A p ril 22, 2009
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Coliseum Demolition Reconsidered
the Rose Quarter, another plan
proposed earlier this month by
the Portland Trial Blazers, has
not been resolved.
M onday, A dam s floated a
plan
redraw the boundaries
of the Interstate Urban Renewal
district of north o f northeast
Portland so that public monies
will be available for the projects.
Portland Mayor Sam Adams
has postponed for one week a
decision on tearing down the
Memorial Coliseum in order to
make room for a new triple-A
baseball stadium.
The mayor had called for a
City Council vote on the pro­
posal this week, but backed
away from that plan Monday in
order to consider ^alternative
uses for the coliseum while look­
ing at the feasibility of building
the ball park somewhere else in
the Rose Quarter.
The city needs a new home
for the Portland Beavers base­
ball club after agreeing to plans
from Beavers and Portland Tim­
bers owner Merritt Paulson to
refurbish PGE Park, downtown
for a new major league soccer
team.
Financing for both stadiums
and an entertainment district in
to
Mayor Sam Adams has
postponed a decision on
tearing down the Memorial
Coliseum for a baseball
park. The mayor now wants
to consider alternative uses
for the building while
looking at the feasibility o f
building a triple-A baseball
stadium somewhere else in
the Rose Quarter.
photo by M ark W ashington /
T he P ortland O bserver
Young Woman Gives Back
Honored by Boys
& Girls Club
Delores McDaniel, an 11-year mem­
ber of Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland
has been named the Youth of the Year
for the state of Oregon.
In addition to winning this presti­
gious title, McDaniel will also receive
a $ 1,000 scholarship from the Reader's
Digest Foundation.
She is among hundreds of Youth
of the Year winners across the coun­
try recognized by Boys & Girls Clubs
of America for her sound character,
leadership skills and willingness to
give back to the community.
Being named Youth of the Year is
the highest honor a Boys & Girls Club
member can receive. The title recog­
nizes outstanding contributions to a
member's family, school, community
and Boys & Girls Club, as well as per­
sonal challenges and obstacles over­
come.
McDaniel survived foster care and
was adopted when she was 8 years
Delores McDaniel is the Boys and
Girls Clubs Youth o f the Year.
old. Now 18, she recognizes the im­
portance of the Club and the impact it
had on her.
"The statistics say that I should not
be who 1 am today — a strong and
confident young woman about to
complete high school and begin my
next journey through life, into college.
1 owe this to my family, both my
mother and the Boys & Girls Club.
Being a member of the Club is like
having a family that will never tum
their back on you; a family that will
support you until you have the skills
to coach and encourage others."
McDaniel is an active member of
the Inukai Family Boys & Girls Club,
volunteering over 2(X) hours in the
past year. She has been involved with
Keystone Club, SMART Girls, Kids
in Control, Triple Play and is now a
teen leader at the Club.
"The Club and its programs have
transformed me," reflects McDaniel.
"Supporting and uplifting youth is my
way of giving back to my Club and to
my community."
This summer, McDaniel will com­
pete against other youth from states
for a $10,000 college scholarship and
advance to the national competition
in Washington. The National Youth
of the Year receives an additional
$15,000 college scholarship and will
be installed by P resident Barack
Obama during a ceremony in the Oval
Office.
Portland Public Schools leaders are wrestling
with much deeper cuts to the district's 2(X)9-10
budget because of lower state revenue predic­
tions.
The $434 million budget that Superintendent
Carole Smith presented to the school board in
March assumed a $6.4 billion budget for K-12
schools for the biennium with more than $14
million in reductions from current service lev­
els.
This included a net loss of 40 positions and
a slight increase in class size. It was based on
the principle of shared sacrifice: a cost-of-liv­
ing freeze for all employees, subject to union
negotiations.
Now in the wake of news about still deepen­
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Portland's worst mass shooting took
place last January, says it is clos­
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General Manager Beth Lopes told
The Oregonian Thursday that all
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She said the economy was part of
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The Zone Closes Doors
side the entrance, killing two teen­
age girls and wounding seven other
people.
Before the shooting police had
considered the Zone a safe place.
L o p e s sa id u p se t te e n a g e rs
have been calling and texting her
all day.
She said the club may open for
private rentals and that she will pro­
mote the teenagers who performed
at the Zone.
Schools Brace for Deep Cuts
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The Zone, an underage nightclub that was the scene o f a sidewalk
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ing unemployment, state legislators and the gov­
ernor say a $6.4 billion schools budget is out of
reach.
Sen. Margaret Carter, D-Portland, and co-chair
of the legislative Joint Ways and Means Com­
mittee, told Smith and Portland School Board
members by video last W ednesday that they
should plan for a $5.9 billion K -12 budget. Mean­
while, Gov. Ted Kulongoski and state schools
Superintendent Susan Castillo are suggesting
revenue as low as $5.4 billion.
Options for additional cuts include additional
central office reductions, the use of reserves,
cutting more staff positions and raising class
sizes higher, cutting non-instructional and in­
structional days, salary reductions and decreas­
ing the district's contribution to employee health
benefits.
PGE to Install ‘Smart’ Meters
e n h a n c e c u s to m e r se rv ic e
an d re d u c e o p e r a tin g e x ­
penses.
PGE began installing smart
meters last year in selected test
neighborhoods. The rest of the
smart meters will now be in­
stalled in an 18-month process
slated for completion by late
2010.
The new meters com m uni­
Portland General Electric is
rolling out more than 8(X),(XX)
“smart meters” across its 4,000-
square-mile service area after
testing the new technology.
Com pany officials say the
n e x t-g e n e ra tio n e le c tric a l
meters, which will be read re­
motely by PGE, will help the
utility and its custom ers m an­
age en ergy use, as w ell as
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