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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6
N/NE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE COMMUNITY FO-
RUM: Your input and thoughts are Needed. How should the
remaining $32 million be spent for economic development in
the Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Area? Please join us for
a community forum to discuss the plan. Please RSVP to more-
landk@pdc.us. 5 p.m. – 9 p.m., New Song Community Center, 220
NE Russell St.
BARBARA HOLM BELIEVES IN YOU: This is a quirky, smart, unique
comedy show. The show features some of the funniest comedi-
ans nationwide and is hosted by local comic Barbara Holm. This
is a free show (suggested donation $5). Doors open at 7:30 p.m.,
show starts at 8 p.m. Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E. Burnside St.
VOTER REGISTRATION TRAINING: Using the Power of our vote for
transformative change. We hope you can join us for this train-
ing to see how you can become involved. 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. MET
Community and Education Center, 2nd Floor Al-Andalusia Hall,
10330 SW Scholls Ferry Rd. Tigard, OR
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11
ON THE GROUND: AN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Unpack-
ing the realities and root courses of homelessness in Portland.
Cost is free. Please RSVP by Oct. 7 as seating is limited. Email
brenda.morgan@multco.us or call (503) 988-65-450. Doors open
at 5 p.m. Program starts at 5:30 p.m., Multnomah County Board
Room, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
NATIVE NIGHT: OREGON, DEDIDEDLY WOLF LAND: Portland Audu-
bon Society welcomes Carter Niemeyer to out speaker series
talk on wolf recovery and how we can share the land with
these iconic creatures. 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Montgomery Park,
2701 NW Vaughn St. This is a free series talk. $5.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12
PORTLAND HIRING EVENT: This is a free event for job seekers.
Please bring 10-15 resumes, dress business professional. Some
of the job opportunities available include: inside/outside sales
reps, account executives, customer service and many more. 4
p.m. – 7 p.m., Hilton Portland and Executive Tower, 921 SW Sixth
Ave. Tower parking $5 - $6.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
WEST COAST GIANT REGATTA: People come from all over to
watch the spectacle of costumed characters paddling 1,000
pound pumpkins across the Lake of the Commons. This free
family event also includes pumpkin golf, pumpkin bowling, pie
eating contest, food and much more. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Lake of the
Commons, 8325 SW Nyberg Rd., Tualatin.
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS FALL CRAFT BAZAAR: Craft bazaar with
handmade crafts, bake sale, white elephant table, rale and
snack bar. 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., St. Henry Church gym, 346 NW 1st
St. Gresham.
Seattle Metro
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7
FAMILY FUN FOR ARTS WALK: Fall Arts Walk is here. Enjoy family
art activities and view art displays from YMCA’s Girls Without
Limits. Also enjoy young musicians and so much more. Free for
the entire family. 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Lott’s Wet Science Center, 500
Adams St NE, Olympia.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
MEEKER MANSION CIDER SQUEEZE: Aqueeze some crunchy ap-
ples purchased at the mansion, enjoy hand clapping music, buy
your special pumpkin at our pumpkin patch and more. 10 a.m.
– 4 p.m., Meeker Mansion, 312 Spring St., Puyallup.
TACOMA SCAVENGER HUNT: Explore Urban Art and Historical
buildings as you wander through Antique Row, Opera Alley, The-
ater District and Wright Park in this online interactive game on
your phone. Register as a team of one to ive people and com-
pete with others. Finish as many challenges and meet back at
See Community Calendar on page 5
PHOTO COURTESY OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY
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Courthouse Groundbreaking
County commissioners, state legislators, judges and hundreds of guests gathered Tuesday morning as Multnomah County broke
ground on a new central courthouse. The ceremonial groundbreaking, on the corner of Southwest First Avenue and Madison, marks
the beginning of light construction on the critical and long-awaited project. Heavy construction begins in January and a new central
courthouse is slated to open in 2020. The county and the state of Oregon are funding partners on the $300 million dollar project.
Portland News Briefs
Oregon’s Women in Prison
Conference to Focus on Sentencing
Clark College Closed to the Public
Oct. 7
An annual conference that aims to educate the com-
munity about issues afecting justice-involved wom-
en in Oregon returns to Portland this Oct. 15 and 16.
The Women in Prison Conference is organized by the
Oregon Justice Resource Center and takes place at
Lewis & Clark Law School. Its goal is to provide train-
ing and discussion opportunities to lawyers, social
workers, counselors, prison volunteers, formerly in-
carcerated women and others.
Each year, a diferent theme is chosen for the con-
ference, with this year’s being sentencing and man-
datory minimums.
Highlights of this year’s conference include in-
depth presentations on two of Oregon’s best-known
ballot measures afecting sentencing laws. Measures
11 and 57 created mandatory minimum sentences and
harsher penalties for certain crimes. This has con-
tributed to an increase in women’s average length of
stay in prison and therefore to growth in the women’s
prison population.
 The conference will also receive an update on Or-
egon’s Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot Program
(FSAPP). This pilot project operating in ive counties
allows eligible defendants who are parents to be sen-
tenced to probation rather than prison. The goal is
to improve outcomes for families and save money by
cutting the costs associated with incarceration and
placing children in foster care. FSAPP is one of the
measures that it’s hoped will help to reduce Oregon’s
women’s prison population enough to delay or pre-
vent opening a second women’s unit.
Finally, the conference will conclude with a look at
the future of women’s incarceration in Oregon and,
in particular, what can be done to avoid prison expan-
sion.
Tickets for the conference are still available and
cost $35, including some meals and snacks. There is
no charge for formerly incarcerated people to attend.
More information and tickets – as well as a full sched-
ule – are available at http://ojrc.info/women-in-pris-
on-conference.
On Friday, Oct. 7, Clark College will be largely closed
to the public for a faculty/staf workday. No classes
are scheduled. Additionally, student services and col-
lege oices will be closed.
Child & Family Studies (child care), the Clark Col-
lege Bookstore, and some computer labs will remain
open. Food carts on the main campus will be open
during lunch hours only.
Clark College is located at 1933 Fort Vancouver Way,
Vancouver. Driving directions and parking maps are
available at www.clark.edu/maps.
Multnomah County Elections to
Provides Assistance to Voters
Voters with disabilities can request help with vot-
ing from a friend, a family member, or someone else
they know.  If needed voters can also call and request
voting and elections related help from Multnomah
County Elections. Elections Voter Assistance Teams
can help a voter in their home, at the facility they live
in, or at the Elections Oice.  This help is always free
of charge. Legally,   employers or union representa-
tives cannot provide assistance.
Voters with limited English proiciency can also re-
quest assistance. Multnomah County Elections pro-
vides an interpreter, free of charge to anyone who
needs help in voting or elections processes in a lan-
guage other than English. Telephone interpretation
is available in any language and there are bilingual
Spanish-speaking elections staf.
Voters needing assistance can go online, call, email,
or visit Multnomah County Elections for help in any
step in voting including: signing up to vote, marking
or reading the ballot, updating voter registration in-
formation, understanding elections rules and steps
in voting, or any other elections related help.
Multnomah County Elections reminds voters that
Oct. 18 is the voter registration deadline for the Nov.
8 election.  Oregon voters can register online at www.
oregonvotes.gov/myvote or ill out a paper Oregon
Voter Registration Card available from the Elections
Oice, public library, Oregon DMV, or post oice.
Multnomah County Elections wants all voters to
be able to vote easily, privately and independently,
understand the steps in voting, understand elections
rules, and know who to ask for help.  Each voter’s sit-
uation can be diferent.  Contact Multnomah County
Elections for help.
Multnomah County Elections, 1040 SE Morrison
Street, Portland OR 97214, 503-988-3720, elections@
multco.us, www.mcelections.org.
Seattle News Briefs
Metro Seeks Public Input on
Expanding Late-Night Bus Service
King County Metro Transit is planning to improve
and expand “Night Owl” bus service next year for
late-night riders, and seeks public input on a propos-
al that would ofer new transit options for those get-
ting to or from jobs, the airport and nightlife between
2 a.m. and 5 a.m.
See Briefs on page 5