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September 24, 2008
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President Bush welcomes honored youth from the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to the White House on Sept. 15, including
Ashley Turner (third from right) of Portland. Also pictured (from left) are Felicia Arriaga of Hendersonville, N.C.; Shonnetta
Henry o f Denver; Naquasia Pinchback, of Glen Cove, N.Y., and Jamaal Phillips, of St. Louis.
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Portland girl
sets positive
course for life
Portland's Ashley Turner
has been named a runner up in
Boys & Girls Clubs 2008 Na­
tional Youth o f the Year com ­
petition.
She and the other four other
honored Boys & Girls Club
m em bers got to visit with
President Bush in the Oval
Office on Sept. 15 and meet
with other elected officials.
While growing up in a neigh­
borhood dominated by gangs
and the constant threat o f vio­
lence, Ashley Turner was de­
term ined to set a positive
course for her life.
Seeking a nurturing envi­
ronment, she boarded a city
bus one day and rode for I ’/ i
hours, away from her neigh­
borhood, until she saw the fa­
miliar Boys & Girls Club logo.
She rode that same route - 90
minutes each way - nearly
every day for the next six
years, immersing herself in all
that Boys & Girls Clubs of
Portland M etropolitan Area
had to offer.
Turner quickly became in­
volved in several Club pro­
gram s, including Keystone
Club, a character and leader­
ship development group for
teens with an em phasis on
com m unity service, and Jun­
ior Staff, which teaches m em­
bers career skills. She further
developed her leadership skills
through countless hours lead­
ing, teaching and mentoring
Jefferson Plans 100th Birthday
Tailgate party
to kick off events
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Thomas Jefferson High School
is having a birthday. 100 years
old but young in spirit.
The north Portland school was
first organized in February 1909
with a faculty o f five teachers and
an enrollm ent o f 125.
“C lasses w ere held in the
Shaver G ram m ar School, but due
to o v e rc ro w d in g , w ere soon
m oved temporally to the W ill­
iams Avenue B uilding,“ so reads
the first page o f then Principal
H opkin Jenkins hand w ritten
“Record of Jefferson High School
and its Pupils.“
Celebrations are being planned for Jefferson High School
100th year o f continuous operation.
Shortly thereafter ground was
broken for the new school build­
ing on what had been W illiam
K illingw orth's back pasture. At
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the tim e it was the largest school
building o f its type to ever he
erected in the country. The new
building was first occupied in
February 1910 and has been in
continuous use ever since.
The Jefferson Centennial C om ­
mittee is seeking graduates o f
Jefferson o f all ages. They are
asking these form er students to
contact, the com m ittee via one of
tw o
th e
w eb
s ite s :
J e ff e r s o n c e n te n n ia l.c o m o r
Jeffalum .com , or that they con­
tact the school at 503-916-5180,
Option 7 during school hours with
their maiden name, class year, e-
mail address, street address and
phone number.
Kicking off Jefferson’s Centen­
nial Celebration will be a Tailgate
Party at Jefferson on Friday, Oct. 3;
starting at4 pm. Graduation classes
from all years are being asked to
decorate their cars for the party.
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younger Club members.
In addition to her C lub in­
volvement. Turner is dedicated
to giving back to her com m u­
nity. She has volunteered at
the local food bank, in clean­
up events and for Doembecher
C hildren’s Hospital. She also
takes time to talk with kids at
the Club about the importance
o f giving back
A graduate o f Wilson High
School, she currently attends
Portland Com munity College,
with plans for a career in youth
development.
fro m A ld
and outreach for an extensive lead
poisoning prevention effort. C ur­
rently. she is a governm ent liai­
son for the Oregon Department of
T ran sp o rtatio n 's Portland R e­
gion One.
“Serving on the HAP hoard
helps fulfill my desire tocontinue
to make positive contributions
toward building and sustaining
healthy com m unities and to make Shelli Romero
He is a member o f the city of
a difference in people’s lives,”
Portland's Small Business Advi­
Romero said.
Smith brings a strong back­ sory Committee and serves as chair
ground in business management o f the Port land chaptcrof SCORE,
to the board. After several d e­ an all-volunteer counseling orga­
cades in executive posts in the nization with a mission to help
high tech industry that started at small businesses and entrepre­
IBM and included guiding start­ neurs become successful.
On the HAP board, he plans to
ups to success, he now is the C F O
o f Y CH A NG F International, a use his expertise and experience
management consulting firm for to build bridges betw een the
small and m edium-sized com pa­ agency's efforts to help its cli­
ents becom e more self-sufficient
nies.
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and the local business com m u­
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“After finding them affordable
housing, the next step in the ‘hand
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helping them achieve econom ic
independence. I would like to
focus my efforts on the HAP
hoard on tying this process to the
Portland small businesseeonom y
w hile making it as relevant as
possible to our clients' needs.”
he said.
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