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“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.
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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
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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.
