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Strip Club
Death Nets
15 Years
Support Saves Landmark
A 32-year-old Portland man has
been sentenced to 15 years in prison
for using a gun to kill another man in
a fight outside a northeast Portland
strip club.
Bradley Carl O ’Rourke was seen
leaving Club Skinn in the early hours
of the morning of May 8,2013. Police
investigators said he walked past a
group of five people and cat-called a
21-year-old woman in the group. A
scuffle ensued.
O ’Rourke was accused of punch
ing one person in the face before pull
ing out a gun and firing three rounds.
He pleaded guilty to first-degree man
slaughter last week for killing Anton L.
Hill, 33, with a shot to the head. Hill was
a father of five.
'W edding
Announcement
The historic Bronaugh Apartments in downtown Portland will be remolded,
saving 50 units of affordable housing reserved for elderly and disabled resi
dents on fixed incomes.
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Happy Birthday!
Alayah W ashington-Ta
Jayden W ashington-Ta
from your famih,
we love you and wish
yott rrutrrv more.
Holly Miicim and Rmel Scott u w married on
August 2, 2014 in Portliinif, Oregon. The bride is
a public relations coordinator for Providence
Portland Medical Center in Portland and
graduated from Oregon State University. The
grooin is a reporter for the Associated Press in
Portland Parents of the bride are Elizabeth and
Scott Muara of Arlington, Texas, and Sluthnaz
and Ranjan Scott of Bend, Oregon
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O ffice M anager /C lassifieds :
A dvertising M anager :
A nonprofit affordable housing develop
m ent and property m anagem ent com pany
that builds housing for low -incom e fam ilies
announced Thursday that it will be con
structing and rehabilitating 108 affordable
housing units in Portland and Hillsboro.
Reach Com m unity Developm ent received
an award o f nearly $ 18 m illion in low income
and affordable housing credits and grants.
The award will be invested tow ards the O r
ch ard s at O renco in H illsb o ro and the
Bronaugh A partm ents in dow ntow n Port
land.
The Orchards will be the first affordable
housing unit for low -incom e fam ilies at
Orenco, and is being built with cost-effective
construction techniques to low er heating
and cooling requirem ents.
The Bronaugh serves elderly and disabled
Portlanders living on fixed incom es. The first
phase o f construction for the O rchard at
O renco is expected to be in com pleted by
June and the Bronaugh A partm ent project
will break ground in May.
Week in
The Review
ment, otherw ise he w ould be im
m ediately reinstated, C hief Tom
Jackson said.
Student Stabbed to Death
A Linfield College athlete was
stabbed and killed Saturday after a
football game in McMinnville. The
suspect was fatally shot by police
during a confrontation immediately
following the incident at a conve
nience store near the college cam
pus. The victim, Parker Moore, was
a sophomore Business M anage
ment major.
Some people scram bled to sign up
for h ealth care on Saturday as
open enrollm ent for the A fford
able Care Act enters a second
year. Hours into the m arket open
ing, the site tem porarily crashed.
O fficials and softw are engineers
were able to resolve the problem s.
Open enrollm ent for health care
insurance companies will continue
until Feb. 1.
Student Sex Videos
Investigated
Bill Cosby Dodges
Allegations
Portland police detectives are in
vestigating reports that students at
Grant High School recorded them
selves having sex and then shared
those videos to other students.
Sharing videos of minors engaging
in sex is a crime and Portland Police
said the teens who shared the vid
eos could face child pom-related
charges.
Comedian Bill Cosby retreated into
silence as allegations that he sexu
ally assaulted a woman several de
cades ago and other women in the
past come back into the conversa
tion over social media and in the
news. A spokesman for the come
dian said the allegations were false.
If Cleared, Ferguson Officer
to Return to Duty
As protests continue in Ferguson,
Mo., and across the country, fo l
low ing the police shooting o f
M ichael Brown, the local police
force has announced how it m ight
respond to the grand jury's deci
sion in the case. If the grand ju ry
charges the officer, he would m ost
likely be term inated from employ
Health Exchange Crashes
First Cuddling Business
Sam antha Hess opened her own
unusual business over the w eek
end, a “Cuddle Up to M e” outlet
on East Burnside, Portland's first
ever cuddle shop, providing "pla
tonic touch" services that help
clients who are otherw ise in need
o f hum an kindness. The shop has
brought up significant co n tro
v e rs y , an d H e ss sa y s she
struggled to find a location for her
business due to its nature.
Established 1970
Mark Washington, Sr.
E xecutive D irector :
Ristor John Loneson
and Wife, Elezibeth
Lmeson celebrate
their 2 5th u edding
anniversary, this
Friday, August 18th,
2014 at the bcnupiet
hall in the Greater Good Samaritan Church in
Vancouver, Washington. The celebration takes place
at 3:00 I’M. .All oftheir family friends and
neighbors are invited to join in their celebration.
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The uedding took place at Grey ( rabies in
Mduuiifcie. Oregon, with attendance hr a host of
family and friends. The couple would like to ihank
all that came for their wishes and line.
November 19, 2014
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