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Week inThe Review

‘Cityof Roses’

MAX Driver Ignored CallsTriMet has placed a light-railtrain operator on paid leave forcontributing to a 3-year-old boybeing separated from his fa-ther. The boy's father tried re-peatedly to get the operator'sattention via the train's emer-gency intercom, but the opera-tor ignored those cues. Seestory, page A2.

Excessive Force InquiryMembers of Portland’s policeunion demonstrated Tuesdayand held a vote of no confi-dence against Police Commis-sioner Dan Saltzman and PoliceChief Rosie Sizer after an of-ficer was placed on administra-tive leave pending an investi-gation into the use of forceagainst a 12-year-old girl. Seestory, page A2.

Leonard GroundedCity Commissioner RandyLeonard, a former firefighter,

has beentold un-dergo fourhours oftraining andstay with asafety of-ficer the nexttime heshows up at

the scene of a fire. Earlier thismonth, Leonard put on firefighting gear and climbed upon the roof of southeastPortland’s Marysville Schoolas it was burning.

2 Million Cribs RecalledAfter the deaths of four chil-dren, more than 2 million cribsin the U.S. and Canada are be-ing recalled by Stork CraftManufacturing. Sales of thecribs go back to 1993, somecarrying the Fisher-Price logo.

Controversial Ads AllowedTen TriMet buses are currentlydisplaying a controversial ad-vertisement from non-believ-ers. The Portland Coalition ofReason purchased the ads thatfeature the words “Good with-out God? Millions Are.” Seestory, page A2.

Lawyer: Coach TargetedThe attorney defending a Lin-coln High School coach ac-cused of driving drunk said thecoach was targeted up by anangry parent and police had noreason to pull him over. DavidAdelman was arrested last Feb-ruary. He is the son of formerTrail Blazers' coach RickAdelman.

Worker Killed HimselfA census worker found hang-ing from a tree with the word"fed" scrawled on his chestlast September took his ownlife, police said Tuesday, add-ing that an inquiry found thathe staged his death to look likea homicide.

More Time for IdeasMayor Sam Adams has ex-tended the deadline, from Dec.1 to Jan. 8 to submit ideas onwhat to do with Memorial Coli-seum. City leaders are lookingfor a way to revitalize the area.

PHOTO BY MARK WASHINGTON /THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

Volunteers at the Oregon Food Bank in northeast Portland fill bags of cereal for distribution to families who struggle to put food on the

table. The agency has had an unprecedented increase in need because of a poor economy.

Fighting Back HungerTough economicconditions pushup needBY JAKE THOMAS

THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

When Huilliuh Chan, a 56-year-oldimmigrant from China, took a nasty spillonto a slab of concrete last spring, herlife changed

Her back was so badly hurt that shehad to quit her job as a seamstress, andnow subsides on monthly income ofabout $900 a month from her disabilitypayments and Social Security checksshe receives from her husband, who isso sick from diabetes and lives in a nurs-ing facility.

During the day she works on artprojects to pass the time, and worries.She worries about the property taxeson her home in east Portland. She wor-ries about the water bill. She worries

about medical bills.“It’ s not enough, you know? I’m not

lucky,” said an exasperated Chan in herthick Cantonese accent, whose budgetis so strained she has to make regulartrips to food programs to stay afloat.

Chan isn't alone. In fact, more andmore people are in a similar predicament.According to a report released last weekby the U.S. Department of Agriculture,Oregon is second hungriest state in theU.S., just behind Mississippi.

Between 2006 and 2008, about 6.6

percent Oregon households or 95,000people skipped meals because they didnot have enough money for food, ac-cording to the report. This is an increasefrom the last set of USDA figures whichrevealed that nearly 4 percent of Orego-nians experienced hunger between 2003and 2005.

Chan makes periodic trips to the North-east Emergency Food Program at LutherMemorial Church in northeast Portland.

continued on page A6

Mayor Kicks off Portland Plan

PHOTO BY JAKE THOMAS/THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

Mayor Sam Adams reaches out for public comment during

a meeting at Beaumont Middle School on the Portland

Plan, a strategic document that’s being formulated to

guide city priorities in the future.

Wants inputfrom citizenson prioritiesBY JAKE THOMAS

THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

The City of Portland kickedoff the first of seven commu-nity meetings on Portland'sComprehensive Plan, a strate-gic document that will guidehow the city forms policy onissues ranging from publichealth to transportation infra-structure.

At Beaumont Middle Schoolin northeast Portland, over 100people, primarily from the sur-rounding neighborhoods, gath-ered last week to give their in-put at a meeting that provideda snapshot of the city’s chal-lenges and strengths.

"This is the most importantpiece in the process," saidMayor Sam Adams to thecrowd who gathered at round

tables spread throughout theschool's cafeteria.

"It's yours; please take own-ership," he said of the Plan,which he characterized as a"guide to love Portland better."

Adams pointed out that mu-nicipalities in Oregon are re-quired to develop a plan understate law every 30 years. How-ever, it did not require the Cityof Portland to involve othergovernment entities (like Port-land Public Schools or theHousing Authority of Portland)in the process, which it wasdoing this time around.

After making opening re-marks, Adams, with sleevesrolled up and microphone inhand, wandered into the audi-ence to take questions.

One woman wanted the"boom boxes" in peoples' carsto "go away."

Another person pointed outthat homelessness was not ad-dressed in the plan.

Someone brought up the is-

sue of historic preservation.Another wondered if the city

would actually fund its ambi-tious bike plan.

"How do we build quality af-fordable housing without pub-lic subsidies," one man asked.

One audience memberpointed out that Portland Inter-national Airport emitted morecarbon than the cars in Portlandcombined.

Several people called onpeople to get out of their cars.

Others asked about how theplan might affect Portland'spoor.

One person pointed out thatthat the people in the room wereoverwhelmingly white, whichwas striking since the meetingwas intended to get input frompeople in northeast Portland-one of the city’s most diverseareas.

After taking questions,Adams returned to the front of

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Building will provide housing, employment help

Downtown Resource Center

An artists’ rendering shows the future Resource Access

Center, an 8-story building that would provide low-income

housing, a temporary shelter for the homeless and

employment services.

nership involving the City ofPortland, Portland Develop-ment Commission, Housing Au-

Advocates for the homelessand other disadvantaged popu-lations kicked off agroundbreaking event Fridayfor the future Resource AccessCenter, a $47 million develop-ment at the corner of NorthwestBroadway and Hoyt Street, nextto Union Station and the Grey-hound Bus Depot.

“This groundbreaking marksthe culmination of a tremen-dous amount of work by manydedicated partners,” said Com-missioner Nick Fish. “It servesas the first step in the pathwayto opening a new one-stop fa-

cility to serve our most vulner-able citizens.

The building is a cornerstoneof Portland and MultnomahCounty’s ambitious and inno-vative 10-year plan to endhomelessness.

The Resource Access Cen-ter will be three separate facili-ties in one building:

A Day Center for peoplewho are homeless will pro-vide housing, employment,and treatment counseling;hot showers; storage; andvoicemail boxes to help withjob and housing searches.

A Men’s Shelter will providetemporary housing for up to 90homeless men.

Permanent affordable hous-ing will provide 130 units ofhousing and supportive ser-vices for formerly homeless.

“Throughout the design andconstruction process, thisproject will employ 125 localworkers at a time when oureconomy needs it most,” saidFish. “This is a LEED-platinumproject, embracing thesustainability standards Port-land is known for.”

This project represents a part-

thority of Portland, MultnomahCounty, and TransitionProjects, Inc.

HappyThanksgiving!

Owner Gives BackJack Chung opens his

Moonstar Bar & Grill for afree Thanksgiving dinner

See story, page A2

Page A2 November 25, 2009

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Turkey, dessert & all the fixings,including two whole smoked pigs

Taking place at Moonstar Bar and Grill7410 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Portland

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12 pm til evening

andBar & GrillMyBrother’sBBQ

Excessive Force Inquiry OrderedMembers of Portland’s police

union demonstrated Tuesdayand plan a vote of no confi-dence against Police Commis-sioner Dan Saltzman and Chiefof Police Rosie Sizer after anofficer was placed on adminis-trative leave pending an inves-tigation into the use of forceagainst a 12-year-old girl.

On Nov. 14 at 10:47 p.m., po-lice officer Chris Humphreysshot the young female with abeanbag shotgun. The girl had

been combative with officers ata MAX station where policehad been called to after reportsof a disturbance involving alarge number of people.

Humphreys was also a keyfigure in the actions surround-ing the death of James Chasse,a diagnosed schizophrenic whodied in police custody after hewas tackled by officers whosaid Chasse ran from them afterthey tried to apprehend him forurinating in public in 2006.

The latest incident wascaught on TriMet securityvideo. The footage showed twoofficers trying to subdue thegirl while Officer Humphreyscircles closely with a beanbaggun.

After the video went public,Chief Sizer said she found theincident on the video “disturb-ing” and placed Humphreys onleave, prompting an immediateoutcry from rank-and-file offic-ers.

MAX Operator Ignored EmergencyTriMet says it has placed a

MAX light-rail train operatoron paid leave after deciding hisactions contributed to a 3-year-old boy being separated fromhis father at a southeast Port-land stop.

A disciplinary hearing for thedriver, who was not identified,is set for Wednesday.

The agency said Mondaythat a thorough inspectionfound no problems with the

train's doors or emergency in-tercom system. The boy wasstranded Nov. 16.

TriMet spokesman JoshCollins says little Aidan Baileylikely engaged the disabledramp moments before the op-erator pushed a "door close"button in the train's cabin, over-riding the door from reopening.

The boy's father, Aaron Bailey,says he tried repeatedly to getthe operator's attention via the

train's emergency intercom. Hewound up riding to the next stop,then doubling back to his son,who was safe on the platformwith a woman who held the boy'shand until his father returned.

A review of the train's data-base and intercom tests showedthat the intercom was function-ing. TriMet spokeswomanMary Fetsch says the agencynow believes the operator ig-nored those cues.

FreeThanksgiving

DinnerMoonstar Bar & Grill Owner

Jack Chung invites the public

to a free Thanksgiving Day

Dinner on Thursday, Nov.

26, hosted by Moonstar and

My Brothers BBQ at his

restaurant at 7410 N.E.

Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Two whole smoked pigs,

turkey, desert and all the

fixings will be served from

noon until gone.

A controversial advertisement is allowed on TriMet buses.

Controversial Bus Ads AllowedNon-believersbehind message

Ten TriMet buses are cur-rently displaying a controver-sial advertisement from non-believers.

The Portland Coalition ofReason purchased the ads thatfeature the words “Good with-out God? Millions Are.”

Similar ads have been run in14 other cities across the coun-try as part of a national cam-paign to remind agnostics, athe-ists, and humanists that there

are other like-minded individu-als, according to a statement bythe organization.

“We want people to under-stand that humanists, freethink-ers, agnostics and atheists areessentially like everyone else,”said Sylvia Benner, spokesper-son for the coalition. “We havemost of the same values andconcerns. And people will findus among their friends, neigh-bors, coworkers and familymembers. Now it’s time for usto be acknowledged andgranted our rightful place at thetable.”

According to the Pew Forumon Religion & Public Life, ninepercent of Oregonians do notbelieve in god, up significantlyhigher than the national num-ber, which is at three percent.

TriMet Public InformationOfficer Bekki Witt said thatTriMet used to only accept ad-vertising by organizations of-fering goods and services, buta court challenge to the ruleprompted the mass-transitagency to suspend the rule un-til further notice.

“We pretty much get to ac-cept anything now,” said Witt.

November 25, 2009 Page A3


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Stayingmarketable inthe workplaceBY JUDGE GREG MATHIS

The current recessionhas certainly taken itstoll on everyone. Fromlarge corporations tosmall businesses to fami-lies, most of us can fairly saythat, in some way, we have suf-fered a financial loss. But Afri-can-Americans, more than anyother group, are disproportion-ately affected by the economicdownturn. We are losing jobsat faster rates and, as a result,our net wealth is decreasing.

Amid reports of an improv-ing economy, many are stillworried about their financialfutures. America must continueto support its citizens so thatthey may withstand this down-turn and not come out worsefor the wear.

The national unemploymentrate is currently hoveringaround 10 percent. For African-Americans, that number is justover 15 percent and, in somestates, Illinois for example, itsover 18 percent. For black teens,the number is astronomicallyhigh: nearly 41 percent.

To be fair, unemploymentrates have always been higherin the African-American com-munity than they are in the gen-eral population. But the reces-sion has increased the unem-ployment – and wealth – gapbetween blacks and non-blacksbecause key industries, such asautomotive and manufacturing,have scaled back considerably.It used to be that a black workercould secure a stable job in oneof these blue-collar industriesand work their way into themiddle class. That day is longgone.

To compound matters, preda-tory lending practices thatlocked many homeowners intohigh interest rate loans withballooning payments wereprevalent in African-Americancommunities. When the hous-ing crisis reached its dramaticpeak, blacks stood out among

the millions who lost theirhomes. Homeownership is thequickest way to build personalwealth. Now, with so many Af-rican-Americans having fore-closed on their homes, the fi-

nancial health of ourcommunity is in jeop-ardy.

We are being toldthe economy is get-ting better but that the

economic growth of Americawill be irrevocably changed.Businesses will be more con-servative when expanding sothat they don’t overextendthemselves. New jobs will becreated at slower rates than inrecent years. Knowing this, itis imperative that the Americangovernment makes a commit-ment to re-train those workerswhose industries have beendramatically reduced.

High-paying jobs in manu-facturing are few and far be-tween; this is the informationage and our citizens need tobe ready to work in it. For oureconomy to stay vibrant, gov-ernment sponsored trainingprograms for downsized em-ployees must be implemented.

Additionally, we must workto keep technology jobs herein America. Any company re-ceiving government supportor contracts must be requiredto hire American workers. Ifthere are not enough skilledworkers to fill the jobs, we mustensure that people are trained.Lastly, special monitored homeloan programs for individualswho foreclosed on their homesduring the recession should becreated.

Taking these steps wouldensure that all Americans areable to transition into this newand different workforce andbegin to rebuild their lives. Asan added benefit, African-American workers would beable to get the skills they needto stay marketable in the work-place while being allowed afresh start on the road to per-sonal wealth.

Greg Mathis is a retiredMichigan District Courtjudge and syndicated televi-sion show judge.

BY M. L INDA JARAMILLO

Praying out loud wasnot what we did as fam-ily. We prayed quietly,assured that God wouldhear us because ournoise was not needed to acti-vate God’s listening. However,as time has gone on, I’velearned that prayer is not justfor God’s hearing; it is for ourears as well.

So I write to appeal forprayers—prayers in whateverway you do that. We must

pray from the Quran,the Torah, the Bible, oruse our own spiritualpractice that includesnone of these, but wemust pray out loud so

others can hear.We pray for our brothers

and sisters in Fort Hood,Texas. We pray for those wholost their lives and their lovedones and those who are re-covering from injuries. In ad-dition, I ask for prayers forMuslim brothers and sisters

across the country, becausetheir world was turned upsidedown as well.

Major Nidal Malik Hasan is amilitary psychiatrist accused ofkilling 13 people and wounding42 others; it is a tragedy beyondimagination. We do not knowwhat was going on in his mind—what kind of trauma lingersdeep in his own psyche. Since2001, Hasan had been telling hisfamily that he wanted to get outof the military because he couldnot bear to fight and kill othersof his faith, but he was unsuc-cessful in achieving that goal.We do know that his family hadbeen taunted and harassed afterthe terrorist attacks of Septem-ber 11, simply because of theirMuslim faith.

We do know that Fort Hood isthe largest military deploymentcenter for personnel heading intowar zones. We do know that theyare highly trained in the use ofweapons to engage in warfare.We do know that a person mustde-humanize the “enemy” is inorder to carry out the task. Wedo teach our military personnelto kill people. Then we wonderwhy we are seeing the enormousimpact on their emotional health.

We must pray out loud todemand that our military sys-tems provide emotional supportfor those returning; our nationshould provide emotional sup-port at the same level that weprovide training for warfare.

M. Linda Jaramillo is execu-tive minister of Justice Minis-tries for the United Church ofChrist.

BY DONALD KAUL

The war in Af-ghanistan isn'tgoing well. Theeconomic recov-ery isn't produc-ing many newjobs. The banks that pushed thenation to the brink of a 1930s-style Depression with their reck-less ways-having sucked up bil-lions of taxpayer dollars in res-cue money-are resuming thosereckless ways. There isn'tenough swine flu vaccine to goaround.

And now for some bad news:Nielsen, the company that

clocks television viewing in thiscountry, has found that childrenbetween the ages of two and fiveare watching an average of 25hours of television each week.

That's three-and-a-half hoursa day, Sundays included.

If you don't find that disturb-ing, please go back to your Twit-tering Facebook or whatever itis that you use to keep track ofthe latest Hollywood marital cri-sis. Sorry to have bothered you.

From its very inception-and Iwas there, so I know-televisionhas been hailed as a great edu-

cational medium, an unparalleledteacher. And so it is.

It teaches you to watch televi-sion.

That's it, the whole thing. Con-tent is secondary.

It turns viewers, and particu-larly young viewers, into bovinecreatures who sit slack-jawedbefore a TV set, waiting to beentertained, amused or sold

something. Mainly sold some-thing.

I don't envy the task of pri-mary school teachers. By the timethey get the kids in kindergar-ten, the little urchins havewatched almost 4,000 hours oftelevision. Into these damagedbrains the teachers are expectedto implant a love of reading, sci-ence, and math.

The fact that they succeed asoften as they do is a testamentto their skill and a commitment

to their profession that borderson the heroic.

Because the TV-watchingdoesn't stop after the kids get toschool. If anything it increasesand is augmented by videogames, computers, magic tele-phones etc. It's not a flood ofdistractions, it's a tsunami.

I know what you're going tosay: I've heard it before. I'm ex-

aggerating the toxic nature of tele-vision. After all, much of whatthose two-to-five-year-olds arewatching is "educational televi-sion." It teaches kids the alpha-bet and things like that.

Right. I forgot about "educa-tional television," the biggestoxymoron this side of "militaryintelligence." It doesn't take 4,000hours to teach kids the alphabet.

Were you paying attentionwhen I told you that content issecondary? Attention span go-

ing the way of your short-termmemory, is it? Content, with oneexception, is virtually irrelevantto television's impact-and thatexception is advertising. Televi-sion, after it gets kids hooked,teaches them that life is all abouthaving things, buying things. Ittrains children to be consumersand a good job it does.

Thus we live in a society wherethe needs of workers always takesecond place to the desires ofconsumers, which is the waycorporate America likes it. Webuy, therefore we are.

So ingrained is this attitude inour society that commercials,once thought to be an irritatingnecessity we put up with to get"free" content, have achievedparity with programming in ourviewing habits.

The New York Times asked asenior executive at a media-buy-ing firm in New York why thiswas the case. He expressed nosurprise. "Television has alwaysbeen like that," he said.

"It's still a passive activity."So is death.Donald Kaul writes for Min-

uteman Media, a liberal advo-cacy group.

Television, after it gets kidshooked, teaches them that life isall about having things, buyingthings.


HEALTH MATTERSKISS drummer promotes awarenessMen get Breast Cancer Too

Former Kiss drummer Peter

Criss, posing for a portrait

in New York last October,

had a mastectomy in March

2008 following a cancer

diagnosis.

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Bereavement Support Groups -- Free, safe confidential groupmeetings for those who have experienced the death of a lovedone offered on various nights and locations. For information andregistration, call 503-215-4622.

Cancer Resource Center -- Providence St. Vincent MedicalCenter and the American Red Cross have joined forces to createthe first in-hospital resource center providing books, printedmaterial, computer access and more for individuals and familiesdealing with cancer. The center is open Monday throughThursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Family Caregiver Support Group -- This topic-oriented groupoffers a safe place to discuss the stresses, challenges andrewards of providing care to an older relative or friend. Meets thefirst Thursday of each month at 3 p.m. at Legacy Good SamaritanHospital.

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(AP) -- Lying in bed one nightin 2007, Peter Criss felt some-thing strange: a small lump onhis left breast.

"I thought, 'It's a nodule, I'ma guy, I don't think it's anythingmore than that,"' he said. "Themore I messed with it, the big-ger it got and the more it hurt,and that started really scaringme."

The former Kiss drummerwent to the doctor, underwentsome tests and a surgical pro-cedure to remove the lump. Aweek later, the doctor called. Itwas breast cancer.

"My heart hit my stomachand my knees buckled," Crissrecalled.

The good news was thatCriss had caught the disease atits earliest stage. After a sec-ond surgery to remove it inMarch 2008, he would not needchemotherapy, radiation ormedication.

Now, the once-costumedrocker who performed in hisCatman makeup is speaking outabout his illness to encourageother men to get tested forbreast cancer - a disease more

MammogramsPolicy Unchanged

U.S. health officials have distanced themselves from con-troversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recom-mend against routine mammograms for healthy women in their40s and said federal policy on screening mammograms hadnot changed.

In a move likely to reassure American women, U.S. Healthand Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in astatement last week that the U.S. Preventive Services TaskForce that issued the guidelines did not set federal policy anddid not affect what services the government would pay for.

Critics of the new guidelines said they would lead to morecancer deaths and expressed fear insurance companies woulduse them to justify denying coverage for mammograms towomen in their 40s.

But Sebelius said she would be very surprised if any pri-vate insurance company changed its mammography cover-age.

The proposed changes address healthy women with anaverage risk of breast cancer, not women who have a familyhistory of breast cancer or some other special risk.

commonly associated withwomen, who are routinely urgedto get regular mammograms ata certain age - the moment theysuspect something might beamiss.

"You need to immediately tellyour wife, your girlfriend, yourboyfriend, whatever," he said."The more you sit around andsay, 'Well, it's going to go away,'that time could be the time thatyou save your life."

Men account for only 1 per-cent of all breast cancer cases,but about 2,000 men develop iteach year, and 440 die from it,according to the National Can-

cer Institute.Dr. Alexander Swistel, who

treated Criss, praised his deci-sion to get checked out imme-diately after sensing something

was wrong."He's a great spokesperson,

and he's very bright about thiskind of thing," Swistel said. "Tohave someone like him come

forward and show that there'slife after this is a wonderfulthing. Rather than be the typi-cal guy and say, 'Ah, forget it,'he moved on it right away."

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Holiday Meals for Seniors

Hall Excels at Lehigh

Former Jefferson High School standout Marquis Hall

continues his success at Lehigh University where the

senior was recently named Patriot League Preseason

Player of the Year.

A former Jefferson High Schoolstandout is earning top accolades ashe enters his senior year at LehighUniversity in Bethlehem, Penn.

Marquis Hall was recently namedthe Patriot League Preseason Playerof the Year as well as one of the topstudent-athletes in the country.

“It’ s a great honor to be recognizedas the preseason Player of the Year,”Hall commented. “I just hope I canlive up to the expectations.”

Hall said he’s trying to be more ofa leader and help the team’s youngerplayers.

“We have lots of talented guys onour team; it’s just a matter of puttingit all together and being consistentthroughout the year,” he said.

As a candidate for the Lowe’s Se-nior CLASS Award, Hall wins acclaimfor focusing on the “Four C’s” ofclassroom, character, community andcompetition.

Loaves & Fishes will deliverhot turkey dinners tohomebound seniors onThanksgiving, Thursday, Nov.26. The organization will alsohost community Thanksgivingdinners at several locations.

“A traditional holiday mealwith turkey and all the trim-mings will be delivered by

volunteers to our most frailand isolated seniors onThanksgiving Day,” saidLoaves & Fishes ExecutiveDirector Joan Smith. “We areso grateful for the communityvolunteers who spend part oftheir holiday making the daybrighter for these seniors.”

The community is invited to

join with others for a Thanks-giving Day dinner between 11a.m. and 1 p.m. at BeavertonLoaves & Fishes, 5550 S.W.Hall Blvd.; Belmont Loaves &Fishes, 4610 S.E. Belmont St.;Elm Court Loaves & Fishes,1032 S.W. Main St., and TigardLoaves & Fishes, 8815 S.W.O’Mara.


Fighting Back Hungercontinued from Front

Portland Plan


About 100 people gather to give input on the Portland Plan during a

meeting last week at Beaumont Middle School in northeast Portland.

continued from Front


Jennifer Broussard helps run the Northeast Emergency Food Program at Luther Memorial Church. She’s

seeing more people turn to them for help because of dire economic conditions.

Ukrainian women shuffle in and outof the basement door carrying sacksof fresh lettuce and squash. Volun-teers hoist hefty cardboard boxes offood from the back room down thehall to the front room where recipi-ents take numbers and wait.

"The majority of the people whocome here are employed," said Jen-nifer Broussard, the assistant direc-tor of the program.

Broussard said her program,which moves about 2,000 pounds offood a day, has definitely seen anincrease in demand. Many peoplewho come to the church for food areimmigrants, or people who had fam-ily members move in to cut down oncosts.

But Broussard is also seeing morepeople coming in for the first time,many of which have had their in-comes drained from medical bills.

Jean Kempe-Ware, spokespersonfor the Oregon Food Bank, also ex-periences the growing number ofhungry people in Oregon.

“We had an unprecedented in-crease and they’re staying at thathigh level,” Kempe-Ware said.

An Oregon Food Bank survey ofclients reveals that most people

struggling with food insecurity inOregon are seniors or disabled peopleon fixed incomes. Many are alsoamong the working poor, who simplydon’t make enough to cover their gro-cery bills after paying high rent andother utilities.

Kempe-Ware added that theagency is seeing many new faces, in-cluding laid-off architects who neverthought they’d be down and out.

According to the USDA report,there’s an even larger group of peoplein Oregon who may not be experienc-ing hunger, but are close.

Thirteen percent of Oregonians arecategorized as “food insecure,” mean-ing that they lacked access to ad-equate amount, or end up eatingstarchy foods that fill up their stom-achs, but are lacking in nutrition.

Portlanders spend, on average, 46percent of their income on housingand transportation, which is higherthan the national average. Lower-in-come people might spend up to 79percent.

Kempe-Ware explained that manypeople reason that they can’t skip onrent or utilities, but they can cut backon food.

In 1989, the Oregon Legislature cre-ated the Oregon Hunger Relief TaskForce to coordinate the efforts of

business, non-profits, government,and communities to end hunger in thestate. It’s currently in the process offorming a five-year plan to confrontthe issue.

“A lot of what we’re talking aboutright now is how do we wrap our armsaround this issue,” said JessicaChanay, program and communica-tions director for the task force.

Chanay explained that the taskforce is looking at the root issues ofhunger, like lack of affordable hous-ing and access to steep medical bills.

Last legislative session, lawmakerspassed bills aimed at makinghealthcare more affordable and di-rected tax dollars toward affordablehousing initiatives.

But Chanay, said that more can bedone, and some programs can be im-proved. For example, low-income par-ents whose children get reduced-pricebreakfast at school still have to pay 30cents per day, which can really add up.

Despite her hardship, Chan remainscheerful. She created a center-piecefor the food program made out of imi-tation grape and leaves. She also saidshe enjoys the company of the peoplewho also rely on centers like this forfood.

“I like it here. People so nice,” shesaid.

the room where he further explainedaspects of the plan.

He pointed out that 50 percent ofPortland's current population was notliving here when the last time the cityformed its comprehensive plan in1980, and the document would be af-fecting policy at the city level for thenext 30 years.

"It's got to be more than land useand transportation," said Adams ofthe parameters of the plan. "It's alsogot to be about people."

He pointed out that Portland wasbecoming increasingly diverse, espe-cially with its Hispanic population.Adams added that one third of Port-land, primarily on the city's east side,was annexed since the last time theplan was revised.

From there, Adams polled the audi-ence using devices that allowed themto respond to a series of questions,which revealed that participants atti-tudes on various issues.

Adams polled the crowd on a rangeof issues covered by the plan, whichrevealed general support for public-private partnerships, arts and educa-tion opportunities for students, im-proved walk-ability of neighbor-hoods, retention of teachers, and ahost of other initiatives.

Adams also presented statisticsand figures that show that Portlandis a city that has many challenges,

but also has a lot going for it.The Willamette River is getting

cleaner, and Portland’s tree canopy isexpanding. The number of people withbachelor’s degrees in the city is higherthan the national average. It also hasthe second highest rate ofvolunteerism in the country, and 86percent of Multnomah County votedin the last election.

However, Adams pointed out that50 percent of Multnomah County isoverweight. Wages are also lower inPortland than the rest of the country,with about a third of the populationbeing considered working poor.

Affordable housing is another is-sue facing the city. Portlanders shellout 46 percent of their incomes onaverage for housing, above the na-tional 36 percent average, and themedian price of home in the city isout of reach for people who makemedian income.

At the end of the meeting, Com-missioner Nick Fish, who heads theHousing Bureau, thanked the crowdfor their time. He noted that he learneda lot about the concerns ofPortlanders, and was pleased thatpeople conducted themselves in sucha respectful fashion, referencing theexplosive health care reform town hallmeetings that occurred during thesummer.

"It's nice to know civic engagementis still alive and well in Portland," hesaid.


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operation of a variety of small

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The Metropolitan Exposition-Recreation Commission

(MERC) is soliciting sealed proposals for The Movable

Partition Retrofit Project at the Oregon Convention

Center (OCC), located at 777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd., Portland,

OR. 97232.

Sealed Bids for the OCC Movable Partition Retrofit Project,

must be delivered to MERC - Attn: Heather Peck, 777 NE

Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97232, no later

than 2:00 PM Pacific Time, December 29, 2009. At that

time, the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud in the

MERC Conference Room. Formal bids may not be

submitted by facsimile (fax) transmittal.

The Work contemplated consists of all equipment,

materials, and labor as necessary to provide retrofitting/

repairing and/or replacement the Modern Fold partition

walls in the Meeting Rooms and Ballrooms the Oregon

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Work will be in accordance with the scope of work and

technical specifications as described in the Request for

Proposals Documents. The location of the work will be at

the Oregon Convention Center, in the Meeting Rooms and

Ballrooms located throughout..

By signing and submitting a Proposal for this project, the

Proposer certifies that it will comply with ORS 279.350,

requiring payment of prevailing wage rates. Proposers must

also use recyclable products to the maximum extent

economically feasible in the performance of the contract

work and be registered with the Oregon Construction

Contractor’s Board pursuant to ORS 701.035-90. Each

Proposal must contain a statement as to whether the

Proposer is a resident bidder, as defined in ORS 279.029.

Proposers must also comply with MERC’s Minority Business

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All proposers are required to attend a MANDATORY SITE WALK, to

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The Oregon EmploymentDepartment expects modestjob growth over the next 10years, although many of thejob openings are expecteddue to the need to replaceworkers who leave their cur-rent occupations.

The department's forecast-ers predict that economicgrowth will add more than160,000 jobs, a gain of 9 per-

cent over the decade. Thisgrowth is slightly less than the10 percent gain that occurredbetween 1998 and 2008 andmuch slower than in manyprior 10-year periods.

The manufacturing indus-try is the only broad sectorexpected to lose jobs be-tween 2008 and 2018.

Education and health careservices are expected togrow by 23 percent and addnearly 50,000 jobs to meet theneeds of the state's growingand aging population.

Professional and businessservices are forecast to grow

by about 14 percent or al-most 28,000 jobs. Leisureand hospitality will add 12percent or 21,500 jobs. The

slowest-growing sector isconstruction with 1 percentgrowth over the decade, fol-lowed by information with 2

percent growth.Manufacturing will likely

decline by 3 percent and loseover 5,000 jobs between

2008 and 2018, the only broadsector not to gain jobs overthe decade.

Despite slow job growth in

the economy as a whole,many job openings shouldresult from workers leavingtheir occupations to changecareers or retire.

In addition to the 163,000job openings due to economicgrowth, department forecast-ers expect an additional430,000 openings to replacecurrent workers who leavetheir occupations.

Three occupational groups– office and administrativesupport; service occupations;and professional and relatedoccupations – together rep-resent almost half of all em-

ployment in 2008 and 52 per-cent of projected growth jobopenings.

The wide variety of high-paying, high-demand occu-pations include registerednurses, general managers,truck drivers, accountants,wholesale sales representa-tives, supervisors of retail andoffice workers, andpostsecondary teachers,among others.

Metro areas are expectedto grow at close to the state-wide average and half of thestate's job growth will be inthe Portland area.

Despite slow job growth in theeconomy as a whole, many jobopenings should result fromworkers leaving their occupationsto change careers or retire.

Convention Center opens ‘Stir ’ Restaurant

PHOTO BY NANCY ERZ

‘Stir,’ a new restaurant and lounge at the Oregon Conven-

tion Center, serves locally-produced spirits and foods

boasting Oregon’s bounty.

The Oregon ConventionCenter just opened its cos-mopolitan new restaurant

We give thanks this holiday to our founder,his wife, son and daughter who has paved the

way for a vision so well needed.With their strength, courage, dedication and

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L. L EE

ManagingYourMoneyDiscovering What’s Really Important

It’s important to understandsome of the “fear factors” whenmaking plans for the distribu-tion of your estate.

For example, why don’t wetalk about Legacy as a family,as a people, or as part of ourculture?

A recent study found that

and lounge, Stir, to facilityguests and the general pub-lic.

Designed as a convenientand comfortable space formeeting and convention cus-

tomers to network and relax,Stir promises to be a favor-ite neighborhood gatheringplace for area businesses,residents and passersby ininner northeast and southeastPortland.

“Adding Stir to the cus-tomer experience is just one

more way the Oregon Con-vention Center highlights allthat is Oregon to visitorsfrom around the world,” saidJeff Blosser, the conventioncenter’s executive director.“We’ll highlight local ingre-dients with appetizing menuselections in small plate for-

mat and showcase the larg-est selection of Oregon-based spirits around throughhand-crafted cocktails, localmicrobrews and Oregonwines.”

A special cocktail namedthe “Solartini” was createdfor Stir in honor of the con-vention center’s new part-nership with SunEdison toinstall solar power panels onits rooftop.

Located in the main lobbyof the convention center at777 N.E. Martin Luther KingJr. Blvd., Stir is operated byARAMARK/GiacomettiPartners, the center’s foodand beverage services con-tractor.

Stir ’s hours of operationwill coincide with the sched-uled activities of conventions,conferences, meetings andother events held at the fa-cility.

most people experience discom-fort with discussions on topicsthat relate to death and inherit-ance. But without prior discus-sions and planning around thistopic, it can create even morefear or conflict among familymembers.

If conflict already exists, there

is natural fear that these discus-sions could make it worse. If itdoesn’t exist (or doesn’t seemto), there may be a fear that talk-ing about sensitive topicscould initiate conflict. Uncer-tainty over the issue of “fair-ness” certainly keeps familymembers from talking. Whilesome people may feel that “fair”means “equal”; others mightbelieve that “equal” would notbe “fair”.

The study by Allianz Ameri-can Legacies, found that per-sonal discomfort with the top-ics of inheritance and death wasthe biggest barrier to discus-sions about estate planning.Surprisingly, people from thebaby boom generation wereeven more uncomfortableabout talking about inheritancethan their parents.

The subject of most conflictwas not money as we might ex-pect, but related to fulfilling lastwishes and the distribution ofpersonal possessions.

The issue of fairness over thedistribution of an estate wasalso viewed differently depend-ing on the net worth of the indi-vidual.

While most elders say theyultimately plan to distributetheir inheritance equally amongtheir children, many - especiallythose with higher net worth –would say their inheritanceshould be earned.

This is called “performance-based distribution” when par-ents decide, what each child willreceive based on somethingother than an equal division ofassets.

In my next column, we aregoing to look at rethinking the“fear factors.”

Financial Advisor Rick L. Lee,CRPC, can be reached at 503-539-8994 or via email [email protected].


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Holiday Ale Festival-- Pioneer Court-house Square, down-town, hosts the Holi-day Ale Festival,Wednesday, Dec. 2through Sunday,Dec. 6. Event orga-nizers say the craftales of choice are designed to fend off thecold chill of a long winter night.

Thanksgiving at the Zoo --The Oregon Zoo will celebrateThanksgiving, Thursday,Nov. 26 through Sunday, Nov.29 with many enrichment ac-tivities for the animals aimed atstimulating their minds andstomach. The annual TurkeyTrot on Thanksgiving Day isfor people; a four-mile run and walk thatstarts at 8 a.m. followed by a half-mile “TotTrot” for kids at 9:30 am.

Colored Pencils Night -- Known asPortland’s multicultural living room, Col-

ored Pencils is moving to City Hall forDecember’s First Thursday. The Dec. 3event from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. will mark theone year anniversary for the organiza-tion and will feature arts, crafts, andThai cuisine.

Holiday Soul -- Jimmy Maks presents Holi-day Soul with Patrick Lamb,featuring special guests IanJame and Liv Warfield, Fri-day, Dec. 18, with two showsat 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tick-ets are $15 and can be pur-chased by visitingticketsoregon.com orjimmymaks.com.

Norman Sylvester Band -- Local jazz greatNorman Sylvester performs Wednesday,Dec. 2, Friday, Dec. 11 and Saturday, Dec.12 at Tillicum in Beaverton; Thursday,Dec. 3 at the 720 Nightclub on Hawthorne;

and Friday, Dec. 4 and Thursday, Dec. 17at the Candlelight. For a complete sched-ule, visit normansylvester.com.

Spinning Straw into Gold -- Tears of JoyTheatre presents Rumpelstiltskin, a spar-kling adaptation of the class German tale byBrothers Grimm. The puppet production de-lights and enthralls audiences of all ages.Shows continue through Sunday, Nov. 29 atWinningstad Theatre, 1111 S.W. Broadway.

Live Jazz -- Every Friday and Saturday from8 p.m. to 11 p.m., the Third Degrees Loungeat the River Place Hotel, 1510 S.W. HarborWay. No cover or minimum purchase. Formore information, visit pdxjazz.com.

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This glove worn by Michael

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Jacksons Reality Show Coming

Jermaine Jackson

Auction wildly exceeds estimates(AP) -- The shimmering,

white glove Michael Jacksonwore when he premiered histrademark moonwalk dance in1983 was auctioned off for$350,000 — plus tax — on Sat-urday.

Winning bidder Hoffman Maof Hong Kong will pay $420,000,including taxes and fees, for therhinestone-studded, modifiedgolf glove Jackson wore on hisleft hand for his moonwalk onMotown’s 25th anniversary TVspecial.

The glove was the top itemin a collection of Jackson memo-rabilia on the block at the HardRock Cafe in Times Square. Itspre-auction estimate was$40,000 to $60,000.

As the price of the glovesoared, fans roared andsquealed — echoing the kindof frenzy that accompanied thelate pop star when he touredthe world.

“That’s what death bringsupon celebrity,” said BrendanDoyle, a college student

munching chicken fingers froma plate in his lap. “Jackson'sdeath was such a tragedy atsuch a young age that it pushedup prices.”

The pop icon, who died June25 at 50, had given the glove toWalter “Clyde” Orange, of thesinging group the Commodores.

A jacket that Jackson woreon his 1989 “Bad” tour fetched$225,000 — 20 times its low es-timate of $8,000.

The sale also included a fe-dora Jackson wore for themoonwalk. It sold for $22,000,against a $2,000 high estimate.

(AP) -- A reality showminiseries about the Jackson fam-ily will premiere Dec. 13 on A&E,the network says. Back-to-backhour episodes will air that nightat 9 p.m. EST.

“The Jacksons: A Family Dy-nasty” focuses on brothers Jackie,Jermaine, Tito and Marlon as theyprepare to reunite for a concert tour.It also chronicles their lives as they

cope with Michael’s drug-induceddeath in June.

There will be six episodes, thenetwork said.

“This deeply intimate portraitwill provide viewers with a rawand honest look inside a musicaldynasty,” said A&E and BioChannel vice president RobertSharenow.

It remained unclear whether

Michael Jackson or his children,Paris, Prince Michael and PrinceMichael II (known as Blanket), willbe seen in the shows.

The cable network had origi-nally announced “The Jacksons”as a documentary special in May,before the star’s death. In August,“Entertainment Tonight” airedwhat A&E said was leaked foot-age from the special.

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6500 NE MLK Jr. Blvd.On the corner of: MLK Jr. & Rosa Park

Christmas Tr ee Lot

Everything is Little

A whimsical painting by

Tripper Dungan. Chris Haberman’s ‘Home Sun Grown.’

For the ninth year in a row,the Guardino Gallery, 2939 N.E.Alberta St., will present theirvery popular Holiday GroupShow, a show where everythingis little.

Forty-two art ists weregiven the challenge to createartwork that would be nolarger than a seven inchsquare or cube. While mostof the artists in the show areaccustomed to working on afar larger scale, they re-sponded with enthusiasm.

The artwork is as varied asthe artists. A wide variety ofmediums will be represented:paintings, clay, glass, resin,encaustic, metal, wood, pho-tography and mixed media.

An artists’ reception is sched-uled for Friday, Nov. 27 from 6p.m. to 9 p.m. The exhibit runsthrough Dec. 27.

Ruin to Redemption

Actor Danny Trejo from the

book ‘Mugshots.’

The Interstate FirehouseCultural Center, 5340 N. Inter-state Ave., has extended Ruinto Redemption, an interactiveexhibit that takes audienceson an unforgettable and verypersonal journey from dark-ness to light.

IFCC will reopen the exhibitafter Thanksgiving on Tues-day, Dec. 1 with the show con-tinuing until Dec. 19.

The exhibit contains strikingphotographs and candid testi-monials of ex-convicts andformer gang members, chroni-cling their harrowing experi-ences and triumphant turn-arounds to become successfulartists in Hollywood.

A gripping audio tour of thesubject's dramatic, real life sto-ries compliments the stark,black-and-white photographs,revealing messages of perse-

verance, hope and redemption.The exhibit is based on the 2008award winning book,Mugshots: A Celebration of theJourney from Ruin to Redemp-tion.

Tell-All BookReleased bySniper’s Ex

Mildred Muhammad is notscared silent any longer.

Her book titled ‘Scared Si-lent’ recounts her 12-yearmarriage to convicted D.C.sniper John AllenMuhammad. She maintainsher ex-husband’s plot to ran-domly kill people in 2002 wasa smokescreen, and part ofMuhammad’s plan to hunt herdown so her murder could beblamed on the D.C. sniper.

The former wife said sheknew her husband had comeundone since his return fromthe Gulf War, but no one evertook her seriously, even afterhe took off with their threechildren.

In this poignant memorial,she breaks her silence aboutthe domestic violence she suf-fered during their marriage andthe tragic events that occurredafter their divorce.

Mildred Muhammad hasdedicated her book to her threechildren from her marriage toJohn Muhammad and her dedi-cation to domestic violenceawareness.

Oprah Plans TV Show Exit

Oprah Winfrey

Exibit of Cof fee, from Farm to Cup

(AP) -- Holding back tears,Oprah Winfrey told her stu-dio audience Friday that shewould end her show in 2011after a quarter-century on theair, saying prayer and carefulthought led her to her deci-sion.

Winfrey told the audiencethat she loved "The OprahWinfrey Show," that it had been

her life and that she knew whenit was time to say goodbye."Twenty-five years feels rightin my bones and feels right inmy spirit," she said.

Winfrey, 55, is widely ex-pected to start up a new talkshow on OWN: The OprahWinfrey Network, a much-de-layed joint venture with Dis-covery Communications Inc.

that is projected to debut in2011. OWN is to replace theDiscovery Health Channeland will debut in some 74 mil-lion homes.

Winfrey offered no specif-ics about her plans for the fu-ture, except to say that sheintended to produce the bestpossible shows during herlast 18 months on the air.

Every cup of coffee we drinkconnects us with a web of hid-den stories around the globe.The World Forestry Center

takes a look at coffee from farm to cup in atraveling exhibit that tells the hidden sto-ries behind the world’s most popular drink.

The exhibit provides a broad overviewof the powerful influence of coffee on en-vironments, human cultures and econo-mies worldwide.

Highlights include color photographsof farms from South America to Africa tothe Pacific Islands. Coffee: The World inYour Cup runs through Jan. 10.

The World Forestry Center is located inWashington Park just off Highway 26 andis also accessible by MAX light rail. Ad-mission is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and$5 for children 3-18.

Holiday BazaarSaturday, December 5, 2009

9:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.OAME Center

4134 N. Vancouver AvenuePortland,Or. 97217

Help support our local minority entrepre-neurs by doing your holiday shopping atthe OAME Center. Just to name a few,vendors will be displaying a wide selectionof merchandise for gift-giving includingclothing, jewelry, purses, art work,scarves,cosmetics, nutritional products, home-cooked goods, videos/DVDs and homedecorations. And, after all that shopping,take time to relax and unwind with an on-site spa and massage.

For vendor information, contact Yollanda-NinsJohnson @ 503-680-3314, email:

[email protected] or Gwen Johnson@360-576-7028, email: [email protected]

Coffee beans from the farm to the cup is part of

a special exhibit at the World Forestry Center.

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