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Page 8 N,kki flortlanò (Obstruer B rown June II, 2014 Qlown | ’ « Parties & Events 503.954.9519 pdxbrownclown@gmail.com M •■•••• mt* e • pdxbrownclown.info Avalon Flowers 520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250 A full service flower experience •B irth d ay s • Funerals •A nniversaries • W eddings Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm Saturday 9am til 2pm. Cori Stew art- Owner, Operator Website: avalonflowerspdx.com email: avalonflowers@msn.com We Offer Wire Services NIKE executive and former board member Julia Brimm-Edwards (from left), Portland Public Schools Superintendent Carole Smith, District Athletic Director Marshall Haskins, Wilson Principal Brian Chatard and School Board Co-Chair Greg Belisle take part in Friday’s groundbreaking o f a new track and synthetic turf field at Jefferson High School. Cafe a t Miracles New Fields and Tracks « in The Miracles Club Bldg. “Real Southern Cooking” 4 2 0 0 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. 971-200-7227 Come See Us @ Juneteenth & Good in the Hood Jefferson next in line for Great Fields project A 10-year com m unity-w ide ef land Public Schools Superinten fo r cap ital p ro jects. N o rth east fort to provide every Portland dent Carole Smith. U nited S o ccer C lub, S o u th east high school with a new track and The school district has p ro S o ccer C lub, F o o th ills S o ccer a synthetic tu rf field took a big vided about $2 m illion through C lub, P o rtlan d T im b ers A rm y step tow ard conclusion Friday the G reat F ie ld s fu n d to the 107 In d e p e n d e n t S u p p o rte rs when student athletes, Superin projects to date, and recen tly T rust, a m ajo r gift from M arcia tendent Carole Smith, N IK E and added another $5.2 million to com R a n d a ll, and c o m m u n ity com m unity leaders broke ground plete the project. fu n d raisin g w ill p ro v id e the re on the first o f four new fields and T he T en G re a t F ie ld s e n m ain d er o f the support. tracks that will be com pleted this d e a v o r b e g a n m o re th a n 10 To date, N IK E and its execu sum m er. years ago w ith a vision to e n tives and em ployees have con The groundbreaking took place su re stu d e n ts a cro ss the city tributed about $1.3 m illion to the at Jefferson H igh School in north w ould have a safe and quality f ie ld s as w e ll as o n -g o in g Portland. O ther schools in line for fie ld and tra c k to use y e ar- fundraising and staff support for su m m er co n stru ctio n in clu d e: round. It w as a p artn ersh ip w ith the Fields project. M adison, W ilson and M arshall the school d istrict, the C ity o f The upcom ing com pletion o f (to be used by Franklin during the P o rtla n d , N IK E , p a re n ts and the fields com es at a time that b o n d re b u ild o f its sc h o o l). com m unity m em bers. O ver the Portland high schools are reunit Franklin High School will be com y e a r s , L in c o ln , C le v e la n d , ing its athletic league - the Port pleted in 2017. R oosevelt, B enson, and G rant land Interscholastic League - into “A fter 10 years it is truly grati h ig h sc h o o ls hav e d ilig e n tly a single 6A League for the first fying to com plete this effort to raised m oney and in stalled new time in 8 years. have a great track and field for track s and fields. D is tr ic t A th le tic D ir e c to r every high school in Portland. I T he final phase o f the field M arshall Haskins, said, “As we want to thank NIKE, the City and co n stru ctio n w ill be supported move back to a United PIL PPS is every com m unity partner and in by a $5.2 m illion m ore from m aking significant new invest dividual supporter who m ade this PPS, and an additional $ 700,000 ments in athletics. The Great Fields possible for our students and our co n trib u tio n from N IK E . The project is crucial to the success com m unity. Now every neigh sch o o l d is tr ic t’s c o n trib u tio n o f our student athletes and pro borhood in PPS has access to a com es from C o n stru ctio n E x motes the health and wellness o f great track and field,” said Port cise Tax rev en u es earm ark ed all o f our students.”