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Page 2 The October 14, 2015 Week in Review Obama Meets with Families President Barack Obama, faced with protests over his meeting Fri- day in Roseburg with victims of the Umpqua Community College shooting, held to his view that something must be done about deadly gun crimes. But given the freshness of the week-old trage- dy, he said, “Today, it’s about the families, their grief and the love we feel for them. Indictment for Child Abuse arrested in a Portland soup kitch- en. Police say Michael Angold, Morrison Haze Lampley and Lila Scott Alligood killed one man in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Oct. 3 and then shot to death a 67-year-old yoga teacher, whose body was found Oct. 5 on a trail north of the city. Deadly Fire Kills Two Two elderly residents were killed in a fire that broke out in a southeast Portland home Friday morning. The victims include 72-year-old Navy veteran Daryl Knudtson and a roommate who as of Monday was not named. A former employee of the Boys and Girls Club on Northeast Mar- tin Luther King Jr. Boulevard was indicted last week on multiple charges of rape and sex abuse. Shooting Death ‘Reasonable’ The case against Riante Ramon The police shooting death of a Badon, 25, involves the victimiza- 12-year-old African-American tion of three teenage girls. boy with a pellet gun in Ohio Wrestling Coach Charged was ‘reasonable,’ according to Wyatt Ross DeRemer, a Gresham two experts in a report prepared wrestling coach, pled not guilty for the Cuyahoga County Prose- Monday to 10 counts of first-degree cutor. The boy, Tamir Rice, was sexual abuse against four young killed by an officer in training boys. The indictment comes after a outside a Cleveland recreation mother reported to police that her center and sparked controversy son had told her about inappropri- given the victim’s race and age. ate sexual touching, according to a Million Man March Anniversary probable cause affidavit. Thousands gathered in the na- Killers Caught in Portland tion’s capital Saturday, calling Three transients accused of rob- for racial and socioeconomic bing and killing a backpacker and equality and to mark 20 years a yoga instructor with a stolen since the first Million Man gun were sent back to Northern March organized by Minister California this week after being Louis Farrakhan. The Plaza Townhomes, a longtime housing complex for low income residents at North Michigan Ave- nue and Jessup Street, will get a major upgrade and new ownership that guarantees the apartments will remain affordable for the next 45 years. Affordable Apartments Preserved Plaza upgrade comes with new ownership An affordable housing commu- nity in north Portland is scheduled to get much-needed renovations thanks to a change in ownership. 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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. Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Leonard Latin P ublisher : e ditor : 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 tional investor in housing serving low income residents, entered into an agreement earlier this month to purchase Plaza Townhomes from Home Forward, the housing au- thority for Multnomah County, and invest more than $3 million in upgrades to the property. “We are thrilled to expand our reach to Portland, Oregon, with this acquisition as we seek to expand our preservation ef- forts throughout the nation.” said Anand Kannan, president of WNC’s Community Preservation Partners, LLC. Michael Buonocore, Home Forward’s executive director, said he was confident in the transaction and pointed out that the situation would be a boon for the residents because the new management would have money and resources to better renovate the homes, and that Home Forward could then use the money to reinvest into the properties they already own or start looking at acquiring new properties and creating more af- fordable housing. “Everything we have done has been to protect residents,” said Buonocore. Plaza Townhomes includes 68 two-and three-bedroom units and is located near Portland Commu- nity College’s Cascade Campus, and just a few blocks from Jeffer- son High School. The community is available to families earning no more than 50 percent of the area’s median income level, and those that meet requirements of the Sec- tion 8 program. Current residents will not have to move as a result of the ownership change. Officials said WNC, which has a long history and commitment to creating and preserving affordable housing throughout the United States, would be signing contracts to keep the Plaza Townhomes property affordable for at least the next 45 years.
