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Page 2 December 6, 2017 Avalon Flowers 520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250 A full service flower experience 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 photo Courtesy M ultnoMah C ounty Dozens of people fill conference room to get information about jobs and construction contracts for the Multnomah County Central Courthouse Project and the Gladys McCoy Health Department Headquarters. Networking for Jobs County recruits for courthouse, health department builds New Greater Faith Outreach Ministries Presents 1st Annual Family andFriends Day “Reaching Beyond The Sanctuary” Sunday December10th, 2017 | 3:30pm Guest speaker – Superintendent Tate 12105 Ne Prescott, Portland OR 97220 (470)-265-8236 • (971)-352-9390 Hosted by Lead Servant Pastor Byrone Bolton Your Invited to come join us for Family and Friends day!!! 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Christa McIntyre r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Danny Peterson r ePorter /W eb e ditor : P ublic r elAtions : Mark The Week in Review Former Trump national se- curity adviser Michael Fly- nn pleaded guilty Friday to lying to tends to move the U.S. Embassy the FBI about to Jerusalem. conversations Embattled Conyers to Resign with Russia’s Embattled ambassador, Democratic a sign that the investigation by Rep. John special counsel Robert Mueller Conyers is intensifying. The plea provides said Tues- the clearest picture yet of coordi- day that nation between Flynn and other he’ll step Trump advisors in their contact down from with Russian officials to influence his seat in international polity. Congress Trump Embassy Move to amid a na- Jerusalem Called Dangerous tionwide reckoning over sexual Palestinian President Mahmoud harassment in the workplace. Co- Abbas warned President Trump nyers, who was the longest serv- Tuesday that moving the Ameri- ing member of the U.S. House, can embassy from Tel Aviv to Je- was facing investigation into rusalem would risk the peace, se- multiple allegations that he sexu- curity and stability of the Mideast ally harassed women who worked and the world. Abbas said Trump with him. called him Tuesday to say he in- 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 C ontinueD on p age 4 ate the business. Def Jam Founder Steps Away Def Jam Re- cords founder Russell Sim- mons said Fri- day that he is stepping away from his com- panies follow- ing a second sexual mis- conduct allegation. Screenwriter Jenny Lumet said she was prompt- ed to speak out after Simmons’ de- nial of a separate 1991 allegation of misconduct by another woman. Governors for Kids Health Oregon Gov. Kate Brown joined Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper Tuesday to lambast the GOP Con- gress for letting the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expire. States are being forced to dip into their own budgets to keep children and pregnant mothers on their health insurance plans, and many could have to end that coverage unless Congress acts soon. Nearly nine million children across the country are at risk. Jim Nabors Dead at 87 Jim Nabors, the actor best known for playing the character Gomer Pyle on “The Any Griffith Show” in the 1960s, died Thursday in Ha- waii. He was 87. Embers Gay Nightclub Closes Embers Avenue, a Portland dance and drag show venue that has served Portland’s LGBTQ community for around 50 years, closed suddenly on Friday. Rep- resentatives of the beloved ven- ue said Steve Suss, the main owner of the club, had a massive stroke and could no longer oper- Court Allows Travel Ban The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries pend- ing a ruling from two cases wind- ing through the federal courts. The lower courts have continued to find problems with the policy.
