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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24
TREE LIGHTING AT PIONEER COURHOUSE SQUARE: Catch the
75-footer as it lights up for the first time and sing some carols
with neighbors. 5:30 p.m. Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW
Sixth Ave.
COMMUNITY TREE LIGHTING + POPS CONCERT: The Vancouver
holiday season will kick off on Friday. Three Lighting in Esther
Short Park and Vancouver Pops Orchestra concert at the Hilton
Hotel. From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. there will be live holiday music with
children’s choirs and Santa in Esther Short Park. At 6 p.m. Santa
illuminates the tree with 10,000 lights. Esther Short Park, 605
Esther St., Vancouver.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25
2018 TIMBERWOLVES ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAZAAR: The funds from
this event are used to throw the graduating class a safe, drug
and alcohol-free party after graduation. Come and start your
holiday shopping at this huge Annual Holiday Bazaar. 9 a.m. – 4
p.m., Heritage High School, 7825 NE 130th Ave., Vancouver.
SATURDAY – SUNDAY, NOV. 25 – 26
2017 PDX BLACK HOLIDAY BAZAAR: Join Portland alumnae chap-
ter for our annual holiday bazaar in support of local Black busi-
nesses and creatives. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. both days, June Key Delta
Community Center, 5940 N. Albina Ave.
TUESDAY – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 – 29
10TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAZAAR 2017: This will benefit OHSU Cen-
ter for Developmental Health. Featuring handmade Northwest
artisans. New Artisans each day. 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at the base
of the tram. Center for Health & Healing Atrium, 3303 SW Bond
Ave.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29
THE 2017 GINGERBREAD MASTERPIECE UNVEILING: The 46 – year
holiday tradition continues as The Benson Hotel invites the
public to the unveiling of this year’s gingerbread masterpiece. 4
p.m. – 5:30 p.m., The Benson Hotel, 309 SW Broadway St.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30
CHINOOK WINDS JOB FAIR: Ever thought of relocating to the
beach? Chinook Winds Casino resort is looking to add to their
team. They have a number of job openings in all areas of the
casino and the hotel. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Convention Center at Chi-
nook Winds, 1777 NW 44th St., Lincoln City.
See Community Calendar on page 5
SEI, Sunshine Division Partner for Thanksgiving
On Nov. 20, Portland Police Bureau’s Sunshine Division delivered 2,000 pounds of donated turkeys to Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI) 3920
N Kerby Avenue. Turkeys are being provided to fill 200 Thanksgiving food boxes for SEI families. In addition, SEI received generous food
donations from local community partners including Birch Community Services, Fred Meyer, Kroger, Pacific Foods, New Seasons and
United Salad. SEI volunteers packed food that contain everything needed for a Thanksgiving Day traditional meal such as vegetables,
stuffing, gravy, potatoes, rolls and more. The Thanksgiving food boxes will be distributed the next day to more than 200 families.
Portland News Briefs
Washington County Offering Free
Memory Screenings Nov. 30
As part of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s
(AFA) National Memory Screening Program, Wash-
ington County Disability, Aging and Veteran Services
(DAVS) will offer free, confidential memory screen-
ings on Thursday, November 30, 2017. The screenings
will take place from 1-4 p.m. at 5240 NE Elam Young
Parkway, Suite 300, in Hillsboro. The location is just
steps away from the Hawthorn Farm MAX station.
Trained staff will administer the memory screen-
ings and provide educational materials about mem-
ory concerns, brain health and caregiving. The face-
to-face screenings consist of a series of questions and
tasks, and last approximately 10 minutes.
AFA suggests memory screenings for anyone who
is concerned about memory loss or experiencing
warning signs of dementia; whose family and friends
have noticed changes in them; who believe they are at
risk due to a family history of dementia; or who want
to see how their memory is now and for future com-
parisons.
Warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease include for-
getting people’s names and events, asking repetitive
questions, loss of verbal or written skills, confusion
and personality changes.
The screenings are walk-in only (no appointments).
For more information, call DAVS at 503-846-3060.
Kenton Library Hosts Presentation
on African American Genealogy
Dec. 2
Uncovering your family’s history can be as exciting
as reading a good mystery novel—scattered clues, un-
identified photographs, hidden secrets and surpris-
ing heroes. While esteemed Harvard scholar Henry
Louis Gates, Jr. makes it look easy on his PBS show,
Finding Your Roots, in reality, the process can be la-
bor intensive and challenging. However, using your
library card, you can access several resources that
can help get you started:
• Ancestry.com is available for use in libraries only.
It provides access to more than 7 billion names in
more than 4,000 genealogical databases including
census records.
• Birth and death index shows death notices and obit-
uaries from newspapers around the United States.
• Find obituaries and death notices by using Ameri-
ca’s Obituaries and Death Notices
• The online Historical Oregonian (1861-1987).
On Dec. 2 at 3 p.m., Kenton Library will host local
author and genealogist Stephen Hanks, who special-
izes in African American genealogy, for a presenta-
tion that will help participants learn:
• What library resources to use for research
• The importance of the 1870 Federal Census
• How to search census records and other historical
documents
• What role state newspapers can play in your search
• How to find pre-Civil War estate records
Even if you are just starting to gather important
birth dates and facts about your family, this event will
be a great way to learn more and decipher what you
are finding in the research.
For more information about genealogy research,
visit multcolib.org/genealogy.
—Kirby McCurtis
UO
Announces
Knight
Campus
Executive
Director
PHOTO COURTESY UO
17TH ANNUAL FREE COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER IN
NORTH PORTLAND: 17th Annual Thanksgiving festival will take
place in the Kenton neighborhood. The event offers a free full
Thanksgiving meal as well as music, entertainment for kids and
activities. Prosper organization partners with Po’Shines Café De
La Soul in hopes to feed 1,000 people. Noon – 4p.m., Celebration
Tabernacle Church, 8131 N. Denver Ave.
FREE THANKSGIVING DINNER: If you are in the Clark County area
and would like to celebrate Thanksgiving with the community.
You may go to one these places and receive a free meal with
all the trimmings. St. John Evangelist Catholic Church, 8701 NE
119th St., Vancouver. Please call to reserve a seat (360) 798-7622.
Transportation available if needed. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Warehouse
23, 100 Columbia St. Vancouver, WA
BEING A HERO IS EASY AS PIE AT ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DAY
BLOOD DRIVE: The American Red Cross is sweetening the incen-
tive to give blood and platelets this Thanksgiving Day at the
Portland and Clark County Donation Centers. In the spirit of the
season, the Red Cross will thank all those who come to donate
at the annual Thanksgiving Day blood drive with a free pie,
while supplies last. Two locations: Red Cross Portland, 7:30 a.m.
– 1 p.m., 3131 N. Vancouver Ave., and, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Red Cross
Clark County5109 NE 82nd Ave., Vancouver.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SEI
Portland Metro
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23
A mechanical en- Robert E. Guldberg, widely known in
gineer well-versed the field of regenerative medicine, will
in medical re- become executive director of the Knight
search and entre- Campus at UO next September.
preneurship has
been chosen to lead the University of Oregon.
Robert E. Guldberg, widely known in the field of re-
generative medicine, will become executive director
of the Knight Campus next September.
The Knight Campus, announced last fall, is a $1 bil-
lion effort to rethink research, science education and
innovation. It is made possible by a $500 million lead
gift from Penny and Phil Knight, who earned a busi-
ness degree at the UO in 1959, and supported with $50
million in state bonds.
Guldberg has been at the Georgia Institute of Tech-
nology, also known as Georgia Tech, in Atlanta since
1996. He has headed the Parker H. Petit Institute for
Bioengineering and Bioscience since 2009.
Groundbreaking on the $225 million first phase of
the Knight Campus is scheduled for February. The
160,000-square-foot building will open in early 2020.
Over the next decade, the Knight Campus will
house more than 30 new principal researchers and
their teams and will support an estimated 750 new
jobs, representing an estimated $80 million in annual
statewide economic gains.
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