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WORLD BRIEFLY Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Airstrike in Yemen deepens war, puts pressure on U.S. SANAA, Yemen (AP) — More than 1,000 mourners were packed into the funeral hall, including some of the most powerful igures in Yemen’s rebel movement. Ali al-Akwa, who was just about to start reciting the Quran, heard warplanes overhead — but that wasn’t strange for wartime Sanaa. Surely a funeral would be safe, he thought. Moments later, a huge explosion struck, tearing bodies apart. The ceiling collapsed, walls fell in and a ire erupted. As people scrambled frantically to get out, a second missile struck, killing more of them. Nearly 140 people were killed and more than 600 wounded in Saturday’s airstrike — one of the deadliest since Saudi Arabia and its allies began an air campaign in Yemen in March 2015. The coalition is trying to uproot the Shiite Houthi rebels who took over the capital and much of northern Yemen from the internationally recognized government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. The coalition seems to have been hoping to take out a signiicant part of the Houthis’ military leadership and its allies, who were expected at the funeral. Instead, the attack is likely to deepen the stalemate in a war that has already pushed the impoverished country into collapse. The bloodshed has eclipsed new U.N. efforts to secure even a brief cease-ire. Amid popular anger, the coalition has lost potential tribal allies. In an attempt to expand the war, the Houthis have retaliated by iring rockets into neighboring Saudi Arabia and at U.S. warships. The only hope for progress toward a resolution, many Yemenis say, is if the strike prompts Saudi Arabia’s top ally, the United States, and other Western nations to halt arms sales, pressure Riyadh to ease the war and move toward negotiations. Haitians await aid, help each other regain some normalcy LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — People throughout Haiti’s devastated southwest peninsula formed makeshift brigades Tuesday to clear debris and try to regain some semblance of their pre-hurricane lives as anger grew over the delay in aid for remote communities more than a week after the Category 4 storm hit. A community group that formed in the southern seaside community of Les Anglais began clearing tree limbs from streets and placing them into piles while others gathered scraps of wood to start rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Matthew. The U.N. humanitarian agency in Geneva has made an emergency appeal for nearly $120 million in aid, saying about 750,000 people in southwest Haiti alone will need “life-saving assistance and protection” in the next three months. U.N. oficials said earlier that at least 1.4 million people across the region need assistance and that 2.1 million overall have been affected by the hurricane. Some 175,500 people main in shelters. The National Civil Protection headquarters in Port-au-Prince raised the oficial nationwide death toll to 473, which included at least 244 deaths in Grand-Anse. But local oficials have said the toll in Grand-Anse alone tops 500. Those who survived the storm still faced great challenges, including going days without food. East Oregonian Zika: Health problems mount as babies turn one RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Two weeks shy of his irst birthday, doctors began feeding Jose Wesley Campos through a nose tube because swallowing problems had left him dangerously underweight. Learning how to feed is the baby’s latest struggle as medical problems mount for him and many other infants born with small heads to mothers infected with the Zika virus in Brazil. A year after a spike in the number of newborns with the defect known as microcephaly, doctors and researchers have seen many of the babies develop swallowing dificulties, epileptic seizures and vision and hearing problems. While more study is needed, Zika-caused Page 7A microcephaly appears to be causing more severe problems in these infants than in patients born with small heads because of the other infections known to cause microcephaly, such as German measles and herpes. The problems are so particular that doctors are now calling the condition congenital Zika syndrome. “We are seeing a lot of seizures. And now they are having many problems eating, so a lot of these children start using feeding tubes,” said Dr. Vanessa Van der Linden, a pediatric neurologist in Recife who was one of the irst doctors to suspect that Zika caused microcephaly. Zika, mainly transmitted by mosquito, was not known to cause birth defects until a large outbreak swept through northeastern states in Latin America’s largest nation, setting off alarm worldwide. Numerous studies conirmed the link. PO BOX 1 • 101 Olson Rd • Boardman, OR 97818 • 541-481-3014 www.boardmanchamber.org • email: info@boardmanchamber.org The Boardman Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is pleased to announce the hiring of Julie Gisi to serve as the new CEO/Executive Director of the Boardman Chamber of Commerce, effective October 17th, 2016. Julie is a longtime Boardman resident with an extensive background in banking, business development, and community involvement. She has served as member of the Boardman Chamber for several years and most recently as the board president. The Board of Directors is excited about the experience that Julie brings to the chamber and her knowledge of the community and surrounding areas. This change will allow the chamber to better serve local business, grow business development opportunities for the future, and be the familiar face to meet your chamber needs. Her fun, friendly, outgoing nature will rejuvenate the chamber. Julie will join Kymberli Erevia, our current Assistant Director. For the remainder of 2016, Maria Richards will serve as the Board of Directors President. Please join the board of directors in welcoming Julie to this new position. GREAT OPPORTUNITIES! Boardman Chamber of Commerce is actively seeking fresh and new members that are interested in becoming a Director on the Board for Boardman Chamber of Commerce. This is a 2-year term beginning January 1, 2017. Please note that the positions with a term end date listed are currently eligible. A number of our current director’s terms will be coming to an end December 2016, and By-Laws limit their ability to serve another term. The Boardman Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors are very active towards promoting our members businesses, tourism and support for our community. Current Directors for Boardman Chamber of Commerce are: Julie Gisi – 2016 President (Resigned for new position with Chamber) Maria Richards – 2016 1st VP (Term ends 2016) Matt Kegler – 2016 2nd VP (Term ends 2016) Don Russell – Treasurer (Term ends 2016) Emerald Lantis – 2016 Secretary Anna Brown – Past President Dave Rodgers – Term ends 2016 Jim Young Kalie Davis If interested, please contact the Boardman Chamber of Commerce Cabins ~ RV’s ~ Tents Fishing ~ ATV Trails Concessions Shop Local. Save Money. • Temporary Staffing Services • Recruiting • Human Resource Management • Risk Management • Payroll Administration • Worker’s Comp Insurance R es er va tion L ine 541-9 8 9 -8 2 14 W eb s ite: m or row countypa rk s .org Em a il: m cpa rk s @ co.m or row .or.us M or row C ounty P ub lic W ork s 3 6 5 W . 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