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Page 2 February 21, 2018 The Gun Law Passes Oregon House and economic policy shaping. A proposed law to prevent people Teachers Endorse Hardesty from owning guns because of do- mestic violence or stalking con- victions was passed by the Oregon House Thursday. The measure is intended to save the lives of most- ly women and children who are killed by domestic abusers each year, most of whom were victims’ husbands or boyfriends, according to Oregon Health Authority data. The Portland Association of Teachers has endorsed Jo Ann Hard- esty in her May Primary election race to replace retiring city Kitzhaber Broke Ethics Laws commission- Former Gov. John Kitzhaber mis- er Dan Saltzman. Hardesty is the used his official position for per- current Portland NAACP presi- sonal gain in 10 instances of vi- dent and a former state lawmaker. olating state laws, Oregon ethics Gorge Fire Starter Sentenced officials voted unanimously Fri- A 15 year old boy from Vancouver day. He is accused of allowing his who admitted to causing the dev- fiancée Cylvia Hayes to sidestep astating Columbia Gorge fire last separation of her privately paid summer because of his careless- advocacy and public green energy Week in Review session was moderator by former flight to Portland to try to con- PPS student and Rhodes Scholar vince the Trail Blazers to acquire J.T. Flowers. him decades ago. Barkley said he thought the Trail Blazers should Fired from Black have paid him back. Parent Initiative Former Black Parent Initia- tive chief executive officer and co-founder Chalres McGee was terminated from his position with the non-profit after a second sexu- al harassment complaint surfaced last week. The former Multnomah Superintendent on Priorities County Commissioner candidate Portland Public Schools Super- was previously placed on admin- intendent Guadalupe Guerrero istrative leave pending an investi- touched on topics such as more gation. funding for student clubs and ac- tivities, more help for students at Trail Blazers Repay Barkley risk of dropping out, and improv- Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lil- ing student safety from gun vio- lard presented NBA Hall of Famer lence during an address before the and current TNT analyst Charles Portland City Club Friday. The Barkley a check for $1,197 Sun- day in response to a story Barkley told days before of a self-funded ness with fireworks was sentenced to 1,920 hours of community ser- vice and five years of probation Friday. “I apologize with all my heart,” he said in court after plead- ing guilty to 12 misdemeanors. Prosecutor Resigns from Board Federal prose- cutor and Ore- gon native Ryan Bounds resigned from the Mult- nomah Bar Asso- ciation’s Diversi- ty and Inclusion Committee, at the organization’s request last week, following resurfaced opinion pieces he wrote in college that expressed racist, sexist, and ho- mophobic views on multicultural- ism. Bounds is President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. 1970 Benson graduate and Portland General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jim Piro (right) with Benson High School Principal Curtis Wilson. Grad Honored with Benson Support To honor its retiring chief ex- ecutive officer Jim Piro, Portland General Electric recently donated $100,000 to the engineering pro- gram at his alma mater, Benson High School. But when the Portland School Board recognized Piro with a proclamation, he had a surprise of his own. “I just wanted to let you know that my wife and I decid- Established 1970 P ublisher : e ditor : Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Office Manager/Classifieds: c reAtive d irector : r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Leonard Latin Lucinda Baldwin Paul Neufeldt Danny Peterson P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. o ffice A ssistAnt /s Ales : Shawntell Washington ed to match the grant, so now it’s $200,000,” Piro said, drawing a loud ovation in the Benson audi- torium where the board meeting was held. Piro was student body presi- dent at Benson before graduating in 1970. After graduating from Oregon State, he started a 37-year career at PGE, first as an engineer, then as President and CEO from 2009 to 2017. ---------------------- USPS 959 680 ------------------ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the news- paper 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 PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. 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