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March 28, 2007
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• The O regon D epartm ent o f
Revenue offers state incom e tax
assistance near the Lloyd C enter at
8<X>NE Oregon St., 5th floor, and in
Gresham at I55ON.W. Eastman Park­
way. Suite 220. Both offices are
open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. M onday
through Friday and for extended
hours closer to April 17. Call 503-
674-6272.
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M ultnom ah County Library loca­
tions throughout the m etro area.
Registration is required at some
locations, and you must bring last
y ear’s return plus this y ea r's pa­
perwork. For more information visit
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Events and Classes.
• T he 1RS T axpayer A ssistance
C enters offers free tax face-to-face
assistance at their dow ntow n of­
fices, 1220 S.W. T hird Ave.. M on­
Jane Steele o f northeast
Portland looks on as
Du Wayne Dockter pre­
pares her 200 6 tax
return. Each tax season
Dockter, a professor of
accounting at Concordia
University, lends his
expertise as a volunteer
advocate.
day through Friday from 8:30 a.m.
t o 4:30 p.m. Call 503 326-5441 for
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T he P ortland O bserver
Urban League
Has Job Fair
Rose Court’s Final Selections
U n iv ersity to m ajo r in in te rn a­
tio n al stu d ies, w hich w ill guide
her into a hu m an itarian career.
joined the 2007 Rose Fes­
Locally, Shaw volunteers for
tival Court on Tuesday,
Portland Impact, and has trav­
M arch 20. Robson, 18. is
eled to South America to take part
the daughter o f Christina
in the Helping Hands Project o f
and S cott R obson and
Trujillo, Peru. Shaw also volun­
sister to Jane and Kenny
teered with a International relief
Robson. Her interests are
agency, providing em otional sup­
focused on draw ing, cre­
port to victim s o f H urricane
ating and designing. She
Katrina.
likes to work with pho­
Brooke Bell w as crow ned
tography and film, enjoys
Wilson
High School Rose F es­
w riting and acting, and
tival
C
ourt
P rin cess on Friday.
w ould consider a career
M
arch
23.
Bell.
17, is the d au g h ­
as bakery ow ner, doctor
ter
o
f
Kim
and
Brian
and sister
or surgeon.
to L auren Bell. She plans to
This past year she was
in v olved in F ra n k lin ’s Ellen L o u ise R o b so n , Franklin High S c h o o l m ajo r in b io ch em istry at a u n i­
v ersity in W ashington o r C o lo ­
C onstitutional Law P ro­
gram, F ellow shipofC hristian Ath- V ietnam ese at Sunday school. She rado, o r p erhaps T rin ity W estern
letes and National H onor Society. teaches first grade Bible study at U niversity. Bell ev en tu ally w ants
She attends First C ovenant Church her church and has volunteered to b eco m e a d o cto r and m aybe
and has volunteered for children's with D oem becker C hildren’s H os­ so m ed ay teach.
ministries, her church’s Sunday Day pital. In her free tim e Le enjoys
cooking, swimming, watching m ov­
Care and the Oregon Food Bank.
ies and p lay in g
with herdog. Rolo.
Ellen Louise Robson
of Franklin HighSchool
c ro w n e d
Madison High
School Princess
on
T h u rs d a y ,
March 22. Shaw,
17. is daughter of
R andy
an d
K endra Shaw and
sister to Karalie
and Grant. She is
the editor in ch ief
o f the C o n stitu ­
tio n , M a d iso n 's
high school new s­
paper, and is also
H ong Van Le, M arshall High S c h o o l
involved in N a­
Marshall High School senior tional Honor Society, M ad M ouths
Hong Van Le was named RoseCourt Speech Team and track and field.
S he p la n s to atten d S eattle
P rincess on W ednesday, March
2 1. S h e is th e
daughter o f Ba Le
an d
H uong
N guyen, and sister
to T hao Linh Le,
T h a n h Le an d
Huynh Le.
The 18-ycar-old
attends the Pauling
A cadem y
at
M a rs h a ll
H igh
School and plans to
go to Portland State
U n iv e r s ity n ex t
year to study vet­
erinarian medicine.
Le is very much
in v o lv e d in the
A sia n
P a c if ic /
A m erican com m u­
A udra S h a w , M a d iso n High S c h o o l
n ity and stu d ied
o f G irl’s Night Out.
She works part-time at
Jam ba Juice and at
home loves to perform
com edy, tutor, spend
time with family and
study the outdoors.
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Gay Rights Bill Advances
A bill tobandiscrim ination based
on sexual orientation goes to the
O regon House after being passed
March 21 in the state Senate.
T he m easure passed 2 1 -7 d e ­
spite criticism from som e R epub­
licans, w ho said there is no w id e­
spread and serious d isc rim in a ­
tion against gays and lesbians.
B ackers said, h o w ev er, that
even if the n um ber o f cases is
relatively sm all. O regon shouldn't
to le rate d isc rim in a tio n against
any o f its citizens.
T he bill w ould bar d isc rim in a ­
tion based on sexual o rien tatio n .
At W ilson, she is involved in
student governm ent and is senior
class president. She acts in school
plays and is captain o f the w om en’s
basketball team.
D uring the sum m er Bell attends
leadership cam p and is a counselor
Tap into the money.
Audra Shaw
w as
B ro o ke Bell, W ilson High S c h o o l
The Urban League o f Portland will host its
15th annual Career C onnections Job Fair on
Tuesday, April 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
DoubleTree Hotel L loydC enterE xhibit Hall.
KXXIN.E. M ultnomah St. The fair is free and
open to the public.
This year’s them e is “D iversity and O p­
portunity,” and will provide jobseekers a
chance to connect with the top em ployers in
the state, including more than 50 exhibitors
from banking, education, governm ent, health
care, media, insurance, social services and
utilities industries.
The Urban League o f Portland is a non­
profit. com m unity-based organization head­
quartered in north/northeast Portland that
serves the greater Portland metropolitan area.
The League helps em pow er African A m eri­
cans and others to achieve equality in educa­
tion, em ploym ent and econom ic security
through a com bination o f direct services,
outreach and advocacy.
along the sam e lines as p ro te c ­
tio n s based on race, national o r i­
gin, g ender, relig io n and o th e r
factors.
T hat means gays and lesbians
could not be tired from jobs, evicted
from apartm ents or denied access
to public places because o f their
sexual orientation. Churches and
other religious institutions would
be exempted.
If the bill becom es law, Oregon
w ould join 17 other states in offer­
ing such protections to gays and
lesbians A dozen Oregon com m u­
nities also have such laws.
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