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CONCORDIA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONPO BOX 11194 / PORTLAND, OR 97211A free publication of the Concordia Neighborhood AssociationFebruary 2010Who cares what you think?Join us – Feb 2, 2010 7:00PMat McMenamin’s Kennedy School, Community RoomA representative from the mayor’s office and DeborahStein from the City of Portland’s Bureau of Planningand Sustainability will present information and lead adiscussion about the Portland Plan, the City’s strategicplan for the next 25 years.Be a part of what’s happeningin the neighborhood.Meetings held in theCommunity Roomat McMenaminsKennedy SchoolGeneral MembershipFebruary 2 at Concordia University1st Tuesday of each month at 7 P.M.Land Use & Livability MeetingFebruary 41st Thursday of each month at 7 P.M.Building on the visionPDX process that helped createa vision and a shared set of values for our community,the Portland Plan will identify long-term objectives andshort-term actions. As part of this process, Portlanderswill consider how to leverage change, make trade-offsand prioritize investments to ensure Portland is athriving and sustainable city, with opportunity for all.The Portland Plan is taking a new approach to cityplanning by considering a variety of issues such aseducation, human health and civic engagement inaddition to the typical housing, transportation andenvironmental issues that get addressed in a long-rangeplan. The City is also partnering with a wide rangeof public agencies to create shared goals and ensurealignment of actions and investments.The Portland Plan will be developed over the next 12months. The current phase of the process is looking atbaseline conditions – where are we now? To view thework plan for the Portland Plan and the other phasesof the project, please visit www.pdxplan.com. You canalso review the draft Portland Plan Handbook andbackground reports as well as take a survey online.The City will be accepting public testimony on thebackground reports at three upcoming PlanningCommission hearings on January 26, February 9 andMarch 9. However, comments on the backgroundreports will be accepted until late 2010. The public iswelcome to submit comments by mail, FAX, e-mailor online. Please visit www.pdxplan.com for moreinformation and to complete the survey.Board MeetingFebruary 92nd Tuesday of each month at 7 P.M.Green TeamFebruary 234th Tuesday of each month at 7 P.M.Media CommiteeFebruary 10 at New Seasons2nd Wednesday of each monthat 6:30 P.M.Want to write forthe Concordia News?Send your articles,poems, letters to theeditor, love letters,etc. to:ConcordiaNews@Yahoo.comorPO Box 11194,Portland, OR 97211Happy Birthday Dr. DuncanDr. David Duncan, who has livedin the Concordia Neighborhood forover half his lifetime, will turn onehundred years old on February 1.We have admired his impeccableyard and its long-blooming flowers,which he generously shares withneighbors and visitors alikeduring the summer months. Manylongtime residents were broughtinto the world and received all theirmedical care at his office during hisforty-plus years of practice at NEAlberta Street and 24th Avenue.Dr. Duncan attended University ofMinnesota for his undergrad andwent to medical school at Creightonin Omaha, Nebraska. Originally, hehad intended to become a dentist;Creighton offered medical anddental degrees. The cost of theinstruments for the dental schoolwas too expensive however, sohe crossed the street and signedup for medical school. He movedto Portland for his internship atEmanuel Hospital in 1936. It was atEmanuel that he met his future wife,a nurse named Miriam Piispanen.His residency ended during theDepression, and initially he wasn’table to find work as a doctor. Hejoined the Civilian ConservationCorps (CCC) until he was offered ajob with Union Pacific. He set uphis first practice for the railroadin Huntington, Oregon in a hotelroom with a sheet as a partition.Soon after, he enlisted in the army.They sent him to the Philippineswhere he was in a fifty bed wardserving as a medic. During thattime they heard on the radio theJapanese had bombed Pearl Harborand they were in a war. Dr. Duncanended up at Guadalcanal wherehe assisted in removing shrapnelfrom soldiers’ brains. That wasDr. Duncan’s only foray into brainsurgery, but he would go on todeliver a broad spectrum of medicalcare as a family doctor.Dr. Duncan at Fort Lewis in 1941. This pictureis also a mural on NE Alberta and 28th.After more than three years ofarmy service, he returned hometo his wife Miriam and sonsDouglas and Donald. They wereliving in Concordia at NE 28th andAinsworth with her sister.He heard that a former colleague,Dr. Vernon Brown was quitting hispractice and selling his house andoffice. Dr. Brown had built it in 1922at NE Alberta and 24th and still hadall the plans. Miriam had takenher nursing exam at Dr. Brown’sand knew him as well. With theRexall pharmacy across the streetand a street-car line running alongAlberta, it was a prime location fora busy family practice. Dr. Duncanapproached him and explained thatContinued on page 4
CONCORDIA NEWSFebruary 2010Chair’s CornerThere are moments when I try topicture myself in a similar situation.I can’t. I’m in my nice little house inConcordia and I can turn the news onand off when it suits me. We are sucha small world now. I was surprisedhow many people here in Portlandare directly connected with Haiti.The outpouring of help is amazing.Just as amazing is how quicklythings are in place to make it easy tocontribute. If I knew how to twitter, Icould donate that way. Unfortunatelyincluded and just as quick are wayssome use a catastrophe to scam andsteal donations.I don’t want to focus on that. Adisaster such as this is a time weget to see what we as fellow humanbeings are made of. There is anindividual pride and a national prideas the United States steps up withhelp. Also overwhelming to me isthe road ahead for Haiti. To look atpictures now, how do you even beginto envision a normal life again?I think one of the thoughts thatprompted me to write about thetragedy in Haiti is remembering howafter Katrina one of the unintendedconsequences of donating to thatcause was that donations to ourown local food bank and othersocial service agencies decreased. Iknew as I started this writing I wasnot going to explicitly encouragepeople to give or do anything. Ibelieve we all do what we can do.CONCORDIA NEWSConcordia Neighborhood AssociationBoard Members and Elected OfficialsBoard MembersBy Anne Rothert, ChairTrying to decide on a topic forthis Chair’s Corner is sometimes achallenge. As I write this, it is justa few days into the crisis in Haiti.I feel like I have to write about it.It is simply overwhelming. I find Ican watch or listen to only so muchupdate and then it is just morethan I can process. The loss, thedesperate situations, the outpouringof help from around the worldsimply overwhelms me. With thecommunication world being whatit is, we have new images hourly ofthe rescues and the misses. As aidmakes it into the country, we areshown the images of the desperatemaneuvers to get food and water. Itmakes me wonder about the will tosurvive, what people are moved todo in order to survivePage 2ChairAnne Rothert493-1938arothert@gmail.comCo-ChairBelinda Clark680-2075clarkbbc@yahoo.com(E1)Bob Pallesen432-8355bob@section314.com(E2)Robin Johnson477-6807rbettyj@aol.com(SW1)Kelly Welch481-1920fydx3@yahoo.com(SW2)Jennifer Warberg971-506-9958jwarberg@comcast.net(NW1)Isham “Ike” Harris282-1543ishamharris@msn.comConcordia News is a free monthlypublication of the Concordia NeighborhoodAssociation (CNA). 5,693 newspapers aremailed to its members and surroundingneighbors. 1,000 are delivered tocommunity locations.The deadline for articles andadvertisements is the 15th of the monthprior to the next issue.Please send advertisinginquiries and artwork to:cnabusinessmanager@gmail.comSubmit articles, letters to theeditor and calendar events to:concordianews@yahoo.com(NW2)Gretchen VolkerAt Large Board MembersRobert Bowles490-5153Ken Forcier522-7660Kunal Mehra310-2892Bob Sasser288-2880Matt Steadman806-5010Joel Schuldheisz282-4640Katie Ugolini449-9690Michael John mprst.rim@gmail.combob terman@gmail.comRecording SecretaryJoel/Mary huldheisz@cu-portland.eduCrime Prevention SpecialistCeleste Carey823-4764celeste.carey@ci.portland.or.usNE Precinct Neighborhood Response OfficerBrian Sims823-5833bsims@portlandpolice.orgLand Use ChairGeorge Bruender287-4787Land Use Co-ChairJulia Baumann SarverJulia2403@yahoo.comLayout EditorRene ChoyJournalistsGeorge BruenderRebecca Wetherby, CalendarCNA TreasurerRobert BowlesThe Concordia News is printed on40% post-consumer or better paper,manufactured at a local mill.jeggert@cu-portland.eduSocial Community/Committee ChairKatie Ugolini449-9690kugolini@earthlink.netWellness Committee ChairJason Lindekugel, DCpdxchiroguy@hotmail.comMedia ChairRebecca dia News Manager Co-EditorsJessica DunhamRebecca dia News Business ManagerMatt erBob Pallesenbob@section314.comCommunity Room SchedulerAnne Rothert493-1938arothert@gmail.comNeighborhood Clean UpKen Forcier503-522-7660ken@gracewooddesign.comYard SaleDonna Carrier (Paul)288-9826donna.carrier58@gmail.comTree TeamDove HotzMISSION STATEMENTTo connect Concordia residents andbusinesses — inform, educate, and reporton activities, issues, and opportunitiesof the neighborhood.Copy EditorJoe ClinkenbeardEconomic Development ChairMichael John Westerman331-1884If you would like to participate in theConcordia News, please contact:concordianews@yahoo.comorPO Box 11194Portland, OR 97211Managing EditorsJessica DunhamRebecca Wetherbygbruender@comcast.netTransportation ChairVACANTCNA BookkeeperJeanette EggertThe Concordia News welcomes yourletters to the editor. We consider lettersindividually for publication. We acceptrequests to withhold author’s names onlyin special circumstances. Please note,Concordia News may reject or edit for formand length any material, including letters tothe editor, submitted for publication.missdove@alumni.reed.eduChair, Concordia Foot PatrolVACANTGreen Team ChairVACANTcarpentry - plumbing - electric - hvac - roofingOpen PositionMac–BoHomes & Remodelsbathrooms kitchensbasements & additions20% off all remodel plans until April 2010503.282.1841 mac-bo.comccb 166263The Concordia News is looking for aManaging Editor. Along with good judgmentregarding our neighborhood’s voice, we needsomeone with team management skills andan ability to commit for at least a year. Thisis a volunteer position.
CONCORDIA NEWSFebruary 2010Page 3Vernon School Kindergarten Round-upBy Jennifer KernsIt seems like a lifetime ago when last winter andspring my friends from a parent-group wereattending numerous “Kindergarten Round-Ups”at Portland’s public and charter schools. Oneof my friends had a three-ring binder with acalendar attached to the front, detailing whichschools were having their round-ups and when.Night after night and morning after morningshe went to round-up after round-up, takingassiduous notes about each school, detailingthe pros and cons of the school’s curriculum,campus, and friendliness of the teachers.While her approach looked exhausting, I donot begrudge my friend’s process. How we eachprovide and plan for our children’s educationis a very personal decision and it can be quitecomplicated and difficult. I did, however, havea slightly different approach than my friend asI began to think about enrolling my daughter inpublic schools.As a member of the Concordia neighborhoodfor almost 10 years, I have made some greatconnections with my neighbors and communitymembers. I have been lucky enough to raise mytwo children on a block that has many other smallPhoto by Tim Acock.children their age, and there are lots of otherkids in the neighboring blocks as well. I havebecome good friends with many of their parentsafter years of conversations on the sidewalks,at parks, during spontaneous sprinkler parties,and at casual neighborhood barbeques. And as Iimagined my daughter and son going to school, Iwanted them to go to school with the children ofthese families. I did not want all of us to attendfar-flung schools and only see one another aswe were all scrambling back from our variousVernon School Community CalendarVernon School (Pre-K thru 8th grade)2044 NE Killingsworth St.www.vernon.pps.k12.or.usPortland, Oregon 97211Phone: (503) 916-6415Principal Coffee Friday, January 29 at 9 a.m.Photo by Tim Acock.commutes to different schools. Going to ourneighborhood school seemed like an excellentoption for our family.In fact, the possible outcomes of this decisionseemed great to me. Carpools, easy-to-arrangeplay dates, and walking or riding our bicyclesto school. And, I am happy to say that thishas been our experience after half of a year atVernon School.I must admit that I did attend two KindergartenRound-Ups, but in my heart I knew that wewould be attending Vernon. Of course, I didattend Vernon’s Kindergarten Round-Up, whichonly cemented my decision to send my daughterthere. We met with an enthusiastic principal, Ms.Tina Acker, and some of the teachers at Vernon.We were told about the school’s InternationalBaccalaureate program and got to watch a cuteperformance of a kindergarten classroom singinga song. After our initial meeting with the faculty,parents were able to visit the kindergartenclassrooms in action and had the opportunity totalk directly with the teachers and observe a bitof the children’s daily experiences.As I entered the school and participated in theKindergarten Round-Up, I began to imagine mydaughter in the school that Vernon is, which isone that has a lot to offer. I also began to imaginewhat I could do for the school. Since our daughterbegan attending Vernon, I have joined the PTAand various committees, including one that isworking on transforming our outdoor space intoone that will promote more active play duringthe rainy days and also provide educationalopportunities with an outdoor classroom. I havereally enjoyed working with other parents andfaculty on this project. Indeed, a school canKindergarten and Pre-K Round-UpWednesday, February 10 at 9:30 a.m.General Meetings–Food served at 5:45 p.m.,meeting at 6:00Tuesday, February 2Tuesday, March 2Wednesday, April 7 (Potluck)Tuesday, May 4Tuesday, June 8Multi-Cultural Night Friday, February 23Recess Night Friday, May 21Adult exercise classes are available for thecommunity at the school from 6 to 7 p.m. onTuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Zumbaand kickboxing are offered along with freechildcare.thrive and excel when more parents are involved.Great things are happening.So, if you have a little one (or even a big one) andare looking for schools for your pre-kindergartneror kindergartner, I urge you to attend yourneighborhood school’s Kindergarten Round-Upat Vernon, 2044 NE Killingsworth St.Kindergarten and Pre-K Round-Up for the 20102011 school year at Vernon will be held onWednesday, February 10 from 9:30-10:30 a.m.PTA meetings are also a great way to get to knowthe school. 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CONCORDIA NEWSFebruary 2010Dr. Duncan cont. from page 1evening, he would load his medicalbag in the car (eventually a 1967Cougar that he still has today) andmake house calls.h e had three sons, a wife and nota lot of money, but was interestedin the building and practice. Dr.Brown told him that he could payas he saw fit and the deal was done.The Duncans moved into the home,much as it is today, in January1946.For almost fifty years, Dr. Duncansaw as many as thirty or fortypatients a day in his office. Manypaid only what they could and somestill have bills “outstanding.” In theAfter his “retirement” he volunteeredwith Meals on Wheels and madecalls to retirement homes. Miriamand he still go to the Finnish Hall,now known as Town Hall, oncea month for Scandinavian gettogethers. Their active lifestyle haskept them healthy and they bothhave all their own teeth.Dr. Duncan can often be foundworking in his garden, even on hotdays, where he tends his vegetables,flowers and beautiful landscaping.He often takes a break to chat withpassing neighbors, including manyformer patients. Duncan’s sons,Douglas and Dean, live in Beavertonand visit often.Concordia raises a glass to you, sir!Congratulations on one century!Visit us online at concordiapdx.orgPage 4So, You Think You Know Howto Spell?The Concordia NeighborhoodAssociation, Englewood ChristianChurch and Trinity LutheranSchool will be sponsoring a spellingbee for adults, ages 18 and above!This event will be held on Tuesday,February 23, 2010 from 7-8 p.m.at Englewood Christian Church(3515 NE Killingsworth St.), and it’sFREE! Registration will take placefrom 6:30 p.m.-6:55 p.m., so be ontime if you want to be a ‘speller!’The spelling bee will be completelyoral and have the format of aregular spelling bee. Spellers will begiven a word, the word will be usedin a sentence and then the word willbe pronounced again. The spellercan ask questions about the word’sorigin, other pronunciations, etc.before they will be required to spellthe word. Besides the pronouncer,there will also be a panel of judges.No contestants will be eliminated inthe first round, allowing everybodyan opportunity to warm-up, relaxand get their brain waves rolling.The competition will begin in thesecond round. There will not be anyseparate categories of contestants(e.g. male, female, age categories,etc.).So, start studying the dictionary,play Scramble on Facebook, dothe daily spelling on the ScrippsNational Spelling Bee website,challenge a friend to play Scrabble,dust off that Thesaurus and openthe dictionary! Come and have agreat time challenging your brainby participating, observing orsilently cheering a contestant on!Concordia U’s Expansion Slows DownBy George BruenderAfter dedicating a large state-of-the-art libraryand four new apartment style dorms late thissummer, Concordia University (CU) has sloweddown its new projects, given the state of thedepressed economy. But neighbors will stillnotice some signs of progress.The next project to be funded and completed willbe improved streets and over 270 new parkingspaces along Liberty Street and NE 29th Avenue.A joint CNA and CU committee has made thisadditional parking its major goal in order to getpressure off nearby residents who often find itdifficult to park in front of or near their homes.CU had promised the City of Portland that thisimprovement would be in place by the fall of2009. Some of the delay was caused by Cityofficials putting up new obstacles and red tape;some has been caused by the almost 1 millionprice tag (instead of the cost once an
Feb 10, 2010 · Concordia News, please contact: concordianews@yahoo.com or PO Box 11194 Portland, OR 97211 MISSION STATEMENT To connect Concordia residents and businesses — inform, educate, and report on activities, issues, and opportunities of the neighborhood. Concordia Neighborh
