August 26. 2009
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Back to School
Challenge Camp
Mt. Hood Com m unity
College in partnership with
Reaching and Empowering
All People (REAP) is host
ing Challenge Camp, a free
five-day back-to-school
leadership camp for high
school students.
The camp runs 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m., Monday, Aug. 31
th rough S ept. 4 at the
MHCC Gresham Campus.
Students will learn about
se lf-lead ersh ip and the
various educational oppor
tunities available at school
and in the community.
"MHCC is delighted to
partner with REAP to pro
vide resources, motivation,
mentoring and real life ex
perience to help students
su c c e e d ,” said M HCC
President John J. “Ski”
Sygielski. “It is through this
type of partnership that the
college can be an on-ramp
to higher education for
those who otherwise would
never have thought about
attaining a college educa
tion.”
Mark Jackson, a local
African American leader
and REAP executive, said
that while school districts
are experiencing budget
cuts that threaten quality
education, community or
ganizations such as REAP
are filling in the gap and
giving students an educa
tional experience that is in
novative.”
“Various business and
public policy leaders have
made themselves available
over a five-day period to
engage students on the top
issues facing our region,”
Jackson said.
For information, contact
.HEAP at 503-341-6161 or
e-mail reapinc@msn.com.
Gresham
Robbery
Suspect Shot
A man wanted for robbing a Gresham bar was
shot by Portland police Monday night.
It happened after the SERT team was acti
vated late Monday evening to find the sus
pect.
Authorities shut off several streets around
Southeast 172nd and Southeast Stark Street
while they searched yard to yard. They found
the suspect in a shed and moments later a Port
land police officer shot him.
Police said the man used a pistol to rob the
Red Apple Bar and Grill on Northeast 161st
Avenue and N o rth east Sandy B oulevard
around 5 p.m. Monday.
The suspect, identified as a 36-year-old male,
was transported to an area hospital where he
was reported in stable condition.
Police say the suspect is believed to have
been involved in numerous armed robberies in
the same area over the past few weeks.
Concordia Library Opens
New resource
to serve public
C o n c o rd ia U n iv ersity is
opening the doors to the new
George R. W hite Library &
Learning Center with a commu
nity open house and dedication
on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
The free family-friendly event
will feature story times for chil
dren; tours of the library; an
opportunity for neighbors to
get their own library cards; and
performances of "Shakespeare
in the Park” featuring the Port
land A ctors Ensemble. Free
blood pressure checks will be
offered in the new Nursing Cen
ter.
The new, 74,(XX) state-of-the-
art facility on the Concordia
campus, located at 2811 N.E.
Holman St., will be a hub for
both the campus and the neigh
borhood, and will combine tra
ditional library spaces, state-of-
the-art technology, classrooms,
a coffee shop and community
meeting room.
Activist Promotes Healthy Foods
and sustainable food system and
uses cooking as a tool to illumi
nate the intersections between pov
erty, structural racism and food in
security.
His new cookbook is titled Ve
gan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy,
and Creative A frican-A m erican
Cuisine.
Portland Farmers Market wel
comes Oakland, Calif, food activ
ist, eco chef and author Bryant
Terry to Portland this weekend.
Terry will present a cooking dem
onstration and sign cookbooks at
the market’s Portland State Univer
sity location on Saturday, Aug. 29.
and he will host an educational
event to enable local kids experi
ence nutritious food on Sunday,
Aug. 30 at the market’s new King
School Park location in northeast
Portland.
“We are thrilled to have Bryant
Terry coming to meet local shop
pers and food enthusiasts,” said
Ann Forsthoefel, executive direc
tor of Portland Farmers Market.
“He is one of the bright stars in the
h ealth y and su sta in a b le food
movement.”
Terry has spent the last nine
years working to build a more just
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Concordia University in northeast Portland opens its new
George R. White Library & Learning Center with a commu
nity open house on Saturday, Aug. 29.
With no public library in the
neighborhoods im m ediately
surrounding the university, the
facility offers im portant re
sources to the public at large.
This past summer Concordia
also dedicated a state-of-the-art
Throw Center for student-ath
letes, Olympic hopefuls, and
community youth to participate
and train . In a d d itio n , the
university’s bookstore moved
to the c o rn e r o f N o rth east
Ainsworth Street and 30th Av
enue.
T he u n iv e rs ity a lso r e
cently began construction on
a new residence hall, which
will open in fall of 2009, along
Northeast 27th Avenue. This
spring, the university antici
pates breaking ground on a
new athletic complex for base
ball and soccer.
Concordia University is a pri
vate, Lutheran, liberal arts uni
versity, serving 1,700 students
through its College of Educa
tion, College of Health & Hu
man Services, College of The
ology, Arts, & Sciences and
School of Management.
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Food activist and
cookbook author Bryant
Terry will host a cooking
demonstration on Saturday
at Portland Farmers Mar
ket at Portland State
University and hold a lunch
box event for kids on
Sunday at the Portland
Farmers Market at King
School Park.
King Memorial Construction Stalls
(AP) — Education Secretary
Arne Duncan is offering to pull
some strings to get construc
tion sta rte d on the M artin
L u th e r K ing Jr. M em orial
planned for the National Mall
in Washington, D.C.
The project has stalled for
about a year because of a dis
agreement between the founda
tion building the memorial and
the National Park Service over
how to secure the site against
possible dom estic terrorism
threats.
The towering 28-foot sculp
ture of King is 80 percent com
plete, but construction of the
memorial plaza along the Tidal
Basin cannot start until all of
the necessary permissions are
secured.
D uncan said T uesday it's
time to get to work and offered
to make some calls to fellow
members of the Obama admin
istration, draw ing applause
from students and others who
gathered at the memorial site
to mark the 46th anniversary
of the March on Washington.
K ing g a v e h is “ I H ave a
Dream Speech" there on Aug.
28,1963.
Foundation m em bers said
they have redesigned the me-
morial plaza with an island of riers. Design critics had said
elm trees and a few metal se too many barriers would clut
curity posts that would pre te r the site and c o n tra d ic t
vent a driver from entering, K ing's legacy o f o p en n ess
rather than a long line of bar and inclusiveness.
Peace Corps Director Takes Oath
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Aaron S. Williams was sworn in
Monday as the 18th director of the
Peace Corps.
W illiam s was nom inated by
President Obama on July 14 and
confirmed by the U.S. Senate on
Aug.
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“I am deeply honored to be the
Director of the Peace Corps and 1
want to thank President Obama for
the trust that he has placed in me. I
look forward to making his call to
public service a reality for more Aaron S. Williams
Americans." Williams said.
Williams is the fourth director to
have served as a Peace Corps vol
unteer. He served as a volunteer in
the Dominican Republic from 1967
to 1970. Upon completing his ser
vice, he became the coordinator of
minority recruitment and project
evaluation officer for the Peace
Corps in his hometown of Chicago
from 1970 to 1971.
Williams has pursued a career in
the development and implementa
tion of worldwide assistance pro
grams.