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October 26, 2016
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The Portland Trail Blazers celebrate National Junior NBA Week by hosting a basketball clinic last week
at the Blazers Boys and Girls Club on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Pictured (back row,
from left) are Boys and Girls Club of Portland adult leaders Hannah, Imani and Omar and (front row,
from left) youth participants King, Simone and Jaden.
Blazers Basketball Clinic
The Portland Trail Blazers
celebrated National Junior NBA
Week Thursday by hosting a
basketball clinic at the Blazers
Boys and Girls Club on North-
east Martin Luther King Jr. Bou-
levard.
Blazers youth basketball staff
worked with kids enrolled in the
club’s Leadership Leagues for
a fun-filled event to share ath-
letic and leadership skills that
the youth will be able to use on
and off the court. In addition,
the kids, parents and coaches
involved were thanked for their
commitment and athletic leader-
ship.
Boys and Girls Clubs across
the country, including Portland
benefit from a Blazers and NBA
partnership with Buffalo Wild
Wings and its Team Up for Kids
mission to improve sports pro-
gramming, teaming up to ignite a
passion for sportsmanship and a
sense of belonging among youth.
Weekend of Fun at the Zoo
Trick-or-treaters can fill their
In keeping with the zoo’s mis-
bags with goodies and learn about sion, Howloween aims to be edu-
wildlife Saturday, Oct. 29 and cational as well as fun. Scavenger
Sunday, Oct 30, when the Oregon hunts and activities are themed to
teach kids about animals around
the world, and their habitats and
Takoda plays on a giant pump-
adaptations. Kids can collect treats
kin at the Oregon Zoo’s Black
and prizes at the different stations,
Bear Ridge. The zoo gets a
provided in part by FedEx Ground
head start on Halloween with
and Safe Kids.
special events for the animals
Throughout the day, visitors
and trick-or-treat visitors on
can watch the zoo’s enrichment
Saturday, Oct. 29 and Sunday,
team provide animals with hol-
Oct. 30.
iday-themed treats like jack-o’-
lanterns stuffed with snacks. En-
Zoo holds its annual “Howlow- richment items, such as a passel of
een” celebration from 10 a.m. to pumpkins provided by Al’s Garden
3 p.m. on both days, a free event Center, help keep the zoo’s animals
with zoo admission.
mentally and physically engaged.
Awesome Girl Cops Wanted
Girls in our community are en-
couraged to have a great time with
female officers while learning
about their jobs at a “Girl Cops
Are Awesome” event on Thurs-
day, Oct. 27 from 3:30 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. at the Rosewood Initia-
tive, 16126 S.E. Stark.
Female officers from the Port-
land Police Bureau will be on
hand to answer questions from
attendees who might be interest-
ed in a career in law enforcement.
Attendees are invited to come as
their favorite super hero. Boys can
come, too.
The job recruiting outreach
comes as the Police Bureau seeks
applicants for entry and experi-
enced police officers. If you are
interested, visit joinportlandpo-
lice.com