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.