$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