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20.2002 nTïTîTÏÏÏÏTnTïnewsbnefs candidates with 283 votes, or 0.28 percent. Multnomah County Commissioner Serena Cruz and state Rep. Randy Leonard, D-Portland, will face each other in a runoff Nov. 5. Returning board members are Craig Hartz- man, C.E. John Company vice president; Thom Walters, Wieden + Kennedy global organiza tional development director; Billi Odegaard, retired Multnomah County Health Department executive director; Yvonne Deckard, city of Portland human resources director; David Martinez, Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Stef- fey’s constituent relations manager; Jackie Thomas, Nike brand market ing U .S. director; and Kathyn Vaughan, Azumano Travel agent and a person living with HIV. C A P will hold AlDSW alk02, the states largest annual HIV and AIDS fund-raising event, Sept. 21. Regis tration is at 8:30 a.m., and the five- kilometer walk begins at 10. Rafael Arellano (left) and Philip Knowlton raise HIV awareness Sept. 15 at C .C . Slaughters M c K ellen to J oin S eattle W alk bout 140 Latino gay and hi Portland men celebrated Latin American independence Sept. 15 at C.C. Slaughters. The event, spon sored by Cascade AIDS Project and the Men’s Prevention and Wellness Program, was designed to provide education and increase awareness about HIV risks. “This event is about bringing together Port land’s strong and vibrant Latino gay communi ty as well as letting loose and showing a little unity," said Salvador Candela, C A P multi cultural outreach worker. “Often we as Latino gay and bisexual men feel invisible here. By having this event, we can show that we too are part of the fabric that makes Portland so vibrant and unique.” scar-nominated gay actor Sir Ian McKellen will be in Seattle for AIDS Walk &. Fun Run 2002 on Sept. 22. He will take part in the opening ceremonies at Seattle Center, then join with thousands of people along the five-kilome ter route through Myrtle Edwards Park. “We are incredibly honored— and hum bled— to have Sir Ian McKellen come to our walk,” said Chuck Kuehn, Lifelong A ID S Alliance executive director. “He is a man of great talent, and great humanity, who has a strong connection to our cause." N ew B oard L eadership he leading community-based HIV organi zation in Oregon and Southwest Washing ton has elected new officers for its hoard of directors and added eight new hoard members. Cascade AID S Project officers for 2003 are pres ident Sam Adams, Portland Mayor Vera Katz’s chief of staff; vice president Kathleen Dotten Cosgrove of Dotten Cosgrove; secretary Mike Winslow, StanCorp Financial Group vice presi dent and general counsel; and treasurer Gary Gilliard, Ann Sacks national sales director. New members recently elected to three-year hoard terms include Merced Flores, Oregon Edu cation Department associate superintendent; Lina Garcia Seabold of Seabold Enterprises; the Rev. Leroy Haynes, Allen Temple AME Church senior pastor; Tom Imeson of Goldschmidt Imeson Carter; Eva Kripalani, KinderCare Learning Cen ters vice president and general counsel; Kathleen Lewis, community volunteer; Tony Melaragno, Legacy Health Systems vice president and chief of research; and Mary O ’Connor, M Financial Group prcxluct development director. “T he hoard o f C A P has never been stronger, more resourceful or better connected in the agency’s history," executive director Thomas Bruner said. “C A P ’s board has also achieved record levels of diversity, more accu rately reflecting the shifting demographics of HIV, including 37 percent people of color, 47 percent women and 63 percent heterosexuals. 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