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June 27, 2012
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photo by M indy C ooper /T he P ortland O bserver
Gloria McMurtry is closing her Reflections coffee shop and Talking Drum bookstore after serving the
community for more than 1 7 years. The store on Northeast Killingsworth near Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard was a popular resource for the African-American community.
Reflections to Close
Changing demographics and economy spells end
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by M indy C ooper
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inspire each other, Reflections cof Northeast Killingsworth Street and
T he P ortland O bserver
fee shop and Talking Drum book Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,
After nearly two decades of pro store will be closing its doors.
which has served as more than a
viding residents, especially within
Saturday, June 30, will be the quick stop to grab a coffee to go.
the African-Amercian community, final day for the locally owned busi
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with both a place to gather and ness, located near the com er of
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Roosevelt High School in north Portland (above) would jo in Grant in northeast Portland and Franklin
in southeast Portland, as three local high schools designated to be rebuilt or replaced as part o f a
proposed school district property tax bond levy.
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Bond Levy on School Repairs, Rebuilds
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The Portland School Board chose that money would go to modernizing
a plan Tuesday to ask voters to or replacing Faubion Pre K-8 School
approve a $482 million bond that in northeast Portland and Grant,
would repair or replace some of its Roosevelt, and Franklin high schools.
aging schools. The property tax levy
Although voters rejected a con
would go on the November General struction bond effort in 2011, stake
Election ballot.
holders believe Portlanders have
The plan would cost each home- more confidence in higher taxes this
owner$l 10ayearforevery$100,000 year w ith a slightly im proved
in home value, and more than half of economy.
Supporters said the new plan is
the first step in a 32-year plan to ask
for seven different school bonds
raising more than $3 billion to mod
ernize district buildings.
The public is invited to attend a
hearing on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the
board's headquarters on N orth
Dixon to share opinions on the
district's proposal.