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aihe September 7,2011 IN S ID E Week i The Review jJortlanò (Obsfrüer This page Sponsored by: Page 3 Fred Meyer What's on your list today?, C areer E ducation pages 5 A Mentor to Generations Coach remembered for life of helping kids H ealth pages 6-7 O pinion H pages 8-9 F ood page 20 METRO A mentor and coach for f n r gen <m n. erations of Portland youth is be ing remembered after his death at the age of 83. Phillip S. Walden had a pas sion for coaching basketball, foot ball and track. He helped youth reach their academic potential through the magnetism of sports. He started the Albina Roadrun- ner Track club and Albina Sports basketball program to help youth achieve their goals in school and sports. 11 not for the care, patience, love and financial support of Phil Walden, the cap and gown of thousands of graduations could have easily been the striped jum p suits of prison or worse, said Phil Walden Jonathan Richardson, one of Mr. W alden’s former kids. high school and advanced those Walden worked with youth as . skills as an active participant in a teacher and coach in the Port adult life. He was also a pay land Public Schools; was super master. intendent of education at the Or He attended the University of eg o n S tate P riso n , w as a Portland on the G.I. Bill, and veteran’s education specialist at graduated with a degree in edu Mt. Hood Community College cation. and was a substitute teacher in He was recognized by many Multnomah County. groups in the Portland area for He was born in Portland on his mentoring to area kids, in Dec. 28, 1927 to Robert Eliza cluding work with the Bridge beth Summers and Walter St. Builder Youth Program, Port Clair Walden. land Trailblazers, Jefferson High He attended St. P atrick ’s School, Model Cities Program, Grade School and Lincoln High Albina Ministerial Alliance, Port School. land Federal Executive Board - He served in the Army during Black Employment, Kaiser Hos World War II in occupied Ko pital M aster Athlete, World Arts rea. He learned boxing, fencing, Foundation, State Farm Insur basketball, band, and football in ance N eighborhood A w ard, — Bethel AME Church, and Port land Interscholastic League Hall of Fame. His wife Carol always joined him to support at-risk youth. When the couple realized that inner-city youth could not par ticipate in sports clubs without sponsorships, transportation and shoes - and that the neighbor hood could not support these financial demands - they would pay for the expenses out of their own pockets. The city of Portland twice named days in his honor. He will be missed, but he was com forted to know that work to uplift the community will be carried on by others. Survivors include his spouse Carol Walden; two sons, Phillip and Patrick Walden; two daugh ters, Jean Tarver, Tamara Jones and Phyllice Johnson; numer ous grandchildren, great grand children, Godchildren, family and friends. A memorial service has been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 10,2011 at 12 p.m. at Mt. Olivet B a p tist C h u rc h , 8501 N. Chautauqua Blvd. A re-pass re ception will follow at Self En hancement, Inc., 3920 N. Kerby Ave. A Phil Walden Scholarship Fund is being established in his memory in care of Albina Community Bank. On-line donations can be made by visiting the internet site coachwaldenfund.com. Back to School Traffic Safety Patrols C lassifieds page 18 A ugust C alendar page 19 The beginning of the school year arrived Tuesday and the P o rtland P olice have m ade school safety their mission. For the next two weeks of ficers from the Traffic D ivi sion, the T ransit Police D ivi sion, and Youth Services D ivi sion will w ork to provide a safe environm ent for children to travel to and from school and support a positive atm osphere for learning. Officers will place special em phasis on traffic laws in school zones, bus zones, and crosswalks and enforce parking laws in and around school zones. Added patrols will go out dur ing the morning and afternoon commute times from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and during the high school lunch periods from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. M otorists are asked to re member the 20 mph speed limit in schools zones from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Speed kills, so please drive safe, slow, and within the legal limits,’’ a police bureau spokes person said.