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challenging, because of the bad
economy.
Fortunately, Roberts and her
team found some heroes.
“Providence Health System s
really stepped up to the plate,”
R oberts says. A m ong others
w ere Safew ay, N ew Seasons
Markets, the Portland D evelop­
ment C om m ission, the N orth­
ea st C o a litio n o f N e ig h b o r­
hoods, Sam Brooks, Paul and
G eneva K nauls, Coast Indus­
tries, Waste M anagem ent, the
Chase M anhattan Bank (the in­
heritor of Washington Mutual).
The Portland Parks Bureau
u n d er th e d ire c tio n o f C ity
Commissioner Nick Fish waived
its usual event fees. In place of
some of the larger sponsors of
years past, a num ber of sm aller
contributors stepped forward.
“We asked people, if noth­
ing else, to m aintain the level
o f support they’d given in the
past,” Roberts says. “Every­
one w as really su p p o rtiv e.
T h e y w a n te d to m a in ta in
this.”
T he sp onsors w ill be on
hand on Friday from 6 p.m. to
9 p.m. at the park for a special
pre-festival netw orking o p ­
portunity with live music.
A nd so once again, R ob­
erts is helping show case the
best o f the north and north­
east com m unity, as the festi­
val was originally conceived.
Does she ever get tired o f it
all? “Yes, but the rew ards are
so great,” she says.
For a com plete G ood in the
N eighborhood schedule, visit
goodintheneighborhood.org.
P h ilad elp h ia C M B C hurch
J o h n n y S a n d e rs , o n e o f
P o rtlan d 's greatest and m ost
talen ted m usicians, has been
diagnosed with liver cancer.
Sanders has inspired through
his music and also through his
outstanding personality. He has
made an imprint in the hearts of
many with the touch of his fin­
gers across his keyboards. The
strength and pow er behind his
music is magical.
Sanders has played in sev­
eral bands and has accom pa­
nied many others in jam ses­
sions, as w ell as benefits for
other m usicians that have sim i­
lar or other health problems.
He started his music career
in th e m id 6 0 s w ith U ra l
Thom pson's Band as well as his
album *Can You Dug It". Also
in the 60s, he perform ed at the
Cotton Club under the ow ner­
sh ip o f P a u l a n d G e n e v a
Knauls.
Johnny has made a big im ­
Johnny Sanders at the keyboards
p ression d u rin g those tim es,
playing behind some of the the
biggest acts at the club such as
Big M am a T h o rn to n , M ajor
Lance T he B allards and T he
Fidels.
He has also perform ed with
local m u sicia n s an d sin g ers
from the 70s to current acts like
Lester M cfarland, Randy M on­
roe, R egina E arvins, R oslin
Johnson, A lisha Lock, Patrick
Steaming Pot Gumbolaya
Pastor
Roy E. Clay Sr.
& Co-Pastor
Lottie M. Clay
A llen
Virgil and Q uiana Allen co n ­
c e p tu a liz e d S te a m in g P o t
Gumbolaya in 2006.
T hat when the idea o f selling
gum bo erected during a family
reunion. The A llen’s had pre­
pared gum bo in an eight gallon
pot at the celebration, w hich
vanished in minutes. Virgil and
Q uiana w ere astonished how
fast the gum bo was eaten. They
thought that it would be a great
idea to market their culinary cre­
atio n as the o n ly g o o d o le ’
S ou th ern style g um bo th a t’s
available locally.
Virgil also knew that there
was a dem and for his cooking
in his northeast Portland com ­
munity. He first fell in love with
cooking when he was 17 years
old.
Virgil and Quiana got married
last year and look to each other
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D ue to his illness, Johnny
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O n Sept. 27, there will be a
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Come hear the
message from the
Messenger
(M alachi 3:1)
The Honorable Bishop
C.M. Bailey
June 27, 2009 at 7:00 PM
United House
of Prayer for All People
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V/rg/7 and Quina Allen welcome customers to their Steaming Pot Gumolaya restaurant at
5 1 2 4 N.E. 42nd Ave.
for support and answers to bet­
te r th e ir ch a n c e o f b u sin ess
success. Q uiana helps run the
restaurant while Virgil supports
her endeavors as a future edu­
cator. Q uiana is a member o f the
Portland Teachers Program and
attends Portland State U niver­
sity.
The couple thanks Cody Gray
a former employee o f the Oregon
A s s o c ia tio n o f M in o rity
E n tre p e n e u rs an d a tto rn e y s
N ancy and Becky from Davis
W right Tremaine law firm, who
helped form their lim ited liabil-
ity c o rp o ra tio n . A lso , th e y
thank the B usiness O utreach
Program at Portland State U ni­
versity. Lastly, they thank their
mothers for their financial sup­
port and G od for allow ing the
opportunity to have a restau­
rant.
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the governm ent's chief w eapon by the election o f the first A fri­ Monday on that point.
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that I am sorry.
E fforts to reach B reedlove
th ro u g h p ast atto rn ey s w ere
u n successful.
A dam s currently faces a re­
call effort on behalf o f a group
that claim s he subverted the
dem ocratic process with decep­
tive cam paigning and abused
his power. The group claim s the
recall has nothing to do with
Adams' sexual orientation.
K ro g e r a ls o lo o k e d in to
whether Adams hired a reporter
from the Portland M ercury for
a position on his staff in an ef­
fort to cover up the relationship
with Breedlove, but found no
ev id en ce to m erit a crim inal
charge.
T he report also considered
accusations o f m isuse o f gov­
ernm ent resources and theft by
d e c e p tio n -w h ic h co n sid ered
w hether A dam s asked for cam ­
paign contributions under false
pretenses-but again found no
evidence o f a crim e.
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