Hage A3
December 26. 2007
Asia Bell
Murder Solved
March 14 - Five years after
a spray of bullets took Asia
Bell’s young life, police have
finally cracked the north
Portland murder. The
breakthrough brought relief
to her mother Perl ia Bel I
who never ceased to keep
her daughter's case in the
public eye.
Review
Growing
Discontent
March 21 — A peace
march estimated at
15,000 fills downtown
Portland streets,
marking the fourth
anniversary of the Iraq
War with demands to
end the bloodshed.
Tangled over Abortion
April 11 - Controversy surrounds a potential
Planned Parenthood on Northeast Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard, drawing support
from African American leaders like Harold
Williams Sr., who anticipates a win for eco
nomic development, but opposition from some
black religious leaderson moral grounds
because of abortion.
Majority Flips on MLK Corridor
April 4 - Abrianna Wil I iams hangs out on the porch of her
house in the last majority-black census tract in Multnomah
County, a small neighborhood bordered by North Russell
and Fremont Streets. Census figures show gentrification all
along the Martin Luther King Boulevard corridor.
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“ The desperation
came from not being able
to stop gambling.”
"/ made the call to get some help.
I found people that really understood me...”
"I was mesmerized.”
Highest in the Nation
"I didn’t know that gambling did not affect
everyone the way it affected me."
May 9 — Gas prices in Portland are among the highest in
the nation. It was not uncommon to see prices of $3.41 a
gallon for regular, eclipsing the national averageof $3.07.
"The counselor made me understand that
there was hope and I have not placed a
bet in 6 years.”
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May 9 - Portland Trail Blazer Guard Brandon Roy cel
ebrates receiving the NBA Rookie of the Year trophy with
his family during ceremonies at SelfEnhancement, Inc. in
north Portland.
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