August 13. 2008
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Diversity
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Tool Library Makes Repairs Affordable
Borrowed tools
free of charge
Have a house or yard project
you are putting o ff for lack o f the
right tools for the jo b ? Procrasti-
with com m on hom e-repair and
g a rd e n in g to o ls th a t c a n be
checked out on a w eekly basis.
For the first few m onths reser
vations and returns must be done
in person, but phone and online
reservations will be available
in the Kenton neighborhood of
north Portland and several cities
across the country, the tool library
encourages residents to take pride
in their living spaces, properties,
and neighborhoods by making re
pair and beautification tools and
lords are fixing up their proper
ties, new businesses m ove in,
and over time the feel o f a street
and even a whole neighborhood
can change. It shows people care
about where they live.”
Not having even basic hand
toolscan inhibit many people from
repairing or sprucing up their
homes or apartm ents, a situation
the tool library hopes to correct.
"In studying other tool librar
ies, we found out that the most
frequently borrow ed item is a
simple screwdriver," said Tom
Thom pson, a contractor who will with grants and tool donations.
m anage the L ibrary's tool inven Parr Lum ber agreed to donate
tory. "The next m ost-borrow ed supplies at cost.
item ? A ham m er."
"Response from the com m u
The N ortheast C oalition o f nity has just been aw esom e," said
N eighborhoods offered to spon Fair-Laymen.
sor the new tool library and m ade
Donated tools are w elcom e and
the first donation o f tools to start can be dropped off during busi
the collection.
ness hours at G arden Fever, 3433
R edeem er L utheran Church N.E. 24th; B uffaloG ardens, 3033
agreed to let the library store its N.E. A lberta and H ankins True
tools rent-free in an unused g a Value Hardware, 3942 N.E. Martin
rage. S ev eral o th e r n o rth east Luther King Jr. Blvd.
neighborhood associations have
For large donations, call Tom
pledged to support the Library Thom pson at 503-539-1756.
Advance. Grow. Succeed.
For every Portland police officer,
there is a story...
photo by
M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Woodlawn resident and high school teacher Eric Fair-Layman invites the community to use the
new public tool library at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 5431 N.E. 20th Ave.
nate no longer!
The Northeast Portland Tool
Library lends out tools free o f
charge to residents o f N ortheast
Portland on Saturdays from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
T he library's tool shed, located
at R edeem er Lutheran Church at
5 4 3 1 N.E. 20th Ave., is stocked
soon. As its tool collection and
funding grow , the library will ex
tend its hours o f operation, ex
pand to serve m ore northeast
Portland neighborhoods, and of
fer com m unity education classes
on hom e m aintenance, rem odel
ing, and gardening.
M odeled on anothertool library
skills affordable and accessible.
"It's am azing what happens
when one or two people in a neigh
borhood that’s seen better days
fix up their houses," said Eric Fair-
Laym an, a high school teacher,
W oodlaw n resident, and lead
coordinator o f the new library.
"Soon other ow ners and land-
The Portland Police Bureau encourages diversity among its
officers, and among their assignments;
Join us and
write the next chapter.
Bikes Take Over City Bridges
More than 18,000 people soaked in the views from Portland's bridges on Sunday for
the 13th annual Providence Bridge Pedal and Stride, the second largest organized
bicycling event in the country.
Great reasons to join us:
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503-823-0333
Accepting applications from Oct. 6 - 27, 2008. Tentative test date: Nov. 8, 2008
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Transit Expert
Focuses on Access
For elderly and people with disabilities
T ed Newton has joined T ri Met
as the new director o f Accessible
T ransportation Program s with
special responsibilities on ser
vices to the elderly and people
with disabilities.
He brings decades o f experi
ence in the transportation field,
w orking most recently as Direc-
em ploying high quality custom er
service.
“W ith baby boom ers begin
ning to retire, w e're going to see
more and m ore people needing
accessible transportation in the
future, and Ted will help us meet
that increasing d em and,” said
TriM et operations executive d i
rector Steve Banta.
N ew ton began his career in
transportation after graduating
front North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical State University
with a degree in political science.
He joined the A ir Force, w here he
was trained in various traffic and
vehicle operations, m anagem ent
and maintenance.
He later worked for Seattle
Public Schools as the D irector of
T ransportation, follow ed by an
other D irector o f T ransportation
position at the North C arolina
Ted Newton
Zoo. W hile there, he com pleted a
tor o f Transportation for Dayton m aster's degree in public adm in
Public Schools in Ohio.
istration with an em phasis in cu s
Newton will oversee LIFT ser tom er service.
vices which provide d<x»r-to-d<xir
Newton lives in northeast Port
transportation to people who are land with his wife, Linkin. They
unable to use regular Tri Met ser have tw o adult children. A his
vices. He will be responsible for tory and travel buff. N ew ton has
m inim izing the ride tim e to and visited 49 o f the 50 United States.
from destinations, efficiently us He and his wife plan to visit W is
ing buses for load capacity, im consin, the only one left, this
proving on time perform ance, and summer.
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