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Obama in Portland
TheWeek Review
President Obama was in Portland
Tuesday afternoon for a private
fundraising reception at the Oregon
Convention Center. The event, with
tickets running between $500 and
$ 1 (MX), was quickly sold out. A smaller
fundraiser for donors paying $30,000
was also planned.
Southeast 27th and Powell was foiled when the 31 year old
suspect was chased down by employees. Dawayne Charles
Taylor is accused of taking cash from the register and was
wanted for two outstanding warrants.
July 25. 2012
historic mission that deployed two communications satel
lites, Ride also became the first woman to use the shuttle's
robotic arm in space at the age of 32.
Jackson Domestic Dispute
A man was stabbed at around 1 a.m. Monday in one of two
armed robberies near Northeast Alberta and 26th Avenue.
Police said three suspects demanded the shoes, wallet and
backpack from the first victim, who fled the scene. The
second person was stabbed after the suspects demanded his
cell phone and bicycle.
A 63-year-old man with a long criminal
record has been arrested in Texas after
police said he confessed to two cold case
murders. Jeffrey Paul Cutlip said he killed
Marlene Claire Carlson, 44, who was found
strangled in her Southwest Portland apart
ment in 1975 , and Julie Mariet Bennet, who went missing in
1977 and was found dead in Johnson Creek.
The executors of M ichael
Jackson's estate said Tues
day they were concerned
about the w elfare o f the
singer's m other K atherine
Jackson and his three children,
amid a nasty family feud over
m oney that has prom pted
three law enforcement inves
tigations. Michael Jackson’s
will left nothing to his father or siblings, who have repeatedly
tried to intervene in the estate.
Burgerville Robbery
Woman Astronaut Dies
Olympian Prepares
Cold Case Confessions
Alberta Street Robberies
A robbery on Monday at the Burgerville restaurant on
Sally Ride, the first American woman to
visit space, died peacefully
Monday, July 23, after a long
FREE CONCERTS
fight with pancreatic cancer
in the Washington Park Rose Garden
at the age of 61. During her
SUMMER
FREE
FOR ALL
2012
Washington Park
Summer Festival
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August 2-12
Concerts begin
at 6:00 PM
Presented by
Thu, Aug 2
Reigning Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong
withdrew from the last two days of racing at the Cascade
Cycling Classic in central Oregon last week to prepare for the
London Olympics. Armstrong suffered a broken collarbone
May 24, when she crashed during a race in her hometown of
Boise, Idaho.
D A IM L E R
BodyVox
4 freewheeling movement troupe whose unique approach
to theater assimilates all possibilities for physicality
Fri, Aug 3
The Strange Tones
Fiery, rootsy, Muddy award-winning tunes on a
surfboard one of Oregon's best rock and blues bands
Sat, Aug 4
Portland SummerFest Opera in the Park
A concert performance of DIE FLEDERMAUS by Johann
Strauss, featuring rising stars on the national opera
scene
Sun, Aug 5
Portland Festival Symphony
Celebrating classical music for over 30 years under the
inspired baton of Maestro Lajos Balogh
Mon, Aug 6
The Shanghai Woolies
Whimsical and mysterious “hot music" of the 1920s and
30s as envisioned by Pink Martini trumpeter Gavin
Bondy
Tue, Aug 7
Los Pinguos
Vivacious and award-winning ensemble from Buenos
Aires, presenting a fusion of Latin music traditions
Wed, Aug 8
The House Jacks
A virtuosic a cappella rock band whose harmony and
pioneering vocal percussion has been the soundtrack for
ESPN s “Monday Night Football”
Thu, Aug 9
Wanderlust Circus
The premiere bohemian circus operation in Portland,
featuring acrobats, aerialists, hand balancers, stilt
dancers, trick ropers, jazz-bos, crooners, and clowns
Fri, Aug 10
The David Gerald Band
Mississippi-born blues man with deeply rooted music
traditions, now based in Detroit and hailed for his gritty,
guitar-driven performances
Sat, Aug 11
Water Tower
Indie fave bluegrass pickers with an old-time spirit that's
harmonious, celebratory, and delivered with a punk soul
Sun, Aug 12 Plan 9 From Outer Space -
Music begins at 7:30 PM, Film begins at 8:15 PM
FILMUSIK's original performance of the 1959 cult classic
- a surreal and hilarious combination of film, live music,
and sound
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Free TriMet rides for students will continue thanks to a new funding agreement from the city, TriMet
and Portland School District.
TriMet Youth Pass Saved
City and TriMet
agree to one
year funding
Portland Mayor Sam Adams and
T riM et G eneral M anager Neil
McFarlane on Friday announced a
solution to continue the popular
Youth Pass Program for the upcom
ing school year.
Valued at $2.9 million, the pro
gram provides free transit passes
for nearly 13,000 Portland high
school students who ride public
transit to get to class, to after-school
activities and to work.
TriMet and the city agreed that the
city will fund $200,000of the program
and Portland Public Schools will fund
$950,000. TriMet will absorb the pro
gram balance of $ 1.8 million in fore
gone fare revenue.
Over the past several weeks,
TriMet and the city have been work
ing to ensure that PPS high school
students have transit access in the
only Oregon school district where
high schools are not served by yel
low school buses. The partners have
agreed to work together to identify
future sources of funding and ways
to lessen the budget impact to both
agencies.
“TriM et is a top-tier transit
agency and a valuable community
partner. I am grateful for their col
laboration to ensure that Portland
Public’s high school students get
to class, activities and jobs - and
most importantly, graduate from high
school on time,” said Mayor Sam
Adams. “This next generation of
TriMet riders thanks them as well.”
“TriMet and the City are strong
partners, and this agreement con
tinues that partnership while main
taining this valuable transit program
moving forward,” said TriMet Gen
eral Manager Neil McFarlane.
The YouthPass Program started
in September 2008 as a pilot project
to provide free transit passes to
students at Jefferson and Franklin
High Schools, thanks in part to suc
c e ssfu l lo b b y in g from the
Multnomah Youth Commission. In
September 2009, the program ex
panded to provide free transit passes
to all of Portland’s high schools.
Eighty percent of PPS youth report
using their pass on a regular basis.
The YouthPass Program was
funded through Oregon’s Business
Energy Tax Credit program, which
ended this year. A working group
will be established to create funding
in future years.