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Page 4 The Skanner July 11, 2018 News Events & Announcements Community Calendar 2018 brought to you by Visit us at a store near you Portland Metro THURSDAY, JULY 12 PORTLAND’S HOUSING BOARD OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: The com- mittee will discuss progress measures and project updates. The public is encouraged to attend these meetings. 9 a.m. – noon, Portland Housing Bureau, 421 SW 6th Ave. Suite 500. SUMMER 50+ TRAVEL EXPO: The 50 and Better Program plan over a dozen trips every month. People 50 and better are encouraged to attend to learn about types of trips offered. Refreshments and prizes available. 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Marshall Community Center, Oak/Elm Rooms, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver. 80’S REDUX – BOOK SIGNING BY MIKE HIPPLE: Photographer Mike Hipple with special guest Nu Shooz, Bill Wadhams from Anima- tion and Martha Davis from The Motels, launches his new book “80’s Redux.” 7 p.m. Music Millennium, 3158 E. Burnside St. SATURDAY, JULY 14 OUR STORY – RESISTANCE PHOTOGRAPHS, PAINT, PRINT OPENING RECEPTION: Join the library and BCC Brownhall for a reception with performances, live music and light refreshments. This ex- hibition celebrates the release of the library’s digital gallery. 2 p.m. – 4 p.m., Central Library, Collins Hall, 501 SW 10th St. THE SOUL OF ’71 CLASS REUNION 65TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: We will be celebrating all African American 1971 high school graduates from all Portland metro area high schools. Join us for a community family & friends picnic. Cost is $5, bring a dish to share, Noon to dusk. Columbia Park, 7701 N. Chautauqua Blvd. TUESDAY, JULY 17 RENTAL SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING: Topics for discussion for this meeting will be: Screening criteria, security deposits and program and policy updates. Open to the public. 2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., Portland Housing Bureau, 421 SW 6th Ave. Suite 500. WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 CINDERELLA CELEBRATION, SING-A-LONG, ICE CREAM SOCIAL: Portland Opera presents a free Cinderella Celebration featureing performances from the opera cast members and a sing-a-long of favorite Cinderella tunes. Children are encouraged to dress up as a favorite character. Noon, Director Park, 815 SW Park Ave. Seattle Metro FRIDAY – SUNDAY, JULY 13 – 15 REDMOND ARTS FESTIVAL: Shop over 80 curated designers, art- ists, and crafts people. Enjoy live bands, sidewalk chalk for kids, food and drinks and community projects. Noon – 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon – 7 p.m. Sunday, Redmond Town Center, 16495 NE 74th St., Redmond. WEST SEATTLE SUMMER FEST: The 36th annual West Seattle Summer Fest offers fun for the family including shopping, live music, dining, beer gardens and a kids’ play area. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday. Cost is free. West Seattle Junction, California Ave. S. & SW Alaska St. SATURDAY, JULY 14 2018 QUEEN ANNE DAY FESTIVAL: Join the festivities, games, food, entertainment (for kids and adults) and lots of other hap- penings. This is fun for the entire family. All-day event Queen Anne District, Seattle. TUESDAY, JULY 17 DOWNTOWN MOVIES IN THE PARK – BOSS BABY: There will be free popcorn and movie on a giant 40-foot screen. Free. 7:30 p.m. – 11 p.m., Bellevue Downtown Park, 1020 NE 4th St., Bellevue. FRIDAY – SUNDAY, JULY 20 – 22 BITE OF SEATTLE: Seattle’s original food & beverage showcase features more than 60 restaurants and pop-up vendors, craft beer and cider tasting, more than 90 live bands, kids’ activities. Free admission. 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St. PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED FRIDAY, JULY 13 Paint the Block Party Zubeyde, age two, joined dozens of community members July 8 to paint the plaza and parking lot at the corner and 23rd and Union in Seattle. The area will be developed at the beginning of 2019 and until then it will be used by the community for events including a Marketplace and community gathering place. A mural will also be painted there in the next few weeks which will commemorate the neighborhood’s history and look forward to the future of the Central district. Portland News Briefs Seattle News Briefs The Skanner Honored for ‘Wake of Vanport’ The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) honored The Skanner News with the third place 2018 Carl Murphy Community Service Award at the group’s recent annual convention in Norfolk, Va., for its oral history documentary series “The Wake of Vanport.” This is the second year The Skanner has been hon- ored for the multimedia project, which began in 2014 and recounts the history of the 1948 Vanport Flood through the lens of survivors and other individuals with a personal relationship to the event, which phys- ically destroyed the second largest city in Oregon and the first substantial settlement of African Americans in the Portland metropolitan area. The project is pro- duced with the North Portland Media Training Cen- ter and is sponsored by the Oregon Lottery. Portland Youth Philharmonic Announces New Ensemble in Memory of Leo Lester Browne Portland Youth Philharmonic has created a new percussion ensemble, made possible by an endow- ment from the estate of the late beloved Portland teacher and percussionist Leo Lester Browne (1922 – 2017). This gift establishes “The Leo Lester Browne Charitable Fund, recognizing a lifetime dedicated to excellence in music education and performance.” To announce the endowment gift and the launch of the new ensemble, Hattner will host a live stream on Monday, July 16, 2018, at noon on PYP’s YouTube channel, providing more details and answering au- dience questions submitted through social media. He will be joined by Browne’s cousin Brad Owens, who made the gift to PYP. The Percussion Ensemble will add approximately six more students to the roster of over 300 musicians currently in PYP’s other four ensembles. The PYP Percussion Ensemble will provide aspiring young percussionists throughout Oregon and Washington with the opportunity to receive instruction from expert local professionals. Auditions for this ensem- ble, as well as PYP’s other ensembles, will take place in August 2018. The PYP Percussion Ensemble will rehearse weekly on Wednesdays at Jackson Middle School in Southwest Portland, and perform regularly with the Portland Youth Wind Ensemble in the Sky- view Auditorium in North Vancouver, WA. Audition details and applications may be found at www.port- landyouthphil.org. King County Watchdog Announces Report on Sheriff ’s Investigations of Officer Misconduct Complaints, Recommends Changes This week the King County Office of Law Enforce- ment Oversight (OLEO) released a report, Internal Investigations Complaint Classification Review of the King County Sheriff ’s Office, at a briefing of the Metropolitan King County Council’s Law and Justice Committee. The report identifies concerns with the King County Sheriff ’s Office’s internal investigations system and recommends related improvements to policy and practice. Presently, the Sheriff ’s Office classifies incoming complaints into three categories: • Non-investigatory Matter - even if the facts are true, the allegation does not amount to a policy vio- lation. • Supervisor Action Log – include allegations of mi- nor policy violations that are sent to the employee’s supervisor to address. • Inquiries – allegations involving misconduct that are formally investigated. The Daigle Law Group conducted a review of 280 complaints received in 2016 and how the classifica- tions were handled. Key findings from this review were: • Of the files reviewed, half of the complaints classi- fied as “non-investigatory matters” were classified incorrectly, or contained insufficient justification for that classification. • Some of the complaints that were classified incor- rectly involved allegations about excessive force, illegal search and seizure, discourtesy, and bi- ased-based policing. • There was a lack of documentation/explanation for how the reviewer made the initial complaint classi- fication. • There was a lack of standardization for investiga- tion reports of all complaints, regardless of how the complaint is classified. OLEO is an independent office established by the County Council that represents the interests of the public in its efforts to hold the sheriff ’s office ac- countable for providing fair and just police services. It conducts systemic reviews of the Sheriff ’s Office’s policies, practices and trainings. You can read OLEO’s report online at: https:// kingcounty.gov/~/media/independent/law-enforce- ment-oversight/ Documents/2018/ DLGReview_ KCSO_Int_Affairs7-2018.ashx?la=en
