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January 30, 2019
The
Week in Review
Measles Cases Grow in Vancouver; Also Reach Oregon
Public Health officials said the number of confirmed measles cases in
the Vancouver area hit 36 on Tuesday, with another 12 possible cases
in Clark County and one confirmed case in Oregon. The spread of
the disease has been fueled by low immunization rates in both states.
Raiford Case Thrown Out
Portland activist Teressa Raiford’s
$500,000 civil lawsuit against the city
for false arrest was thrown out of court
just as trial was scheduled to start on
Monday. Judge Leslie Bottomly ruled
the ‘Don’t Shoot Portland’ leader was
not entitled to damages because police
had probable cause to arrest her for
interfering with an officer during the
2015 protest.
Immigrant Advocate Sues
b eth c onyers
Benson High School Principal Curtis Wilson Jr. (center) is joined by his wife Yushonna, and son
Andrew, as he receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at The World Arts Foundation’s annual Tribute
to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. held last Monday at the Highland Center on Northeast Glisan Street.
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MLK Tribute Honors
Two longtime members of the
African American community,
Portland Observer Publisher Mark
Washington and Benson High
School Principal Curtis Wilson
Jr., were among the over a doz-
en individuals and organizations
to receive Lifetime Achievement
Awards at the 34th consecutive
Tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.
Wilson was recognized during
the MLK holiday celebration for
his efforts of achieving a high
graduation rate and low dropout
rate at the majority-black Benson
High School. Washington was
recognized for carrying the torch
of Oregon’s oldest, continuous
minority publication, the Portland
Observer, now in its 49th year of
operation.
The program, which was held
at Highland Center at 7600 N.E.
Glisan St., also honored former
Multnomah County Commis-
sioner Loretta Smith, former
City Commissioner Dan Saltz-
man, Dr. Rosa Colquitt, Bill
Deiz, Mary Harvey, Aneesah
Furqan-Peace, Laverne Davis,
Angela Jenkins, Stefana Bercea-
nu, Michael Sweeney, Bernard
Brian Quinn, Calvin Walker,
and Jimmy “Bang Bang” Walker
(posthumously).
Attorneys for longtime Portland
immigrant liason and advocate
Ronault ‘Polo’ Canalini, notified
the city last week that they intend
to sue over his termination of em-
ployment in the Portland Office of
Community and Civic Life. Can-
alini called the dismissal discrim-
ination and retaliation for taking
family leave.
Bullseye Glass to Pay Neighbors in Lawsuit Settlment
Southeast Portland neighbors of a glass-making company got news
last week that the class action lawsuit they filed three years ago
against Bullseye Glass for spewing heavy toxic metals has been set-
tled for $6.5 million. The company will make cash payments to an
estimated 2,090 homes southeast of Cleveland High School. The pay-
ments could range from $600 per renter to $2,400 for a family of four.
Judge, Former Prosector Nominated to Federal Bench
Multnomah County Circuit Judge Karin J. Immergut was nominated
by President Trump last week to a seat on Oregon’s federal bench. A
former federal prosecutor, she would replace Senior Judge Anna J.
Brown, who is retiring. Immegut’s nomination must be confirmed by
the U.S. Senate.
Short Term Deal for Negotiations Opens Government
Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President
Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-
term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotia-
tions continue over the president’s demands for money to build his
long-promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump Confidant Roger Stone Arrested by FBI
Portland Observer Publisher Mark Washington (second from right) enjoys the festivities of the 34th
annual Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute with his children and grandchildren, where he received a
Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Shouting “FBI, open the door,” authorities arrested Roger Stone, a
confidant of President
Donald Trump, before
dawn Friday in a crim-
inal case that revealed
that senior members of
the Trump campaign
sought to benefit from
the release of hacked
emails damaging to Hil-
lary Clinton.
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