,” said Slyter, who is assigned
to the Portland Police Bureau’s East Pre­
cinct. “Walking through an area day after
day, you get to tell the bad guys from the
good guys.”
Slyter, along with Officer Jeremy Ander­
son, patrols from Northeast 102nd to 122nd
and from Marx to Prescott. Slyter said that
along with remaining active, there are other
benefits to walking the beat.
“The best part of my job is really just
being out of my car and getting to walk the
neighborhood,” Slyter said. “The resi­
dents, workers and business owners are
always waving, giving a thumbs-up sign,
or just stopping and telling us how happy
they are to see us out walking the area.”
In early 2007, Slyter picked two areas
that would most benefit from a walking
beat, Parkrose and Gateway areas. He got
together with crime analysts, who col­
lected the areas’ daytime crime statistics
for burglaries,carprowls, vandalism, drug-
related arrests and prostitution.
"With those numbers in hand, and the
fact that the precinct was receiving com­
plaints from business owners and resi­
dents in the Parkrose area, 1 selected
Parkrose,” Slyter said.
For Charlene Phillips, m anager of
Portland Police Officer R ob Slyter m a k e s a sto p at Bob Brown Tires on N ortheat Sandy Boulevard to sp e a k with store
m anager Kelly Brown.
Stroller Class for Moms
Are you a new mom or have a toddler?
Get some exercise and meet other moms
at the free Stroller Strides class, 9 a.m.
to 10 a.m. T uesdays and Thursday at
Peninsula Park. All you need is a
stroller, water, a mat or towel and com ­
fortable shoes. Call Helen at 503-260-
5018 for more information.
Youth Summer Sports
July 5 through July 27, the summer youth
sports program is held on the Portland
State University campus, providing low-
income youths ages 10-16, with sports
instruction, field trips, a free medical exam
and two free meals daily. Registration is
open now. Visit palkids.org.
Washington Park Shuttle
Summer service is every 15 minutes from
10 a.m-7 p.m. with more than 10 stops
including the Oregon Zoo and the Japa­
nese Garden. The shuttle runs daily
through Labor Day. RegularTri-Met fare
applies.
Interstate Farmers Market
A farmers market is held each Wednes­
day through Sept. 26 from 3 - 7 p.m. jus,
off Interstate Avenue between Overlook
Park and the Interstate Kaiser Permanente
Campus. The market is known for its
variety of quality fresh local produce,
baked goods, cut flowers, artisan cheese,
meat and fish.
Planet Jupiter
On the second Monday of each month
through August, at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., the
MHCC Planetarium Sky Theaterexplores
the planet that outshines every other
planet in the sky except Venus. Visitors
will learn how to locate Jupiter and its four
moons as well as other planets. Admis­
sion is $ I.
Women in Community Service
Volunteer female mentors are being
sought by Women in Community Service
to work with incarcerated women at the
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. The
women provide support and encourage­
ment for inmates transitioning from prison
back into the community. For informa­
tion, call 503-570-6614.
Parenting Classes
Newborns d o n 't come with instruction
manuals bu, parents and parents-to-be
can attend classes through Providence
Health Systems to learn about a variety of
topics from pain and childbirth to
breastfeeding to infant CPR and much
more. For a schedule of events, call 503-
574-6595 or visit: providence.org/classes.
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Portland officers Rob Slyter (left) an d Jerem y A nderson walk their b e a t in the Parkrose neighborhood o f n o rth ea st
Portland.
Maddy’s Tavern on Northeast Sandy,
she feels fortunate that he made the choice.
“When the officers are here, it's so
much nicer,” said Phillips, whose main
problem was having prostitutes working
close to the tavern. "When there’s a prob­
lem, the officers take care of it because
they u n d erstan d w hat w e’re going
through. I used to be afraid coming to work
in the morning, but not now. It’s only
when the officers aren't out there that we
see the problems resurface.”
Kelly Brown, whose family owns Bob
Brown Tires up the street, sees the police
presence as not only good for business,
but good for the entire area.
"We get customers who are not from
the area,” said Brown, manager of the
store. “They drive down Sandy and see
the riffraff. It's a reflection on us. But with
the officers out here, we don’t see the
problems as much. The officers always
come in and ask how things are going, and
ask how they can make things better.
They’re good guys and I believe they're
genuinely concerned with the area.
Teri Poppino, crime prevention coordi­
nator for the Office of Neighborhood In­
volvement, said that the residents and
businesses along Slyter’s beat are reap­
ing the benefits of an officer pounding the
pavement jus, outside their doors.
For one homeless family living in
Senn's Dairy Park on NE Prescott. Slyter
was an angel dressed in blue. Last
March, a couple and their three children
had fallen on hard times and were kicked
out of the motel where they stayed.
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on page B3
Restaurant Cements Changes along MLK
Terroir replaces
King Food
Market site
by S arah B lount
T he P ortland O bserver
T h ere’s a new restaurant at N orth­
east Fremont Avenue and Martin Luther
King Jr. Boulevard, the site o f the former
King Food M arket and a M cDonald s
R estaurant years before that.
T erroiropened June 16w i,h its "taste
of the Pacific N orthw est." I, is the first
business to open within the Portland
D evelopm ent C o m m issio n 's K ing's
C ro ssin g , an U rban R enew al A rea
project made possible by through Port­
land New M arkets Fund I. LLC New
M arkets Tax Credit allocation in con­
junction w ith the Portland Family of
Funds.
Terroir, a French word meaning earth,
is located in the historical center of
P ortland’s African A m erican com m u­
nity, but unlike any businesses formerly
at the site, T erroir wants to appeal to a
crowd hungry for small, specialty dishes
photo by S ar ah B i . oi nt /T iie P ortland O bserved
Terroir ow ner and c h e f S tu S tein sta n d s in front o f the new restaurant and
wine bar a t 3 5 0 0 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
and large wine lists.
Terroir falls in a spot betw een the
fancy kitchens of Irvington's neigh­
borhood and the funky cafés of M issis­
sippi Avenue, filling a gap between
these gentrifying northeast neighbor­
hoods that are beginning to spread to
the vacant lots along MLK.
Stu Stein, chef and co-ow ner with his
wife Mary Hinds, says T erroir w on’t
contribute to gentrification because he
w on't charge high prices for his Pacific
Northwest meals that will “serve a cross
section of the neighborhood.”
“This is an underserved area." he
said. "I'm able to tap into a range of
people, and you can get something here
for a very low price."
T erro ir's menu will offer a range of
small dishes, described by Stein as not
just one bite, but not an entrée, priced
from $4 to $ 12 per plate.
The restaurant will occupy 2.400
square feet of the building's firs, floor
and is expected to employ 25 staff.
The K ing's C rossing developm ent
contains another 1,300 square feel of
retail space on the ground floor and
5,600 square feet of office space on the
second floor.