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Immigrants Honored in Parkrose
M iles o f farm land tilled by im m i­
grants once surrounded w hat is now
a traffic m edian dividing N ortheast
98th A venue and Sandy B oulevard,
the site chosen for a bronze statue
installed last w eek for the 100th
anniversary o f the Parkrose c o m ­
munity.
The life-size statute is a historic
sym bol honoring Portland’s lifelong
im m igrant populations.
A ttending the unveiling w ere the
creators and backers o f the project,
w ell-know n Portland artist Jim Gion,
w ho m olded and sculpted the piece
from clay and bronze; foundry ow ner
Jim C alcagano; and the p ro je c t’s
director, Joe Rossi.
The R ossi fam ily em igrated from
Italy and w as one o f three fam ilies
that once o w n ed a m ajority o f the
farm land in the Parkrose area.
T he p ro je c t’s inform ation b o o k ­
let calls the statue "an everlasting
sym bol to P o rtla n d ’s gratitude for
the co ntributions o f o u r im m igrant
citizen s,” and the statue site, “an
ideal location,” view able from the
thousand o f vehicles that buzz by
daily in four directions.
O pinion
PHOTO BY CARI HACHMANN/
T he P ortland O bserver
A bronze statue honoring the
history o f immigrant popula­
tions in Portland is installed for
the 100th Anniversary o f the
Parkrose community.
Police Recruiting for New Officers
L aw
J ustice
C lassifieds
F o o d
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The Portland Police Bureau will
Last year, the O regonian reported
begin accepting applications for their that o f 969 sworn Portland Police
upcoming officer recruitment at 8 a.m. Bureau em ployees, only 33, or 3.4
on M onday, Oct. 10.
percent were African American. How­
Historically, Portland Police has ever, A frican A m ericans com prise
been criticized for lack o f diversity 6.4 percent o f the Portland popula­
am ong officers, but Lt. Vince Elmore tion. Latino em ployees m ake up 2.6
says, “W e are working to change percent o f sw orn police em ployees
that.”
but com prise 8.8 percent o f the popu­
lation.
Only the first 2 0 0 applicants will be
accepted. A pplicants can register at
jo in p o r tla n d p o lic e .c o m
or
portlandonline.com . The City o f Port­
land has also changed its application
process. For online registration, ap­
plicants are now required to create a
profile online at govem m entjobs.com .
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Bar Shooting Brings Gang Enforcement
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At least tw o m en w ere shot w hen
m ore than three dozen shots w ere
fired outside the P eo p le’s B ar and
G rill on N ortheast 79th and G lisan
a f te r m id n ig h t o n S a tu r d a y .
P o rtlan d ’s G ang E nforcem ent team
w as investigating the incident.
Lance Elliot Lew is, 30, and Tracy
Lee H orsley II, 22, w ere taken to the
hospital w ith non-life threatening
gunshot w ounds. Police said nei­
ther m an w ere co o p erativ e w ith in­
vestigators. It has not been d eter­
m ined if they w ere the intended tar­
gets o f the shooting.
A fter receiving n um erous 911
reports o f shots fired, police offic­
ers arrived on the scene and o b ­
served that the b ar had been struck
num erous times by gunfire that broke
the w indow s o f the business. A car
parked on 79th A venue also had
m ajo r dam age as a result o f bullet
strikes.
W itn e sses in d ic a te d th at tw o
people had been transported to the
hospital prior to w hen police ar­
rived. It's also believed the tw o
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