November 11, 2015
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VETERAN’S DAY
Special Edition
Chip Shields Won’t Run Again
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the legislature, I believe it is time
for me to step aside after my term
to spend more time with my fam-
ily, devote more time to elevating
the quality of fostering in Oregon
through board membership with
the Oregon Foster Parent Associ-
ation, and give other community
members an opportunity to serve
our community in the legisla-
ture,” Shields said in a statement
delivered to local news media and
his constituents.
Rep. Lew Frederick, the Port-
land Democrat and only Afri-
can-American lawmaker in the
House, immediately announced he
would run for the District 22 seat.
“I hope to continue to be a part
of a strong team effort to repre-
sent north and northeast Port-
land,” Frederick said. “I plan to
carry with me into the Senate a
commitment to public safety and
justice, economic opportunity
that includes economic security,
and sound stewardship of the Or-
egon we all love.”
Roberta Phillip-Robbins, a
lawyer from the African Amer-
ican community who works in
Multnomah County’s Department
of Community Justice, was the
first to indicate that she is con-
sidering running for Frederick’s
House set.
Shields said not seeking
re-election was a difficult deci-
sion for him and his spouse, Shel-
da Holmes and family to make.
He said he was proud of the
support he has received over the
years from passionate, engaged
community members, and espe-
cially reflected back on the ac-
complishments he helped make
in the Legislature
Of the hundreds of bills
passed, he listed highlights being
legislation to make Oregon only
the second state in the nation to
pass racial impact statement leg-
islation; passing the largest re-
form in Oregon insurance law in
recent memory to spur cleanup
of the Portland Harbor; making
health insurance companies justi-
fy their premium increases; nego-
tiating and passing bills that are
investing $2.1 million in pre-ap-
prenticeship training for women
and people of color; maintaining
$530,000 for assistance to return-
ing veterans; reinvesting in the
Family Preservation Project in
order to help children of incarcer-
ated parents through therapeutic
intervention; and
giving the insurance com-
missioner the power to go after
bad-acting insurance companies
to extract restitution.
He said he will serve out the
rest of his term through the end
of 2016 committed to advocating
for raising the minimum wage to
a living wage, lifting pre-emp-
tions that prohibit local govern-
ments from using tools to address
homelessness and gentrification,
and elevating the quality of fos-
tering in this state.
“I am comfortable leaving this
position at the end of my term be-
cause I know we have many gift-
ed and thoughtful leaders in our
community who are passionate
about making north and northeast
Portland a great and affordable
place to live, work, and play for
all our community members. I en-
courage those who care about our
community to consider serving in
our state legislature.
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2015
C alendar November
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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
8
X-Ray Day X-Ray
was discovered on
this day in 1895
15
America
Recycles Day
Pack Your Mom
Lunch Day
22
Stop the Violence Day
John F. Kennedy
Assassinated
in 1963 (35th
President)
29
Madeline L’Engle
born, 1918
King Tut’s Tomb
Opened (1922)
9
Holocaust Began in
1938
10
Young Reader’s Day
Sesame Street
Debuted in 1969
First iPod Sold in
2001
16
17
Jean Fritz born, 1915
Fall of the Inca
Empire (1533)
Button Day
Homemade Bread Day
Lewis & Clark
Reached the Pacific
in 1805
Take A Hike Day
23
National Cashew
Day
30
Mark Twain born,
1835
Stay At Home
Because You’re
Well Day
24
Darwin publishes
‘The Origin of
Species’ in 1859
Lee Harvey Oswald
assassinated by
Jack Ruby in 1963
11
Remembrance Day
In Canada
Veteran’s Day
18
Mickey Mouse’s
Birthday
Antarctica
discovered in 1820
William Tell Day
25
Andrew Carnegie
born in 1835
Crescent
Dragonwagon born
in 1952
12
Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Women’s
Rights Leader, was
born in 1815
19
Gettysburg Address
Delivered in 1863
Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi in
1917
26
Thanksgiving Day
Charles Schulz born
in 1922
National Cake Day
FRIDAY
13
Mom’s and Dad’s
Day
Vietnam Veterans
Memorial was
dedicated in 1982
SATURDAY
14
Miska Miles born,
1899
National Clean Out
Your Refrigerator
Day
20
21
Mexican Revolution
Day
Traffic Light
Patented in 1923
Leo Politi born in
1908
Mayflower Compact
Signed in 1620
World Hello Day
27
28
Black Friday
Pins and Needles
Day
Astronomer Anders
Celsius born, 1701
Tomi Ungerer born,
1931
Magellan reached
the Pacific (1521)