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Second Lents Resource Fair Coming
Southeast
community ,/jAi
to celebrate
Eric Lee Presley
A fter the success o f the last
y ear’s Lents Resource Fair, the
Portland Development Commission
will host the event for a second year
on Saturday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. at L ent Elem entary School,
Natasha Lei Nichols
Motel Arson Fire Investigated
The Portland Police and Crim e is a 30-year-old black female. 5 feet
Stoppers need help finding Erie 8 inches tall, weighing approxi
Lee Presley and his girlfriend, mately 210 pounds, with black hair
N atasha Lei N ichols, for ques and brown eyes. She has m ultiple
tioning in a suspected arson at the tattoos on her knees, w rists and
W esterner M otel, 4333 N. Inter hands.
state Ave. The M arch 27 fire dis
C rim e Stoppers offers a cash
placed more than a dozen resi reward o f up to $ 1,000 for inform a
dents.
tion, reported to C rim e Stoppers,
Presley is a 43-year-old black that leads to an arrest in this case,
male, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighing or any unsolved felony, and you
approxim ately 235 pounds, with rem ain anonym ous. Call Crim e
black hair and brown eyes. Nichols Stoppers at 503-823-HELP(4357).
Test Doesn’t Clear
Lacrosse Team
Prosecutor does not need DNA
(A P )— Standing before a mostly
black audience, the district attor
ney in charge o f the D uke U niver
sity rape investigation in Durham,
N.C. said Tuesday he does not need
DNA to bring charges and vowed,
“This case is not going aw ay.”
District A ttorney M ike Nifong
spoke one day after defense attor
neys said DNA testing failed to
connect any o f D uke’s lacrosse
players to the alleged attack on a
black stripper w ho said she was
raped at a party by m em bers o f the
nearly all-w hite47-m an team.
Nifong stopped short o f con
firm ing the defense assessm ent o f
the DNA results, but said the case
w ould not be ham pered by a lack o f
DNA evidence.
“ It do esn ’t m ean nothing hap
pened,” N ifong said at a public
forum at North C arolina Central
U niversity, where the 27-year-old
alleged victim is a student. “ It just
m eans nothing was left behind."
5105 S.E. 97* Ave.
The neighborhood fair brings
together representatives from PDC,
city bureaus, elected officials and
area non-profit organizations to
celebrate the com m unity and pro
vide information on resources avail
able to people who live, work and
do business in Lents. There will be
inform ation regarding hom e ow n
ership opportunities, park improve
m ents, street repair and the 1-205
M AX light rail line that is planned
to c o n n e c t L en ts to G atew ay ,
Clackamas Town Center and Down
tow n Portland.
There will be activities for kids
including free bike helmets donated
by the Lents K nights o f Pythias
Lodge.
A rea non-profits will also par
ticipate including Z enger Farms,
Rose C om m unity D evelopm ent
N o charges have been filed.
N ifong said prosecutors were |
aw aiting a second set o f D NA re
sults, but did not say how those
differed from the tests reported
M onday. N ifong added that in 75
percent to 80 percent o f sexual
assaults, there is no DN A evidence
to analyze.
The district attorney said a rape
The Urban League o f Portland is
case can built on testim ony from
team ing up w ith Sen. M argaret
the alleged victim and other w it C arter o f north and northeast Port
nesses. Nifong also said the h o s-| land, the M edicare Rx A ccess N et
pital exam o f the w oman has led , work o f Oregon, the Social Security
him to believe a crim e occurred at
A dm inistration and Senior Health
the M arch 13 party.
Insurance Benefits A ssistance to
A ccording to court docum ents,
host tw o M edicare Part D events
a doctor and a specially trained
that will provide inform ation and
nurse found the alleged victim had
assistance with the new prescrip
“signs, sym p to m s and injuries
tion benefit for seniors and dis
consistent with being raped and
abled people.
sexually assaulted.”
The events at the Urban League
“ My presence here m eans this
Senior C enter, 5325 N.E. Martin
case is not going aw ay," N ifong 1 Luther King Jr. Blvd., are free and
said to applause from an audience
open
to
th e
p u b lic .
o f about 700.
On Thursday, April 13, from 12:30
4 small parkway brings a welcome mat to the Lents neighborhood o f southeast Portland.
Corporation, Mt. Scott Com m unity
Center, Johnson Creek W atershed
Council and many more.
K ids w ill have an o p p o rtu n ity
to learn about the P o rtlan d Fire
B ureau through a v ariety o f a c
tiv itie s, learn ab o u t w atersh ed
h ealth th ro u g h the B ureau o f En-
v iro n m e n tal S erv ices e d u c ato r
program and locate th eir hom es
u sin g an in te ractiv e co m p u ter
program .
There are many positive events
happening in the Lents N eighbor
hood. The Resource Fair is an op
portunity to bring people together
to celebrate successes, learn about
ongoing efforts and program s, pro--
vide ideas and com m ents to PDC
staff, city elected officials, and other
city staff and discover the m any
non-profit groups offering their
services in Lents.
Medicare Drug Plan Help
Urban League
hosts two events
Black Studies Scholar Visits
Black Studies author and
scholar W illiam Cross Jr. will
lecture at Portland State Uni
versity on Tuesday, April 18
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. He will
also give a book reading from
his text “Shades o f Black” on
Wednesday, April 19, at 7 p.m.,
at R eflectio n s C offee and
B o o k s,
446
N .E .
Killingsworth.
“Shades of Black" is con
sidered required reading for
students and scholars inter- William Cross Jr.
ested in the study in African
American identity.
Cross has held positions in
Psychology and Africana Stud
ies at Cornell University, Penn
State University and the Uni
versity o f M assachusetts at
Amherst. Currently he is a pro
fessor at the Graduate Center
for the City University of New
York.
The PSU lecture will take
place in Room 355 of the PSU
Smith Memorial Student Union.
p.m. to 1:30 p.nt., an inform ational
overview will provide details about
the new prescription benefit pro
gram. Sen. C arter will attend the
event to encourage seniors to ex
plore their options within this new
program.
On Friday, April 21, from 9a.m . to
noon, Medicare-eligible people will
receive one-on-one counseling and
enrollment assistance from SHIBA
representatives. Those with M edi
care who are interested in receiving
counseling or enrolling should bring
their Medicare card, any additional
insurance information, and a list o f
their prescriptions and dosages.
“T his is too im portant to let slip
by any o f us and it’s tim e for A fri
can A m ericans with M edicare to
make a decision about their pre
scrip tio n co v e rag e, n o w ” says
D ’N orgia Price, adult and senior
services program director for the
Urban League o f Portland. "W ith
ju st a few w eeks until the enroll
ment deadline for M edicare Part D,
the decision about enrolling in a
M edicare prescription plan has
b e c o m e u rg e n t fo r s e n io r s .”
Statistics released March 18 by the
C enters for M edicare and M edic
aid Services show that 6 1 percent
o f M edicare beneficiaries in Oregon
-3 3 5 ,4 3 4 individuals - have some
kind o f prescription coverage, ei
ther through stand-alone prescrip
tion plans, M edicare managed care
plans that include prescription cov
erage, or som e other type o f pre
scription coverage.
People with M edicare also can
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Sen. Margaret Carter
get assistance and enroll in a M edi
c a re d ru g p la n by v is itin g
www.medicare.gov or by calling 1-
800-MEDICARE( I -800-633^227)
or O regon’s Senior Health Insur
ance Benefits Assistance H elp Line
at 1-81X1-722-4134.
‘10 M inutes’ with the Mayor
M ay o r T om P o tter w ill be
m eeting w ith resid en ts o f the
King N eighborhood and the su r
rou n d in g co m m u n ities on S at
urday, A pril 15 from 9 a.m . to
11:3 0 a.m . at R eflections C o ffee
and T alk in g D rum B o o k sto re,
4 4 6 N.E. K illingsw orth.
C o m m u n ity m em bers are en
co u rag ed to sign up o n -site fo r a
ch an ce to speak for 10 m inutes
w ith P o tter ab o u t issu es im p o r
tant to them . T he m a y o r’s goal is
to co n n ect w ith resid en ts from
d ifferen t p arts o f the city about
local com m unity issues and ideas.
P o tter will be ac co m p an ied by
staff, a n eig h b o rh o o d p o lice o f
ficer and local co m m u n ity m em
bers to p ro v id e in fo rm atio n al re
so u rce s.
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