Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 22, 2023)
March 22, 2023 INSIDE L ocaL N ews Page 3 Missing for Over a Week Police search for missing Vancouver mother and 8-year-old daughter Arts & page 7-8 ENTERTAINMENT c Lassified /B ids pages 4, 9 - 10 Established 1970 USPS 959 680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association PO QR code Publisher: Mark Washington, Sr. Editor: Shawntell Washington Office Mngr/Clasfds : Lucinda Baldwin Admin Coord : Quayuana Washington Creative Director: Kenya Anderson Advertising Mngr: Tony Washington CALL 503-288-0033 • FAX 503-288-0015• news@portlandobserver.com ads@portlandobserver.com• subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer, PO Box 3137, Portland, OR 97208 Subscribe ! Fill Out & Send To: 503-288-0033 Attn: Subscriptions, PO Box 3137, Portland OR 97208 $45.00 for 3 months • $80.00 for 6 mo. • $125.00 for 1 year (please include check with this subscription form) Name: Telephone: Address: or email subscriptions@portlandobserver.com A Vancouver mother and her young daughter have been report- ed missing, and the Vancouver Police Department is seeking the public's help finding them. Kirk- land C. Warren, 28 is accused of violating a no contact order. Ac- cording to The Columbian Van- couver police did not confirm if Warren is a suspect in the disap- pearances of 27-year-old Meshay “Karmen” Melendez and her daughter, Layla Stewart. But Sgt. Julie Ballou said investigators believe there is a criminal con- nection to their disappearances. Layla and Meshay, photo courtesy of the VPD 27-year-old Meshay Melendez, 27, and her 8-year-old daughter Layla Stewart were last seen in the early morning of March 12 in the 7700 block of Vancouver Mall Drive. Meshay is 5′9″ and 185lb with black hair and brown eyes. Layla is about 4′ and 50 lbs with brown hair and hazel eyes. A vehicle believed to belong to Meshay was found a short dis- tance away on March 19. Informa- tion provided by the Vancouver Police Department. Anyone with information about their location is asked to please contact Detective Givens robert. givens@cityofvancouver.us, De- tective Nolan chadd.nolan@city- ofvancouver.us, or call 911. Celebrate the People Who Keep Our Region Moving Give ‘thanks’ to TriMet’s nearly 1,400 bus and train operators Gov. Tina Kotek signed a proc- lamation declaring March 18, 2023, Transit Driver Appreciation Day. “Every day, you connected people with opportunity, provid- ing a safe, reliable ride to work, school, appointments, services and so much more,” Kotek said. Gov. Kotek is inviting everyone in the state of Oregon to observe Transit Driver Appreciation Day. TriMet bus and train operators always go the extra mile. They’re up early and out late, maneuver- ing giant vehicles, often through challenging conditions. They can be the first and sometimes the last person riders see in their day. They help move millions, yet welcome one at a time, for a safe, reliable ride. Although Transit Driver Appreciation Day tradi- tionally falls on March 18, TriMet has moved our celebration up one day last Friday, to bring it into the traditional work week, when March 18th is now Transit Driver Apprecation Day. Photo courtesy of Trimet News more people ride and more opera- bus, to let the operator know that tors are at work, to experience the you’re a nice person and appreci- extra community support. In case ate their work. you have missed it this year here Help make their day! Show are a few things to remember for common courtesy for our opera- next year’s Transit Driver Appre- tors and others, by following the ciation Day. rules for riding and helping create Shine a light! If your operator a pleasant atmosphere for every- is coming to your stop early in the one on board. Consider a not- morning when it’s still dark, use so-random act of kindness! Say your cell phone as a light to help thanks in your own way – with them see you and stop to pick you a wave, a smile or a nice note. up! Take care not to flash bright Community members can visit lights directly at the operator. trimet.org/hello to leave a digital Say hello! Consider sharing a note for an individual operator or kind word when you step on the the entire team!
