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Area Kids Capture Summer
program specializing in energy industry ca­
reers.
The students from Portsmouth, Beau­
mont and Tubman middle schools were pre­
sented with diplomas from the academy and
a letter o f commendation form the U.S. De­
partment o f Energy at the conclusion o f three
weeks o f study.
In the pervious two summers, Portland’s
ju n io r scholars have attended classes at the
University o f Nevada at Las Vegas and the
University o f Oklahoma.
Michael “ Chappie” Grice o f the Port­
land School District is the coordinator o f
MSEA.
Starting at 8th grade level, the program
brings high expectations and superior quality
instruction a, an early age.
“ These students are gaining confidence
and experience that virtually assures them o f
a college education," Grice said. “ The col­
lege, in a unique recruiting effort, really has
enrolled these kids in college at the 8th grade.
That’ s the way to go.”
The students are planning to present
their experiences to the mayor’ s office and
the Portland School Board.
Ifthe students maintain good trades dur­
ing the current academic year, they w ill be
eligible to continue their special studies at
U N L V next summer.
Dennis D illo n , an 8th grader at Ports­
m outh M id d le School, said he’ s “ g oing
to w o rk hard because, I d o n ’ t want to
miss o u t.”
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Schools Put New
Emphasis On Safety
Portland School District Superinten­
dent jack Bierwirth said last week there
w ill be a greater emphasis on safety in
Portland schools this year. “ W e’ re com­
mitted to safer schools and safer neighbor­
hoods,” Bierwirth said. “ This involves
conflict resolution, more effective work
for those kids who have been in trouble
with the law and tighter discipline, both in
school and out.”
City Apologizes
For Furhman Racism
The Los Angeles C ity Council voted
unanimously last week to condemn and
apologize for “ the degrading and outra­
geous racial, ethnic and gender comments
and the violence described in taped inter
views with Mark Furhman, a former Los
Angeles police detective who is the star
witness in the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
For some, the tapes reinforce long-held
beliefs that there are two types o f justice,
one for minorities and one for whites.
On the campus of Fort Valley State College in Georgia are Portland students Jimmy Sortos (from left), Dele Sobomehin, Ian
Jones, Dennis Dillon, Kaleah Lamber, Kheoshi Mayes and Michael Grice, coordinator.
group of northeast Portland
in Fort Valley, Ga.
middle school students were
For many o f the young people, it was
their first m ajortrip acrfctes thecontinent And
represented this summer in
the Math Science E ngineering
for all, it was their first visit to Fort Valley
Academy at Fort Valley State College
State which is part o f the network o f Histor­
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No Parole For Christina Clegg's Killers
Fred Meyer Reports Loss
Fred Meyer reported last week that
Portland sales are not back to the levels
they were before last year’s workers strike
and lockout. Overall, income from opera­
tions for the first 28 weeks o f 1995 was $41
m illion compared to nearly $67 m illion a
year ago.
Labor Works
To Revitalize Movement
The traditional labor movement isstep-
ping up its efforts to reach out to women
and other minorities, especially those in
ow -skill, low-wage jobs, according to Jill
Kriesky, a professor at the University o f |
Oregon who studies union involvement.
Kriesky says unions give workers a voice
in the workplace and can therefore help
them achieve justice and dignity on the
job , as well as wage gains and improved
benefit packages.
ically Black Colleges and Universities.
Located about 100 miles south o f Atlan­
ta, Fort Valley State hosted the students
under its Cooperative Developmental Ener­
gy Program, a special 5-year dual-degree
hree men found guilty in the
County jury. Christina Clegg was shot to
1993 murder of Albina Head
death in her head start office on July 30.
Start Worker Christina “Tina”
1993.
Clegg were spared the death penalty The plan was to make the attack look like
last week and sentenced to life in
a botched robbery so her husband could
prison without the possibility of parole.
collect on a $100,000 life insurance policy.
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Grover C. Clegg Jr., 30, the vic tim ’ s
husband, Randall Clegg, 2 1, his brother, and
Reschard Steward, 20, a hired gunman, were
expressionless as the verdicts were read after
two days o f deliberations.
The men were convicted o f aggravated
murder Aug. 15 by the same Multnomah
Prosecutors said Grover Clegg Jr. was a
greedy, materialistic man, desperate to es­
cape a troubled marriage and avoid paying
child support.
The jurors were reminded o fh is trail o f
insurance scams.
When he didn’ t like his car, for instance,
he arranged to have it stolen so he could buy a
new one with the insurance money, they said.
When he didn’t like his house, they said,
he started a fire and obtained enough insur­
ance money to have it remodeled.
And, when he no longer loved his wife,
they said, he paid to have her killed and again
collected.
A ll the while, they said, he fooled nearly
everyone into believing he was a stand-up
guy, a p illar o f the community.
One o f the two attorneys representing
Randall Clegg, expressed bitterness over both
the convictions and sentences. He vowed an
appeal.
“ They ju ry did not get to hear all the
evidence. I think i f they had, they would have
reached another verdict,” attorney Scott
Asphaug said. J im Glover, a lawyer for Stew­
ard, agreed. “ I would really have liked to see
the possibility o f parole,” he said.
Multnomah County Deputy District A t­
torney B ill W illiam s said the punishments
were appropriate.
Judge W illiam C . SnoulTerwill form ally
sentence the men at a Sept. 25 hearing.
Editorial Hits Packwood
Chairmanship
In an editorial entitled “ Take Mr.
Packwood’s Gavel,” the New Y ork Times
calls for Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood’s
removal as chair the Senate Finance Com­
mittee. “ It has long been apparent that Mr.
Packwood does not belong in a post requir­
ing his full concentration and the undiluted
respect ofhis colleagues," the Times wrote.
Packwood is under an ethics committee
investigation for alleged sexual miscon­
duct.
The stage was set Saturday
with many singers, gospel
groups and church choirs
performing at the Dawson
Park Gospel Music Festival.
The annual event, held at
Dawson Park across from
Emanuel Hospital, is
Portland’s largest gospel
music event.
Another Media Mega Merger?
On the heels o f Disney's marriage to
Cap C it ies-A BC, Turner Broadcast ing Sys­
tem, Inc. was considering an $8.5 billion
offer last week from Time Warner Inc. that
would create the w orld’ s largest media and
entertainment company.
Court Lets Measure 11 Stand
The Oregon Supreme Court retused
to hear a constitutional challenge last week
to the new Oregon law, which lengthens
sentences dealt to defendants as young as
15, convicted o f any o f 18 violent crimes.
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Jackson To
Visit
Portland
he Rev. Jesse Jackson plans
opposed to K aiser Perm anente’ s plan to
to visit Portland to address a
close the 3 6 -yea r-o ld h osp ital.
controversial proposal to
Jackson w ill attem pt to meet w ith
close the Bess Kaiser Medical Center
hosp ital o ffic ia ls and co nd uct a p ro ­
in north Portland.
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M em bers o f the Bess K a iser C om ­
m u n ity -L a b o r C o a litio n said Jackson
wants to lend his support to the local
R a in bo w C o a litio n and o the r groups
n ew ly acquired a d m in is tra tio n center,
the L lo y d 500 B u ild in g , a represen­
ta tiv e o f the c o m m u n ity -la b o r c o a litio n
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been set. But the groups are h o p in g
Jackson w ill make the tr ip this m onth.
Ja ckson w i l l a ls o be asked to
p a rtic ip a te in a c o m m u n ity m e e tin g
at the Lutheran In n e r-C ity M in is trie s
C enter at the corner o f M a rtin L uth e r
K in g Jr. B lv d . and Skidm ore Street, o r ­
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