News Former State Rep. Mike Schaufler (D-Happy Valley), who lost his seat in a hotly contested 2012 primary battle with now-Rep. Jeff Reardon, has a new gig.WW has learned that Schaufler—who served in the House from 2003 through last year—is now a corrections officer at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton. AFSCME, the union that represents corrections officers, confirmed Schaufler's ...   More

Music In this week's edition of Willamette Week, we reported that legendary African percussionist and longtime Portland resident Obo Addy—who passed away yesterday at age 76—was in the final stages of a protracted battle with liver cancer. Regrettably, in the paper's print edition, we published a photo incorrectly labeled as Obo Addy. It was, in fact, a photo of Addy's newphew, O.B. Ahmed Addy. It is ...   More

News I was alarmed by this request for a correction to our Words listings, which at first glance appeared to be faxed from on high. Maybe it's my background in religious studies, maybe lingering guilt over the near-blasphemy of this week's Headout (curse you, Rusty Feathercap!), but I thought for a moment that Jesus was concerned about prices at this weekend's book sale. And why not? Portland is "Jesus' ...   More