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Volume X X V Number 17 C ommitted to cultural diversity. A pril 2ft, 1995 Join In Celebrating Our Vote Looms On Parks, Open Spaces Stoudamire Awaits Draft University o f Arizona standout Damon Stoudamire visits his hometown. Metro Councilor Ed Washington says Measure 26-26 is good for North/Northeast Portland See Metro, inside. See Sports, Page B2. A N N IV E R S A R V (Lije C er> Kaiser To Close Hospital K “War On The Poor” Rep. M argaretCarter, D-Portland, has scheduled a “ War on the Poor” forum for Thursday, May 4 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the King Neighborhood Facility. "M uch o f this legislative session amounts to a war on the poor,” Carter said. “ I’m going to let people know w hat’s going on. Advocates for the poor will be available to discuss the legislative developments and the impacts on public assistance and heath care for those at or near the poverty level. K aiser m anagem ent annou n ced at a press co n fe re n ce on T uesday that it has re a c h e d a g re e m e n ts w ith P ro v id e n c e H ealth System and O regon H ealth S c i ences U niversity to p ro v id e h o sp ita l se r vices for its K aiser m em bers. It says n e g o tia tio n s are still on betw een K aiser and C lark U nited P ro v id ers. Under the agreements, Kaiser Permanete members will be able to receive hospital care at Providence’s St. Vincent Medical Center early next year. “ We view these arrangements as a major advancement in the working relationship between health care providers in this commu nity” said Barbara A. West, vice-president o f Kaiser’s regional medical services. S tate Workers Fill Cupboards O regon state em p lo y ees donated 391,000 pounds o f food and $166,800 in cash contributions in a recent drive to help the Oregon Food Bank and its network o f hunger-reliefagencies. The col lections are enough to feed 52,108 people or 3,257 households for five days. Community Energy Project Gets Grant State NAACP representatives Evonne Martinez of Salem (left) and ShaRee Rhone of Portland (right) join newly elected national NAACP chair Myrlie Evers-Williams of Bend at a reception in Salem hosted by Gov. John Kitzhaber. See additional photos, page B5. (Photo by Chuck Washington) by The Community Energy Project, 422 N.E. Alberta, has been awarded a $2,000 grant for its weatherization program from the PacificCare Foundation. Project direc tor Bob Chaples said the money will help keep the organization stocked up on sup plies. Project volunteers install w eather proofing materials like storm windows and doorsweeps all year long. Tyson Signs $20 0 Million Deal Five days after finishing his prison term, boxer Mike Tyson signed exclusive agreements valued at up to $200 million with MGM Grand Hotel and Casino and Showtime and Viacom pay-per-view. The deal is expected to spawn some o f the richest fights in history for the former heavyweight champion. P romise K ing money squandering from its past leaders. Consequently its major donors are thinking s the financially embattled twice whether to put th e rm o n e y in NAACP N atio n al A s s o c ia tio n of confines. Colored People asking folks Evers-W illiams told the Portland Ob to give them this day, their daily bread server in an exclusive interview las, week and to forgive them of the temptations that she would assure folks during the drive of their past leaders? that her leadership will restore accountabiIity Whether people will listen to this age- and faith to the organization. old prayer may be the biggest challenge She said the tour would take her away facing the agency’s new chair, Myrlie Evers- from home for a long time, with the nearest Williams o f Bend. stop being a fundraising event in Seattle. Evers-W illiams has embarked on a na Reliable sources reveal that every dollar tionwide fund-raising tour. raised by the agency will be used to stop Her mission is to restore the credibility Republican Party erosion o f past civil right o f the nation’s oldest civil rights group, gains, which include affirmative action. badly bashed due to incessant allegations o f It was not clear how much the NAACP I needs for this campaign, but already the civil rights movement is knee-deep in debt w ith about S4 million needed to pay its creditors. Evers-W illiam s’ tour may be the best hope to heal the deep gash in the agency’s purse. Evers-W illiam stakesover from Wil liam F. G i bson who was charged with squan dering the organization’s money. She recently had eye surgery, but said she is well and ready for the challenge. “The reception has been good and there is a lot o f support for us,” she said. Evers-Will iams was in Salem as a guest o f Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber. She was elected as the first woman to the head the organization last February . Walk Saturday For March Of Dimes WalkAmerica celebrates its 25 anniversary Saturday as Portland participates in the annual walk to raise donations to fight birth defects and infant mortality. Last year's walk (above) brought more than 4,000 walkers to the streets of Portland. The Portland Observer is sponsoring King Elementary Honor Students in the event. Clinton May Veto W elfare Bill President Clinton has threatened to veto a House passed Republican welfare reform bill. Critics have charged that the bill is not really a reform measure but a series o f drastic cuts in benefits for poor women and their children. The legislation is expected to be modified in the Senate. But the president has vowed to veto any bill which harms children. South Africa Anniversary South Africans are marking the one- year anniversary o f their first all-races democratic election. While hope and opti mism has no, diminished since first-time voters began casting their ballots on April 26, 1994, social reform is slow in coming. Ibrahim Gassama. a professor at the Uni versity o f Oregon, who helped monitor the elections, says the people o f the country are very patient and are working to make their lives better. 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF WALKAMERICA Photos Wanted The historical preservation com m it tee o f the Kenton Action Plan in the Ken ton neighborhood is asking for old pictures o f streets, buildings, scenes and events in north Portland. “ We want to share our h isto ry ,” said co m m ittee c h a ir A lta Mitchoff. Copies o f the pictures would be made and the originals returned. To help, call 289-6693 aiser Permanente will begin a gradual closure of its in patient hospital services at Bess Kaiser on North Greeley Ave. T he 25th a n n iv e rs a ry of W alkA m erica takes place downtown in Portland Satur day in at Tom McCall Waterfront Thirteen additional sites in northern Oregon and southwest W ashington will also take part in the nationwide event as par, o f the March o f Dimes' Lewis and Clark chapter. More than 4,000 walkers are expected to step out during the event, throughout the chapter, raising an estimated $350,000. Last year's W alkAmerica helped sup Park. port 23 local programs that strive to improve health care services for at-risk pregnant wom en and infants. In addition, researchers a, the Oregon Health Sciences University received more than $260,000 in March o f Dimes' research EDITORIAL HEALTH METRO SPORTS A2 A5 BI B2 grants last year. In 1970, residents in Columbus, Ohio and San Antonio, Texas took par, in the first historic steps on the road for healthier babies, introducing an event that has become an annual tradition for mi 11 ions o f Americans all across the United States In that firs, year, $ I million was raised to fight birth defects and infant mortality. ENTERTAINMENT B3 lmost unbearable mourning has follow ed last w e e k ’s horrifying terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. A Sunday was a day o f national mourning, declared by President Clinton, who tried to console the nation. “Our words seem small beside the loss you have endured,” Clinton told more than 20,000 people gathered at the Oklahoma State Fair Arena. “You have lost too much, but you have not lost everything. And you have certainly not lost America, for we will stand with you for as many tomorrows as it takes.” Relatives o f those who died in the blast or who were still missing clutched flowers and stuffed bears that were given to them as they filed into the arena. Clinton spoke o f “the innocent children, only in that building because their parents were try ing to be good parents as wel I as good workers. Citizens in the building, goingabout their daily business. And many there who served the res, o f us, who worked to help the elderly and disabled, who worked to support our farmers and our veterans, w ho worked to enforce our laws and protect us. Let us say clearly, they served us well, and we are grateful.” The Rev. Billy Graham offered comfort from the scriptures. “Times like this will do one o f two things. It will either make us hard and bitter and angry' at God, or it will make us tender and open and help us to reach out and trust in faith. And I think that’s what the people in Oklahoma are doing. “The Bible says in Psalms 147:3, “He heals the broken heart, he binds up the w ounds.' And so with this service today we stand together to say. Let the healing be gin.” ” Oklahoma Gov Frank A. Keating, a Republican, said the explosion was senseless barbarism never before witnessed in the his tory o f the country . “The tragedy o f April 19 shocked Amer ica. An unspeakable evi I sickened the world," Keating said. RELIGION B5 ♦ Nation Mourns For Oklahoma Dead CLASSIFIEDS B7
