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Jimmy Bang Bang' Walker
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N o v e m b e r 10
W il s o n v il l e , OR
from Front
A m e r ic a n s , a n d e v e n tu a lly
fo u n d e d th e N o rth w e s t D e
fender in 1962. W hen the N orth
w est C lario n fo ld ed , W alk er
to o k o v e r an d re n a m e d h is
n e w s p a p e r th e C la rio n D e
fender, w hich featu red his o u t
spoken e d ito ria ls on race re la
tio n s, am ong m any o th e r social
issu e s.
The activist eventually retired
in the 1990s after w orking as a
longshorem an for more than 20
years, during which he was a mem
b e r o f th e
I n te r n a tio n a l
O ne on O ne S essions :
R egister O n l in e :
A historical photo shows Jimmy ‘Bang Bang' Walker kicking off
his campaign for State Representative.
L o n g s h o re and W a re h o u se
Union.
S u rv iv o rs include W a lk e r’s
sons, Jam es Jr. o f M ill V alley,
C a lif., and Z elton o f A tlanta;
d a u g h te r s D e b r a L e a r tin e
W alker o f R ichm ond, C alif.,
Freda W alker o f north Portland,
and R on n etta W alker-B ey o f
W in sto n -S alem , N .C .; brothers
Ivory W alk er o f H ayw ard, C a
lif., and H arvey B lack o f A t
lanta; sisters D enise B row n o f
V ancouver and Gail H u g h le y o f
T ucson, A riz.; eig h t g ra n d c h il
dren; five g re a t-g ra n d ch ild re n ;
and m any n ie c e s , n e p h e w s,
co u sin s and friends.
An energetic service was held
last Saturday at the Jefferson High
School auditorium to pay tribute
to W alker’s life and legacy.
from Front
School o f Law.
She worked as a trial law yer in
general p ractice for eight years
and served on the W o rk m en 's
C om pensation Board as an ad
m inistrative law ju d g e for tw o
years previous, keeping up her
com m unity activism .
Due to a state law that re
quired m andatory retirem ent for
ju d g es at age 75, she left the
bench in 1992. Still, she stayed
active in retirem ent, serving on
n onprofit boards and state bar
com m ittees.
She is survived by her hus-
band Carl; tw o brothers; tw o sis
ters; three children; and seven
grandchildren.
A public service w as held
Tuesday in Saint P h ilip th e D ea
con E piscopal C hurch in N orth
east Portland. The fam ily asks
that rem em brances be m ade to
the church in her honor.
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As a trade ally of the
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Board Votes to Build School
The Portland School Board
voted Monday to build a state-of-
the-art elementary school to serve
New Colum bia, the brand new
n e ig h b o rh o o d re p la c in g th e
formerColumbia Villa housing de
velopment in north Portland. The
$ 16 million school will replace the
aging and crow ded Ball Elem en
tary School.
The school district will be ob
ligated for only about $9 million of
the total construction cost be
cause o f partnerships that include
the Housing Authority o f Port
land, city of Portland, Boys and
Girls Club of Portland, private
fundraising and use of federal New
t,: •/.
, ■■■■ ■
M arket Tax Credits. A Boys and
G irls Club is planned on the site.
“With capital dollars so scarce,
we want to use this experience as
a model to come up with creative
solutions for important projects
in other neighborhoods in our
sc h o o l d is tr ic t,” sa id D avid
W ynde, school board co-chair.
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(AAAH)
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HOME BUYING FAIR
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Measures Target Downtown Crime
“This is not a cam
ment for a targeted
paign a g a in st the
group o f high risk,
young, the poor or
chronic criminal of
our hom eless. It is
fenders who are re
not a crim e to be
sp o n sib le for h u n
hom eless in P o rt
dreds o f the crimes
land, and we must
M ayor Tom Potter has an committed downtown.
never lose our com
The mayor also an
nounced a series of tough new
passion or our will
crime fighting measures designed nounced that the City
ingness to help those
to restore the confidence of down willspend$1.3 million
w ho c a n n o t help
town residents as well as make Port to set aside 57 jail beds
themselves. In a city
to jail individuals until
land more welcoming to visitors.
where 30 percent of
A downtown Public Safety Ac their arraignment in Mayor Tom Potter
o u r h o m e le ss are
tion Committee with six police offic Court when they are
ers will work with residents, busi arrested on one of seven specific children, we cannot and will not
ness owners and police to target crimes downtown, including bur turn our back on their needs,” the
Mayor said.
specific problems and find quick, glary, drugs and prostitution.
“ But while homelessness is not
Finally, the South Park Blocks
effective solutions. The group’s
first efforts will be focused on Pio w illhavea9p.m .curfew . Cityresi- a crime, dealing drugs on a dow n
neer Courthouse Square and the dents will still be allowed to walk town street is. While panhandling
through the park, but anyone loi is legal, aggressive panhandling
Bus Mall.
Additionally, the City will spend tering, harassing visitors or using can quickly cross the line. And we
will not tolerate either."
$500,000to pro v ide i m mediate treat- the park to camp will be arrested.
Mayor takes
steps to restore
confidence
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10am - 2:30pm
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