May 23, 2018
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Neighbor Mourned
Miracles Club to honor
85-year-old killed
The Miracles Club, a non-alcohol recovery assis-
tance center serving the African American community,
is mourning the death of local welder and fabricator
Eugene C. Gora, 85, who was found murdered May
10 at his landmark red welding garage, located on the
corner of Northeast Skidmore and Martin Luther King
Jr. Boulevard, adjacent to the center.
Executive Director Michael Booker announced
Monday that the Miracles Club invites the community
to join them for an informal public memorial service
in Gora’s honor on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the Miracles
Club. Gora was a member of the organization where
he made daily visits.
“He was a good guy. We were very saddened about
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Activist and former state representative Jo Ann Hardesty (right) won nearly 46 percent of the vote in
Tuesday’s May Primary election for a seat on the Portland City Council, falling short of the at least 50
percent plus one vote total needed to avoid a runoff. She will face Multnomah County Commissioner
Loretta Smith (left) in the November General Election. Smith finishing in second place captured about
21 percent of the primary vote.
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Smith optimistic
for November
runoff election
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Results from Tuesday’s May
Primary Election means it’s cer-
tain that Portland will seat its first
black female City Council mem-
ber next year as the two top candi-
dates in the race, Jo Ann Hardesty,
by
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who captured 46 percent of the
vote, and Loretta Smith, with the
second highest total of 21 percent,
will face off in the November
General Election.
Both are African-Americans
and advanced from a field of six
candidates in the election compet-
ing for the seat held by incumbent
City Commissioner Dan Saltzman
who is stepping down when his
term ends in January.
“I think it’s amazing and out-
standing that in a city that has less
than six percent African Amer-
icans, that you have two black
women who are in the runoff to
be the next Portland City Council
person. And these seats don’t open
that often” Smith told the Portland
Observer.
Smith, who was a Multnomah
County Commissioner for eight
years and worked for Senator Ron
Wyden for over two decades, was
thought to be a front-runner by
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