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î l i‘• ^ I o r t l a n ò ( © h s e r u e r _____________________________________ December 26. 2007
Yearin Review
continued fro m A 5
Fifty Years of Service
Vanport
Square
Success
Oct. 10 — Fannie Stills C hatm an and
C arm en P. W alker, tw ooriginal m em bers
o f Portland Links, Inc., help the local
African-American service organization
celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Sept. 26 — Ray
Leary oversees the
; finishing touches of
: “ V anport Square,” a
: m ajordevelopm entof
- minority-owned
: businesses on N orth­
east M artin Luther
King Jr. B oulevardin
the heart of
Portland’s black
community.
Miracles Club
Gets Lifeline
Oct. 31 - An artists’ rendering
show s a new perm anent hom e
for the M iracles Club, a drug
and alcohol-free comm unity
center serving African A m eri­
cans. The Portland D evelop­
ment Com m ission approved
plans to help finance construc­
tion o f the proposed bui Iding
on M artin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard.
Movement for
Peace
Department
Entrepreneur on
National Stage
Nov. 14 —Portland activists
■ join a nationwide m ovem ent to
foster non-violent and practical
solutions to wars and other
problem s o f dom estic and
i ntemational confl ict by endors-
;
¡ng the creation o f a U.S.
D epartm ent o f P eace.
Dec. 5 — N ortheast A lberta
Street entrepreneur Roslyn Hill
is photographed for that
national publication A A R Pthe
M agazine for her selection as
one o f 10 A m ericans w ho use
their passion to m ake the w orld
a better place.
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