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So much for a new post-partisanship world with the election of Barack Obama — at least from one cluster of Portland congregations. Gregg Harris, teaching elder and founder of Household of Faith Community Church, is lamenting how "it appears that President-elect Obama and the Congress will make life more difficult for the unborn." And so he is helping to organize a mid-December screening  of "Come What May," a new anti-abortion movie from Advent Film Group. Harris' invitation, in...

And the beat goes on for the Trail Blazers. Then again, last night's opponent was New York. Meantime, here's Greg Oden proving you don't need to be in America's advertising center playing for the Knicks to be in a national ad campaign.

Some Oregon Democrats hope former Gov. John Kitzhaber makes another run at Mahonia Hall in 2010 (while he was term-limited after occupying the governor's mansion from 1994-2002, he's now eligible to run again). Others — especially those who want to be governor (about half the state) — hope he stays in private life. Or as this New York Times story suggests, goes to work in Washington, D.C. as Interior Secretary for the Oregon State University basketball coach's brother-in-law. Then...

The Santacon-in-Hillsboro backlash continues: A heretical batch of Santas has already decamped to Kenton, and now we have word that a pack of anti-establishment Kris Kringles has defied the Portland Cacophony Society by announcing plans to march downtown on Saturday. Overzealous Portland cops may have red-suited drunks to Taser after all! This latest group, calling itself Downtown Santacon 2008, has helpfully listed its pub-crawl stops, including Greek Cuisina and Momo. (Organizers must...

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Portland peace activists are moving forward with their proposal to create a sanctuary city in Oregon for AWOL soldiers. They'll present their draft resolution to Portland commissioners at the city's regularly scheduled meeting tomorrow. Here's a sample of what they're asking for: Let It Be Resolved that: (1) Portland Police will not execute federal warrants for military personnel who are Absent Without Leave from the US Military, for persons wanted for “missing movement,” and...

We didn't have room for these shopping events in tomorrow's paper, but that doesn't necessarily mean they aren't worth your patronage. Handmade for the Holidays Craft Fair: Local artists and artisans sell clothing, jewelry, bags and so on. It's practically guaranteed to be less expensive than Saturday Market. And BodyWreath will be there! KOiPOD, 342 SE Belmont St. 6-10 pm Saturday, Dec. 6 and 1-7 pm Sunday, Dec. 7. Free. Small photo frame clinic: Artery hosts painter Debo Kerr in a...

The news keeps getting better and better for Oregon Ducks football fans. The Ducks announced today that Chip Kelly, the mastermind coordinator of great offensive plays, isn't going anywhere.  In fact, Kelly is sticking around to replace head coach Mike Bellotti at some point down the line (the arrangement borrows a concept from Texas) when Bellotti replaces athletic director Pat Kilkenny. As with any coordinator stepping up to be a head coach, there are no...

Trudy Sargent, a school board member with Portland Public Schools representing Zone 6, says she is "leaning toward running" again. Her term expires in June. Back in May 2005, Sargent faced slim competition in her first race for the board. Will she be so lucky again? So far, no word on who plans to run against her, if she does in fact run in the May 2009 special election. (Zones 4 and 5 are also up for grabs; Martín González and Sonja Henning currently hold those seats.)

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Not that bad things can't happen to good franchises. But these videos of the New York Knicks and wayward millionaire guard Stephon Marbury are worth a watch while waiting for the Blazers to tip off this evening in Madison Square Garden: And this all-time classic that starts with Marbury weighing in on ex-Blazer (and now ex-Knick) Zach Randolph before meandering into who-knows-what:

It's got explosions, attack dogs, speed boats and ponies. But what we love about this recruitment video from the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office is the production value: Total early-'80s! Straight down to the wardrobe and theme song. Sadly, it may be the best film to come out of the Portland area in recent years. It gave us flashbacks to 1982, when cops classics CHiPs and TJ Hooker both were burning up the small screen.

Still outraged by Prop 8 in California and looking to show support for gay rights, Join the Impact is holding candlelight vigils across the country. Among the sites is Portland, where on Dec. 20 at 5 pm, demonstrators will gather in Pioneer Square to protest unequal treatment of the gay community. Organizers ask protesters to wear shirts that say “Second Class Citizen” and stay silent instead of yelling and bringing signs. For more info, go here.

Salem's Statesman Journal has this update on Diane Downs — one of Oregon's most notorious convicts and one of the people we caught up with last year in our "Whatever Happened To" package.

UPDATED TUESDAY, DEC. 2: Whole Foods just emailed me to respond to this post. The gist? Company media relations rep Libba Letton contends that the New Seasons subpoena, one of 96 subpoenas of third parties by Whole Foods, is totally NOT about eyeballing competitors info. It's about building a case against the FTC... Scroll down to read their full missive. ORIGINAL MONDAY, DEC. 1 POST: What the hell? Amidst all the reports of Wal-Mart carnage and gravy-induced comas last week, New...

Some Hollywood District residents are mad that a Dollar Tree store might be moving into the old Trader Joe’s location on Northeast Sandy Boulevard between 42nd and 43rd avenues. One anonymous resident is dropping off flyers urging residents to call Dollar Tree; the New & Neville Real Estate leasing out the space; and Trader Joe's (which still occupies the lease despite moving to a larger nearby location) to voice concern about the potential new addition. The gripe against...

It's not enough that opponents trounced each one of Bill Sizemore's five ballot measures in the November election. This morning, they succeeded in putting him in jail—if only for a little while. Sizemore was back in Multnomah County Court today on contempt charges relating to a lawsuit and $2.5 million judgment the Oregon Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers-Oregon won against him in 2002. Following earlier hearings, Judge Janice Wilson ordered the tax activist...

Check out these numbers when it comes to papers in the Gannett chain, including Salem's Statesman Journal. Apparently, somebody's making money amid all the staff layoffs.

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I was going to leave Oregon's 65-38 victory over Oregon State on Saturday to stand without doing something small like this to describe Ducks fans' Ode to Joy feeling: or this to describe how my Beavers friends are feeling But my office colleagues insist I write something about Oregon's victory, which left OSU relying on an improbable UCLA victory over USC to restore the Beavers' Rose Bowl hopes. So here goes: After the last two gutty...

Byron Beck, former WW reporter and blogger-about-town, reports that Encanto, one of very few decent restaurants on outer Lombard and just about the only New Mexican restaurant in town, closed its doors for good last night. Owner Michael Martinez has sold the business to Don Morris, who plans to reopen the restaurant as Cafe Cubano. A shame—I only made it to Encanto once, but I really enjoyed the meal I had there. No one else in town does a halfway decent green chile stew. Beck has more...

Why, hello there. I'm sitting in place of usual blogger Casey "my fantasy team is better than yours" Jarman. When I took the gig as the assistant music editor back in August, Casey promised me that I'd get to do a few games. Then he went to New York and LA in October—perfectly timed by the Blazers playing every freakin' preseason game on the road. Yeah, I think he planned that. Anyway I'm basically fulfilling a lifelong dream to sit at press row, though I'm slated up in level 111 next to...

OK. I've read everything there is to read before tomorrow's Civil War. And I imagine the only thing that us Ducks and you Beavers fans share is that we can't wait for the next 26 hours to pass. So if you're like me and need a little help killing time, here are some highlights from recent games if you need any more revving up: The field-goal disaster that was the end of last year's game: And the field-goal disaster that was the end of the 2006 game (there's a...

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