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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (June 6, 2012)
Çorilani» (Obstruer lune 6, 2012 % I N S I D E The Week m Review This page Sponsored by: Fred Meyer What's on your list today?. pages 2 H ealth pages 6-7 S ports photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Cheryl Roberts leads a team o f volunteers in organizing this year's Good in the Hood festival, which culminates June 22-24 with a community celebration at Lillis-Albina Park next door to Harriet Tubman School in north Portland, a new location for the festival’s 20th anniversary. page 13 S ummer F un G uide S? s Changing Course Good in the Hood sets table with new location by L ee P erlman T he P ortland O bserver The 20th anniversary o f this year’s Good in the Hood festival is changing course, while retaining the spirit that has made it a popular event celebrating the diversity of neighborhoods in north and north east Portland. The June festival is returning to its original, abbreviated name, us ing Hood instead of the more recent Neighborhood, and will culminate with a weekend celebration at a new location at Lillis-Albina Park at North Russell Street and Flint Avenue, next door to Harriet Tubman School. A kick-off for Good in the Hood is coming on Thursday, June 14 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. atMcMenamin Kennedy School, 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave. The night will feature live music pages 20-21 C alendar pensing useful information about programs and activities. There will also be a community marketplace, featuring unique items for sale by local entrepreneurs. A kidspace will include puppet shows, games, a three-point bas ketball shootoff, and bike helmets for $5 courtesy of Legacy Health Systems. There will be food for sale by multiple vendors, and a beer and wine garden by McMenamins. And two full days of free enter tainment will return by the likes of Patrick Lamb, Soul Vaccination, Ocean 503, Kirk Green, Klyntel, Ayron Jones & the Way, Black Staxx, Melao de Cuba and, from Seattle, the Goody Bagg Band. By tradition there is also a Good continued on page 14 Man and Child behind Robberies O pinion C lassifieds by Shirley Nanette, Paul Knauls Sr. as M.C., and Michael Morris as D.J. The main celebration will begin with a Good Neighbor Night at Lillis- Albina Park on Friday, June 22, from 6p.m .to9:30p.m . with live music by the Andy Stokes Band and Nekked Bonz. The festival will then gather full steam for entertainment and fun at Lillis-Albina on Saturday, June 23 from noon to 9 p.m., and Sunday, June 24, from noon to 7 p.m. Good in the Hood originally started at Holy Redeemer School and then migrated to King School Park. The new location offers more space and less conflict with resi dential properties, says Cheryl Rob erts, festival organizer. Once again there will be an infor mation village, where public and private organizations will be dis- pages 22-23 page 23 Police are investigating two week end robberies, where small busi nesses in north and northeast Port land were held up by an adult man and an approximate 10-year-old child. On Friday, the older male, in his late teens or early 20s, grabbed a worker at the Pepper Box food cart on Martin Luther King Jr. Boule vard., as the child took money from the cash register. The next day, police responded to a similar robbery at The Meadow, a specialty shop on North Missis sippi Street. The older male once again grabbed a store clerk from behind the counter, while the young boy looted the cashbox. The adult is described as an Af- rican American male, 20-30 years old, medium build wearing all black clothes. The youth is described as as African American of approximate 10 to 11 years of age, no taller than 4 feet, 8 inches, wearing a brown shirt and jeans. Anyone with information about the robberies should contact De tective Mike Smith at 503-823-0871.
