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Page 2 August 3, 2016 Help Managing The Week Mortgage Debt in Review People struggling with homeowner debut may get some help when Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and the nonprof- it Hacienda Community Development Corp. co-host a free event for Wells Far- go mortgage customers who are facing financial issues and are delinquent in their loan payments. The foreclosure prevention and home preservation event will take place Sun- day, Aug. 10 from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. at Hacienda’s offices, 6700 N.E. Killing- sworth St. “The whole premise is home retention: keeping customers in their homes. What can we do to help our customer sustain homeownership? If there’s some kind of way we can provide assistance, we want to do that,” said Charles Connor of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. Potential attendees can call 866-790- 3276 for more information. Public Camping to End A pilot program that allowed homeless in- dividuals to camp on the city’s streets at night will end next week and street camping will remain il- legal, Portland Mayor Charles Hales announced Tuesday. Hales said that the emergency rules he set for overnight street camping six months ago “caused confusion,” and that outreach workers and law enforcement struggled to educate people about the ‘Safe Sleep Guidelines.’ Last Charges Dropped Charges against Officer Garrett Miller, Officer William Porter and Sergeant Ali- cia White, the remaining officers facing trial in the Freddie Gray homicide, were all dropped by prosecutors last week. Ear- lier this year, three other officers charged in the case were acquitted after trials, mean- ing all parties involved in Gray’s death will go without a conviction. Weed at Oregon State Fair Oregon State Fair officials along with the Oregon Cannabis Business Council revealed last week that this year’s Oregon State Fair (Aug. 26-Sept. 5) will feature “prize win- ning marijuana plants.” A greenhouse for the plants will be sectioned off at the fairgrounds and monitored by security to only allow those 21 and up to enter. The plants will be judged on the same criteria as other plants in the fair. Republicans against Abortion Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate Mike Pence stated at a campaign stop in Michigan on Thursday that if Trump sees victory in the November election, the pair will seek to overturn the historical ruling le- galizing abortion. “We’ll see Roe vs. Wade Established 1970 ---------------------- USPS 959 680 ------------------ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. 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New Plans for Mental Illness The Oregon Health Authority revealed Thursday that they’re beginning a three- year plan to better help the state deal with persons with mental illnesses. The US De- partment of Justice has been investigating how well Oregon complies with the Amer- icans with Disabilities Act and are enacting some changes that include expanding local mental health services. Voter Restrictions Annulled The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Cir- cuit ruled Friday that voter-ID requirement laws in the Republican-majority states of North Carolina, Texas and Kansas are dis- criminatory, with some facets of them be- ing unconstitutional. The Court found that the laws purposefully made it more diffi- cult for African Americans, who usually tend to vote as Democrats. Sentence for Peeping Eyes An employee at the Eyes on Broadway eyeglasses store near Lloyd Center Mall was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday. Joshua Muller, 32, pled guilty to 26 counts of invasion of personal privacy and one count of “using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct” for recording at least 16 adults and 10 children using the restroom in the eyeglasses shop. Speed Demons on Camera In a first for Oregon, the City of Portland announced Monday that they will be in- stalling speed cameras along some of the city’s highest crash zones, with the first going up along the Beaverton Hillsdale Highway. The Portland Bureau of Trans- portation claims it’s not an attempt to gain more money through tickets, but to encour- age drivers to slow down and prevent ac- cidents.
