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December 14, 2016
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Ray Lampkin (left), the former Portland boxer and current contractor in the construction business,
presents the Ray Lampkin pre-apprenticeship award to Peter Chimuku from the organization
Constructing Hope.
Constructing Hope in the Trades
A local man enrolled in a
pre-apprenticeship jobs program
has earned an award named in
honor of retired Portland boxer
and current construction business
operator Ray Lampkin.
Student Peter Chimuku grad-
uated from Constructing Hope
where he had a perfect attendance
record and earned the Ray Lamp-
kin Award which has been award-
ed to three African American men
each year since 2014. Chimuku
has applied for membership in the
IBEW Local 48 Union for jour-
neyman and apprentice electri-
cians.
“Lightning Ray” Lampkin is a
retired professional lightweight
boxer who finished his career with
a total of 35 wins, 18 by knock
outs. He won the North American
Boxing Federation Lightweight
Title in 1974 over champion Nick
Alfaro and defended the title twice
in 1975. He has owned Lampkin
General Contractor in Portland for
the past 15 years and was induct-
ed into the Oregon Sports Hall of
Fame in 2002.
As a longtime leader at Con-
structing Hope, Lampkin en-
courages members of the black
community to look for job op-
portunities in the construction
business. The Constructing Hope
program provides young men and
women skills to begin a career
in a trade’s apprenticeships, and
to empower these individuals to
make a clean start as productive,
self-sufficient members of the
community. For more informa-
tion, call 503-281-1234 or visit
online at constructinghope.org.
Correction: Hill Owns Property Not Café
Roslyn Hill is a long time property owner on Northeast Alberta Street but does not own the Tin
Shed Garden Café on Alberta. She was misidentified as the owner in a story in last week’s issue
about the organization Alberta Main Street planning for historical markers to document the his-
tory of the African American community. The Portland Observer regrets the error.
Established 1970
Mark Washington, Sr.
e ditor : Michael Leighton
e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington
A dvertising M AnAger : Leonard Latin
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c reAtive d irector : Paul Neufeldt
P ublisher :
r ePorter /W eb e ditor :
Christa McIntyre
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Washington Jr.
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