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October 21, 2015
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Home Ownership Help Offered
Free housing fair
Saturday at Legacy
Emanuel Hospital
P ortland’s African American Alliance
for Homeownership is hosting its 17th
Annual Black Homeownership Fair on
Saturday, Oct. 24 at Legacy Emanuel
Hospital Atrium in north Portland.
The free and open to the public event
provides tips and resources for buying a
home, especially for disadvantaged resi-
dents, and will feature new and successful
black homeowners as public speakers.
The fair also features a “Homes for
Sale Bus Tour,” designed to encourage
and inspire potential home buyers. A
chartered bus will take up to 35 people to
about 10 homes for sale within the sur-
rounding neighborhood. The tour is free
to attend but seats will be limited.
Information on first-time homeowner-
ship lending and current housing market
conditions will also be provided thanks to
Chase Bank and Urbane Realty. A Renters
State of Emergency information session
presented by the Community Alliance of
Tenants is planned along with several free
workshops, and the chance to visit with
over 40 housing professionals.
The African American Alliance for
Homeownership also offers support and
counseling to thousands of Portland res-
idents facing foreclosure. The goal is to
increase the numbers of people in the
black community who own and retain
their own property in the city.
The housing is open to families, of-
fering children’s activities, homeown-
ership-related door prizes, including a
$1,000 down payment grant, and a va-
riety of gift cards. A free lunch will be
open to all fair visitors from noon to 1
p.m. The fair opens at 10 a.m. and closes
at 3 p.m.
The Portland Observer is sponsoring
this year’s fair to support homeownership
opportunities. For more information, visit
aaah.org.
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Body Camera Policy Review
Portland’s mayor, police chief and other
police brass are asking for public input as
they draft a policy for using body-worn
cameras. The police bureau plans on pur-
chasing cameras in January and begin
equipping about 600 patrols officers and
sergeants next spring.
Fatal Gunfire Downtown
A man gunned down behind a downtown
nightclub Sunday night has been identi-
fied as Dion Anthony Matthews Jr., 23, of
northeast Portland. Police say he was killed
by gunfire and are asking for the public’s
help to identify a suspect.
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The #BlackLivesMatter network is asking
the Democratic National Committee to
schedule a debate between its presidential
candidates exclusive to issues impacting
black Americans. “Those of us who (reluc-
tantly) gave our votes to the Democratic
Party deserve more robust forums on is-
sues of particular concern to our communi-
ties,” the activists wrote Tuesday.
The
Week
in
Review
Arrested Student Welcomed
Ahmed Mohamed, the
Texas student who was
arrested and suspended
from high school for
bringing a homemade
clock to class, attend-
ed a science event at
the White House Monday. Ahmed got a
personal invitation from President Barack
Obama for “Astronomy Night.” The two
met and chatted briefly during the event.
Man Sentenced in Beating Case
A man who beat a stranger in the face with
a sock full of rocks was sentenced to 10
years in prison Monday. James Lynn Ed-
wards was seen in a Plaid Pantry surveil-
lance video striking Kenneth Wayne Brum-
Barbecue Never Tasted Sweeter
C ontinued froM f ront
Previous set ups in Aloha, and in south-
west and southeast Portland went on the
skids. In 2012, Varnado relocated from
Southwest Macadam Avenue when a
nearby resident filed a lawsuit, claiming
smoke from his barbecue grills was get-
ting into her apartment and eyes, requiring
the installation of “expensive air-cleaning
devices.”
“I’ve been run out of a lot of places
mel a dozen times in the head even after
being knocked unconscious. The 48-year-
old lost an eye after the attack last May.
Improving after Overdose
Lamar Odom, the former
professional basketball
player and estranged hus-
band of celebrity Khloé
Kardashian, was trans-
ferred to a medical treat-
ment facility in Los An-
geles Monday after being
critically injured in an ap-
parent drug overdose at a Nevada brothel a
week earlier. Odom is on dialysis and may
need a kidney transplant according to rela-
tives, but is also alert and improving.
Man Found In River
A body pulled from the Willamette Riv-
er on Friday has been identified as Man-
uel Gonzales Pena Jr., 48, of San Jose,
Calif. The medical examiner said he died
by drowning and there were no signs of
trauma. Anyone with more information is
encouraged to come forward.
now,” said Varnado, “but you know how
Portland can be. Might not have been the
color of my smoke but the color of my skin
that drove me out of Macadam!”
Reo’s Ribs will celebrate their grand
opening on Saturday, Oct. 31, welcoming
the neighborhood to taste their flavorful
barbecue and soul food cuisine.