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Easter Jazz
A J a zz-G o sp e l W orship S ervice
in celebration of Easter
will be held a tA u g u sta n a L u th era n C h u rch
The location is 2710 NE 14th Ave., Portland
on Sunday, M arch 31 at 6 pm.
continued
Ron Steen, Kevin Deitz and George Mitchell will be
performing with Marilyn Keller on vocals.
Chris Baldwin 11
All are welcome to this free event.
Love Y ou, Grandma & Family
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ch ild ren , “T hese kids need a
voice and these fam ilies, i t ’s
like we are th eir only h o p e .”
T oo often, police give up due
to lack o f tim e or reso u rces,
and faces o f m issing are filed
w ith the o th er 5 6 ,0 0 0 cold cases
that sit in the b asem en t o f the
P o rtlan d Police B ureau.
“W e have a d ream o f a w orld
w ith o u t violence and if I can
play a facto r in that, th a t’s w hat
I w ant to d o ,” she said. “ I t’s the
only thing that keep s m e from
fo rg ettin g about m e.”
In 2009, B art created h er n o n ­
p ro fit group as a w ay to raise
aw aren ess to a b ro ad range o f
issues like do m estic violence,
sexual assau lt, stalking, b u lly ­
ing and hate crim es. She also
sits on the ad v iso ry co u n cil for
The N atio n al C en ter fo r M iss­
ing and E x p lo ited C hildren.
P rev en tin g violence against
w om en— k id n ap p in g , rape and
d om estic v io le n ce — starts w ith
ed u catin g the young, she said.
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going o n ,” said B art.
F lo rid a- born B art spent 26
y ears in L os A n g eles as a m edia
c o n s u l t a n t a n d p u b l ic i s t .
T h ro u g h h e r p u b lic re la tio n s
co m pany, H elping H eroes, she
rep re se n te d and len t h er co m ­
m u n icatio n s e x p ertise to p o liti­
c ia n s, e n te rta in e rs, larg e h u ­
m a n ita ria n o rg a n iz a tio n s and
ev en tu ally fam ilies o f m issing
ch ild ren .
In 2 0 0 8 , B a r t m o v e d to
V an co u v er to treat an on-g o in g
m edical co n d itio n . A t age 17,
she w as d iag n o sed w ith rh e u ­
m a to id
a rth ritis
and
fib ro m y alg ia. A fter a recen t hip
rep lacem en t left h er on d isa b il­
ity and d ep ressed , she struggled
to get b ack into the sw ing o f
th in g s.
A s she tak es on the latest
ch ap ter o f h er life, B art said her
co m p lain ts are only relativ e to
those o f fam ilies w ith m issing
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