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The 19th annual AIDSWalk
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of raising $500,000 for services,
public education and outreach to
youth and adults most at risk for
contracting HIV.
Jim Egan, an active member of the Oregon Republican Party,
The AIDSWalk has an illustri
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address the upcoming fight for O'Connor's Supreme Court seat.
ous history, raising more than $21.1 million dur
ing the past 18 years. This year’s AIDSWalk will
take place from 8:30 a.m. to n<x>n Sept. 25 at
Pioneer Courthouse Square. The event show
cases the Northwest community spirit as people
from all walks of life come together in the fight
against AIDS.
The focus of this year’s walk will be youth
and education. Cascade AIDS Project has
reached out to more than 100 health teachers
from throughout rhe metro area and Southwest
Washington to encourage their students’ partic
ipation in the walk. The Teen to Teen program
will have a strong presence at Pioneer Square,
as will the education center for kids between 4
and 10.
In addition, CAP is convening a Red Ribbon
Committee, which is made up of people of
stature within the community to gain visibility
and participation from as many segments of the
metro area as possible. Portland Mayor Tom
Potter and City Commissioner Sam Adams
were among the first to be asked to join rhe
committee and were the first to join.
Participants in the walk will enjoy breakfast,
entertainment, the Kid’s Comer, live music at
the square and on the walk route, a hip-hop
wann-up and inspirational presentations.
To register online, visit www.cascadeaids.org
and click on AIDSWalk05.
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B road C oalition of O regonians
C alls for C onsultation
and C onsensus in R esponse
to J ustice O’C onnor ’ s R etirement
At a news conference July 6 in Portland,
leaders of the Oregon Coalition for a Fair and
Independent Judiciary encouraged President
Bush to live up to his promise to be a uniter, not
a divider, and to consult
with the Senate to identify
a consensus nominee to rhe
Supreme Court.
“The stakes are t<xi high
for the president to cede
control of the court to ide
ologues at the extremes of
the political spectrum,”
said Jim Egan, incoming
president of the Oregon
Trial Lawyer Association
and an active member of
the Oregon Republican
Party. “We are calling on
President Bush to consult
with senators from both
political parties to identify
a consensus nominee who
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