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April 26, 2017
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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.”
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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.