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THURSDAY, APRIL 13
2017 AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY NIGHT: Join us for an evening
of celebrating our students and families. There will be dinner,
raffle prizes, and community resources, as well as student per-
formances and awards. This event is for the whole David Doug-
las School District. 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., David Douglas High
School Cafeteria, 1001 SE 135th Ave.
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
ACTIVATE CHURCH EASTER EGG HUNT: Join us at Esther Short
Park in downtown Vancouver for a FREE Easter Egg Hunt that
includes face painting, balloon animals, pictures with the Easter
Bunny and a bouncy slide. Egg hunts for all ages. First egg hunt
for children ages 0 – 3 years old starts at 10 a.m. Esther Short
Park, 415 W. 6th St., Vancouver.
THE HATTER’S EGGSTRAVAGANZA: The fun zone games open at
9 a.m. with food trucks, safety emergency vehicles, Rojo the
Llama and Napoleon the Alpaca and so much more! Bunny will
arrive by helicopter at 10:30 a.m. with egg hunting starting at
11 a.m. There will be more than 20,000 stuffed eggs on-site. Ad-
mission fee includes a photo with the bunny, face painting, mini
golf, balloon artist and much more. $5 per person; children 2 and
under are free. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., The Aerie at Eagle Landing, 10220
SE Causey Ave., Happy Valley.
TUESDAY, APRIL 18
$35 ARTS TAX DUE: The $35 Arts Education and Access Income
Tax is due April 18. Portlanders can file and pay the Arts Tax
online at www.portlandoregon.gov/artstax.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19
FREE ORAL, HEAD AND NECK CANCER SCREENING: Screening for
oral, head and neck cancer is simple and takes only a few min-
utes. Providence experts are offering these screenings free to
the public. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the Jill Lematta Learning Center
at Providence Cancer Center. Walk-ins are welcome, however
registration is strongly recommended. To register or for more
information call (503) 574-6595. Location is 4805 NE Glisan St.
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Dr. Michael Sorrell to Talk HBCUs at PCC
Dr. Michael Sorrell will pay a visit to Portland Community College’s Cascade Campus in North Portland April 13. Dr. Sorrell, the president
of Paul Quinn College in Dallas, will speak from 10:45 a.m. to noon in Terrell Hall Room 122 at the campus, 705 N. Killingsworth St. He will
be accompanied by Michelle Harper of the United Negro College Fund, who will be on hand to discuss scholarship opportunities. During
his visit to PCC’s Cascade Campus, Sorrell will discuss his experiences as president of Paul Quinn, the value of attending an Historically
Black College or University (HBCU), and the importance of servant-leadership and community engagement to the educational process.
The event is free and open to the public.
Portland News Briefs
May Special Election to Take Place
May 16
The next election in Multnomah County is a local
election. The Special District Election will be held on
May 16, 2017 for local school district, water district,
and rural fire protection district board members.
There are also local measures that may include re-
quests for local tax money or proposed changes to
laws. Special District Elections are held every odd
number year in May.
Multnomah County Elections reminds voters that
April 25 is the voter registration deadline for the May
16 Special District Election. Oregon voters can regis-
ter online at www.oregonvotes.gov/myvote or fill out
a paper Oregon Voter Registration Card available at
the elections office, public library, Oregon DMV, or
post office.
Voters can sign up to track their ballot and get a vir-
tual “I Voted” sticker. Text, email, or voice alerts tell
voters when the county elections office has mailed
ballots. Alerts indicate whether the ballot has been
accepted for counting or whether it requires fur-
ther action by the voter. Inside the “Accepted Ballot”
message voters will get access to a special Oregon “I
Voted” sticker ready to share on social media. Mult-
nomah County voters can sign up by visiting: multco.
us/elections/track-your-ballot
Multnomah County Elections provides an inter-
preter, free of charge to anyone who needs help vot-
ing in a language other than English. Multnomah
County Elec-
tions wants
all voters to
be able to
vote easily,
privately
and
inde-
pendently,
understand
the steps in
voting, un-
derstand
elections
rules, and
know who
to ask for
help.
Additional
voting and
elections
informa-
tion in nine
languages
is
online
at multco.
u s /e d u c a -
tion-and-outreach/language-access-voters-need-
ing-interpretation.
Contact Multnomah County Elections:
Multnomah Co. Duniway-Lovejoy Elections Bldg
1040 SE Morrison Street, Portland OR 97214
503-988-3720, elections@multco.us
www.mcelections.org
City Budget Forums Begin
The City of Portland invites the public to the fol-
lowing public meetings about the annual budget. The
purpose of these meetings is for the Mayor and City
Council to receive testimony from Portland residents
regarding the citywide budget for the upcoming fis-
cal year.
• Community Budget Forum - Tuesday, April 18,
2017, 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Mt. Scott Community Center,
Auditorium, 5530 SE 72nd Ave, Portland, Oregon
97206
• Budget Committee Public Hearing - Thursday, May
11, 2017, 6:00pm - 8:30pm, City Hall, Council Cham-
bers, 1221 SW 4th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97204
Testimony tickets will be available an hour and a
half prior to start time. They will be drawn at random
throughout the course of the event. Each speaker will
have two minutes to address the council.
More information is available online:
• FY 2017-18 Budget Documents: https://www.port-
landoregon.gov/cbo/72065
• Get Involved in the City’s Budget Process: https://
www.portlandoregon.gov/cbo/57268
• Budget Testimony Tips: https://www.portlandore-
gon.gov/cbo/article/79343
The City of Portland complies with all non‐discrim-
ination, Civil Rights laws including Civil Rights Title
VI and ADA Title II. To request translation, interpre-
tation, accommodation, modifications, or addition-
al information, please contact Sarah Diffenderfer
at sarah.diffenderfer@portlandoregon.gov, (503)
823-6925, TTY (503) 823-6868 or Oregon Relay Ser-
vice 711.
Robert Schenkkan’s ‘Building the
Wall’ Opens in Portland April 20
Portland’s triangle productions will be part of the
National New Play Network’s “rolling world pre-
miere” of Robert Schenkkan’s latest play, “Building
the Wall.” The production company joins with other
theatres – The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles; Cu-
rious Theatre in Denver CO; Forum Theatre in Silver
Spring MD; Borderlands Theatre Tucson AZ; City
Theatre in Miami FL – just to name a few.
Written by Robert Schenkkan (Pulitzer Prize win-
ning playwright – Kentucky Cycle and Tony Award
winning playwright – All the Way about LBJ), this
See Briefs on page 5
