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Page 2 April 26, 2017 Established 1970 USPS 959 680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the writ- ten consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITH- OUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publica- tion--is a member of the National Newspaper Associ- ation--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association PO QR code P ublisher : e ditor : Mark Washington, Sr. Helping Hungry Families Focused on alleviating hunger and helping people become more food secure, Smithfield Foods joined forces with Fred Meyer to donate nearly 25,000 pounds of protein to Oregon Food Bank last week. The donation, equivalent to nearly 100,000 serv- ings, will help families fight hunger across Oregon and southwest Washington where one in five individuals are food insecure. “Each year, we provide millions of meals to the many people in need throughout our community,” said Katie Pearmine, strategic sourcing manager for Oregon Food Bank. “We are grateful to Smithfield and Fred Meyer for this large protein donation, which allows us to provide high-quality protein to agencies and people throughout our service area.” Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington Leonard Latin A dvertising M AnAger : Office Manager/Classifieds: Lucinda Baldwin c reAtive d irector : Paul Neufeldt r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Christa McIntyre P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. r ePorter : Zachary Senn CALL 503-288-0033 FAX 503-288-0015 news@portlandobserver.com ads@portlandobserver.com subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer , PO Box 3137 , Portland, OR 97208 Trump Can’t Withhold Funds A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that President Don- ald Trump cannot punish so-called sanctuary cities, like Portland and hundreds of other locales, by with- holding federal funds. The ruling temporarily halts part of an exec- utive order that involved stopping the flow of money to communities that do not cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The A donation of 25,000 pounds of protein products from Smithfield Foods and Fred Meyer is donated to the Oregon Food Bank to help hungry families in Oregon and southwest Washington. Pictured (from left) are Mariah Gonzalez of Fred Meyer; Dennis Pittman of Smithfield Foods and Katie Pearmine of the Oregon Food Bank. Week Review United States are also testing self driving vehicles. Second Elephant hit by TB 34 year old Sung-Surin, one of the Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephants, has tested positive for tuberculo- sis. Sung-Surin is being taken care of by zoo veterinarians and shows no sign of illness. Last year, the zoo’s celebrated elephant Packy Open to Self Driving Cars Mayor Ted Wheeler and City was put down after a long battle Commissioner announced on with TB. April 19th an autonomous vehicle Woman Strangled at Motel pilot program will begin by the Police arrested a man Friday want- end of the year. The Mayor hopes ed in connection with the stran- the program will bring cutting gulation death of Valerie John- edge technology to the city, along son, 42, at the Motel 6 on Powell with business from inventors and Boulevard in southeast Portland. investors. Three other cities in the in the morning before. Detectives are investigating the crime and asking the public to come forward with Joshua Carlson, 31, was charged any information. with murder in the domestic abuse Earth Day Clean Up case, police said. SOLVE’s 28th annual Earth Day clean up event drew over 5,000 vol- unteers Saturday who collected 35 tons of trash in Portland neighbor- hoods, parks, school grounds and nature areas. Volunteers also cleared out invasive plants and debris. Jeff Champs Recognized School Hit with Hate Graffiti Members of the Cully Neighbor- hood’s Trinity Lutheran Church and School spent Sunday morning cleaning up swastikas and racial slurs found tagged on the property The Jefferson High School boys basketball team was recognized for winning the 2017 state cham- pionship during a special appear- ance before the Portland City Council last week. City Commis- sioner Dan Saltzman led the cer- emony.