After years of successful ministry, in 1971 the family moved to the charming, beachfront city of Santa Barbara. They soon founded a ministry, and devoted their lives to serving people who were homeless or drug-dependent. Over nearly three decades, that ministry, called "Wings of Love," touched hundreds and hundreds of lives by sharing a hot meal, a warm embrace, and a message of hope. In 2006, Clemmie moved from Santa Barbara to Portland to be closer to his family. . . .

The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services' Insurance Division seeks public comment on a proposed health insurance rate increase of 19 percent that would affect more than 79,000 Regence Blue Cross/BlueShield individual plan policy holders. Regence proposed the increase this week ... Mail your comments on the rate request to ...

Catholic Sisters unveiled their bus advertisement campaign this week to raise awareness about the reality of human trafficking—modern day slavery—in the Pacific Northwest. 
"The majority of the victims of human trafficking are women and children," says Sister Judith Desmarais, SP, one of the coordinators of the campaign. . . .

Medgar Evers (1925-1963) served with distinction as an official of the NAACP in Mississippi until his assassination in 1963. Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) was a Mississippi sharecropper who fought for Black voting rights and spoke for many when she said, "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired."

March 23-27, the Police Activities League of Portland will be hosting weeklong Safe Haven Spring Break activities at all its centers in the metro area for youth ages 8-17 in Portland/Gresham, Beaverton or Molalla. 
Activities will include basketball tournaments, sports clinics, art projects, field trips and a closing picnics.  Several sponsors are supporting the camps including the Trail Blazers, Portland . . .

The Delaware State University Concert Choir performs Sunday, March 15 at 6 p.m. at Augustana Lutheran Church, 2710 NE 14th Ave. Founded as an historically Black college in 1891. The show is free, for more information call 503-288-6174.

PassinArt Theatre presents "A Sunbeam," a play by John Henry Redwood about love, obsession and family at The Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. Tickets are on sale now for performances that run from April 2 through April 25. A Sunbeam is about the struggles Cecilia (Shelley Matthews-Johnson) goes through when worrying who will take care of her disabled son Sol (Kenneth Dembo). For more information, visit www.ifccarts.org.

Verizon Wireless is teaming up with the Portland Trail Blazers for the sixth consecutive year to help curb domestic violence.
Fans attending the Trail Blazers game against the New Jersey Nets Friday, March 13 at 7 p.m., are being encouraged to donate used wireless phones and accessories to benefit victims of domestic violence through the Verizon Wireless HopeLine program. . . .

Attorney General John Kroger is warning consumers to avoid misleading and possibly illegal promotions for "free gas" and "free groceries."
The promotions are designed to get consumers to buy products they might not otherwise purchase. They typically offer hundreds of dollars of free groceries or gas if you buy certain products and mail in your receipts. There's often a $5 registration fee. . . .

The decision to bring Major League Soccer to Portland won the City Council's approval by a 3-2 vote Wednesday afternoon. The council voted on initial business plans to renovate PGE Park in order to accommodate professional soccer and build a new, smaller ballpark for the Beavers. The proposal was backed by Mayor Sam Adams and Councilmembers Dan Saltzman and Randy Leonard. Councilmembers Nick Fish and Amanda Fritz opposed the deal our of concerns that it could affect city services. . . .