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CAREERS Special
2013 Good in the Hood
Multi-Cultural Music & Food Festival
Kick Off at McMenamms Kennedy
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(ojÈf o f 33,s i n d K dlm gsw orth)
Thursday, June 20th 6-10 pm
F e s tiv a l D a te s :
Fhday, June 28th 6 - 1 0 pm
Saturday, June 29th Noon - 9:30pm
Sunday, June 30th Noon - 7:30pm
Lillis Albina Park (next to Harriet Tubman School)
Is currently seeking the following participants:
♦ Event Sponsors
♦ Entertainers
♦ \ ohinteers for the Planning Committee
♦ Volunteers to work the 2-dav Festival
♦ Food. Marketplace and Info Village Vendors
♦ Parade Participants
If you are interested in participating please call 971-302-6350 or
t
Email goodinthehood29ggm ail.com
Tornado U pgraded to R are EF5
/4n aerial view shows an entire neighborhood destroyed by a tornado Monday in Moore, Okla. At
least 24 people, including nine children, were killed. The massive tornado was upgraded Tuesday
as a type EF5 tornado, the most powerful type. (AP photo)
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Shots Fired on Condo
Someone fired a gun into a condo in
Beaverton at 1 a.m. Tuesday and a
34-year-old man ended up in the
PCRIÍ
Meeting the affordable housing needs o f the community
and providing a pathway to home ownership.
Interested in quality, affordable
Week ¡n
The Review
Club Shooting Arrest
A man was arrested for attempted
murder after shots were exchanged
between people in the area of Dia
monds Gentlemen’s Club at 3390
hospital with gunshot wounds. It
N.E. Sandy Blvd. It happened Sun
happened in the 15000 block of
day around 2:40 a.m. Police say the
Southwest Sparrow Loop. The vic
gunfire appears to be gang-related.
tim was Brandon Jesse Frison, 34,
who was released from the hospital. TriMet Fined by Judge
A federal judge has fined TriMet,
saying the agency isn't playing ball
with a lawsuit filed against it. The
case surrounds an April 23, 2010
incident in Old Town where a bus
driver made an illegal left turn and
killed two people.
Gas Prices on Rise
housing?
Welcome to PCRI.
PCRI maintains over 700 units of affordable
rental housing in Portland, including
apartments, plexes and single-family homes,
and provides home ownership opportunities to
individuals and families with low-moderate
incomes.
We also provide an array of programs and
Morehouse Commencement
President Barack Obam a asked
graduates to use their power for
something larger then themselves
during a Sunday commencement
address at Morehouse College, the
historically black, all-male institu
tion in Atlanta. Obama became the
first sitting president to address
Morehouse, the alma mater of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., whose spirit
was evoked throughout the speech.
As motorists head
into the Memorial
Day weekend, the
average price of a
gallon of regular
unleaded in the
Portland area has
jumped a nickel in
the past week, hitting $3.98 on Tues
day morning. Tight supplies and
refinery issues in California and
Washington were blamed.
New Shelter
for employment, mental health ser
vices, or ad d ictio n treatm en t,
“Whatever it is they need to im
prove their life,” she said.
Though the new space affords
clients and staff alike more opportu
nities, it remains unfinished. The
top two floors of the four floor build
ing feature 42 single-occupancy
rooms that the Salvation Army
hopes to convert into permanent
living spaces for homeless women.
But it is estimated it will take
another $300,000 in donations to
fully refurbish the rooms.
“Being able to perm anently
house people is really important.
It’d be a blessing,” Kidd said.
services, designed to increase family stability,
self-sufficiency, and wealth creation.
For more information, to find out if there are
c o n t i n u e d f r o m fron t
available properties, or to be placed on our
waitlist, please contact us.
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
6329 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97211
503-288-2923
www.pcrihome.org
OPPORTUNITY
for a shelter and increase the num
ber of clients becoming self suffi
cient.
“W e’ll be able to provide more
services to people who are not stay
ing in the dorm,” Kidd said. “Before
we only had two offices that six case
managers and two interns shared,
and now everybody will have an
office. So there will be more access
and availability for advocacy and
working with clients to meet then-
needs. ”
Service priorities are helping with