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October 18, 2017
The
Week
in
Review
on private property. Eudaly over-
sees the bureau which enforces
code compliance. A permanent
change will require a council vote.
EF-0 Tornado in Vancouver
The National Weather Service in
Portland confirmed an EF-0 torna-
A federal judge in Hawaii has do caused minor damage north of
temporarily blocked the latest ver- Vancouver Thursday. No injuries
sion of President Trump’s travel were reported.
ban. In a 40 page decision, hours
before the ban was set to go into
effect, U.S. District Judge Derrick
K. Watson found Trump’s exec-
utive order plainly discriminates
based on nationality and “suffers
from precisely the same maladies
ICE Protesters Arrested
as its predecessor.”
A group of protestors were arrested
in southwest Portland last week for
blocking a bus taking undocument-
ed immigrants to a Tacoma deten-
tion center. It happened in front
of the Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) offices. Five of
Thorns Win Championship
the protestors had their arms bound
Lindsay Horan scored in the 50th together forming a human chain in
minute and the Portland Thorns beat front of the building.
the North Carolina Courage 1-0 on
Saturday to win the National Wom- Boys & Girls Club New Look
en’s Soccer League championship. The Blazers Boys & Girls Club
The Thorns also won the NWSL’s in northeast Portland unveiled a
redecorated facility and several
inaugural championship in 2013.
improvements on Thursday. Trail
Eudaly Okays RV Camping
Blazers legend Terry Porter and
Addressing the shortage of afford- several current Blazers showed up
able housing, Portland Commis- to the big event. Porter reminisced
sioner Chloe Eudaly announced on helping start the club 20 years
a plan over the weekend to sus- ago when he was a member of the
pend enforcement of overnight team and the ongoing value the
RV camping and tiny homes on club gives to young people from
wheels, as long as they’re parked the community.
Latest Travel Ban Blocked
Correction: Martin Retirement Not Yet
Thomas Martin, owner and
operator of Martin Cleaning Ser-
vice, doesn’t plan to retire until
next year in 2018 and no date has
been set when exactly that will
happen.
We regret that in our coverage
of the Portland business owner
in our Oct. 4 Minority and Small
Business special issue (Trusty
Service for 19 Years) that readers
were left with the incorrect im-
pression that the retirement had
already happened.
Martin says he’s still available
for all your carpet and upholstery
cleaning needs by calling him at
503-281-3949.
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