March 23, 2005____________________________________________
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Man Shot in Driveway
PhillipTerm ane Robinson,
34, was shot to death in his
northeast Portland driveway
on Monday morning. Police
s a id i t ’s p o s s ib le th a t
R obinson was not the in­
tended victim of a possible
gang-related shooting.
A round 7:15 a.m . near
Northeast 24"' Avenue and
W asco Street, about eight
blocks from the Lloyd Center
Mall, Robinson was shot mul­
tiple times. He lived with his
roommate in a fairly peaceful
community.
There is no description of
the suspect, who is still at large.
Phillip
Termane
Robinson
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Davis Hennessey, a seventh grader at Trillium Charter School in north Portland, records Glennie
Butler's personal history at the Marie Smith Health and Social Center on North Albina Avenue.
Building Generational Ties
Trillium kids
preserve local
senior history
Trillium Charter School students
made friends across the genera­
tions by writing personal histories
o f its north and northeast Portland
neighbors.
Building understanding and be­
ginning a dialog amongst people of
differing ages, backgrounds and
cultures was the goal of Michele
Sil vestri’s sixth, seventh and eighth
grade students.
Her urban studies curriculum
was supported in a tangible, excit­
ing way by learning the personal
oral histories of their neighbors in
an effort to understand the local
community on a deeper level.
Students socialized with and in­
terviewed seniors at the Marie Day
Adult Day Care Center at 4616 N.
Albina Ave. over the course of
several visits and wrote biographies
of their partners.
The goal was to understand
and foster respect, social equal-
ity and diversity am ong different
populations o f our com m unity.
This project is part o f a school
wide, on-going mission to involve
Trillium students in m eaningful
opportunities to engage in their
com m unity and give back in a
positive way.
In its third year, Trillium Charter
School is a democratically struc­
tured environm ent that fosters
student’s natural curiosity,creativ­
ity and self-awareness. Students
learn to take initiative and assume
responsibility for their own learn­
ing.
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barrier in American sports, while introducing much of the
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Schools Advocate Honored
Community activist Vesia Loving
(far left) is saluted for her 30
years o f service to all Portland
children, during a recent ceremony
with Susan Enfield, Portland Public
Schools director o f teaching and
learning. Currently, Loving is
fighting plans to close four
schools in north and northeast
Portland and send seventh and
eighth graders to Jefferson High
School. The school board is
scheduled to vote on the propos­
als Monday night.
Singer Bobby Short Dies
(AP) - Cabaret singer Bobby
Short, the tuxedoed embodiment
of New York style and sophisti­
cation who was a fixture at his
piano in the Carlyle Hotel for
more than 35 years, died Mon­
day. He was 80.
Short, whose career stretched
over more than 70 years, was
irrevocably devoted to the “great
American songbook”: songs by
Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, the
G ershw ins, Billy Strayhorn,
Harold Arlen.
He was n o m in ated for a
Grammy in 2000 for “You’re the
Top: Love Songs of Cole Por­
ter.” In 1993, he was nominated
for “ Late Nigh, at the Cafe
Carlyle."
Bobby Short
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