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Febuary 23, 2022
Rising from the Ashes
The
Week in Review
Car Shooting Kills Woman
A woman was fatally shot and
three others in her car — in-
cluding two children — were in-
jured in a shooting late Sunday
at Southeast 128th and Foster,
authorities said Monday. The
victims were not identified by
the police and no further details
were immediately available.
Officers Use Deadly Force
Rev. Dr. LeRoy Haynes of the historic African American congregation Allen Temple CMC Church
leads a Feb. 6 worship service. The refurbished100 year old church at 4236 N.E. Eighth Ave. will
celebrate its first grand opening since electrical fires in 2015 caused major damage.
Allen Temple
returns home
Allen Temple CME Church, a
beloved African American con-
gregation, will observe Black
History Month by celebrating
its first grand opening since
electrical fires damaged the 100
year old church in 2015.
The community is invited
to join federal, state and local
elected officials for the special
ribbon cutting ceremony which
will be held at the refurbished
church, located at 4236 N.E.
Eighth Ave., on Monday, Feb.
28 at 10 a.m.
Rev. Dr. LeRoy Haynes, Allen
Temple senior pastor and pre-
siding elder, said the last day of
Black History Month seemed like
an appropriate occasion to cele-
brate the church’s restoration.
Back on Feb. 7, 2015, the
church sustained major damage
to its roof and interior of all
levels from two electrical fires.
It has been a challenging jour-
ney for the church to rebuild,
overcoming many barriers of
construction, financial needs,
and health impacts from the
Covid 19 pandemic.
Since 1949, Allen Temple
CME Church has been a com-
munity-oriented church serving
a Black and diverse congrega-
tion. All of Allen Temple CME
Church outreach programs are
now operational: Emergency
Aide Center, Homeless Out-
reach Team Services, Resurrec-
tion Drug & Alcohol Prevention
and Recovery, AIDS/HIV Sup-
port Services and Social Justice
Advocacy. The new day center
will be operational this summer.
During construction, church
services were held temporarily
nearby at Maranatha Church.
More recently, services re-
turned to Allen Temple under
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One person was shot and killed
by Portland police near a condo
complex on Southwest Broadway
Drive near Marquam Hill early
Saturday night. Authorities have
not said what led up to the shoot-
ing, but confirmed that two offi-
cers were involved.
Phil Knight Women’s Bracket
The Phil Knight Invitational col-
lege basketball tournament will
include a women’s bracket when it
returns to Portland next fall, tour-
nament officials announced last
week in conjunction with ESPN.
Both events are a continuation
of the PK80 events hosted at the
Rose Quarter in 2017.
New Police Contract
The Portland Police Association
membership voted last week to
approve a new collective bargain-
ing employment agreement with
the city. The union said it demon-
strates a commitment to account-
ability, supports expanding the
non-armed street response model
and furthers the potential to adopt
body-worn cameras.
Justice for Ahmaud
Three white Georgia neighbors
convicted of murder in Ahmaud
Arbery’s fatal shooting were
found guilty of federal hate crimes
Tuesday for violating Arbery’s
civil rights and targeting him be-
cause he was Black. The verdict
was a symbolic one, coming af-
ter all three men were convicted
of murder in state court and sen-
tenced to life in prison.
School Enrollments Decline
Tracking with national and state
enrollment trends, Portland Pub-
lic Schools last week project stu-
dent enrollment to decline by 8%
or about 3,400 students for the
2022-2023 school year. PPS said
it has funding sources to make up
for lost revenues and avoid cuts to
school programs in the short term.
COVID Numbers Fall
The number of people hospital-
ized in Oregon with COVID-19
is declining faster than expected,
and should recede to the level last
seen before the current omicron
surge by March 20, officials with
Oregon Health & Science Univer-
sity reported Friday.