NoPo Shooting Epidemic? You weigh in.

I can't help but notice a trend in the news lately with North Portland and incidents in gun violence. So, is it simply the news sensationalizing shootings that happen to be in NoPo, or has there been an increase in shootings in our community over the last few years? What do you think? Weigh in by posting your comments below.

Here are some recent headlines:

• Officer-Involved Shooting in North Portland from Portland Communique
• 15-year old shot in North Portland from The Oregonian
• Man, 51, shot in arm while driving car from The Oregonian

Happy Thanksgiving NoPo!

Here's the Holiday Resource List by Portland Impact (.pdf) which features places for the homeless or those in need to go to get a good Thanksgiving supper. It's a comprehensive list of all participating locations throughout the Portland area and features where to go and what they have to offer.

Boldly Flavored

from the Willamette Week
[Features the review of two new NoPo restaurants, Bold-Sky Cafe and Studios.]

Election Recovery Coffeehouse

Where: Bread & Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth
When: Tonight @ 7:00pm

Hung over with post-election blues? Well, grab a cup of coffee, roll up your sleeves & put a smile on your face because there’s a world that needs improvement and the government sell-outs just can’t get it right. Share your ideas on how to stop the war, defend the rights of women, people of color, sexual minorities, retirees, unions and youth from the jaws of profit-hungry mega-corporations and the elected officials who do their bidding.

For information, or to arrange childcare or transportation call 503-240-4462 or email mailto:fsp@igc.org.

From the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women Activities Website

Womens' Mechanic Night

Women mechanics teach bike maintenance and repair,
every Wednesday, 6-8 PM at:

North Portland Bikeworks
3951 N Mississippi Ave
503.287.1098
Free (donations welcomed)

Recent NoPo News

Zidell proposal upsets North Portland folks
from The Portland Tribune

Pedaling a new image
from Willamette Week

Kaiser to build radiation treatment center in N. Portland
from The Business Journal

Cooperation brings new N/NE shuttle to elderly & disabled
from Trimet

New NoPo Tool Library Info

The North Portland Tool Library, opening this Saturday in the basement of the Kenton Firehouse, will join a growing number of places across the country that lend table saws and yard tools the way most libraries lend novels.
--Excerpt from The Oregonian

Historic Kenton Firehouse
8105 N. Brandon Avenue
(503) 823-4524
nopotool_library@yahoo.com

The library is now open twice a week and serving residents of Portsmouth, St. Johns, Kenton and Arbor Lodge neighborhoods. They loan garden, carpentry, plumbing and electrical power and hand tools for the maintenance and restoration projects for up to 4 days.

NoPo makes the national news

Not that we like this kind of attention, but the news about the 'criminal caught in the chimney' made it all the way onto MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olberman yesterday.

If you haven't heard the story yet, it's fairly amusing. The suspect attempted to break in to a NoPo man's home yesterday morning in a Santa-entrance fashion.

You can check out the details and news helicopter footage here.

The Latest Election Results

Multnomah County:
http://www.mcelections.org/2004-11/results.shtml

State of Oregon:
http://sos-wx04.sos.state.or.us:7777/results/

Breakdown from The Oregonian:
http://www.oregonlive.com/elections/electioncoverage/

STILL TIME, IF YOU HURRY!

Cast your vote by 8pm tonight! (No excuses!)

Drop Ballot Sites for Multnomah County (some are already open):
http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dbcs/elections/2004-11/drop_sites.shtml