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Committed to cultural diversity.
Volume XX VI I,NiimberZb
Best in jazz
All star
salute!
Red Holloway highlights
the sounds of music under
the St. Johns Bridge.
Peninsula major
little league all-stars
play it big, before a
heartbreaker in the
semi-finals.
See Metro, inside.
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MMMRM
Slice
The effort.,,** sounds of
the Bronx Mass Choir are
dreams come true.
See Sports, page B2.
See Religion, page B4.
(The IJoriknib (Observer
Versace killer tracked
The search continues for the alleged
serial killer suspected of murdering fash
ion designer Gianni Versace last week in
Miami Beach. As the manhunt for suspect
Andrew Cunanan continues, the Miami
Herald reported that the gun used to shoot
Versace is the same weapon used in two
other murders allegedly committed by
Cunanan.
Summations in Mafia trial
The trial of accused New York mafia
boss Vincent "The Chin” Gigante was near
ing a close on Tuesday on charges of
murder and racketeering. The defense
Monday rested its case without calling a
single witness. The defense took the risky
gamble of calling no witnesses after argu
ing that the prosecution had not proven its
case against the alleged Genovese crime
family boss.
Relief due for Mir
Two Russian cosmonauts who are sched
uled to relieve the weary crew of the Mir
space station arc preparing for their mis
sion to repair the crippled orbiting craft.
New commander Anatoly Solovyov and
flight engineer Pavel Vinogradov are due
to be launched into space on Aug. 5. Itar-
Tass news agency says the cosmonauts
will inspect the Soyuz TM-26 spacecraft
that will take them into orbit and the
spacesuits they will wear on planned
spacewalks to repair M ir’s electrical sys
tem and the Spektr module damaged in a
collision last month.
Greenspan delivers news
F ed eral R eserv e C h a irm a n A lan
Greenspan says inflation may be down but
it’s not out. Greenspan delivered the first
half of his semi-annual economic report to
the House Banking committee Tuesday.
Analysts say the warning should, not be
taken as a sign that interest rates are about
to rise.
Religious freedoms in peril
The State Department is out with its
report on religious freedom around the
world. The study takes particular issue
with China, which it accuses of breaking
constitutional pledges by clamping down
on all religious activity. It cites strong
efforts to stifle Catholic and Protestant
movements in the last two years. The re
port forCongress also criticized Russia for
attempting to put limits on religion for the
first time since the fall of the Soviet Union.
Clinton calls on merger
President Clinton has called at least one
of his European counterparts to discuss the
merger of Boeing and McDonnell Dou
glas, the White House said. According to a
White House spokesman, the president
said the pact "ought to be reviewed consis
tent with economic competitive criteria
and not based on giving one manufacturer
exclusive access in the European market.”
EDITORIAL....................A2
HOUSING..................... A4
EDUCATION..................A5
METRO......................... B I
SPORTS........................B2
ARTS & ENT................. B3
RELIGION..................... B4
HEALTH.........................B5
CLASSIFIEDS...............B6
BUSINESS....................B8
Photo by Nell Heilpern
Daniel Bernstine pays visit to inner city kids.
music fundamentals and that "life has options
and
you can make your dreams come true.”
bunch of youngsters were in the
The
camp is also an opportunity for the
middle of a musical adventure at
children
to be exposed to a college setting
Portland State University when
while
experimenting
with music, rhythms and
they were greeted by a special visitor,
composition,
she
told
the Portland Observer.
new PSU president Daniel 0 . Bernstine.
The
kids
took
turns
playing songs like
In the middle of a very busy schedule of
Knock,
Knock.
Heart
and
Soul. Bluebird.
meetings and settling into his new office,
Wiggle
Worm
and
Kites.
Bernstine dropped in to visit the summer
Most anxiously awaited the moment later
music camp PSU was conducting with Self
in
the
week when they would appear on stage
Enhancement, Inc., the north and northeast
in
recital.
Some would be winners of music
program for inner-city youth.
lesson
scholarships
and be selected for one of
A few dozen electronic keyboards dotted
three
donated
loaner
pianos in then homes.
the landscape of the large music room. Thirty
Occasionally,
a
youngster
would hit a
children were poised, waiting to let their
wrong
note
or
sourly
go
off
key
and Kogen
fingers dance on the keys and make music.
would
ask,
“What
happens
if
you
make a
For many this was the first time in their
mistake
at
recital?”
lives to have a chance at musical instruction.
“Just keep goin’, said Marline Lincoln,
The camp, in its fourth year of operation, is
swaying
to the side and sheepishly tapping a
the brainchild of PSU music professor Mary
note
over
again. "Don’t let them know you
Kogen, who noted the children would learn
by
N eil H eilpern
A
messed up .”
Bernstine, a 49-year-old African-Ameri
can is the first minority person Io head an
Oregon university and we will direct PSU's
15.000 students and 4(K) full time faculty.
He most recently served as dean and pro
lessor of law at Wisconsin He is a former
general counsel for Howard University and
hospital in Washington, D.C.
Bernstine must have been reminded of the
rapid-fire cross examinations in court when
the children started asking one question after
another.
“W hat’s a law school?” one child asked
Before Bernstine could complete his answer
in his laid-back, friendly manner, another
blurted out, “How old are you?"
They grilled him on the specifics of being
a lawyers, with one asking, “Have you ever
lost a case."
When he replied, "Oh. no! Never,” the
youngster quickly shot back a follow up
question that elicited laughter from the nu
merous adults in the room: "Have you ever
lied?"
“Are you famous?" another asked.
When they discovered that his children
were old enough to be away from home
attending college, and that Bernstine was
divorced, they wanted to know if he was
lonely
“My days are long, filled with meetings all
day," he explained, describing how he has
many opportunities to share with people be
fore getting home "in time to go to bed.”
Steering the conversation back toward the
subject of music, Kogan asked Bernstine
what part music plays in his life.
"I used to play the trumpet in my high
school band,” he explained “I w asn’t a very
good musician, so I stopped playing and
started listening."
Handy Food stays with liquor battle
Defeated by courts, north Portland grocery is before OLCC again
by
L ee P erlman
ne thing you have to give the
Dewald family: They don’t give
up easily.
After six years and thousands of dollars -
and defeats before O regon's highest courts -
the owners of Handy Food Mart at 705 N.
Portland Blvd. are still battling an Oregon
Liquor Control Commission order to rid their
store o f malt liquor, and all alcohol in con
tainers larger than 40 ounces.
The OLCC Commission imposed these,
and nine other restrictions in late 1992. The
Dewalds challenged the action - a challenge
that ended earlier this year when the Oregon
Court of Appeals upheld the order without
comment, and the state Supreme Court re
fused to review the ruling.
Now the family is asking that the restric
tions on product sales be lifted, contending
that the problems that caused them to be
imposed have been reduced In response,
OLCC investigator Rich Miller has launched
an investigation that he says should be com
pleted by September.
The Portland Bureau of Licenses and the
Piedmont Neighborhood Association are both
opposed to the lifting of the license.
O
Mike Sanderson of the License Bureau
says, "A fter fighting this long to have these
restrictions imposed, to lift them now would
send the wrong message. It’s up to the lic
ensee to prove that conditions have improved,
not up to OLCC to show that the restrictions
are needed.”
point, even if they are mistakes, we can't
allow them to happen," Miller says.
Manager Glenn Dewald says he never
received the letter, and that the sales involved
large bottles of wine cooler and ice beer.
“Those weren't covered by the restrictions,
and (Miller) knows it,” he says.
“Portland city and OLCC officials, and the
Piedmont Neighborhood Association, have
contended that Handy Food Mart is a source
of drinking and gang activity in Peninsula Park
across the street. They cite repeated OLCC
violations and crimes, including fistfights,
within and near the store."
In fact, from the Dewalds' point of view,
the process is going in reverse. Miller says
OLCC inspectors have found the store sell
ing malt liquor twice, on June 9 and July S,
and they were sent a letter of warning as a
result. One more violation could mean revo
cation of their license, he says
“People do make mistakes, but at this
OLCC often asks stores to restrict their
operations with regard to liquor sales, and
sometimes imposes restrictions, especially
in inner northeast Portland What has distin
guished the Dewalds from other operators is
their refusal to go along with the program
Portland city and OLCC officials, and the
Piedmont Neighborhood Association, have
contended that Handy Food Mart is a source
of drinking and gang activity in Peninsula
Park across the street. They cite repeated
OLCC violations and crim es, including
fistfights, within and near the store.
The Dewalds deny thre is any connection
between product sales and gang activity, that
crime problems are a reflection of the area
rather than their store, that HFM is better
managed and more trouble-free than other
stores nearby, and that crimes that are not
alcohol-related are not a concern of OLCC.
In 1991, the License Bureau recommended
to City Council that the store’s license be
renewed with restrictions on sale of malt
liquor and bcerm 40-ounce containers Asked
if he would accept such conditions Glenn
Dewald replied. No Why should I?” Coun
cil voted instead to recommend that the li
cense not be renewed
Later that year, when OLCC reviewed the
case, the Dewalds mounted a legal defense
they claimed cost them over $40,(MX), and
utilizing expert witnesses brought in from
other areas
OLCC hearings examiner David Slansky
sided with them, and ordered the license
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