August 4, 2021
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York Statute Found Toppled
A bust of York, the enslaved Black mem-
ber of the historic Lewis and Clark Ex-
pedition, was
found toppled
and badly dam-
aged Wednes-
day
morning
atop its perch at
Mt. Tabor Park.
The statute was anonymously installed
in February after another monument on
the site was toppled in vandalism, that of
for Harvey W. Scott, a white man in ear-
ly Oregon history who opposed voting
rights for women.
Proud Boys’ Tarrio Guilty
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio—the 37-year-
old leader of the Proud Boys hate group
who traveled from his home in Florida
to Portland for far-right protests last year
— pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor
charges stemming from the burning of a
Black Lives Matter banner stolen from a
Black church in Washington, D.C., this
winter, the Department of Justice an-
nounced Monday.
Track Coach Banned for Life
Portland track coach Alberto Salazar has
been permanently banned by the U.S.
Center for SafeSport for sexual and emo-
tional misconduct. In 2019, a handful
of runners, including Mary Cain, Kara
Goucher and Amy Yoder Begley, revealed
that they had been emotionally and phys-
ically abused while working with Salazar
as part of the Nike Oregon Project team.
Warning of Fires in Camps
Portland plans to begin strictly prohib-
iting people from camping in forested
areas of the city to prevent potentially
deadly wildfires. At the urging Commis-
sioner Jo Ann Hardesty, the council last
week directed the fire marshal to address
frequent reports of fires at unsanctioned
houseless campsites and RV clusters as
well as safety issues threatening home-
less individuals.
Anthony to Leave Blazers
Free agent and NBA all-star Carmelo
Anthony will be leaving the Portland
Trail Blazers after two seasons of serving
as one of the team’s key players off the
bench. Anthony agreed to a one-year deal
with the Los Angeles Lakers, his manager
Bay Frazier told ESPN on Tuesday.
DaBaby Apologizes for Comments
DaBaby has issued an apology to
the LGBTQ+ community after being
dropped from multiple concert festival
lineups due to recent derogatory and ho-
mophobic comments he made onstage.
The rapper has faced heavy backlash, be-
ing called out by Madonna, Elton John,
Quest Love, “Levitating” collaborator
Dua Lipa, and more.
Affordable apartments and homes centered around a plaza, garden and communal office space is envisioned by a Black-led
development team to advance the community vision for development of a vacant block at North Williams and Russell Street,
a parcel that was once the epicenter of Portland’s historic African American community before 1970s Urban Renewal and
expansion plans for Legacy Emanuel Hospital.
Black-led Vision for Russell-Williams
Team settles on affordable housing plan
Black community members assigned to
come up with priorities for development
of the vacant block at North Williams and
Russell Street in historic Albina has se-
lected a Black-led development team to
advance its community-based vision for
the 1.7-acre site, officials announced last
week.
The six-member team includes Adre,
a Portland-based equity-centered devel-
opment company; Portland Communi-
ty Reinvestment Initiatives, a northeast
Portland affordable rental housing leader;
Community Development Partners, an af-
fordable housing developer and asset man-
ager, based in northeast Portland; and Port-
land-based Colas Construction, the largest
Black-owned construction firm in the Pa-
cific Northwest; LEVER Architecture, a
designer of affordable housing, community
spaces and office developments in north-
east Portland; and Hood Design Studio, a
Black-owned landscape design and public
art firm based in Oakland, Calif.
The team was selected based on its pro-
posal for creating a new block of afford-
able apartments, affordable homes, a plaza
and garden, and communal office space,
the unanimous choice of the community
members tapped to decide what should be
going on the block.
Group members cited the team’s deep
knowledge base, history of serving Port-
land’s Black community, alignment with
community values, and attention to equi-
ty practices and goals as key factors in the
selection.
Anyeley Hallová, founder of Adre, said,
“It is an incredible privilege to be the cho-
sen development team to advocate for and
realize the dreams of Portland’s African
American community for the Williams &
Russell project, and to lay down a founda-
tion where the community can rebuild and
set down roots once again.”
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Mask Indoors and in Schools for Safety
Warning issued
after spike in
COVID variant
In response to a spike in COVID-19
cases in Oregon and updated national guid-
ance calling for masking measures to pre-
vent the spread of the highly transmissible
delta variant, state health officials are now
recommending that people wear a mask in
public indoor settings and in schools — in-
cluding those who are fully vaccinated.
The new guidance comes as the state’s
daily case count has grown to its highest
levels since January based on recent data.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s office an-
nounced Thursday that masks will be re-
quired indoors at K-12 schools come the
fall.
The governor’s office said it was work-
ing with the Oregon Health Authority and
the Oregon Department of Education to
mandate masks indoors for the upcoming
school year, to reflect the most recent rec-
ommendation from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
Citing new information about the vari-
ant’s ability to spread among vaccinated
A store sign advises shoppers to wear masks. Because of a spike in COVID-19
cases, Oregon is now recommending that people wear a mask in public indoor
settings and in schools, including those who are fully vaccinated. (AP photo)
people, the CDC has recommended indoor is the vaccine. However in Oregon, around
masks for all teachers, staff, students and 29% of adults have yet to be vaccinated.
visitors at schools nationwide, regardless Health officials warn the increased spread
of the delta variant poses a great risk for
of vaccination status.
Oregon’s new recommendations for unvaccinated people. Last month, the
COVID-19 safety apply statewide and not health authority reported that 92% of coro-
navirus cases in June and 94% of corona-
just in areas with high infection rates.
Health officials continue to reiterate that
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the greatest protection against COVID-19