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Day Rainfall
Late leader
honored at PCC
Cascade
Streets, homes
swamped by
downpours
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‘City of Roses’
Volume XLIV
Number 51
www.portlandobserver.com
Wednesday • December 9, 2015
See Local News,
page 3
Established in 1970
Committed to Cultural Diversity
Timbers Rule!
Portland Timbers forward Lucas Melano (left) of Argentina and forward Fanendo Adi of Nigeria raise the championship
trophy from the club’s first Major League Soccer Cup title after defeating Columbus Crew SC in Columbus, Ohio on
Sunday. Celebrations immediately broke out around Portland, and a parade for the team on Tuesday brought thousands
of people downtown. (AP photo)