May 27, 2015
The
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Week in Review
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Sponsored by:
L ocal N ews
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J oyce W ashington
C hampionship
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The Martin Luther King Dream Run is a world-class event held each summer in the heart of Port-
land’s Soul District. Over the next few weeks, several free ‘dreamwalks’ are planned to prepare for
the fourth annual event, Aug. 1 and 2.
‘Dream Walks’ to Train for MLK Run
M etro
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If you’ve ever wanted to learn
and grow as a runner, now you
have a chance to get some training
while celebrating Martin Luther
King’s legacy.
The Martin Luther King Dream
Run welcomes community mem-
bers to meet with professional
trainers from local gyms, including
L.A. Fitness, ME Fitness, and oth-
ers, to help them get in shape and
ready for this year’s summer race.
Several free “Dreamwalks”
throughout parts of the Martin
Luther King Dream route in north
and northeast Portland will be held
over the next few weeks to prepare
participants for the final walk and
run, which will take place during
a weekend celebration on Satur-
day and Sunday Aug. 1 and 2nd.
The celebration will also feature
a barbecue cook-off competition,
a vendor village area, live music,
and excerpts from Dr. Martin Lu-
ther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”
speech.
The Martin Luther King Jr.
Dream Run is sponsored and
supports the North and Northeast
Business Association.
Proceeds from the race will go
to programs to help disadvantaged
youth improve and expand skills
that come from operating success-
ful businesses and organizations,
using these skills to procure better
employment and higher education
opportunities.
For more information on volun-
teering or practicing for this year’s
run, call the North and Northeast
Business Association at 503-841-
5032 or email info@MLKDream-
Run.org.
Strip Clubs Bust
Charges relate
to prostitution
and IRS fraud
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C lassifieds
O bituary
C alendar
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A federal grand jury has charged a group of
Portland-area strip club owners with federal
charges for conspiring to promote prostitution
out of their businesses and evade paying taxes
on more than $5 million in profits.
Authorities said Lawrence George Owen, 73,
who fled to La Paz, Mexico, and Gary Bryant,
67, of Estacada were charged last week with
conspiring to defraud the government of more
than $1.5 million in taxes stemming from the
operation of eight strip clubs and other adult-ori-
ented businesses in the Portland area between
A strip club at the Town Plaza in the Cully Neighbor-
2006 and 2010.
The grand jury also charged Owen with con- hood has been identified as part of an indictment
charging the owners of eight adult businesses in
Portland of defrauding the IRS of $1.5 million and
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promoting prostitution.