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Honoring Geneva Knauls
Family members announced Monday that a
private celebration of life service will be held in
honor of Geneva Knauls, the beloved co-owner
of Geneva's Shear Perfection Barber and Beauty
Salon and a longtime Portland entrepreneur,
who died Dec. 20,2014.
In lieu of flowers, community members inter
ested in honoring her legacy are encouraged to
donate to the Portland youth organization Self
Enhancement, Inc., located at 3920 N. Kirby Ave. The family said it
appreciates the cards, letters, thoughts, prayers and endless support
they have already received.
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The St. Johns Bridge as photographed by Bruce Lee, one o f the artists featured this month in an Art
and Culture Program exhibit at Concordia University.
Photographic Essays
Concordia University Libraries’ Art and Culture
Program is excited to present an array of artistic pho
tography centralized around the beauty of nature and
people alike.
The exhibit, which opens on Monday, Jan. 5 on the
northeast Portland campus, will feature Bruce Lee,
who has an extensive portfolio featuring photos of
nature, city, people, and many other categories, as well
as a number of Portland area photographers.
The art can be viewed during normal library hours
for the duration of the exhibit which runs through the
month of January at the George R. White Library and
Learning Center.
A catered “Meet the Artists” reception will be held
on Sunday, Jan. 11, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Both exhibit
and catered reception are free and open to the public.
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The Spinners Rock Portland
Roy Jay’s
holiday event
best ever
Portland entrepreneur Roy Jay’s
“Spam and Vel veeta” holiday event
at the Oregon Convention Center
was one of the best holiday events
of the season.
The legendary Motown super-
stars The Spinners headlined the
annual charity event with plenty of
people grooving to the group’s
songs of yesteryear both inside and
outside of the packed convention
center ballroom.
“Each year, it just gets bigger and
better” said Dr. Richard Bergstrom
of Portland.
The Dec. 6 festivities which at
tracted more than 750 guests, in
conjunction with the Jay’s African
American Chamber of Commerce,
encouraged contributions to se
lected charities and non-profits in
the Portland area including Lines
for Life, Highland’s Haven, the
M.I.K.E. Program and Project Clean
The Spin
ners put on
a show to
remember
for Roy Jay’s
holiday
event.
Slate/Project Second Chance.
Grand prizes included a 2014
Toyota Prius, Portland Trail Blazers
courtside seats, color televisions
and much more.
KATU anchor Steve Dunn was
the emcee of the event for the fourth
straight year.
Comedian Erik Schwartz and The
Brown Sisters kicked off the show
which also included a full meal from
award winning Oregon Convention
Center chef Alan Wambaa.
Seen in a tte n d a n c e w ere
Multnomah County Commissioner
Loretta Smith, Portland Police Chief
Michael Reese and incoming Police
C hief Larry O ’Dea, Multnomah
County Sheriff Dan Staton, and
Bernie Kronberger of Wells Fargo.
Jay says he’s already working on
a list of potential performers for next
year. Some of the possibilities in
clude Diana Ross, Bette Midler,
Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes, Kool
and The Gang and The Pointer Sis
ters.
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