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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.