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Fellowship Reynolds safe environments. “Our hearts go out to the students, staff and families affected by this morning’s tragedy,” she said. “A public health approach to violence recognizes both the acute moment of violence and the vicarious long-term effects of exposure to violence. “It’s in moments like this when communities come together through strength and resiliency to heal, and we are here to help in any way we can.” Memorial Service James C. Crolley July 3, 1928 - June 4, 2014 The memorial service for James C. Crolley will be held on Saturday, June 14th, at 1:00 p.m. at Life Change Christian Center located at 3635 N Williams Ave, Portland, OR 97227. The nonprofit journalism nonprofit ProPublica recently published an inves- tigation into violence and shootings. In an interview Dr. Jeffrey Swanson, a psy- chiatrist and Duke University professor said: “We need to think of vio- lence itself as a communicable disease. We have kids growing up exposed to terrible trauma. We did a study some years ago, looking at [violence risk] among people with serious mental illness. The three risk factors we found were most important: first, a history of violent victimiza- tion early in life, second, substance abuse, and the third is exposure to violence in the environment around you. People who had none of those risk factors ― even with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia ― had very low rates of violent behav- ior.” James C. Crolley Come Celebrate “1” with us! Celebrating the 1st Anniversary of Pastor J. Walter Hills, II FRIDAY, JUNE 20 • 7:00pm Special guests include: Rev. Calvin Hailstock of Columbia SC Music guests: Derrick McDuffey & Kingdom Sound, Sax- ophonist Jaqueine Echols of Seattle, WA and the trio of Lorene Wilder, Roslyn Wilder and Tanesha Chiles. SUNDAY, JUNE 22 • 10:00am Featuring: Rev. Shawn Roberson of Columbia, SC. The finale will be at 3:00pm with the Rev. Charles B. Jackson Jr of Columbia will be preaching. Music guests: local saxophonist Great Eldon “T” Jones and the New Hope and Friends choir Please join us in these special worship services to magnify the Lord and celebrate the anniversary of Pastor Hills. The New Hope Missionary Baptist Church • 3725 N. Gantenbein, Portland For more information call 503.281.0163 Page 10 The Portland and Seattle Skanner June 11, 2014 PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HOFFMAN FAMILY continued from page 9 A Statement from Emilio Hoffman’s family In the words of Jennifer Hoffman, Emilio’s Mother: “We want to share some thoughts about Emilio with the community. Emilio lived in the Gresham/Troutdale area his whole life. He attended Kelly Creek Elementary, Gresham Arthur Academy, Reynolds Arthur Academy, and Walt Morey Middle School. Emilio has one sister and three brothers as well as an extended family, including a number of foster brothers and sisters who he grew up with over the years. He enjoyed science and history, but his true love was sports. Over the years he played t-ball and football, but when he found soccer, that was it. Soccer was his whole life. He played on a team for La Amistad and the Columbia River United Futbol Academy local soccer leagues. He also coached a U7 team for TFA Barcelona Oregon for two of his younger brothers. When we attended the candlelight vigil last night, we were humbled by the response from his friends, teachers and community. Emilio loved his friends, and his friends loved him. To those friends we say - be happy like Emilio. Smile like him. Laugh like him. You couldn’t be around Emilio without laughing! Anyone who has ever met Emilio laughed with him. He had to be the center of attention at all times! To the parents out there - Love your kids. Hug your kids every day. And live with no regrets. I don’t have any regrets with Emilio. None. And he knew that. Thank you for all of your support. It has provided comfort, and it is good to know how much Emilio was loved ... not just by us, but by everybody.”
