when is portland marathon?
Zora Lancaster
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 As of 2008 , the event has also spread to Seattle 's Cal Anderson Park as an annual celebration . 

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 In July 2012 , Seattle banned plastic shopping bags . In June 2014 the city passed a local ordinance to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour on a staged basis from 2015 to 2021 . When fully implemented the $ 15 hourly rate will be the highest minimum wage in the nation . 

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 As is customary , the men 's marathon medals are presented as part of the Summer Closing Ceremony , which take place later that day , in the Olympic Stadium - thus , they are the final medal presentation of the Games . 

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 Each day at noon , the columnar machine performs a two @-@ minute sequence that begins with a trumpet fanfare of the opening bars of Aaron Copland 's Fanfare for the Common Man , and produces mist and flashing lights . It eventually reveals one of three metal symbols : a stylized golden sun ( " helia " ) for clear and sunny weather , a blue heron ( Portland 's official bird ) for drizzle and transitional weather , or mist and a " fierce , open @-@ mouthed " dragon for heavy rain or stormy weather . The fanciful symbols change at the same time every day , representing weather predictions for the following 24 @-@ hour period . " Helia " , described as " gleaming " , was designed by Jere Grimm ; her design would later be applied to one of her husband 's pots , exhibited in 1989 . The trumpets are allowed to play at noon due to a waiver of Portland 's noise ordinance for that time period . Ray Grimm constructed the blue heron symbol , and the group collaborated on the dragon symbol based on his drawings . In order for the machine to display an accurate weather prediction , as reported by The Oregonian in 1988 , employees of Pioneer Courthouse Square contacted the National Weather Service each morning at 10 : 30 a.m. for the forecast , and then entered information into the machine 's computer , located behind a nearby door . 

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 Work on the project began in 2005 and concluded in 2010 . The project 's cost is estimated at $ 150 million . The federal government is paying 65 percent , Oregon and Washington are paying $ 27 million each , and six local ports are also contributing to the cost . 
