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Church Serves Holiday Meals
Highland Church in northeast Portland hosted its 35ih annual pre-Thanksgiving dinner Saturday,
serving over 850 meals to a variety o f people in need, from the homeless, homebound to the
hungry. Also, more than 100 people were fed at the Rosemont retirement housing complex and
another 100 at Unthank Plaza. Lavern Martin (pictured from left), Robert McDonald, Ron Williams,
Vera Watson and Ferri Williams represented the many volunteers who gave their time to deliver
food for the event.
TriMet Honors Rosa Parks Legacy
TriMet, the Albina Ministerial
Alliance and the community will
remember Rosa Parks and the 50th
anniversary of the Montgomery
bus boycott on Thursday, Dec 1 at
11 a.m.atEmmanuelTempleChurch,
1032 N. Sumner St.
At noon, TriM et buses will
briefly stop to observe a moment of
silence for Rosa Parks who died last
month at the age of 92.
Bus operators will explain the
purpose of the moment of si lence in
order to raise awareness of the civil
rights leader.
When Parks refused to give up
her bus seat to a white man 50 years
ago, her courage gave face to a
m ovem ent that w ould forever
change our society and i nstitutions.
Her heroic act sparked the Mont­
gomery, Ala. bus boycott and for
381 days blacks, who made up the
majority of bus riders in the city,
refused to ride.
By saying “no” to inequality,
Parks said “no” to the discrimina­
tion of black Americans through
segregation that included separate
drinking fountains, restroom s,
schools and more.
The AMA and TriMet are co­
sponsoring the Ride for Rosa day
on Dec. 1 as a way to honor Parks’
legacy.
For more information, go to
www.trimet.org/rosa to see histori­
cal photos or ride a TriMet bus on
Dec. 1 to learn more about Rosa
Parks, the boycott and the civil
rights movement.
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With nearly 2 million passen­ Jan. 3, should see approximately
gers expected to travel through 7 9 1 ,0 0 0 p a sse n g e rs trav elin g
Portland International Airport this through PDX.
holiday season, Port of Portland
New additions to the airport will
officials predict 2005 will close as help make traveling easier this year.
the busiest year in the airport’s A concourse connector means that
travelers can now use either secu­
history.
In the week surrounding Thanks­ rity checkpoint to get to any gate in
giving, an estimated 313,000 pas­ the airport, saving them time in many
sengers will travel through PDX— cases.
a 4 percent increase over 2004. The
The Port is experimenting with a
busiest holiday period, Dec. 16- new cell phone waiting through
Nov. 29. Motorists can park in the
special parking lot, wait for a call
from loved ones announcing their
arrival, and then quickly pull up to
the airport terminal to pick-up trav­
elers.
Travelers can also use credit
cards to make quick entries into and
speedy exits out of all PDX parking
facilities. The PDX parking garage,
long-term parking lot, and economy
lots should have ample parking.
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