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LGBTA, Suite 34, EMU Little Havana community outraged at Elian scandal By Martha Irvine The Associated Press MIAMI — Easter — one of the holiest of days in Little Havana and the rest of the Christian world — found Marta Rodriguez praying for a little boy she knows only from a distance hut, like many, calls by his first name. “Pobre Elian," the 71-year-old Cuban immigrant said after Mass at St. John Bosco Church, where Elian's great-uncle and cousins have attended services. “He should never have been treated this way,” she said in a grandmotherly tone. “My heart is broken.” So it was for many Miami Cubans beginning life without the 6-year-old boy reunited with his father in Washington after a swift and stunning pe-dawn Sat urday raid by federal agents. For the first time in five months, Elian was gone from Miami. And it was mostly quiet in Little Ha vana for the first time in days. At the home of the boy’s Mia mi relatives, a place once so overrun with journalists and pro testers that it was dubbed Camp Elian, bystanders dressed in their Sunday best stopped briefly to look. There was a brief skirmish Sunday afternoon when two young women carried signs sup porting Attorney Janet Reno’s or der to raid. “Not here! Not here!” the pro testers yelled, trying to hit one of the women and pulling her hair as she was escorted away by se curity guards. By evening, as many as 200 people gathered to sing, pray and leave red roses, carnations and other flowers wo ven in a chain-link fence sur rounding the Gonzalez home. During protests that lasted into Sunday morning, police clad in riot gear arrested more than 350 people and cleared away thou sands more demonstrators from Little Havana. Protesters set more than 200 fires, burning mostly tires and trash, but there were few serious injuries. At St. Michael the Archangel Church, another Roman Catholic church in Little Havana, parish ioners held radios to their ears as Spanish-language radio buzzed with talk of a strike Tuesday. If the idea catches on — there are 800,000 Cuban Americans in the area — it could shut down much of Miami. Neighborhood residents have photocopied and circulated an Associated Press photograph of an armed federal agent with his hand extended to grab a crying Elian. Some versions replaced the faces of federal agents with those of Attorney General Janet * Reno, who gave the go-ahead for the raid, and Cuban President Fi del Castro. # A poster-sized reproduction at tached to the Gonzalez family’s front door included this label: “Federal Child Abuse.” Humane society chief steps down BEND — The man Gov. John Kitzhaber called a leader in the fight against animal abuse has re signed as director of the Humane Society of Central Oregon. Kimball Lewis resigned on Sat urday, two days after a majority of his paid employees demanded that the organization’s board of di rectors terminate his employment. “I have left because of what has happened to my dog and for no other reason,” Lewis said. “My dog was everything I had. It’s just too much for me right now — I don’t have the heart for it any more.” Earlier this month, Lewis found his 7-year-old German shepherd, Donner, shot and hanging from a tree in his front yard. The De schutes County Sheriff's Office is still investigating the slaying. On Thursday, an attorney repre senting eight humane society em ployees directed a letter to the so ciety’s board of directors alleging financial irregularities and man agement problems — including an allegation of sexual harassment. It called for Lewis’ immediate dismissal and an independent au dit of the shelter’s financial records. “We’ve taken this letter very se riously,” said Byron Maas, presi dent of the humane society’s board of directors. “There was al ready an ongoing investigation be fore we got this letter.” At this point, he added, the letter’s allega tions are unsubstantiated. Lewis denied the claims. “The humane society is in bet ter shape than it’s ever been. It’s got a very competent group of leaders,” he said. “The allegation of sexual harassment will be proven baseless.” Humane society employees said the letter came after several attempts to make their concerns known to the board of directors. Animal shelter director Kathy Harvey said the letter has “terrible timing” because of the dog’s death, but it had to be written be cause the board was not respond ing to their complaints. The employees said Lewis res ignation won’t affect their demand for an investigation. “We are still requesting that a full, independent audit be done of the books,” said Pat McGuinness, who runs the society’s thrift shop. And, they added, the humane society’s mission will not be af fected by the departure of Lewis, who became director in June 1999. “We have one of the highest rates of returning pets to owners. We have one of the lowest eu thanasia rates in the country. And we have had all that for the last three years,” said operations man ager Tonia Wolf. Wolf emphasized that the alle gations against Lewis and the shelter’s mission of caring for ani mals are separate issues. “I don’t ever want to imply that Kimball did anything that ad versely affected the quality of the care of the animals at the shelter, because he didn’t. What he did af fected the staff.” The Associated Press Campus briefs Health care proposed for OUS students The Oregon Board of Higher Education approved a proposed universal health care plan at its meeting Friday in Portland that will make all Oregon University System students pay $14 to $17 a term for basic health care cov erage The plan is scheduled to go into effect at the University next fall, with other campuses across the state joining in the next year. GTFF files unfair labor practice grievance The University Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation has filed an unfair labor practice grievance against the Universi ty, alleging that the administra tion has engaged in bad-faith ne gotiating and denied the GTFF information it had a contractual right to, according to a GTFF statement. The University could not be reached for comment late Sun day. going overseas? catch, the Oregon daily emerald On the world wide web: www.dailyemerald.com RO. 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