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March 14. 2012 This page Sponsored by: H ealth pages 6-7 W O pinion pages 8-9 S ports ™ photo by M indy C ooper /T he P ortland O bserver Laura Niemi, coordinator for Portland’s Community Gardens program, oversees work to open the Frazer Park Community Garden at Northeast 52nd Avenue and Hassalo Street, one of five new community gardens scheduled to open up this spring. METRO page 11 Community spaces open to the public their own healthy organic food. In an effort to meet the rising demand by residents for more gar den plots, the city is currently building more gardens than ever before, with a goal of five new by M indy C ooper community gardens and 1,000 new T he P ortland O bserver planting plots in various locations The dem and for garden space for use by the end of the year. is on the rise, leav in g m any A ccording to Laura Niemi, co Portlanders wondering where they ordinator for the Community Gar can plant their seeds this spring. dens program , there are many Founded in 1975, Portland Parks benefits to having public garden and Recreation’s Community G ar sp a c e a v a ila b le to re s id e n ts dens program has provided gar throughout Portland. dening opportunities for m ore “It is an opportunity to grow than 38-years by creating usable food in the city, so it gives people plots of land for residents to grow who may not live in a place where pages 12-15 C lassifieds page 19 — page 20 continued on page 4 Finalists for Federal Judgeship NEIGHBORHOOD F ood they have garden space, the op portunity to grow fo o d ,” said Niemi. “We also find we have people who have com m unity gar den plots who could garden at home, but chose to garden in the com m unity space for the social asp ect.” C o m m u n ity g a rd e n s b rin g people tog eth er, she said. "It builds a sense of com m unity and com ing together around a topic they are all interested in, which is growing food.” She said, however, the demand for the gardens continues to ex- page 16 S t . J ohns C alendar Cultivating Gardens The names of five finalists for a fed eral ju d g e s h ip , in clu d in g Adrienne Nelson of Portland, the second African-American female judge in Oregon history, have been delivered to President Obama, who will select one candidate to fill a vacant judge position. “Oregon has been fortunate to have a long history of outstanding judges serving our state on the fed eral bench, and we are pleased that the selection committee identified five excellent candidates who can continue in that tradition,” read a joint statement last week from Or- Adrienne Nelson egon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley. The 13-member committee was appointed last fall to find a replace ment for U.S. District Court Judge Michael Hogan of Eugene, who has taken senior status. The five finalists also include Suzanne Chanti, Lane County C ir cuit Court judge; Hannah Horsley, assistant U.S. A ttorney, District o f Oregon; Bryan E. Lessley, as sistant Federal Public Defender, Eugene; and M ichael M cShane, M ultnom ah County C ircuit Court judge.
