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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
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consigned to the ash heap of history where
it belongs,” Pence enthusiastically told at-
tendees during the Grand Rapids visit.
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.