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June 29, 2016
Honoring
Our Graduates
Congratulations
to
Arya
Patryce Morman of Portland on
her 2016 graduation from Cal
State University East Bay where
she received a master’s degree in
health care administration.
Morman attended Portland
schools growing up, including De
La Salle North, Sabin Elementary
School, Holy Redeemer, the Com-
munity Learning Center and Da Vin-
ci Middle School. Prior to Cal State,
she attended Oregon State Universi-
ty and the University of Oregon.
Her scholarly attributes in-
clude receiving scholarships from
OHSU and Safeway via the Skan-
ner Foundation, the Horatio Al-
gier Scholarship and several other
awards. Her extracurricular activi-
ties include being a member of the
Alpna Kappa Alpha sorority, Mt.
Olivet Baptist Church and Chrys- Arya Patryce Morman of Portland (second from right) graduates from Cal State University with the
alis Ministries.
loving support of members of her family.
Mt. Olivet West Blood Drive
You’re invited to help save
lives by giving a blood donation
during a Red Cross Blood Drive at
the Mt. Olivet Church-West gym-
nasium, 17800 SW. Kinnaman
Rd. in Aloha on Saturday, July 23
from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Courtney Orr, a member of the
local community attending Port-
land Community College helped
put together the event as a com-
munity service project that will
support her application for nurs-
ing school.
To schedule your appointment,
or for more information, contact
Orr at 971-207-6343 or by email
at cpht24@gmail.com or visit red-
crossblood.org and enter the spon-
sor code LeadersSaveLivesPCC.
A family photo of Sahrye Hardy and her mother, Natoshia Jones.
Mother Seeks Justice
Sues apartment over daughter’s death
C ervante P oPe
t he P ortland o bserver
An Oregon mother has iled
a $4 million lawsuit against an
apartment complex in the death of
her 3-year-old daughter.
Sahrye Imani Hardy died in
February last year while visiting
a relative at the Pineview Apart-
ments in Happy Valley. Despite
being in the same room as her
daughter during the visit, Na-
toshia Jones was unaware that her
daughter was being strangled by a
cord from window blinds.
In her lawsuit, Jones charges
the Pineview Apartments, Cascade
Rental Management Company, and
the blinds manufacturer Newell
by
Window Furnishings for failing to
remove cords longer than 7 ¼ inch-
es from the window ixtures.
Three separate mini blind fac-
tory recalls from 1994-96, 2000
and 2009, found that longer cords
pose an extreme hazard to chil-
dren, and that many of the window
blinds listed in the recalls are still
in use today, according to public
service group Parents for Window
Blind Safety.
According to the U.S. Consum-
er Product Safety Commission, at
least 332 children have died in the
United States from cord strangu-
lation over the last three decades.
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