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HEALTHCAREERS
Remembering Vanport
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are scheduled at First Baptist
Church, the Interstate Firehouse
Cultural Center and Irvington
Covenant Church.
Cottonwood in the Flood, a
fully-staged drama about the Af-
rican-American experience in
1940s Oregon and the rapid rise -
and even more rapid fall - of the
city of Vanport, will open Thurs-
day, May 26 and run through
June 12 at the IFCC. Tickets are
available through the box ofice.
In conjunction with the play, a
free exhibit Vanport: The Surge of
Social Change, also at the IFCC,
brings a collage of historic images
and artifacts that unveil the multi-
faceted social life of Vanport.
An academic and free public
conversation about the Vanport
Flood, including scholars and
community members, as well as
artists, educators, and Vanport
lood survivors, will take place on
Saturday, May 28 at 1 p.m. at the
Concordia University’s Luther
Hall auditorium.
Free Welcome Home to Van-
port tours will be held on Mon-
day, May 30 from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the historic location of
Vanport City. There will be two
5K self-guided walk and bike
routes, and exhibits at Portland
International Raceway.
For a Vanport Mosaic Festival
schedule, visit vanportmosaic.org.
Sanchez Wins Close Race
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6, elections oficials said. Since
no Republican iled for the ofice,
Sanchez appears headed to the
November General Election un-
opposed.
In other highlights from the
May 17 election, Ted Wheeler has
easily his race for Portland may-
or. Bernie Sanders won Oregon’s
Democratic Primary.
State Rep. Lew Frederick, the
current District 43 ofice hold-
er and only African-American in
the House, won the Democratic
nomination for Senate District
22 in north and northeast Port-
land unopposed. City Commis-
sioner Steve Novick will face a
runoff election in November but
Amanda Fritz was re-elected as
city commissioner outright with
almost 70 percent of the vote.
Two ballot measures were
decided. Measure 26-174 to
support the Oregon Historical
Society’s funding passed easily
while Measure 26-173 to apply
a .10 cent tax per gallon of gas
was passed by a much smaller
margin.
Obituary
Community Leader Led Impactful Life
Joice Taylor
Joice Antoinette Taylor, 66,
a longtime Portland communi-
ty leader and role model, passed
away on May 18, 2016.
She was born Joyce Johnson
on Dec. 17, 1949 in Portsmouth,
Va., the youngest of six children
born to Linwood Bernard Johnson
and Ethel Lee Johnson. She was
educated at Holy Child Academy
High School in Portland.
Art and culture were a main-
stay in her world starting early
in life when she was trained as a
child in ballet and tap. As a young
woman, she traveled to New York,
Washington and Canada as a pro-
fessional model before returning
to Portland to start a model and
talent agency.
Her passions in the community
centered around health and so-
cial justice, youth development,
building networks, and creating
safe stable neighborhoods with
affordable housing and entrepre-
neurship.
She had more than 25 years of
professional experience with the
Portland School District with du-
ties that included consulting, train-
ing and strategic planning. Educa-
tion was of utmost importance to
her and she made sure that all of
her family members also strived to
become lifelong learners.
Even late in life, she return to
school to earn a college degree
in international business from
Marylhurst University in 1995
and then she pursued masters’ lev-
el coursework in communications
at Portland State University.
She last served as chief ex-
ecutive oficer and president of
Global Management Strategies,
and was a partner with the Rural
and Urban Development League.
She also shared her expertise with
local, city, state economic devel-
opment leaders and racial equity
organizations, small businesses,
non-proits, and corporations.
She served as Board Chair of
the North/Northeast Business
Association from 2008 until she
retired this year. On April 28,
the association honored her with
a Neil Kelly Distinguished Ser-
vice Award, celebrating her busi-
ness excellence and community
achievement.
She is survived by her chil-
dren, Gaylon Michael Taylor,
Aunice Martoinette Taylor, and
Bakari-Ajamu Taylor Rhodes;
sisters, Linda Johnson and Barbra
Daniels; brothers, James Johnson
and Everett Johnson; and several
grandchildren, great grandchild,
nieces and nephews. She was pre-
deceased by her brother Clarence
Brooks.
A Homegoing Celebration will
be held on Friday, May 27 at 2
p.m. at Emmanuel Temple, 1033
N. Sumner St. Doors will open at
1:30 p.m. with a reception to fol-
low the service.
The family is respectfully ask-
ing for donations to help with the
costs of the tribute service and
for any unpaid healthcare costs.
Contributions can be made to the
Joice A. Taylor donation account
No. 153694167849 in care of U.S.
Bank.
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C alendar May 2016
SUNDAY
22
Arnold Lobel born,
1933
Buy-A-Musical
Instrument Day
29
John F. Kennedy
born in 1917
Andrew Clements
born, 1949
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
23
Victoria Day in
Canada
Margaret Wise
Brown born, 1910
Penny Day
30
Memorial Day
24
First Morse Code
Message Sent (from
Washington DC to
Baltimore, 1844)
31
World No Tobacco
Day
25
National Missing
Children’s Day
National Tap Dance
Day
26
Blueberry
Cheesecake Day
FRIDAY
27
Golden Gate Bridge
Opens in 1937
Masking Tape
Patented in 1930
SATURDAY
28
Jim Thorpe Born in
1888