Lawyer and local NAACP President James Bible speaks to members of the Raging Grannies at a rally to demand police accountability, Aug. 26 at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park.  The Raging Grannies and other members of the community spoke about their concerns about oversight of the Seattle Police Department.

Four million ninth graders will start high school this fall. A new poll conducted by the Global Strategy Group examines generational impressions of high school, and suggests that many of them will be bored and unchallenged in school, and will leave unprepared for their financial futures. ...

30 - WORKER RETRAINING PROGAM orientation class held weekly at 2 p.m. Seattle Central Community College, 1701 Broadway, room 4180. Call 206-587-6310 for more information. ...

Tre Rostick 13, gets help trying on some diving gear from Seattle Police Dive Rescue Officer O. Gonzalez during the Rainier Beach Summerfest and Back2School Bash on Aug 25. Activities included musical entertainment, a bazaar, a rummage sale and free school supplies, as well as sales by local merchants, and took place at various locations between Henderson Street and Rainier Avenue.

Kaliea Miller, 10, gets impromptu French horn lessons from Charles Crabtree, 16, on Aug. 18 at a community festival in Arbor Lodge Park. Crabtree, principal horn player in the Portland Youth Philharmonic, and others were teaching children the basics of several instruments, including vibes and violin. Many bands performed during the afternoon, including the headlining Oregon Symphony. The symphony will play another free outdoor concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30 in Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

Bobbie Bonner Nunn, educator, longtime civil rights activist and a Portland icon, died Sept. 24. She was 82.
"She was a tireless workaholic for civil rights," said Myrtle Carr her friend for more than 60 years and a former NAACP secretary. "She was a trail blazer and a community activist. She has given so much of herself at all times. You could always count on Bobbie Nunn." ...

Metro Councilman Rex Burkholder says there's only one thing holding up a multimillion dollar Convention Center hotel project: Financing.
Sure, there are a few other items of business Metro will have to decide upon before going forward with the hotel project, Burkholder said, but he is confident that if a financial review — due at the beginning of September — provides a way to pay off construction costs with revenue ...

Peggy Ross is living proof that mammograms can save lives. Ross, director of the office of affirmative action for the state of Oregon, was diagnosed with cancer after a mammogram screening.
"I had one sister die of breast cancer," Ross told The Skanner. "then I was diagnosed in April. I know that early detection is important because it was caught by a physical when I was in early stage one. If I had not had a mammogram, it would have been in a later stage. So I am a survivor." ...

Black fathers across Portland are encouraged to take part in the national Million Father March, an event that aims to get hundreds of thousands of fathers to take their children to school on the first day. The event, locally sponsored by the Black Parent Initiative, encourages strong family structures that include a positive male role model, which studies have shown leads to decreased drug and alcohol abuse, premature sex and violence. ...

A free seminar titled "Building Parent Professional Partnerships with Your Child's School" will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 11 at the Swindells Center, 830 N.E. 47th Ave, in Portland.
This workshop will cover: Different strategies to improve communication between parents and professionals in the school setting; positive ways to manage conflict; attributes of successful partnerships; ...