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ounamg at iMorth Albina Avenue and Skidmore Street provides space for the Ave! Gordly
Albina Early Head Start Center, one of the few remaining commercial buildings in Portland associ
ated with the social and cultural fabric of the African American community.
Cultural Preservation
Documenting African-American historic sites
ENTERTAINMENT
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C alendar
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An effort is underway to docu
ment historic places in Oregon as
sociated with African Americans.
The Oregon Black Pioneers, in
partnership with the State Historic
Preservation Office, has announced
a property survey project to protect
and preserve O regon’s African
American historic sites and places
from the time period of 1844 to 1984.
years old daughter, Eliza came across
the Oregon Trail in 1844 with the
John Thorp family.
In La Grande there is the little-
known church, Boyd Memorial Bap
tist Church, now known as Amazing
Grace Fellowship. Constructed in
1920, Amazing Grace Fellowship
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Smith Clear Winner in Election
Avoids a runoff
with 77 percent
of the vote
F ood
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Incumbent Loretta Smith will re
tain her seat on the Multnomah
County Commission receiving about
77 percent of the vote, more than the
50 percent needed to avoid a runoff,
according to preliminary results from
the May 20 vote-by-mail primary
election.
Smith, a former official with Sen.
Ron W yden’s office, was one of
four candidates from Portland’s
African American community who
ran for the county post. "Oregon
V o ters D ig est" h o st B ruce
Broussard had 13 percent of the
Loretta Smith
vote; St. John's activist Teressa
Raiford garnered 6 percent and
graduate student Kelvin Hall re
ceived 3 percent.
In her campaign for re-election,
Smith highlighted her creation of
the Summerworks internship pro
gram that em ploys low-incom e
youth over the summer as well as
co n sisten tly vo tin g to protect
money for senior services in the
county budget.
Smith was also able to raise
more than $76,000 for the primary
election; well ahead o f her com pe
tition. State records show that
Raiford raised $ 1,400 in campaign
funds as well as $ 15,000 in in-kind
contributions. N either o f the other
two challengers raised more than
$1,500.
In o th e r e le c tio n r e s u lts ,
Deborah Kafoury won the race for
C o unty C h air, e a sily b eating
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