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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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