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News Box S.C.A.T.S. continued from page 1 against potential employers. In the amended bill, the Bureau of Labor and Industries is charged with enforcing the law. Nearly all Democratic Oregon State Senators voted for the legislation, as well at four Republican Senators including Minority Leader Ted Ferrioli and Sen. Jackie Winters. Winters, who co-carried the bill along with Sen. Michael Dembrow, brought her personal experience to the law. She spoke about her late husband, Marc “Ted” Winters, who arrived at the Oregon State Penitentiary at 17 years old and was incarcerated for over two decades. In 1967,Ted Winters was given a second chance when he was asked to be part of Gov. Tom McCall’s staff. Winters said there were only two miles between the Ore- gon State Penitentiary and the Governor’s office -- a short distance to travel, but seemingly impossible for ex-convicts. Winters also wrote in a press release about how the bill could benefit communities of color who are incarcerated at a higher rate. “We know that people of color are disproportionately caught up in our criminal justice system, and thus are dis- proportionately harmed by employers’ criminal background POHTO BY SUSAN FRIED ‘House Bill 3025 is a modest step toward remedying the long-term consequences of a criminal justice system that disproportionately harms communities of color’ Members of the Dearborn Park International School S.C.A.T.S (Seattle Cirque & Acrobat TeamS) team perform for a large appreciative crowd at the annual Beacon Hill Festival, June 6 at Jefferson Com- munity Center. The festival features carnival games, food and live music and entertainment. check procedures,” Winters says. “House Bill 3025 is a modest step toward remedying the long-term consequences of a criminal justice system that disproportionately harms communities of color.” The bill is now with the State House of Representatives for re-approval before being sent to Gov. Kate Brown. If adopted, Oregon will join 17 other states that have passed some version of “ban the box” legislation. Juneteenth continued from page 1 Marshal. The parade travels on Martin Lu- ther King, Jr. Boulevard between NE Jarrett and NE Knott streets before ending at Lega- cy Emanuel Field. The festival continues in the park until 6 p.m. with musical performances, foods, arts and crafts, a play area for children and more. The event features a Historical Pavilion where actors will portray historical figures such as Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass. The Vancouver NAACP is hosting a June- teenth event with the theme of “Black Lives Matter,” which will take place at Marshall Community Center Park located next to the Marshall Community Center. There will be fly fishing demonstrations, a Blues Texas Style BBQ. The guest speaker highlighted at the Van- couver celebration is Debra Jenkins, Ph.D The event features a Historical Pavilion where actors will portray historical figures such as Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass homemade sweet potato pie contest and tal- ent show. Food will be provided by Foody candidate and Clark College faculty mem- ber. shoots, if the models are interested. “If people are not too embarrassed about it, and we could get it to turn and put a pos- itive spin on it. I think it’d be a riot, I think it’d be a party,” he says. But just how did Forster meet these aspir- After the impromptu shoot, Forster and some of the women exchanged contact in- formation. Shortly thereafter, he began meeting with them mostly downtown, individually or in pairs, and shooting them free of charge. Tim Hall, retired Portland Water Bureau official and community liaison for the June- teenth Oregon event, said the day shines light on some of the darkest parts of Amer- ican History and honors those who experi- enced slavery in America. “Slavery in America is something a lot of people wish forgotten,” Hall says. “Juneteenth is an annual reminder that the ancestors of African-Americans en- dured 245 years of bondage that took the lives of more than 17 million Black slaves. We should never forget them. Everyone should celebrate their courage.” Models continued from page 1 these moments, he cannot recall the names of these same women he’d captured all those years ago. He’d like to change that, though. In fact, if possible, he’d like to convene all the wom- en again for a “celebration of beauty,” as he calls it. Forster estimates that the women were all somewhere around their 20s when he took the pictures back in 1975, putting them all somewhere in their 60s today. “I can’t imagine if we can find one or two of the women that are still around here, that they wouldn’t know some of the friends,” Forster says. “Things could spread. It’d be fun to see it spread, and kind of grow. A re- union might happen!” Already, he has some things in place for what reconnecting would look like. Design Week Portland’s Todd Foulk has already agreed to display the images and next year’s festivities in April 2016. To sweeten the pot, if the women can be iden- tified in time, Foulk’s agreed to allow free entry for each of them. But that’s just one option of many he’s open to. He’d also like to recreate the photo Forster says he wonders today what became of the models’ fashion careers — calling them ‘naturals’ ing models, anyway? Forster told The Skanner it was right after finishing up a gig near Jantzen Beach. He was just getting ready to leave when he be- came captivated by a group of women. “The light was bouncing into this corridor, where are these women were lined up to go on to the stage to do this fashion presen- tation,” he recalled. “And the light was so beautiful. The girls were so beautiful that I just started shooting away.” Word of mouth start to spread, and a few other women joined Forster for the down- town fashion shoots. More than 60 rolls of film forever encap- sulate the handful of outings Forster went on with the women. “These gals were just a kick, because they were having fun,” he says. “If they were having fun, I’m having fun.” Forster says he wonders today what be- came of the models’ fashion careers—call- ing them “naturals.” While the downtown shoots were leisure projects for Forster, in rediscovering the im- ages, he saw that he had developed some of the images and even mounted some of them onto frames something he says he wouldn’t have done if he didn’t have a further plan for them. “If something fun were to get rolling with this [I could] go back in and unearth some more images that would be worth printing,” he says. Ultimately, with all the mystery surround- ing these six women, and the images, For- ster says ultimately he’d just like to put some names to those forever immortalized faces from 40 years ago. “I don’t have any super plan. But I thought if we were able to get some of these shots out into the world that somebody might rec- ognize somebody.” If you have any tips on identifying these women, contact Bruce Forster at brucefor- sterphotography@gmail.com or email The Skanner at news@theskanner.com. To view the photos, go to TheSkanner. com. June 17, 2015 The Portland and Seattle Skanner Page 3
