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Page 10 The Skanner October 5, 2016 News Colombia cont’d from pg 6 tives” that guarantee respect for the constitu- tion, respect for private enterprise and justice without impunity. But he didn’t specify whether he would join Santos in try- ing to salvage the deal, and took more swipes at the FARC, demanding it end drug traicking and extortion. “The entire accord was full of impunity,” said Ricardo Bernal, 60, cel- “ could also seek to bypass another popular vote and ratify the accord in Congress or by calling a constitutional conven- tion, something both the FARC and Uribe have previously favored. “I’ve always believed in a wise Chinese proverb, to look for opportuni- ties in any situation. And here we have an oppor- tunity that’s opening up, with the new political reality that has demon- strated itself in the ref- erendum,” Santos said Sunday night at the pres- idential palace. But bringing Santos society, dividing many families and making clear the road to reconcil- iation would have been long and torturous even had the accord passed. Colombians overwhelm- ingly loathe the FARC, which the U.S. considers a terrorist group, and many considered the ac- cord an insult to victims of the long-running con- lict. But while urban voters who were being leaned on to pay for the peace largely voted against the accord, victims in many areas hardest hit by the conlict overwhelmingly endorsed it. That was the case of Tumaco, a port city on the Paciic Ocean which for years sufered FARC attacks and on Sunday voted 71 to 29 percent in favor of the accord. The city’s mayor, Emilse Angulo, said that panic and fear overtook the town Sunday night as residents confronted the thought that violence they thought had been put to a deinitive rest could soon return. “We’re indignant. Our country is the way it is because there are peo- ple who think as long as they’re doing well the sufering of the rest of us doesn’t matter,” she told The Associated Press. “If Colombia in its entirety doesn’t enjoy prosperity, we’re going to keep kill- ing ourselves.” Associated Press writ- er Michael Weissenstein in Havana contributed to this report, AP Writer Matti Huuhtanen con- tributed from Helsinki, Finland. Paisley Park Visitors Will See Prince’s Studio and Mementoes Complex opens for irst public tours Thursday ‘I’ve always believed in a wise Chinese proverb, to look for opportunities in any situation’ ebrating the victory for the “no” side in a Bogota neighborhood where op- ponents were gathered. “We all want peace but there have to be adjust- ments made.” Across town, hundreds of supporters of the peace deal who had gath- ered in a hotel ballroom for what they expected would be a victory party with Santos wept in de- spair. The FARC’s 7,000 guer- rilla ighters are unlikely to return to the battle- ield any time soon. For now, a cease-ire remains in place. One option for Santos would be to reopen ne- gotiations, something he had ruled out previous- ly and his chief negotia- tor said would be “cata- strophic.” The president, who has a little under two years let in oice, and Uribe together might be harder than achieving peace with the FARC. Santos served as Uribe’s defense minister, when they worked together with the U.S. to drive the FARC to the edge of the jungles, but the two hav- en’t spoken for years and frequently trade insults. One of the reasons for the surprise defeat was low turnout, with only 37 percent of the elector- ate bothering to vote, a further sign to some an- alysts that Colombians’ enthusiasm for the ac- cord was lacking. Heavy rains from Hurricane Matthew dampened vot- ing along the Caribbean coast, where the govern- ment’s electoral machin- ery is strongest and the “yes” vote won by a dou- ble-digit margin. The campaign exposed deep rits in Colombian Information is powerful. The power is in your hands. NEWS www.TheSkanner.com TheSkannerNews @TheSkannerNews This undated photo provided by Paisley Park/NPG Records shows the atrium of Prince’s Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minn. Prince’s handwritten notes are still sitting out inside the control room of Studio A where he recorded some of his greatest hits. It’s illed with keyboards and guitars. Those are some of the highlights visitors will see when Prince’s home and work space, Paisley Park, opens for its irst public tours Thursday. (Paisley Park/NPG Records via AP) CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Prince’s hand- written notes still sit out in the control room of Studio A at Paisley Park, where he record- ed some of his greatest hits and was working on a jazz album before he died. The room is illed with his keyboards and guitars, and his iconic symbol graces the con- trol panel. Those are some of the highlights visitors to Paisley Park will see when the 65,000-square- foot studio complex, where Prince died of an accidental painkill- er overdose in April, opens for the irst pub- lic tours Thursday, NBC’s “Today” show re- ported from the muse- um Wednesday. It will open under a temporary permit Thursday — and only two other dates for which tickets had al- ready been sold — in- stead of daily as origi- nally planned, ater city council members in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen delayed action on rezoning be- cause of concerns about public safety and traf- ic. It’s unclear when the museum will be al- lowed to begin full-scale tour operations, but the council said it would vote on the issue again “on or before” Dec. 20. Graceland Holdings, which runs Elvis Pres- ley’s Graceland in Mem- phis, Tennessee, is man- aging the museum for the Prince estate. When tours begin, fans entering the Pur- ple Rain room will see the script, guitar and a motorcycle that Prince rode in the 1984 movie of the same name. The Oscar that he won for music in the movie is displayed in that room, and the movie will play on one wall. Prince kept nearly all of his custom-made out- its — about 6,000 piec- es of clothing and 1,000 pairs of shoes — and many are on display. Hallways lined with gold records and other awards guide visitors to the NPG Music Club, where Prince enter- tained friends and per- form for small groups. Private living quarters are of-limits. NBC’s reports made no reference to Prince’s remains. But Frank Wheaton, an attorney for Prince’s half broth- er, Alfred Jackson, told The Associated Press that artifacts on display will include Prince’s ashes in an urn. One of Prince’s older sisters told NBC that her brother’s energy and spirit is evident in the exhibit. “It’s truly Prince. He thought all this through,” Norrine Nel- son said. “He had a vi- sion and he inished it.” Prince’s younger sis- ter, Tyka Nelson, said she hopes visitors will come away with a very personal experience. “I want them to maybe feel like maybe they saw Prince up close,” she said. “Sometimes when you’re a fan, you get to only to see them from a seat, but this way, you’re almost face-to-face with him.”