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MARCH SOUTHEAST EXAMINER 2018 southeastexaminer.com “Your Neighborhood News Source” Vol 29 No 3 Portland, OR Divisive Diverter Impacts Hawthorne and Division

By Midge Pierce extremely narrows streets such as SE 26th were raised. Add “diverter” to a meeting agenda PBOT representative Roger Geller in SE Portland and tension and attendance spoke of ways to make what he termed short rise especially if the diverter is at the “trip gaps” without vehicles. An objective junction of neighborhoods with vastly is to make cycling and other modes easier, different perspectives. safer and more equitable. Ultimately, the The proposed diverter at SE 50th goal is to reduce the estimated 500,000 and Lincoln is a major flashpoint. After additional vehicle trips. rancorous meetings in which pro-diverter Greenways are an important bicyclists squared off against anti- part of improving the network, Geller diverter residents, Portland Bureau of said. “Cycling is a very cost effective Transportation (PBOT) modified plans for investment.” the Lincoln-Harrison Greenway to utilize At a SE Uplift meeting, chair and what it calls an interim median-style bicycle-enthusiast Terry Dublinski-Milton, barrier to allow neighborhood connectivity (outspoken advocate for the bikeway that Cyclists Rally For Safety from 50th at Lincoln and right turns only runs from 60th to Ladds Circle) said the from Lincoln. diverter at SE 50th is needed because the The new plan calls for adding eight Greenway is one of the poorest performing Dozens of street safety advocates tions, including Cleveland High School. speed bumps to upper Hawthorne which in the City. He says solutions must serve rallied at Powell Park on Tuesday to op- Removal of the bike lanes appears im- will likely become a more heavily trafficked the region, not just locals. pose the removal of the bike lanes on SE minent, though it is still unclear when alternative route, as will Division St. along Residents of Mt. Tabor claim the 26th Ave. at Powell Blvd. one of Port- exactly PBOT will carry out ODOT’s a stretch that includes an elementary and area lacks East-West blocks that, in other land’s most crash-prone intersections. demand. high school. neighborhoods, provide alternate routes Earlier this month, the Street Trust Jillian Detweiler, Executive Di- PBOT claims the diverter is needed to to and from homes. The result, they launched a petition calling on city lead- rector of the Street Trust said, “It’s a manage burgeoning mobility needs as the claim, will be increases in dangerous car- ers, the Portland Bureau of Transpor- Catch-22. The increasing traffic makes City grows, but the diverter is not the only bike interactions, blockages at failing tation, and the Oregon Department of it more dangerous for cyclists, so they concern of Richmond neighbors. During intersections and significant traffic Transportation to take action to prevent ride less and use their cars more.” The a Richmond neighborhood association squeezes onto Division and Hawthorne. the removal of the bike lanes on SE 26th. greenways are helping, but rarely do presentation by PBOT, striping, bike To counter the impact on Hawthorne, In less than a week, more than 1,000 sup- they get a cyclist completely from one buttons and the impact of detours onto turn to page 23 porters signed on, many of them pointing destination to another. They need bike out the bike lanes’ critical role in making lanes and space on the busy thorough the intersection safer for bicyclists, pe- fares to feel safe. After all it is cyclists destrians, students, and motorists. that are making a change for the better. This effort comes in response to SE Powell Boulevard is a high- the Oregon Department of Transporta- crash corridor, and its intersection with tion’s demand that PBOT remove the 26th Ave. is one of the most crash-prone bike lanes and bike boxes on SE 26th. in the city. Just three years ago, 22-year- In 2015, ODOT required the removal of old Alistair Corkett lost his leg after be- these bike lanes as a condition for new ing struck by a pickup truck while riding crosswalk signals on Powell at SE 28th. his bike at the intersection. While the crossing at 28th is a wel- The Street Trust believes the best come safety improvement, the Street way to prevent such tragedies is to slow Trust believes it does not warrant making down traffic and increase street safety travel on SE 26th less safe. SE 26th is the facilities, including bike lanes. most direct route to a number of destina- Thorburn: Successfully Slowing

Roadrunners Access Project Photo by Keith Jones, Courtesy Human Participants in the Human Access Projects Willamette River dip By Midge Pierce Valentine’s Day plunge Love ‘em or hate ‘em, new speed bumps are doing their job along Thorburn Ever since the City completed the many Portlanders aren’t aware of that.” St., the curvy route between SE 62nd and $1.4 billion Big Pipe project in 2011, Levinson formed the Human Gilham. discharges of untreated sewage into the Access Project to encourage swimming Debra Monzon, neighborhood Willamette River have largely dissipated. and to clear beaches along the Willamette project spokesperson who spearheaded The stretch of river passing through River in the downtown area. “This was a campaign for Thorburn traffic calming downtown used to have overflows between an opportunity to celebrate the Bureau of and citizen fundraising of $30,000 to cover 50 and 100 times a year. Environmental Services and the big pipe, costs and expedite installation, says the In celebration of over three months because it’s been 115 consecutive days in impact of the bumps has been amazing. during the rainy season with no overflow the wintertime,” said Levenson. “I think Average traffic speed, she says, has gone plus the Valentine’s Day holiday, twenty- this is a record for most consecutive days from 32 to 26 mph and traffic volume is five people braved 45 degree water to take in the wintertime where there has not been down by 6%. their version of the “polar bear” plunge into a sewage overflow.” While residents would like to see the river. The event drew attention to the The Valentine’s Day swim will likely greater traffic decreases, the goal of the fact that people can swim in the Willamette become an annual event. PBOT-designed calming pattern was to River. They also hold a summer celebration slow down drivers. Neighbors who once Willie Levenson, the group’s – the Big Float in July – to celebrate and feared speeding vehicles and heavy trucks ringleader and founder of the Human increase use of a public waterway. turn to page 23 Access Project said, “The problem is, 2 THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18 LE Letters to the Editor To Rep. Nosse of businesses have been forced trucks and vans parking at to lay people off because their intersections right up to the stop There are a lot of problems sales have gone down – and not sign. There is no way to see over facing our community right just sales on those drinks with them when attempting to enter now and we’re all faced with sugar in them, but sales across into the intersection, and I’ve had difficult decisions on a daily the board. People are just going to come to a sudden stop to avoid basis, especially when it comes to places where they can buy a car, bicycle, or pedestrian. to how and when to spend our what they want – other towns or 2) In the relationship money. This proposal to create counties. between motor vehicle traffic tax on beverages will just add Why are we holding and all who share the roads in to the difficulties people face in the smallest businesses in our narrow streeted neighborhoods, Portland. neighborhoods responsible there doesn’t seem to be much in “Silver jewelry I know you support this tax for solving the area’s funding the way of responsible interaction and that’s why I wanted to get in problems? between bicyclists, pedestrians, and other stuff.” touch with you. I think you have Shouldn’t we have a plan vis-a vis motor vehicle drivers. good intentions, but I’m not sure that’s a little fairer? A plan that It’s been my experience that you fully grasp the unintended doesn’t directly impact the pedestrians and bicyclists believe consequences that could come grocery budgets of families who they have no responsibility to from this tax. can least afford it? I urge you to look, merge, stop at signals, or www.ventpdx.com I run a small business reconsider your support. follow any of the other traffic 3320 SE Division near your district and I’ve laws that motor vehicles are been watching how this tax is Thank you, required to adhere. panning out in other cities. Lots Zouheir Hussein It’s as if they want to challenge cars by entering a New in Portland crosswalk head down staring at HawtHorne Gardens senior LivinG their PDA, or bicyclists pushing I’m a newbie to SE Portland, through an intersection without having moved here last June. I regard to right of way. I can’t tell read the February edition’s small you the number of times I’ve had article Twenty is Plenty about to slam on my brakes to avoid HAWTHORNE GARDENS SENIOR LIVING reducing speed limits in order to someone doing this. Easter Party attain the Vision Zero goal. I could never imagine As I drive in the driving much over 20 MPH in SE & EGG HUNT neighborhoods of SE, I find and NE neighborhoods. There are ST there are multiple “stimuli” that too many variables coming at me SATURDAY, MARCH 31 AT 9:30 A.M. must be addressed, far more so all at once. If folks want to reduce than in any other neighborhood accidents, some of my points Children’s Egg Hunt with Prizes I have been in. So while I agree might be considered as well as Complimentary Refreshments the speed limits need to be slow, talking about speed limits as the Coloring Station & Contest I wonder if the Portland powers only solution. that be might also address the Thanks for your time. 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By Jack Rubinger

Ever wonder who is living in the new apartment buildings in your neighborhood? As Portland continues to grow, the number of more citified apartment buildings has grown, too. Who’s moving into these places and why is being examined in a series of articles here in The Southeast Examiner. First up is the Goat Blocks. Vacant for over a decade, the site had become a destination for neighbors visiting the now infamous resident maintenance crew – a herd of goats who kept the weeds in check year round. The goats eventually found a new home, but the name and the neighboring communities’ enthusiasm for activating this site as a gathering spot stuck. On a rainy morning in January, this writer visited the Goat Blocks, located across the street from Market of Choice on SE Belmont. The project is massive. Developed on what industry folks call a Super Block, this community is a micro neighborhood in itself. Goat Blocks parking is convenient. There’s a Japanese Jon and Kelly Stone style rotating system that fits nine cars in the space of three; was crucial — truly a live/work Market of Choice makes grocery a slick solution to what is one of situation. She has lived in the shopping convenient. Portland’s hottest controversies: building less than a year. “Portland is amazing. The parking, or lack thereof. With a staff of thirteen, weather isn’t nearly as dreary Emily Logue, Community the cider house is pretty busy as we were made to believe, Curator, from Killian Pacific with trivia nights, movie nights, (the ownership group), provided happy hours and burlesque turn to page 22 connections to several residents. bingo regularly programmed Jennie Dorsey is a within the space. trained burlesque dancer who Dorsey previously lived in drives vintage scooters, loves the Montavilla neighborhood. the cinema, has a cat named Originally from Chicago, she Frankenstein and manages the moved to Portland several years Schilling Cider house, located ago from Brighton, England and on SE 10th. has a background in both the Schilling is the largest coffee and cider industries. Farm, Garden & Home: cider house in the world with Jon Stone and his wife Fertilizer, Compost, Soil more than 50 different ciders Kelly have lived in the Goat Veggie, Herb, Flower Starts from all over the world. Blocks building since June of Perennials, Natives, Fruiting “We were searching for last year. They love the college Shrubs, Vines and Trees locations for Schilling, that are dorm-like aspect of the scene. Houseplants, Books, Gifts centrally located and the Goat “Many of us on the floor Seeds, Tools, Stock Tanks Hen, Bunny, Goat, Cat & Blocks fit the bill,” said Dorsey. hang out together, go out to Dog Feed and Supplies “I jumped at the chance to live the arcade, bowl or simply Baby Chicks in Spring and work in a brand new bar and watch football together in the Bunny Spa Days a brand new apartment.” community lounge,” said Stone. Teen Hen Days She lives next door to The couple moved from Friendly Advice & Rainbows the Cider House in a studio North Carolina last year for her apartment in the 1010 building school and wanted to live the on the 11th floor. city life; walking and biking Schilling has been open to activities instead of driving. seven months and Dorsey is They do that easily from the often on call, so being nearby Goat Blocks. Living above the

Woman-owned / sparkle-power operated since 2009 Jennie Dorsey 4 THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18 Proposed Elimination of ONI’s Graffiti Abatement Program

By Adam Meltzer working. “We have seen a noticeable The Office of Neighborhood decrease in graffiti and tagging Involvement (ONI) has proposed in our neighborhood over the cutting the Graffiti Abatement last year due to our efforts,” Program for the 2018-2019 City says Adam Meltzer, the chair budget stating that the program and founder of the committee, does not align with its core “but we rely heavily on the City mission to “Promote a culture of Graffiti Abatement Program for civic engagement by connecting help.” The Graffiti Office is what and supporting all Portlanders fuels our civic involvement to working together and with fight and clean up graffiti. government to build inclusive, The Graffiti Abatement safe and livable neighborhoods Program has been an and communities.” indispensable ally in efforts to However, the fact is that tackle the growing problem of the Graffiti Abatement program graffiti. It has provided all of is actually in complete alignment our supplies for monthly graffiti with ONI’s core values of cleanups and provides ongoing promoting civic engagement and guidance. We are partnering enhancing livability. with the Graffiti Abatement In a city with various Program, KINK Radio, Metro criminal elements, graffiti, and the Hawthorne and Division- tagging and the visual degradation Clinton Business Associations to Some of Richmond’s volunteer graffiti and clean up crew of our neighborhoods seem to put on a Richmond Graffiti and be a low budget priority for the Litter Cleanup Day on June 16, graffiti affects us all; it adds to look to for guidance and supplies Council a sample letter can be coming fiscal year. Richmond 2018, with the hope that other the increasing sense of loss of to clean up graffiti. found here at bit.ly/2EVLMwI. Tag Busters, a volunteer group of neighborhoods will organize control and feeling of safety It fuels civic engagement Attend the March 12, 5:30 pm, dedicated neighbors that formed similar Graffiti Cleanup days. in our environment and our throughout the city in efforts ONI Budget Advisory Committee as a committee of the Richmond (Look for details in later editions neighborhood. You can see that directly relate to improving meeting at City Hall, 1221 SW Neighborhood Association, have of SE Examiner.) it everywhere: on industrial livability. Cutting the program 4th Ave. Portland, OR 97204 been working with the City’s The Graffiti Abatement buildings in inner SE, stop will destroy morale and set us (Lovejoy Room and open to the Graffiti Abatement Program Program holds regular monthly signs, electrical boxes, utility back in our efforts to fight and public) to help keep the Richmond meetings, bringing together poles, retail establishments on clean up graffiti. Now is not the The additional dates are neighborhood clean and it’s business representatives and Hawthorne and Division, schools time to cut the Graffiti Abatement critical to the timeline: • ONI citizens from all over the city to and even apartments buildings Program but to provide it with Budget Advisory Committee discuss and strategize tactics to and single-family houses. These more funding. (BAC) meetings: portlandoregon. address graffiti. vandals with total disregard for If you are concerned gov/oni/29021 • April – date not Graffiti has long been a property and homes and quality of about the safety, cleanliness posted for public hearing • April problem in Portland, but in the life put slap tags and spray paint and livability of Portland 30 – Mayor announces proposed last 3-5 years, there has been their street names everywhere. neighborhoods, attend the next budget 5205 SE Foster Rd. an explosive growth in graffiti, The Graffiti Abatement Budget Advisory Committee ONI and the BAC are “Carts on Foster” which has been not only been Program fits squarely into ONI’s meeting and speak out against saying that the program does The Best a huge eyesore for residents core mission of civic engagement the cuts to the Graffiti Abatement not align with their mission, but Cuts & Color and business owners, but has and livability and eliminating it Program. Let Council hear your this couldn’t be further from the considerably affected what we is a mistake. There is no other voice if you want the city to keep truth. By working together we call “livability.” program or resource volunteer the program: can influence policy and prevent Lisa marie Bucci The growing presence of neighbors and businesses can Email or write letters to further budget cuts. THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18 5 NN Neighborhood Notes Laurelhurst By Barry Kast

The Friends of Laurelhurst Park (FLP) will be meeting March 7 at 4 pm, at 3421 NE Hassalo, to plan work parties to be held from April to October and address changes that may occur in the Portland Parks and Recreation Bureau budget and staffing. The 2018 work parties begin in April and occur from 9 to noon on the second Wednesday of each month through October. In addition there will be four work parties scheduled on the fourth Saturdays of April, May, September and October. Weekend events were initiated in 2017 to offer opportunities to people who can’t participate on weekdays due to work conflicts. The schedule for the 2018 season will be posted, and fliers will be available, at the kiosk at the north entrance on Ankeny St. Supervision, basic tools, gloves and water are provided as participants weed beds, prune trees and shrubs, remove invasive and nuisance species, mulch existing beds and prepare and plant in areas needing attention. The work performed is vital to the health of the park, the quality of the landscape and the pleasure experienced by park visitors. During the 2017 season, extensive camping in and around the park diminished as did concerns about drug use and hazardous materials. Nonetheless, FLP will continue to stress personal safety training for volunteers. By reducing excessive plant growth and maintaining an attractive open environment, visitors are moved to respect and protect the park and its historic value to the neighborhood and the city. Persons wishing to join FLP or participate in the planning process may get more information by contacting Peggy Glascock at [email protected] or Barry Kast at [email protected]. HAND By Jill Riebesehl

Fire and medical rescues, building changes, and open space landed on the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood District Association board’s agenda in late February. At the HAND board’s invitation, Portland Fire Chief Mike Myers, Battalion Chief Erik Oatfield and Deputy Chief Vince Wilson attended the Feb. 20 meeting. Chief Myers, on the job for 1.5 years, had noticed a “hole in service” in our area. Station 23 at Milwaukie and Powell was closed for ten years, and reopened late last year, staffed to respond to medical emergencies every day. Myers’ mission is get it fully staffed, complete with fire- fighting apparatus and capability. Regarding fire and medical rescues, we were assured that despite our old neighborhood with its narrow streets chockfull of parked cars, the bureau can handle any emergency within its purview. The chiefs pointed out the ladder trucks that can take corners, the 1,000-plus-foot-long fire hoses, satellites that direct locations and new technology that can send rescuers out the door as quick as the report is coming in. Further, all fire stations are as aware of the various intersections and one-way glitches in the neighborhoods as are residents, and regularly trained for and have mapped out the most efficient routes. Chief Myers mentioned that Mayor Ted Wheeler has tasked the bureau with finding $5 million in cuts to its budget for this next year. Urban infill marches on. Requests for adjustments to city building codes involved one family who wanted to build a short rock wall adjacent to the sidewalk and, in contrast, a developer of a 60+ unit planned apartment building seeking adjustments to the original plan. The neighborhood does not have jurisdiction in either situation, but the owners were seeking advice, consent and neighborhood goodwill. The board dispensed easily with the Ladds Addition home’s wall, but struggled with suggestions by developers of the apartment building at SE 28th and Division. Noise impact on nearby residents dominated discussion and the HAND board requested changes to terrace setbacks, trash pickup and sound signals on street access to the indoor parking area. The neighborhood has precious little open green space and just one park, Piccolo Park on SE 27th. True, it has the river, Ladds Addition rose gardens and Powell Park (part of the Brooklyn Neighborhood) but for the most part, it’s a concrete/building-structure desert. A very tiny pocket park, Avalon Sanctuary, is almost hidden off Division Street and 19th at the south end of a small parking lot. Various neighbors have taken it in hand and changed its use one way or another over the decades, and individual HAND members participate in maintaining it. The board has been asked whether it wants to take a more ownership-style role in designing a plan and is seeking advice on how to proceed. The HAND Board meets every third Tuesday of the month at 7 pm in Carvlin Hall on the St. Philip Neri grounds at SE Division St. and 17th Ave. Meetings are open to the public, and we welcome one and all.

Mt. Tabor By Laura Smith

The Thorburn Street Safety Group shared a report from the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) about the measured results of the speed cushions recently installed on Thorburn. Average speeds reduced from 32 mph down to 26 mph and the volume of cars dropped by 6 percent. Also noted in the report was “driver misbehavior” which was described as cars trying to avoid the speed bumps by driving on the shoulder of the road. Because this misbehavior is a safety issue, PBOT plans to install vertical delineators to mitigate the problem. MTNA has asked PBOT to consider neighbors’ concerns about traffic and safety issues for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists related to the Greenway project diverter at SE 50th and Lincoln. Currently, PBOT plans to temporarily install their design which allows bicyclists access in all directions and only right hand turns for vehicles to or from SE Lincoln. They will install eight speed bumps on upper Hawthorne – four between SE 50th and 55th, and four between SE 56th and 60th. For the three to six months following diverter installation, PBOT says they will conduct tests to observe where diverted traffic goes. However, PBOT has not provided clear metrics for their testing nor where the tests will take place. MTNA suggests traffic counts be conducted before and after installation in several places: on upper turn to page 21 6 THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18 CN Community News Driving Down Carbon: Recycling tip Reducing Our Carbon Footprint The Role of Electric and Autonomous Vehicles By Bonita Davis, Master Recy- Did you know that the City of Portland and Multnomah County cler and Sunnyside Resident Wednesday, March 14 • 7 pm have a Climate Action Plan that provides a roadmap for cutting our The word “used” when carbon emissions? If successful, by 2050, we will have cut our carbon SEIU Local 49 Hall, 3536 SE 26th Ave. (S. of Powell) referring to consumer goods, emissions by 80 percent. There is a role for everyone: government, Free and Open to the Public is sometimes met with a businesses, and individuals. negative reaction. Maybe we The League of Women Voters of Portland present an education- How will the rapidly accelerating introduction of autonomous, imagine items that are broken, al panel discussion to explore how Portland is working to reduce its electric, and hybrid vehicles impact our lives and environment? How not clean, in poor condition or carbon footprint March 13, at 7 pm (doors open at 6:30), Multnomah will they impact greenhouse gas emissions? How might they change undesirable for some reason. County Building, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd. the urban landscape? Sadly, in the US, a lot If you are interested in what our city is doing to reduce our car- Find out when Let’s Talk Climate presents a panel discussion of perfectly good, even new bon footprint and what this will mean to you, join our March Civic on strategies and effects of electric and autonomous vehicles. The things get thrown out. Clothing, Education Panel Discussion on Tuesday, adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has outpaced most expectations. household goods, tools, books, In addition to passenger cars, electric transit buses and delivery trucks toys, appliances, furniture, and are on the horizon. sports gear and everything else Robots from around the world The technology for autonomous vehicles (AVs) is developing you can imagine gets tossed. rapidly. It is widely expected that AVs will be electrically driven and Keeping items in use and in good repair, and buying used The Oregon Museum of from March 17 - September 3. used on demand in a shared transportation economy. 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Choose Program Manager from two seatings: 3 pm or 5:30 pm. Call Parish office, 503.231.4955 to order tickets, or place order from website. Handicap accessible. stphilipneripdx.org/ for online ticket purchase and more information. What is congestion pricing? Portland’s effort will Now is the time to learn about evaluate/consider geographically Rain Gardens 101 – Sunday April 29 from 1 – 5 pm at Bridgeport United Church of Christ, 621 NE it and weigh in on policies that based pricing, parking demand 76th Ave. Explore the critical role rain gardens can play in urban stream restoration, and how they add will shape tomorrow’s driving management, automated/shared beautiful landscaping to a yard at the same time. Learn how to assess your site to determine the best loca- decisions. mobility pricing, and bridge tion and size, calculate impervious surfaces, determine soil suitability, choose appropriate plants, and how Congestion pricing refers management. PBOT will consider to maintain your new rain garden. You’ll receive a comprehensive manual to guide you through the steps to roadway tolls implemented to how these connect with other in constructing your rain garden. Where possible, workshop includes a short tour of a nearby rain garden. reduce traffic congestion. city-wide policy efforts around Register at: emswcd.org/workshops-and-events/upcoming-workshops. What is the Portland area housing, climate, Vision Zero doing about traffic congestion? goals. Honoring Our Rivers, a project of Portland-based nonprofit Willamette Partnership, is accepting Last legislative session, The Metro area is struggling student submissions of art, photography, poetry, and writing, including works in foreign languages for the the Oregon Legislature (via to manage congestion. Congestion upcoming edition of its publication. Entries should reflect the student’s connection to rivers or their water- HB2017, now “Keep Oregon has outpaced population growth 4 shed.Students, kindergarten through college, will be published alongside regional pro authors and artists. Moving”) authorized the Oregon to 11 and there are no signs of any Past collections have included Barry Lopez, Ursula K. Le Guin, Paulann Petersen, Charles Finn, Ana Maria Department of Transportation decrease in the near future. It has Spagna, and Lillian Pitt. The anthology is distributed across the state of Oregon to libraries, partner organi- (ODOT) to conduct a feasibility negative impacts not only on our zations, and participating families and schools. The upcoming edition of the student anthology will include study and proposal for what livability, but on public health, a featured section dedicated to celebrating the different tribes of the Pacific Northwest and their connections they refer to as value pricing on the climate, and our economy. to rivers. The intention of this theme is to increase awareness and appreciation of Native culture, history, Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 ODOT and PBOT both language, and arts, particularly as they relate to Pacific Northwest Rivers and watersheds, through student with the purpose of reducing agree it is unlikely our roadways art and creative writing. Deadline to submit is Earth Day, April 22, 2018. Learn how to submit at honorin- congestion. will ever be as free-flowing as gourrivers.org/submit, or contact the project coordinator at [email protected]. Read more about ODOT’s they were in decades past. effort at oregon.gov/ODOT/Get- Both ODOT and PBOT are Neighborhood Watch is a program designed to increase the sense of safety and community in Involved/Pages/Value-Pricing- exploring this pricing as part of neighborhoods by organizing and involving individuals and their families in united crime prevention efforts. Committee.aspx a larger or more comprehensive Neighborhood Watch is formed when residents notice chronic problems and/or increases in crime and sus- Last November, Portland strategy to get people out of single picious activities in their neighborhood. Due to the large response for neighborhood watch requests watch City Council built upon that occupancy vehicles by investing coordinators have already taken enough requests to book out trainings through the month of April. They will effort by passing a resolution in infrastructure for walking, still accept requests and continue to schedule trainings. Learn more about neighborhood watch. Go online to directing the Portland Bureau biking and transit, as well as other the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, Crime Prevention page at portlandoregon.gov/oni/62587. Neigh- of Transportation (PBOT) management strategies. borhood Watch Interest Form is at portlandoregon.gov/oni/70451. If you have a general question about and Bureau of Planning This concept needs to be crime prevention, email them to [email protected] or submit an online request at portlandoregon. and Sustainability (BPS) to a community-wide discussion gov/32302 . study congestion pricing on local as the introduction of tolls will roads like Grand Ave. and Martin not only affect the highways but 20 is plenty – The first yard sign pick up is beginning. The City is providing free “20 is Plenty” yard Luther King Jr. Blvd. and the could have surface street impacts signs and bumper stickers to raise awareness about Portland’s new 20 mph residential speed limit. In an Willamette River bridges. as drivers change routes to avoid effort to increase safety, speed limits on Portland’s residential streets are dropping to 20 miles per hour fol- These terms congestion tolls. lowing a recent Portland City Council decision. The new speed limit takes effect citywide April 1. The 20 or value pricing are similar and The impact on surface mph speed limit is part of Portland’s Vision Zero work to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries. PBOT used interchangeably. Both refer streets is a consideration of the is doubling the number of residential speed limit signs, installing approximately 2,000 across the city. Not to a payment/tolling mechanism feasibility study and residents every residential street will have a speed limit sign, but the 20 mph speed limit will be in effect on all resi- applied to a single lane, an entire are encouraged to weigh in their dential streets. Here are the currently scheduled times and locations in SE: Saturday, March 3, noon - 4 pm., roadway, or used during a certain opinions to both ODOT and parking lot of Midland Library, 805 SE 122nd: Saturday, March 10, noon – 4 pm, Zenger Farm, 11741 SE time of day, in a certain area (e.g. PBOT. Foster; Sunday, March 18, noon – 4 pm, in front of Hosford Middle School, 2303 SE 28th Place. Saturday, city center), or for certain users Cities like Seattle and March 24, noon – 4 pm, in front of Lane Middle School, 7200 SE 60th Ave. (e.g. trucks vs. carpool vs. single New York are implementing occupancy vehicles). policies and practices to address Windermere Realty Trust Donated $29,683 to SE Portland nonprofits in 2017. The Trust However, while a toll’s congestion in the United States. supported 43 charitable organizations throughout Oregon and southwest Washington in 2017. Over $405,163 purpose is primarily to collect The Federal Highway was given to local charities supporting low-income children and families, with $29,683 benefitingnonprofit revenue, the main objective of Administration lists more (ops. organizations based in SE Portland, such as Children’s Center and Boys and Girls Club. Windermere Realty congestion or value pricing is to fhwa.dot.gov/congestionpricing/ Trust is proud to be a part of the larger Windermere Foundation, serving the Western U.S. since 1989. Along alleviate congestion, particularly resources/examples_us.htm) with launching their own fundraising activities and providing personal donations, brokers donate a portion during peak hours. and demonstrates the variety of of every commission to the foundation for every home bought or sold through the realty company. Three ODOT’s feasibility study options available to implement years ago, the foundation reached its goal of raising $30 million in donations supporting programs and or- will consider various types of locally. ganizations that provide shelter, clothing, children’s programs, emergency assistance and other services to tolls (e.g. single lane, freeway There are numerous those in need. location, and time of day) as international cities that have been well as consider equity for low- using this strategy for many years Dry Farming in the Maritime Pacific Northwest – Up to a 50% reduction in summer income individuals who could be and some have reliable data for water availability is predicted in Oregon within 50 years. It will be critical for the viability of farms in our adversely impacted. Portland to consider. region and the security of our food system to increase knowledge and awareness of methods of crop produc- tion that require little or no irrigation. To initiate this project, a Dry Farming Demonstration was established Rock Paper Calligraphy – Calligraphy/Hand Lettering in Corvallis, Oregon in 2015. This demonstration expanded to three OSU sites in 2016 and more than 10 Workshops are offered at Artist & Craftsman Supply, 3393 SE 21st farms in Western Oregon hosted dry farming trials via the Dry Farming Collaborative. Join the Multnomah Ave. Two separate Beginner Brush Pen Lettering Classes offered Master Gardeners Speaker Series on Tuesday, March 13, 7 pm at TaborSpace, 5441 SE Belmont St., as March 10 or March 17, 10 am – noon. Amy Garrett, Oregon State University, shares how the OSU Extension Service is partnering with growers to increase knowledge and awareness of dry farming management practices and hear about some of the results Each class is two hours for $75 and includes all supplies including from their field trials. Learn how these techniques can be applied in the home garden. a beginner’s kit to keep. Class size limited. 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Op-ed By Midge Pierce firearms are specifically prohib- to temporarily remove firearms ited. Thirty miles north, St. Hel- from a person posing “signifi- Ten months ago, a banner ens allows staff to be armed, ac- cant” danger. Adjudication can hung at Cleveland High protest- cording to The Register-Guard. be a lengthy process that does ing police officers at schools. Oregon districts make local de- nothing to make schools safe. Post-Parkland, conversations cisions despite federal gun-free Almost 50,000 students have exploded nationwide over school laws and teachers unions attend Portland’s seventy-eight arming teachers who scarcely and police associations say- public schools with fewer than a have enough books to go around. ing handguns are no match for dozen police Security Resource Oregonians may be sur- weapons of war. Officers. Police say more- of prised that concealed handguns Whether or not you con- ficers are needed especially be- are already allowed in state sider fortifying halls of learning cause SROs are trained to avert schools. Anyone with a legal, a daft idea, a growing majority problems before they escalate. concealed carry license can supports providing more men- Teachers take emergency bring a loaded weapon into pub- tal health services, tightening training online. PPS tried metal lic facilities that include schools background checks and remov- detectors at a middle school 20 unless specific prohibitions are ing bump stocks from store years ago. Processing students posted by employers. In some shelves as the NRA continues one at a time took two and a half places, teachers may already be to condone sales of automatic hours. The district has no plans packing. rifles with no purpose but to – or funding – to further fortify At Portland Public Schools, mutilate. facilities. In terms of state regula- Instead, PPS points to pa- tions, Oregon is mid-pack. Gun rental responsibilities: Know sales are restricted to those 21 your child’s friends, have con- Fitness for women, and over, but Oregon has no versations about what to do if limit on the number of maga- someone posts threats on social zines purchased and no require- media, have a safety plan, re- by women. ments to register guns that are port suspicious behavior. Before legally owned. playdates, ask if a household Check Out Sales of AR-15s and mod- has guns and how they are kept Our New ifications to make them more safe. Parents should also moni- LUNCH HOUR lethal, surge at gun shows, on- tor school security practices. Classes: line, on the black market and This writer was distressed at TRX, Cardio First Class FREE! sports-shops. Local gun stores how easy it was to wander halls & More! advertise more than 20 types of of a Southeast elementary unat- Group Fitness AR-15s and limitless options tended. No monitoring of secu- Personal Training for customization. rity cameras was in evidence at Small Group Training Since the Florida carnage, other Southeast schools. Nutrition Counseling the state boasts it was the first Individuals can follow to pass gun legislation – the NRA money. Republican Greg “boyfriend loophole” that bans Walden has reportedly received domestic abusers from possess- $39,000 and Democrat Kurt 2725 SE Ash St. www.kfitstudiopdx.com 971-373-8499 ing guns. Plus, Extreme Risk Shrader $5000. You can check Protection Orders allow courts turn to page 10 THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18 9 RS Representatively Speaking Short Session Review

By State Representative issues after the air pollution from Rob Nosse Bullseye Glass came to light in my first term. This bill is the Greetings from Salem. I first big payoff of that work. The am writing this column from bill is still going through a lot my office on the fourth floor of negotiations involving many of the Capitol overlooking the constituents from SE Portland, Capitol Mall as we near the end but should it pass, SB 1541 of the 80th Legislative session. will put a fee system in place Wow, the short session can be and provide the funding for the hectic. The running joke in the governor’s Cleaner Air Oregon Capitol is that we manage to fit program, so we can start reigning the stress of a six-month session in industrial pollution sources into five weeks! Even though it is that pose serious health risks. a short session, we are absolutely HB 4145 – With the State Representative Rob Nosse working on some important bills, tragedy in Florida still fresh in including some that will lay everybody’s mind, it FINALLY version of the bill focused on the groundwork for better more feels like we reached a tipping price transparency. HB 4005 progressive legislation to come. point on gun violence in this will require prescription drug Allow me to highlight some of Country. The day after that school manufacturers to justify price the more important bills. (The shooting, one of many already this hikes of 10 % or more. While not session will likely be over by year, we passed HB 4145 on the as comprehensive, I think this the time you read this column, House floor. The bill expands the is a good first step. After all, at so hopefully all of the bills criteria that places someone under the end of the day the problem highlighted in this column will the domestic abuser firearm ban is the price. Consumers deserve Best Price! have passed.) to include intimate partners that transparency on why drug prices HB 4155 – After last don’t live together that have been keep going up. I’m excited to Best Quality! year’s disappointing decision convicted of stalking. It’s a step continue to work to bring those by the Federal Communications in the right direction. I know we costs down. Commission to repeal net will be coming back to gun safety With all that said, every neutrality protections, it became in future sessions. As I said when session there are plenty of good clear that consumer protections I ran for office, I will support any bills that never make it out of were going to have to come sensible gun regulation that can committee or die in the Senate. from the states. Most advocates pass – and finally it is starting to Having a full six months in 2019 believe the states are federally feel like more of these bills can instead of five weeks will give pre-empted from dealing with indeed pass. us a chance to really work on this issue. That said, we think we HB 4005 – For me, this and polish important legislative have crafted a narrow approach bill is a big deal. Last session I concepts that may not have 7960 SE Stark St. 503-284-0036 that will withstand the federal introduced an aggressive bill – cleared the hurdle this time. NFPDX.COM Open 7 days pre-emption and a constitutional HB 2387 to lower drug prices. Should I get re-elected, I’m challenge in our courts. Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical looking forward to working on SB 1541 – I started paying lobby killed that bill. This year I those issues and more. hard attention to air quality returned with a slimmed-down

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Slow changes to gun laws put more lives at risk Hook, ten states actually weak- town. “My kid. Any kid.” from page 8 ened firearm restrictions while So here we are. Students, Connecticut has banned au- riddled with bullets, trauma, favorite stores, brands, banks, tomatic weapons, and limited (an identity a pundit called the credit cars or investments to magazine sales and saw a drop “Shooting Generation”) plead determine which are tied to in gun deaths. for action. “We don’t know what the manufacture of killing ma- A Multnomah County it’s like not to feel fear,” say sur- chines. A number of airlines Sheriff’s Captain warns that vivors of Parkland (or Thurston, and car rentals have already firearm bans fail to address the Roseburg, Clackamas, Pulse, scrapped NRA perks. multitude of weapons and car- Vegas on and on...) As calls for action come tridges already in circulation. For me, every word is an from children who had an AR- Harry Smith says his office has echo – and a gut punch – from 15 pointed at their heads, nation- a voluntary turn-in program to decades ago in Denver. A staffer al polls show that two-thirds of destroy unwanted guns. The rushed into a meeting to alert Americans support controls on most netted in a single year is me to a school massacre a few automatic weapons and raising 200. So far, nothing has reduced miles away. She knew I had a minimum age requirements for the proliferation of weapons and daughter attending high school a gun purchases. Despite the dif- complexity of different jurisdic- few miles away. In an age before ficulty of defining thousands of tions, laws, courts and claims of cellphones, time stood still until varieties of automatic weaponry, constitutional rights. I knew she was okay. nations from Northern Europe You’ve heard it ad nau- Columbine colored my TV to Australia that have done so seum before: change takes time, career. We scheduled non-vio- claim it saves lives. but two decades is too long for lent programs and critical-think- In this country, mass those with children and grand- ing as antidotes to heinous video shooting has become a rising children who are our hearts games. We held town halls. We numbers game since a ban on walking outside our bodies. launched a national campaign assault weapons ended in 2004. Nightmare news breaks; voices called Generation Hope: Voices After the heartbreak of Sandy scream, “Don’t let it be my for Change. We heard students say, “Children should chase dreams not bullets.” Nothing changed. Will this time be different? Will the movement last longer than a news cycle or compas- sion fatigue? Will you join the marches of children to strength- en background checks and ban high capacity weapons that man- gle children’s internal organs? We are the change our chil- dren seek. THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18 11 Voices of the houseless

By Nancy Tannler didn’t want them to stay in this County is handling the houseless location. crisis. The general consensus Castor began to attend is that Multnomah County the Overlook Neighborhood has more programs available The League of Women Association meetings to explain that are directly helping these Voters held an informative the plight of people with no individuals. They felt the discussion this month that put a homes to live in and what was City just doesn’t have enough face on those who are houseless needed to help a houseless resources to help the amount of for those in attendance. Four person move on. She eventually people in need. panelists who have experienced became a member of the board. Damian Blakley commends living on the streets told their The Hazelnut Grove the work of The Sisters of The stories and how their lives were encampment was formed with an Road for helping him survive transformed by the services we outpouring of support from the and develop a sense of purpose already have in place here in the community. They have access as an advocate/spokesman/ City of Portland. to water and porta-potties at the photographer for the houseless. Lisa Larson is now a park and the City of Portland Melissa Castor believes resident of Dignity Village and provided fencing to section off that if more small encampments has found this community a safe the area. Since they were formed like Hazelnut Grove could be haven for her progress away in 2015, they’ve begun to build formed throughout the City, True irreverence is disrespect for another man’s god. from living on the streets. Her tiny homes on the site. Many of it would be a temporary, safe Mark Twain story began when a domestic the residents have moved on to solution for many people living violence situation had her fleeing permanent housing. on the streets. for her life with no money or job. Lisa Larson, former CEO Her only option was the streets. DeWanna Harris was of Dignity Village has found her family’s golden child. She home and a community here. “If Larson had the good fortune received straight “A’s” in school we could find a place for other to meet a caring individual who and was full of potential. All that villages, we would relieve the protected her from her pursuer changed after she married, and unrelieved suffering of being on and taught her how to survive then her dreams of a rosy future the streets all the time. without a permanent residence. didn’t seem possible anymore. DeWanna Harris Slow changes to gun laws put more lives at risk They were living in Milwaukie Harris got caught in the trap encourages the people not to at the time and squatting in an of alcohol abuse that led to a give up hope. Eventually there abandoned house until they were vagrant lifestyle and petty theft are ways to get ahead with the arrested for burglary. to support the habit. system that is in place, you’ve “I went from being a good She and her husband got tell yourself that everyday girl to a criminal,” Larson said, traveled the circuit up and down like I did. “for the crime of not having a the west coast. She’d done time The overarching issue place to live.” in prison and became isolated that would alleviate most of the The couple was arrested from her family and children due problem is finding a way to fund again for burglary, but really for to the shame she felt from living affordable housing. squatting and were incarcerated this way. More than any other thing, again. “You quickly learn that “One day everything that needs to be the mantra for there are good cops and then not caught up with me and I decided those whose heart bleeds for the so good ones,” Larson said. not to lie to myself and others impoverished, people with no They returned to living on anymore,” Harris said. place to live. the streets and experienced some She turned to every support of the worst case scenarios. system available and eventually They were robbed several times with the help of Transition and had all their possessions Projects and Sisters of the Road destroyed by other homeless she began to reclaim her life one people, and learned to sleep with day at a time. Her children were one eye open. returned to her, she went back “When my partner started to school and got a bachelor’s acting strangely, hearing voices degree in social work and is now and getting angry, I knew we had a manager at Transitions Project. to do something,” Larson said. It is not uncommon for people Damian Blakley, an artist, who don’t get enough sleep to photographer, advocate for the become schizophrenic and that’s homeless, has been homeless was what was happening to him. for ten years. He is one of ten They signed up on the unhoused community member wait list at Dignity Village who participated in The Sisters and eventually were given a Of The Road “Through Our place to stay. This was eight Lens” traveling photography years ago and since that time, exhibit. the couple have regained their Blakey said the exhibit lets sense of self, gotten day jobs, people know that even though a become stabilized, and are active person might be down on their members of this community. luck, they are still people, and Larson jests that, “We’re still human. a true community just like other In a quote attached to his large, sometimes dysfunctional exhibit, Blakey posts: “I greeted families out there.” Through a man I’d met once. He said, ‘It’s this process Larsen has learned good to be seen. We are often to build her self esteem and to invisible. Recognition is lean.’” care about others. She highly Other points of under- advocates for more Dignity standing from the evening’s Village communities. presentation were: 1) remember, these people are often sleep de- Melissa Castor built her prived, which effects their be- first houseless community while havior; 2) they appreciate being living with her husband under acknowledged, and it can make the Morrison Bridge. They tried a difference; 3) not all of them to preserve a clean and sober are lazy; 4) they prefer houseless environment, holding regular to homeless because of the load- worship services for the people ed connotations with the word living there. homeless; 5) they are resilient Eventually the camp was and 6) most of them would like a disbanded and Castor moved to place to live. the area between N. Greeley and The speakers each gave an N. 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When Gina Helvie first came to Portland to attend culi- nary school, she had no idea she would not be returning to her childhood home in Napa Valley. Then Portland put its spell on her along with fate, guiding her to becoming a restaurant owner of Trinket. She’s now a perma- nent transplant here in the Great Northwest. The restaurant business has always been a part of Gina’s life. Her mother (nicknamed Trin- ka) worked in restaurants when Gina was young and her first job at sixteen was as a server. After graduating from culinary school, she began the rounds working as a chef in a French restaurant and working tables to make money. It became clear to her that although she loved to cook, she did her best working the front of the house. This talent landed her here SE Lincoln & 39th work- ing at the dinner restaurant, the Kingdom of Roosevelt. One day she mentioned to the owner she made in-house, while the coffee would like to own this place and is from the local roaster Extract. the next day he countered with All chicken eggs are vegetarian a price. She ran the idea by her fed, and pasture-raised on Ca- future partners, Robert Thomas mano Island in Washington. The and Andrew Hanson, and within duck eggs are vegetarian fed and Owner Gina Helvie a heartbeat, the dinner restaurant antibiotic/hormone free and the became Trinket, a daytime cof- meat is from Revel Meat Com- kitchen manager and right hand feeshop and brunch and spirits pany in Canby, one of two USDA woman, who makes it possible place. This was back in 2013. approved organic meat packers in for Gina to have a couple of days The name Trinket was a nod Oregon. off every week. to the influence Gina’s mother “I use quality ingredients, Driving down 39th it’s pos- had on her choice to pursue the choosing organic where I can,” sible to zoom right by Trinket, but food way, plus the decor builds on Gina said. The menu also has if you are looking to expand your the previous owners’ northwest choices for gluten free, vegetar- brunch experience, this would be theme adding special trinkets and ian, vegan eaters, and substitu- a good place to slow down for. art to create a cozy, comfortable tions work on some menu items. There is a full parking lot on the setting. “Over time we have at- north side just before the light at The menu has evolved over tracted our regulars becoming Lincoln. Restaurant & Lounge time to serve a variety of tantaliz- part of the neighborhood experi- ing breakfast and lunch standards, ence for them and for me,” Gina Specializing in North India Cuisine with a twist created by Gina and said. “I’ve been here long enough her kitchen chef, Melissa Madue- to see the toddlers become grade Serving freshly prepared authentic Indian dishes on no. Duck eggs Benedict, polenta school kids.” This is reassuring Hawthorne Blvd. and in Hyderabad, India for her as it for many of the small with steamed eggs and greens, Catering & Private Dining business owners, to feel the sup- Lunch: 11:30 am – 3 pm and savory waffles are a few of area for wedding, showers, port of your community and a Dinner: 5 pm – 11 pm the choices. Each menu item parties, meetings speaks to the delicious side of sense of place. breakfast food. Although the hours are not helloindia.com There is a daily quiche and Happy Hours, the full service bar hash special as well as other spon- does serve lots of artisan mixed 35oo SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503.232.7860 taneous courses that pop up in in- drinks, Bloody Mary’s, Mimosa, spired moments. The lunch menu coffee drinks, etc. as well as beer includes a French Dip, Tucker and wine. Bowl, grilled cheese, tuna melt, Trinket has six full time, La Bamba kale salad, sides and specials. invaluable employees, one of Pastries are predominantly whom is Melissa Madueno, Mexican Restaurante & Cantina Serving regional fare from: Veracruz • Oaxaca • Yucatan • Puebla

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By Don MacGillivray zene, hydrocarbons and lead. these off road vehicles in Oregon Combine Home There are numerous sources making regulation difficult. of air toxics, but by far the largest In 2015, California had Diesel exhaust has been an source is vehicle emissions es- 350,000 trucks that no longer & Auto. Save big. issue in Portland for many years. pecially trucks and heavy equip- could be used because of their Recently the central city has more ment. There are no federal stan- new diesel emissions standards than thirty large buildings under dards for these types of pollution. that are among the toughest in the construction at one time and a Work is being done to reduce air country. The solution for the af- large number of diesel powered toxics, but the growth in popula- fected companies was to sell their vehicles are in use without ad- tion and necessary increases in trucks in states where they are Good things happen when you combine your home equate exhaust control. 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State Farm Florida Insurance Company, Winter Haven, FL 1606202 State Farm Lloyds, Richardson, TX due to diesel pollution. bying campaign to stop it funded While ODOT does have a small This fact might have gone by the oil industry. program to address this issue, the unreported if it weren’t for Linda The new technologies in the new influx of older polluting ve- George, a Portland State Univer- manufacture of engines for heavy hicles has overloaded the market. sity professor, who has a lab in duty trucks and construction Over the last fifteen years, her car with equipment able to equipment will soon reduce die- the Oregon Department of Envi- record the level of pollution at sel pollution by 90 percent. This ronmental Quality has spent over specific locations. Her findings may almost eliminate the cancer $7 million dollars to replace, ret- are higher than the governmental risk of truck emissions. rofit, or retire almost a thousand computer models that are above Oregon has not funded die- old diesel engines to reduce the the accepted standards nearly ev- sel engine upgrades since fiscal pollution. This is less than one erywhere she tests for air quality. year 2007-09. Oregon invests percent of the vehicles currently Around construction sites, only 5 percent of the amount of in service. Most of the clean-up the level of pollution is often funds Washington has dedicated money is coming from federal 100 times the acceptable level. to diesel cleanup since 2002. grants, but the amount is far short The United States Environmen- By upgrading the diesel engines of what is needed. tal Protection Agency estimates of these vehicles, $17 would be Oregon Senator Michael that diesel pollution causes 460 saved for every dollar invested. Dembrow has been working on premature deaths per year in Or- The tax credit program was elimi- this issue for years and is the egon and this costs the people nated in 2012 and the funding for sponsor of legislation to help of Oregon $3.5 billion a year in upgrading school buses has been truck owners retrofit their trucks health costs and lost productivity. cut. to a safe standard or to dispose of Pollution levels are often two or When Volkswagen was them and buy new ones. He has three times worse in low income, found to have deceived regulators not found a welcoming environ- minority communities near free- about their auto pollution control ment within the House or Senate. ways and industrial areas where systems, they had to pay a settle- In 2015 the Oregon Legis- children are often at risk. ment of $15 billion in the United lature passed a Clean Fuels Pro- According to government States. Oregon received about gram (SB 324) that would keep 7 sources, less than 10 percent of air $70 million of this money to help million tons of carbon from pol- pollution is created by industry. clean up the diesel problem, but luting our air. The number one source is from there is controversy around how Representatives in Oregon cars and trucks. Still, Oregon’s these funds should be used in talk about a comprehensive solu- air quality standards have met spite of the known health risks tion, but business is not willing federal guidelines for more than diesel fumes are known to cause too support it. In the 2016 legisla- twenty years. 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The Mermaid Hour

Jaryn Lasentia plays Violet (pictured) in Mil- agro’s premiere of The Mermaid Hour, a new comedy about a fam- ily’s real life challenges. The story’s cast includes Nelda Reyes, Jed Arkley, Barbie Wu, Kai Hynes, and Michael Cavazos. Read more about the production on page 17.

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This Portland Kimono was designed by Tiffany Kirkpatrick. It’s part of the 28th Buckman Show and Sell, Saturday and Sun- day, March 10 and 11 at Buck- man Art Focus Elementary. More than 125 artists working in many kinds of media will show their work to support the school. It’s a great family-friendly way to meet SE Portland artists. There are es- tablished pros and Buckman stu- dents all showing together. Read all about it on page 16.

Email your event news by the 20th of each month to: [email protected]. Visit southeastexaminer. com for all the latest city and SE neighborhood news, past issues and A&E. “Like” us on Facebook too for news updates and conversation. 16 THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18 arts & performance Tombeau de Claude Debussy Our Library Buckman Art Show and Sell The annual Buckman Art Show This year’s March Music Mod- Wants Your and Sell is Saturday and Sunday March erne, the annual classical music Music 10-11 at Buckman Art Focus Elemen- extravaganza, is all about Claude tary, 320 SE 16th Ave. Debussy. Portland composer, Multnomah County Library’s The festival features art created by fest founder and impresario Music Project is now accepting established artists and newly emerging submissions of local music of any Bob Priest commemorates the genre for a new online music col- talents. Each year there’s a gallery show- centennial of this influential lection. Submissions are open casing Buckman students and young composer’s passing with a through March 14, 2018 at library- alumni too. All in all, there’s 130 artists unique trio of concerts March musicproject.com. and craftspersons, with food, dance and 23-25 at the Community Music It is partnered with MUSICat, Jennifer Mercede’s “Butterfly” music performances, all in support of Center, 3350 SE Francis St. Con- a platform that works only with Buckman’s arts program. certs begin each night at 7:30 pm, public libraries to collect, curate, license, and share local music. Artists donate 30% from their sales are free for all ages and each night MUSICat’s supporting orga- to the Buckman Arts Focus Elementary PTA and proceeds are used for brings another treat. nization is called Rabble, a small art supplies, equipment, props and costumes for school performances. • Friday 23 March – Marzena The Free Marz team of three folks, self funded A Silent Auction includes artwork donated from show partici- String Trio: Music at the Speed of Sound II; through the platform’s revenue. pants and the Community Art Project: The • Saturday 24 March – Heave-Ho Productions presents No big corporations or venture HeART of Protest will be presented by Music in the Time of Absinthe capitalists here; just real people who believe that local music is Don’t Shoot Portland, Saturday from 11 am • Sunday 25 March – Cascadia Composers: Tombeau a treasure to the community it - 4 pm. On Sunday there’s Buckman student de Claude Debussy à Travers la Mer. serves. performances: dance, chorus and marimba. Priest brings MMM to the airwaves for those of you A team of local music afi- Through music, art, theatre, and cre- at home or stranded in your cars or offices. Listen either cionados review the submissions, ative movement, Buckman’s arts specialists Friday March 16 to Double Bummer on XRAY 91.1 FM at and artists chosen to be part of the provide concentrated instruction in music, 11 pm or Monday March 19 to A Different Nature on KBOO catalog will be compensated for fine art, drama and dance. They collaborate their work. 90.7 FM at 8 pm. Both shows are filled with live music, The music will be available with classroom teachers to integrate arts interviews, pre-recorded MMM samples, new commissioned for free online streaming. Mult- into the core curriculum of Buckman Arts works and surprises galore. “Turn on, Tune in, Listen Up”. nomah County Library cardhold- Focus Elementary, resulting in flexible and Sounding the Cinema: The Debussy Film by Ken Rus- ers can download anything in the creative thinkers. sell, screens Thursday March 22 at 7 pm, free at Cinema 21, Library Music Project collection Food trucks will be on hand too. Sat- 616 NW 21st Ave. free for their own use. urday the Fest goes from 10 am – 5 pm and The program is at marchmusicmoderne.org. The first collection goes on- line in May of this year. Submitting Sunday, from 11 am – 4 pm. There’s a sug- artists should be currently com- gested donation of $2-5 per person. Kids The Hanson Family Yodels Into Town posing and performing original under 4 are free. See buckmanartshow.wee- music in and around the Portland bly.com Emily Pratt’s “Rain” area. The library website has more info. More about MUSICat at mu- sicat.co.

On Friday March 16, the Reedwood Friends Church stage comes to life with the energy, talent, and enthusiasm of the young Western Artists Lisa, Theresa, and Daniel Hanson a.k.a The Hanson Family. They share the stage in this month’s Portland FolkSong concert with Tom Swearingen, Oregon’s Cowboy Poet who was featured last month in these pages. The Pagan Jug Band The Hanson trio excels at Western Swing, yodeling, rousing fiddle tunes with energetic harmonies and vocal arrangements. Their The Pagan Jug Band has been performing around the Northwest Territories for a quarter of a performances are sparked with humor and audience participation. century and they celebrate often, playing everything from bluegrass to world folk and Zydeco to swing. With deft instrumentation, yodeling mastery and a deep love Every Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm, the Band plays a family friendly happy hour hoedown for for music, The Hanson family has been awarded the 2014 Academy all ages at Ford Food + Drink on the corner of SE 11th and Division. The show is free and the venue’s of Western Artists Duo/Group of the Year, the 2014 Western Music menu includes a blend of vegetarian, vegan and other options. Association Crescendo Award, the 2013 Kamloops Cowboy Festival The Jug Band consists of Patrick Buckley, Kya Eckstrand, Joe Patterson, Chris Miskow, Jes Gutg- among others. See hansonfamilymusic.com. sell and Dave Duffield. Special guests from Portland’s vast community of talent join spontaneously Concert begins at 7:30 pm and the Church is located at 2901 SE and their all-acoustic blend of banjo, dobro, accordion, fiddle, guitars and bass, mixes music like sweet Steele St. Doors open at 7 pm. Tickets are $20/$17 PFS Members/$10 alchemy. Their assortment of originals and inspired covers keeps the dance floor hopping. ages 12-18 and under 12 are free. Reserve at 971.678.5736/or online Whole lotta dancing goin’ on. See PaganJugBand.com at portlandfolkmusic.org/concerts.php Know Your Happy Hour History? Portland filmmaker David Mayne teaches history with a cocktail in hand. His community of America’s top bartenders, historians and film artists have created a pilot for a new show, Happy Hour History, a web TV series highlighting the connections between alcoholic bever- ages and major events in human history. Happy Hour History explores the roots behind classic cocktails, like the Moscow Mule and the Side Car and how they are connected to two catastrophic world wars. Prohibition Era cocktails the Bees Knees and the Scofflaw helped frame the early Women’s Rights Movement. One episode even shows how rum played a pivotal role in the Ameri- can Revolution. A pilot episode has been completed and now, in order to fund an entire first season of episodes, they are launching a crowdfunding campaign. A filmmaker for over three decades, Mayne has written and di- rected PBS documentaries and national commercials. He worked with OPB for several years on PBS’ The History Detectives. He believes in Landmarks is an the power of film/video to make the world a smarter, funnier and bet- evolving archive featuring 2D ter place. and 3D works in drawing, paint- To contribute and find out more, see HappyHourHistory.com. ing and collage by Karen McAli- ster Shimoda on view through March 31 at Roll-Up Studio + Gallery, 1715 SE Spokane St. Shimoda, originally from Missoula was “instantly, in- stinctively, drawn to the lush, voluminous coniferous forests” here. Her unending universe of patterns, textures, surfaces, 3848 SE DIVISION ST layers, folds, and recesses fill delicate drawings, paintings PORTLAND OR 97202 and collages. 503.445.9470 Gallery hours are Fridays Saturdays, 12 to 5 pm or by ap- pointment. See rollupspace. com. THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18 17 arts & performance Portland’s Venerable Music Venue Needs You Portland’s oldest independent music venue, The Laurelthirst Pub- Clinton Street The Mermaid Hour lic House, is raising money to purchase and preserve the 107 year old Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark St., presents the building it resides in. The Pub opened 30 years ago and has become Marches On a bona fide Portland institution and energetic hub for nightly live music. premiere of The Mermaid Hour, a fast-paced, down-to- The four new owners have established a GoFundMe campaign to earth comedy that looks at real-world challenges through Clinton Street Theatre, the lens of the all-American family. raise $100,000 by March 31. The historic property sits on the corner 2522 SE Clinton St. bubbles of NE Glisan & 30th Ave. and is in danger of being sold and razed for What do you do with a challenge you have no expe- over every month with mov- development. rience dealing with? What about when that challenge in- The venue hosts local bands of the country, bluegrass, roots, and ies, music and community involvement. The hundred volves someone you love? As a parent, how do you rise Americana persuasion daily. There are sixteen concerts each week in- up and support them? Playwright David Valdes Green- cluding free weekday happy hour sets and all-ages shows on the week- year old theatre house kicks ends. The prolific schedule means paying gigs for local musicians, that off this month with three wood presents the story of Violet, an impulsive, radi- funnel dollars back into the music community. screenings for the Portland ant, and redemptive 12 year-old transgender girl whose Current proprietors Nick Zerr, Brandon Logan, Bart Yanoch and Kids’ Film Festival, Sunday search for acceptance puts her parents love, commit- Lewi Longmire are longtime Laurelthirst employees and patrons who March 4. ment, and resources to the ultimate test. purchased the business from the original owners in December 2016. Their Resistance Series Preview Night is March 22 and opening night is the Their GoFundMe page states: “We want nothing more than to ensure continues every Monday next evening March 23 which includes a reception ca- night where folks can see the existence of the Laurelthirst for the community of musicians and pa- tered by Tamale Boy. Sunday, March 25, 2 pm matinee trons who have created and supported one of the most magical places a movie and drop $5 in a in Portland, or across the country, for the foreseeable future.” bucket for a good cause. features a post-show talkback. Milagro is one of four The historic building was constructed in 1911 and its first occupant March 5 is Blade Run- theatres producing The Mermaid Hour as part of the Na- was Seton’s Drug Store (the drug store’s mirrored backsplash is still in- ner: The Final Cut (dona- tional New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. tact behind the existing bar). It became the Blue Keg, roughly two years tions go to New Avenues The Mermaid Hour runs through April 14. It is pre- after prohibition was repealed. Laurelthirst Public House was born in for Youth); March 12 is Le- sented in English with Spanish supertitles March 31 at 1988, when David Lee Williams and Steve Weiland purchased the bar. gally Blonde (to NAMI Mult- 7:30 pm and April 8 at the 2 pm matinee. Adult tickets Many musicians from the original Laurelthirst era are still active. nomah); March 19, Steel The Kung Pao Chickens have played Monday nights for eighteen in advance start at $27 with discounts available for se- Magnolias (to Sisters of the niors, students, veterans, and groups. Tickets may be years. Their bassist, Tim Acott, was the first person to play at the pub, Road); and on March 26, purchased by calling 503.236.7253, in person at 425 SE and he still plays there weekly. Jackstraw has been there for twenty- Space Jam (donations to two years. Lewi Longmire has performed at the Laurelthirst for twenty Playworks). 6th Ave. or online at milagro.org. years, and booked shows there for the last ten. Essential Freak Folker Thursday March 8 the Michael Hurley plays a monthly Happy Hour there and Baby Gramps KBOO Night movie is Seed: has played the first Friday of the month for more than twenty five years. When the original owners were approached by investors and of- The Untold Story and in- fered a large cash sum for the business and building, they refused to cludes a post-screening sell and instead offered the current four owners the opportunity to take conversation with the film’s over the business with an option to buy the building if done within a director Taggart Siegel and specific timeframe. folks from the Pollinator Laurelthirst is a place where people from all backgrounds and Collective and Cultivate Or- all ages feel welcome. Promoting inclusiveness and community across egon. Free seeds will be giv- generations is a fundamental part of the Laurelthirst ethos. As Portland en away. continues to experience rapid growth, the Laurelthirst represents the The Clinton Street kind of cultural landmark that has made this city an attractive destina- Stomp is a monthly live tion, and subsequently has faced the threat of being pushed out by new music performance show- development. case. March 24 features lo- More than a music venue, Laurelthirst is an irreplaceable and his- cal legend Terry Robb, The The March show at AFRU Gallery, 534 SE Oak St, is Con- toric community centre, cultural hub and an important resource that pays Newport Nightingales, The nection Through Art & Movement, an immersive, multidimen- testament daily to Portland’s creativity and celebration. Dekum Duet and the West- sional show of vivid paintings whose images soar off the canvas. To make a donation, see their fundraising page at gofundme. bound Coyote Stringband. The show features artists Tricia Beck, Rosa Ramirez (pictured com/help-save-the-laurelthirst. More at cstpdx.com. here) and James Sitzer. The show will be up all month. Gallery hours Friday to Sunday from 2 to 6 pm. The gallery shows are curated by Jonas Nash, and their First Friday gatherings are Little One & Anna Fritz at The Firkin well-reknowned. See afrugallery.com. Douglas Detrick’s ensemble Little One and cellist Anna Fritz perform live at The Firkin Tavern, 1937 SE 11th Ave. Sunday, March 4 at 8 pm. There is no Bronnie Griffin and Cary cover at the door Novotny perform Irish traditional Detrick has years of experience as a jazz trumpet player and composer with music and American roots music at Portland Jazz Composer’s Ensemble and though his clawhammer banjo songs Taborspace, 5441 SE Belmont St. on are suitable for front porch pickin, his quartet, Little Wednesday, March 7, beginning at 7 One, blends early folk, jazz, and chamber music. The pm. quartet’s unconventional instrumentation – Detrick on Blending genres with their clawhammer banjo, voice, and trumpet, William Seiji deft strings and energetic sound, Marsh on guitar, Kyleen King on viola, and Andy this is a family-friendly event. Rayborn on bass clarinet – allows the group to access Concert begins at 7 pm in Ta- a variety of timbres and sound. See douglasdetrick. borspace’s Copeland Commons, the com/portfolio/little-one. Little One former chapel house of Mt. Tabor Pres- Fritz began as a classical cellist. Through her byterian Church. work with Portland Cello Project to dozens of recording sessions with bands like My Morning Jacket, the Decemberists, and First Aid Kit, she flies her flag far from the classi- For more information, visit taborspace.org. cal milieu she was trained in. A solo artist and activist to the core, Fritz strums the cello like a guitar, playing melo- dies with the bow as she uses the voice of this alchemical combination to sing her originals about spirit, gender, justice, and connection to the land, harnessing the power of acoustic storytelling and accompanied by her impeccable cello tone. See annafritz.com. Anna Fritz

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By Don MacGillivray Fish and Wildlife Service. All this work and other a natural area that needed red-tailed and Cooper’s hawks, The largest part of the features will enhance the improvement to make it osprey, falcons, gulls, terns, project is the replacement of opportunity for the public to welcoming to the public. While hummingbirds, woodpeckers, an outdated culvert that is an learn more about the importance is was generally left alone, quail, kingfishers, grebes, and Oaks Bottom is one of the impediment to the fish and the of Oaks Bottom though hands- there were variety of abuses to many others. few natural areas remaining along stream feeding the wetlands on environmental education and the area that required attention Various types of ducks can the Willamette River area in the inside the natural area. A new interpretation. before greater public access frequently be seen too – mallards, Portland region. Probably the larger box culvert will allow Before its rescue, this area could be allowed. A project in pintails, wigeons, and green- largest and most complex natural them to pass easily in and out was a landfill site destined to be 2012 included restoration work, winged teals. Portland’s city bird, area within the City of Portland, it from the Willamette River to the used for industrial development. and re-creating a walkway along the Great Blue Heron, nests on sits on east bank of the Willamette marshland. It became a wildlife park in the original trail with three new the nearby Ross Island. River between the Ross Island Likewise, the water 1969. Since then there have been boardwalks, one with a deck The abundant wildlife liv- and the Sellwood Bridges. channels of the slough will several efforts to reclaim the area overlooking the wetland area. ing in the area includes beavers, It is 170 acres of wetlands, be improved with appropriate both for its natural flora and fauna An extensive collection of river otters, muskrats, raccoons, meadows, and wooded areas and habitats to help young salmon as well as a place for Portlanders wildlife frequents Oaks Bottom and even deer and bobcats occa- plays host to an extraordinary travel to and from their spawning to experience the great outdoors in the wooded areas around the sionally found in the park. The array of wildlife including grounds. It will make it usable for in its natural beauty while still marshlands. It is a birdwatcher’s trees include Oregon white oak, salmon, amphibians, crustaceans, all the wildlife to traverse under within the inner city. paradise with more than 185 Pacific madrone, cedars, maples, small mammals, and over 185 the railroad and the trail at all The river’s ebb and flow species including Canada geese, species of birds. Many of these times of the year. It is part of the is a major source of water in the bald eagles, peregrine falcons, turn to page 22 are considered “special status” cities salmon recovery program lake and wetlands. The wetlands because they are rare or in decline to help restore the natural ebb is fed by springs located at the throughout Oregon. and flow of water in and out of base of the nearby bluff. Near Hikers can visit Oaks Oaks Bottom. the river is an early trolley line Bottom by using the trail In addition to the culvert, that was operated by the Portland beginning at Sellwood Park and there will be an extensive Traction Company streetcar line. ending at the Tadpole Pond. It ecosystem restoration to It parallels the hiking trail that is an easy, all season, family improve the habitat of the birds is a section of the Springwater friendly, 3.8 mile loop with only and other small animals in the Corridor. about a 100 foot rise in elevation. area. The Springwater Trail in The Audubon Society, A restoration project will Oaks Bottom will be closed to Nature Conservancy, Sierra take place there this summer bicycles and pedestrians for up Club, and the Sellwood- involving the enhancement of to four months this summer. Moreland Improvement League forty percent of the Oaks Bottom Users will need to detour around were the primary advocates wetland habitat. It will especially the project, however access for retaining and improving benefit the public use of the will be maintained to the Oaks this area as a natural wildlife area and improve habitat for the Amusement Park and the Oregon sanctuary. It was designated as nearby wildlife. Yacht Club. Portland’s first migratory bird The “Oaks Bottom Tidal At the completion of the park in 1988 and the Portland Restoration Project” is being project, two new wildlife viewing City Council adopted the Oaks carried out by the City of Portland platforms will improve the public Bottom Coordinated Resource Bureau of Environmental Service enjoyment of the area. There are Management Plan, which laid and the United States Army Corp many invasive vegetative species out a variety of objectives for its of Engineers, in partnership with that will be removed and replaced future management. the Lower Columbia Estuary with native plants to improve Oaks Bottom was always Partnership, and the United States wildlife habitat.

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Boulevard businesses Thank you to everyone President Jennifer Knapp from Community celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, welcome who came out and celebrated our Vision, Vice President Kevin Fisher from Edward Spring on the 20th, entertain more kids and families 30th Annual Dinner Meeting at Edward Jones Investments Jones, Secretary Deirdre Baker from Book Bothy, during Spring Vacation and we’ll be seeing more and Taborspace last month! 2018 is and Treasurer Eve Davies from In or Out Tax more flowers budding out soon. Be sure to check shaping up to be a wonderful year Kevin Fisher in with your favorite local businesses and eating with new businesses popping up services. Our board represents businesses from establishments this month. around the area and fun for all! 4111 SE Division 11th to 41st on Division and Clinton Corners. HBBA’s Annual Meeting is on March 22 and When the need or desire arises for 503.239.5404 DCBA represents businesses large and we will be honoring businesses, deciding on new a new purchase, consider shopping small, profit and nonprofit, storefronts and home- activities and electing the 2018-19 Board of Directors. locally! Making Sense of Investing based. Plans for next year include our 26th Street To attend the meeting, contact administrator@ Cricket Café is now open Fair Street Fair and Parade, this year on July 22, hawthornepdx.com. with brand new owners that have quarterly business mixers and a shout out to one One new activity being planned this year is the taken our taste buds by storm! Stop OHSU of our fantastic restaurants, bars, coffeeshops, and Boulevard Mega Sidewalk Sale on June 30th. Watch into 3159 SE Belmont Street, 8am- Family Medicine patisseries. for it. Next up will be the 35th Annual Hawthorne 2:30pm, Monday – Sunday and at Richmond We’re planning a new map of the business Street Fair on Sunday, August 26. The Committee take a peek at their menu: www. Welcoming All cricketcafepdx.com 503.235.9348 district designed to draw visitors to the district. starts meeting on March 28. New Patients We welcome two new businesses to the Our next Belmont Business One of our major improvement projects is to 3930 SE Division St. Happy Hour will be held third Boulevard. On Point Credit Union, the Boulevard’s 503.418.3900 obtain street lighting on Division that illuminates 8th financial institution, will be open soon at SE 34th Thursday, March 15th, 2018 from the sidewalks. Currently there is light only at Ave. and Metro PCS is already open across the street. 5-7pm, at Baby Doll Pizza 2835 SE intersections; the sidewalks are dark and possibly We are, indeed, the SE Portland Banking District Stark Street. babydollpizza.com Hawthorne Vision Care dangerous. A continuing concern is what Hawthorne and March 20th marks the first The business association has agreed to assist old Portland architecture will look like when the day of spring for our lovely city of 4704 SE Hawthorne Blvd. a team from PSU that is applying for a grant ”to reaction to possible safety considerations overtakes roses! 503.235.6639 understand the demand and use for the curb”. the current livelihood and living spaces for thousands Tune into our facebook page “Personalized Vision Care” They hope to find a way to allow the conflicting of families. 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VISIT: WWW.OHSU.EDU/FMMATERNITY THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18 21 NN Neighborhood Notes from page 5 Hawthorne, on Lincoln, on the north side of the intersection at Lincoln, and on Division. A suggestion has been made to add no-parking striping near the intersection of Lincoln to increase visibility for bicycles and vehicles. Lighting along the new bikeway/pedestrian path planned for the south entrance to Mt. Tabor Park, which is part of the Mt. Tabor Maintenance Yard renovation project, initially included bollard lighting which doesn’t meet minimum standards for bike/pedestrian paths. MTNA persuaded the Parks Bureau to instead use historically appropriate pole lighting similar to what will be used at Reservoir 1 in its renovation. Pole lighting will better serve the pedestrian and bicyclist visibility and safety needs while being less expensive. 6040 SE Belmont Street The Weed Warrior program in Mt. Tabor Park starts up again on the last Saturday in March and will run through Portland, Oregon 97215 October. Go to taborfriends.org/volunteer for more information or contact Stasia Honnold at fmtpweedwarriors@ gmail.com. ph 503-231-7166 The next meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association will be Wednesday, March 21, at 7 pm at Mt fax 503-230-9858 Post Acute Rehab Tabor Presbyterian Church at SE 54th and Belmont, with social time and homemade cookies starting at 6:50 PM. For more information, visit mttaborpdx.org. marquiscompanies.com

South Tabor By Sandra Hay Magdaleno

Congratulations and thank you to our new STNA Land Use Chair, Marcelle Thurston who has been appointed to finish the current term! We look forward to your continued service into the next term this May 2018. Christine Wilson spoke to us on NET, Neighborhood Emergency Team programs and specifically on the BEECN, Basic Earthquake Communications Node Program. She has been working with the Taborvilla group that includes South Tabor, Mt Tabor, North Tabor and Montavilla NA’s. Taborvilla has joined forces to map the neighborhoods and make emergency plans for the neighborhoods. She would like to work towards having enough trained South Tabor Residents that we could grow into our own South Tabor NET & BEECN Teams. Currently there are 48 BEECN stations in Portland. Clinton Park is our Neighborhood Station. The area holds the “Big Box” with the communications, radios and other necessary equipment for communications with fire, police, etc. in the event of an emergency. To become NET or BEECN trained go to: portlandoregon.gov/fire/article/378473, or:.portlandoregon.gov/ pbem/59630. There’s room for all people of all ages and all abilities to be part of the teams. Lenny Dee with Portland Just Energy Initiative spoke on the Transition initiative for all of Portland to help families in need with energy bills, making homes and apartments more energy efficient and helping people get into a career path and good paying jobs. The initiative calls for a 1% tax on grow revenues on large corporations that have over a billion in sales country wide and over a $1M in sales locally. Groceries and pharmacies are exempt. The measure is addressing climate change and economic change. We will be voting on whether we support the initiative at the March meeting. There was discussion of the 20 is Plenty Campaign. It’s a campaign to put 20 MPH plastic bag signs over speed signs to slow down the residential traffic. Other items were noted that back in 2004-2005, local neighbors worked hard with PBOT to add speed bumps (paid for by local neighbors) on SE 62nd and stop signs put in on SE 62nd and Woodward. It was noted that the city is working on a pilot program for yearly parking passes in all neighborhoods affected by the Residential Infill Project. Land Use Committee Report: Kellogg Middle School Development is progressing well. The Mt Tabor Yard Project is moving ahead and there will be an entrance to the park from 64th and Division within the next few years. It appears the lighting of the path will be changed to historic looking lights from the Bollards originally approved. We continue to monitor the Division Rapid Transit Project as well. There is a Pilot project in progress with the new lead and asbestos removal on building demolishes. The appeal process is proceeding for the 62nd and SE Powell old 7 Dees property development of a 900-unit Self Storage Complex. There have been improvements to the project during the process. We are still pushing for additional improvements. On March 15 the design commission will make its final decision. All are welcome to attend although there will be no new testimony at that time. Please support the requested changes by attending on March 15. Our next Land Use meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 13 and our next Neighborhood Meeting will be Thursday, March 15. Join us for both meetings at 7 pm at Trinity Fellowship, 2700 SE 67th, entrance from the RATES ARE STILL LOW! parking in the rear of the building. See you there.

North Tabor By Joshua Carey

North Tabor Neighborhood Association will have a business meeting Tuesday, March 20, 6:30 pm, at 4837 NE Couch. February’s presentation on emergency preparedness had to be postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. Planning is ongoing for North Tabor/Mt. Tabor’s annual cleanup and recycling event, planned for Saturday, April 28 at Mt. Tabor Middle School, 5800 SE Ash with hours to be announced. To contact the board about the upcoming cleanup or any other issue, send an e-mail to [email protected] or leave a phone message at 503.928.4655. North Tabor Neighborhood Association is also online at northtabor.org and on facebook at NorthTaborNews. 20 Richmond By Lauren Scher and Allen Field

The Richmond Neighborhood Association held its monthly meeting on Monday, February 12, 2018 at 3o YEAR FIXED = 4.75% (4.877% APR)* Waverly Heights Church at SE 33rd and SE Woodward St. RNA meetings are held in the church basement; enter from the east-side door. The RNA’s website is richmondpdx.org. 15 YEAR FIXED = 4.00% (4.198% APR)* The annual Richmond Clean-Up and U-Price-It Sale and Plant Sale will be Saturday, May 19 at the Cen- tral Christian Church, 1844 SE Cesar E. Chavez Blvd. Volunteers are needed so contact Jonathan King, king. [email protected]. NOTE: No construction, remodeling or demolition debris. Not accepted at U-Price-It Sale: Mattresses, couches, stuffed chairs, building materials, chemicals; no items accepted for donation at U-Price- It sale after 12 pm; and items for donation may be rejected at the RNA’s discretion. 1st Annual Richmond Graffiti & Litter Clean-Up Day is June 16, 9 am to 1 pm: The RNA is partnering with KINK Radio, METRO, the Division-Clinton Business Association and Hawthorne Blvd Business Association to clean up graffiti at residential intersections, pick up litter along Hawthorne, Division and Clinton, and clean up Metro-identified dump spots. We are seeking volunteers who want to sign up to clean street-signs and posts at the intersections of their choosing – we will provide the supplies and trainings to help you clean up your intersection. The event is modeled after the annual Friends of Trees Planting: we will meet at Central Christian Church for registration, coffee and snacks, provide a quick training, then clean graffiti or pick up litter for 2 hours, then meet at the Church for lunch. Contact [email protected] if you want to sign up to join in the clean-up or have questions. PBOT gave a presentation of the Lincoln-Harrison Greenway Project. Temporary median diverters will be installed at SE 50th and Lincoln in the spring of 2018, a permanent diverter will be installed this summer at 30th and Harrison and speed bumps will go in on Hawthorne from 50th to 60th. The project is expected to be completed by late fall. Six months after installation, vehicle volumes and speeds will be evaluated. The next RNA meeting will be Monday, March 12 at Waverly Heights Congregational Church (basement), 3300 SE Woodward St., 7 to 9 pm. Montavilla By Amanda Rhoads

The new Montavilla Neighborhood Association board (MNA) continues to gain steam as we reactivate long-dormant committees, start new ones (hello, accessibility) and re-create our online presence. Our Safety Com- turn to page 23 22 THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18 Portland still trending for newcomers

from page 3 in and around Portland. He and Massachusetts native who goes Kelly recently went hunting for for stand-up comedy, reading, the spaceship on Sauvie Island, going to concerts and trying and the food lives up to its for example. new bars and restaurants. Since reputation,” said Stone. “We “From an outsiders moving here, she’s become an really love being able to hike perspective, there is so much avid hiker. minutes outside of the city. construction going on. Even There is still a stream of “On the other hand, we were having visited Seattle recently, it young people who are attracted to shocked by the homelessness, still seems like cranes on every Portland and these new high rise he added. “Nothing could have corner,” said Stone. settlements because of the area’s adequately prepared me for “I expect the trend of abundant action, adventure and walking down the street and people moving into the city to opportunities. Portland’s high witnessing drugs and trash continue, and the cyclical effect rise apartments offer proximity and panhandling or the full-on of supply and demand to create to nature, restaurants, culture camping on the sidewalk. My a denser and denser city center.” and shopping. wife is uncomfortable walking “Portland is more and What happens when alone at night once away from more often on the radar of couples and singles expand into the busy areas.” companies in the tech and families? Can developers design A project and product emerging industries sectors” he dwellings for families that are manager for a small(ish) tech added, “which makes me think affordable or will Portland company, Stone helps other more and more businesses will eventually become another big businesses isolate gaps in look at Portland as a legitimate city that only makes sense for their processes and creatively area to open up shop.” very wealthy families? solves those problems to create efficiency. Finally, there’s Sumita There are more answers to He began compiling a Mukund who has lived in the these and other questions as this list of all the quirky, fun, free, Goat Blocks for six months. series about the new Portland weird, and beautiful things to do A software developer, she’s a migration continues.

Oaks Bottom

from page 19 High on the northeastern ture depicts a variety of native dogwoods, white alders, Oregon bluff overlooking Oaks Bottoms’ wildlife. Hikers and children can ash, black locust trees, cotton- natural beauty is the Portland Me- use it to help identify wildlife woods and others. morial Mausoleum. On it’s west- found below. There are still a variety of ern wall is a seventy foot, 45,000 The Oaks Bottom Wildlife problematic and invasive species square foot mural that honors the Refuge will become an increas- and work continues to physically Great Blue Heron and the birds ingly popular public destination remove them from the area. Care nearby. It is thought to be the and it has a secure future as one should be taken to avoid the poi- largest hand painted mural in the of the region’s significant urban son oak that is along the trail and United States. wildlife and nature-viewing ar- in the wooded areas. This great educational fea- eas. THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18 23 Thorburn Residents Feel Safer

from cover effectiveness, and suitability pedestrian improvements such for a variety of applications in as sideways and safe crossing careening into their homes and Portland.” zones. “Hopefully we will be able property definitely feel safer, One unintended to start lobbying for pedestrian reports Monzon. consequence of the channels is improvements now that the PBOT is using bumps driver misbehavior known as motorist speeds have been known as cushions. Due to the “edge running” – steering around, reduced,” she said. higher classification of Stark- rather than over the bumps. The Other neighborhoods with Thorburn as a neighborhood practice is especially dangerous traffic concerns might take note of collector with higher traffic along Thorburn St. where no the successful process Thorburn volumes, emergency access was shoulder or pedestrian walkways residents followed. Several years a concern. So the speed cushions exist. So PBOT is exploring ago, they brought documentation have “channels” for emergency options like plastic vertical of unsafe conditions to PBOT. vehicles to minimize response roadside delineators. Then, they successfully sought delays. Monzon hopes the support that the roadfix was PBOT acknowledges its proposed plastic will withstand a priority for the Mt. Tabor experience with the devices is weathering and be sufficient Neighborhood Association. After Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. limited: “Projects like this are part mitigation to deter swerves onto receiving approval from SE Judge everyone and everything for yourself. of the foundational data gathering non-existent curbs. It’s a reason Uplfit they raised sufficient funds efforts regarding performance, she is especially anxious for to make the project happen. Henry James Trial Period Slated for Diverter from cover alternatives. Options might include the new plan includes four speed establishing two dedicated bike bumps between SE 50th and lanes. Lincoln’s estimated 2,500 55th – a corridor neighbors say cars a day may be just shy of the already feels unsafe and routinely 3,000 the City requires for this stressed by traffic counts that type of Tier 2 design. surpass its intended usage and Members of MTNA are expectations. Four more bumps frustrated that PBOT has been would be positioned between reluctant to meet with them, 55th and 60th. while four PBOT representatives Another aspect of the plan including manager Sheila is a three to six month monitoring Parrot were featured at the RNA period to determine the impact of meeting. Richmond residents the interim diverter. PBOT says it deemed the group break out will evaluate vehicle volumes and format an effective way to, as one speeds on streets near the diverter. jokingly said, keep “the violence Holding PBOT accountable down.” for accurate and trustworthy Greenway improvements data is a priority for Mt. Tabor are slated to begin this spring. Neighborhood Association Anti-diverter residents fear Landuse Co-chair Stephanie the lack of east-west streets in Stewart. the corridor will lock them into Facing down challenges their neighborhoods with no easy to MTNA’s representation routes out. of the community at a NA A pro-diverter resident meeting, Stewart stressed that retorted, “I’m willing to sacrifice the Association’s intention was a little time if it saves lives.” to share residents’ concerns with One visibly shaken resident PBOT and ensure that the Mt. seeking MTNA support for loss Tabor portion of the Greenway of safe disability parking and was safe for “all ages and access to her home on the corner abilities.” of Lincoln and 50th, expressed “This is not a denial of the fear about how ugly the situation whole greenway,” she explained. had turned. “MTNA has not taken a formal She said she had been position.” maligned online by the pro- Stewart called for clear diverter community and was metrics from PBOT that would threatened by a “snooper” on her include data collected when property following a Richmond Atkinson and Franklin schools meeting. are in session, She also suggested PBOT claims the modified neighbors use the three to six plan shows it is listening. To month interim period as an whom it is listening remains the opportunity to discuss design question. NN Neighborhood Notes from page 21 mittee, led by John Rotter, is facilitating neighbors setting up neighbor- hood watch programs for their block. Our Land Use and Transportation Committee, headed by Aman- da Rhoads, continues to learn about the City’s long-range and current plan- ning processes and forwarded our first letter to the board in response to a land use review, which the board adopted and sent to the City. Our Secretary Briar Rose Schreiber has jumped in to head up planning for our annual neighborhood clean-up event this spring as a proj- ect of the Outreach and Communications Committee. SE Uplift Liaison Olive Alsept-Ellis is actively participating in an effort to rewrite SEUL’s mission statement, and has been sharing information back to our members about SEUL projects and opportunities. Treasurer Johnnie Shaver has been actively engaged with running the Montavilla Emergency Warming Shelter. This independent project, hosted at Saints Peter & Paul Episcopal Church, provides an emergency shelter anytime Multnomah County declares a severe weather emergency. The all-volunteer shelter has been a huge success, not only in providing a warm place to sleep to a full house almost every night they’ve been open, but in bringing neighbors together to donate supplies and food, and to vol- unteer to help others through the coldest nights. The MNA is proud to have endorsed this project, and thanks the board members who have taken an active role in making it happen. We welcome any and all “Montavillains” to get involved and help us out, with these and the many other projects we are excited about. We meet the second Monday of each month for a general mem- bership meeting and board meeting at the Montavilla United Methodist Church. Check out our website for more information: montavillapdx.org. 24 THE SOUTHEAST EXAMINER MARCH 18

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