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April 17, 2024 INSIDE L ocaL N ews Arts & page 7-8 ENTERTAINMENT c Lassified /B ids pages 9-10 Established 1970 USPS 959 680 1727 NE 13th Ave. Suite 201 Portland, OR 97212 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 Publisher: Mark Washington, Sr. Editor: Shawntell Washington Office Mngr/Clasfds : Lucinda Baldwin Admin Coord : Quayuana Washington Creative Director: Kenya Anderson Web Editor: Zoe Holman-Kragero 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 The Week in Review Women Charged with Theft and Money Laundering Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that Chantail Wil- liams, 39, was arraigned on a secret grand jury indictment for seven charges related to stealing and laundering public funds from the City of Portland in May 2022. A charging doc- ument is only an accusation of a crime. Williams is innocent unless and until proven guilty. Winning Ticket Sold in Portland A Powerball player in Oregon has won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion, ending a win- less streak that had stretched more than three months. The lottery ticket was purchased at a Plaid Pantry convenience store in the northeast part of Portland, Oregon Lottery said in a statement. Application for Preschool Opens Multnomah County’s Preschool for All (PFA) application for the 2024- 25 year opened on Tuesday, April 2. Preschool for All seats are free and new seats start in September 2024. Children who will be 3 or 4 years old on or before September 1, 2024 and who have at least one parent or legal guardian living in Multnomah County are eligible to apply through Tuesday, April 30. Farmers Market Returns Rocky Butte Farmers Market, Portland’s dog & kid friendly neighborhood market with a block party vibe, will re-open June 1, 2024 at its new more visible and convenient location on the border of the Roseway and Madison South neighbor- hoods at NE Siskiyou, between 80th & 82nd Avenues. Daytime Show Ending (AP) “The Talk” is ending its long-running daytime conversa- tion. The CBS talk show will end in December after 15 seasons, the network announced. The 11-time Daytime Emmy winner is airing its 14th season, which will end in June. Its final 15th season will premiere in the fall. Page 3 Local Engineer Receives National Award Nominated by Supervisors, Peers, and Employees The USDA Forest Service Pa- cific Northwest Region recently awarded Amy Thomas, a Port- land, OR based Forest Service employee and U.S. Army veter- an, as the Region’s Managerial Engineer of the Year for 2023. In March 2024 Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region identi- fied winners for annual Engineer of the Year Awards in four cat- egories. Award recipients were nominated by their supervisors, peers, and employees. “Amy has been a champion of ‘doing our work different- ly’ and integrating across and among agency offices, other fed- eral agencies, and external stake- holders,” said Christy Darden, Director of Engineering & Fleet for the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region. “Her ded- ication and contributions have resulted in successful implemen- tation of key initiatives includ- ing the Great American Outdoor Act and collective hiring events. While this award is for her man- aging skills, Amy is also a great supervisor, coach, and mentor.” Thomas was recognized for her support to critical regional and director area initiatives in providing engineering, fleet, and sustainable operations policy, guidance, and program across national forest lands across Or- egon and Washington. During the agency’s inaugural national and regional hiring events for engineers, Thomas provided key Amy Thomas, Managerial Engineer of the Year for 2023 leadership and helped streamline the hiring process, which result- ed in the appointment of many internal and external candidates. This crucial employment effort resulted in an increase of overall agency engineers throughout the Pacific Northwest Region. According to her colleagues Thomas’s success is a direct re- sult of her dedication to agen- cy mission, commitment to the agency values, and her profes- sional communication skills that incorporate her experiences as supervisor, manager, coach, and mentor.She is known to focus, invest, and lead in team build- ing, improved program manage- ment, and innovative outreach and recruitment approaches. “My favorite part of this agen- cy is the diversity of people and professions I get to work along- side of and with to solve complex problems,” Thomas remarked. “The opportunities are endless New Sullivan West Campground Picnic Shelter. USDA Forest Service photo. and, after 14 years working in engineering roles for the For- est Service, I recently moved to the Congressional Justification Branch in Strategic Planning, Budget & Accountability. I am looking forward to bringing my regional engineering experienc- es to this position to contribute to budget formulation.” Thomas currently works in the Congressional Justification Branch of Strategic Planning, Budget, and Accountability for the agency’s national office. In her previous role she served as the Deputy Director of Engineer- ing & Fleet for the Forest Ser- vice Pacific Northwest Region. Prior to joining the USDA Forest Service, Thomas worked for various agencies within the Department of Defense, begin- ning her professional career as an active-duty US Army engi- neer officer. Thomas is a 1998 graduate of West Point, US Mil- itary Academy, with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and earned her Master of Sci- ence in Civil Engineering from the University of Hawaii, Manoa in 2005. Thomas in no stranger to change. When she was growing up her father was active-duty Army so her family moved all over the country and spent a few years overseas in South Korea. She is now working remotely for the national Forest Service office in Washington D.C., and continues to make her home in Portland, OR which she calls her “forever home.”
