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Page 2 June 3, 2015 Obama Makes it Right The Leisure Hour Jr. Golf Program (LHJGP) Awards medals to World War I heroes hosted its first annual “Tee It Up Fore Fun” Dinner and Auction event on Saturday, May 30 2015 at the Holiday Inn Portland-Airport. More than 200 community members and leaders came out to support the local junior golf program, which has provided golf opportunities to inner city youth since 1978. LHJGP mentors, staff and junior golfers would like to say thank you to the community for their continuous generosity and support. Visit the Leisure Hour Jr. Golf Program website at www.leisurehourjrs. webs.com to learn more about the program and upcoming community events. Sincerely, Debra Ingram President (AP) — Declaring it’s nev- er too late to make things right, President Barack Obama posthu- mously bestowed the Medal of Honor on two World War I veter- ans whose heroic acts nearly 100 years ago went unrecognized in an age of discrimination. In a tearful, joyful East Room ceremony recalling the battlefield triumphs as well as the prejudices of 20th century America, Sgt. Wil- liam Shemin and Pvt. Henry John- son were recognized Tuesday with the nation’s highest military dec- oration for saving their comrades on French front lines. Shemin was Jewish and Johnson was black. Wells Fargo Presents the 2015 Good in the Hood Music and Food Festival U.S. Army Sgt. Henry Johnson of the 369th Infantry Regiment. “It has taken a long time for Henry Johnson and William She- min to receive the recognition they deserve, and there are surely others whose heroism is still un- The acknowledged and uncelebrated,” Obama said. “The least we can do is to say we know who you are, we know what you did for us, we are forev- er grateful,” he said. Obama applauded the tireless efforts of their advocates, which included Portland city Commis- sioner Nick Fish and the Skan- ner’s publisher Bernie Foster. Veterans of Johnson’s New York National Guard regiment, the 369th known as “Harlem Hellfighters,” watched stoically as Obama described how he died destitute in his early 30s after his injuries left him crippled and un- able to work. “America can’t change what hap- pened to Henry Johnson,” Obama said. “We can’t change what hap- C ontinued on P age 4 Week in Review Parking Manager Sentenced reported and the quakes were too Former Portland small to create tsunami concerns. parking manager B.B. King Honored and city employ- Rhythm and Blues ee Ellis K. McCoy legend B.B. King was sentenced to had his life cele- two years in federal prison last brated on Satur- week for taking bribes in the form day, drawing two of cash, travel, and entertain- American pres- ment worth nearly $200,000 in idents, Barack exchange for directing multimil- Obama and Bill Clinton to his fu- lion-dollar city contracts to two neral. The star was 89-years-old parking meter businesses between when he passed away in his home 2002 and 2011. in Las Vegas in mid-May. First Somali-American Officer Vice President Loses Son Saturday June 27th, at 11 AM, starting at King School Established 1970 ---------------------- USPS 959 680 ------------------ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed en- velope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association Mark Washington, Sr. E ditor : Michael Leighton E xecutive D irector : Rakeem Washington P ublisher : Office Manager/Classifieds: Lucinda Baldwin Paul Neufeldt R eporter /P hotographer : Olivia Olivia C reative D irector : CALL 503-288-0033 FAX 503-288-0015 news@portlandobserver.com ads@portlandobserver.com subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer , PO Box 3137 , Portland, OR 97208 The Portland Police Bureau has sworn in its first Somali-Ameri- can officer, Khalid Ibrahim. Ibra- him migrated to the United Stated with his family in 2006 and is a Portland State University graduat- ed who interned with the bureau. Murdered Teen’s Ashes Stolen The remains a Port- land teenager who was killed six years ago were stolen from a Public Stor- age unit on North Lombard Street. Borisshell Washington was a se- nior at Jefferson High School and a week away from graduation when she was shot and killed in Portland’s Raymond Park on May 31, 2009. The family is pleading for information so that they can get their daughter’s ashes back. Vice President Joe Biden lost a second child when his son Beau died from bran cancer on Satur- day night. Beau was 46 year old. He and his father both survived a car crash on Christmas of 1972 that killed Biden’s first wife and another son, and severely injured an infant daughter as well as Beau. Caitlyn Jenner Introduced Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as celebrated athlete Bruce Jenner, graced the July cover of Vanity Fair this week as she de- buted her long-clos- eted iden- tity. Jenner came out earlier this year as transgender on Earthquakes off the Coast Seven earthquakes struck off the a nationally televised interview Oregon coast on Sunday night with Diane Sawyer. through Monday. The first earth- Gresham Robbery Probe quake was magnitude 5.8 and A man wearing a ski mask is ac- three smaller aftershocks fol- cused of robbing a Gresham deli at lowed. Monday afternoon, a 5.9 gunpoint Tuesday morning. Police magnitude hit the same area, said that the same deli was victim which lies about 330 miles west to a similar robbery in May 2014, of Salem. No damage has been which ended being an inside job.