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Debuting on April 12, 2001, Gloomy Sunday screened every day in one Christchurch cinema for almost a decade.
LeAnn Rimes’
Can’t Fight the Moonlight topped the charts, Peter Jackson was shooting the first of his Lord of the Rings movies and New York s twin towers were still standing when Gloomy Sunday made its debut on Christchurch cinema screens on April 12, 2001. A less-than-appealing title (its subtitle,
A Song of Love and Death, was even worse), poor returns in its native Germany (it lasted only two weeks) and a plot that includes Nazi brutality, beef roulade and bitter revenge, did not bode well.
Ann H Oster, an artist who taught at St Paul s School for Girls, dies
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Work continutes to keep memory of John Lewis alive
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Clackamas County explores affordable housing in Lake Oswego
Metro, city agree to process for development of parcel along Boones Ferry Road
The Housing Authority of Clackamas County has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Metro and the city of Lake Oswego to explore the acquisition of a piece of land for the purpose of developing affordable housing.
The Clackamas Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, Feb. 9 heard a brief update on the effort to bring an affordable housing development to a parcel located at the intersection of Boones Ferry Road and West Sunset Drive in the city s Lake Grove neighborhood. The land, which amounts to a little less than an acre in size, is currently being vetted by the HACC, Metro and Lake Oswego.
Richard Swift announces resignation from Clackamas County
Health, housing and human services department director will depart on Feb. 19
The director of Clackamas County s largest division has announced he will step down Feb. 19 after a decade at the helm.
County health, housing and human services (H3S) Director Richard Swift told Pamplin Media Group this week that he intends to take a break from public service following more than 28 years working in various government service roles.
Swift came to the county following an 18-year stint at Multnomah County in 2011 when he was hired as deputy director of H3S. He s played an integral role in advancing some of Clackamas County s most impactful programs and projects, including the county s ambulance services contract with American Medical Response Northwest, bolstering the county s response to the mental health crisis and helping to initiate nearly a dozen housing projects developing hundreds of units of affordable housing.