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May 21,2003
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Ethos Sees Opportunity
in Old Free Mason Lodge
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Train Powers
Up Interstate
A Max light rail train travels down North
Interstate Avenue between the Rose Quarter
and the Alblna/Mississippl station Thursday. It
marked the first test o f a train using its own
power on the tracks. The 5.8 mile Interstate
Max line is scheduled to open in September
next year, but may open as early as April 2004
because construction is ahead o f schedule.
Two views o f the fire-damaged former Masonic Lodge across from Jefferson High School in north
Portland illustrate the $500,000 plus overhaul needed to make use o f the facility,
continued
1ST ANNUAL COMMUNITY AFFAIR
FUNDRAISER FOR MIRACLES CLUB
4069 NE MLK JR. BLVD
DRESS TO IMPRESS
MAY 24, 2003
6:00 PM
ADMISSION $10 PER PERSON
FOOD
MUSIC
ENTERTAINMENT (BLACK NOTES)
HISTORY OF CLUB FROM DIFFERENT MEMBERS
from Metro
“ The biggest thing we’ re going to
have to tackle” and estimated it
would cost about $500,000. A fter
that the organization w ill strengthen
the floors, rewire the building and
put in new heating and electrical
systems as part o f a complete re
building o f the building.
The organization has obtained a
grant from the Portland Develop
ment Commission to conduct a fea
s ib ility study. A t least one private
foundation has also expressed in
terest in contributing money to the
project, Lewis said.
H e estimates i t w il I take two years
between fund raising and construc
tion.
I t ’ s going to be one o f the big
gest non-profit music centers on
the West coast,” Lewis said.
Ethos began in 1998 and cur
rently serves more than 300 kids
from its headquarters at 27 N.
Killingsworth. The group has 5 fu ll
time employees and 40 part-time
music instructors. It has programs
operating in 15 local schools and
after school programs at 48 schools.
A celebration o f the sale w ill be
held on M em orial Day, M onday,
May 26 from 1 p.m .to4:30p.m . on
the steps in fro n t o f the forme’r
lodge. The band Pink M a rtin i, the
Jefferson H igh School Reunion
C h o ir and an E thos student
recital featuring piano, drum s
and singing are scheduled to per
form.
Murder Suspect Denied Bail
continued
from Metro
Just before that, Stephens had
confided to his mother and brother
his intense worry about the request
for his D N A and his involvement in
a killing, the detective testified. The
mother and brother never alerted
police.
Then, on A p ril 28,2002, police
said Stephens broke into the home
ofhis girlfrie n d ’s cousin, and raped
her in her livin g room.
In a taped recording o f her 9-1-1
call, the woman identified Stephens
as her attacker. Police arrested him
the next day.
Tshey obtained a sample o fh is
D N A , and a lab linked Stephens to
the three 1997 rapes and B ittle r’ s
k illin g and sexual assault.
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The Oregon Association o f M i
n o rity Entrepreneurs re ce n tly
awarded N ike, Inc. w ith its an
nual corporate award at
its 15th-annual C onfer
ence and Trade Show.
N ike has been a key
corporate supporter o f
O A M E ’ s Youth Entre
pre n e u rsh ip Program
w h ich a llo w s Oregon
youth to participate in a
hands-on, re ta il-m a n
agement tra in in g p ro
gram.
“ We are honored by
th is a w a rd , and are
ple a sed to c o n tin u e
o u r p a rtn e rsh ip w ith
O A M E ,” s a id B o b
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o f G lobal C o m m u n ity
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ness, we are pleased to g ive
back to an o rg a n iza tio n in o u r
local co m m u n ity w ho m irro rs
o u r values.”
In 2000, O YEP established a
retail store in north Portland that
is managed and operated entirely
by young m in o rity entrepreneurs.
The store receives products fo r
sale from m in o rity, women, and
small businesses in Oregon, con
tributed products from corpora
tions and other merchandise and
product purchased by the store
to resell.
“ O ur goal is to provide hands-
on business e xp e rie n ce s fo r
y o u th ,” said Sam B ro o k s ,
O A M E ’ s president and chair o f
the board. “ Through generous,
ongoing support from Oregon
companies lik e N ike, our s ta ff is
able to provide the kind o f super
vision and counsel necessary fo r
these young entrepreneurs to
learn and succeed.”
Since the store’ s inception, Nike
has provided support and leader
ship to enhance the youth opera
tion and receives the valued coun
sel o f Nike executive Jim Robison,
who currently serves on the O A M E
Board o f Directors.
The youth program is co m m it
ted to helping future m in o rity
business leaders in Oregon learn
what is required to be an entre
preneur, pro vid in g them w ith ac
cess to technology and k n o w l
edge o f how to market and sell
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