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Page 4 The Skanner August 24, 2016 News Events & Announcements Community Calendar 2016 brought to you by Visit us at a store near you “THOSE SINGING PREACHERS” CONCERT: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is celebrating its 125th Session of the Paciic Northwest Annual Conference. For more information please call 503-810-4958. Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church 5828 NE 8th Ave. The concert will begin promptly at 7 p.m. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 BACK TO SCHOOL PARTY: Hosted by East Portland Community Center. Join us for our summer ending party! 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., 740 SE 106th St. THE NAACP PORTLAND BRANCH INVITES THE COMMUNITY TO ITS MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING: President JoAnn Hardesty and executive leadership will provide updates about current and future initiatives. Noon – 2 p.m., American Red Cross Oregon Chapter, 3131 N. Vancouver Ave. PHOTO COURTESY OF VOX SIREN Portland Metro MONDAY – SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 – 21 Produced by Her On Aug. 28, there will be a screening at the historic Hollywood Theater at 5 p.m. of Produced By Her and POW girls ilms. The girls ilms explore sex traicking, LGBT safe spaces, women graiti artists and experiences of Black girls in Portland. A panel discussion with the ilmmakers will immediately follow the ilms. Tickets are $9 each and are available at www.facebook.com/events/1129523327085832. MONDAY, AUGUST 29 CELEBRATING COMMUNITY, DIVERSITY AND THE POLICE: There will be music and a bufet. Sit down and share stories. Every- one in the community is welcome to join. 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., Noho’s Hawaiian Café on Fremont. 4627 NE Fremont St. SATURDAY – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 – 4 COUVFEST NW 2016: Couvfest NW is a festival showcasing Van- couver bands which are some of the best talent in the Paciic Northwest. This year the event will take place at the Vancouver Landing Amphitheater. There will be food vendors, a beer gar- den and of course live music. Admission to the festival is free to all ages. 1 p.m. After 9 p.m. the event is 21 and older. The Vancouver Landing Amphitheater is located at 100 Columbia St., Vancouver. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 VANCOUVER AVENUE BAPTIST FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WILL COM- MEMORATE ITS 72ND ANNIVERSARY: This community gathering will set a signiicant milestone in the church’s 72-year history as a prominent historical African American community landmark. 2 p.m., 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Seattle Metro THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 BROWN BEAR CAR WASH CELEBRATES 59TH ANNIVERSARY WITH FREE “BEARY CLEAN” CAR WASHES: Brown Bear Car Wash cele- brates their 59th anniversary by ofering free car washes at 22 tunnel wash locations from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Check your local area for the closet one to you. STATE PARKS ANNOUCES “FREE DAY”: Special day honors 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. In honor of the Na- tional Park Service Centennial the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is ofering free entrance to State Parks. This is for day use only. No overnight camping! All Washington State Parks, day use areas only. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 FREE HOMEBUYER WORKSHOP: Learn about the steps in today’s buying process. The common mistakes many buyers make, tips on what lenders are looking for irst time homebuyers and much more! 10:30 a.m., Marysville Public Library, 6120 Grove St., Marysville. 13TH ANNUAL SUSTAINABLE BALLARD FESTIVAL: As always this fair is free to the public and perfect for families. Eclectic, artsy, earthy, urban and committed to be a better future. You’ll ind all this and more. 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Ballard Commons Park, 5701 22nd Ave. NW. SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 4th ANNUAL KITE FESTIVAL: The entire family will be captivated by amazing kite demonstrations, family kite lying, face paint- ing and more. The irst 250 kids will have an opportunity to See Community Calendar on page 5 Portland News Briefs COAB Cancels August Executive Committee Meeting, Calls Recess The City and DOJ have come to an agreement on a 60-day COAB recess. During this period, the City will seek community stakeholder input in evaluating the community engagement and oversight provisions of the Settlement Agreement and propose and discuss amendments with the DOJ team with an eye toward strengthening the community engagement process. During this period, there will be no full COAB, Ex- ecutive or subcommittee meetings. Additionally, the COCL-COAB oice will not be available, as staf will be detailed to other duties and not available to staf the oice. The COCL maintains that community input and en- gagement are critically important to the process of implementing the Settlement Agreement and reform- ing the Portland Police Bureau. The COAB recess sig- nals an opportunity to assess, retool, and strengthen the structure and process of community engagement. Due to the 60-day recess, the Aug. 24 Executive Committee meeting was cancelled. Portland Mayor-Elect Ted Wheeler Appoints Top Leadership Portland Mayor-Elect Ted Wheeler today an- nounced his choices to ill two top positions in his up- coming administration, which begins Jan. 1, 2017. Maurice Henderson, the current Assistant Direc- tor of the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), was named Chief of Staf and Director of Strategic Initiatives. In this specially designed role, Henderson will have responsibility for the mayor’s policy agen- da and staf as well as responsibility for coordinating the work of key initiatives with multiple bureaus, including the Smart Cities program and process im- provements. Henderson will begin integrating himself in Wheel- er’s transition immediately. No oicial start date has been determined. At PBOT, Henderson has been recognized for his excellent leadership within the bureau and for his innovative and efective approach working with city leadership and community leaders on the Smart Cit- ies efort. Before arriving in Portland in 2015, Henderson served in a variety of top roles in the administrations of three mayors of Washington, DC, and was a top press aide to then-Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, cur- rently the Democratic nominee for Vice President. Tom Rinehart, Wheeler’s longtime Chief of Staf, will become Portland’s Chief Administrative Oicer and the Director of the Oice of Management and Fi- nance. In this role, Rinehart will oversee revenue, i- nance, human resources, internal business services, technology and other core functions of city govern- ment. In addition, he will have responsibilities for cross-bureau eforts and regional initiatives as as- signed by the Mayor. Rinehart will begin transitioning into this role on October 1 and will work alongside current CAO Fred Miller until January 1. Rinehart has served as Wheeler’s Chief of Staf for more than eight years, irst when Wheeler was Chair of Multnomah County and now as State Trea- surer. Prior to his time with Wheeler, Rinehart was the Executive Director of broad-based organizations teaching people how to efectively organize to ad- dress issues in their communities. Ater a year with a farmworkers’ organization in rural Mexico, Rinehart was Director of Rhode Island Organizing Project and, later, Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good in the Tri-County Area of Portland, Oregon. Kelley Point Park Closed Until Further Notice Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) has temporar- ily closed Kelley Point Park (N. Marine Drive and Lombard St., at the conluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers). The closure comes on the heels of two recent drownings and is supported by Portland Fire & Res- cue (PFR). PP&R expects the closure to last at least a couple of days as the bureau works to install additional and larger “No Swimming” signs. The signs will have a swimming icon surrounded by the familiar red circle and line, as well as messaging in multiple languages stating that swimming is not allowed at the park. “No Swimming/No Wading” signs have been in- stalled at Kelley Point Park since 2012 (following drownings in 2011), but the Bureau aims to increase signage, and asks the community to help get the word out. Abbaté and Portland Fire & Rescue oicials also stressed that there is only so much that signs can do. Portland Parks & Recreation estimates that there is roughly one mile of shoreline at Kelley Point Park, and signs at every water entry point are not feasible. Portland Fire & Rescue works diligently to rescue swimmers in trouble, but says prevention and aware- ness are the most efective tools to keep people out of danger. Portland Parks & Recreation will consider long- term solutions in addition to immediate signage; pos- sibly including measures resulting from scientiic data on the depth and topography, current, and/or other conditions of the area of Kelley Point Park. The agency will also ask websites which count Kel- ley Point Park as a swimming destination to remove the park from their listings.
