W
H !
.»> - * *.x t . j ^
V
- - » .-n. * < • . ; '
éfafaetfMÍláí*W
O ctober 4, 1995 • T he P ortland O bserver
P age B8
Minority Owned Businesses Honored
Grace Gallegos, president of Impact
Business Consultants, Portland Minority
Business Development Center.
Minority Contractor of the Year Noell Webb.
Lolenzo Poe (left) and Rev. Dorsey McCullough of the Bethel AME
Church recognize the achievements of African Americans and other
minorities in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Tri-Met General Manager Tom Walsh.
Community service award winner Lillie Walker (center) is joined by her sisters Shirley (from left), Alice
and Johnetta. The 13th annual Minority Enterprise Development Week was observed Thursday during
a business awards luncheon at the Red Lion Jantzen Beach.
Photos by Duane Lewis
Urban League President Lawrence Dark and Portland Observer
Publisher Joyce Washington join the salute to minority owned
businesses.
fa* ”
Walnut Park First Interstate Bank Manager Steve Sims.
1
U S. Civil Rights Commissioner Dr. Arthur Fletcher and James Boyd
of Boyd's Landscaping were among the supporters of minority
business entrepreneurship.