🌱 Deadly Weekend+Kyron Horman + I-205 Tolls

Happy Twosday, Portland! That's right, today's date is an Angel Number, 2/22/22. The last time this type of date happened was 1/11/2011. This is bound to be a special day in Portland. Let me tell you about the news.

First, today's weather:

Wow, the cold weather continues! Sunny skies, but a high of 35, as an artic blast moves in.

Here are the top five stories today in Portland:

1. A judge has reversed a ruling made late last year regarding the former Concordia University campus in Portland. That’s just the latest decision in an ongoing $302 million lawsuit surrounding the closed school. Back in December, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Eric Dahlin struck down a “lis pendens” on the Concordia property. A lis pendens is a notice that a property has a pending lawsuit associated with it. In January — a month after making his original decision — Dahlin reversed himself after gaining more information from attorneys. The new ruling allows the lis pendens to stay in place. (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
2. The Interstate 5 crossing over the Columbia River turned 105 years old last week. There's been talk of replacing the Interstate Bridge for years, but previous attempts between Oregon and Washington failed. In the last few years, there's been a renewed effort to move forward on a replacement for the bridge that provides a critical connection between our two states. (KOMO News)
3. It was a deadly weekend for Portland. A gathering at Normandie Park against police violence turned deadly when someone who lived near the park opened fire. Officials say that the neighbor fired at least half a dozen shots, striking five people, including a woman who died at the scene. The neighbor was then shot when someone in the park returned fire. Then, Sunday night, there was a shooting in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood that left one person dead and three others, including children, wounded. (Portland Patch)
4. It has been nearly 12 years since Kyron Horman disappeared from his elementary school in Northwest Portland. Kyron was 7 years old at the time. On Saturday, Kyron's mother held a rally in front of Portland DA Mike Schmidt’s office calling for justice for her son. Desiree Young says she wants a dedicated task force for her son's case and another meeting with Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt. (KATU)
5. We now have a rough estimate as to what tolls may cost along I-205 once ODOT starts collecting them sometime in 2025. "We’re looking at a variable rate that would have the lowest rate of around $0.60 per toll point and the highest rate, I think, just over $2, so that’s during the peak of the rush hour," said Mandy Putney, Urban Mobility Office strategic initiatives director at the Oregon Department of Transportation. (KGW)

Today in Portland:

• Dreamy, indie pop artist Ian Sweet is coming all the way from L.A. to play at Portland's very own Doug Fir Lounge! IAN SWEET has been the source of and solution to many of Jilian Medford’s deepest anxieties. Medford’s third record as IAN SWEET, Show Me How You Disappear, unfolds at an acute juncture in her life, charting from a mental health crisis to an intensive healing process and what comes after. Get your tickets online. Doors open at 8:00 PM.
• The 4th Wall in SE Portland challenges your knowledge of all things Star Trek at their first ever Star Trek Trivia night. Please join them for trivia that will span 8 series, 13 feature films, and almost 6 decades. 7:00 - 9:00 PM.
• Powell's Books Presents Sarah Jaffe in Conversation with Vanessa Veselka. In "Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone," Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social movements, examines this "labor of love" myth — the idea that certain work is not really work, and therefore should be done out of passion instead of pay. Jaffe will be joined in conversation by Vanessa Veselka, author of "The Great Offshore Grounds." Register online for this virtual discussion. The talk starts at 5:00 PM.
• The Grindhouse Film Festival presents a brand-new restoration of a legendary X-rated horror cult-classic! Showing tonight at the Hollywood Theater in NE Portland, FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (aka ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN), shows deranged scientist Baron von Frankenstein (Udo Kier in an off-the-rails performance) and his determination to create a new race, of which he will be the leader. Tickets available online. Showtime is 7:30 PM.
• Jake Xerxes Fussell will be performing at The Old Church Concert Hall in Downtown Portland. Singer, guitarist, and folk music interpreter Jake Xerxes Fussell has distinguished himself as one of his generation’s preeminent interpreters of traditional (and not so traditional) “folk” songs, a practice which he approaches with a refreshingly unfussy lack of nostalgia. Joining him will be special guest Tom Brosseau. Tickets available online. 8:00 - 10:00 PM.

From my notebook:

• Portland Art Museum: "Happy birthday to Ansel Adams, who would have turned 120 today. Adams’s art and environmental activism continues to inspire new generations of photographers. Last year’s exhibition, “Ansel Adams in Our Time,” provided a wonderful in-pers..." (Instagram)
• Portland Art Museum: "Jason Hill (@jasonhill.photo) is an artist and educator currently living in Portland, Oregon. He took this photo in winter 2019, during a day in Eugene with the off-Broadway cast of The Lion King. “I am most amazed by the discipline, mom..." (Instagram)
• Some people, like me, don't need much of a reason to party. Today, the reason is the unique date. It's TuTu Tuesday for 2/22/22! There are events going on at several spots around town. Starting with a Tutu Bruch going on at 12:22. If you need some excitement for your Tuesday, why not check it out? (Reddit)
• Portland has no shortage of activists, but what about magical activists? Cascadia Magical Activists will be leading a revealing spell on Wed., Feb. 23rd at Director Park in downtown Portland. Join in or observe, all are welcome. The spell is to reveal the nature of Stoel Rives, LLP, the law firm that represents Zenith Energy. It should be quite the event! (Imgur)
• Want to see a local celebrity? Local comic book writer David F. Walker will be having an in-store book signing at Third Eye Books Saturday, Feb. 26th. Come get your 25th anniversary copy of Badazz Mofo signed by Portland Soul Brotha Number One! (Instagram)

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— Dominic Anaya

About me: Doctor, educator and now a writer/artist, I'm just chillin' in Portland, OR with my wife, our ferrets, our chickens and our goats.