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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.
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