November 27, 2013
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* 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.
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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 .
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(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
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