Freshmen Republicans aware of responsibility
WASHINGTON (API - Kven
before they were sworn in
Wednesday. the eight freshmen
Republicans from the Pat ifir
North went said they were well
aware of the public s high c')**
tations for th<' new GOP*led
Congress
I think the monkey is really on mir Iw ks. Rep (at k
Mot I alf, K-VVash , said ns ho greeted supporters in his
office early Wednesday
"Wo hove lai'ii given the confident e of the people not
Ini nose they have bw onto Repuhlii ans hut bet ause they
are so disgusted with the way Congress has been run."
Melt alf said
People ire saying. We really don't trust you guys ^ mi
are politician* too But we ll give you one i hsni ti.' " he
said
Mett all and fellow freshmen Washington Hepuhli* alls
Ceorge Nethercuti. Linda Smith, kick White. !)<« Hast
ings and Kandy Tate yvere sworn In for the 104th Con
gress Wednesday along with Oregon freshmen Republl*
unis Wes Cooley and Jim Bunn
"All»mss this country. Americans stood up to hv that
they want a swift and unmistakable and to business-a*
usual, and we mean to and it quo kly" said Cooley. a
rancher and small businessman representing the east
ern four-fifths of Oregon
With a few specific ex« options the freshmen are loud
advre -ties of the GOP's "(iontnn i With America." a to
plank platform (ailing for a halamjsd budget, deficit redie
lion, welfare reform and term limits
Republican leaders have pledged to mov e on that agen
da in tfie first too days of the new Congress
"The first big test is the first 100 days" Rep Doc Hast
ings. R Wash . said Wednesday 1 know (ran on the 'Con
tract ' 1 feel that is something we have to tarry out I think
wo (an"
Rep Jennifer Dunn. R-Wash . now the dean of the Wash
ington Republicans as a sophomore and a member of the
tax writing House Wavs and Means Committee, said it is
important to ,-n t quickly on the (A J|’ priorities
'We've got to seize the moment." Dunn said ' We run
into troufde when tin- new i hairman got used to be iall
ing ( hairman ' We start to lose steam
Sen Slade Gorton, R-Wash said many of the new
Republicans' politic al arnwrn will hinge on the wo ess
of the reforms they have promised
If Republicans fail to keep those promises, they will
probably tx> defeated in two yours." ho wiid Wednesday
We've been looking forward to this day for two years,”
Whito said It's a bright sunny day You can feet the emo
tion and the enthusiasm. ”
Smith said, ”1 go from so exc ited 1c an't stand it, to.
oh my gosh, what have I gotten myself into'
What a responsibility, what an opportunity,” said
Smith, who has been named < hairwoman of the House
Small Business subcommittee on finance and taxation
Nethurc utt upset House Speaker Tom Foley. D-Wash
- the first time a sitting speaker has lieen defeated since
the Civil War • and won a spot on the House Appro
pnalions Committee But he said Wednesday the biggest
reward was being part of the first GOP-led House in 40
years
"I'm struck by this moment in history, not just for me
and my family, but for the nation.” Net hen utt said.
"I'm very exc ited, very honored by this opportunity.”
he said "Only about 10,000 people in history have got
ten to do this.”
Study: Minorities not taking top classes
SKA I III (API Minority
high v hool students an- signifi
i anlly undor-imrollittl m impor
tnnl courses needed to got into
collage, t) new state study t on
eludes
The low mimlrers of minority
students in mlvani ed calculus.
< hnmistry and language arts
classes are one reason those
youths don't go to i oilegs 01
succeed at the same level as
white students, the study said
The study of eight school dis
trie ts with high minority enroll
ments was conducted bv the
state Commission on African
American Affairs with the Uni
versity ol Washington The dis
trie ts were in Seattle. I acoma.
Spokane. Renton. Yakima, Ku h
land. Kennewu k and Piim o
The commission said it could
not explain the disparities But
i omrnission esei ulive direi tor
lames Kelly and UVV Professor
Eugene Edgar theorized the rea
•on* < mild irtduds student*
( homing or tiding slwred by
school officials into le»*u hal
hinging classe*, along with
poverty and a lad of knowledge
about the advanced c ourses
"Them were no big surprises
for me, esc ept that not many
kids of any ethnicity fine hiding
whiles) are taking these i lasses."
Edgar saiii The study showed
that whiles are taking the cours
es at a higher rate than minority
students
One problem the researcher*
found w as a lot k of uniform
socioeconomic and race data
collected by the ciistrh ts. «*jh*
cially in Eastern Washington
How c an sc hool board mem
bers make edut at ion polit cos
without that Information?” Ke!
Iv asked
The study found in Seattle
Public School*, for example.
that in 1902-03 the 100 high
school students in gifted and
honors programs were r>‘t per
cent white, 2J percent Asian lfi
percent black. 3 percent Hispan
n rad i pert rat Amwfe an lodi
an.
•By I on* rust -to pen cti! . ■! U.C
total high school enrollment of
12,000 students was white, 2H
percent Asian. 22 percent blac k,
7 percent Hispanic and 3 per
cent Indian.
Asians joined whites m
pulling ahead of the overall per
' ■. ■
cuius. for example, whites made
up At percent of the enrollment,
Asians -17 percent, bla< ks 5 per
cent. Hispanics 3 percent and
Indians 2 (*•« ent
In some districts, attempts to
improve minority student
at luevement have included
weekend classes, tutoring and
additional financial aid
Oregon blues singer
inspired by jail time
PORTLAND (AP) Popu
lar Oregon musician Paul
del.av. who bo< omes an ex
convict this week after serv
ing more than two years on
drug charges, says prison has
given him plenty of inspira
tion for blues songs, and he
plans to inject a new message
of sobriety and feminism into
his mush
He'll move from the federal
prison camp in Sheridan to a
halfway house in Clackamas
County on Thursday.
IhT.ay said he hopes he'll
soon lie allowed to begin play
ing and singing the blues in
public again so that he can
share his music along with the
lessons he has learned as a
recovering addict
"I hope my words can be
inspirational enough to some
one to get them to stop using,"
he told The Oregonian during
an interview at the prison
camp Tuesday, "That would
make me very happy."
After playing in various
Portland hands since the late
1900s, deLay was a highly
regarded harmonica player
and singer, leading his own
hand in the 1980s.
lie has been at the prison
camp since May 1992 after he
pleaded guilty to participating
in a 1988 conspiracy to sell
more than seven pounds of
c(h nine as a go-between for a
Portland drug dealer.
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Drank some beer.
Got bored.
Went to another bar.
Met some other people.
We didn't get bored.
We drank some more beer.
Jamey didn't.
JameT drove.
We didn't.
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