St Johns Review PO Box 83068 Port. OR 97283 #7 APRIL 5, 2019 515-840 The St. Johns Review: North Portland’s Community Newspaper Since 1904 Serving: Arbor Lodge, Bridgeton, Cathedral Park, East Columbia, Hayden Island, Kenton, Linnton, Overlook, Piedmont, Portsmouth, St. Johns, University Park EMAIL: [email protected]WEB: www.stjohnsreview.com PO BOX 196, Lake Oswego 97034 A Bi-Weekly Community Newspaper * 503-283-5086 Photo: Greg Webber By Jim Speirs Updates & Revisions (2019) by Gayla Patton T his year, 2019, marks the 110th birthday of Colum- bia Park. The park is one of many Portland area retreats that were built around the early 1900s and represents a connection with (at the time) dominant city citi- zens and their desire to build parks that reminded them of their native lands. It was a period of time when many European immigrants had moved to the Pacific Northwest because the ambiance of the area closely resembled their home- lands. In 1909, the Portland Parks Bu- reau purchased 33 acres of land, for the incredible cost of 10 cents a square foot to become Columbia Park. A German immigrant by the name of G. H. Hoch, who had been the head gardener at Washington Park, became the primary engineer of the park’s design and configuration. Hoch and other German natives wanted the park to remind them of their homeland and designed it as such. Other parks around Portland have similar characteristics such as Laurelhurst, Peninsula, Pier and Washington. Hoch and his Europe- an associates had the idea to make Columbia Park comparable to Ber- lin’s parks in German’s Spandau District. The land was already being used at the time for informal picnics and recreational activities by res- idents of the area years before the parks bureau actually acquired the property. This gave designers sig- nificant input and advanced design considerations. At the same time the Parks Bu- reau agreed to fund the new park, a tunnel with railroad tracks was already being dug out beneath the park, which were to connect to tracks from the “Cut,” which had begun in 1908. This information is important to know to help readers understand some of the odd obser- vations and/or sensations that emit from the park occasionally. Some of the older trees inside the current Columbia Park have a peculiar slant or angle because of the low-grade vibrations believed to be caused by the underground railroad traf- fic. Conjecture has been that the trees have succumbed to a combination of forces that emit from the bowels of the train line that passes deep under the park. All of this has been debated for decades. Whether any of the train rumblings has had any Another North Portland Jewel: Columbia Park & Pool Columbia Park turns 110 this year - The pool 91 years old Before the popular Columbia Pool was built, there was first a park “Columbia Park Pool” Continued on Page 4 Save Columbia Park’s Pool! /Need a meeting? Have a meeting? See Page 6 N orth Portlanders are reeling after finding out through social media that Portland Parks Budget Adviso- ry Committee proposes closing Columbia Pool in July, 2020. An ad hoc coalition of concerned neighbors from around the penin- sula is forming to try to save the pool. “We have been scrambling to respond to a proposal we find both distressing and baffling. As you know, a wide range of people with diverse needs use this facili- ty: Children, elders, athletes, and people of all abilities. Columbia pool serves the entire north Port- land peninsula, and our communi- ty is among the most diverse and underserved in Portland,” emailed Mary-Margaret Wheeler-Weber speaking as a member of the co- alition. Wheeler-Weber serves as vice-chair of Portsmouth Neigh- borhood Association. It has been distressing to some that this year, commissioner Nick Fish, head of Parks, decided there would be no neighborhood coali- tion representatives participating in Park’s Budget Advisory Com- mittee (BAC). In past years, north Portland had a representative on the committee. The budget com- mittee decides on Park’s budget priorities and “areas of de-em- phasis” based on a strategic plan. Though its meetings are open to the public, there was no avenue for public feedback on the propos- al to close the pool. Some feel this has led to a major lack of trans- parency in the budget conclusion BAC has reached. In addition, an email sent out March 25 by Parks’ Director, Ad- ena Long, also pointed to new changes in the budgeting pro- gap. In particular to North Port- land, one of those proposed cuts, according to a presentation given to the bureau’s budget advisory committee last week, is to close Columbia Pool...and seek ‘alter- natives for higher priority uses’” (historickenton.com). A Portland Parks Budget advisory member was asked what is meant by the phrase “alternatives for higher priority uses,” however, there was no response by this newspaper’s deadline. When the same question was posed to commissioner Fish, he also did not respond before deadline. The budget committee only proposed that one other facil- ity city-wide should be closed, the Sellwood Community Center. The Kenton Neighborhood As- sociation has been especially quick to get the word out about the proposed closure, as have Friends of Columbia Park and the Kenton Business Association. From the Kenton Neighborhood website: “The city of Portland has pro- posed closing a vital community resource and historic neighbor- hood treasure. Without any input from the community, they aim to unceremoniously shutter a year- Proposed Closure of Columbia Pool alarms, outrages residents By Barbara Quinn cess. She said, “This year Mayor Wheeler introduced a new bud- get process…This process has allowed us to take a fresh look at our costs...we’ve learned that the bureau’s budget has a struc- tural problem. The gap for next year is $6.3 million.” As a result, Parks, “is looking at laying off staff, closing facilities and cutting back programming to close the Columbia Pool was first opened in 1928 and was uncovered. In 1975 it was remodeled and made an inside heated pool. It’s popularity and need expand 91 years. Closing the pool would be unacceptable. “Columbia Pool” Continued on Page 5 Photo: Chelsea Nicole Thomas
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By Jim SpeirsUpdates & Revisions (2019) by Gayla Patton
This year, 2019, marks the 110th birthday of Colum-bia Park. The park is one
of many Portland area retreats that were built around the early 1900s and represents a connection with (at the time) dominant city citi-zens and their desire to build parks that reminded them of their native lands. It was a period of time when many European immigrants had moved to the Pacific Northwest because the ambiance of the area closely resembled their home-lands. In 1909, the Portland Parks Bu-reau purchased 33 acres of land, for the incredible cost of 10 cents a square foot to become Columbia Park. A German immigrant by the name of G. H. Hoch, who had been the head gardener at Washington Park, became the primary engineer of the park’s design and configuration. Hoch and other German natives wanted the park to remind them of
their homeland and designed it as such. Other parks around Portland have similar characteristics such as Laurelhurst, Peninsula, Pier and Washington. Hoch and his Europe-an associates had the idea to make Columbia Park comparable to Ber-lin’s parks in German’s Spandau District. The land was already being used at the time for informal picnics and recreational activities by res-idents of the area years before the parks bureau actually acquired the property. This gave designers sig-nificant input and advanced design
considerations. At the same time the Parks Bu-reau agreed to fund the new park, a tunnel with railroad tracks was already being dug out beneath the park, which were to connect to
tracks from the “Cut,” which had begun in 1908. This information is important to know to help readers understand some of the odd obser-vations and/or sensations that emit from the park occasionally. Some of the older trees inside the current Columbia Park have a peculiar slant or angle because of the low-grade vibrations believed
to be caused by the underground railroad traf-fic. Conjecture has been that the trees have succumbed to a combination of forces that emit from the bowels of the train line that passes deep
under the park. All of this has been debated for decades. Whether any of the train rumblings has had any
Another North Portland Jewel: Columbia Park & Pool Columbia Park turns 110 this year - The pool 91 years oldBefore the popular Columbia Pool was built, there was first a park
“Columbia Park Pool”Continued on Page 4
Save Columbia Park’s Pool! /Need a meeting? Have a meeting? See Page 6
North Portlanders are reeling after finding out through social media that
Portland Parks Budget Adviso-ry Committee proposes closing Columbia Pool in July, 2020. An ad hoc coalition of concerned neighbors from around the penin-sula is forming to try to save the pool. “We have been scrambling to respond to a proposal we find both distressing and baffling. As you know, a wide range of people with diverse needs use this facili-ty: Children, elders, athletes, and people of all abilities. Columbia pool serves the entire north Port-land peninsula, and our communi-ty is among the most diverse and underserved in Portland,” emailed Mary-Margaret Wheeler-Weber speaking as a member of the co-alition. Wheeler-Weber serves as
vice-chair of Portsmouth Neigh-borhood Association. It has been distressing to some that this year, commissioner Nick Fish, head of Parks, decided there would be no neighborhood coali-tion representatives participating in Park’s Budget Advisory Com-mittee (BAC). In past years, north Portland had a representative on the committee. The budget com-mittee decides on Park’s budget priorities and “areas of de-em-phasis” based on a strategic plan. Though its meetings are open to the public, there was no avenue for public feedback on the propos-al to close the pool. Some feel this has led to a major lack of trans-parency in the budget conclusion BAC has reached. In addition, an email sent out March 25 by Parks’ Director, Ad-ena Long, also pointed to new changes in the budgeting pro-
gap. In particular to North Port-land, one of those proposed cuts, according to a presentation given to the bureau’s budget advisory committee last week, is to close Columbia Pool...and seek ‘alter-natives for higher priority uses’” (historickenton.com). A Portland Parks Budget advisory member was asked what is meant by the phrase “alternatives for higher
priority uses,” however, there was no response by this newspaper’s deadline. When the same question was posed to commissioner Fish, he also did not respond before deadline. The budget committee only proposed that one other facil-ity city-wide should be closed, the Sellwood Community Center. The Kenton Neighborhood As-sociation has been especially quick to get the word out about the proposed closure, as have Friends of Columbia Park and the Kenton Business Association. From the Kenton Neighborhood website: “The city of Portland has pro-posed closing a vital community resource and historic neighbor-hood treasure. Without any input from the community, they aim to unceremoniously shutter a year-
Proposed Closure of Columbia Pool alarms, outrages residentsBy Barbara Quinn
cess. She said, “This year Mayor Wheeler introduced a new bud-get process…This process has allowed us to take a fresh look at our costs...we’ve learned that the bureau’s budget has a struc-tural problem. The gap for next year is $6.3 million.” As a result, Parks, “is looking at laying off staff, closing facilities and cutting back programming to close the
Columbia Pool was first opened in 1928 and was uncovered. In 1975 it was remodeled and made an inside heated pool. It’s popularity and need expand
91 years. Closing the pool would be unacceptable.
“Columbia Pool”Continued on Page 5
Photo: Chelsea Nicole Thomas
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ents, teachers and families participated in a clean-up of downtown St. Johns. Over 40
people attended the clean-up, which was
sponsored by Roos-evelt’s Parent Teacher
Student Association and St. Johns Boosters, a lo-
cal business group. Stu-dents from various sports teams and student leader-ship groups participated. Participants set out in groups of two to four people and combed the streets of downtown St. Johns, picking up trash from all the sidewalks and curb-sides. Everything
from cigarette butts to plas-tic bottles to paper wrappers was collected. While St Johns businesses do a wonderful job of cleaning up sidewalks and curbs in front of their locations, it was especially helpful to have Roosevelt fami-lies help clean up their neighbor-hood. Thank you to all who par-ticipated!
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After reorganizing several years ago to address pressing local needs, the St. Johns Center for Opportunity (SJCO) recently ven-tured into a new arena: employ-ment outreach. The organization already has a dizzying list of ini-tiatives including organizing the St. Johns Farmer’s Market, sup-porting affordable housing, host-ing a clothes closet, small business support, organizing ArtBurst, and acting as fiscal agent to budding non-profits—to name a few. To spearhead the new program, SJCO has hired well-known com-munity advocate and former board member, Babs Adamski, whose title is Business and Workforce Manager. Adamski is forging liai-sons with local businesses includ-ing those in the Rivergate industri-al district north of St. Johns. She will match local businesses seek-ing workers with north Portlanders seeking employment. Along with Adamski’s outreach efforts, there will be a jobs navigator, Josie Ma-juri, acting as a mentor for resi-dents seeking employment. She is currently at the SJCO two days a week, but that will soon be ex-
panded to three days a week. Ma-juri’s role at the center is part of a partner-ship between SJCO and the Immigrant and Refugee Com-munity Organi-zation (IRCO). The purpose of the SJCO jobs effort is to provide equal access to economic op-portunity and connect neigh-bors with liv-ing-wage jobs.
There is currently a wide spectrum of work skills represented in north Portland that could match the wide spectrum of job skills required by local businesses. Adamski will act as a liaison with businesses to learn about their work force needs and align local residents with open-ings. She cites statistics shared by Corky Collier, Executive Director of the Columbia Corridor Asso-ciation, concerning the economic impact of full employment in the
Rivergate industrial area where there are currently 600 unfilled positions. Collier pointed out that medi-an income from jobs in the entire Corridor is $49,500, though he is including the entire stretch from Kelley Point Park eastwards to Troutdale. He says the Columbia Corridor is the largest industrial tract in the state of Oregon. Ad-amski did the math for full local employment in Rivergate and came up with a surprising figure: if 600 jobs were filled by locals, averaging between $15/hr. and $26/hr., the potential income alone could pump close to $30 million yearly into the local economy! Better communication between industry and local programs has long been needed and some activ-ists have asked over the years why
Local organization adds new dimension: Connecting people with local jobs
“Local Organization”Continued on Page 7
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influence is anyone’s guess and some have even speculated that the gentle kneading of the trains passages is a contributing factor for the park’s magnificent fauna and arboreal majesty. By 1910 plotting and earth mov-ing in Columbia Park was well underway. Hoch and his fellow German workers (many of them
volunteers,) walked the ground trying to replicate memories of parks from their native land. The erection of the iron fencing, planting of shrubs, design of the promenade, and construction of the comfort station, (located in the northwest corner of the park,) were things that occurred to them immediately. The comfort station
also functioned as administrative offices for the park during this time. There were also four con-crete water fountains strategical-ly placed at different areas of the park. These water spigots were installed in areas to compliment the walkways and it wasn’t too long after the early paving that the magnificent lights that buffer the pathways were installed. Where the popular Columbia Park swimming pool now sits, was once a very large greenhouse where the city cultivated different foliage for the park. The nurs-ery was originally built to attract citizens and to promote local in-volvement with exhibitions and contests. Although the greenhouse never garnered the participation officials had hoped for, it did pro-vide an incubation facility for vast quantities of shrubs and plants that were then moved to other Portland parks, such as Mt. Tabor. It was in 1928 that the greenhouse was re-moved and an outdoor, unheated, double pool was built. (More on that later.) The streets surrounding Colum-bia Park are of some interest, if for no other reason than to consider their origins. Chautauqua Blvd. (on the east side of the park) certainly holds the most color and flair simply because if you’re not from North Portland, pronunciation of it could be a challenge, unless you’re from New York where you’d be familiar
with Lake Chautauqua where there existed a tribe of Native Ameri-cans of the name.Winchell Street (on the north side of the park) was named after Al-exander Winchell, a distinguished scientist who worked at Vanderbilt University and tried to reconcile the teachings of Darwin with that of the religious dogma of the time. In 1878, after losing his job at Van-derbilt, he was called to chair the Geology and Paleontology depart-ment at the University of Mich-igan where he remained until his death in 1891. Named after Theodore Woolsey (1801-1889), Woolsey Avenue, on the west side of the park, was the President of Yale University from 1846-1871 and was lauded as a scholar of international law and the author of several widely used political science textbooks of the day. As a graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary, he helped revise the New Testament in 1881.Russet Street was one of sev-eral streets named after apples and was the brainchild of a man
named O.C. McLoud, who was the trustee of landowners near Lombard and Columbia Park. People of the surround-ing area cre-ated “Orchard Place” in about 1890 and then set about cul-
tivating apples. They also named three other streets after their cher-ished apple enterprise: Baldwin, Pippin, and Gavenstein. Lombard St. (once named Pippin Street in 1909,) was named after Benjamin M. Lombard who was a significant real estate developer near the turn of the century. He helped in the growth of Jefferson Street, a subdivision in 1890. Later he was the secretary of the Fulton Park Land Company, which was involved in numerous projects in North Portland. Columbia Blvd. In what is probably a commonly known fact, the name Columbia comes from the name of the ship that Captain Robert Gray was sailing when he discovered the Columbia River. The 83-foot ship entered the river in May 1792. Soon after Columbia Park opened, thousands of people with planners and designers from var-ious western states came to see and review the grounds. Hock’s accomplishments and his workers were the envy of legions of re-spected developers, and soon Port-land’s reputation and its European connection was well known and often emulated. By 1913 it was reported that the average attendance at Colum-bia Park exceeded 225 people per day. The number of shrubs, trees, and flower beds grew each sea-
son (thanks to visitors and neigh-bors) and it became necessary for Portland Parks to try and organize some order to the frenzied com-munity action. Signs were posted asking citizens to abstain from more plantings of their own being added to the park. Although well intentioned, the lo-cal residents were helping out a wee bit too much. Throughout the summer seasons from about 1913 until the onset of WWI, the park was filled with pic-nics, bingo games, baseball, horse-shoe competitions, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union an-nual picnics and a host of other ac-tivities. When America entered the European conflict in 1917, things changed for all citizens and for a period of time the use of the park diminished and attention turned to the war effort. By the early 1920s, with the war over, citizens were able to return to normal leisure time living and picnics in the park resumed. It was also time for the Roaring Twenties and with the automobile becoming more reliable, roads were improv-ing and amusement parks were becoming a popular venue on their own.
The Swimming Pool With substantial prodding in 1928, the doublewide swimming pool was installed in Columbia Park’s east side, replacing the greenhouse. Considering the de-pression that was going to ruin the economy a year later, it’s a good thing that the pool was erected when it was, because resources for such a luxury item surely would have made it an impossible amen-ity. Boys and girls dressing rooms had comfortable benches to allow for simple dressing and undressing and showers were installed with easy access to the pools. After ap-propriately dressed for the pools, swimmers then had to roll up their clothing and give it to an attendant at the front desk which were put into open wooden slots located behind the counter. Each swimmer was then given an attachable key that could be pinned to his or her swimsuit. The pool was OPEN, but the wa-ter was COLD! It took the hottest days of summer to make the pool anything inviting. A person can only question the wisdom of such an enterprise that could only be used a few months out of the year. But, the Columbia Park Pool was not the only pool that was unheat-ed and uncovered. Many Portland Public Park facilities had identical characteristics, and the vestiges of the pools of yesteryear are still visible and/or in use – such as Pier Park and Peninsula Park. Many longtime residents and users of Columbia Park Pool have delightful recollections from their youthful escapades at the park. Although individual stories vary
Columbia Park Pool: Continued from Page 1 - “History”
People of all ages and needs enjoy the Columbia Pool. It’s been a popular form of exercise and play for 91 years.
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– there is one constant one which reverberates through each swim-mers’ memory: The bone-numb-ing CHILL of the water!! Only the hottest days of summer moved locals to inundate the pool. Other-wise, it was reserved for the young and foolish! It didn’t seem to mat-ter how hot it became outside, the swimmer always required the use of a heavy towel and a sunny portion of the pool’s warm deck before diving back into the popu-lar pool. Teeth chattered. Bodies shook. Regardless, it was North Portland’s popular pool and many a friend met there, and many an adolescent romance budded within
the confines of that chilly water. In 1975, after much effort, the pool was remodeled and covered. To this day it remains a popu-lar spot for exercise and fun in a year-round capacity. The water is now heated, and the accommoda-tions far superior to the days of the open-air ice chest, and the number of people who use it grows each year. Shortly after the pool opened in 1929, the banks failed and the Great Depression caused every-thing to fail. But despite the lack of funds, Columbia Park and other local parks continued to flourish. It’s reputation as an anchor to the
community grew as use expanded and people sought the beautiful, relaxing, and demure serenity of the settings. It was a welcome con-trast to the daily hardships that the great depression had visited upon the nation. Local residents and children needed Columbia Park and its popular pool. Same goes for Columbia Pool in 2019!
In these tumultuous times, all Portland parks and pools must be maintained for chil-dren and families to visit so they have a much-needed es-cape. Now is not the time to eliminate them. Now is the
time to enhance them. Port-land can do this. Portland must do this. Join the cause to keep Co-lumbia Park Pool OPEN. Write to the Review, [email protected] or PO Box 196, Lake Oswego, OR. 97034 and we’ll print your letters and concerns. Each Portland City Commis-sioner and Mayor Wheeler receive a copy of the St. Johns Review newspaper. Let’s start the movement for North Portland to
KEEP COLUMBIA PARK POOL OPEN!!
round resource for wellness and community congregation. Let’s make some noise to save Colum-bia Pool!” (historickenton.com). The Board of the Portsmouth Neighborhood Association (PNA) held a meeting open to all con-cerned neighbors on Monday, March 18, at Columbia Cottage. Almost 60 residents in attendance discussed a response and strategy. Community members shared what the pool means to them. They also shared ideas, skills, connections, and resources that could help keep it open. PNA vice-chair, Wheel-er-Weber said, “It was genuinely inspirational and I’m feeling very optimistic that we will succeed—but we don’t have a lot of time.” Columbia Pool has long and deep roots in north Portland. Local writer and historian, Jim Speirs, revealed its grassroots origins in a past issues of the St. Johns Re-view. “In 1928, with substantial prodding, the double-wide swim-ming pool was installed at Co-lumbia Park...The pool was orig-inally not covered and the water was COLD!...A person can only question the wisdom of such an enterprise; the idea of building a swimming pool that only could be used for three months out of the year seems somewhat like fis-cal folly...Regardless, it was our pool, and many a friend met there, and many an adolescent romance budded within the confines of that chilly water. In 1975, after much effort, the pool was remodeled and covered, and now remains a pop-ular spot for exercise and fun in a year-round capacity. The water is heated, the accommodations far superior to the days of the open-air ice chest...” (See full article in this issue). It’s obvious from this account
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that it was a local effort that got the pool built and improved, and it will only be local effort that can ensure its continued survival. Speaking as a member of the coalition of concerned residents, PNA vice-chair Wheeler-Weber said, “We want to be sure that we are connecting to, collaborating with and informing others who would be impacted by the loss of Columbia pool. We are confident that if we work together, we can save Columbia Pool.” The group suggested several actions con-cerned residents can take:• Join us at Park’s budget hearing Tuesday, April 2, and invite others to also. It’s 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Arrive at 5:30 if you want to give testi-mony) It will be at IRCO Main Office–Gym, 10301 NE Glisan Street. You don’t have to speak at the meeting to make a difference; your physical presence will speak volumes!
• Join us in contacting your rep-
resentatives and letting them know how this will impact your commu-nity. Kenton Neighborhood Asso-ciation has posted a draft letter and speaking points.Ted Wheeler, Mayor: 503-823-4127Nick Fish, Commissioner: 503-823-3589Chloe Eudaly, Commissioner: 503-823-4682Amanda Fritz, Commissioner: 503-823-3008JoAnn Hardesty, Commissioner: 503-823-4151• Spread the word—savecolum-biapool.comand the Save Co-lumbia Pool Facebook page are sources of information that can be shared.• Use the city’s online form to voice your dissent on this pro-posed budget cut. A link can be found at historickenton.com/pool. The website is a treasure trove of other online links to ac-tions, volunteer possibilities and feedback to help save the pool.
350PdX no. PoRtland team: 2nd Thurs ea mo. 7-8:30pm. Anna Bannanas, at 8716 N Lombard.aa unity. seRviCe, ReCoveRy.: Out to Lunch Bunch AA OTLB A new home for recovery. Noon meetings, M-F 12-1pm. Portland Baha’i Center, 8720 N. Ivanhoe St. aRBoR lodge neigHBoRHood assn: Meet on the 3rd TUES. ea month, 6:30-8pm, Kenton Firehouse, 2209 N. Schofield aRBoR lodge/Kenton neigHBoRHood emeRgenCy team (net): Meets at 7pm on 3rd Mon at Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N. Brandon. All welcome. More info: www. portlandpre pares.org ameRiCan legion, st. JoHns Post #98: Meets 4th Tues., 11:00 AM, St Johns Community Ctr. 8427 N. Central. Contact Gerald 503-289 0855 BRidgeton neigHBoRHood assoCiation: Board meetings: 2nd Tues monthly at 6:30pm. Public is invited; check LiveBridgeton.org for locations. CatHedRal PaRK neigHBoRHood assn: Gen. Meetings: 2nd Tue, 7pm at BES Water Lab 6543 N Burlington. Board Meets 1st Tues of mo pm @ Occidental Wursthaus, 6635 N. Baltimore. CuB sCout PaCK 52: Meets Mon @ St. Johns Christian Church, 8044 N. Richmond. We welcome all families with boys in K-5. Contact Jeff at 971-226-6394 w/ questions. east ColumBia neigHBoRHood assn: Meets the 2nd Tues of each month from 7-8:30pm at the Columbia Rvr RV Park Comm. Rm, 10649 NE 13th. FRiends oF BaltimoRe woods: General meeting: 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm at the BES Water Lab, 6543 N. Burlington. FRiends oF ColumBia PaRK (FoCP) Board meetings: 2nd Thurs 7pm. Columbia Cottage 4339 N. Lombard [email protected] FRiends oF PieR PaRK: meeting: Third Monday, 6:30pm at St. Johns Community Ctr., 8427 N Central game nigHt in st. JoHns: Coming back soon....watch here for more info!! gatHeRing, tHe: Meets 4 times a year. 5-7pm @ various locations within the community. UPCOMING: 2019: June 4, Sep 3, Dec 3; 2020: Mar 3, Jun 2, Sep 8, Dec 1. Hayden island neigHBoRHood netwoRK: Meetings: 2nd Thur, 7pm, at the Oxford Suites, 1226 N. Jantzen Beach Dr., Kenton Business assn: 1st Thursday of the month, 9am at Kenton Firehouse 2nd fl. 2209 N. Schofield Kenton neigHBoRHood assn: Board Meetings: 2nd Wed., 7pm, Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N. Brandon linnton neigHBoRHood assn: Meetings: 1st Wed. of odd mos; 7-9 at Linnton Comm. Ctr., 10614 NW St. Helens. noRtH PoRtland eagles aeRie & auXiliaRy #3426: Everyone welcome on Fridays for Dinner at 5:45 PM ($12) and Bingo at 7PM (3 cards for 25 cents}. Membership meetings are 2nd & 4th Thurs at 7PM. 7611 N. Exeter Ave. at Lombard St. noRtH PoRtland land use gRouP: Meets 4th Thursday of the month at Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N Brandon. 7pm oCCuPy st JoHns: Meets Weds. 7:00pm at Anna Bannanas, 8716 N Lombard oveRlooK neigHBoRHood assn: Gen Meetings 3rd Tues of each mo except Aug & Dec @ Kaiser Town Hall, 7-9pm. Board Meetings: 1st Tues. each mo at Overlook Hse, 3839 N. Melrose Dr. Peninsula oPtimist CluB: Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays (except holidays) at noon at Darcy’s on Fisk & Lombard. General public is welcome to attend meetings to learn about the club. There will be a guest speaker at most meetings. Questions—contact George Galati 503-283-7998. Piedmont neigHBoRHood assn: Piedmont NA General Meeting, Headwaters Theater, 55 NE Farragut St #9, 7-9PM. PoRtland HaRBoR Community advisoRy gRouP: Offers a gathering of thoughts on the Superfund. Concerns re the contamination in the Portland Harbor Superfund? Join the com munity to meet with the agencies in charge. Meetings include Informational presentations; Opportunity to give opinions. Meetings as announced. For more info call: 503-894-9295. BES: 6543 N Burlington, under St Johns Bridge 6:30 PM. Steering Committee meets every 4th Tuesday at 6:30. www.portlandharborcag.info PoRtsmoutH neigHBoRHood assn: First Tuesdays of the month at Peninsula Oddfellows, 4834 N Lombard PoRtsmoutH/univeRsity PaRK net: (Neighborhood Emergency Team) meets 2nd Tues each mo. 6:30pm-8pm at New Columbia (the old) Columbia international cup café, 9022 N Newman. PuBliC saFety aCtion Committee: Meets 4th Wed. ea. mo., 7-9pm, Kenton Firehouse, 2209 N. Schofield. saFety and livaBility team (salt): Meetings are the 1st Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Johns Main Street Office, 8250 N. Lombard. st. JoHns BoosteRs: Meets 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7:15 am. Meeting locations vary. Check the website, StJohnsBoosters.org, for meeting location and agenda. st. JoHns lions CluB: Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays each month at Patti’s Deli, downtown St. Johns st. JoHns CenteR FoR oPPoRtunity (main stReet): Meets at 8250 N. Lombard. Fore more info go to: stjohnsmainstreet.org st. JoHns neigHBoRHood assn: General Meeting is 2nd Mon. at the St. Johns Community Ctr, 8427 N. Central. st. JoHns tRee team: Meets at the Occidental Wurst House Cafe, 1st Monday of the month. Contact Kyle Janus, [email protected] toPs: (taKe oFF Pounds sensiBly): Abundant Life Church 3935 N Lombard 6pm to 7pm every Tuesday. univeRsity PaRK Business assoCiation: 7pm at Darcy’s at the corner of Fiske/Lombard from 6-7:30pm. univeRsity PaRK neigHBoRHood assoCiation: Meets: Jan., Apr., July & Oct on 4th Monday 7pm at the Chiles Ctr at the UP, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. veteRans oF FoReign waRs (vFw): Peninsula PEP Post 1325 meets 1st Tues., 7pm at the Eagles Hall, 7611 N. Exeter Ave. Contact Bruce W. Hall 503-285-8468 or vfw [email protected]
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NORTH PORTLAND POLICE REPORTSDOUBLE SHOOTING IN PORTSMOUTH News Release from Portland Police BureauOn Friday, March 1, 2019, at 12:30 a.m., officers assigned to the North Precinct responded to the Ports-mouth Neighborhood on two sep-arate shooting incidents. Officers arrived in the area and searched for suspects and anyone injured
by gunfire. No victims of gunfire were located at the scene or have arrived at local area hospitals. As officers continued the investiga-tion, they canvassed the two areas and located evidence of gunfire. Members of the Tactical Operation Division’s Gun Violence Response Team (GVRT) responded to as-sume the investigation. They will determine if the two incidents are
related. One person was detained during the investigation. Anyone who witnessed this shooting or who possesses video surveillance of the shooting is asked to contact GVRT at 503-823-4106. ========================WOMAN ARRESTED DURING TRAFFIC STOP FIREARM RECOERED
News Release from Portland Po-lice BureauOn February 28th, 2019, at 7:30 p.m., Officers assigned to the Tac-tical Operations Division (TOD) were performing extra patrols in various neighborhoods. During their patrol, a traffic stop was con-ducted on N. Columbia Blvd near N. Mohawk Ave. During the traffic stop, a firearm and a dagger were found on one of the passengers of the car. That passenger, 18 year-old Cecelia M Manzaneres, was arrest-ed and the firearm and dagger were
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there have not been work training programs at local high schools and community colleges aligned with needs of local industry. Such pro-grams might help combat the ef-fects of gentrification by allowing job seekers to stay in the area. The first order of business for Adamski and SJCO is to research transportation options for those who may want to work locally. Local businesses are being sur-veyed to better understand their needs. To understand the data, the Rivergate Transportation Advoca-cy Group has been formed and has met over the last year. The group includes business stakeholders who recognize the limitation of too few TriMet buses serving the area. Human resource manager at Cintas, Ananda Raj, said he has offered jobs to candidates who
were unable to accept them once they understand the limitations of TriMet service. Besides more local bus service, the future com-pletion of the npGreenway Trail could be a possible alternative means to connect local workers with jobs. Keeping commutes short by working locally is good for em-ployees who will waste less time driving to jobs. It helps the com-munity by combating traffic con-gestion and the negative effects of auto pollution. This is especially true if commuters use alternative transportation options. It’s a bene-fit to employers too, since it makes employees more reliable. St. Johns
and north Portland have tradition-ally provided steady workers to local businesses, with many stable residents who have chosen to put down roots in the community and raise families here.The SJCO’s outreach effort will offer job seekers several opportu-nities:1) A jobs board featuring a grow-ing number of local job openings. A list of local jobs can also be found on their website at stjohn-sopportunity.org/local-jobs.2) A workforce navigator, a men-tor for job seekers, who works in partnership with the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organi-zation (IRCO), and provides job
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ment, vocational training and cer-tification courses, as well as reten-tion services. The navigator will also spearhead youth workforce development which provides work experience and prepares students for college and beyond.3) An annual Jobs Fair in conjunc-tion with the St. Johns Community Expo each January. Employers are invited to table and interview pro-
spective employees or distribute applications4) Career readiness workshops5) Economic development support for businesses For more information, or to make an appointment, contact Babs Ad-amski at [email protected]. You can visit the Center, Tuesday through Friday at 8250 N. Lombard Street.
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