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Northeast Portland's Beaumont Middle School Marching Band participates in the Ross Hollywood
Chapel Veterans Day Parade.
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Honoring Veterans
“Every. Day is Veteran’s Day” was the theme of the
annual Veterans Day parade in northeast Portland’s
Hollywood district.
Participants during and after the Nov. 12 event
emphasized the need to honor those who have died in
military service, but also to care for the ones who came
back, especially those most in need.
The parade included veteran and military groups,
the Grant High School and Beaumont Middle School
marching bands of northeast Portland, and many
civilian participants said.
Representatives of New Seasons Market and other
community volunteers collected donations of new
pairs of socks and blankets for distribution to home­
less veterans.
The parade grand marshals were the local family of
Marine Corporal Keaton Coffey, recently killed in
action in Afghanistan. His father Grant Coffey said his
son gave the ultimate sacrifice to his country.
In the military, “All give some, and some give all,”
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Without warning or explanation. nation for the past six years, an­
Clear Channel Media, partly owned n o u n ced the d e c isio n on his
by investment firm Bain Capital, Facebook page, listeners were
decided late Friday, Nov. 9 to re­ shocked and responded with disap­
place the left wing talk radio station pointment and outrage.
620 AM with “Fox Sports Radio
Following the change in format,
by C ari H achmann
620.”
Kari Chisholm, Portland political
T he P ortland O bserver
Some fans suspect political mo­ consultant and co-creator o f the
A petition to bring back KPOJ’s tives behind the change which BlueOregon blog, started an online
progressive talk radio reached 13,000 leaves Portland with only conser­ petition to "Save KPOJ."
signatures Monday, including en­ vative talk stations.
The campaign is asking for the
dorsements from Oregon’s entire
When KPOJ morning host Carl public’s support in a petition to
Democratic congressional delega­ Wolfson of Portland, a voice of pro­
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gressive causes in Oregon and the