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Herman Bryant, the executive Director o f Miracles Club o f northeast Portland, jo in s the last team o f painters and construction workers making the final
touches to the Miracle Club’s new 40-unit affordable housing and recovery facility on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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T h e M ira c le s C lu b , a lo cal A fric a n -
A m e ric a n su c c e ss sto ry , w h ic h has
h e lp e d th o u sa n d s o f in d iv id u a ls at-
by
ta in fre e d o m fro m a lc o h o l an d d ru g
u se, is re a d y to c e le b ra te the G ra n d
O p e n in g o f th e ir 4 0 -u n it a ffo rd a b le
h o u sin g an d su sta in a b le fa c ility , w h ich
is new , h u g e and c o m p le te ly th e ir ow n.
A lth o u g h the n e ed fo r th e M ira c le s
C lu b n e v e r d im in is h e d o v e r the y e ars,
th e o rg a n iz a tio n n e e d e d to fin d a p er-
m a n en t c e n te r to m a tc h the p o sitiv e
w o rk th ey d o d a ily fo r th e c o m m u n ity .
B ut a fte r n e arly tw o d e c a d e s o f fis-
c al c h a lle n g e s, th re a ts o f c o n d itio n a l
u se p e rm its a n d th re e r e lo c a tio n s
continued
on page 4
‘Yung Mil ’ Follows
Dreams to New York
photo by E rik F reeland
Parkrose High School graduate Ezekial Jones, also known
as ‘Yung Mil, ’ gets the opportunity o f a lifetime, meeting
with Def Jam music mogul Russell Simmons in his New
York City office.
see story inside
on page 5
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