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Page 2 April 25, 2018 d anny p ererson / t he p ortland o bserver photo by Benson High Principal Curtis Wilson Jr. inspires students by teaching a Zumba dance class earlier this year. The school administrator was just named Oregon High School Principal of the Year. Principal of the Year Benson’s Curtis Wilson Jr. named top school leader Curtis Wilson Jr. of Benson has been named the Oregon High School Principal of the Year. Week in Review The VOTE > D. BORA HARRIS MAY 15, 2018 MULTNOMAH COUNTY CHAIR Walk With Me; Hold Hands With Me in FAITH- HOPE - COURAGE for SOLUTIONS B • • • • OUR ELDERLY OUR CHILDREN OUR HOMELESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ublic T rust -- Renewed quality of life -- Protect their Environment, Education, Dreams -- “Livable” places to call home -- In places where neighbors know your name Follow me on Facebook and Twitter! 503-936-8020 Borahbora@aol.com – or- dborahformultochair@gmail.com Established 1970 P ublisher : e ditor : Portland Public Schools will eliminate about 35 positions and realign and con- solidate a number of departments at the district’s central office, Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero announced Mon- day. The moves were aimed at protecting high-priority areas such as school staffing and the district’s racial equity priorities in the wake of budget and strategic planning changes, Guerrero said. USS Portland Commissioned P uilding School Administration Cuts 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 The USS Portland was put into service in front of over 5,000 onlookers in a Portland waterfront ceremony Saturday celebrating the first Navy ship named after the Rose City. Under construction since 2013 and chris- tened in February 2016, the San-Diego based ship was dubbed by Mayor Ted Wheeler as a ‘force for peace’ at the ceremony. Navy Ship Draws Protest 10 different organizations protested the USS Portland’s commissioning ceremony Saturday. Protesting U.S. involvement in foreign wars, the Portland Democratic So- cialists of America were among the groups who marched from Northwest 21st Ave- “Caught me completely off guard,” Wil- son said of learning about the honor Thurs- day. “I did not expect that at all.” The award, administered by the Confed- eration of Oregon School Administrators and the Oregon Association of Secondary School Administrators, makes Wilson eli- c ontinued on p aGe 15 nue to the gates of the waterfront terminal where Saturday’s ceremony was taking place. Burgerville Workers Unionize Burgerville is now the only fast food chain in the nation that must legally oblige a fed- erally recognized workers union. Employ- ees of the Burgerville on Southeast 92nd Avenue and Powell ended a two-day elec- tion Monday night that saw an 18-4 vote in favor of the establishing The Burgerville Workers Union to negotiate for wage in- creases, affordable healthcare, and other benefits. Driver Plows into Pedestrians The driver of a rental van plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in Toronto Monday, killing 10 and injuring 15 more in what authorities say was a deliberate act of vi- olence. The suspect, Alek Minassian, 25, was put in custody shortly after leaving be- hind a mile long trail of destruction. Prince Ingested Counterfeit Pills A Minnesota prosecutor said Thursday that Prince likely mistakenly ingested a counterfeit pain killer that he thought was Vicodin but instead was laced with the dangerously powerful drug fentanyl prior to his death. The Carver County Attorney Mark Metz said no criminal charges would be filed for his death and that the artist had suffered years of pain and pain medication addition. ---------------------- USPS 959 680 ------------------ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. 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