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Page 2 December 2, 2015 The 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 envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the writ- ten 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 WITH- OUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Ob- server--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Found- ed 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 P ublisher : 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 Week in Review Terror at Women’s Clinic A man has been charged in the deaths of a police officer and two other people at a women’s health clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday. Robert Lewis Dear, 57, is ac- cused of spraying gunfire on the victims and others at the Planned Parenthood fa- cility. He was also heard making a rant against abortion. Lewis & Clark Sit-In Lewis & Clark College students Tues- day pledged to continue occupying the school’s administrative building in a protest that began last week after a black student was attacked and earlier racist messages were posted on Yik Yak, an anonymous message board. College Pres- ident Barry Glassner has scheduled a fo- rum for sometime next week on improv- ing campus diversity, but the student say they won’t move until they have concrete plans and protections for students of col- or. Franklin High Security Threat Franklin High School announced they would be heightening security measures Tuesday as students and staff returned from the holiday break because of a threat- ening note found in a hallway. Police de- termined there was no credible threat to the southeast Portland school but offered extra protection and resource officers as a pre- caution. Fires at Madison High School 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 Classes were cancelled Monday at Mad- ison High School after two fires were set inside the school. Firefighters were called to the northeast Portland school a little af- ter noon on Monday after a fire in a sec- ond-floor storage closet trigged an alarm. Another fire was set the same morning in a restroom. First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Oregon student representative Alena Nore and Tricia Snell, director of local nonprofit Caldera, during a ceremony to honor excellence in mentoring youth through the arts and humanities. Honored at the White House Local non-profit praised for mentoring youth Caldera, a local organization that helps empower young people, is celebrating af- ter being honored at the White House for excellence in mentoring youth through the arts and humanities. High school senior Alena Nore, 18, a representative of Caldera, and Tricia Snewll, director of the non-profit, visited the White House Nov. 24 to receive rec- ognition from First Lady Michelle Obama. The 2015 National Arts and Human- ities Youth Program Award is the nation’s highest honor for creative youth programs, recognizing the country’s best programs as well as highlighting the positive role that arts and humanities play in youth academic achievement, graduation rates and college enrollment. C ontinued on P age 5
