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Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Panther and Newberg Tiger join forces to promote education
Story by Kate Chester
Poppe the Panther, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s celebrity mascot, paid a visit to Newberg on Oct. 1 and cozied up to Newberg High School’s Tiger at the annual homecoming football game against Hillsboro’s Century High School. With the help of cheerleaders and friends, the two cats tossed Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ foam footballs to about 2,000 attendees between quarters and at half-time.
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Ä¢¹½´«Ã½'s Poppe the Panther makes new friends in Newberg.
Newberg is the site of the college’s next educational center, set to open in fall 2011. A groundbreaking event for the facility will take place Oct. 13 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the at the property site, south of Highway 99W, near Brutscher Street and Fernwood Road. All are welcome.
Until the facility is completed, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ is offering a variety of credit and non-credit courses at its interim site, the Chehalem Cultural Center, where it currently serves more than 300 students. For more information about Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Newberg, visit www.pcc.edu/newberg or call (971) 722-8603. For details about the groundbreaking, call (971) 722-8233.