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Page 2 September 6, 2017 Subscribe ! Fill Out & Send To: The 503-288-0033 Attn: Subscriptions, PO Box 3137, Portland OR 97208 $45.00 for 3 months • $80.00 for 6 mo. • $125.00 for 1 year (please include check with this subscription form) Name: Telephone: Address: or email subscriptions@portlandobserver.com in Week Review More Hurricanes Generate; Take Aim 55,000 Kicked Off Medicaid Program Just as Texas recovers from a week of Hurricane Harvey, another hurricane strengthened to a Cat- egory 5 storm Tuesday in the Atlantic and cat- astrophic damage is possible in the Florida Keys and southern Florida this weekend. A third storm, meanwhile, has formed behind Irma. Tropical Storm Jose could become a Category 2 hurricane as it brushes the Caribbean islands at the end of the week. Oregon has kicked nearly 55,000 people off its Med- icaid program because they no longer qualified or failed to respond to an eligibility check. Officials re- ported the reduced numbers last week after making up for eligibility checks that had built up due to tech- nology troubles and a massive increase in Medicaid enrollment under the Affordable Care Act. Emmett Till Cousin Dies S i m e o n Wright, who was with his cousin Emmett Till when the Chicago boy was kidnapped and killed in 1955 after whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, has died of cancer. He was 74. Till’s death galva- nized the civil rights movement when his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, insisted on an open-casket fu- neral in Chicago to show the world her son’s mu- tilated body. Benson, Roosevelt Cancel Football Games $100 per Plate • $800. per Table To Purchase Tickets: www.sicklecelloregon.org or contact The Foundation Staff: 503.249.1366 • M-F 10:00 - 2:00 PM Benson High School cancelled Friday’s football season opener against Milwaukie and Roosevelt cancelled its opener against Lakeridge because both program didn’t have enough players eligi- ble for competition. The teams expect to resume play this weekend with a sufficient number of players. International School Catches Fire The International School in southwest Portland caught fire Thursday when flames reportedly in or near a dumpster on the exterior of the school spread inside the building. The fire also damaged the school’s elec- trical supply. Firefighters were able quickly put the fire out. Damaged Concrete Closes Parking Garage A downtown Portland parking garage was closed af- ter maintenance workers last week found damaged concrete that could fall and injure people or dam- age property. Repairs to the city-owned O’Bryant Square SmartPark garage, located near Southwest Stark Street and 9th Avenue, are expected to take four months. Men Charged in Multiple Tavern Robberies Police say two men have been charged in a string of local tavern robberies. On Thursday, Deron A. Crain, 32 was arrested and taken into custody on 14 counts of robbery. Another man, Johntae D. Hammond, 33, was already in custody in Clark County and also fac- es 14 counts of robbery in connection with the holdups, officials said. Established 1970 P ublisher : e ditor : Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Office Manager/Classifieds: c reAtive d irector : Leonard Latin Lucinda Baldwin ---------------------- 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 news- paper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, RE- PRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association Paul Neufeldt CALL 503-288-0033 r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Christa McIntyre P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. o ffice A ssistAnt /s Ales : Shawntell Washington 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 PO QR code
