$tartlanh (DbscrUer August 27, 2014 % I N S I D E TheWeek Review This page Sponsored by: Page 3 Fred Meyer What's on your list today?. Page 2 O pinion pages 8-9 P T B la tti 11 i *••30 5 jaKBi w - * IP t ’ I m JOfflBr .Æ Ü ' 4 Io M etro page 11 Ronnie Herndon, executive director of Albina Head Start, addresses supporters at the McCormick- Matthews Head Start Center in north Portland Monday to announce an $18 million investment that will allow the low-income advocacy organization to expand services to low income children. Support for Head Start $18 million investment to increase services for children Thanks to an $ 18 million invest ment, five existing Albina Head Start and Albina Early Head Start pro gram properties in Portland will be able to refinance, offsetting some of the organization’s debt burden, and freeing up resources to expand other services in the process. With $ 10 million in federal mon ies and $8 million from the state, New Markets Tax Credits will allow the low-income advocacy organiza tion to boost such services as free preventative dental care for chil dren and pregnant mothers, sup port an in-house health team that focuses on high school and college students working towards degrees in related fields, and a Madarin Chi nese immersion program among oth ers. Albina Head Start Executive Di rector Ronnie Herndon said the in vestment will save the program hun dreds of thousands of dollars annu ally. “That money will enable Albina to give better service to the children and families we serve,” he said Herndon joined U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore, during a ceremony M o n d ay at the M cC o rm ick - Matthe ws Head Start Center in north Portland announcing the financial support. Though the New Markets Tax Credits expired earlier this year, Wyden says he is working on pass ing an extension. The five Portland properties serve 367 students from birth through age five. Residents Safely Flee Hotel Fire O livia O livia T he P ortland O bserver Fire crews responded to a fire at the Joyce Hotel in downtown Port land late Saturday morning. Resi dents were temporarily evacuated from the building and watched from the sidewalks as firefighters arrived. The Joyce Hotel serves many low-incom e, disabled, and elderly residents. It also serves as transi- by C alendar C lassifieds page 12 pages 18-19 continued on page 6 4 fire broke out in a bathroom of the Joyce Hotel Saturday, a downtown property serving many low-income, disabled and elderly residents. F ood page 10 photo by O livia O livia / T he P ortland O bserver