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SERVING NORTH PORTLAND AND THE COLUMBIA/WILLAMETTE CROSSROADS SINCE 2001 – VOLUME 6 ISSUE 3 MARCH 2006 HATE CRIME: Not in my back yard Sauvie Islanders rally in TTHEHE HHISTORYISTORY wake of anti-gay attack IISSUESSUE

Residents of Sauvie Island were shocked and outraged by last February’s anti-gay attack. Many pledge to fi ght back. PHOTO BY DAVID ARPIN

By Will Crow/ Julie Sabatier/Cornelius Swart

Residents of Sauvie Island recoiled in shock and rallied in solidarity in mid- TTHEHE DEVELOPEMENTDEVELOPEMENT OOFF SST.T. JJOHNSOHNS ONON THETHE WALLWALL OFOF February after anti-gay diatribes were spray- TTHEHE PORTLANDPORTLAND BBAHA’IAHA’I CCENTERENTER SSHOWSHOWS A GGLIMPSELIMPSE painted on walls and vehicles during the OOFF THETHE REGIONSREGIONS PAST.PAST. SEESEE PPAGEAGE 9 burglary of a homosexual neighbor. “We are upset about it,” said Dave Koennecke, chair of the Sauvie Island Boosters. “It’s a hard one.” St. Johnsʼ high school centennial brings “I hope it doesn’t hurt him any more.” The victim, George Soule, a medical doctor Roosevelt rides again celebration, renewed support, auto shop and psychiatrist, came home Wednesday, Feb. By Elizabeth Fuller 15, at 9-9:30 p.m. to fi nd two cars (which may A two-part series “It’s my school!” exclaimed Mike Noce, or may not have belonged to him) vandalized a 1955 graduate of Roosevelt High School, in front of his home. He called the sheriff’s This year Roosevelt High School will when asked why he’s still involved with his offi ce immediately to report this as well as the be part of a celebration commemorating alma mater. burglary of his home. 100 years of high school education in St. Noce helps with the Women’s Upon arrival, the offi cers noticed signs of Johns. Over the years, RHS has struggled Scholarship Association that provides physical entry into the home. Two detectives with declining test scores and enrollment tuition assistance to some of Roosevelt’s are currently working the case, and neighbors and now fi nds itself in the midst of a female college-bound graduates. He and have been notifi ed. The spray-painted dramatic restructuring. More recently, a hundreds of other Roosevelt alumni are messages on the vehicles were described by new community non-profi t has come to preparing for several weeks of celebrating sheriff’s offi ce spokesman Lt. Michael Shults its aid, aiming to restore extracurricular Roosevelt’s centennial, with events that John Tuescher is part of a community effort to activities that have been missing at Roosevelt as “derogatory remarks threatening harm See ROOSEVELT / Page 18 towards the homeowner.” help bring auto shop and other activities back to for years. Roosevelt High. PHOTO BY DAVID ARPIN See HATE CRIME / Page 17 BREW PUB BLOSSOMS VAUDEVILLE REVIVAL Fifth Quadrant brings NW Portland brew pub Miz Kitty brings turn-of-the-century variety BETWEEN THE PAGES franchise to N Williams show to N Mississippi See Restaurant Review page 6 Page 9 CONDO CLASH SMITH LAKE TRAIL SWAMPED NO FREE PARKING? Neighbors halt Cathedral Park Development Issues muddy waters surrounding new trail THE LIL’EST LIGHTHOUSE Page 2 Page 7 City gets bright idea, parking meters for St. Johns. Yea!!! Sauvie Island’s historic charmer SUNKEN BOAT BLAST FROM THE PAST Page 3 Page 13 Tales from Far Northwest Portland St. Johns Heritage Society never forgets See Far NW Territory Page 3 Page 4 ALEXAKIS ROCKS THE P-CLUB REMEMBERING ROSA PARKS Portsmouth Club hosts all-star fundraiser Refl ections on Women’s History Month SCHOOL CASH CRISIS See Arts & Culture page 8 Page 16 Some schools get grants, others prepare for RUM SLINGS & RAZOR WIRE the worst N Russell street, where everything old is new Page 3 again. PRSRT Std Page 4 NEW MCMENAMINS US POSTAGE Funeral parlor now to host merrymaking ST. JOHNS HONDA HITS ROAD PAID Page 3 Dealership sells, fate still unclear. Permit No. 88 Page 4 GRESHAM, OR Page 2 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 some of the very best qualities of our senior generation of Peninsula residents. The Biggest Name Publisher’s Page Our profi le of a vaudeville act (page 9) on in North Portland News N Mississippi shows how a new generation is taking the past and making it their 15,500 own. From the Historic Little Chapel of the Chimes (page 3) on N Killingsworth Distributed the 1st Wednesday becoming the North Portland’s newest of the month Living in the Past McMenamins franchise (our 3rd) to Sauvie 11,500 Our region is blessed with a deep Island’s Warrior Rock Lighthouse (page “We won’t know where we’re going 13) the state’s smallest and one of its oldest Direct Mail history. Stories like the St. Johns Heritage if we don’t know where we’ve been.” That Society (page 4) show how some in our lighthouses, we’ve gone from one end of our common axiom sums up our intentions 4,000 community have dedicated their efforts to region to the other to fi nd you stories that with this issue of the Sentinel. Some tend will bring the past and the present to life. In Local North Portland Businesses preserving our cultural identity. Our article to ignore the past, refusing to learn from on N Russell (page 4) street illustrates how a So sit back, relax, and let us tell you a story… it, repeating their mistakes over and over. 1,200 street once known for nightlife is, after many Once upon a time… Others can get stuck in the past, refusing to Online readers decades, making a name for itself once again let go; covering the same old ground again as a late night hot spot. and again. Knowing, respecting and learning See you in the neighborhood, In our tribute to Lester Viles (page 13), Advertising That Works from the past is the best way to move into Cornelius Swart P.O. Box 3316 • Portland OR, 97208 the community honors the memory and PH: 503.287.3880 • FAX: 503.287.3880 the future and in that spirit we bring you our Publisher/Managing Editor The St. JohnsJ contributions of a man who symbolized www.stjohnssentinel.com Sentinel history edition. [email protected] businesses are all within the same block • • • TThehe St.St. JohnsJohns near Portsmouth and Lombard, yet their “I just wanted to say we really like the appearances are going down, rather than newspaper. I just wanted to call and say we SSentinelentinel Letters up. And this is despite urban renewal dollars appreciate the newspaper and we fi nd it very and opportunity for business growth. good to read.” We are so lucky to have independent and locally owned businesses in our John Barr The St. Johns Sentinel welcomes your FOR INFORMATION, CALL neighborhoods, but with that comes a Linnton/Forest Park letters, emails and phone calls. The paper Phone Call 5503-287-388003-287-3880 reserves the right to edit letters for length. You responsibility of the business owners to keep are free to comment on any subject except for up their properties, storefronts, and parking • • • Dear Editor, PUBLISHED BY other submitted letters. Letters must be free lots. I value our independent businesses, SYDHONDA MEDIA, LLC of intentionally defamatory or slanderous but unless they start doing a better job of My compliments to Will Crow and the material. The Sentinel does not take keeping up appearances, monster chains Sentinel on the four-part series “On the MANAGING EDITOR Waterfront” that you recently published. CORNELIUS SWART responsibility for the contents of letters nor do like Wal*Mart will come in and wipe them they necessarily refl ect the views of the paper all out. I’d hate to see that happen in North Helping to make the community aware of NEWS EDITOR or its publisher. Portland. this underused asset with Will’s thorough WILL CROW report is of great value to the future of North ARTS & CALENDAR EDITOR SHOW RESPECT FOR THE FLAG Sincerely, Portland. Also, I have received numerous Laura Hutton Dear Editor, LeAnn Locher Portsmouth inquiries from business and property COPY EDITOR owners on the details and availability of my MICHELE ELDER It is clear that the owner of the Shell station at N Columbia Way and Fessenden REGARDING THE NAME GAME (FEB 05) program of building improvements, which ASSISTANT EDITOR “I’ve lived in this neighborhood for is the underpinning of the revitalization of Chelsia Rice doesn’t really have much respect for the fl ag that fl ies over the station. They should have over 50 years. I do not like this term NoPo. the St. Johns business district. Mayor Katz ART DIRECTOR given it a decent burial long, long ago. I guess This is North Portland, North Portland. I sponsored and supported the supplemental THERESA ROHRER it is just up as a marketing gimmick. It is wish you would stop using the term NoPo in incentive funds I provided starting in sad how people will use treasured national the paper. Otherwise, fabulous paper! I’m 2000. The program provided another 30% GRAPHIC DESIGN over PDC’s 50% of construction costs on CONNERY WILSON symbols to promote their product. glad to see some young blood moving in and COLLEEN FROEHLICH taking over. But drop the NoPo boy!” storefront improvements. My time was Tom Wilson volunteered out of my retirement. In a CONTRIBUTORS

Linnton Anonymous Phone Call four-year period I improved 22 buildings, Laura Hutton • • • Vanessa Timmons added more than $2 million in real estate Christopher Knott NOT REVITALIZED ENOUGH While I think that the Sentinel ought value, fi lled empty storefronts, improved Chelsia Rice to increase in professionalism as the St. businesses, and created jobs. Andrew Ostrom Dear Editor, Johns neighborhood “upgrades” itself, and I am proud to share this very successful Elizabeth Fuller North Portland is experiencing Derek Long therefore ought not overuse slang, I think accomplishment with Mayor Katz and the some big changes in the population and Celeste de la Cruz it a ridiculous waste of time and counter- building owners for the results we all enjoy Patricia L. MacAodha demographics, but alas, I’ve recently been community to fret over what the neighbors today. The program is no longer available. Eva Hershaw disappointed in changes and lack of changes Julie Sabatier are calling their area. After all, “North The current mayor is a “visionary,” not a going on with businesses on North Lombard, Anya Hankin Portland” is kind of a tongue-twister...try doer, and is not interested in continuing the Eben Pindyck specifi cally with how things are looking at saying it fi ve times fast! Now, I wonder if program. Tim McLaughlin Fabic Wod (notice the missing letters in their Robert H. Hamrick those opposed to the slang know that many name that have been missing for years), the Amy Birmingham of us St. Johns residents lovingly refer to our Thank you for the informative Sentinel. poor upkeep and maintenance at the Eagles neighborhood as “The John?” Bud Logan PHOTOGRAPHERS Lodge, and the 3-month-old horrid dripping NW Portland David Arpin green paint job on Lucky Mart. These Wendy V. Chelsia Rice Colleen Froehlich Cathedral park confrontation THE ST. JOHNS SENTINEL PO BOX 3316 PORTLAND, OREGON 97208 Fate of development halted by neighbors still uncertain WWW.STJOHNSSENTINEL.COM [email protected] By Derek Long The future of a proposed fi ve-story Building Code Board of Appeals. “When we found out (Rystadt’s) plan apartment building above Cathedral Park Rystadt’s company, Main Street was for a fi ve-story building, we were remains in question in the face of new Development Inc., originally applied to surprised by it,” said Friends of Cathedral developments. build on the site in 2002. Although Rystadt Park member Jim Barnas. MISSION: Construction on the 29-unit residential had attempted to renew the permit to allow A similar proposed condominium on TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION, PRINT AND PHOTO JOURNALISM IN THE SERVICE OF COMMUNITY. building was halted after protests led by the construction at the Cathedral Park location, North Baltimore Ave. was halted in 2003 in Cathedral Park Neighborhood Association the Bureau of Development Services cited the face of local opposition. THIS NEWSPAPER IS PUBLISHED THE FIRST WEEK OF and communication between the developer, the original permit expiring in 2003 as their Erik Palmer, the Land Use Chair EACH MONTH AND IS CIRCULATED FREE IN THE MAIL. protesters, and City offi cials. On January reason to stop construction. In a letter to for Friends of Cathedral Park, said that LIMITED EXTRA COPIES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. ALL ADVERTISING, ARTICLES AND PHOTOS ARE DUE BY 28 approximately a dozen local residents Rystadt, the BDS said they would consider if the property is sold he’d like to see it THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH FOR THE NEXT MONTHS opposed to the development confronted refunding the plan review and permit fees he developed under the zoning guidelines of ISSUE. ALL PHOTOS, ADS AND ARTICLES ARE THE construction crews at the site. paid to the City. the neighborhood plan. PROPERTY OF SYDHONDA MEDIA, LLC. COMMUNITY CALENDAR ITEMS ARE PUBLISHED FREE OF CHARGE An attorney for developer Eric Rystadt The Friends of Cathedral Park “We’d like to see a high-quality, medium- AND ARE DUE BY THE 15TH. ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE said the City was wrong to revoke the building Neighborhood Association had opposed the density residential property on the site,” said SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT THE EDITORIAL TEAM'S permit for the building site on N Decatur. planned building since development began Palmer. “That is exactly what the property is DISCRETION. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR Rystadt is seeking to have his construction in October 2005. Residents have expressed zoned for under the St. Johns Plan.” $10.00 PER YEAR (12 ISSUES). NONE OF THE CONTENTS MAY BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART permit reinstated and threatening to seek concern that the development wouldn’t fi t 30 WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PUBLISHER. further monetary damages from the City. A in with the neighborhood vision of the St. hearing is scheduled for February 23 at the Johns Plan. Page 2 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 March 2006 • St. Johns Sentinel • Page 3 Local schools brace for cash crisis Some schools get new grants, others ready for the bottom to drop out FAR NW By Tim McLaughlin It was around a Roosevelt High School Meanwhile, Principal John Walden of George Middle School principal Beth TERRITORY library table one chilly morning last month Astor Elementary School is resigned if not Madison says she has absolutely no idea how that U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and Gov. Ted gloomy about next years prospects. the imminent budget cuts will affect her St. Tales from Sauvie Island Kulongoski sat down with several Rough “It’ll be tough,” Walden mused. “I feel Johns school. She expects George to suffer Riders and listened to students spell out we’re shorthanded now. We’ve already cut reductions across the board — some staff, and Far NW Portland exactly how a federally funded program PE, our counselor, librarian, art teacher.” some school days, a little here, a little there. called Gear Up had improved their academic Walden chose to cut those positions in This is the price a school pays, she performance at school. order to maintain smaller class size, which explained, if it is to retain its core instruction President Bush zeroed-out all Gear typically translates to more individualized — reading, writing, math, science — which Up funding from the budget he delivered attention for students. drives the increased student achievement to Congress last month. Wyden and the On the other hand, Ockley Green that George is experiencing. governor promised to take the issue back to Middle School seems fl ush with money, “Just because the funding may decrease Washington and lean on it. “The governor thanks to a $5 million grant aimed at doesn’t mean that teaching and learning have and I will be your lobbyists,” the senator establishing a “Jefferson Cluster Magnet to suffer,” Madison said, “though we’ll have assured the students. Program” that weds technology with the to rally parents, community members, and The governor didn’t offer a way out of arts. The program is designed to integrate non-school personnel to fi ll in and help.” the school district’s looming $50 million eventually with changes in curriculum and George M.S. is also getting a boost from budgetary shortfall next year. grade confi guration at Beach and Chief University of Oregon researchers who, with “We must recognize the uniqueness of Joseph Elementary Schools and other a $2.3 million grant in their pocket, are a large urban school district like Portland,” Jefferson cluster schools. collaborating with George (and Northeast he pointed out. “No other district in the “The grant means a good amount of middle schools Beaumont and Gregory The ordeal of the state resembles it. Old facilities, declining seed money to buy teachers, equipment, Heights) on a study about how middle sunken boat: Part 1 enrollment, a focus in the state for special renovation, and professional development,” schools can support students and families By Eben Pindyck ed. These uniquenesses require greater explained Carol Egan, an assistant principal during the transition into adolescence. investment.” of the middle school. 30 Ted Carr tells me that most boats that sink do so while they are docked. This surprises me at fi rst, but considering the current situation, it quickly makes sense. Parking meters for St. Johns? Ted, myself, and about fi ve members of his crew are standing on a dock next City starts process, residents, businesses balk to a sunken boat that is almost entirely By Andrew Ostrom submerged in Portland’s loveliest of rivers — the Willamette. “Ewww!” and potential impact in the seven following What protrudes above the surface is “Not a good idea at all.” business districts: Hawthorne, MLK/Grand, only some sonar equipment attached to the These are some of the responses given Belmont, Fremont, Hollywood, Division uppermost part of the boat. The rest isn’t by small business owners and customers and St. Johns. Over the next 12 months, visible and, from the looks of it, you would when asked, “What do you think of the members of the committee will meet on never have guessed that this bit of sonar is, in idea of parking meters in St. Johns?” Even a monthly basis to help develop parking fact, attached to a 42-foot steel beast. At least so, in spite of intense public objection, the concept plans, policies, goals, parking so says the boat’s owner, who is standing with Portland Department of Transportation management structure, and transportation us on the dock, watching the entire process (PDOT) planned to convene a committee at improvement needs. with a surprisingly upbeat demeanor. the end of February to conduct a feasibility The thinking behind parking meters Northwest River Tow, the small business study regarding the possible establishment in smaller business districts is that it will behind this operation, is owned by Ted Carr. Based on Sauvie Island, Northwest River of paid parking management. provide revenue for local projects. The Tow frees and tows stranded boats (new The study is called the Neighborhood money generated through the NPBP will yacht owners provide ample business in the The empty streets of St. Johns. You need cars and Parking Benefi t Program (NPBP), and it customers before you can start to charge for parking. summer), as well as doing jobs similar to will evaluate the current parking conditions See METERS / Page 18 First things fi rst. the present challenge. Currently, Ted’s goal PHOTO BY CHELSIA RICE is to raise this sunken vessel to the surface, pump the river water out of it, and tow it to a nearby lift. This goal, however, is proving to be just as diffi cult as it sounds. North Portland gets 3rd McMenamins Two divers, clad in wetsuits, are at work beneath the surface. It quickly becomes apparent that lifting this boat will require as Mortuary to host merrymaking, corporate headquarters much brain as brawn. By Julie Sabatier One of the primary methods being applied to surface this boat is to use North Portland will see its third & Pub and the White Eagle Saloon in the later. They specialize in revitalizing historic enormous, infl atable bags. These bags are McMenamins pub open this summer, chain’s North Portland stable. The Kennedy buildings such as the dance hall that became called, appropriately enough, “parachute bringing new life to a building formerly School at 5736 NE 33rd Ave. is nearby in the Crystal Ballroom and the Kennedy School. bags” and the largest are each the size of a reserved for the dead. Northeast Portland. The psychedelic artwork featured in each The building is the Little Chapel of the “We have not decided on a name for refurbished building usually harkens back to truck. The crew infl ates the bags by using Chimes on N Killingsworth Street just east of the pub yet,” said Renee Rank, marketing its former incarnation. This will no doubt a heavy-duty air compressor and attaches Commercial Avenue. Constructed in 1933, director for McMenamins, “but our prove challenging in the transformation of them by ropes to the sunken boat. it operated as a funeral home until August, historians have been over there and they do Little Chapel of the Chimes from mortuary Parachute bags, however, are not the when it closed its doors in anticipation of look at the building for what it may have to drinking establishment. only bit of heavy-duty equipment Ted Carr the fall sale to McMenamins. been immediately prior to us purchasing it, “The artwork is going to be emphasizing uses for such work. Attached to his red-and- The shop will join the St. Johns Theater but also any sort of past that it had before the depression era and the craftsmanship of white boat are two 225-hp outboard motors. that as well as the history of the location the original construction,” said Rank. She The sunken boat and Ted’s boat are connected itself.” said organ music, neighborhood history and by a thick rope and when Ted presses the Many of the former chapel employees the building’s original owners would also be throttle down, river water is churned up in a have moved over to Ross Hollywood Chapel featured in the décor. turbulent mess that rocks the dock with the off of Sandy Boulevard. McMenamins has a lot on its plate force of each wave. “We do miss the neighborhood,” said right now with the new building as well as However, despite the effort, even despite Clay Wilhelm, who worked as a funeral some remodeling projects in several of their the horsepower, nothing much is working. By director in the Little Chapel of the Chimes existing locations. They are currently adding the end of a cold fi rst day, not much beyond for 18 years. “It had a lot of character.” a new bar area behind the Bagdad Theater the sonar equipment has reemerged. “I’m sure that there are so many different and doing some work on the rooftop bar Ropes are again attached and reattached, stories that will come out of that area and at Hotel Oregon in McMinnville. Both checked and rechecked. The crew formulates that building as well,” said Rank. projects are scheduled for completion later a new plan, then another, but it is getting When the new location opens this this month. colder and darker. summer, McMenamins will move its The Little Chapel of the Chimes project When I discuss the boat with its owner, headquarters from its current location will be underway through the winter and he tells me that it was, in fact, intended to be behind the Mission Theater in NW Portland spring as McMenamins works to turn a to the top fl oor of the Little Chapel of resting place for the dead into a thriving a “fi sh sanctuary.” the Chimes. The main fl oor will become social gathering spot. “You mean one of those boats that are the 53rd McMenamins pub in the Pacifi c “It seems strange,” said Wilhelm, “Of sunk intentionally?” I ask. Yes, he tells me, Northwest. course, McMenamins buys all kinds of those are the ones. Brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin strange buildings. I’m anxious to see it once I laugh. He tells me he planned on We’re dying to get a drink. Little Chapel of the opened their fi rst pub in Portland in 1983, they transform it.” sinking the boat, most likely at sea, in order Chimes will soon become a new brew pub. followed by their fi rst brewery two years 30 PHOTO BY COLLEEN FROEHLICH See SUNKEN / Page 18 March 2006 • St. Johns Sentinel • Page 3 Page 4 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 History lives on in local heritage society 503 289-9505 8005 N. Lombard St. Real estate documents add to historical society’s trove from the past By Robert H. Hamrick

Nola McDonald, a resident of St. 19, 1903 (with a population reportedly Oregon Historical Society, was founded in Johns for over 30 years, has been thinking hovering around 2,000 people), and city 1975 by Howard Galbraith (the fi rst president about a move to Bend, but she dreaded the offi cials and the fi re department occupied a of the Oregon Archaeological Society) as the idea of moving and cleaning out all that new St. Johns City Hall by 1907. St. Johns’ History Group. In 1976 the group accumulated clutter. A controversial 1911 vote by the published “St. Johns History -- Bicentennial But the effort paid off. From the clutter residents of St. Johns approved annexation First Issue” as a means to preserve the oral there surfaced carbon copies of the chain by the City of Portland. However, the Oregon history of days gone by. of title for her former property at 7115 N Supreme Court ruled in favor of some St. Members continue to meet on the third Buchanan St., dating back to the original Johns’ offi cials who claimed the election was Wednesday of each month, at 10:30 a.m. in 1868 federal land grant to William Caples. unconstitutional. the cramped third fl oor board room-type The abstracts, chronicling the tumultuous But the 1913 Oregon State Legislature space of the old St. Johns City Hall (now the early years of St. Johns, are now part of responded by drafting a constitutional North Precinct) adorned with a collection of Fashion Outfits for Special Occasions the collection of the St. Johns Heritage amendment, which the people approved, St. Johns artifacts including photos, clothing, Association, a group dedicated to preserving allowing the legislature to set rules and memorabilia from the past century. Bride’s and Bride’s Maid’s Dresses, local history. concerning annexations. Two dozen members, many born in St. Flower Girls & Baptismal Outfits, Invitations, Tuxedos & Personalized Ribbons “I’m not a lawyer, but I did glean a lot And on April 4, 1915, the residents of Johns during the 1920s and ‘30s, gathered of information about St. Johns from [the St. Johns (with a population reportedly in mid-February over coffee and doughnuts documents],” McDonald added. swelled to 6,600) voted 799 to 499 in favor to share stories and refresh memories. The THE CITY THAT ONCE WAS of annexation with Portland. usual agenda took a back seat to the return In 1895, Caples vacated his right to many HISTORY LIVES ON of President Norma Regan, who has been streets and alleys in what was then called the Seeking a safe place for her documents, recovering from illness and the burning St. Johns Heights neighborhood to the City McDonald phoned old friends Jane and down of her Sauvie Island home. “A new of Portland. But on October 17, 1898, St. Austin Brown, members of the St. Johns start in life,” said Regan. And during a Johns was separated from Portland by an act Heritage Association. “The books ought to discussion of the documents donated by of the Oregon Legislature (reportedly over stay with St. Johns,” McDonald said. Nola McDonald, Regan praised her, “You tax issues). The St. Johns Heritage Association, a did the right thing.” St. Johns incorporated as a city on Feb. non-profi t organization affi liated with the See HISTORY / Page 18 Rum slings and razor wire North Russell Street moves through history from saloons to brew pubs By Derek Long The scene inside the 820 Lounge on a commercial strip popular with the Polish, typical Friday night could be from any one Russian and Scandinavian immigrants who of Portland’s hipper neighborhoods. Black- settled in the neighborhood to work in the clad twenty-somethings mingle and sip on lumber mills and waterfront industries. The owner Lucy Brennan’s renowned cocktails. red brick storefronts which once housed Further up the street, crowds fl ock to the saloons catering to immigrant dockworkers newly opened Wonder Ballroom to catch now contain upscale restaurants and (Above) Russell Street then, the famous heart of the CRN Mission: To prevent abuse and neglect live music. brewpubs. African American community, the corner of Russell in children birth through three by After years of decline, Russell is “The buildings are mostly from the early and Vancouver. (Below) Russell Street now, the partnering with caregivers committed reemerging in its historic role as a spot for 1890s and were built right after Albina was to strengthening their families. Mint and 820 at Russell and N Albina. New cocktail a drink and live entertainment. The street annexed,” said Cathy Galbraith, Executive lounges have replaced jazz clubs and turn-of-the Children’s Relief Nursery was long known for its nightlife, serving the Director of the Architectural Heritage century saloons. PHOTO BY COLLEEN FROEHLICH 8425 N Lombard Street 503-283-4776 various groups that settled and worked in the Center. www.crn4kids.org Lower Albina District. Urban renewal once “Up until the 1950s and ’60s there was played a role in destroying the vitality of the still a fair amount of commercial activity,” THANK YOU CORNER street. Now, with new businesses opening said Galbraith. “What ultimately impacted Thank you, Marian Blackford and the City planning a major overhaul of the health of the area was the construction and the North Portland Soroptomists, the street, community efforts hope to restore of the Fremont Bridge.” for hosting a baby shower to benefit Russell to its past glory days. Further up, the corner of Williams and CRN children with their gifts of BACK IN THE DAY Russell became the center of Portland’s beautiful children’s clothing, black community after the construction of books, toys and supplies. The area has a colorful history dating back to the period when Russell was a rough See RUSSELL / Page 19 WISH LIST We currently have a need for a double stroller, twin beds and newer cribs Please contact: St. Johns Honda Hits the Road Susan Proppe Tong By Anya Hankin Volunteer/Resource Coordinator 503-595-4512 After 42 years, Greg Morgan and his across the country, including Phoenix, Salt and his father will have left them. father George are hanging up their hats at Lake City, Denver, and the Chrysler Jeep “We’ve been so successful with this Honda of St. Johns. store in Hillsboro, Honda of St. Johns will location, and they can see that,” he says. NORTHSIDE “My father is 83 years old, and he be Larry H. Miller’s 41st dealership. Miller “You have to do something different out decided he wanted to retire,” explains Greg. also owns the Utah Jazz basketball franchise, in St. Johns — you have to offer folks RESTAURANT & “Our parent Honda company wanted us to the Delta Center Arena, and numerous other something a little special. Here, you deal move our car dealership to Hillsboro, and businesses in the Salt Lake City area. with just one salesperson, one person who LOUNGE we didn’t want to do that. We decided it was Though the sale won’t be completely takes you through all the steps. You can buy time to let someone else do that for us.” fi nal until late March or April, Greg asserts a car in half an hour. Nowhere else can you 1730 N. LOMBARD After considering several offers, Greg that it is practically a “done deal.” The Miller do that, and that will stay the same with the 503.289.2144 and George chose to sell their store to Larry Corporation is already moving in, bringing new owners.” H. Miller Corporation. With dealerships with them a state-of-the-art computer Eventually, the car dealership will move Breakfast served all day! system, plans for building upgrades, and lots to Hillsboro, and the St. Johns location will Friday Prime Rib Dinners: $10.95 of perks for customers and employees alike. stay open as a Honda service satellite. “Larry H. Miller can provide things Of the 35 employees who have worked Buy One Entree, that, as a family business, we just couldn’t,” with Greg and George, only three have Get the Second Entree explains the younger Morgan. Referring to decided to transition out with the father the company shifts that will take place with and son. Many of them have been with the the changeover, he says, “The customers company for over 20 years, and several of will come out ahead. Larry H. Miller has them grew up in the neighborhood. They 50% OFF their own fi nancing company and extended will remain at Honda of St. Johns, ensuring GOOD ALL DAY warranties — we didn’t have that.” Employees that the changes happen smoothly. Offer expires March 31, 2006 will now receive health and dental insurance, as well as 401k retirement plans. St. Johns Honda, 7740 N Lombard Street (503) Full Service Lounge - All Lottery Products Family owned and operated for four decades St. According to Greg, the new owners are 286-8811. Enjoy daily $2.95 Specials! Johns Honda owners drive off into the sunset. committed to keeping things much as he PHOTO BY COLLEEN FROEHLICH Page 4 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 March 2006 • St. Johns Sentinel • Page 5 Lombard’s islands Tax dollars return to the community to aid pedestrians The Naked Sheep By Elizabeth Fuller

Cars zoom by quickly on N Lombard. “Refuge islands,” Chris Duffy, the Arbor Knit Shop For fear of being caught on the double Lodge Neighborhood Association Chair, calls yellow, pedestrians must watch carefully for them. “The islands will provide pedestrian their opportunity to cross the busy street. safety and be a traffi c calming device.” Give a Laugh or Smile! The problem has not gone unnoticed Once built, the islands will make N by the Portland Development Commission’s Lombard more accessible by foot and help Interstate MAX Urband Renewal District and slow traffi c on the busy street. Though 50c OFF Portland’s Department of Transportation. a date has not yet been set, the islands are This spring the two organizations are expected to be completed by the spring, just Any Button, Magnet funding concrete pedestrian islands in the in time for residents to take safe advantage or Sticker middle of N Lombard to aid pedestrians at of warmer weather. Limit 5 items Expires 4/30/06 N Omaha and N Fenwick. 2142 N. Killingsworth 30 www.thenakedsheepknitshop.com Spun from history Fabric store dwelling in past, living on web, coming to NoPo

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By Christopher Knott Specializing in Italian traditions… • Bisco tti • Cannoli • Enter The Fifth Quadrant. This is the are daily pasta specials and actual entrees, C assata • Catering • • Hand -mad e Bread s • Restaurant third offering from the folks at The New Old including a rosemary pork loin or meatloaf • Lunch • Lompoc. Those who have visited the veteran with perfectly prepared mashed potatoes. CHINESE AND AMERICAN FOOD TO GO Italian Pastries • Tiramisu • Northwest brew pub will feel right at home Vegetarians take note: the veggie burger Wedding Cakes • 2025 N. LOMBARD in the new digs located just off Williams was run of the mill but the menu offers an 289-9104 Avenue at Failing Street. The main difference eggplant parmesan sandwich and a hummus here is that the new pub is a bit more family- wrap. The house nachos were smothered in BANQUET ROOM - COCKTAIL LOUNGE - CATERING friendly, even serving up tap root beer for black beans and salsa verde and could easily the kiddies. While it is certainly not the satisfy four. Available for special occasions playhouse that some restaurants can be, the All in all, the 5Q is not breaking any new OPEN DAILY 11AM - 2AM 5Q offers parents a chance to bring the kids ground here in its new locale. The environs Sunday Till Midnight out while enjoying a variety of microbrews are somewhat sterile and the location, and above-the-fray pub grub, all in a smoke- sandwiched between two busy streets, is free environment. a little awkward. However, the service is The 5Q sits in the southwest corner friendly and professional and the great of a newly remodeled building and shares specials are sure to make this new entry to space with Portland dessert destination Pix North Portland a neighborhood hot spot. Patisserie. While the décor at the 5Q is wholly reminiscent of most pubs around town, the The Fifth Quadrant, 3901 B N Williams Ave, Su Casa space is bright and airy, which is especially 503-288-3996. inviting on sunny days. In the evening, Mexican Restaurant candles set the bar aglow in a shimmering orange light. Absent is the constant glare of television screens that plague other bar Your home for settings. Six large booths divide the center of the room, with the bar side reserved for the best in fresh mex adults, and the other half open to all until 9:00 p.m. 3107 N Lombard Portland, OR 97217 503-285-5611 While the beer at the 5Q is still shipped over from across the river, plans are to have an operational brewery at the new location Save $5.00 sometime this spring. On a recent visit, the beer list included twelve different beers, with a purchase of including two nitro taps that sent tiny bubbles $20.00 or more. cascading beautifully down the glass (for the uninitiated, think Guinness). Cocktails are Not valid with any other offer. One coupon per table. available for those who prefer, but be warned Does not include alcoholic beverages that the lineup is limited. The 5Q offers more food choices than most bars. Meat lovers will have a fi ne And put a head on it! Alexandra Ford one of the time with the BBQ pork sandwich or an new sud-slingers at the new 5Q on N Williams. overwhelmingly large hamburger. There TELLING IT PHOTO BY COLLEEN FROEHLICH LIKE IT IS FOR OVER 11 YEARS. The Linnton market

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Page 6 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 March 2006 • St. Johns Sentinel • Page 7 Smith lake trail stuck in mire? 100 years of park history hits complications with Metroʼs latest trail By Elizabeth Fuller Over a hundred years ago, a fl edgling Portland hired the Olmsted Brothers, famous for designing Central Park and the White House gardens, to create a park system. They did, calling it the 40-Mile Loop. As Portland grew, so did the parks, to its current 140 miles encircling the ever-expanding city to form a nearly complete loop, the dream of its creators. “Right now the loop has 19 gaps,” says Pam Arden of the 40-Mile Loop Land Trust. At the end of January Metro approved a new trail, one that will hopefully provide access to Smith and Bybee Lakes and link with the 40-mile Loop. Arden’s organization hopes to fi ll in the gaps and fi nish the project over a century after it was begun. The new trail would connect an important gap near St. Johns and give access to 2,000 acres of wetlands, home to a wide variety to wildlife, including bald eagles, blue herons, and western painted turtles. This is how the world’s bravest pigeon sees North Portland, Smith and Bybee Lakes Metro’s proposed trail, called the South “In the past, Metro has been successful Slough Option, cuts along the rim of the St. continually monitors for contamination. at buying private property, or somehow Access is limited, and any trail would need Johns Landfi ll and then runs on the south creating a deal with the owners,” Burkholder side of the slough. The most expensive of to be fenced off from the landfi ll itself. said. “Columbia Steel is a business, so if we Funding is another unanswered four studied trails, it does not come without can fi nd a way to make the situation mutually complications. question, though Metro says it could go benefi cial I’m sure we can do it.” before voters in a $220 million bond levy in The fi rst problem: The proposed trail In addition, a bridge from the landfi ll to November. Burkholder suggested the trail will cut through land owned by Columbia the wetlands would need to be constructed, might qualify for federal transportation Steel. the feasibility of which “is a question of money. “We would oppose it, because of cost, affect to wetlands, and health and “It is a great opportunity that would security concerns,” said Martha Cox, chief safety,” said Paul Vandenberg of Metro’s bring access and jobs to the area,” Burkholder fi nancial offi cer. Solid Waste Department. The landfi ll has said. Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder was an estimated 12-14 million tons of waste, With such obvious complications, there upbeat when asked about the confl ict with having collected Portland’s trash for over 50 Columbia Steel. years until 1991. Metro owns the area and See TRAIL / Page 18

7th grader at Portsmouth Middle I love a parade School, Heather Usinger Historic parade gears up, chooses theme. chose the winning theme for this years St. By Amy Birmingham and Cornelius Swart Johns Parade. On the second Saturday of May the St. President Gary Boehm. Johns Parade ushers in the Portland Rose Themes are submitted by area Festival as the fi rst organized event of the schoolchildren. Last year’s theme was season. The parade was started in 1963 by “We walk hand in hand together,” and was member of her fourth grade drill team from area resident Jake Benshoff. Benshoff created submitted by Riana Briar, a fi fth-grade Astor Elementary. the parade as a culmination of a week of student at Holy Cross Elementary School. Her grandmother Margaret was slightly neighborhood spring cleaning. Benshoff’s This year the theme is “Lift Every Voice,” more enthused. The senior Ms. Usinger was “Clean-up, Fix-up, Paint-up” campaign and was submitted by Heather Usinger, 12, born and raised in St. Johns. “ I never wanted topped off with a parade that helped initiate of Portsmouth Middle School. Heather to live anywhere else,” she confi ded with quiet the coming of summer. received an award for her achievement at an reverence. “But I’ve never been in the parade.” Since then, the parade has grown and assembly on Feb. 24. Mr. Usinger also seemed excited about evolved into the third largest parade in “I don’t care if I go,” said the young Ms. the idea of his granddaughter participating Portland. Usinger when asked if she would march in in the festivities. “Yeah, that’ll be another Each year the parade has a theme that is the parade. Usinger lives in the Portsmouth day she’ll be out of the house,” remarked Mr. used as a slogan for the event and is printed neighborhood with her grandparents, Usinger from the comfort of his easy chair. on commemorative parade pins. Pins are Margaret and Bill. Let the festival begin! created by the St. Johns Boosters business Heather has been in the parade twice For more information about the St. Johns parade association and designed by Booster already, once as a Girl Scout and once as a contact Sharill Griffi n (503) 286-5979

“Getting ramped up” 3AVE")'AT New skate shop precedes revamped Pier skate park

By Derek Long Skateboarders in North Portland will the store is the only one in St. Johns. The might not be able to afford a pricier board. have a new focal point with the opening of majority of skateshops in the Portland Metro “I’m hoping that that will get kids who Urban Soul’s brand new skateshop. And area are located in downtown or suburban want to start skating a chance to try it out,” 0RODUCE with groundbreaking on the revamped Pier areas, leaving little option for NoPo skaters. said Arpin. Park Skatepark scheduled for April, local Arpin grew up in Salem and has been an Currently, the store stocks the Rebel line We have all of your holiday needs skaters are excited. avid boarder since the age of eight. Although of skateboards along with skating hardware. for those special family meals! “We’ve always dreamed of having a wintry weather has slowed the initial demand Urban Soul plans to be a full-service skate park in the area,” said Dave Arpin, the for skateboards, Arpin is optimistic. skateshop, carrying skate shoes and a variety new manager of the skate retail operation at “We’re getting ramped up,” said Arpin, of board brands. Urban Soul. “It’s exciting.” “I’m still just getting settled in.” The shop also has a brand new piercer, Urban Soul still features a tattoo/ With the expected opening of the Sterling Peterson, a move that will allow the piercing parlor, recording studio, and revamped Pier Park Skatepark sometime this store to have more hours for body piercing. lounge on North Lombard. The store is the summer, Arpin expects a rush of business. In addition, Urban Soul also hopes to brainchild of Pete Bogdanov and his wife, “Once a good park goes in, there is attain a liquor license for its lounge area by 722 N Sumner Ave. 503.460.3830 Donna. Bogdanov has described the vision always a boom in the skater population,” this summer. Open M-F 7:30am - 7pm for the store as to “celebrate urban culture said Arpin. in general.” In anticipation of the fl ood of young Sat 9am - 7pm Sun 9am - 6pm Of only a handful of shops in North skaters, the store will carry a cheaper Urban Urban Soul, 8957 N Lombard, (503) 419-9769 Portland to stock skateboarding equipment, Soul starter deck for young skaters who www.urbansoul.com 3MALLSTOREn")'ONDIVERSITY March 2006 • St. Johns Sentinel • Page 7 Page 8 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 Arts& Culture This club serves more than Everclear P-Club opens its doors to big acts, benefi ts PPS

Laura Hutton

There was a lot of Everclear being served opening bands included Portland’s own up at the Portsmouth Club Lounge last Sneakin’ Out. The cover money went straight month, and we’re not just talking alcohol. to the schools. Dustin Drago, owner of the Art Alexakis, lead singer and guitarist for the club, says he hopes that Alexakis’s move pop-sensation band Everclear, gave North will encourage more local acts to follow the Portlanders four nights of solo acoustic footsteps. Alexakis moved to Portland in revelry, for a mere ten bucks. The best part? 1992, and has been an advocate for Portland All the cover money went straight to Portland Public Schools and children’s rights. Public Schools. The benefi t show comes at time when It’s all part of the Portsmouth Club the funding for many arts and music Lounge’s new gig, “Acoustic Sundays.” Each programs are being cut in the schools. The month, the Portsmouth Club will feature a Portsmouth Club and Alexakis’s act drew in rotating schedule of musicians, highlighted a lot of money in February. The fi rst Sunday by the main act that will appear every of February, amid the hubbub and music, Sunday of the month. Last month, Alexakis’s Alexakis, who is also a father, made a speech about the necessity to support public schools. He announced that the crowd had raised $2,000 that night, and encouraged them to attend every Sunday, promising different songs and special guests each night. Drago also organized a VIP aspect to the concert. Persons with VIP passes had the opportunity to lounge in the front on sofas and be served alcohol by waiters. Many fans were there for the schools as well. Kerry Anderson, a St. Johns resident attending the show, said she hoped the P- Club’s move would be successful. “Portland Public Schools need a lot of money right now,” Anderson said, “I think we need to get creative, and the community of Portland needs to come together and think up ways to help out Portland Public Schools instead of just relying on tax money. I hope this is one of many events that is thought up in order to help Portland Public Schools. If it encourages similar programs, the schools could potentially make a lot of money.” Thumbs up to Art Alexakis of Everclear fame. Thanks for kicking down for Portland Schools. For more information, contact The Portsmouth www.stjohnscinema.com PHOTO BY LAURA HUTTON Club Lounge (5264 N Lombard, 503-4644), Acoustic Sundays, $10, doors at 7:30. The art of being Amy By Laura Hutton anniversary celebration. Customers watched Stoner begin and complete a painting throughout the day. Such “live action” art- making is common to Stoner’s method. “Buying art is a very personal process for some, and I want everyone to be as comfortable as possible when they view my work. I often have an easel set up where I’m currently working on a new piece so people can see a painting in progression. Yes, they get to see one of my paintings in its ‘ugly, unfi nished’ phase, but I fi nd that people like to see the process involved in art-making. It brings them closer to the piece to understand a bit of what went into making it.” Stoner has strong Oregon roots, holding a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Amy Art University of Oregon. She feel that her art has evolved greatly since moving to North Portland, which, she feels, fostered more of “It almost seems as though every person a sense of creative community. I meet is now living in North Portland!” say “That’s what I truly treasure about local artist and painter Amy Stoner. “After positive communities, there is always so always meeting these creative and talented much you can share and learn with each people, I can’t but have it affect my art- other. I became friends with a fellow artist making.” that lives just two blocks away from me, and After moving to the University Park my new neighbor next door is a watercolor area from the Southeast Portland, Stoner artist. That’s pretty amazing to me.” immersed herself in the North Portland ONLY FIRST RUN CINEMA PUB IN PORTLAND art community. She has held a position on Amy Stoner’s art will be featured on March 4 and the board of directors for the School and 5 at the house of Kristin Yout (2237 SE Brooklyn) Community Reuse Action Project (SCRAP), for the second year in a row at this year’s SE Art and has been involved in such community Walk, which is a self-guided tour of artwork art projects as the Artists’ Marketplace, Art hosted by studios, homes, and businesses in SE on the Peninsula, and the St. Johns Window Portland. For more information, visit www. Project. seportlandartwalk.com. Stoner’s work will also Stoner has also been selling her artwork be featured at Epicure Restaurant (407 NE 17th) at Quirks and Quandaries on North in the month of April. 8704 N Lombard, Portland, OR 503.286.1768 Mississippi for two years. In February, the store hosted her as a featured artist for its Page 8 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 March 2006 • St. Johns Sentinel • Page 9 MURAL, MURAL ON THE WALL ʻThe Development of St. Johnsʼ leaves legacy By Arwen Ungar In the upper left hand corner of the the mural because of his prominence in the The mural was very homogenous, with all mural inside the Baha’i Center is an image community as well as the work he performed white folks and maybe a few Indians. But of businessman A.W. Davis. A.W. Davis was as secretary for the building committee for still, it’s one of my favorites.” a member of the city council of the old City the St. Johns Bridge. The murals are rare examples of of St. Johns. His grandson Don Davis, now Ballator was born in Portland and American Expressionism, a movement 78, still lives in St. Johns and remembers attended the University of Oregon and the Jeffery said featured “bold social realism,” (Above) 1930s-era mural called the Development him well. Yale School of Fine Arts. His other known and “was posed as a contrast to the minimal, of St. Johns depicts, among others, town father AW “I tell you it looks just like I remembered works include “Contemporary Justice and conceptual, and apolitical art represented by Dave. (Below) AW’s grandson Don still lives in the him,” Davis said. “Those guys, for being Man,” located at the Department of Justice its successor, Abstract Expressionism.” neighborhood. PHOTO BY CORNELIUS SWART amateurs, were really good.” in Washington, DC. Jeffrey said the United States Postal The murals in what used to be the St. The building was sold to the Baha’i Service is working to preserve WPA-era post Johns Post Offi ce depict the development Center in 1992. The Baha’i Center is the offi ce art. and expansion of St. Johns. They were primary house of worship for the Baha’i The Murals are open for public viewing at the commissioned during the Works Progress community. The religion is a global multi- Portland Baha’i Center after devotional services Administration, a program designed to help cultural faith that originated in Iran in the around 10:30am on Sundays. Portland Baha’i, workers earn a wage in dire economic times. 19th century. 8720 N Ivanhoe, 503-289-6331 The Section of Fine Arts commissioned Although the building has been sold this particular mural, part of a series of 10 twice, the murals are still government painted in Oregon, in 1936. property, according to Kerry Jeffrey, the John Ballator and his assistants, Eric Customer Relations Coordinator for the WANTED! Lamade and Louis DeMott, painted the United States Postal Service in Portland. Artists, Crafters and Vendors murals in the post offi ce and called them “The mural is actually pretty signifi cant,” for “The Development of St. Johns.” Davis said Jeffrey said. “There are some questions about he thought his grandfather was pictured in the murals considering multiculturalism. Vaudeville revival Mississippi teams with old-fashioned entertainment

By Eva Hershaw

The entertainment known as vaudeville Handing out shameful door prizes, Now Open began in the late 1800s, prompted by a a sausage cookbook among the best, and Spring and Summer! national population movement into cities pulling volunteers onto the stage, Miz Kitty after the Industrial Revolution. Vaudeville engages the viewers seated an arm’s length It ain’t Lawerence Welk...or is it? Miz Kitty brings Reopens March 4-5, 2006 variety shows were intended to be clean, from her microphone. As a host, she has the variety show back to life at the Mississippi Pizza (503) 286-7752 family-friendly entertainment that could a certain gravitas about her, one of hard Pub. Whiskey Puppy’s Justin Auld (banjo), Rachel Gold 10614 NW St. Helens Rd (Hwy 30) (guitar) and Travis Harrison (bass) a’ pluckin’ and a’ appeal to the masses. whiskey and soft smiles. strummin’ on stage. The release of sound feature fi lms in With new performers banging on PHOTO BY EVA HERSHAW the 1920s and the ensuing Great Depression Miz Kitty’s door each month, the Parlour of the 1930s effectively brought about the always features a new lineup. January’s landing in Portland. She has grown roots as death of vaudeville. Needless to say, by the show featured seductive belly dancing, a member of a local old-time string band, 1960-70s, vaudeville’s only remaining legacy an inspirational cello performance, life- the Flat Mountain Girls, and now as the host were TV variety shows from the likes of Ed size puppets, and a fl awless juggling set of the popular Miz Kitty’s Parlour. Sullivan and Carol Burnett. Lucky vaudeville to Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.” Based on Miz Kitty’s Parlour has been a large performers found spots for their acts on its recent achievements, it seems that the part of a recent revival in vaudevillesque- televised programs or “audio vaudeville” Parlour will continue to run the servers type entertainment taking hold of the City. shows on the radio, but the majority were and bartenders of the Mississippi Pizza Cabaret, vaudeville and burlesque shows have unemployed, unable to fi ght the national Pub into the ground the third Saturday of been popping up throughout Portland, their movement to broadcast entertainment. each month. popularity steadily growing. The constantly Their talent, however, lives on. Portland Miz Kitty, alternately known as changing lineup, a wide spectrum of ushers in a new generation of vaudeville Lisa Marsicek, has always loved old- performers, and the high energy of multiple talent as the older generation passes into fashioned entertainment. Today she retains stage changes has given this “revusical,” and history. an impressive collection of old-time others of its kind, an advantage. On January 21, Miz Kitty’s Parlour, drew memorabilia, with antique Victrolas and an overfl owing assortment of Portland’s Edisons to boot. Her interest in the vaudeville Miz Kitty’s Parlour, third Saturday of the month, fi nest. The vaudeville-style show offered six era came from performers such as the Marx October - June, 7 p.m., Mississippi Pizza Pub 15-minute acts. It was a quick trip back to the Brothers and Mae West, who successfully 3552 N Mississippi Ave., (503) 231-5915 late 1800s, to a cabaret style of entertainment made the transition from live to televised www.mizkittyparlour.com emphasizing the intimate involvement of the entertainment. Originally from Chicago, she crowd in the performance. moved to Georgia for a short while before

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Send us a press release or info about BikeWorks.” Come support one of North Portland’s Wonder Ballroom (128 NE Russell St., 503-284-8686) $19 Jenny, 8:30 pm. March 16—Cocktail Cabaret, $10. your April event (by March 14) to: friendliest and most dedicated non-profi ts. adv., all ages, doors at 8:00 pm. March 17—Scotland Barr & The Slow Drags, 9:30 pm, $6. March 18—Portland Rock Collective pres- [email protected] North Portland BikeWorks (3951 N Missis- John Gorka at Mississippi Studios ents TBA, 9:30, $6. March 23—Michael Nailer’s sippi Ave., 503-287-1098, www.npdxbikeworks.org, Calendar compiled by Laura Hutton CD release, 8:30 pm, $4. March 24—Freak Moun- [email protected]) 8:00 pm. March 30—John Gorka, New Jersey-born folk legend, will be performing at Mississippi Studios. tain Ramblers, 9:30 pm, $6. March 31—Michael Shapiro Band, 9:30 pm, $8. Our Picks Dick Weissman Gorka has played music since he could press down guitar strings, and has toured with the likes of Nan- March 16—St. Johns Booksellers presents Dick (836 N Russell St., 503-282-6810, www.mcmenamins.com) ci Griffi th and Bill Morrisey and combined musical Waste Not Weissman reading from Which Side Are You On? An All shows start at 8:00 pm, free, and 21+ unless otherwise efforts with Ani DiFranco, Mary Chapin Carpenter, March 4—Benefi t for SCRAP (School and Commu- Inside History of the Folk Music Revival in America. noted. and Lucy Kaplanksy. Steeped in traditional folk nity Reuse Action Project) and Disjecta, presented The book focuses on American folk music over music, Gorka’s tunes are haunting and nostalgic. by Tazo Tea: “All That’s Old Is New.” Come see the past 100 years, including names such as Alan Billy Ray’s Neighborhood Dive a variety of Northwest artists showcase their best Lomax, Woody Guthrie, and Ani DiFranco. Weiss- Mississippi Studios (3939 N Mississippi Ave., 503-288-3895, First Mondays—DJ Highway 7 spins. work made from recycled and found materials. man has also performed at Winterfolk and Sisters of www.mississippistudios.com) Billy Ray’s Neighborhood Dive (2216 NE MLK Blvd., 503-287- Thirty exhibits will be sold at a silent auction, 10 the Road Café. Weissman will also perform music 7254, www.myspace.com/billyrays) at a live auction, and three cash prizes will be during the event. awarded to the top entries. SCRAP, located on N Live Music St. Johns Booksellers (8622 N Lombard St., 503-283-0032, Williams, promotes creative reuse and environmen- Songs of Love [email protected]) 7:30 pm. tally sustainable behavior by providing education Mississippi Studios March 24—University of Portland’s University Sing- ers will perform selections of Brahms’ Liebelieder programs and affordable materials to the commu- March 2—Charlotte Martin, $10. March 3—Amy In Other Words Books’ Sixth Annual Literary Feast (Love Song Waltzes). nity (www.scrapaction.org). Disjecta, an outlet for Martin, Anna Coogan & North19, $10; The New March 23—In Other Words Books (8 NE Killing- artists of all disciplines, provides an arts center for Mexican Revolution, 10 pm, $10. March 4—Mis- University of Portland (4000 N Willamette Blvd., www. sworth, 503-232-6003, www.inotherwords.org, emerging concepts in visual and performing arts in sissippi Improv, 7 pm, $10; Sexton Blake, Shaky up.edu), 7:30 pm. [email protected]) celebrates its Sixth the inner eastside of Portland (www.disjecta.org). Hands, Junkface, 10 pm. March 10—Rachel Taylor Annual Literary Feast: “Lyric: women.rhythm.word,” Brown, $10. March 11—The Sugar Beets, 8 pm; Tazo Tea (123 SE 2nd Ave., www.wastenotart.com) 7:00- and will focus on the connection words make Taarka, 10 pm, $8. March 17—Samite. March 11:00 pm, $20 advance, $25 at the door. between poetry and song. The festivities provide an 19-- “Songwriter’s Sunday” featuring Tom Kimmel opportunity to support the country’s only non-profi t Readings and James Low, $12. March 23—Bob Wiseman Microcosm 10th Birthday Party feminist bookstore. Come revel in fi ne cuisine, a with Leah Abramson, $12. March 24—Corinne March 10-12—“Please bring your games, party silent auction, and readings and musical perfor- Voices of Women Lecture Series West, World of Song: Joe Powers/Lewis Childs, $10. hats, and enthusiasm!” Microcosm, a Portland- mances by talented women, including by renowned March 30—John Gorka, $25. March 31—Claudia As part of its “Voices of Women Lecture Series,” the based indie publisher, will be celebrating its tenth writer Ursula K. Le Guin, Portland’s hip-hop duo Schmidt, $25. April 1—Mississippi Improv, 7:00 University of Portland presents Gail Ramjan and year at Liberty Hall, including but not limited to: Siren’s Echo, and poet-singer Cynthia Nelson. The pm, $10. Marion Dawan to Buckley Center Auditorium on vegan birthday cake, bike maintenance, games, Oregonian’s Renee Mitchell will MC. March 1, Heidi Neumark on March 22, and Tamara Mississippi Studios (3939 N Mississippi Ave., 503-288-3895, fi lms, skillshare workshops, and a sleepover The Literary Feast will take place at the Governor Hotel (614 Eskenazi on March 30. Part of a four-part series party. Crafters are encouraged to bring crafts to www.mississippistudios.com) All shows at 8 pm unless SW 11th Ave., [email protected]) 5:30-8:30 pm, $50. featuring the voices of women of four different faith buy and sell. For details, visit the website www. otherwise noted. traditions. micrcosmpublishing. Beth Orton University of Portland (4000 N Willamette Blvd., www. Mississippi Pizza Liberty Hall (311 N Ivy St., 503-249-8888, www.liberty-hall.org) March 27—Monqui presents Beth Orton with Willy up.edu) 4:00 pm, free. Mason at Wonder Ballroom. Beth Orton, acclaimed March 9—Rachel Sage with Holly Figueroa, 9:00 North Portland BikeWorks Presents Bingo Night singer-songwriter from the UK, combines folk and pm. For a complete listing of showtimes, visit the Elissa Minor website. March 11—Mississippi Rising Ballroom (4000 electronic music to create great catchy tunes. March 2—Minor will read from her collection of N Mississippi) hosts the benefi t Bingo Night for Orton’s tour coincides with the release of her latest Mississippi Pizza (3552 N Mississippi Ave., 503-288-3231, stories, The Prisoner Pear: Stories From the Lake. North Portland Bike Works, where there promises album, Comfort of Strangers, a joint Wilco/Sonic www.mississippipizza.com) The stories were inspired by a Lake Oswego police to be “plentiful prizes, bountiful beer, all to benefi t Youth production. blotter. Mock Crest Tavern In Other Words Books (8 NE Killingsworth St., 503-232-6003, March 2—Lee Blake, Open Mic and Jammin’, 8 www.inotherwords.org, [email protected]) 7:00 pm. pm. March 3—The New Iberians, 9 pm. March 4—Donna Jose, 9 pm. March 5—Kate Mann, 8pm. Damali Ayo March 7, 21—Johnnie Ward & Eagle Ridin’ Papas, Author of How to Rent a Negro, Ayo will be speak- 8 pm. March 9—Donna Jose, Open Mic & Jam- ing at PCC Cascade. min’, 8:30 pm. March 10—Rollie Tussing III, 9 pm. March 11—Gothic Outhouse with Heidi Hellbender, PCC Cascade (705 N Killingsworth St., 503-244-6111, www. 9 pm. March 12—Steve Cameron & Dave Mathis, pcc.edu) 1:00–2:00 pm. 8 pm. March 14—KC Murphy, 8 pm. March 16— Claes of Blueprints, Open Mic & Jammin’, 8:30 pm. Michelle Tea March 17—The Russell Thomas Agenda, 9 pm. March 7—Michelle Tea will be reading from her March 18—Blueprints, 9 pm. March 19—Elizabeth new work, Rose of No Man’s Land, at In Other Willis, 8 pm. March 23—KC Murphy, Open Mic & Words Books. The story involves two lower-class Jammin’, 8:30 pm. March 24—Professor Lowell’s high school girls who come into a world of drug, Alternative Medicine Show, 9 pm. March 25—Blue- sex, and the emotional turmoil that ensues. prints, 9 pm. March 28—Reverb Brothers, 8 pm. March 30—Mike Danner, Open Mic & Jammin’, In Other Words Books (8 NE Killingsworth St., 503-232-6003, 8:30 pm, March 31—Sneakin’ Out, 9 pm. www.inotherwords.org, [email protected]) 7:00 pm.

Mock Crest Tavern (3435 N Lombard St., 503-283-5014, Performance by Katz www.mockcrest.com) Free, 21+. March 8—In Other Words Books presents Katz of Wonder Ballroom the Athens Boy Choir, a queer slam poetry duo that will rock your gender expectations. March 3—Monqui presents Animal Collective, 6110 N. Lombard Street, Portland, OR, 97203 First nation, Barr, $13.50. March 4—March Fourth In Other Words Books (8 NE Killingsworth St., 503-232-6003, Marching Band Anniversary. March 5—Mon- www.inotherwords.org, [email protected]) 7:00 pm. 503.286.5826 | 503.286.6300 fax qui presents Stereolab, Hot Chip, $16. March www.century21peninsula.com 18—Monqui presents Black Rebel Motorcycle Doug Lain Club, Elefant, $16. March 26—Monqui presents March 9—Come hear Doug Lain read Last Week’s email: [email protected] Metric, Islands, The End of Fashion, $11. March Apocalypse, his new collection of short speculative 27—Monqui presents Beth Orton with Willy Mason, fi ction, at St. Johns Booksellers. Special guest TBA. $19, doors at 8 pm. St. Johns Booksellers (8622 N Lombard St., 503-283-0032, Wonder Ballroom (128 NE Russell St., 503-284-8686, www. [email protected]) 7:30 pm. wonderballroom.com) All shows doors at 7:00 pm, advanced Serving Our Community ticket prices, all ages, unless otherwise noted. Louis Masson March 29—University of Portland presents a read- In Order to Better Service Our Community We Offer: Acoustic Sundays ing by English professor and Portland magazine Rotating performers to benefi t Portland Public contributor Louis Masson. • Full Service Real Estate Offi ce • Mortgage Services Schools music and arts programs. Herman Asarnow at University of Portland (4000 N Wil- • Full Service Property • Home Protection Plan For more information and a complete listing of shows, lamette Blvd., 503-943-7244, www.up.edu) Hunt Center Management • In-Offi ce Closing contact The Portsmouth Club (5264 N Lombard St., 503-289- Recital Hall, 7:30 pm. • Real Estate School • Buyer & Seller Services 4644,www.myspace.com/theporstmouthclub) $10, 7:00 pm. Speaking Out: Women, War, and the Global • Moving Services • Notary Services White Eagle Saloon Economy • Brinks® Security Services • Fax Machine Services March 2—Super XX Man, Leeroy Stagger, Run March 2—Jan Haaken’s project on the effects on Sentence, $5. March 3, 17, 31-- “Eagle Time” of war and colonialism on people throughout the featuring Nobody’s Sweethearts, 5:30-7:30 pm, all world. In Other Words Books hosts a mix of stories, ages. March 3—The Dimes, 9:30 pm, $6. March 5, games, role-playing to present Haaken’s lessons on 12, 19—”Open Mic/Songwriter Showcase” hosted colonialism. by John Vecchiarelli and featuring special guest, In Other Words Books (8 NE Killingsworth St., 503-232-6003, 7:30 pm. March 6, 13, 20, 27—”Nurses Night Out” featuring music by Griffi n. March 7, 14, 21, www.inotherwords.org, [email protected]) 7:00 pm. 28—Joe McMurrian and friends, 8:30 pm. March 8—Brandi & Erin, 8:30 pm. March 15—Cotton Page 10 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 March 2006 • St. Johns Sentinel • Page 11

Lee Lynch at In Other Words Books AIDS Crisis: Zimbabwean Artists Respond Dutch House for Medicare D in layman’s terms. March 18—Lee Lynch reads from her new novel, March 10-April 27—IFCC presents a collection of Dutch House members are organizing DIY groups For more information, contact Northminster Presbyterian Sweet Creek, a romantic novel that chronicles the artists’ responses to the AIDS crisis in Africa, featur- and events. Every third Sunday of the month they Church (2823 N Portland Blvd., 503-289-0318) lives and history of four women in the Pacifi c North- ing a collection of ceramic tiles depicting the effects host “Radical Movie Night.” of AIDS in Southern Africa. IFCC exclusive. Part west. The novel focuses on the lives and histories of (445 NE Holland St., 503-286-0026, www.myspace.com/ SMART North Portland lesbians everywhere. of artist Joyce Kohl’s Fulbright project, Professor dutch_house, [email protected]) Want to make a difference in a child’s life? Can of Fine Art at California State University Bakers- In Other Words Books (8 NE Killingsworth St., 503-232-6003, you commit just one hour a week of your time? fi eld. Her “AIDS Wall” project was featured at the SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) of Oregon www.inotherwords.org, [email protected]) 3:00 pm. Barcelona International AIDS Conference. Artist Community is currently seeking volunteers for North Portland reception with Joyce Kohl and special guests March elementary schools, including Clarendon, James Margaret Emerson at In Other Words Books 10, 5:30-7:30 pm. John, and Sitton Elementary. Spanish speakers March 22—Emerson will read from her story, Eyes Kindergarten Round-Up (5340 N Interstate Ave., 503-823-4322, www.ifcc-arts.org, highly encouraged to apply. For more information or of the Mirror. The story focuses on the life of a March 2—Register your kiddies for the 2006-2007 to apply online, visit www.getsmartoregon.org. Western woman infused with the healing wisdom [email protected]) Hours: Tues-Fri 11:00 am-6:00 pm, Kindergarten school year in the James John cafete- of the Eastern World. The woman becomes Type-1 Sat noon-4:00 pm. ria. Bring birth certifi cate, proof of immunization, Metro SMART (700 NE Multnomah, www.getsmartoregon.org) insulin diabetic, and is misdiagnosed by Portland and proof of residence. doctors. Orphan Voices James John Elementary (7439 N Charleston Ave., 503-916- As part of Joyce Kohl’s AIDS Crisis project, Orphan Outdoors, Sports, Recreation In Other Words Books (8 NE Killingsworth St., 503-232-6003, 6266, [email protected]) 3:00 pm Voices consists of a collaboration between Kohl www.inotherwords.org, [email protected]) 7:00 pm and AIDS orphans of Malawi. Children’s artwork Health Screening at Northminster Presbyte- UP Mens Baseball and photographs have been transferred to ceramic Bold Sky Café Reading Series rian Church March 24—Portland vs. UC Davis, 2 pm. March tiles to represent the children as individuals, not 25—Portland vs. UC Davis, 1:00 pm. March 26— March 29—Bold Sky’s Monthly Poetry Series will statistics. March 4—Life Line Screening will be doing health Portland vs. UC Davis, 1 pm. March 28—Portland feature Tim Barnes, Amanda Deutch, and Paula screenings for a fee at Northminster Presbyterian (5340 N Interstate Ave., 503-823-4322, www.ifcc-arts.org, vs. Washington, 2:00 pm. Friedman. Church. The representatives will alert patients of [email protected]) Hours: University of Portland Department of Athletics (4000 N Wil- Bold Sky Café (3943 N Mississippi Ave., 503-287-0154, www. signs of life-threatening disease and refer them to Tues-Fri 11:00 am-6:00 pm, Sat noon-4:00 pm. lamette Blvd., 503-943-7525, www.up.edu) bold-sky.com) 7:30 pm. physicians. Reception for Olivia Edith and Amber Valentine Northminster Presbyterian Church (2823 N Portland Blvd., Prananda Yoga Sharon Wood Wortman 503-289-0318) 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Daniel’s Hall. March 17—In Other Words books presents an art March 4–“Discover Yoga”: Free yoga classes for March 30—Hear Sharon Wood Wortman’s reception for Olivia Edith and Amber Valentine, new students! 10:00-11:00 am. chapbook, First Voice: Poems and Field Notes, featuring DJs. Sierra Leone African Mission at St. Johns Booksellers. Although Wortman is March 4—The International Center for Traditional March 11—“Core/Abdominal Workshop”: Wake the In Other Words Books (8 NE Killingsworth St., 503-232-6003, best known for her bridge-walk poetry, her new Childbearing (ICTC) will be hosting representatives inner fi re for spring, noon-3:00 pm, $25. www.inotherwords.org, [email protected]) 7:00 pm chapbook includes poems from all around Portland. from an African mission in Sierra Leone. Shafi a March 21—54 Sun Salutes 5:45-7:15 pm. Stephen Cohen will also perform music that he cre- Monroe, executive director of the ICTC, hopes to Prananda Yoga (1920 N Kilpatrick St., 503-249-3903, www. ated especially to be presented with First Voice. present an opportunity for midwives to volunteer in Out to the Movies prananda.com, [email protected]) St. Johns Booksellers (8622 N Lombard St., 503-283-0032, Sierra Leone in June if enough funds are raised. [email protected]) 7:30 pm. Freedom State Sanctuary of Northminster Presbyterian Church (2823 N Billy Ray’s Neighborhood Dive Portland Blvd., 503-289-0318) 9:00 am-3:00 pm. Fundraiser March 17-18—Opening weekend of Freedom State, Sundays—Scrabble, 4:00 pm. Thursdays—Quizzy Theatre a comedy shot largely on Sauvie Island. Sauvie reception in Daniels Hall at 7:00 pm. (trivia game night), 9:30 pm. Free pool all day Islanders tell us to watch out for these Sauvie Island Wednesday, Sunday eves. Medicare Presentation locations featured in the fi lm: Sauvie Island Moor- Billy Ray’s Neighborhood Dive (2216 NE MLK Blvd., 503-287- Getting Out March 18—Kolumbia Klippers will host Bob Earnest age, Kruger’s Farm Market, Walton Beach, Wildlife 7254, www.myspace.com/billyrays) University of Portland presents the off-Broadway hit Reserve, Pastorino Farm exteriors, Joslin barn. from Multnomah County. Earnest will discuss the by Marsha Norman at the Hunt Center Recital Hall. Freedom State will premiere at the Cinequest Film government’s new requirement that seniors register The play examines the life of an ex-con learning to Festival of San Jose, a leading U.S. independent set up her new life. Runs March 1-5. fi lm festival. Hunt Center Theatre at University of Portland (4000 N Wil- Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd.) $6, 7:00 pm on lamette Blvd., 503-943-7228, www.up.edu) 7:30 pm. March 17, 1:00 pm on March 18.

Lullaby Radical Movie Night IFCC presents the production of Lullaby by Pas- March 19—The Dutch House is hosting their third sinArts Theatre Company. Opens March 2 and runs monthly radical movie night, Senorita Extraviada, through April. a documentary that illuminates the connection Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (5340 N Interstate between global capitalism and the disappearance of Ave., 503-804-0892, www.ifcc-arts.org, gallery@ifcc-arts. hundreds of women and girls in the U.S. border city org) $17 at door, $15 advance. of Juarez. Light food and beverages provided. Dutch House (445 NE Holland St., 503-286-0026, www. Aliens Stole Bush’s Brain myspace.com/dutch_house, [email protected]) March 3-5—A hilarious performance of the mono- 7:00 pm, $3-$5 sliding scale. logues by Douglas Watson, Aliens Stole Bush’s Brain: 101 Reasons Why None of This Is Bush’s Gadabout Film Festival Fault, is a satirical symposium on the nature and March 24—Featuring a traveling show of indepen- meaning of George W. Bush. The performance will dent fi lms. include a Taoist, Freudian, and Evangelical inter- pretation of their “master’s” words. Liberty Hall (311 N Ivy St, 503-249-8888, www.liberty-hall.org) Liberty Hall (311 N Ivy St., 503-249-8888, www.liberty-hall. Crepe Soleil org) 8:00 pm. Call for current schedule. Haircut, the Performance (3120 N Williams Ave., 503-249-7042, www.angelfi re. Live performance by Kelly Pergande, one night only com/hi5/creperie3120) at the Blue Moon Camera and Machine. Reception TBA. St. Johns Theatre and Pub Movies every Wednesday night and matinees on Blue Moon Camera and Machine (8417 N Lombard St., 503- weekends. Call for current movie schedule. 978-0333, www.bluemooncamera.com) 6:30 pm. (8203 N Ivanhoe St., 503-283-8520)

Visual Arts St. Johns Historic Cinema Downtown St. Johns Twin Theatre. Call for current Sisters of the Road Photo Voice movie schedule. Week of March 6—University of Portland presents (8704 N Lombard St., 503-283-1768, www.stjohnscinema. a photo exhibit featuring photos taken by customers com) of Sisters of the Road. Sisters of the Road, which provides meals and services to homeless and pov- erty-stricken people, gave their customers cameras DIY to record day-to-day experiences. Michelle Rogers at University of Portland (4000 N Willa- Liberty Hall mette Blvd., 503-943-7123, www. up.edu, [email protected]) Liberty Hall, a community-run organization, offers DIY space. Every Sunday you can come enjoy SE Area Artwalk some vegan sweets, noon-2 pm. Tuesdays are Yoga March 4-5—Come walk the lengths of SE Portland Class with Sasha, 4-6 pm. Thursdays are Capoeira and see artists from all over town exhibit their work. Angola Palmares at 5:30 pm. Saturdays are Yoga Over 60 artists and groups will showcase their work with Anna from 10-11:30 am. Every third Friday is throughout SE Portland, including St. Johns’ own square dance night, from 8-10 pm. Amy Stoner. (311 N Ivy St., 503-249-8888, www.liberty-hall.org, liberty- For more information, contact Rin Carroll Jackson (503- [email protected]) 235-7549, www.seportlandartwalk.com)

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If you - or perhaps your elderly parents by calling 800-MEDICARE or visiting www. - are eligible for Medicare, you now have medicare.gov. Once you decide on a plan, a major new development to consider. you can enroll by contacting the company Effective Jan. 1, 2006, the new Medicare drug directly or by going to www.medicare.gov. benefi t (Medicare Part D) will pay part of the cost of outpatient prescription drugs. FILLING IN THE “GAPS” Current Medicare recipients can enroll for As you begin navigating Medicare Part the new drug benefi t until May 15, 2006; if D, you may encounter some issues that this deadline is missed, recipients will have could lead you, or your parents, to ensure to wait until next year’s open enrollment that you (or they) have a retirement income period. Of course, the new drug benefi t stream strong enough to supplement any will affect health-care decisions - but it also shortfalls you may fi nd in the new drug has implications on planning your future benefi t plan. Specifi cally, you may need to fi nances. fi ll in the “doughnut hole” mentioned above - the gap in drug coverage between $2,251 BASICS OF NEW DRUG PLAN and $5,100. The new drug benefi t is available Furthermore, as long as a plan provides through different plans offered by private a 60-day notice, it can drop drugs from its companies. Each plan provides its own “covered” list. Because you can’t switch array of drugs and participating drugstores. plans until the next open enrollment period Apart from your Medicare Part B premium, (Nov. 15 through Dec. 31), you could face you will have to pay an estimated $37 per some unexpected out-of-pocket drug costs. month for the new drug coverage, although (However, if your doctor thinks you need a the actual premium may vary, depending on drug that isn’t on the list, or if a drug you where you live and which plan you choose. need is removed from the list, you or your Beyond the monthly premium, here’s doctor can apply for an exception or appeal what you might pay, in 2006, for the new the “drop” decision.) drug benefi t: To deal with these contingencies, * A deductible of the fi rst $250 of the structure your investment portfolio and cost of covered drugs. retirement plan withdrawal strategies to * Co-insurance payments of 25 percent provide the income needed to continue of the cost of covered drugs between $251 paying for needed medicines. To make sure and $2,250. these withdrawals fi t in with your overall * 100 percent of the cost of covered investing strategies, you may need to work drugs between $2,251 and $5,100. (You with an investment professional. might see this coverage gap referred to as the “doughnut hole.”) TAKE ACTION SOON * The greater of the following: 5 percent If you enroll in the Medicare drug plan of the cost of covered drugs above $5,101 or after May 15, you may have to pay a premium a co-payment of $2 for covered generics and penalty of at least 1 percent a month for $5 for covered brand-name drugs. every month you postpone enrollment. And Some of these fi gures will vary among you’ll have to pay the higher premium for as IF YOU’RE NOT AT Medicare private drug plans. To pick the right long as you stay in your chosen program. plan, you will need to “comparison shop.” YOUR LAST JOB You can get some help in comparing plans ADVERTISER CONTENT YOUR 401(k) SHOULDN’T BE EITHER A cause for optimism Children’s Relief Nursery gets boost from Soroptimists

Leaving a 401(k) with a previous employer could mean By Will Crow leaving it alone with no one to watch over it. The Soroptimist International Portland which is used for child care while parents North Area held a baby shower Feb. 8 at the are on site attending parenting and other At Edward Jones, we can explain options for your 401(k) Children’s Relief Nursery in St. Johns — and classes, and for respite care. In respite care, and help you select the one thatʼs best for you. If youʼd no pregnant mothers were there. participating families may place children in Children’s Relief Nursery is a Portland CRN’s care for several hours in order to get a like to roll it over into an Edward Jones IRA, we can help institution developed with the belief that break from the stresses of parenting. you do it without paying taxes or penalties. So you can feel early therapeutic intervention might break The tour also included the laundry confident someone is looking out for you and your 401(k). cycles of neglect and abuse for children up to room, clothes closet and computer-enhanced three years old. This night the Soroptimist classrooms for parents. members donated blankets, buntings, stuffed The CRN began in 1999 as the Portland animals, children’s books, and lots and lots Relief Nursery. The group operated out of of diapers for the families who use CRN’s the basement of Peace Lutheran Church services. at 2201 N Portland Blvd. until 2002, when To find out why it makes sense to talk with Edward Soroptimist International, the world’s they moved into the remodeled facilities Jones about your 401(k) options, call today. largest service organization for professional on N Lombard. The new facility has women, promotes women’s rights and 17,000 square feet of space for classrooms, human rights worldwide and claims an including therapeutic classrooms in which international membership of nearly 100,000. developmentally delayed children participate The Portland North Chapter, which will in a variety of activities designed to lessen celebrate 30 years in St. Johns later this the impact of past traumas. The facility Dave Trabucco month, has previously raised money for local also houses the St. Johns Early Head Start 7326 N. Leavitt Ave. domestic violence relief shelters, Mariah program. Portland, OR 97203 Taylor’s North Portland Nurse Practitioner Marian Blackford, past president of the Ph. 503.247.7374 Community Health Clinic, and scholarships Soroptimist chapter, said the new facility for Roosevelt High School students. used to be a dime store. www.edwardjones.com During the course of the shower, those “They got a wonderful grant and had Member SIPC in attendance were shown a video which a state-of-the-art building built,” Blackford related activities at the nursery during the said. “They do a marvelous job.” weekdays and given a tour of the nursery’s Blackford noted that CRN is not yet beautiful new facilities. The tour included the working at full capacity, although “they’re Butterfl y, Firefl y, and Ladybug classrooms for increasing every month.” one-, two- and three-year-olds respectively. CRN staff member Elena Hein said it Also on the tour was the Blue Jay Room, See NURSERY / Page 18 Page 14 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 March 2006 • St. Johns Sentinel • Page 15 Health Focus ʻPressure makes Diamondsʼ Sports Lab focuses on whole athlete to foster excellence By Vanessa Timmons

With the Super Bowl and the Winter training, which focuses on one aspect of Olympics just barely behind us, the an athlete, Sports Lab addresses every area, excitement and passion of competitive sports providing support on a physical, nutritional still hangs in the air. The athletes make it and emotional level. look effortless. They inspire our passion, “We retrain the brain to develop the becoming symbols of courage and strength. body evenly,” said Susan Dunlap, an SLTC But have you ever wondered what it takes to employee. build an athlete? It is this holistic approach that makes Phil Claud knows the answer. An athlete IST different from other training programs. himself, Claud has coached the USA Junior It is based on building core muscles that Cycling National Team and US Olympic may be underdeveloped during the athlete’s Center athletes. Claud is also the founder normal routine. An athlete who plays one of Sports Lab Training Center (SLTC), an sport will be strong in the muscle groups innovative athletic training facility located they use frequently and weaker in those not at 1502 N Ainsworth, and the creator of the used as often. IST trains the entire body, Integrated Sports Training program (IST), increasing overall performance. which Claud described as a more complete Sports Lab’s team includes a sports approach to training. . nutritionist, massage therapist, sports “Relationships are at the core of what I physician, and physical therapist. This team do,” Claud said. “Most of the people I have approach is fundamental to the philosophy successfully coached have become lifelong of Sports Lab training. friends.” The facility doesn’t look like a traditional IST techniques approach training from gym. Where most gyms have weight a holistic perspective. Unlike traditional machines, Sports Lab has balance balls. They provide an indoor training facility and state- of-the-art physiology lab. The gym has lots of open space for stretching, calisthenics and aerobic activities. Although Sports Lab is designed to provide training for competitive athletes, the center is accessible to athletes at every level of competition. They train students, grandparents, and everyone in between. Claud considers sports as a vehicle for attaining excellence in every area of life and encourages all athletes to fi nd their inner strength and achieve their own level of excellence. “The athletes are here because they want to take their skills to the next level, they are committed to their highest level of excellence,” said Claud. It takes commitment to excellence and love of competition to create a world-class athlete. As Claud says, “Pressure makes diamonds.”

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Page 16 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 March 2006 • St. Johns Sentinel • Page 17 Others the Sentinel spoke with feel HATE CRIME the incident might divide this close-knit From page 1 community. Interested in starting a small business or need Eyewitnesses say the remarks were COMMUNITY TAKES STAND advice about your existing business? repeated death wishes aimed at both Dr. Judy Bridge of the Sauvie Island Grange, Portland Community College, through the PCC Portsmouth Partnership, can Soule for being a homosexual and at Soule’s a lifelong island resident, said groups like the help! Classes are held in North Portland and tuition waivers are available for deceased partner, David Pennington, who Grange, the Boosters and the Sauvie Island North Portland residents. PCC small business start up series will be held 4/6, died of AIDS last April. Remarks such as Safety Action Team would try to fi nd out 4/13 and 4/20, at the Center for Family Success in St. Johns. Call now to reserve . “Die like your lover” have apparently shaken who did it and prevent it from happening your spot! 503-240-5600, x202 Dr. Soule and his friends. again. At the time this paper went to press, “There is a tremendous amount of Are you bi-lingual? Interested in the sheriff’s offi ce was not categorizing the concern,” Bridge said. “It’s a big topic of a career in the healthcare field? event as a hate crime. Under Federal law, conversation at the moment.” hate crimes carry special penalties. Bridge said she could not recall a similar Consider Healthcare Interpreting. Call 503-240-5600, x202 to find out more! incident on the island. “Hate crimes have to have specifi c “We have quite a few gays and lesbians details,” explained Lt. Shults “It certainly Portland Community College through the living on the island, and they have been very could be classifi ed as a hate crime as the PCC Portsmouth Partnership, can also help with well accepted,” she said. “This one incident investigation develops. We really do need getting your GED, going to college, or learning has really shocked everyone. It’s pretty suspect information in order to determine a professional trade. disturbing to all of us.” what was the culpability of the crime. At Hank Willener’s property shares a fence PCC Portsmouth Partnership is located at the new this time, we don’t know why this person left with Soule’s. Their homes are about 50 yards Goalpost 6443 N. Lombard / 503-240-5600 x202 these messages. apart. “The gentleman was defi nitely “To me, it’s just an outrage,” Willener victimized, and it’s scary for the whole said. “Everybody has a right to be left alone community.” WOODRUFF & CURRY and live peacefully in his home. At press time Soule had declined to “You pick on my neighbor, you pick comment on the incident. But sources close on me.” to him say that he and his friends are gravely Roey Thorpe, executive director of Reliable concerned. Basic Rights Oregon, a statewide gay-rights “He was scared at fi rst,” said one close NEW organization, said the islanders’ reactions WE’VE LOCATION! friend who spoke under the condition of were important. MOVED! anonymity. “But now he’s almost serene TAX “It’s great to see a tight-knit community about it. It couldn’t have been worse for him. like Sauvie Island standing up for one of First David died after having AIDS for nine its own people,” Thorpe said. “By standing years, and then this.” SERVICE up for their neighbor, the people of Sauvie Many around him have felt deeply Island are standing up for themselves.” saddened and are shocked at how such an With the community’s support, Thorpe 5816 N. GREELEY AVENUE act could occur in this quiet, pastoral added, “The criminals’ message not only is • Expert Tax Service and Support community on the fringes of the metro- neutralized. It creates the opposite of what politan area. • Over 40 Years of Combined Income Tax Experience they set out to do. It can be something that “I knew there were some wild elements can pull people together.” • Fees that compare to the national franchises. around here,” said one concerned resident. Dr. Soule’s friends have rallied around “But it’s a lot wilder than I thought.” 9-7 Monday-Friday & 9 -4:30 Saturday him as well. They have held two gatherings No appointment necessary. Some resident’s the Sentinel spoke with at his home thus far. They too see a more fear that exposure of the issue will encourage united and strengthened community coming more “copycat” attacks. out of this incident. 503.289.4500 Boosters chair Koennecke said Soule “Those of us who know George just love really didn’t want his lifestyle displayed him,” confi ded one friend. “I think this will everywhere. make us stronger. I hope this brings people “I feel sorry for the guy now,” Koennecke together.” said. “This won’t end tomorrow for him.” 30 ‘Green’ blacktop Port adds porous asphalt to auto facility

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March 2006 • St. Johns Sentinel • Page 17 Page 18 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 look at the South Lake Shore Option as they TRAIL did with the South Slough.” From page 7 Still, there is powerful momentum for the trail. Right now the wetlands are hard to are many who fi nd progress unlikely. access, something everyone wants to change. “They know a trail will never be built, so Most likely no new developments will take by supporting the South Slough Option they place before the bridge feasibility study are stalling,” said Robert Akers of the 40- is completed and funding sources found. Mile Loop Land Trust. His organization had With time, perhaps this part of the loop will pushed for a different trail, one that would be completed, bringing Portland one step have gone along the other side of the slough, closer to the image the Olmsted Brothers closer to the wetlands. It was rejected for envisioned. getting too close to bald eagle nests. “We wish they had looked at the South For more information check these Lake Shore Option to see if it was feasible,” websites: 40mileloop.org, metro-region.org, Akers said. “They never took the time to smithandbybeelakes.org.

“Most of St. Johns’ problems came after it HISTORY annexed Portland,” quipped George Lee. James John High School opened in 1910 and replaced St. Johns’ fi rst High School, Sitton High, which was Before adjourning, Regan gently built in 1906, one hundred years ago. James John High was then replaced by Roosevelt in 1922. From page 4 reminded the group to draft historical stories A rare guest these days, Helen Miles, for the next edition of “St. Johns History.” has risen to meet some of Roosevelt’s a founding member and president for ROOSEVELT challenges. Louis Stone warmly recalled the house once nearly 20 years, reminded all in the room, occupied by McDonald on Pierce Street when From page 1 ANCHORS AWEIGH “We promised the people we would guard it was owned by the Pennock family, “We “So goes your high school, so goes the artifacts cherished by their families.” used to go over there and buy fresh eggs.” He will include rekindling old memories and community.” “This is your museum.” then tucked away the newly donated papers launching new innovations. That’s the unoffi cial slogan for The conversation drifted through the for later review and conversation. “We want to increase awareness and the Anchor Group, an organization of ups and downs of St. Johns’ history, with pride of where RHS has come from and caring parents, local business leaders, and steadfast St. Johns’ independence resonating. 30 where it is going,” said Laura Day, president community members. The group was of Astor PTA and one of the Centennial founded in September by Martin Jackson Celebration organizers. and John Teuscher, parents whose children He won’t know why it sank either until attend RHS. SUNKEN Northwest River Towing can get it off the 100 YEARS OF HISTORY “We were sick of excuses for the bottom. In 1906, when Portland’s population From page 3 inequity and lack of educational programs, Yet, you get what you pay for, at least was still less than 200,000, St. Johns High so we decided to take matters into our own in this case, and as the crew prepares to School was founded. A new identity came hands,” explained Jackson. to create sheltered habitat for fi sh. He also come back tomorrow, and eventually the to the school in 1922 when it became To raise funds for RHS, they began by tells me the price he paid for this 42-foot Roosevelt High School and moved to having tailgate parties through the Optimist boat — $700, astoundingly cheap for a good day after that, and after that, it will become its current location on N Central Street, Club, an organization that supports all canoe, much less a boat with room to sleep increasingly clear that much of the diffi culty opening to students the following year. the youth of North Portland. The events six people. He got his wish. Only the boat with raising this boat lies, well, with the The old building still stands and 100 were so successful that the Anchor Group sank a little sooner than he expected. It can’t condition of the boat itself. years after the original school was built, applied for status as a not-for-profi t stay in the Willamette or next to this dock. More to come in Part 2 Roosevelt is at full capacity with 850-plus organization and will change their name to students. Principal Deborah Peterson says the Roosevelt High School Booster Club. they operate on a tight budget and stretch all that changed. The child now makes eye every dollar as far as they can. AN IDEA IS LAUNCHED Peterson now looks to the centennial as Only six months after it’s creation, the NURSERY contact and has caught up developmentally. a way to celebrate the past and turn toward Anchor Group has already launched their From page 14 “It’s pretty incredible to see that much the future. It will begin this month with an fi rst project at RHS: The auto shop. difference in one child,” said Hein. alumni reception to showcase the Theodore “It will begin as an after-school auto Roosevelt Presidential Library display at the club,” Peterson said. “Our goal is to have a Children’s Relief Nursery, 8245 N. Lombard, University of Portland, which runs through top-notch auto-technician program within is exciting to see the many success stories (503) 283-4776; http://www.crn4kids.org; email June. three years.” that all the individualized attention brings. [email protected]. “We’re hoping the Centennial Jackson sees the program instilling One that especially stands out in her mind Celebration honors our alumni, brings self-esteem in the students, thus getting was the case of a developmentally delayed Soroptimist International Portland North them together to relive some good them to stay in school and get a degree. child who did not make any eye contact with Area: contact Molly Siebert, (503) 283-5136 or memories, and gives folks a chance He also sees it as a valuable career training anyone. After a year in the CRN program, [email protected]. to reconnect with the North Portland tool. community,” said Peterson. “Those jobs can start at $90,000 per In April there will be a photography/ year,” Jackson says. into the neighborhoods in search of free art walk with information points about “The auto lab will be refurbished, parking, but this too could be a problem RHS history, said Day. painted, and fully funded by September METERS At press time, plans to include 2006 for the school year, all through From page 3 as the new condominiums just north of Centennial fl oats in the St. Johns Parade donated material, labor, and the Anchor Lombard near completion. appear to have fallen through. Group’s leadership,” Jackson explained. remain in the district that generated it, “It’s a bad idea.” Pat Murphy of Rose City Chevrolet which means that the money that goes into “We’re not ready yet.” CHANGES UNDERWAY is partnering with the Anchor Group and While nearly everyone interviewed had Last school year Roosevelt High School St. Johns will stay in St. Johns. providing the cars as well as the technicians “People won’t come.” little faith that parking meters would achieve underwent a major change. It transformed to teach the class. “They suck!” their intended purpose, they also had many from a giant 850-student school into three “We think it’s time someone did ideas for alternatives that would work. Some smaller schools as part of a federal E3 Grant What happens if parking meters drive something for Portland Public Schools, and suggested a community parking lot. Others that gives schools money to create a smaller, customers away? this is our neighborhood,” said Murphy. thought that better efforts to maintain the more personal learning environment. The Anchor Group has many other Bob Leveton, owner of The Man’s Shop, current lots would help. All agreed that The school hopes that the new model goals, including a marching band, student fears that that is exactly what will happen. will improve student achievement. But newspaper, and drama program. Their He believes “the largest asset (to St. Johns there were better ways to go about managing budget cuts have systematically stripped purpose, Jackson said, is to make RHS the business) is free parking.” parking in St. Johns, and most were willing the school of extracurricular activities in best high school in all of Portland, if not “Taking it away will drive customers to to discuss those ideas openly. recent years. the State of Oregon. shopping centers,” Leveton said. “The more Whether or not St. Johns is ready for Two years ago, the St. Johns parade parking meters, it’s a good time to look at included a few Roosevelt students who established business districts will thrive, but here in St. Johns it will stifl e our growth.” current and future parking needs and plan marched proudly in their band uniforms. To learn more or get involved, join principal accordingly. But in place of instruments was a banner Peterson on a weekly tour around campus Jake Shivery of Blue Moon Camera and that read: “We used to have a band.” Tight Wednesdays at 8:00 a.m., meeting in the Machine echoed his sentiments, adding that, For more information contact Gary Boehm, budget problems had caused the school to front hall. For information on the Anchor/ “St. Johns should be less of a hassle to visit, President of the St. Johns Boosters. 503 286-1312 cut the band program entirely. Booster Group email Martin Jackson, not more of a hassle.” or the PDOT, Gabe Onybadore, (503) 823-7794 Now it appears the community [email protected]. Others fear that this will push parkers

former Vice President of the NPBA. “They were just radiant,” recalled Jorgensen. “They well on a community that still honors the LESTER wouldn’t be people he knew. If he’d heard were a kind of a partnership.” values that dictated his life: the values of you were in trouble you’d get called in. And “They would meet at the old North charity, simplicity, service to others and a From page 13 that would be it.” House restaurant three times a week, to have love for life and community. Viles was a devoted husband. He and his coffee,” said Salvo. “You know, to just have 30 “He used to pay people’s bills for them, wife Kathleen were married for 67 years. Viles quality time together.” their mortgages,” recounted Jessica Fowler cared for her for many years after she became In an increasingly self-serving world, crippled in a car accident. “He and Kathleen the commemoration of Lester Viles refl ects Page 18 • St. Johns Sentinel • March 2006 St. Johns Sentinel • September 2005 March 2006 • St. Johns Sentinel •Page Page 19 19 THE NEW RUSSELL HUSTLE RUSSELL While Russell Street now has its share of hip businesses, LIGHTHOUSE From page 4 don’t expect the Pearl District. Hampton stressed the necessity From page 13 of keeping the mixed-use nature of the neighborhood. the Memorial Coliseum displaced the neighborhood to the “We want it to look nice, but we still want it to have attached to one side of the structure.” south. At the intersection was Paul’s Paradise, one of the jazz the roughness,” said Hampton. “We have a lot of industrial In 1930, the wooden frame of Warrior Rock was replaced hotspots in the late 1950s. Local jazz and blues players like businesses that employ a lot of people.” with concrete, though the original foundation remained. It Lloyd Allen and James Benton got their start at the club, until The streetscape of N Russell will be changing more in was this version of the lighthouse that was struck by a barge it was removed with the expansion of Emanuel Hospital in upcoming years. The Russell Street Plan, adopted in 2003 in 1969, damaging the base and disabling both light and bell. the 1960s. by the Portland City Council, calls for ornamental street The lighthouse was rebuilt and currently continues to serve Just down the street on N Vancouver Ave. was Paul lighting, new sidewalks, and trees stretching from Interstate as a river beacon with an automated light and bell. Knauls’ Cotton Club, known as the only spot on the West Avenue to MLK Boulevard. The improvements will be The original light house bell has its own story. Cast in Coast for “wall to wall soul.” The club hosted such luminaries similar to other streetscape renovation projects such as those 1855 in Philadelphia, it’s the oldest fog bell in the Northwest. as Joe Louis and Sammy Davis, Jr. recently completed on Killingsworth Avenue. It fi rst served at Cape Disappointment, then at West Point Another spot for jazz was the Medley Hotel at the Susan Kuhn, the project coordinator for the Portland Lighthouse in Puget Sound before being relocated to Warrior corner of Interstate and Albina, right across from where the Development Commission, said the fi rst phase of design and Rock in 1889. The bell is currently located, with the half- MAX station and Gotham Tavern Building are now located. engineering will focus on the lower half of Russell leading to scale replica of the lighthouse (sans foundation) below the The Medley was the only hotel for blacks on the east side the I-5 overpass. Before moving ahead with construction, Columbia County Courthouse in St. Helens. of town and a favorite of touring jazz musicians. Although PDC will announce in July plans to include funding for the Fog has always been a major hazard in this area, and the building has long since been demolished, the hotel project in next year’s budget. the fog bell was vital for avoiding accidents near the point. guest book shows the names of hundreds of jazz musicians, “That is the funding we have right now that we are A former lighthouse keeper, Frank DeRoy, had to hand-ring including Dizzy Gillespie. prepared to go forward with,” said Kuhn. “Because it’s a the bell for hours whenever the striking mechanism broke. SLOWLY EMERGING long project we’ll probably do it in pieces.” He dubbed the bell “Black Moria.” DeRoy also developed an Another challenge is how to connect the upper and Eliot Neighborhood Association Chair Gary Hampton aerial tram to access the lighthouse from the keeper’s house lower halves of Russell separated by the I-5 overpass. A plaza and his wife moved into the old 1890 David Block on Russell when fl oodwater covered the foundation. on the Emanuel Hospital property has been proposed, in in 1987. Today, Warrior Rock is part of the Sauvie Island Wildlife addition to lighting under the overpass to provide a gateway “It was a thriving industrial area with lots of razor Area, and a good location for summer picnicking. The between the two sections. wire and no residents living down here at that point,” said quickest access is by boat, but if hiking is your bag, a drive Hampton described the rapid changes on Russell Street Hampton. the length of Sauvie Island to the end of Reeder Road will as a fairly recent development. The neighborhood slowly began to change in 1989 put you at a parking lot within three miles of the lighthouse. “A few years ago, I couldn’t even get a cab to come pick when Kurt and Rob Widmer opened the Widmer Brothers Parking permits are required for visitors to the island’s me up here if I needed to go downtown,” said Hampton, Brewery at the intersection of Interstate and Russell. In beaches and public areas. “Now outside of Mint/820 I see cabs waiting on the corner 1998 McMenamins renovated the White Eagle Pub in a The keeper’s bungalow is gone, but the little lighthouse all the time.” building that served in the past as a Polish social club, bravely continues guiding ships and barges through the 30 Prohibition-era speakeasy, and hippie music club in treacherous narrows of the mighty Columbia off Warrior the 1970s. Rock. 30

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