C AREERS Special
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April 21, 2021
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INSIDE L O C A L N E W S
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M ETRO
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Paul Knauls
Alisha Moreland-Capuia
Rose Festival Honors
Esteemed doctor to keynote Paul Knauls salute
S PORTS
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Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia,
an esteemed OHSU physician
and the 1988 Rose Festival Queen
when she was a student at Jef-
ferson High School, will emcee
when the Portland Rose Festival
Foundation honors Paul Knauls,
a 90-year-old luminary from Port-
land’s Black community.
Sponsored by Wells Fargo, the
upcoming event will be focused
on support for women, and the
positive impact of mentorship,
something Knauls, known as the
Honorary Mayor of Northeast
Portland, has been a steadfast sup-
porter.
Among the several business-
es Knauls has owned in the King
neighborhood of northeast Port-
land was the salon bearing his late
wife’s name - Geneva’s Shear Per-
fection. In 2007, Knauls also rode
in the Centennial Rose Festival
Grand Floral Parade as one of the
Grand Marshals.
Dr. Moreland-Capuia is a long-
time friend of Knauls and his fam-
ily. In 2016, she was honored by
former Mayor Charlie Hales for
her accomplishments in the field
of psychiatric medicine, her com-
mitment to community and her
work to simply make life better
for others.
Rose Festival Honors will take
place as an uplifting, live-stream-
ing event on Thursday, May 6,
from noon to 1:00 p.m. The event
is free, however it is a fundrais-
er to support the Portland Rose
Festival Foundation, a 501c3
non-profit, and donations of any
amount will be gratefully accept-
ed, including donations made
in honor of Knauls or More-
land-Capuia.
Links to RSVP, to view the live
stream, and to donate are at rosef-
estival.org/events/2021/rose-festi-
val-honors.
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Direct Action March Breaks Windows
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Protest follows
release of police
shooting details
People in a crowd calling for
the abolition of police broke win-
dows as they marched in the heart
of Portland’s historic African
American community on Monday
night, hours after authorities said
that a man who was fatally shot by
an officer at Lents Park last week
had an orange-tipped replica gun.
The Portland Police Bureau
made two arrests for criminal mis-
chief after declaring the assem- Windows were smashed at the nonprofit Blazers Boys and Girls
bly of about 80 people unlawful. Club next door to the North Police Precinct and several businesses
Windows were broken at a U. S. along Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Monday night
during a protest against the police in the heart of Portland’s
C onTinued on P age 6
historic black community. (KOIN photo)