‘El?t ^lortlanb (Òbserucr O ctober 12, 2011 IN S ID E O pinion I ms page Sponsored by Page 3 FredMeyer b pages 6-7 pages 9 PHOTO BY CARI HACHMANN/TIIE PORTLAND OBSERVER Portland residents will be able to combine food scraps along with yard debris in their green yard debris roll cart beginning Oct. 31. Garbage Pickup Changes 1< 1 m z Si P F*\Z 1 J W A V tO ay fo o d IU U U P n m n n c tin r r v u ilip u ^ u ilg were adopted by the Portland City C ouncil in hopes o f encouraging m o re r e s id e n ts to re c y c le , C om posting w ill now be collected C om posting food accounts for alm ost garbage w eight, will to landfills and redu every week, while garbage will switch g ases re le ase d by to every oth er w eek. food. Food scraDs a C ari H achmann T he P ortland O bserver by ISIIHUSHtM P o rtla n d re sid e n ts can beg in com posting food scraps as o f Oct. 31 by discarding the biological m a terials in th eir green yard debris roll carts. N ew garbage and recycling rules pages 10-13 H ealth Margaret Carter Honored by PCC Ceremony to name building for community leader C lassifieds O ctober C alendar F ood page 19 Portland Com m unity C ollege will renam e and dedicate the T echnol ogy Education Building on its C as cade C am pus in north Portland in honor o f form er state Sen. M argaret Carter. The official dedication will m ark the first tim e in PCC's history that one o f its buildings has been nam ed for a wom an. Carter, w ho broke racial bar riers as a state law m aker, has served the local com m unity for decades. She is also a form er student, counselor and instructor at PCC. A dedication cerem ony is planned for 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21. The festivities will begin with a program in Margaret Carter Cascade's M oriarty A uditorium with a slate o f guest speakers that in cludes Gov. John Kitzhaber; U.S. Reps. Earl B lum enauer and Kurt Schrader; fo rm er PC C M argaret C arter Skill C enter student T am iko Phillips; O regon Historical Society D irector K erry Tym chuk; and C arter herself. A fter the formal program con cludes, the audience will proceed across the cam pus to the new ly-chris tened Senator M argaret C arter T ech nology Education Building, where the building will be officially dedi cated, and its new perm anent nam e plate unveiled. "It is our great honor to nam e one o f our buildings for Senator Carter," said Cascade Cam pus President Algie G atew ood. "She has spent her adult continued on page 5