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PORTLAND POSTCARD ~ 1911

PORTLAND POSTCARD VIEW OF PORTLAND OCT 1911

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KISN RETURNS SEPTEMBER 1st!

KISN Lips

This was the last song heard on The Mighty 91 the night of September
1, 1976. Be listening this coming September 1st as The KISN Good Guys
return. 

                               WWW.GOODGUYRADIO.COM

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BETTY ROBERTS (FEB. 5, 1923–June 25, 2011)

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Betty roberts later

Betty Cantrell Roberts was a Oregon politician and judge. She was
the 83rd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, the highest
state court in Oregon. She was the first woman on the Oregon Supreme
Court, and had also been the first woman on the Oregon Court of Appeals.

Roberts served from 1982 to 1986 on the high court and from 1977 to 1982
on the Court of Appeals. From 1958 to 1967, Roberts taught high school in
the Portland metropolitan area at Reynolds High School, Centennial High
School, and David Douglas High School before becoming a business law
and political science teacher at  Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham
from 1967 to 1976.

Betty was a private mediator and senior judge until her death this past
Saturday due to pulmonary fibrosis. She was 88 years-old. Betty Roberts
was a great teacher and will be missed!

betty roberts book

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LINDSAY WAGNER TURNED 62 TODAY

Lindsay_Wagner then

Lindsay

Actress Lindsay Jean Wagner was born near Pasadena, California. She later
moved with her parents to Portland, Oregon, where she attended David Douglas
High School and appeared in a number of school plays. She also studied at the
University of Oregon.  She is probably most widely known for her portrayal of
Jaime Sommers in the ABC/NBC television series The Bionic Woman, 1976-
1978.Wagner won an Emmy award for her work in the series. She has since 
maintained a lengthy career in a variety of other film and TV productions.

Bionic_Woman

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NW 10th BETWEEN BURNSIDE & COUCH ~ 1921

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