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.'■ r. ,. < * ’ A .l f * - • '• • - ì Mfe. m •,* ■»•.«.-?_• ! »4-» * > mw W . v A v k aSS* - , ' 1* ^ ; Jr«» ,*í&WÜ£¡S35k«4r--pf■-,^Z^4*v<c^9C2v^tJ8WHBSwHHWweK^S2TÍÎTH0c5<ÏÏWU V o lum e X X V I I, N um ber 28 ! f — .* c '■ Committed to cultural diversity Peninsula Minor League All-Stars victorious. Summerbridge for students Staple Singers inspire Children from diverse backgrounds join the Summerbridge "Magical mystery tour ”. First Family o f Gospel ’ make return to Portland. See Sports, page A 8. See Metro, page BI. Life See Religion, page B2. (ílnv sportiani* (Observer King Food Market launches defense by N eil H eilpern laine Rho has been pounding the pavement of Northeast Portland for the past two weeks, looking for letters of support and petition signa tures In an effort to save her liquor license at King Food Market. E Mission finds Mars like Earth Scientists say information transmitted from Mars by the Sojourner rover ind i cates that the Red Planet is surprisingly sim ilar to the Earth in its composition. In Pasadena, C alif., scientists say Sojourner discovered that a rock dubbed ‘ ’ Barnacle B ill” is probably one third quartz in com position. One scientist says this suggests Mars is more sim ilar to Earth than even the Moon. The rover’ s analysis also re vealed that the rock’ s "ch em ical finger prints” are identical to the 12 meteorites found on Earth that scientists believe o rig i nated on Mars billions o f years ago. One o f those contained evidence o f possible past Martian life. NATO invites 3 nations to join N ATO has invited former Soviet-bloc nations Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to jo in the Western security a lli ance. A fter the meeting o f N A T O leaders in Madrid, President Clinton hailed the move as a “ giant stride” toward achieving a Europe that is undivided, democratic and at peace. US mulls Cambodia pullout As hundreds o f foreigners fled the Cam bodian capital Tuesday, U.S. o fficials be gan preparations forapossible evacuation o f American citizens from the southeast Asian nation. Eight flights o f Thai A ir Force C-130s brought 800 people from Phnom Penh to Bangkok. There are an estimated 1,500 Americans in Cambodia, which has been rocked by violence fo llo w ing the ousting o f one o f the nation's two premiers. S. Africans killers apologize Four black South Africans who killed a white U.S. college student four years ago apologized to her parents Tuesday, but claimed they were acting out o f political conviction. The four are serving 18-year prison terms for the August 1993 murder o f A m y Biehl, a former Fulbright scholar, outside Cape Town. The store, at the corner o f M artin Luther King Blvd. and Fremont St., N.E., has been in the middle o f a lengthy storm o f contro versy over alleged liquor violations and neighborhood drug dealings. Police and othercity officials this Wednes day are expected to recommended to the Portland C ity C ouncil that the m arket’ s liquor license not be renewed, according to Gary M cG rew , regulatory manager fo r Portland’ s license bureau. “ The police and city have been targeting my store for more than a year,’’ Rho told The Portland Observer. “ Now, I ’ ve been walk ing around the neighborhood getting letters and signatures on a petition ” Rho told The Portland Observer she had already gathered 620 signatures on her peti tion a s o f I I a m. Saturday and had promises from 10 people so far fo r supporting letters. The license is for sale o f beer and wine for o ff premises consumption only. The public hearing w ill be held 2 p.m. in the second floor auditorium o f the Portland Building 1120 SW 5th, during a regularly scheduled city council meeting After hearing from city officials, Rho and neighbors, the council is expected to make a recommendation to the Oregon Liquor Con trol Commission (OLCC). When the council gave a favorable liquor license recommendation in 1991. it included a letter o f warning because o f neighbor concerns about fights at the store, the num ber o f people congregating in the parking lot, and the death o f a patron after a confron tation with an employee. A t least one northeast neighborhood as sociation is expected to speak out against the renewal and another has expressed support for the store retaining its license, McGrew told The Portland Observer. Although the Eliot Neighborhood Asso ciation recently voted to oppose renewal, King Neighborhood Association president Fred Stewart noted that “ problems at the store are more reflective o f the problems in the surrounding area than o f the store itself,” according to a city sta ff report The store is directly between the two Northeast neighborhoods. Police C hie f Charles A Moose said he opposed renewal o f the license, citing the store’ s “ lack o f willingness or the inability to address the problems,” and accuses the store N. Ireland train torched The violence is escalating in Northern Ireland. Masked gunmen boarded an Irish train and set it on fire Tuesday as Britain struggled to contain the anger o f Catho lics over a march o f m ilitant Protestants. Sectarian violence erupted in British-ruled Northern Ireland Sunday. The train that was set ablaze Tuesday was travelling from D ublin to Belfast. Passengers were ordered o ff the train at gunpoint, then the gunmen torched the train. In another de velopment, a radical Irish Republican A rm y splinter group threatened to attack Protestant Orange Order members i f they carry out plans to parade through a Catho lic area o f Belfast Saturday. EDITORIAL............ ........A2 BUSINESS............ ........A4 HOME.................... ....... A5 FAMILY.......................... A6 EDUCATION.......... ....... A7 SPORTS................. ...... A8 METRO.................. ........B I RELIGION.............. ...... B2 ARTS & ENT.......... ...... B3 CLASSIFIEDS....... ....... B4 Elaine Rho gathered several hundred signatures on petitions favoring renewel of King Food Mart's liauor license Photo by Nell Hellpern "Although the Eliot Neighborhood Association recently voted to oppose renewal, King Neighborhood Association president Fred Stewart noted that ‘problems at the store are more reflective of the problems in the surrounding area than of the store itself, ' according to a city staff report.” o f continuing to contribute to problems in the neighborhood. Moose cited a homicide in the parking lot, liquor law violations that include repeated sales o f alcohol to miners, assaults inside the store and the lot, drug dealing in the lot and sales from behind the counter o f pipes that are sim ilar to ones used fo r smoking crack cocaine. A one inch thick set o f two reports the license bureau plans to submit at the hearing six pages listing 60 separate items intended to support the bureau’s argument against renewal. Four incidents o f alcohol sales to miners which resulted in warnings and fines by OLCC are on the list, all dated prior to 1997. None are listed for this year A dozen are administrative functions, such as letters, talks w ith attorneys, meetings between city and store officials, and requests for the store to provide additional security on the pre mises. The presence o f patrons drinking or drunk in the parking lot account for 28 items on the list. In some cases, people were listed as public drinking, but their alcoholic bever ages was not purchased at King Food Man. The listings also include an August, 1995 gang fight and other fights in September and December; a May, 1996 shooting death dur ing a social gathering in the parking lot; the alleged sales o f so-called crack pipes; arrests o f two people for allegedly selling crack in the parking lot; threats; public urination; random gunfire wounding, Other than the four incidents o f sales to juveniles, most incidents involved people not directly connected with the store. Press reports quoted police that the shooting in May, 1996, was not related to gangs or drugs, but appeared to be about a girl. Included in the six incidents o f juveniles with alcohol was a 20-year-old cited for drinking brandy from a paper bag in the store’s parking lot in A pril, 1996, and a 15- year-old doing the same this A p ril The log notes the store does not sell brandy. Continued to page A4 Boozer to guide public transit policy lormer Jefferson High School Principal Alcena Boozer has been appointed to the Tri-Met Board of Directors by Gov. John Kitzhaber. F Boozer w ill represent northeast Portland and jo in Robert W illia m ’ s, representing Clackamas County on the seven-member government panel. George Passadore, was re-appointed to the board to represent north and northwest Portland. Boozer served as principal at Jefferson from 1990 to 1997. Her career in education began as a teacher for Portland Public Schools in 1969. She is currently on the board o f directors for Oregon Health Sciences U nive rsity Foundation, Legacy Emanuel M ission E ffec tiveness A d visory C om m ittee, M ultnom ah C ounty Commission for Children and Fam ilies, and is president o f Portland High School P rincipals' Association Boozer received degrees from Oregon State U nive rsity, Port land State U nive rsity and the Church D iv in ity School o f the Pacific, Graduate Theological U nion. She has completed graduate studies in counseling and educational adm inistration W illia m s has served as a union representative for the United Food and Com m ercial W orkers Local 555 since 1985 Previously, he was an assistant manger fo r Safeway, where he began work in 1976 Passadore is executive vice president o f the Retail banking Group for W ells Fargo Bank. N orthwest Region The T ri-M e l board is responsible fo r enacting p o licy pertaining to bus and lig h t rail operations, contracting and h irin g a general manager. T ri-M e t tallies 64 m illio n boardings a year and covers nearly 600 square miles in the M ultnom ah, W ashington and Clackamas Countv area A canoe ride at Blue Lake Park is refreshing for Quayuana Washington (from left), Sha Washington and lesha Williams as temperatures reach into the low 90s on the Fourth o f July. Interstate 5 bridge repair plan T ransportation officials unveiled the final portation “ Drivers w ill be able to take advantage o f Traffic Management Plan for the north extra transit service, dedicated freeway lanes for buses bound Interstate 5 bridge repair project and carpools, and reversible lanes on the southbound I- during a news conference Tuesday in Vancouver. 5 bridge.” Representatives from the Oregon and Washington Departments of Transportation joined officials with the Cities o f Portland and Vancouver, Clark County, Tri- Met, C-Tran, Metro and Southwest Regional Transpor tation Council in making the announcement The plan is aimed at m inim izing traffic disruptions on 1-5 and along alternate routes during a 2 1-day closure o f the span scheduled to begin September 16 "This plan provides opportunities,” said Don Wagner, resional manager for the Oreson Department o f Trans For several weeks, representatives from govern ment, business and the general public have held dozens o f planning meetings for the bridge project. A crucial piece o f the 80-year-old northbound lift span is cracked and must be replace. Nearly 120,(XK) vehicles use the I- 5 bridges every day. "A ll o f the public agencies that can do anything to make this bridge closure less severe arc fu lly committed to the plan," said Wagner. "W e are asking the private sector and public to also do their parts."