ALGAE ALERT
Clark County Public Health has added Lacamas Lake to the blue-green algae advisory issued Tuesday afternoon for nearby Round Lake.
The public should avoid direct contact with water there, and at Round Lake in Camas due to cyanobacteria blooms, also known as blue-green algae. Blue-green algae produce toxins that can be harmful to people and deadly for small pets that drink the water.
A witness reported a bloom at Round Lake this week. Public Health collected water samples from the Lake Tuesday and posted caution signs at the lake. Results from those water samples are pending.
Today, Public Health staff found a cyanobacteria bloom at nearby Lacamas Lake and collected water samples to test for toxins. They’ve posted caution signs at the lake. Health officials are recommending: No water contact for people in areas of scum, keeping pets away from lake water, and cleaning fish well and discarding organs.
The Regional Park and Heritage Park remain open. Water within the restrooms and shelters is not affected by lake water and remains safe to drink.
CLACKAMAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SWEEP
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team worked with agencies throughout Oregon--and across the country--to arrest people with outstanding family-violence warrants. They made 18 local arrests during the sweep yesterday.
Nationwide, the 16th Annual Family Violence Apprehension Detail included more than 300 sheriffs' offices, police departments, probation departments, and community agencies from 29 states. All agencies served outstanding arrest warrants--with charges ranging from harassment to murder.
In Clackamas County by today they brought 18 men and women to the Clackamas County Jail on a variety of charges, some of them Domestic Violence-related, including strangulation and assault.
DIVERSITY AGING
Dr. Fernando Torres Gil will be the keynote speaker tomorrow at PSU’s conference titled “Diversity: Aging with a Purpose.”
He’ll talk about his new book, “The Politics of a Majority-Minority Nation: Aging, Disability and Immigration.” Dr. Gil is the former Assistant Secretary on Aging.
The event also includes a panel of diverse elders, including José Manuel Romero, a retired educator, community activist and lifelong advocate for the Chicano/Latino community, Elaine Friesen-Strang, the Volunteer President for AARP Oregon, and Tekle Sebhatu, a native of East Africa, who immigrated to the U.S. as a student in 1973 and became an entrepreneur and academic.
UMATILLA SEX ABUSE CASE
A federal jury in portland has found a Pendleton Man Guilty of Abusive Sexual Contact on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
The jury decided 43 year old Shane Britton is guilty of abusive sexual contact.
According to court documents and evidence in the trial, in 2016, Britton was staying at a home shared by the victim and her mother on the Indian Reservation.
During his stay, Britton subjected the victim to a series of invasive encounters. Britton initially denied the allegation of abusive sexual contact, but later admitted he inappropriately touched the victim.
Britton faces a maximum sentence of two years in prison, a $250,000 fine and five years’ supervised release. He will be sentenced early next year.
MEXICAN FEMINIST IN PORTLAND
Portland Community College and Portland State are hosting Mónica Mayer, a Mexican feminist artist and activist, for the Portland Women in Art Lecture Series.
Mayer will give a public lecture and host an art exhibition as part of the seventh annual series. Mayer will speak at P S U at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, November 7th, in the Lincoln Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.
Her topic is “Translocal Translations, Feminist Art in Contemporary Mexico. Her exhibition features work from the past four decades, including video, photography, and archives of her performance art and social practices. Gallery materials will be in English and in Spanish, and a bilingual catalogue will be produced.
For decades, Mónica Mayer’s work in performance, drawing, photography, and social practice has been engaged with feminist issues. Mayer is known for pioneering feminist projects such as El Tendedero (The Clothesline), recreated repeatedly since its first edition in Mexico City in 1978.
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