The Council of Great City Schools has awarded Donald Kennedy, chief financial and operations officer for Seattle Public Schools, is this year's recipient of the Bill Wise Award. The prize honors outstanding school business officials who have distinguished themselves through services to urban education ....

Parents, family and friends can make their youngsters' holiday a memorable one by printing out free Santa letters online. Designed with images of a Black Santa Claus, his elf helpers, and holiday favorites such as Rudolf, visitors instantly create the letters online and print them immediately to their own printers ...

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Commissioners Dan Saltzman and Nick Fish debated with teens at De La Salle North High School Monday evening. Among the teens on the panel was Deanna Hartley, pictured here with Commissioner Fish. Also participating were college-bound seniors, Skyler Debnam, Onna Lisa Kyom, and Donald Foster. ...

Every Saturday Rev. Frances Lee of Frances Lee Ministries hosts a television show on Portland Community Media, and once a month she hosts a larger forum, "Women in Ministry" and invites several local female ministers to be part of a round table discussion ...
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Earlene Staples was born on June 26, 1946 to Grant and Earline Brown in Lexington, Miss. She died Nov. 4 ... In the end, her heartfelt wish was to see Barrack Obama elected president of the United States. Her dream came true and she passed away quietly soon after his brilliant acceptance speech ....

Annie Mae Miller was born on May 7, 1925, in Texas, one of eight children born to James and Surmentha Scott. She died Oct. 19 and services were held at the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church on Oct. 31. She received her education in Marshall, Texas. She moved to Oregon in 1964 with her family ...

Vickie Tyler died on Nov. 16. She was 42. A service was held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21 at Greater Solid Rock Church of God in Christ in Portland. Vickie was born on May 14, 1966 in Seattle. She came to Portland by way of Galesburg, Ill. in 1976. She attended Vernon and Portsmouth schools in Portland ...

Carl Oliver Campbell was born on Feb. 20, 1962 to Edna William and Wilfred Campbell in Lafayette, La. He was the sixth child out of 12 children. He died on Oct. 29. Family members say Campbell was a man with potential....

A service will be held at 3 p.m. on Nov. 23 at Rose City Funeral Home for John "Bay" Manlove, who died Nov. 11. He was 65. John was born on Jan. 6, 1943 in Hamburg, Ark. He moved to Portland at the age of 2 and attended Roosevelt High School ...