. St u A < . í ¿*A*X • ♦€<• ä cultural diversity. MARCH 4. I99K ptn**3*** Congratulations Portland Power on a Great Season EBONY ÌS á M < BULK RATE See Sports, inside. ®he - ’ J •Jl.< . .V * • x Æ • . > *> . I See Popeye s Coupon's Inside! U.S. POSTAGE PAID PORTLAND, OR PERMIT NO. 1610 (Ohsmnr H M C ro w d I ours N e w M c C c i j V illa aqe qe A t m e ent rA p p a a r rim ms Jordan Stands by Clinton W ashington lawyer Vemon Jordan said Tuesday he testified “truthfully and com ­ pletely” before a grand ju ry investigating the W hite House sex scandal, and he reaf­ firm ed his friendship w ith President Clinton. Jordan, the first central figure in the scandal to be summoned to testify by prosecutor Kenneth Starr’s office, said he would return for m ore questioning Thurs­ day, when the grand jury next meets. Starr’s grand ju ry is investigating allega­ tions that Clinton had an affair with former W hite House intern M onica Lewinsky and, in concert w ith Jordan, tried to cover it up by encouraging the young woman to lie under oath. Clinton and Jordan both have vehem ently denied the allegations. Microsoft Monopoly M icrosoft c h ie f executive B ill Gates Tuesday defiantly defended his com pany as an innovator not a m onopol ist predator. In testim ony before a Senate com m ittee, Gates sparred w ith lawmakers and his competitors. The richest man in Am erica said his com pany had no intention o f turn­ ing the W orld W ide W eb into a M icrosoft toll road, and he called it ‘ ’preposterous’ ’ to think one com pany could control ac­ cess to the the vast Internet. But rival Jim Barksdale, CEO o f N etscape, accused Gates o f trying to drive his Internet browser com pany out o f business. Gates dodged questions about whether M icrosoft has a m onopoly in the com puter operating sys­ tem business. Clinton Warns Iraq President Clinton sent Iraq a blunt warn­ ing Tuesday that it faces military action if it fails to g iv e U .N . arms inspectors unre­ stricted access to suspected weapons sites. Clinton made the threat as he praised a U .N Security C ouncil resolution passed unanim ously yesterday warning Iraq o f the “severest consequences” i f it fails to live up to a U .N .-brokered agreement on the inspections. C linton avoided any ex ­ plicit reference to armed strikes, but said the Security C ouncil resolution provides “authority to act” i f Iraq does not keep its word. Troops to Get Anthrax Vaccine The U .S. military w ill begin vaccinat­ ing all o f the more than 3 5,000 American troops in the G u lf this month against the deadly anthrax b iological agent. D efense Secretary W illiam Cohen announced Tues­ day. A senior W estern officer said several thousand British and Canadian troops in the region also w ill be vaccinated. Cohen said he had decided to begin the m ass inoculations at the request ofM arine Corps Gen. A nthony Zinni, com m ander o f U.S. forces in the Gulf. The United States says Iraq has developed anthrax into a lethal weapon. McKinney Denies Sex Charges Sergeant Major G ene M cKinney, once the U .S. A rm y’s top enlisted man, testi­ fied in his ow n defense for the first tune Tuesday and denied any sexual m iscon­ duct or obstruction o f justice. M cK inney, a black 29-year army veteran, has con ­ tended that the prosecution is racially bi­ ased. F ive o f his six fem ale accusers are white and the other is o f m ixed race. “N o , sir, I com m itted none o f those offenses,” M cK inney said w hen his attorney asked him about the allegations. Photo By Neil Heilpern Pictured above Raleigh Lewis and Paul McCoy he crowd at Saturday’s opening festivities for the McCoy Vil lage A partm ents oohed and awed as if it were the birth o f a new baby in the neighborhood. A fter touring one o f the apartments with some friends, visitor Brenda Curry stepped out onto the second floor walk­ way, peered over the open courtyard be­ low and called it “a fabulous place”. The $6 million, 55 apartment complex for low-income renters sits on two city blocks along Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, between Prescott and Skidmore streets. The first floor is proposed forcommeT cial space, with the second through fourth floors containing one, two, three and four bedroom apartments for families earning 50 percent or less o f Portland’s median income. The apartment complex also includes a community room, a computer/leaming center and a human services advocate who will help residents with human ser­ vices and economic needs based on indi­ vidual plans and goals. At a time when apartment complexes usually get a bad rap because o f drugs and gang activity, m ost visitors and speakers at the reception applauded the vitality which the M cCoy Apartments are ex­ pected to give N ortheast Portland. Raleigh Lewis, Affirmative Action Director for the governor's office ( upper left) and Paul McCoy, candidate for County Commissioner, talk at the new McCoy Village Apartments on MLK Blvd. Photo by M. Washington “ I remember when this was car lot alley for 20 years," said Jess McKinley, board chair­ man o f the Northeast Community Develop­ ment Corporation (NECDC), which co-de- veloped the project with California based O N E . Company (Opportunities for Neigh­ borhood Empowerment) and others. For years the land was empty and weed-infested. “This is one o f several new projects along MLK to bring back the community,” said Mckinley. “Northeast Portland is alive and thriving.” Neighbors Tracy and Chris Robertson looked over one o f the courtyards, filled with rock-lined areas o f reddish-brown bark dust that felt like rosy cheeks. The open space provided the image o f numerous buildings joined together, rather than one big block. To their right was the fence which separated the apartments from the Robertson’s single-fam­ ily home. Calling it “very nice,” Tracy told The Portland Observer she was happy the apart­ ments would be available for “people trying M utant Tomatoes From Corvallis Invade Je ffe rso n High School eally. T hat’s not a tabloid head line. Terri Lomax,aplantpatholo gist from Oregon State Univer­ sity, will help launch a new Science Con­ nection by bringing her mutant tomatoes to Karen K elly’s high school biology class (D-35). The Science Connection will link Port­ land science teachers and their students with Oregon State University researchers and the undergraduate and graduate stu­ dents in their labs. Each high school program in the Port­ land Schools will be part o f a pilot project this school year. We hope to expand it next year. , 30 OSU researchers have already signed up. OSU students will get internship credit for their efforts. OSU partners with Jefferson High School to create a science connection. Oregon State hired Liette Powell, a re­ Photo by M. Washington cent graduate in biology and international Portland teacher will be lecturing inCorvallis. studies, to coordinate the connections. The basic concept: make science real for C level and High School’s Dick Pugh is sched­ The learning is not one w ay from students o f all ages. Mutual curiosity about Corvallis to Portland. Not only will OSU uled to bring his expertise in the study o f science brings the teachers and the research­ professors find out what is really going on meteors to classes on possible life in outer ers together. The key is tapping into that in the high school classroom, at least one space. same curiosity in the students. R E V E N T SCHEDULED T O H O N O R W O R K A N D SUCCESS O F SHAC ommunity Leaders and public o f ficials will gather from 2:00 until 4:00 pm on F rid ay , M arch 6, 1998 to honor the w ork and success of the S in g le s H o u sin g A sse ssm e n t C e n te r (SH AC), a facility designed to assist home- C / less single people which will close M on­ day, M arch 16, 1998. Multnomah County Chair Beverly Stein, Portland City Commis- sionerGretchen Miller Kafoury, Community and Fami ly Services Director Lolenzo T . Poe Jr., Housing and Community Development Director Steve Rudman, SHAC Advisory Com m ittee Chair Bruce Allen, Sergeant David Pool, and former SHAC guests are among those scheduled to speak at 2:30. T he SH A C is located at 1212 N.W . 9th S treet in P o rtlan d , O regon. to have a good quality o f life”. “As long as it is kept up and maintained," said her husband, “it will help the commu­ nity and MLK Blvd. come up”. The apartments are named for long-time Northeast Portland advocates, the late State Senator Bill M cCoy and wife Gladys, who served as M ultnomah County Chair. The day was also the couple’s wedding anniver­ sary and Mrs. M ccoy’s birthday. Several o f their children and other relatives were on C ontinued on page A7 UNITED AIRLINES BRINGS THE WORLD OF WORK TO 3,000 STUDENTS WORLDWIDE ednesday, thousands o f stu dents from across the country and around the world spent the day working alongside United Airlines em­ ployees as part o f a U nited’s third annual sponsorship o f Take Your Community To Work Day. to maximize the value o f this program. United will give participating stu­ dents (in select cities where United has a large employee base) a “Ticket to the Fu­ ture.” This ticket will guarantee the students a job interview with United, providing they com plete high school and meet all eligibility requirements. “ Many children may find it difficult to explore career opportunities because o f their home situation, poverty or lack o f educa­ tional opportunity,” said John Edwardson, United Airlines president and chief operat­ ing officer. “These students would not ordi­ narily have access to United Airlines or other corporate settings. Take Your Community To Work D ay is important to our employees because it enables them to share their talents and expertise with the students in their com­ munities who need it most. The program is a prim e example o f the positive impact that public-private partnerships can have on com­ m unities throughout the United States." Take Your Community To Work Day is a global mentoring program that offers young people from under-resourced environments first-hand exposure to the world o f work. Students will assist United employees with activities such as serving passengers at ticket counters and gate areas, sorting baggage and even servicing aircraft. W