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October 31, 2007
Miracles
Club Gets
Lifeline
con tin u ed
photo by
M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Miracles Club board members Elijah Cochran and Korona Presley stand outside a vacant lot at 4218 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and hold a picture
of what's planned as a new ground floor home for the community organization along with the addition o f needed affordable housing.
fro m Front
to build h ig h -rise ap artm en ts on the site.
In D ecem ber, the P ortland C ity C o u n ­
cil granted M iracles $ 5 0 0 .0 0 0 from the
G eneral Fund to en ab le M iracles to p u r­
ch ase p ro p erty along M LK . T he goal
w as to help the clu b tran sitio n from re n t­
ing space to a m ore secure p o sitio n o f
ow n ersh ip .
“T he M iracles C lub is a vital reso u rce
in our city fo r in d iv id u als and fam ilies
d ealing w ith drug and alco h o l issu es,”
stated City C om m issioner Dan Saltzm an.
“ In ad d itio n to the C lu b ’s w ork w ith
in d iv id u als in reco v ery , it co n tin u es to
p rovide essen tial serv ices in the re d u c ­
tion o f crim e in the g eneral a re a .”
In A pril, the C ity C o u n cil so u g h t the
ex p ertise o f the PDC and req u ested the
a g e n c y 's assistan ce in b rin g in g M iracles
into the urban renew al area.
PDC C h air M ark R osenbaum led the
C o m m issio n ’s un an im o u s ap p ro v al by
saying, “T h is is a te rrific p ro ject fo r an
o rg an izatio n that has m ore than a d e ­
cade o f su ccess in p ro v id in g p rev en tio n
and treatm en t serv ices.”
Dr. Janies E a rl M assey
McGuire Auditorium
Tuesday, November 13
Community Chapel, 10:30 AM
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photo by
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eman /T iie
P ortland O bserver
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A Sign o f Yesteryear: A reader board that is at least five years old advertises regular gasoline at
ju st $1.14 a gallon, taunting drivers on Northeast Killingsworth Street. The repair shop no longer
serves as a gas station.
or visit us online at wssw.warnerpacihc.edu
Gas Prices Sting
The statew ide average price for
gasoline jum ped seven cents to
$3.07 per gallon this week.
Gas prices on the national level
have increased an average five and
a half cents in the past week to $2.88.
A cco rd in g to A A A , the in ­
crease in gas prices com es after
crude oil hit a reco rd $93 per b a r­
rel on M onday.
Driving While Distracted
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Y o u r f a v o r it e n e i g h b o r h o o d g r o c e r y s t o r e n o w d e l iv e r s
continued
from Front
T oday's cell phone is light
years ahead of its clunky, boxy
M iam i-Vice-looking ancestor
of the early ‘90s. The Black­
berries and I-phones of today
are portable, satellite-uplinked.
Internet-accessing stock op­
tions for many people with
music-video playing and other
ac ce sso rie s that look like
something out of Dulce and
Star Trek.
And though they seem like a
necessity in today's fast-paced
information age, the electronic
devices relied upon for daily
living are more and more be­
coming a risk to keeping your
eyes on the road.
g r o c e r i e s r ig h t t o y o u r h o m e o r o f f ic e .
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Correction
60-year-old executive has more
than 30 years experience in the
The Portland O bserver regrets areas o f w orkforce and business
some errors and false impressions developm ent. He plans to remain
left from an Oct. 17 article titled active with O A M E even after his
term as p resid e n t
" B u s in e s s C e n te r
ends, by serving as
O bstacles."
T h e s to ry r e ­
chair o f the OAM E
Board of Directors.
ferred back and forth
T h e term "s u b ­
between the Oregon
A ssociation o f M i­
standard" does not
nority Entrepreneurs
accurately describe
the current condition
and Brooks Staffing,
of the G A M E build­
an d it s h o u ld be
ing headquarters.
made clear that these
Jorge G uerra was
are tw o separate o r­
Sam Brooks
ganizations.
the former Operating
Sam Brooks, w ho heads both D irector ofO A M E .
organizations, w ould never use
The Portland O bserver regrets
the term w heeler-dealer in de­ any harm the article may have
scribing his professional life. The caused the Brooks family.
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