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Local News COMMUNITY NEWS BRIEFS Defend Portland Against Budget Cuts! Workshop in North Portland On Thursday April 11, Portland City Council holds its third of four Community Budget Hearings, from 6.30 to 9.30 p.m. at Montgomery Park, 2701 NW Vaughn Street, in Portland. Arrive early to sign up if you would like to testify (doors open an hour early). On the chopping block are several impor- tant housing programs, community centers, jobs, funding for parks, after school pro- grams, youth employment services, and many others. Advocates of better funding have created a Facebook event page, find out more by searching for ‘Defend Portland Against Austerity Cuts at the Portland Budget Hear- ing.’ Endorsers include: Jobs with Justice, Peo- ple’s Budget, Solidarity Against Austerity Coalition A few scholarships are still available for training on the Panasonic High-Definition professional camera at North Portland Mul- timedia Training Center (NPMTC). The spring workshop includes two Saturday ses- sions, plus Friday labs to help bring stu- dents’ productions to completion. HD camera training and the equipment loan pro- gram are offered free through support from The Skanner Foundation. The classes are in April 20 and May, and cover everything from interviewing tech- niques to how to hold the canera and how to edit video. The North Portland Multi Media Training Center trains individuals to use digital video production and editing equipment as a means of communication and community development. Students learn to record oral interviews using professional equipment and state of the art techniques: basic story structure; conducting an interview in the field; learning the fundamentals of lighting, audio, and editing. The workshops are open to the general public 18 years and over. Questions? Email npmtc@comcast.net. Beaverton City Library Accepts Food For Fines To celebrate National Library Week the Beaverton City Library—Main and Murray Scholls branches—will accept non-perish- able foods for the Oregon Food Bank West from April 13-22 in place of fines. If you have existing overdue fines on an account, bring non-perishable food items to the circulation desk at either branch and library staff will waive those fines. Addi- tionally, if patrons return billed or overdue items to the circulation desk, library staff will remove all charges associated with those items. For each item you bring, the library will deduct $2 in fines from your account for up to $20. Some restrictions apply. For more information, please contact library staff at 503-644-2197. Free Video Camera C O M Oregon Historical Society Research Library Used Book Sale April 20 The Oregon Historical Society’s Davies Family Research Library holds its spring surplus book sale on Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission is free to Oregon Historical Society members and Multnomah County residents. The books for sale will include thousands of titles relating to Oregon history, as well as general U.S. history and many other sub- jects. Some will be rare and hard-to-find editions, many dating from the late 19th and M U N I T Rob Ingram’s Legacy FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III presented his Community Leadership Award to Dana Ingram on Friday, April 5, in honor of the work done by her late husband, Rob Ingram. Rob Ingram died unexpectedly in November 2011 at the age of 38. The FBI’s Portland Division selected Ingram as its recipient of this national award for his legacy of extraordinary work in gang prevention and education. He began his work with at-risk youth in 1991 as a counselor for Emmanuel Community Services. Over the years, he worked with kids at many different non-profits and service organizations before being appointed as the director of the Portland’s Office of Youth Violence Prevention in 2007. In addition to his work at the city, Mr. Ingram was active in the community. He served on the FBI’s Multi-Cultural Advisory Council, as president of the Urban League of Portland Young Professionals group, on the Big Brothers Big Sisters African American Advisory Board, and as the chair of the Gang Violence Task Force. early 20th centuries. Most items will be priced from $1-$5. All of these books duplicate existing OHS holdings or are outside the OHS col- lecting scope. Nothing from the Society’s permanent collections is being sold. The sale will also include duplicate pho- tographic prints copied from the Society’s Y C A L E N vast holdings, including images of Portland and other locales in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. For questions about the sale, please con- tact the Research Library at 503-306-5240, or email Libreference@OHS.org. D A R P ORTLAND 2013 B ULLETIN B OARD If you have an event you want to share with the community, email it two weeks in advance to The Skanner at info@theskanner.com Thursday – Friday April 11 – 12 EASTER SEALS OREGON BLOOMFEST. Each April Easter Seals Oregon sells tulip bouquets to raise funds to change lives of Oregonian’s with disabilities and special needs. 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Pioneer Courthouse Square. Page 2 The Portland Skanner April 10, 2013 Saturday April 13 59TH ANNUAL HOOD RIVER VALLEY BLOSSOM TIME & FESTIVAL. Nothing compares to Spring in the Hood River Valley. Come to the annual Blossom Festival and tour the Hood River Valley. Take exit 64 off I-84 and follow festival signs. Hood River, Oregon. 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. Tuesday – Wednesday April 16 – 17 CLUB CADET TEST DRIVE CHALLENGE. Club Cadet is introducing the first all electric lawn mower that is a zero turn steering wheel model. Come down and test drive the series all day long! 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Pioneer Courthouse Square Thursday April 18 FREE EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP. Sign up for a free City of Vancouver emergency planning workshop. You will learn to prepare for, respond to and recover from earthquakes, hurricanes, and other disasters. 7 p.m. Douglas Park Community Center, 801 W. 22nd Ave. Vancouver, WA Friday April 19 EARTH DAY MUSIC IN MUSIC AND SONG 2013. We invite you to set aside this special time to celebrate our remarkable planet. 7:30 – 9 p.m. First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Salmon St. Portland. FREE Saturday April 20 OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY SURPLUS BOOK SALE. The books for sale will include thousands of titles relating to Oregon History, as well as general U.S. History and many other subjects. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission to the sale is free to Oregon Historical Society members and all Multnomah County residents.
