March 27, 2019
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Week in Review
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M ETRO
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The new Gladys McCoy Health Department building in Old Town at 610 N.W. Sixth Ave. has opened to
the public. A headquarters for 500 Multnomah County Health Department employees, the building
is named after the late Multnomah County Chair Gladys McCoy, the first African American elected to
public office in Oregon .
McCoy Building Opens
County public
health workers
move in
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Arts &
The new Gladys McCoy Health McCoy, the first African American
Department Headquarters across elected to public office in Oregon.
from Union Station in Old Town
About 500 Health Depart-
is now serving the community, ment employees started to move
a building named after the late
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Multnomah County Chair Gladys
ENTERTAINMENT
School Founder Remembered
Advocate Rosemary
Anderson dies at 88
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
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Rosemary Anderson, former executive director
of the Portland Opportunities Industrial Center and
the founder and namesake of Rosemary Anderson
High School, is being remembered for her advoca-
cy for Portland youth after passing away March 15.
She was 88 years old.
Anderson was long associated with serving un-
der represented at- risk youth in and around the
communities of Portland.
Born Nov. 20, 1930 in Denver, Colo., she moved
to Portland in 1949 with her husband and children.
She was employed by POIC from its inception in
1967, and in 1980 was appointed executive direc-
tor. During her time at the organization’s helm, she
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Rosemary Anderson