Slide Show: December’s Snapshots
A crowd in search of boot-scootin’ good times moseyed over to the Melody Ballroom for Forward Stride’s fourth annual Cowgirl Ball. Held on October 4, the zany shindig featured rides on Buck the Mechanical Bull and auction prizes like a five-nig
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Yvette Maynard holds on tight to Buck the Mechanical Bull.
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Auctioneer Steven Talbot (left) and emcee Kimberly Moss (far right) share the stage with Cowgirl of the Year honoree Susan Sokol Blosser.
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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington (RMHC) hosted its annual Hearts & Hands Auction on September 21. Featuring a bevy of hotly contested sports-themed prizes, such as a weekend getawa
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Phil Fogg Jr., chairman of RMHC’s board of trustees, welcomes guests to the Governor Hotel for the 2008 Hearts & Hands Auction.
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On September 27, Southwest Portland’s Tryon Creek State Park hosted an exclusive preview party for the fourth annual exhibit Natural Cycles: A Celebration of Art in the Forest. The five new sculptures, scattered along the 775-acre park’s Trillium Trai
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2008 Natural Cycles artists Lee Imonen (from left), Vicki Lynn Wilson, Jen Pack, Julie Lindell, and Brennan Conaway raise a glass to celebrate the event’s opening night.
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Nearly 300 backers filled the Governor Hotel for Incight Foundation’s second annual Harvest Gala on October 2. Founded in 2002, the Southwest Portland-based nonprofit empowers those with disabilities by helping them pursue higher education and
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Partygoers Kathi Yockey and Grove Hunt share a laugh during the Harvest Gala.
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Incight board member John Friess (far right) and event coordinator Beth Horton (center) log a little time with 2008 Paralympics three-time gold medalist April Holmes. A Nike-sponsored athlete, Holmes, who lost her left leg in 2001 in a train accident,
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