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HERO COACH: New security camera video shows Keanon Lowe, a security guard and coach at Parkrose High School, disarming, embracing and comforting a distraught student who brought a loaded shotgun into a classroom.
FAILING FORESTRY: Oregon’s state forests are supposed to be managed to deliver a balance of benefits, from sustainable timber harvests to habitat for fish and wildlife, from clean air and drinking water to well-managed recreation spaces.
But state forests only have so much to give. And one question for the Oregon Department of Forestry is whether they’re already sacrificing too many trees.
TOP COP REPORT CARD: In an annual review, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler gave Police Chief Danielle Outlaw top marks but told her to learn more about politics. Outlaw, meanwhile, sat for a wide-ranging interview Friday as she enters her third year as chief.
TAX TIME: Property tax statements are in the mail. If your bill went up, here’s why.
BLEU RIBBON: An Oregon cheese was named the best cheese in the world.
SCHOOL SAFETY: A new sign-in procedure at Portland Public Schools checks visitors against the state sex offender registry.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Educators are hailing a new school accountability system despite some idiosyncrasies.
ARREST QUESTIONED: The filmed arrest of bike-riding Oregon State University student in Corvallis has raised fears about bias and use of force.
OPENING SOON? In-N-Out Burger has started hiring for its third Oregon location, which is still under construction in Keizer.
CAN’T UNSEE: The Portland Oddities & Curiosities Expo had a bit of everything — creepy creations, taxidermy, decorative coffins to monster sculptures inside dainty teacups. We have photos.
EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENTS: The Oregonian/OregonLive’s editorial board suggest voters approve the Portland Public Schools levy and vote ‘no’ on Metro’s sprawling bond. And on a pair of measures related to Portland’s water supply, it suggests a split vote.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: An emotional scene outside Mercy Corps was spontaneous, not staged as some had surmised.
Snap of the day
STORMY WEATHER: Towering waves pounded the Oregon and Washington coasts this week, drawing storm chasers and photographers to places like Waikiki Beach, a popular picnic cove near Cape Disappointment on the Long Beach Peninsula. (Mark Graves/Staff)
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Dear Abby: Wife wants out of marriage to man with PTSD
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Today in history
AROUND THE WORLD: On Oct. 21, 1892, schoolchildren across the U.S. observed Columbus Day (according to the Gregorian date) by reciting, for the first time, the original version of “The Pledge of Allegiance,” written by Francis Bellamy for The Youth’s Companion.