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Death at Daycare Investigated
A northeast Portland daycare has had
its license suspended pending a state in-
vestigation into the recent death of infant
boy, the second infant to die in the two
years at the facility, located at 1205 N.E.
Broadway.
Owner Celeste Probasco-Artharee said
in a statement that the center will cooper-
ate throughout the investigation.
“The Broadway Children’s Center
TriMet General Manager Retires
Neil McFarlane, who
has been with TriMet
since 1991 and spent
the last seven years
as its General Man-
ager, announced last
week he will retire
in early 2018. An
international search
for McFarlane’s re-
placement will be
launched by the
transportation agency and its board of di-
rectors, which will include public input
listening sessions.
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community is devastated by the tragedy
that has taken place,” the statement said.
“Broadway Children’s Center owners
and staff have and will continue to fully
cooperate throughout this process. Our
thoughts and prayers are with the family.”
On Oct. 6, a 10-month-old boy was
found unresponsive at the facility. The
cause of death has not yet been deter-
mined pending an investigation by the
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A 15-year-old Vancouver boy who al-
legedly threw a lit firework into Eagle
Creek has been issued criminal charges in
connection with the Sept. 2 wildfire there,
which rapidly spread to Columbia River
Gorge and caused dangerous air quality
conditions and snow-like ash falling from
the sky. The charges include reckless
Established 1970
cently reached with polluters could delay
efforts to clean up a highly toxic 11-mile
stretch of the river for 5 to 10 more years.
Rape Suspect in Custody
Dominique R. Gonzales, 23, was arrest-
ed on rape charges Thursday after an
adult female reported the attack at Rocky
Butte. The woman told police that attack
happened after she had accepted transpor-
tation from the man during a downpour.
Emergency vehicles transported her to an
area hospital.
Judge Quashes Trump’s Order
Violent Protestor gets 6 Years
A man who violently participated in a
May Day protest in downtown Portland is
getting sentenced to more than six years
in prison for throwing active road flares
into police cars and a Target store. Da-
mion Feller, 22, pleaded guilty in Mult-
nomah County Circuit Court to criminal
mischief, riot, and arson charges. He also
faces a malicious damage charge in fed-
eral court.
medical examiner. The state Office of
Child Care, however, did mention Sud-
den Infant Death Syndrome as a possi-
bility.
When a 7-month old boy died at the
daycare in April of last year, a state in-
vestigator called the fatality sleep-related,
but listed no official cause while deter-
mining that no suspicious circumstances
had taken place.
Healthy River Push Back on Trump
On Thursday, advocates to clean up pol-
luted sites along the Willamette River
from Portland to St. Johns, protested at
Portland City Hall, upset that the Trump
Administration-led Environmental Pro-
tection Agency was backing down on
a plan to finally begin river restoration
work after decades of study. State offi-
cials say a secretive proposal the EPA re-
A federal judge in Seattle ruled
last week that President Trump’s
executive order to financially pun-
ish sanctuary cities is unconstitu-
tional. The decision comes after
Seattle and Portland sued. U.S.
District Judge Richard A. Jones
said Trump’s order failed to pro-
vide an adequate connection be-
tween immigration enforcement
and programs unrelated to immi-
gration like infrastructure, health-
care, and affordable housing.
Fight for Meals on Wheels
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced
a budget amendment to the Senate last
Wednesday that would stop any propos-
al to cut to Meals on Wheels as a way to
free up monies for tax cuts for wealthy
Americans instead. Meals on Wheels cur-
rently provides thousands of hot meals to
seniors throughout the state of Oregon.
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