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Page 2 . ®lf* ^orttani» (ßbsertier lune 29, 2011 Good in the Neighborhood M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver photo by Local residents representing the north Portland-based Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross march in Saturday’s Good in the Neighborhood Parade along Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The annual event drew a good crowd of participants and onlookers. The weekend celebration also filled nearby King School Park with its draw of music, food and games. A m erican Red Cross We Thank You For Your Support! Donated Together, we can save a Hfe Safety Urged for July Fourth Weekend Picnics, boating, camping and time spent with family and friends and, of course, fire works, are some of the activities area resi dents travel to for July 4th celebrations. But for too many people, the annual celebration is filled with tragedy as it is the deadliest holiday period of the year on roads and highways. That's why Oregon State Police, county sheriff s deputies andcity police officers will focus on stopping drivers before they be come involved in a crash or incident. 24TH ANNUAL! Largest Blues Festival w est of the Mississippi 2 0 1 1 SAFEW AY W A T E R F R O N T BLUES FEST With a main focus on impaired drivers, law enforcement in Oregon and nationwide will again be cracking down with an aggressive "Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Ar rest" enforcement blitz for Friday, July 1 through Monday, July 4. Statistics over the past 25 years in Oregon show that nearly half of all Fourth of July holiday period traffic fatalities were in alco hol-involved crashes. Similar statistics from the National High way Traffic Safety Administration show that, on average, nearly half of all deadly national traffic crashes over the holiday period in volved some level of alcohol. Nearly 300 people have died on Oregon's roads during the Fourth of July holiday pe riod since 1970. Last year, three people died in two separate fatal traffic crashes in Or egon. Recent national statistics show during the 2009 Fourth of July holiday weekend, 410 people were killed in traffic crashes. P R E S E N T E D B Y F IR S T T E C H C R E D IT U N IO N Tl Week in The Review BUDDY GUY New York Legalizes Gay Marriage ! LUCINDA WILLIAMS State lawmakers in New York passed a bill that allows same-sex marriage Friday, mak ing New York the sixth and largest state in the union to adopt gay marriage. Gov. Cuomo signed the bill into law late on Friday night. ROBERT CRAY FOR BLUES BUDOY PASSES, 4 -D A Y PASSES, CRUISE TICKETS. HOTEL DEALS FACEBOOK PAGE, LINEUPS, BIOS, SOUNDCLIPS AND MORE: w a te r fT o n tb lu e s fe s t.c o m i FRIDAY, JULY 1 C H U B B Y C A R R IE R £» T H E B A Y O U S W A M P B A N D • B O B B Y R A D C L IF F • M O R E ' SATURDAY, JULY 2 BLACK JOE LEWIS D E IT R A F A R R , O E M E T R IA T A Y L O R A N D T A IL O R A G G E R Z Y D E C O S W A M P R O M P : C O R E V LE D E T , C H U B B Y C A R R IE R , R O S IE L E D E T . Reservoir Cleaned Up S T E V E R IL E Y A N O T H E M A M O U P L A Y B O Y S , M O R E SUNDAY, JULY 3 Two weeks after a man urinated into an open- air Mount Tabor reservoir, crews have drained the reservoir and expect to have it cleaned and operating by Friday. Water Bureau officials however, said the contami nation was less worrisome than some other unknown items which had been thrown into the water. BUDDY GUY • BLACK JOE LEW IS AND THE NONEYBEARS CURTIS SALGADO • PATRICK LAMB • GRADY CHAMPION BRUCE CONTE • MESCHIYA LAKE AND THE LITTLE BIG HORNS NW P I A N 0 R A M A . V E S T , S C R O G G IN S , S T E W A R T • N W C O M M U N IT Y G O S P E L C H O IR O L D T IM E G O SP EL S H O W : L IN D A H O R N B U C K L E A N O J A N IC E S C R O G G IN S B R O T H E R Y U SE F • N A T H A N J A M E S • K A R E N L O V E L Y . F IO N A BO YES • R A N D Y O X F O R D B A N D MONDAY, JULY 4 IV A N NEVILLE'S DUMPSTAPHUNK • HONEY ISLAND S W A M P BAN SOUL VA C C IN A TIO N W IT H BRUCE CONTE • JAMES H A R M A N BAN PRESTON "KING OF BEALE STREET" SHANNON H IL L S T O M P » T -B O N E W A L K E R T R IB U T E • T O O S L IM G T H E T A IL O R A G G E R S B IL L R H O A D E S H A R M O N I C A B L O W - O F F • FIREWORKS! Sewer Rates Rise July 1 24 Years Of Fighting Hunger: Benefit for Oregon Food Bank Suggested dally donation: » » or m ore and Z cans of food 100% of all g ate donations help Oregon Food Bank. «SKOr»™, ( O ¡Q~~. S c h n itz e r ® SAFEWAY Q An agreement between Oregon Republican's and Democrats that ends a stalemate be tween the parties and paves the way to end the legislative session, would continue a 60- day maximum sentence for some probation violators. Kayakers Rescued at Falls About a dozen emergency responders were called to rescue a group of kayakers who were injured Sunday at the base of Bridal Veil Falls in the Columbia Gorge The Multnomah County Sheriffs office said one man suf fered a back injury, two suffered broken noses and a fourth kayaker was not injured. Low Consumer Confidence MACEO PARKER ROBERT CRAY BAND • MACEO PARKER • REBIRTH BRASS BANI LUCINDA W IL LIA M S • ORGONE • CHRIS CAIN BAND A KING A ND T W O QUEENS OF CHICAGO BLUES: Public Safety Agreement « Schwtndl S Co., WW Natural, Tha Boeing Company, OregonlMs corn, »»gal Cinema«, Smart Park, FcoShuttle, Pfizer, M illio n Foods fa rth io W ater Snapple Deschutes Brewery, Chateau St. MtcheBa, Miher Ute, Pepsi, Frlto lay, Yoshkla, Larahar, D ave'i Killer Bread, OreyeT'i lea Cream, Cascadian Farms ' k OIM TV ' Blues Revue, KBOO. Oregon Music News, Green Mountain Energy, Maverick Markatlng, Prime Pay, Karolyn March, Portland Communtty College Music Millennium Cascade Blues Assn, W in throp Music Assn, Oregon Potters Assn, Cascade Zydeco Assn, University Place Motel, RtvarPlaca Motel, Motel Fifty, Marriott Motel Sewer and stormwater rates will rise six per cent in the city of Portland starting July 1. Officials said about 58 percent of the sewer and stormwater bill pays for sewage treat ment and sewer construction and repair. About 40 percent pays for stormwater man agement. The plunge in U.S. home prices showed signs of leveling off in April, but worries about unem ployment pushed consumer con fidence to a seven-month low in June. Economists warned prices will likely crawl along at low levels as a large number of homes come up for sale. Former Governor Guilty A jury on Monday c o n v ic te d Rod B la g o jev ic h , the former governor of Illinois, of a broad pattern o f corrup tio n , in clu d in g charges that he tried to personally ben efit from his role in selecting a U.S. Senate replacement for Barack Obama after Obama was elected presi dent. The most serious of the counts carry penalties of up to 20 years in prison.
