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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
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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.
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