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Page A10 May 13, 2015 Avalon Flowers 520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250 Cori Stewart-- Owner, Operator A full service flower experience • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Funerals • Weddings Arts & ENTERTAINMENT Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm Saturday 9am til 2pm. Website: avalonflowerspdx.com email: avalonflowers@msn.com We Offer Wire Services BOWEIVEL Classic Cuts & Lawn Care Maintenance Mowing, Edging & Trimming Pruning, Tilling, & Gardening Clean-Up & Hauling Leaf & Debris Removal Composting • Yard Maintenance Bark Dusting • Power-Washing & More! Commercial & Residential Services For free estimates call Owner James Wimbish at: 503-890-4826 “Your satisfaction is my guarantee” Boweivel@comcast.net Platinum Fade Salon Come in and be pampered • • • • • • • Box Braids Hair Extension Relaxer Color Wash & Set Press & Curl Dredd Loc Ashley Lewis Specializing in All Hair Types 5010 NE 9th, Unit A, Portland, Or 97211 503 284-2989 Celebrating with Portland Ballet Young dancers graduating from The Portland Ballet school cap a year of artistic achievement with a Spring Concert, Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23 at Portland State University’s Lincoln Hall. Two iconic pieces -- George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux and excerpts from Marius Petipa’s Sleeping Beauty will be performed. Tickets are $10 for youth and $25 for adults Visit the portlandballet.org or call 503-452-8448. Telling a Forgotten History New book out on the Buffalo Soldiers The Buffalo Soldiers served a crucial role in American history, but much of the exciting and dramatic service of the first all African-American regiments in the U.S. Army is glossed over or forgotten. “Buffalo Soldiers: South of the Rio Grande” by William C. Moton shares the story of unsung military heroes in Amer- ican history. Set in the early part of the 1900s, an African-American Army officer and Buffalo Solider attempt to rescue cap- tured U.S. forces at the height of the Mexi- can Revolution. Moton’s four years of experience in the Navy, love of travel and his time working in the film industry in Mexico helped him develop the dramatic storyline of “Buffalo Soldiers.” “I wrote this book because there is little known about earlier black soldiers,” Moton said. “I want to emphasize the Afro-Ameri- can experience.” Moton’s book highlights the mission of two African-Americans in the Army, set out to rescue American prisoners, overcome physical obstacles, racial tension and chaos of war.