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Page 2 Week in Review The August 19, 2015 icans killed in officer-involved shootings. Transient Man Stabbed Portland police are investigating a stabbing that occurred under the westside of the Burnside Bridge on Monday night. The attacker fled before authorities could figure out who he was. The victim was transported to a Portland hospital where he was treated for traumatic injuries. Birthday Party Shooting Civil Rights Activist Dies A Portland man was shot and in- jured Sunday following an argu- ment at a child’s birthday party at Laurelhurst Park. Ejante S. Paden, 20, was transported to the Legacy Emanuel Hospital, but was un- willing to cooperate in the investi- gation, police said. Witnesses say the male shooter was between 25 and 30 years old, about 5-foot-8 with a medium build and wearing all black clothes. Civil rights activist and Ex- NAACP chairman Julian Bond passed away at the age of 75 on Saturday after battling with ill- ness, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Bond is well known for having helped found the Student Non-Violent Coordi- First Trans Woman in White House Reports say that the White House nating Committee in the 1960s. has hired its first openly transgen- North Portland Shooting der staff member, Raffi Freed- A North Portland home was hit man-Gurspan is a director in the by gunfire early Tuesday morn- Office of Personnel according ing, but authorities say none of the to an announcement the White three occupants were hit. One of House made on Tuesday. LGBT the residents called police, who advocates say she is the first open- arrived around 5:15 a.m. but could ly transgender woman of color to not find suspects or motivation. have such a role. Singer’s Speech Censored Singer Janelle Monáe had her speech cut as she opened up about Black Lives Matter on the ‘Today’ show. NBC cut away as Monáe was making a speech after her Friday performance of “Hell You Talmbout,” news outlets reported. The song names African-Amer- Escaped Prisoner Caught A Columbia River Correctional Institution inmate who escaped custody last week was caught on Friday when U.S. Marshals found him in Fairview. Danny Spillers is charged with escape. A woman who is believed to have helped him escape is also under arrest. Established 1970 P ublisher : Mark Washington, Sr. E ditor : Michael Leighton E xecutive D irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M anager : Leonard Latin Office Manager/Classifieds: Lucinda Baldwin C reative D irector : Paul Neufeldt R eporter /P hotographer : Olivia Olivia In this July 17 photo, President Barack Obama meets with Emma Didlake, 110, the oldest known World War II veteran, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. Oldest Veteran Dies at 110 ‘Big Mama’ was trail blazer for generations (AP) — An African-American woman who was believed to be the nation’s oldest veteran at 110 has died, about a month after meeting President Barack Obama in the Oval Office. Emma Didlake died Sunday in West Bloomfield, Mich., northwest of Detroit. She was a 38-year- old wife and mother of five when she signed up in 1943 for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. She served about seven months stateside during the war, as a private and driver. She spent time with the president in July during a trip to Washington that was arranged by Talons Out Honor Flight, a southwest Michigan chapter of a national nonprofit that provides free, one-day trips for veterans to visit monuments and memori- als in the nation’s capital. “Emma Didlake served her country with dis- tinction and honor, a true trailblazer for genera- tions of Americans who have sacrificed so much for their country,” Obama said Monday afternoon in a statement. “I was humbled and grateful to welcome Emma to the White House last month, and Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to Emma’s fam- ily, friends, and everyone she inspired over her long and quintessentially American life.” Didlake was born in Alabama and moved with her family to Detroit in 1944. She was known to her fam- ily as “Big Mama” and recently moved to an assisted living family in suburban Detroit. She was deemed the oldest U.S. veteran based on information gleaned by Honor Flight representatives through national outreach campaigns. Granddaughter Marilyn Horne told The Associ- ated Press last month that when Talons Out officials presented her grandmother with a short-sleeved shirt bearing the group’s logo to wear on the trip to Wash- ington, Didlake took a look and said: “’I don’t have Michelle Obama arms — I’m going to need a jacket.’” ---------------------- 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 envelope. 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