The bad news is on July 8, 2005 the mill burned to the ground taking 3 days and 250 local jobs. The good news is nobody was injured. Here is a full collection of photos taken after the 3 days when streets were finally semi-opened for foot traffic. This slide show of the devastation is well lubricated with a Bela Fleck and the Flecktones arrangement recorded in Stereo-Surround-Sound a year earlier at Roseburg's Stewart Park during a free-to-the-public Half Shell concert.
Tags: oregon news, politicsIn 2006 Blake Nelson published a young adult novel entitled Paranoid Park, that has been adapted into a film by director Gus Van Sant, which was released in 2007. Blake's story deals with a 16 year old skateboarder who accidentally kills a security guard at a skate park. Both the novel and the film take place in Portland, Oregon, although Blake/Van Sant's Paranoid Park is a skate park located on Portland's East Side. The story revolves around a teenage skateboarder who accidentally kills a security guard. It premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival as one of the 22 films in competition, and won the extra-special 60th anniversary prize.
Tags: festivals, eventsKoin News 6 reports on the Holiday Express 2005
Tags: oregon news, politicsDowntown Portland Oregon police protest. Protesting death of Aaron Campbell and others at the hands of the Portland Police in downtown Portland Oregon. (The same cases that keep bringing Jesse Jackson to the city)
Tags: festivals, eventsLOVE CHELSEA!
Tags: oregon news, politics