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Kindergarteners o f north Portland’s Astor School, (from left) Shaylah Dominguez, Dean FiIlinger, Lily Wilkenson and Julio Elenes, pick out pumpkins to carve on a
rainy field trip to the Sauvie Island Pumpkin Patch.
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continued
on page 20
Standing with the Community
Portland Observer
celebrates with
service awards
D edicated to cultural diversity, the P ort
land O b serv er has been an active participant
in the com m unity for m ore than 4 0 years,
providing local people w ith responsible and
in-depth jo u rn a lism on issues often ignored
by m ainstream publications.
It’s fair to say that this new spap er and o ur
p ortlandobserver.com w ebsite, hum bly situ
ated on P o rtla n d ’s h istoric N ortheast M artin
L u th er K ing Jr. B oulevard, has w orked tire
lessly w ith few resources to en h an ce co m
m unity aw areness and developm ent w hile
providing an ex cellen t advertising source for
local businesses.
In an acknow ledgem ent o f its diversity
m ission and to pay tribute to com m unity
service leaders, the P ortland O b serv er F o u n
dation co rd ially invites supporters to the
first annual C om m u n ity Services A w ards
D inner on Friday, N ov. 9, at the D oubleT ree
H otel in northeast Portland.
T h e form al event w ill honor outstanding
y o ung leaders by aw arding six scholarships
to stu d en ts an d rec o g n ize b u sin ess and
go v ern m en t leaders w ho are advocates for
cultural d evelopm ent in d isad v an tag ed and
m inority com m unities.
“T h is is o u r effort to aw ard them the m erit
o f th eir hard w ork for the co m m u n ity and to
give support to the future leaders o f o u r
co m m u n ity ,” said P ortland O b serv er P ub
lisher and E d ito r-in -C h ief C harles W ash in g
ton.
W ith a ded icated P ortland O b serv er team ,
including M ark W ashington, assistan t to
the p u b lish er fo r public relations, circulation
and p hotography, and T ony W ashington,
continued ' y f ' on page 10
Chuck Washington, Portland Observer
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief