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December 29, 2010
Year in Review
The Portland Observer looks back at some o f the top stories o f 2010
Ill Equipped
Feb. 10 - A mental health crisis
ends in death when police
responding to an emergency
call shoot Aaron Campbell at
the Sandy Terrace Apartments
in northeast Portland. A man
who was mourning the death of
his brother just hours earlier,
police believed Campbell was
armed with a gun but no
weapon was found.
Legacy Unmatched
March 3 - Dick Bogle, a trail-
blazing journalist, police officer
and former city commissioner,
is remembered for his service
to helping others and for
breaking color lines. Bogle
died at the age of 79.
Jan. 20 - Ben Ferere, a native of
Haiti, and the co-owner of the
Bagel Land shop on northeast
Fremont Street, joins other
Portland residents with loved
ones in Haiti, awaiting word from
other family members after Haiti ’ s
devastating 7.0 earthquake.
Feb. 24 — A week after local protests and a visit by national civil
rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, Mayor Sam Adams and Police
Commissioner Dan Saltzman announce their support for a federal
civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Aaron
Campbell.
TriMet C hief M oves On
2011 MLK WEEKEND OF SERVICE
March 24 - TriMet General
Manager Fred Hansen, a leader
in transit growth with the
opening of three light rail lines;
and equity for minorities with
employment and contracting
opportunities, announces that
he will leave the agency after
12 years to pursue other
opportunities.
January 14 -17
Your time can make a big difference
in someone’s life. Get Involved.
Join United Way in the fourth-annual//ILK
Weekend of Service to honor the legacy of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sign up for a service
project at www.unitedway-pdx.org/MLK
Young, Black & Gifted
GIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER
LIVE UNITED
I lands On
GREATER P O R TLA N D
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Columbia-Willamette
March 31 - Skylar Holt excels
at Jefferson High School, just
one of the city’s ‘Young,
Black & Gifted” students
featured in a new exhibit of
high-achieving African-
American students that
opened to the public at
school district headquarters
and Lloyd Center.