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October 3, 2018
Minority & Small Business Week
Vancouver Waterfront Celebrated
The
Thousands celebrated the grand opening
of Vancouver’s new waterfront district
Saturday. A culmination of a decade of
planning, the development boasts a 90
foot pier that extends out over the Colum-
bia River as well as newly opened restau-
rants and other high-rise developments
still being constructed.
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accused of sexual harassment for com-
menting on Smith’s appearance.
Leaf Pickup Now Free
The Portland Bureau of Transportation
and City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly an-
nounced Tuesday that the annual city-wide
leaf clean-up program, which starts Nov. 9,
will now be free for the first time in years.
The city enacted a $15 annual fee per res-
idential customer for leaf pick-ups back
during the Great Recession of 2010 in order
to recover city costs, but administration of
the fee has been costly and not effective, of-
ficials said.
Hardesty Apologizes to Smith
Portland City Council
Candidate Jo Ann Hard-
esty Tuesday issued an
apology to Loretta Smith,
her November General
Election opponent, after
Smith criticized Hard-
esty for having Baruti
Artharee dance with her
on stage the night before
when asked to present a
piece of art during a City
Council forum on the
arts. Artharee was fired
from a city job in 2013,
Dudley and Kavanaugh in Bar Fight
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Ka-
vanaugh and his friend, former Portland
Trail Blazer and fellow Yale alum Chris
Dudley, were involved in a bar fight in
1985 that evoked a police response and
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Kavanaugh FBI Investigation
A Senate Judiciary Hearing of U.S. Su-
preme Court Nominee Brett Kavana-
ugh was wrought with intense emotions
Thursday from both Kavanaugh and his
accuser of sexual assault, Dr. Christine
Blasey Ford. Now the FBI has been
called in to investigate the accusations
of Ford and others after senators Jeff
Flake, R-Ariz., and Chris Coons, D-Del.,
agreed to postpone a floor vote until after
the investigation took place.
Paul Allen Diagnosed with Cancer
Portland Trail Blazers owner and Mic-
rosoft co-founder Paul Allen revealed
Monday that he has been diagnosed with
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of can-
cer he received treatment for nine years
prior. He expressed optimism that he will
see good results from new therapies.
Obama Endorses Kate Brown
Oregon Governor and
Democrat Kate Brown
was endorsed by for-
mer President Barack
Obama on Monday in
her bid for reelection
in what is considered
a neck-to-neck contest
with her opponent, Re-
publican Knute Bue-
hler. In his endorsement, Obama lauded
Brown’s response to the school shooting
at Umpqua Community College three
years ago.
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