H PUBLISHED IN NORTHEAST PORTLAND SINCE 1984 H PARADE GUIDE & MAP Neighborhood STAR PUBLISHING INC. STAR princesses will be a highlight of this year's THE HOLLYWOOD Junior Parade in Hollywood. PAGES 11-14 H SERVING NORTHEAST AND NORTH METROPOLITANNEWS PORTLAND NEIGHBORHOODS H JUNE 2018 H VOLUME 35, NUMBER 12 H Star Eliot neighborH Walter Cole's career as Darcelle has reached status of Guinness world record By Janet Goetze [email protected] Darcelle XV is Portland’s most recognizable entertainer, charity supporter and tiara collector, but she got her start as a skinny HONORING HEROS Transit center kid from Linnton who graduated from mural unveiled in Hollywood. PAGE 5 Lincoln High School before joining the U.S. Army as Walter Cole. Cole, 87, has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the oldest performing drag queen and, he said recently in his Eliot neighborhood home, “I see no end to my career until I end.” Darcelle will join the annual Pride Parade scheduled to start at 11 a.m. June 17 in Tom McCall Waterfront Park. She’s looking for a pink trolley – modified with wheels – to ride with other entertainers Forever from the Darcelle XV Showplace. She and her late partner, Roxy Neuhardt, who died unexpectedly in October, 2017, enjoyed SEEKING SUSHI Alex Nuang's Wasabi riding in a trolley-with-wheels last year in FABULOUS Sushi has opened in Laurelhurst. PAGE 8 the Astoria Pride Parade, she said. How Walter Cole became Darcelle is, in a way, a result of downtown urban renewal. he had an ice cream shop, too. the street, said Don Horn, a playwright and As a returning G.I. with a crew cut and By 1967, urban renewal advanced to executive director of Triangle Productions, marriage to his high school sweetheart, both shops and he used his compensation who has known Cole for 30 years. However, Cole used his final military pay to open check to open a new business in the old Cole hired a lesbian bartender, Papa Scott, a coffeehouse, Caffe Espresso, near Demas Tavern at Northwest Third Avenue who had a following from her community, Portland State University. Urban renewal and Davis Street, in the heart of Skid Road. Horn said. For a while, Cole’s new business forced a move several blocks north, where At first, gay men wouldn’t cross Burnside was a lesbian bar. Cole brought in live music. Along the way, from the community’s “safe” bars south of – SEE DARCELLE ON PAGE 21 How does your garden grow? RERUN IN ROSEWAY Former 'five and By Kathy Eaton dime' restored to mid-century glory. PAGE 18 [email protected] Steve Jobs famously advised a Stanford University graduating class: “Find what you love. Follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is HOME secondary.” Jobs’ advice came to mind as I spoke Professional with Darcy Daniels, a professional garden designer & garden designer who has lived in Darcy Daniels enjoys her GARDEN Beaumont since 1998 and grew her beautiful business based on a passion she had Beaumont to help people create gorgeous gardens with longevity. The key garden with Combo, a is in the plant combos: in addition to choosing plants based on Chihuahua mix what looks good together, select plants that will be happy in the adopted from Pinball bar is set to same growing conditions, according to Daniels. the Oregon SOLID ON SANDY Humane Society. open in former The Know space. PAGE 20 – SEE GARDEN DESIGN ON PAGE 22 (Kathy Eaton) 97208 SIGNATURE GRAPHICS SIGNATURE PORTLAND, OREGON 97213 OREGON PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OR PORTLAND, PAID 2000 N.E. 42ND AVENUE PMB 142 PMB AVENUE 42ND N.E. 2000 U.S. POSTAGE U.S. NORTH AND NORTHEAST METRO NEIGHBORHOODS METRO NORTHEAST AND NORTH STANDARD NEWS STAR HOLLYWOOD THE PRESORTED H 2 THE STAR NEWS WWW.STAR-NEWS.INFO: SERVING NORTHEAST AND NORTH PORTLAND NEIGHBORHOODS JUNE 2018 STAR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS H The Hollywood Star News GRANT CONSTITUTION TEAM practical implications of separation of powers, the history of the three branches Serving North and Northeast Portland Metropolitan Neighborhoods. 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