November 27, 2013 ^Jortlanb (Dhserucr_____________ Sponsored by: TtieWeek Review page 2 C alendar page 5 Page 3 Fred Meyer What's on your list today?» O pinion pages 6-7 C alendar page 8 ‘ ..- ............... — ..... * photo by D onovan M. S mith /T he P ortland O bserver A former Portland Fire Station comes tumbling down on Friday as crews demolish the structure at 4867 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. M ETRO page 9 Historic Resource Demolished A fo rm er P ortland Fire Station in the K ing N eighborhood that had been used as co m m ercial office space in recent decades w as dem o l ished by a w recking crew on Friday. C onstructed in 1924 as C hem ical E ngine Station #14, the building on the w est side o f M artin L u th er K ing Jr. B o u lev ard ju s t south o f A lberta Street, w as listed in P o rtla n d ’s in ventory o f historic resources, but officials said. w as not protected as a historic land N o d e ta ils w e re a v a ila b le on m ark, said officials w ith the c ity ’s w h at w ill be d e v e lo p e d on the B ureau o f D evelopm ent Services. p ro p e rty site. C alls to th e d e m o li T he fire station was originally tio n a p p lic a n t, liste d in p u b lic designed by form er Fire C hief Lee G. re c o rd s as C o n c o rd A ss o c ia te s H olden in a m anner that was sim ilar an d N o rth N e ig h b o rh o o d , tw o to oth er fire houses he had built in lim ited liab ility c o rp o ra tio n s, w ith the city at the tim e w ith its C olonial Jam e s A d a m so n n a m e d as o w n e r, style, portico, and T uscan colum ns, w ere no t re tu rn e d . MMMMMMMMNMHMHMNMMHNMMNMflHMMNMMNNWMNMNMNMNNMMMMM Help for Troubled Insurance Exchange Governor brings in outside expertise Arts V IMILIMSHIM fN IECl C lassifieds R eligion pages 11-13 page 14 page 14-15 (A P ) — G o v . J o h n K itz h a b e r said F rid a y he is b rin g in g in o u t sid e h e lp to get O re g o n 's tro u b le d h e a lth in su ra n c e e x c h a n g e g o in g . T he g o v e rn o r said fo rm er P ro v i d e n c e H e alth S y ste m C E O G reg V an P e lt w ill "len d h is e x p e rtise a n d p r o v id e a n in d e p e n d e n t, o u tsid e r's v iew o f C o v e r O re g o n ." P e lt w ill n o t be paid. O re g o n w as an e a rly le a d e r in d e v e lo p in g an e x c h a n g e bu t w as e m b a rra ss e d w h en th e o n lin e e n ro llm e n t sy ste m w a sn 't re a d y to la u n ch in O c to b e r. T h e e x c h a n g e , k n o w n as C o v e r O re g o n , is ru n n in g fa r b e h in d o th e r sta te s and h as y et to e n ro ll an y o n e. T h e s ta te is u s in g a p a p e r- b a se d b a c k u p sy ste m in ste a d and h as h ire d o r re a ss ig n e d 4 0 0 w o rk e rs to p ro c e s s a p p lic a tio n s by hand. K itz h a b e r also said D r. Bruc< G o ld b e rg , d ire c to r o f th e O reg o i H ealth A u th o rity , w ill o v e rsee th< a p p lic a tio n and e n ro llm e n t pro cess. O re g o n has re c e iv e d abou 3 0 ,0 0 0 p ap er ap p licatio n s thus far th e g o v e rn o r said . A b o u t 5 ,0 0 ( h a v e b e en p ro c e s s e d a n d sem b a ck to a p p lic a n ts, w h o th e n have th e o p tio n to p ick an insurance p lan and sen d th e ir c h o ic e b ack tc th e state to en ro ll. T h e s ta te h as a lso e n ro lle d a b o u t 7 5 ,0 0 0 p eo p le in M ed icaid v ia a "fa st-tra ck " e n ro llm e n t p ro c e ss, re d u c in g the ra n k s o f the u n in su re d by m ore th an 10 p e r c en t. K itz h a b e r says the m o v es w ill free C o v e r O re g o n E x e c u tiv e D i re c to r R o ck y K ing to fo cu s on g e ttin g th e e x c h a n g e w e b s ite w orking. Governor John Kitzhaber continued on page 16