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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
2016 VOLUNTEER EXPO: The Standard’s Volunteer Expo is a free
event that brings non-proits together in one place. Learn about
unique volunteer opportunities, enjoy live music, attend. It’s
free. 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Pioneer Courthouse Square.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
CASUALTIES OF ENDLESS WARS: Lives, Compassion, The Econo-
my, Privacy and The Environment. Rally/March 15 years since
9/11. 5 p.m. Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill & Broadway
St.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
BELMONT 2016 STREET FAIR: The 21st Annual Belmont Street Fair
is illed with the lively sights that can only be seen on Belmont
St. Featuring live music, over 200 vendors with great food,
shopping and a kids area with bounce houses. Free for all ages.
11 a.m. – 7 p.m., SE Belmont St. between SE 33rd and SE Cesar
Chavez.
MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE HOSTS 11TH ANNUAL SUMMER IN
SEPTEMBER JAMBALAYA FESTIVAL & BBQ: Live musical enter-
tainment. The menu includes authentic Creole-style Jambalaya
or BBQ ribs along with corn bread, salad & beverage. The event
will also feature a children’s area, games, and activities and also
door prizes. The meal is $15 per person or $45 for a group of
four people. Proceeds from this event will provide hot meals to
seniors in NE Portland. Noon – 6 p.m., Dawson Park between N.
Williams and N. Vancouver Ave.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
9/11 COMMEMORATION AND HONORING OF FIRST RESPONDERS
AND VETERANS! TriMet, The City of Milwaukee and the Oregon
Department of Veterans Afairs will host a solemn recognition
of the heroic eforts of irst responders and the Armed Forces
Veterans on Sept. 11 and every day on the job. 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Milwaukie City Hall, 10722 SE Main St., Milwaukie.
9/11 PATRIOT DAY: The ceremony will include the combined Van-
couver Police and Vancouver Fire Honor Guard, musical perfor-
mances, a ceremonial Fire Department bell ringing, Vancouver
Veterans of Foreign Wars rile salute and much more. 9 a.m.
Vancouver City Hall, 415 W. 6th St., Vancouver.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
CELEBRATE THE REVITALIZATION OF ANKENY SQUARE IN THE
NORTH PARK BLOCKS: Grubbin, a food cart, arts and music
endeavor created by Portland’s Jamal Gardner. A community
gathering celebrating the area’s revitalization. Noon – 1 p.m.,
Free and Open to everyone! Ankeny Square, SW Ankeny & W.
Burnside.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
STURGEON FESTIVAL: 2016Rocks! Celebrate the 20th Anniver-
sary of Sturgeon Festival. This free, fun family event ofers a
variety of opportunities for the entire family to learn about ish
and other animals in and around the Columbia River. 10 a.m. – 3
p.m., Water Resource Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way,
Vancouver.
Seattle Metro
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
AFRICAN ART AUCTION CELEBRATION: For the irst time ever, you
have a chance to support the kids at Africatown by purchasing
authentic African art. Come celebrate the rebirth and growth
of Africtown and the Umoja Peace Center. 4 p.m. – 7 p.m., Black
Dot, 1160 23rd Ave.
OPEN HOUSE APPLE SQUEEZE AND FAMILY HIP-HOP DANCE PAR-
TY: Celebrate the colors of Fall and its juicy harvest. We’re going
to make fresh apple juice with an apple press, come meet some
of our instructors, observe class demonstrations and enjoy the
light refreshments. Free to attend. Please wear comfortable
See Community Calendar on page 5
PHOTO BY KATE SZROM, COURTESY OF PORTLAND CENTER STAGE
brought to you by
‘Little Shop’
Portland Center Stage’s production of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s “Little Shop of Horrors,” directed by Bill Fennelly, opens
Sept. 10 and runs through Oct. 16 on the U.S. Bank Main Stage. With a score that is part rock ’n’ roll, part doo-wop and part Motown,
“Little Shop” is the story of the shy and love-struck lorist’s assistant Seymour, who inds fame, fortune and a whole lot more when
he nurtures a strange little plant with a strong — and scary — thirst. Based on the darkly comic Roger Corman ilm of the same name,
Menken and Ashman created a unique musical that swept the Of-Broadway awards when it premiered, and has continued to be a
crowd favorite ever since. Pictured here are Jamison Stern as Orin, David Meyers as Mushnik, Ebony Blake as Ronnette, Nick Cearley
as Seymour, Gina Milo as Audrey, Johari Nandi Mackey as Chifon, Chaz Rose as The Voice of Audrey II, and Alexis Tidwell as Crystal.
Portland News Briefs
N/NE Housing Strategy Hosts Two
Upcoming Meetings
The Community Oversight Committee, a communi-
ty-based body formed to oversee the Portland Hous-
ing Bureau’s ongoing work to address displacement
in North and Northeast Portland, will meet from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 8 at 220 NE Russell St. The com-
mittee meets every other month for progress updates
and discussion on the N/NE Neighborhood Hous-
ing Strategy. These meetings are open to the public.
Meeting agendas and materials are posted online in
advance of each meeting at http://www.portlandore-
gon.gov/phb/69693.
Community members are also invited to participate
in a community forum from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 10
at St. Johns Community Center, 8427 North Central
Street. The Portland Housing Bureau will update par-
ticipants on the work done in N/NE Portland since
2015 with the $20 million dedicated to afordable
housing initiatives. Participants are invited to share
their priorities for $32 million in additional funds
approved by City Council for the Interstate Corri-
dor Urban Renewal Area this past fall. Community
members will also learn about programs available
through the Portland Housing Bureau and propose
ideas for other types of programming not currently
ofered. Continental breakfast will be provided.
Anyone needing child care or translation services
at this event will need to register by Sept. 7 by click-
ing https://t.e2ma.net/click/nz0rr/r2xy2h/z0p1kl or
by calling (503)823-2375.
Portland Area Interfaith
Community Plans Three Events Tied
to Sept. 11
Members of the Portland area interfaith communi-
ty will mark the iteenth anniversary of the Sept. 11,
2001, terrorist attacks on the United States with three
events that will commemorate the tragic events, hon-
or the beloved community that they inspired, and
move all people forward in the quest for justice and
respect.
The irst event, a remembrance of lives lost and
the sacriice of rescue workers, will be Sunday, Sept.
11, from 4 to 7 p.m., at First Congregational United
Church of Christ in downtown Portland, 1126 SW
Park Ave. Other events are scheduled for Oct. 30 and
Nov. 20.
The Sept. 11 service will include sacred music and
brief readings from Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hin-
du, Buddhist, Sikh, Native American, New Thought
and Unitarian religious traditions. The public is
invited to attend the program, which will include a
ritual of commitment and dedication to the pursuit
of remembrance, reconciliation and action. A pot-
luck supper will follow in the church fellowship hall.
Participants are invited to bring a non-pork dish to
share. There is no charge for the event and childcare
for children aged 3 to 9 will be provided.
The second event will focus on the growth and de-
velopment of the beloved community in the greater
Portland area. It is scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m. on Oct.
30 at the Muslim Educational Trust Cultural Center,
10330 SW Scholls Ferry in Tigard. The third event, on
Nov. 20, will inspire the beloved community to unite
in the pursuit of love, justice and peace. Details will
be announced soon.
For more information, contact the Rev. Dr. Hector
Lopez of the United Church of Christ, hecklopez@
msn.com, or Rania Ayoub of the Muslim Educational
Trust, rania@metpdx.org .
PCC Secures $577,500 to Develop
Advanced Manufacturing Talent
PCC received a $577,500, one-year grant from the Or-
egon Talent Council for the Realizing Advanced Man-
ufacturing Potential in Portland (RAMP PDX) Proj-
ect. RAMP PDX will train, place, advance and retain
participants in a variety of advanced manufacturing
jobs. The project will increase the skilled worker
pipeline for the many advanced manufacturing com-
panies in the region and pave the way for workers to
attain certiicates and degrees. Plus, the college will
contribute $1.5 million to the RAMP PDX’s eforts.
PCC will partner with four companies, which in-
clude Festo Didactic Inc., Leupold + Stevens, Inc.,
RapidMade and Rose Technical Graphics, to serve
about 300 participants in the RAMP PDX Project.
Coordinators will organize outreach events at PCC’s
MakerSpace Lab to introduce advanced manufactur-
ing training, career and educational options in the
industry to new audiences.
A Computer Aided Design and Drating (CADD)
short-term certiicate and non-credit Mechatronics
Technology Program will be created. These will assist
incumbent workers with “skilling-up” and connect
them to more advanced mechatronics training and
other education opportunities, respectively. These
activities will help RAMP PDX target the technologi-
cally skilled mechanics, maintenance technicians, in-
dustrial machinists, millwrights, operators, machin-
ery maintenance technicians, industrial machinery
mechanics and machinists occupations.
This investment in PCC is one of ive recent grant
awards by the Oregon Talent Council to support
statewide projects that provide students and existing
workers with skills to increase their employability in
Oregon’s high demand occupations.
For more information, visit www.oregontalent-
council.org.
See Briefs on page 5