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African Arts,
Entertainment
Coming
The sixth annual Homowa Festival
¡ for African Arts, the largest event of its
kind in the Northwest, will be held Sunday,
! Aug. 20 beginning at I p.nt. in Cathedral
Park in the St. Johns district. Obo Addy’s
. Okropong, Kukrudu and other regional
artists will present a variety of music and
dance. The festival will also include crafts,
workshops and food. Call 288-3025 for
more information.
Fashion Show
Helps HIV
Programs
Music, flowers, food and a stage pro­
duction will entertain duringa benefit fash­
ion show for Outside In’s HIV programs.
Ticket donations are $10. The event will
be held Sunday at Montgomery Park, 2701
N.W. Vaughn at 5 p.m.
Festival Presents
Story
De Sur to North, a story about a South
American Indian “dis^vered" by a band
of British explorers including Charles
Darwin and then taken to England will be
presented during the Portland Internation­
al Performance Festival on Tuesday, Aug.
I at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Hall Studio
Theatre, 1620 S.W Park. Tickets are $3
and available at the door.
National Company
Tours
Double Edge Theatre, one of the lead­
ing experimental theater companies in the
country, will perform Song of Songs, a
presentation of biblical songs of love,
Thursday, Aug. 3 through Saturday, Aug.
6 at 8 p.m. and at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6 at
Imago Theatre, 17 S.E. 8th Ave. Portland.
Music Plays At
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Dan Russell: Neighborhood Attorney
m P rom ise K ing
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aniel E. Russell had one thing
in mind while in law school, to
becom e a neigh b o rh o o d
attorney.
Ever since he passed his Oregon Bar
exam he has clinched consciously to that
commitment, allowing neither the lure
o f big money nor the fancy and sleek
surroundings o f a downtown environ­
ment pull him pull him away from his
modest northeast Portland office.
“Attorneys need to move back to the
neighborhoods. Really, I don't see my­
self moving to dow ntow n,” Russell said.
A g e n e ra l p ra c titio n e r o f law ,
Russell said his specialties include auto
accidents, personal injury cases, divorce
and family law, crim inal defense, and
product liability.
He also deals with drafting wills.
Russell says it’s never too early to put
your assets in a will.
His clients include ordinary folks and
businesses.
“I’m always available to my clients, even
if there is transportation problem," Russell
assured.
For those who are seeking a lawyer,
the neighborhood attorney suggests you
look to the Oregon Bar A ssociation and
a referral from a bona fide attorney.
Russell and many other attorneys
offer free initial consultations.
He can be reached at 282-7999 or at
his office at 1818 N.E Martin Luther
King Jr.
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Attorney Daniel E. Russell outside his neighborhood office on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
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Leaders Given Whitney Young Honor Award
he unselfish dedication to
Oregon Convention Center.
community service of five
Dr. LeRoy Walker, president of the US.
Portland area leaders will be
Olympic Committee, will join a roster of
recognized with the bestowing of special
the guests for the event.
Whitney M. Young Jr. Service Award
Also featured will be Dr. Robert
by the Cascade Pacific Council of the
Ingram, president o f the National C on­
Boy Scouts of America.
ference o f Black M ayors. KOIN-TV
The awards will be give Monday at the
anchor Mike Donahue will be the master
council's first Century Club Luncheon at the
o f cerem onies.
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Those being honored are Jefferson
High School Principal Alcena Boozer,
Michelle Harper of the Portland Bureau
of Parks and Recreation, 1994 Mother of
the Year Margie Keller, the late Neil Kelly
of Neil Kelly, Inc. and Bishop Adolph A.
Wells of the Albina M inisterial Alliance.
“The idea behind the Century Club
was to create opportunities for scouting
that may be out o f the reach for econom ­
ically disadvantaged young people in
north, northeast and southeast Portland,"
sa id lu n c h e o n c h a irm a n M ich ael
Lewellen, director o f corporate devel­
opment at Nike, Inc.
For tickets and additional information,
contact the Cascade Pacific Council at 225-
5747 or 225-5764.
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Called the King of Afrobeat, O.J
Ekemode and the Nigerian All-Stars per­
form Thursday, Aug. 3 at 6:30 p.m. as part
of the Metro Music by Blue Lake summer
series. Ekemode incorporates elements o f
raggae, juju, calypso and jazz into a spicy
sound that has helped give native African
music a global popularity.
Artist Wanted
An assistant muralist is needed for
three months and 20 hours a week to help
an established mural ist create murals. The
person will preferably be a painter, an
independent worker and very reliable. To
apply, mail or drop by a resume to Ojo
Tunton, 2909 N.E. Alberta St. Portland,
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Little League
cousins (from left)
Omar, Durel and
Mark Washington,
participated
in the 1995
Riverside All-star
game at Gregory
Heights Elementary
School.
Cruise For Miss
Black Oregon
An evening cruise to raise donations
for the Miss Black Oregon USA Pageant
departs Sunday at 5:45 p.m. from the
Riverplace Marina aboard the Cascade
Queen Sternwheeler. Food, music and a
fashion show are part of the entertainment.
Human Race
Benefits Charities
More than 2,000 people are expected
to join a 5K walk/run and 2K walk to
benefit more than 100 non-profit charities
in the Portland area. They will be partici­
pating in The Human Race, scheduled
Sunday, Aug. 6 at 8:45 a m. at Waterfront
Park. Call 222-1355 for entry forms and
more information.
SUBMISSIONS: Community
Calendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
Anti-Violence
March Planned
A “Stop the Killing ’95" march against violence will be held Sunday in northeast
Portland.
The march is organized by a group of artists and writers from Unstuck Produc­
tions. It will begin at 3 p.m. from Alberta Park at northeast 19th and Killingsworth with
a presentation at the park beginning at l p.m. Activities are scheduled to continue
through 7 p.m.
The group has issued a challenge to the Portland area neighbors, businesses and
those who live in affluence to join in a front line of action against violence and killings.
“Once again our city is being visited with death in the recent killings in inner
Portland,” organizers said.
A fund is being established at the Bank of America at 5775 N.E. Martin Luther
King Jr Blvd. for donations to help defray the costs of the event.
Donations of time and labor are also needed. Call 948-9189 or I-800-501-4866
to contribute.
T-shirts signifying “Stop the Killing ’95" and “Children, When They Die, They’re
Gone Forever," are official fundraising items along with buttons and bumper stickers.
They can also be ordered by calling the numbers above.
Measure 11 Claims One
to shooting at a Jeep carrying four men, and
f Lepri Jackson knew that for
wounding one in the stomach became the first
70 mouths he would be behind
juvenile sentenced under the measure in
bars without parole maybe he
wouldn’t have messed with guns. Multnomah County.
Measure 11 requires that defendants
This is the reality of the new tough law
convicted of any of 16 violent crimes serve
passed by voters last November against vio­
long prison sentences, whether or not it is
let juveniles.
their first offense.
Until this year, Johnson, 16, would have
It affects juveniles as young as 15.
walked away with probation without smell­
Eric Bergstorm , a deputy district
ing the penitentiary for his assault conviction
attorney for M ultnomah County, said
with no prior criminal record.
the Jackson case was exactly what vot­
But since Measure 11 took effect in
ers had in mind when they passed the
April, Judge Lee Johnson of the Multnomah
m easure.
County Court had no choice last week but to
Since the new law took effect, Police
sentence Jackson to five years and eight
have arrested 41 juveniles on Measure 11
months for the crime.
“I will sentence the defendant to the
charges in Multnomah county from April 1
through July 7.
custody of the state corrections Department
for a period of 70 months” Judge Johnson had
O f those, the district Attorney’s office
ruled
has declined to prosecute six of them and
With that, Jackson who was found guilty
dismissed cases against four others.
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