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1« ¡ justput SEPTEMBERS. ¿QQ7 northwest The Tribute Pioneering activist honored at gala by Jaymee R. Cuti H When it comes to neighborhood home loans, I really know my way around the block. As your local Countrywide® home loan expert, I not only have my own considerable experience to offer, I also have the technology, resources and innovative loan products from one of America’s leading lenders to make your next home-buying experience fast, convenient and virtually hassle-free. No matter what your financial situation or home loan needs, call me today and let me open the door to your dream house. No one can do what Countrywide can. Nathan Laurence Home Loan Consultant Countrywide HOME LOANS Nathan_Laurence@countrywide.com Office: (503) 624-4701 Cell: (503) 593-8870 Fax. (503) 670-0393 Lake Oswego Office 6000 SW Meadows Road «100 Lake Oswego, OR 97035 Camitrywitfe Finaacial Cerporatiea is America's »1 home leoa leader* and a member of the prestigious Standard & Peer's 500 sad Fortoae 500 • Source As ranked for 2005 by Inside Mortgage Finance (Jan 27. 2006), Copyright 2006 ft Equal Housing Lender © 2006 Countrywide Home Loans. Inc . 4500 Park Granada. Calabasas. CA 91302 Trade/servicemarks are the property of Countrywide Financial Corporation and/or its subsidiaries Some products may not bo available in Washington and Oregon For Washington and Oregon residents and properties only This is not a commitment to lend Restrictions apply All rights reserved 61035 This 25th anniversary event will honor a dedicated activist who traces his first brush with the gay civil rights movement to 30 years ago. Terry Bean will be presented with the Fighting Spirit Award. Past recipients have included Roey Thorpe, BRO’s former executive director, and Ramon Ramirez, president of Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United. always comes through. If he says he's going to raise the money, he raises the money,” said Weller. “With his sparking personality, he really knows how to get people to want to give.” Bean’s reach has extended past the Oregon borders. “Terry’s had an impact that affects both Oregon and this entire country through his work to secure protections on the state level and nationally,” said Jeana Frazzini, BRO’s development director, who is overseeing the event. “The tribute video will capture voices from all aspects of his work.” DAVIS undreds are expected to don masks and Mardi Gras beads at “Masquerade,” Basic Rights Oregon’s annual fund-raising gala. From left, gay civil rights giants George Eighmey, Oon Powell, Julie Davis and Gail Shibley embrace in Salem at the historic signing of Senate Bill 2 and House Bill 2007. The gala aims to raise $225,000 for general operations and for supporting equality-minded candidates. The masters of ceremony are Thomas Bruner, regional executive of the American Red Cross for Oregon, and Jacky Thomas, a general marketing manager for Nike. A film crew converged on Bean’s West Hills home Sept. 10 to record interviews with his friends and colleagues. The footage—including interviews with longtime gay rights supporter Bill Dickey, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts and pioneering activists Jerry Weller and Don Powell—will be edited into a three- to four- minute tribute video that will be screened at the gala. Weller first collaborated with Bean in 1977 on a referendum in Eugene. “A lot of people call themselves major fund raisers in the gay and lesbian community. Terry Former state Rep. Gail Shibley, D-Portland, had a cache of memories about Bean from her years in the Legislature. She recalled an evening in 1984 when he and Powell “wined and dined” her into accepting what proved to be an impossible challenge. “Somehow—only smooth-talking Terry could do this—somehow they got me to take the bait and head up lobbying the gay rights bill—it was a non discrimination in state employment bill that year— for a very specific, very swing Democratic senator from my home district in Linn County because of my connections there." That legislator was Mae Yih. “She was never with us,” said Shibley, who expe rienced a cathartic moment when she realized that state Sen. Frank Morse, R-Albany, who so resolutely advocated for gay rights in 2005, was Yih’s successor. A separate crew is filming interviews in Serious Injury & Death Cases Wrongful Death • Medical Malpractice • Serious Accidents • Brain Injuries Trucking Accidents • Spinal Cord Injuries • Nursing Home Abuse • Therapist Malpractice Over 17 Years Experience • Top “AV” Rating Proudly serving our community since 1989 Free Consultation 503-295-1940 • 800-795-8945 www. gore slaw. com Hala J. Gores, Attorney Holding Insurance Companies Accountable
