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MARCH 13, 2019 Portland and Seattle Volume XLI No. 24 25 CENTS News ................................ 3,6,8 A & E ........................................5 Opinion ...................................2 Dr. Jasmine ......................5 Calendar .................................4 Bids/Classifieds .....................7 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW PHOTOS COURTESY OF DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL BARBERSHOP CHAT De La Salle North Catholic High School officials announced Tuesday that the school has signed a letter of intent to co-locate with St. Charles Parish in Cully. By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News e La Salle North Catholic High School has found a new home. School officials announced Tuesday that it had reached a deal to with St. Charles Parish at the southeast corner of Northeast 42nd Ave. and Killingsworth in Portland. A press release put out by the school says the church and the school have not worked out all the lease details but have signed a letter of intent to a 50- year lease with two 25-year extensions. Since 2007, the school has been housed in the former Kenton Elemen- D See DE LA SALLE on page 3 Marcos Alday, 4, helps barber Leon Williams give his brother Marcel, 5, a haircut during the 8th annual Barbershop Chat at Rainier Beach Community Center. Seven barbers including Tony Brooks, Sr., Aaron Lucas, Terry Hill Jr. Mr. Williams, Dexter Harris, and Mike O. volunteered their time to give free haircuts to the community. The event, which was sponsored by F.A.S.T (Fathers and Sons Together), also featured several guest speakers: author Terry Hill Sr., former Husky football player Terry Hollimon, Magician Darrell Fisher, spoken word performances By CJ Dudley and Lincoln Wilmore. County’s First Afrocentric Women’s Transition Home to Open in Gresham Diane Wade House offers culturally specific counseling, education and employment services AP PHOTO/JULIE JACOBSON By Saundra Sorensen For The Skanner News ultnomah County’s first Afrocentric women’s transi- tional home will welcome residents this April. The 8,000-square-foot Diane Wade House is lo- M Gordon Caplan of Greenwich, Conn., walks out of federal court Tuesday in New York. Fifty people, including Hollywood stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, were charged Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and other insiders. Caplan, who is co- chairman of the international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, was accused of paying $75,000 to get a test supervisor to correct the answers on his daughter’s ACT exam after she took it. World News Briefs page 8 Kam Previews This Week’s New Movies page 5 cated in Gresham and designed to house 38 res- idents. Funded through a $2 million grant from the MacArthur Safety and Justice Challenge and ad- ministered by Bridges to Change, the facility will offer culturally specific counseling, education, em- ployment, mental health, and addiction services. Abbey Stamp, executive director at the Local Pub- lic Safety Coordinating Council, worked with the MacArthur Foundation to identify the need for better support services for wom- en of color who are navi- gating the justice system and specifically, who are on probation. She points out that while African Americans com- prise only six percent of the population in Mult- nomah County, they rep- resent about 20 percent of inmates in Multnomah County Jail. “We want to be respon- sive to a community that has not thrived or been able to seek recovery in the current continuum of jus- tice services,” Stamp said, adding that while there are local Afrocentric transi- tional services for men in the area, no such options existed for Black women. “Someone who is really See WADE on page 3 Proud Boy Arrested in Connection With June Assault Donovon Lyle Flippo, 23, was booked Tuesday in connection with a homophobic assault The Associated Press A member of the right-wing Proud Boys group was arrested Tuesday after being indicted last month on as- sault charges. The arrest came a day after Mayor Ted Wheeler complained that law enforcement was essentially ignor- ing violent protests in the city. Protests occur often in Portland and police have at times struggled to contain violent clashes. “In what city is it legal to engage in a street brawl?” Mayor Ted Wheeler asked Monday at a news conference. The Oregonian/OregonLive report- ed that 23-year-old Donovon Lyle Flippo of Vancouver, Washington, was booked Tuesday in connection with a June attack. He faces charges of third-degree as- sault, a felony, and fourth-degree as- sault, a misdemeanor. It wasn’t clear if he had an attorney. Flippo and another Proud Boys member were indicted in connec- tion with the June 8 assault of a man who said the pair shouted homopho- See ARREST on page 3 AP PHOTO/DON RYAN, FILE High school to co-locate with St. Charles Parish in Cully PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED De La Salle North to Move In this Jan. 17, 2017, file photo, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler speaks during a news conference in Portland, Ore. Wheeler is criticizing how local prosecutors and his own Police Bureau handle street violence among political factions that frequently clash on the city’s streets.