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Oct 29, 2009
Review board grants request from man responsible for 1996 Scientology shooting — The Oregonian (Portland)
Aug 27, 2009
Couple’s weekend job selling carpets brings them to Tigard on Sundays — The Times (Tigard/Tualatin/Sherwood, Oregon)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kristen Forbes Source:
The Times (Tigard/Tualatin/Sherwood, Oregon) Karen and Chris Noel spend their weekdays working at the Church of Scientology in Portland, but on weekends they take on another role: carpet salesmen
By Kristen Forbes
The Times, Aug 27, 2009
Karen and Chris Noel spend their weekdays working at the Church of Scientology in Portland, but on weekends they take on another role: carpet salesmen.
They sell rugs at various locations throughout the Portland area. On Sundays, they can typically be found in the parking lot of the ...
Mar 26, 2009
Former member takes aim at Church of Scientology — KVAL CBS 13 (Eugene, OR)
Type: TV
Author(s):
Thom Jensen Source:
KVAL CBS 13 (Eugene, OR) PORTLAND, Ore. – Jeff Hawkins is on a mission to expose what he says is a cult. "It's become too abusive," he said. Hawkins is referring to the fast growing, famous and mysterious religion known as the Church of Scientology. He says Scientolgy's California headquarters and other large facilities have turned into work camps for staff members.
"They work underground, and sometimes they stay there sometimes for years," Hawkins said. "They're not allowed contact with anybody outside." Protestors demonstrate regularly oustide ...
Dec 30, 2008
Infinite Complacency / The case against Miscavige
Nov 25, 2008
A Scientology center's guard kills an Oregon man // The ex-Florence resident's record includes probation, jail time — The Oregonian (Portland)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lori Tobias Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) A man shot and killed Sunday in front of a Scientology building in Los Angeles was a Florence resident who was on probation for stalking a Lane County judge. Also, he recently had served time in a Florence jail for threatening a tow truck driver. A security guard shot Mario Majorski, 48, after Majorski threatened guests and another security guard with samurai swords at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood, Los Angeles police said. Majorski, who had numerous addresses in Los ...
Nov 10, 2008
Real estate roundup — Portland Business Journal
Type: Press
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Portland Business Journal ... The Church of Scientology of Portland leased 16,000 square feet at the Century Building and Century Tower after moving out of its long-time home at the Western Building in downtown Portland. The Western Building, home to the Scientology church since 1974, is being renovated for a bank tenant. The Century Building will be the church’s temporary home while it prepares to renovate the Stevens Building, which it acquired in January. ...
Sep 11, 2008
In Other News — Portland Mercury (Oregon)
Type: Press
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Portland Mercury (Oregon) Portlander and former Scientologist Susan Lentsch submitted an open letter to the head of communications for the Church of Scientology, Karin Pouw, last Thursday, September 4, asking why her daughter, Katherine, cannot be allowed home for a vacation from the church's elite management organization, the so-called "Sea Organization" or Sea Org ["Selling Scientology," Feature, August 7]. Lentsch alleges that since she allowed her daughter to join the Sea Org in 1993, Katherine was promised three weeks vacation a year, but that ...
Aug 7, 2008
Scientology's International Headquarters — Portland Mercury (Oregon)
Aug 7, 2008
Selling Scientology — Portland Mercury (Oregon)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Matt Davis Source:
Portland Mercury (Oregon) In the mid-1980s, more than ever before, television advertising was about big budgets and excess. Bucking that trend was Scientologist and marketing whiz Jeff Hawkins, whose understated, minimalist TV ads for L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics helped launch the book onto the best-seller list—and arguably sparked a worldwide interest in the religion. Hawkins' ads featured simple questions like, "Why are you unhappy?" in white print against a black background, backed by edgy music supplied by Hawkins' friends, and finally, a shot of ...
Aug 1, 2008
$5M purchase paves way for Helmer building renovation — Portland Business Journal
Type: Press
Author(s):
Wendy Culverwell Source:
Portland Business Journal The Church of Scientology is out and California-based First Republic Bank is in as a new owner takes control of the historic Helmer building in the heart of downtown Portland. The Goodman family, which owns or controls numerous commercial sites in downtown, closed its purchase of the Helmer building at 969 S.W. Broadway on July 25 in a deal worth about $5 million. The two-story building takes its name from its most prominent retail tenant, John Helmer Haberdashery, and also is ...
May 10, 2008
S for Scientology: Masked Protesters at Portland Church of Scientology — Willamette Week
Type: Blog
Author(s):
Jason Howd Source:
Willamette Week Meet at the Umbrella Man. 11:00, Saturday.
The crowd, wearing British folk-hero Guy Fawkes masks in the style of the book and film V for Vendetta, surrounded the bronze man with a parasol and were heading towards a clash with the disciples of Hubbard and Cruise.
“We are Anonymous, we are legion, we do not forget,” they proclaim.
The Anonymous, or anons as they’re called in the wiki-shpere and chat rooms, have taken part in sabotage and cyber-disruption and have called ...
Feb 21, 2008
The House That Wasn't There — Portland Mercury (Oregon)
Jan 18, 2008
Scientologists' tall new home — The Oregonian (Portland)
Jan 9, 2008
Church of Scientology buys Stevens Building — Portland Business Journal
Type: Press
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Portland Business Journal After a years-long search for a building to call its own, The Church of Scientology of Portland has acquired the historic Stevens Building in an all-cash deal for $5.38 million. The sale was fueled by donations from church members. At 12 stories, it is the tallest building ever acquired by a local chapter of the Church of Scientology, according to Butler Brokers Commercial Realtors, which handled both sides of the transaction. In November, former owner Joseph Weston donated the building, which ...
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