Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, December 11, 2019, Page 2, Image 2

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    December 11, 2019
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C annon ’ s r ib e xpress
3625 NE MLK Jr Blvd,
Portland OR
Call to Order: 503-288-3836
Cannon’s, tasty food and
friendly neighborhood
atmosphere.
Open (hours)
Mon-Sat: 11am-7pm
Sunday: 11am- 6pm
Closed Tuesday
Troy Dye (from left) Deommodore Lenoir and Brady Breeze celebrate after Dye intercepted a Utah pass in
route to a Pac-12 Conference championship in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday. Oregon won 37-15. (AP photo)
Ducks Head Back to Rose Bowl
State Farm
Michael E Harper
Agent
Providing Insurance
and Financial Services
Home Office, Bloomingon, Illinois 61710
We are located at:
9713 S.W. Capitol, Portland, OR
503-221-3050 • Fax 503-227-8757
michael.harper.cuik@statefarm.com
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The Oregon Ducks won the Pac-12 title for the
first time in five years Friday, and will be back in
Pasadena, Calif. for the Rose Bowl, the first time
since the 2014 season, when Marcus Mariota pro-
pelled Oregon to a 59-20 thrashing of Florida State
and a subsequent spot in the national championship
game.
Oregon will face Wisconsin in the 106th edition
Police Kill Armed Man
A man who was shot and killed
by Portland police near Mall 205
on Sunday afternoon was identi-
fied Monday at Koben S. Henrik-
sen, 51, a person with a history of
mental illness. Police said he had
a knife in his hand and was in the
middle of the street when police
fired both lethal and less-lethal
rounds. He died at the scene.
of the title game on New Year’s Day. It will be a
rematch of the 2012 Rose Bowl, in which Oregon
beat Wisconsin 45-38 in one of the highest-scoring
editions of the game.
Wisconsin edged out Penn State to advance this
year despite the Badgers’ 34-21 loss to Ohio State in
the conference title game. Oregon reached the Rose
Bowl with a 37-15 victory against Utah.
The
Week
in
Review
Lawsuit Defense Draws Fire
Claiming character assassination,
lawyers for the family of Quanice
Haynes, a 17-year-old black male,
shot and killed by Portland police in
2017 in pursuit of an armed robbery
suspect, but who was on his knees
and unarmed when confronted, want
a judge to throw out a city defense
motion that it was Haynes’s alleged
criminal activity and his mother’s
negligence that led to his death.
Students Demand Action
Hundreds of young activists led by
students at Roosevelt and Lincoln
high schools left the classroom to
join a nationwide climate strike on
Friday. They gathered for a down-
town rally and delivered their climate
action demands to Mayor Wheeler
and the Portland City Council.
announced Tuesday that his treat-
ment for a cancer diagnosis “has be-
come more complicated” and he will
take the rest of the month off. Fish
has worked since announcing he had
cancer more than two years ago.
Emart Buys New Seasons
New
Seasons
Market said Tues-
day it has sold
its business to
Emart, a South
Korean company.
The upscale New
Seasons had grown rapidly over
the past 20 years and now employs
3,800 at 21 stores, 18 of them in the
Portland area.
Trump Adviser Targeted
Sen. Kamala Harris of California
and 26 of her colleagues, including
Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff
Merkley, wrote a letter to President
Trump Monday demanding the im-
mediate removal of White House
senior advisor Stephen Miller, cit-
ing new revelations of his work to
advance white supremacist and an-
Absence Due to Cancer
Portland Commissioner Nick Fish ti-immigrant ideologies.
Avalon Flowers
520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland,
OR 97204 • 503-796-9250
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• Birthdays • Anniversaries
• Funerals • Weddings
Owner, Operator
Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm
Saturday 9am til 2pm.
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