ait* JJorthmù lune I, 2011 IN S ID E (Observer This page Sponsored by: Page 3 FredMeyer What's on your list today?. w L a w J ustice O pinion G reen S ustainability Community Cycling Center’s bicycle riding campaign encourages healthy behaviors and more people on bikes. ‘I Ride’ Do You? B asketball C lassic pages 10-11 i /.Ì A rts x X isim IM tLIllSM tNI pages 12-15 H ealth C lassifieds J une C alendar page 16 Bicycle-riding benefits promoted I ride because I don’t have a car. I ride for my health. I ride to the grocery store. The messages are told in the Community Cycling Center's new “I Ride” campaign to promote bicycle riding benefits with advertisements on 15 bus benches throughout north and northeast Portland. The grass roots organization imagines a future of healthier people and more cyclists. Based on health behavior re search, the idea is that the more people see individuals like them selves engaging in healthy activi ties, the more likely they are to try and adopt those behaviors. Kaiser Permanente is helping pay the expenses of the campaign. Since 2009, the Community Cycling Cen ter has partnered with other organi zations, like Hacienda and New Columbia, to bring relevant bicy cling programs to housing commu nities and help residents overcome the barriers to bicycling. To date, CCC has provided people and families with 262 bicycles, hel mets and safety education through their Create a Commuter, Bike Club and Bikes for Kids programs. “We want to help change per ceptions about who is riding bi cycles and encourage more people to ride,” noted Alison Hill Graves, executive director of the non-profit group. “Our 'I Ride' campaign slogan 'Bikes take you places' leaves it open for people to imagine where they want to go- whether it's riding to school or getting healthier,” Graves said. An equity gap analysis by Port land State U niversity students shows how bikeway networks are weakest where communities of color reside. The CCC continues to push for more equitable investments for pro grams and infrastructure to benefit underserved communities, so that people of all backgrounds have ac cess to safe and healthy transporta tion choices. Area residents are invited to join the CCC on Thursday, June 16 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a bike ride tour o f all the “I Ride” bus benches. The ride will start at the Commu nity Cycling Center shop at 1700 N.E. Alberta and will make a 10 miles loop through north and northeast Portland, finishing at the St. Johns Bridge. wwwBTOiwimffiìiwwiiiiwww li in wwwwi pages 17-18 page 19 F ood page 20 Tribute to Marshall High School A tribute celebrating M arshall High School’s 51 years o f educat ing students in southeast Port land will be held Saturday, June 4 from noon to 3 p.m. on the Marshall cam pus, 3905 S.E. 91 st Ave. The free com m unity event will in c lu d e fo o d , e n te rta in m e n t, m em orabilia displays and a raffle. C urrent and form er students and staff m em bers are invited, along with friends o f the school. RSVP at the Tribute to M arshall w ebpage at pps.kl2.or.us. M arshall High School opened Sept. 6, 1960. At its height, it had more than 2,000 students. Today, about 700 students are enrolled in three schools on the M arshall Cam pus: BizTech High School, Pauling Academ y o f Inte grated Sciences and Renaissance Arts Academ y. The cam pus also houses an alternative program. A l liance at M arshall Night School. The P ortland School Board voted in O ctober to close the M arshall C am pus at the end o f this school year. This fall, most c u r r e n t M a rs h a ll fre s h m e n , sophom ores and ju n io rs will at tend Franklin or M adison high schools.