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COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
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grant, a full year of rent-free office
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building at 115 S.W. Ash St., free
professional advice and services,
and free access to entrepreneurial
organizations and programs for a
Startup businesses looking to year.
grow their business may want to
Applications began on Tuesday.
apply for the Portland Development The PDC is placing special empha­
Commission’s Startup PDX Chal­ sis on businesses which are diverse
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in terms of gender, race, and other
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Up to six startup ventures will d e m o g ra p h ic s
receive a $15,000 working capital underrepresented in the business
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“PDC is dedicated to growing the
next generation of diverse leader­
ship in our innovation economy,”
said Patrick Quinton, PDC execu­
tive director. “The success o f
underrepresented m inority and
women entrepreneurs will help Port­
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North by Northeast Community Health Center now
provides women’s health exams and daytime and evening
appointments with our health care providers. Since 2006,
our priority is on serving the local African American
community and on reducing the deadly effects of high
blood pressure and diabetes. If you have limited (or no)
income and need health insurance, we can help you apply
for the Oregon Health Plan. And we can be your go-to
neighborhood health clinic! Call us at 503-287-4932.
3030 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. | Portland Oregon 97212
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A pilot contract for post office services at Staples draws a protest Sunday to the store at Cascade
Station in northeast Portland. Chanting ‘the U.S. Mail is not for sale, ’ the demonstrators argued
that privately-run post offices in Staples stores jeopardize the viability of public post offices, mail
security, and thousands of good jobs at living wages.
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Oregon Employment Department reported an estimated
4,200 more jobs in the Portland metro-area for the month
of April. A geographic area that includes Multnomah
County saw the unemployment rate fall from 6.4 percent
to 6.3 percent, about a half-point lower than the state­
wide average, officials said.
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TriMet declared an impasse last week in contract nego­
tiations with the union that represents more than 2,000
o f its workers. The transit agency said it took the action
because 37 days of contract negotiations and two media­
tion sessions have produced no progress on the key
issues of wages and health care costs. The declaration
movies the parties closer to binding arbitration.
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As many as 15 police cars responded to the 9500 block
of North Van Houten Avenue Friday afternoon when a
man became highly upset about some children being
taken into custody by the Department of Human Ser­
vices. Police officers said they had to taser the man and
take him into custody. The children were not harmed.
Stolen Sellwood Art Recovered
Authorities said nearly $4,000 in art from the Love Art!
Gallery in Sellwood was recovered after the alleged
thieves were found selling the pieces in Gresham this
week. The pieces included stepping stones and
cement benches/
New NAACP President Selected
On the 60th Anniversary of
the Supreme Court’s ruling
deeming the separation of
black and white children in
schools as unconstitutional,
the NAACP announced their
new president as Cornell William Brooks. The 53-
year-old New Jersey native is a graduate of Yale Law
School. He serves as the civil rights organization’s
18th national president.
Hundreds Killed in Coal Mine
As many as 301 coal
miners died follow­
ing an explosion
and fire at a coal
mine in Soma, Tur­
key, officials said.
Another 450 miners
were rescued. Last
week’s blast marks
the worst mining in­
cident in T urkey
history. Four people have been arrested in connec­
tion with the explosion.