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Page 2 November 29, 2017 Avalon Flowers 520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250 Livability Grants Awarded Projects promote shared A full service flower experience prosperity Cori Stewart-- Owner, Operator • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Funerals • Weddings Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm Saturday 9am til 2pm. Website: avalonflowerspdx.com email: avalonflowers@msn.com We Offer Wire Services Established 1970 USPS 959 680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 CALL 503-288-0033 • FAX 503-288-0015 Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Leonard Latin Office Manager/Classifieds: Lucinda Baldwin c reAtive d irector : Paul Neufeldt P ublisher : e ditor : PO QR code r ePorter /W eb e ditor : r ePorter /W eb e ditor : d anny P eterson t he P ortLand o bserver Prosper Portland, the city of Portland’s urban development agency, is awarding $1.7 million in Community Livability Grants, leveraging $11 million in private investment, to promote projects with shared prosperity benefitting communities of color and people with low incomes. by The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Man- uscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All creat- ed design display ads become the sole property of the newspa- per 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 PER- MISSION 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 Pub- lishers Association. Christa McIntyre Danny Peterson P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. Washington o ffice A ssistAnt /s Ales : Shawntell news@portlandobserver.com • ads@portlandobserver.comn • subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer , PO Box 3137 , Portland, OR 97208 The successful applicants were from five urban renewal areas across the city and had propos- als that honor local culture and history, support expansion of workforce services facilities and improve community centers and services, officials said. They also commit to making a good faith effort to hire minority-owned, woman-owned, disadvantaged or emerging small businesses and organizations. Among the 21 grant recipients are several serving the African American community, including a $280,000 grant to Allen Temple Church to help rebuild a fellow- ship hall and provide space for community programs, classes and public events; a $129,000 award to the historic African American The Billy Webb Elks Lodge to expand services, and $300,000 to Con- structing Hope, a nonprofit that plans to expand its training facil- ity which prepares participants to do construction work through a pre-apprenticeship program. New Hope Missionary Baptist Church will receive $42,500 to assist with roof replacement; The Portland Miracle Reviv- al Church Restoration Outreach Community Center will receive $38,000 for storefront improve- ments to increase community en- gagement with the organization’s social services; and Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church will receive $32,500 for renovation of the church’s interior to encourage a more optimized and efficient use of space. Week in Review North Korea Fires 15th Ballistic Missile of 2017 North Korea launched its 15th ballistic missile of 2017 on Tuesday, according to a U.S. official, marking the latest act of provocation by the hermit nation and its first test in over two months. On Aug. 8, Trump threatened the regime with “fire and fury like the world has never seen.” High Court Rejects Mississippii Flag Lawsuit On Monday, the U.S. Supreme court turned down hearing an appeal from a black attorney who was lost a lawsuit against the state of Mis- sissippi, claiming the Confederate symbol on the official state flag was “an official endorsement of white supremacy.” Michigan State, Duke Crowned PK80 Champs Sunday concluded the Phil Knight Invitational 80, a Thanksgiving holiday weekend college basketball tournament at the Moda Center and Memorial Coliseum that saw 16 teams compete to celebrate Nike Founder Phil Knight’s 80th birthday. In the championship bracket, Michigan State beat North Carolina, 63-45; and in the runner up brack- et Duke beat Florida, 87-84. Man Dies in Hit and Run on North Fessenden Police are looking for the driver of a dark BMW sedan involved in a hit and run collision that killed a pedestrian on North Fessenden Street Sunday. A witness told police the driver was speeding down the street when it happened and fled. Community members administered CPR for the victim, but he was later pronounced dead by emergency medical responders, officials said. Speed Tied to I-5 Fatal; Responding Officers Hurt Police said speed was the blame for a fatal crash involving two vehicles on I-5near the Interstate Bridge Sunday. Two North Precinct officers assisting at the scene were injured when a passing motorist crashed into their vehicle, one was transported to the hospital for serious injuries, officials said. Trump Makes Pocahontas Crack with Navajo Code Talkers President Donald Trump turned a remark about ‘Pocahontas’ into a ra- cial slur at a White House event honoring Navajo code talkers from World War II Monday. The quip came in reference to Sen. Elizabeth Warren in an aside that received swift backlash shortly afterward. Net Neutrality Rollback Would Reverse Obama Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai last week an- nounced a proposal to roll back rules set in place by the Obama Admin- istration to ensure equal access to the internet. The regulations prohibit Telecom companies like AT&T and Verizon from slowing down the delivery of websites in favor of speedier networks for higher paying customers.