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This all comes as Traci Rose,
a prominent front office person
for the Portland Trailblazers
charity Make it Better, assumed
the position as Chief Communi
cations Officer and Develop
ment Officer for Boys and Girls
Club of Portland at the start o f I
the New Year.
Rose has become a Portland
area fixture with a 27-year
from front
will have 8,000 feet to operate
out of with its already fully fur
nished gymnasium remaining in
tact.
According to G resham offi
cials, Friends of the Children is
anticipating that by 2018 nearly
75 percent o f its serviced youth
will live east of 82nd Avenue.
f
It is a tremendous privilege to join
hands with the city o f Gresham and
Friends o f the Children to expand
critically needed youth services
Erin Hubert, Boys and Girls Club of Portland President
In recent years an influx of
working class people, including
many minority and disadvantaged
residents, have m igrated past
82nd Avenue looking for alter
natives to the higher property
values and other costs associ
ated with inner city neighbor
h o o d s im p a c te d by the
gentrification that followed eco
nomic revitalization and urban
renewal.
Boys and Girls Club of Port
land President Erin Hubert says
this shift did not go unnoticed.
“It is a tremendous privilege
to join hands with the city of
G resham and Friends o f the
Children to expand critically
needed youth services to the
Rockwood com munity,” Hubert
noted.
record of helping service the
community. From serving on
various community boards to
assisting with the building o f the
new D oernbecher Children's
Hospital, the construction of the
M cCormack M atthews Albina
Head Start Center, and the de
velopment of the Blazers Boys
& Girls Club in northeast Port
land, she brings a lot o f weight
to her new organization.
Both the Boys & Girls Club
of Portland and Friends of the
Children are looking to raise
donations from various com
munity partners to launch the
new Rockwood facilities by
2015, or 2016 at the very latest.
Construction o f the respec
tive buildings is planned to begin
in the fall of this year.
reau was arrested on New Y ear’s Eve accused
of vandalizing a neighbor’s vehicle in Tualatin.
Authorities said officer Homero Reynaga was
taken to the Clackamas County Jail.
2013 Brought Major Dip in Homicides
Portland had 16 homicides in 2013, the lowest
number of killings since 1971. Portland police say
the downward trend in murders continues a
pattern found in major cities across the country.
Surprisingly, Portland did see an uptick in “gang-
related” violence last year.
Popular
Zoo Ape Dies
A bargaining session between teachers and the
Portland School District lasted nearly 22 hours
but ended early Tuesday without an agreement.
Teachers have gone without a labor contract for
months and a strike possibility still looms.
Kutai, a 20-year-
old Sumatran or
angutan who was
a popular attrac
tion at the Oregon
Zoo, died Saturday
following a month
long illness and
surgery, officials
said.
SNL Hires Black Female Comedian
Project Lifesaver Saves Woman
Still No Labor Contract for Portland Teachers
Following criticism for its
lack of diversity, the long-
ru n n in g N B C sketch
comedy show Saturday
Night Live held a secret
audition for black female
comedians. Monday it
w as a n n o u n c e d th a t
Sasheer Zamata got the
spot, and will make her
debut once taping begins
later this month.
A fter w andering from her hom e, a w om an with
A lzheim er’s was located by W ashington County
sh eriff’s deputies M onday. They w ere able to
find her using the technology from Project
L ifesaver w hich em its radio frequencies from
a bracelet unique to each users geographical
stationing.
Dog Trapped 5 Days Saved
A five-year-old lab that w ent m issing New
Y ear’s Eve was saved by a C lackam as County
deputy after he was found in a sm all ravine
trapped betw een some rocks. The dog, whose
nam e is Sam pson, had been m issing for five
days.
Police Officer Arrested for Vandalism
A 15-year-veteran on the Portland Police Bu
Annual Drum Major Ecumenical Scholarship Program
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Corctta Scott King, Mrs. Rosa Louise Parks and Ms. Yolanda King. Community leaders and
organizations whose-lives mirror these "Drum Majors" will also lie recognized. Four local high
school students will he honored with a Drum Major Humanitarian award.
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