March 10, 2021
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High SchoolStudentHighlight
Senior excels
toward graduation
Portland senior Barbara Bender answers the door for nonprofit Store to Door employee Nancy
Murphy as she delivers an order of groceries and information about how to get vaccinated for
COVID-19. Nonprofits, churches and health care outreach workers are scrambling to reach older
people who are falling through the cracks in efforts to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. (AP photo)
Zoe Holman, a senior at Frank-
lin High School graduating this
year, is striving to be the best she
can even during the COVID-19
pandemic.
Zoe got her early education at
Creston Elementary, a K through
8th grade school, but was able to
skip the 7th grade because she
was so advanced in her studies.
She has carried a 4 point GPA all
the way from her middle school
years to high school.
At Franklin, she has served as
an assistant leader of the Black
Student Union and played volley-
ball and tennis. Right before the
The
COVID Vaccines Allotted for Seniors in Week
Oregon Convention Center gears up for 45,000 doses
Review
The Oregon Health Author-
ity says that at least 45,000
COVID-19 vaccine doses will be
allotted specifically for Portland
metro area seniors over the next
three weeks at the Oregon Con-
vention Center.
One key is getting people 65 and
older to register their name on the
Get Vaccinated Oregon website,
getvaccinated.oregon.gov.
That
starts a process where the person
will receive an email or a call to
set up their vaccine appointment.
Younger people and others not yet
eligible for a vaccine will be noti-
fied when the criteria for appoint-
ments opens to other groups.
It’s all part of new process set up
in partnership with All4Oregon, a
COVID-19 mass vaccination site
created with the collaboration and
leadership of Kaiser Permanente,
Legacy Health, OHSU, and Prov-
idence.
By combining vaccine supply,
as well as the doctors, nurses, and
clinical staff, health care providers
Zoe Holman,
Franklin High
School senior
pandemic, she
also got a part
time job and is
currently work-
ing and doing
online school.
Zoe plans on
continuing her education in Oregon
and trying to pursue her dream job
of working in the film industry. She
has already created a film with other
Franklin students on the Open Sig-
nal Media You Tube channel. She
also interviewed two students at
Kelly Elementary school in regards
to Black Excellence in Portland.
Congratulations Zoe!
Feds Dismiss Protest Charges
It was reported last week that feder-
al prosecutors have dismissed more
than one-third of cases stemming
from last summer’s violent protests
in downtown Portland when pro-
testers clashed with federal agents.
The dismissals run counter to the
tough talk coming from U.S. De-
partment of Justice last summer.
Arson Fire at PPS Headquarters
C ontinued on P age 5
All Star Greatness
Damian Lillard added another shot
to his resume of clutch moments
during Sunday’s NBA All-Star
Game when he hit a halfcourt three
to seal a 170-150 win for Team
LeBron over Team Durant. Lillard
finished the game with 32 points,
the most by a Blazers player in an
all-star game. In addition, third-
year Blazers guard Anfernee Si-
mons won the Slam Dunk Contest.
Quanice Hayes Settlement
The city of Port-
land is poised to
pay $2 million
to the family of
Quanice Hayes,
a Black teenager
who was shot and
killed by Portland
police four years ago as they were
looking for a burglary suspect.
Lawyers for the family argued that
Hayes, 17, was not a threat when
killed while on his knees unarmed
and moving forward in an effort
to lie prone on the ground in re-
sponse to officer commands.
Trial Begins in Floyd Death
The trial of a former Minneapolis
police officer charged in George
Floyd’s death forged ahead with
jury selection Tuesday. A looming
appellate ruling, however, delayed
the proceedings and could halt the
case for weeks or even months as
the state tries to add a third-degree
murder count against the officer.
An arson fire on Saturday at the
Portland Public Schools administra-
tion building on North Dixon Street
is under investigation. At about 3:15
a.m., Portland Fire and Rescue en-
countered three PPS vehicles on fire
in a parking garage. Preliminary in-
formation is that the suspect or sus-
pects gained entry to a fenced area
on the property, started the fires, and
vandalized the building.
Remembering Vernon Jordan
Vernon Jordan, who
rose from humble
beginnings in the
segregated South to
become a champion
of civil rights, died
March 1 at the age of
85. The former head of the Nation-
al Urban League and the United
Negro College Fund was the face
of Black America’s modern strug-
gle for jobs and justice.
Harry and Meghan Tell All
Prince Harry and his American
wife Meghan rocked the British
monarch Sunday with a litany of
devastating allegations in their
eagerly awaited interview with
Oprah Winfrey. The couple paint-
ed a picture of a royal family so
stubbornly rooted in its ways that
it left a young, bi-racial couple
alone to fend off racist abuse and
their own troubled mental health.