Page 4 The Skanner October 5, 2016 News Events & Announcements Community Calendar 2016 brought to you by Portland Metro 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 Visit us at a store near you 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