ROSE FESTIVAL CITY FAIR.
OUR LISA BALICK IS LIVE IN
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND.
LISA:
JENNIFER, THESE BLOCKS
NEAR CITY HALL WILL BE TEAMING
WITH PROTESTERS, BOTH FROM THE
LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE.
AND IF THEY TAKE TO THE STREETS,
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW IT WILL
AFFECT CITY FAIR.
WITH ROSE FESTIVAL WE HOPE
THE RALLIES STAY PEACEFUL.
LISA: SCOTT SEIF IS FILLING
DOZENS OF BAGS OF FRESH KETTLE
CORN FOR CITY FAIR VISITORS.
GUNSMOKE KETTLECORN IS AMONG
DOZENS OF LOCAL VENDORS WHO SET
UP SHOP HERE ON THE WATERFRONT
FOR THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT
WEEKEND.
RAINY WEATHER SOMETIMES AFFECTS
ATTENDANCE, BUT THIS YEAR IT
IS
A SUNNY FORECAST.
INSTEAD, THE WORRY IS WHETHER
DOWNTOWN POLITICAL RALLIES
DAMPEN SUNDAY ATTENDANCE.
WE HOPE PEOPLE COME DOWN.
AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPRESS
YOUR VIEWS.
LISA: AS USUAL THE ROSE FESTIVAL
, HAS PLENTY OF PRIVATE SECURITY
GUARDS AS WELL AS PORTLAND
POLICE INSIDE THE FENCED OFF
CITY FAIR AREA.
BAGS AND TICKETS ARE CHECKED AS
PEOPLE ENTER.
WE DO NOT KNOW OF ANY
PROTESTS AIMED AT THE ROSE
FESTIVAL SO WE DON'T FEEL LIKE
, WE ARE A TARGET.
CLEARLY THESE ARE ISSUES THAT
ARE STILL IN THE POLITICAL REALM
, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE FESTIVAL.
LISA: ORGANIZERS ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH PORTLAND POLICE.
AND DO HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS IF
ANY OF THE RALLIES SUDDENLY HEAD
INTO DOWNTOWN STREETS.
VENDORS ARE OPTIMISTIC.
I STILL THINK THAT PEOPLE
WILL COME.
KIDS WANT TO HAVE FUN.
IT WILL BE SUNNY.
LISA: KEEP IN
MIND, THE AREA
WILL BE CLOSED OFF AND THEY PUT
UP SIGNS ALL UP AND DOWN
SOUTHWEST 4TH AVENUE.
THIS IS BETWEEN CITY HALL AND
CHAPMAN SQUARE WHERE THEY'LL
WILL BE -- WHERE THERE WILL BE
THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS.
AND THERE WILL BE HUNDREDS OF
POLICE OFFICERS.
EXPECT A LOT OF DELAYS IF YOU
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