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Peninsula Little League 2012
(Serving the Youth of Inner North & Northeast Portland ages 5-14)
email us at: PeninsulaLL@yahoo.com.
Softball Program
Level
Minor
Major
Junior
Ages
8-1 0
10-12
13-14
Regular Sign-ups
$50/T-Ball, $75 All other levels
$150/Family(3 or more)
THURSDAYS at Boys and G irls Club
Community Center
5250 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
January 26th and February 2nd
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Questions contact:
M a rk Washington ~
SATURDAYS at Peninsula Community
Center
503-288-0033
700 N Rosa Parks Way
February 4th and February 11th
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
markw@portlandobserver.com
Items to bring to sign-ups:
Proof of Address
Player Fee
c o n t i n u e d f r o m fron t
Baseball Program
Level
T-Ball
Farm
Minor
Major
Junior
__________________ February IS, 2012
Ages
5 -6
7 -8
8 -1 0
10-12
13-14
Questions contact:
Anthony Jordan ~
503-969-6483
ajordan@integra.com
TUESDAY at Applebee’ s
1439 NE Halsey
February 21
5-8pm
Registration and Fundraiser
10% of proceeds benefit League
Little League Baseball, Incorporated does not limit participation in its activities on the basis of disability,
race creed, color, national, origin, gender, sexual preference or religious preference.
and union healthcare costs, which
are projected to be 42 percent of the
underlying payroll tax revenues in
five years.
“If we continue without making
changes, we will have a wider imbal­
ance each year,” said McFarlane in a
visit to the offices of the Portland
Observer last week. “W e’ve got these
structural imbalances that have to be
adjusted.”
In an effort to attain feedback from
the public and prepare for the future
financial changes, TriMet created a
new Budget Task Force, which initi­
ated a survey in which 4,800individu­
als participated since last October to
begin to face the changes that lie
ahead.
“It gave us a chance to have a
much better conversations with the
public,” he said. “What we heard is a
huge preference for preserving ser­
vice, and there is a tolerance to in­
creasing fares, if the services remain
whole.”
Necessary steps, he said, will in­
clude the change from single ride
tickets that currently allow return trips
with a two hour transfer, to a one-way
only flat fare ticket, in which the trans­
fer only works for travel in the same
direction. The new flat fare rate would
be $2.50, a 10 cent increase from the
current all-zone fare and 40 cents
more than the current 2-zone fare.
The creation of a round trip all day
pass will cost a rider the same as the
current day pass, which is $5.
O ther ch an g es include the
reconfiguration of 14 bus trips with
low ridership, shortened MAX Air­
port services and an increase in the
Youth one way ticket by 15 cents.
Honored Citizen fares, however,
will not change and there will be
additional LIFT services provided.
But even with the short-term pain,
McFarlane said there are still a num­
ber of positive changes happening
as the transit service moves forward.
“I’m more optimistic today than I
was then,” he said, referring the initial
budget forecast last year.
"We have to be alive to changes
within our city all the time,” he said.
“We have to look at today, but we
also have a responsibility to look into
the future.”
The public w ill be asked to
com m ent on the p ro p o sals at a
series o f public h earin g s, w hich
b e g a n th is w e ek . T h e o p en
houses w ill take place W ed n es­
day, Feb. 15 at the P o rtlan d
B u ild in g , Room C, lo cated at
1120 S.W . Fifth Ave., from 4:30-
6:30 p.m .; and T h u rsd ay , Feb.
16. at the C lackam as T ow n C en ­
ter in the C om m unity Room ,
low er level, located at 12000 S.E.
82nd A ve., from 4:3 0 -6 :3 0 p.m.
For more information about the
future route and service changes,
visit trimet.org/choices online or call
503-238-RIDE, option #5.
Black History at Irvington
Dr. Billy R. Flowers (above center) and his skilled s ta ff are ready to help those in need.
THE
SPINACOLUMN
Part 23. Chiropractic And Knees:
Knees neet to know how Chiropractic helps too.
Q
tion of a steering com m ittee, share
stories, trades and skills, and con­
nect youth with senior citizens.
The conferences will be held
on Thursday, Feb. 15; Saturday,
Feb, 18; and W ednesday, Feb. 22,
from 3-4:30 p.m ., and 6:30-8 p.m.
each day.
For further information or ques­
tions, call 503-284-0617.
TM
An ongoing scries of questions and answers about Americas natural healing profession
: My right knee hurts ter­
ribly all of the time. It has
been swollen several times to
point of needing to be drained. Can
Chiropractic help?
A : Your case sounds famil-
Aiar. It reminds me of one case
in particular. A man once came to
my office for consultation. He
wanted to show me his knee but
his slacks were so tight from swell­
ing in his knee that he could not
pull his pant leg up to show me. I
talked to him about his knee and
The com m unity is invited to
celebrate Black History m onth by
participating in the Black Museum
Conference, which will be held
three tim es throughout February
at the Irvington Village, located at
420 N.E. M ason St. and M artin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
The goal o f the conference is to
establish a structure and founda-
showed him graphs of the nervous healthier than it had been in years.
system and how it affects the knee. His headaches disappeared. In
the
He decided to become a Chiroprac­ short, he got that healthy happy
tic patient and has had no problem feeling of Chiropractic. If you have
with his knee since. Within days the knee pain or if you have any ques­
swelling was out of his knee. Like so tion concerning your health at all,
many patients, he had an added call us today, Isn’t it time you
bonus. His back was stronger and stepped up to Chiropractic?
Flowers' Chiropractic Office
Hiring fair
and information
night
Waste Management
is proposing to bring
45 greentech jobs to
North Portland.
Come learn about this
exciting new technology.
■ Applications will be accepted
for supervisor and equipment
operator positions
■ High school diploma or GED
required; associate degree
in electrical or mechanical
engineering preferred for
some positions
■ Job descriptions at
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■ Questions? Go to
wmgreentech.com
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