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W B lack H istory M o n th .W ™ , F e b ru a ry 25. 2 0 0 4 King School Support Group Formed Page A5 Plans Advance for King Memorial Parents, teachers and com m u nity residents have united to form an organization that is w orking to make Martin Luther King Jr. El ementary School, 5906 N.E. 6lh Ave., a strong school that offers enrich ing program s in addition to giving children and their fami lies the tools they need to be successful. The King School PTA will con duct its first official general m em bership meeting at 6:30 p.m. on M onday. M arch 8 at the school library. Parents, teachers, business ow n ers and com m unity residents are w elcom e to attend and becom e members. A lthough the organization offi cially begins next month, the plan ning process began in December. More than 30 parents and teachers have attended inform ational m eet ings that has resulted in the PTA » w orking to create a strong, volun teer-driven after school tutoring • program a family literacy program, ■ a p are n t/co m m u n ity su p p o rted safety patrol program and m ore di verse program s. As part o f those efforts a Black History M onth program is sched uled forò p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26 at the school, and a C inco de M ayo celebration scheduled for May. AP) — Prom oters o f a M artin Luther King Jr. M em orial for the n atio n 's capital introduced the project last week and announced they have alm ost h alf the m oney needed to break ground. The King M emorial Foundation has raised more than $29 million for the project and expects to have at least $4 m illion m ore by the end o f next m onth, said its president. Harry Johnson. C ongress has given the foundation an extension until 2006 to collect $67 million o f the antici- pated $ 1 (X) million total cost o f the project and begin construction. "W e have a design c o n c e p t w e are e x tr e m e ly p ro u d to present to the citizens o f this w orld,” said Ed Jackson Jr., the execu PHOTO COURTESY T ROY K Y L ES Family Photo Dates to About 1915 In celebration of Black History Month, northeast Portland resident Troy Kyles shares an old family photograph taken from the Illinois Central Railroad Yard in Sallis, Miss, around 1915. Kyles' uncle Jimmy is the second man from the left in the back row. His cousin Richard Harmon is pictured holding a ticket to Chicago (far right, back row). His uncle Murphy Kyles is seated in the chair holding a gold watch and chain. Another cousin, IV. T. Brown (bottom row, second from right) shows o ff a stack of cash he's earned. tive architect for the project. “ It will be a liv ing m em orial, one that speaks to future gen erations about peace, It will be a living memorial, one that speaks to future generations about peace, justice, hope and love. - Ed Jackson Jr., executive architect for the proposed King Memorial In Washington, D.C. , justice, hope and love.” The landscaped m em orial would cover a four-acre triangle on the shore o f W ashington’s Tidal Basin, between the Lincoln and Jefferson M em orials and next to the Franklin D. Roosevelt M em orial. It would include an elevated w alkw ay overlooking the basin, a huge stone m arker in K ing’s likeness and num erousoak, pine, magnolia andcherry trees. The architects said their ideal design rem ains alm ost identical to the original, although th e y 're considering changes to add extra security and traffic control should they be required. 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