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Harold Williams Gym Dedication
Portland Community Col-
lege is honoring the late Har-
old Williams on Wednesday,
Dec. 2, when the basketball
court at the PCC Cascade
Campus in north Portland will
be officially dedicated in his
memory and named “Harold
Williams Sr. Court.” A brief
dedication ceremony is set to
take place at approximately
6:45 p.m. in the gym just be-
fore the tipoff of the Panthers
men’s basketball game. The
women’s game gets under way
at 5 p.m. All are welcome to
attend.
Williams served on the PCC
Board of Directors from 1991
Harold Williams Sr.
until his death in 2012. He
had a long record of service to
the community and extensive
background in civil rights,
affirmative action, education
and justice.
He served on many advisory
committees and volunteered
hundreds of hours of time to
civic, religious and cultural
activities. He was known for
his promotion of alternative
programs for at-risk students
and was successful in expand-
ing classroom space for men-
torship programs for students
of all ages. He routinely tes-
tified on bills of significance
to community colleges and
worked to partner community
college services to poorer, un-
derserved parts of the commu-
nity.
Football Standout Bowl Bound
You can help De’Ange-
lo Bell of Portland who has
earned an invitation to partici-
pate in the 2016 USA College
Football Bowl, Jan. 15-18, at
Savannah State University in
Savannah, Ga.
A cornerback at Montana
Tech, Bell started all 10 games
this season. He totaled 37
tackles (26 solo and 11 assist-
ed) and was named Academic
All-Conference. He was also
named to the 2015 USA Col-
lege Football NAIA Pre-Sea-
son All-American Team.
Bell started playing multiple
sports as young child in Port-
land with the help of coach-
es who served as father fig-
ures. His family gives special
thanks to coaches Darryl Rob-
family is asking for community
support. All contributions can
be made in care of De’Angelo
Bell, American Football Net-
works, P.O Box 477, Roseland,
NJ 07068, Attention Dennis
Wilson, president.
De’Angelo Bell
inson, Anthony Jordan, De’
Damon Smith, Montreal and
Robert Brazile and Anthony
Stoudamire.
To help pay the expenses
needed to attend the bowl, the
Hoops Tourney for
Diversity, Harmony
Portland Parks & Recreation
present its first annual Port-
land Intercultural Basketball
tournament on Saturday, Nov.
28 to celebrate diversity and
culture, and to help refugees,
immigrants and people of color
integrate into the city.
The games will be held from
8 a.m.to 6 p.m. at the East Port-
land Community Center, 740
S.E. 106th Ave.
“This exciting tournament
promises to showcase just one
of many opportunities that
Portland Parks & Recreation
offers,” says PP&R Director
Mike Abbaté. “We recognize
it may often not be easy to get
used to a new city which many
players now call home. Port-
land is a welcoming commu-
nity and our mission is serve
all Portlanders equitably with
the goal of a healthier, happier
community. Good luck to all!”
The tournament will fea-
ture up to 16 teams of youth
from around the Portland area.
Registration is now closed.
Players will receive free lunch
and tournament t-shirts.