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Volume X X V II. Number 79 Get Your Wallets Out Because It’s Time To Shop For Art! The Salem Art Fair Is Cinning beginning M y 1 7. Committed to cultural diversity, http://www.portlandobsener.net ■M U M M U S I n a tu r a * * * ' Julio de Diego The Art o f the People proudly present the estate o f Julio de Diego a highly influential Spanish painter o f the 20th century. ■ See Popeye's Coupon's Inside! Kn'ght t-i BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID PORTLAND, OR PERMIT NO. 1610 ' " 'W M H o f o See El Observador de Portland, page A 7. Library Newspaper Sectjon tugene OR g74()1 :|Jori binò The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods’ Youth Gang Outreach program Comes to End B y L ee P erlman he N o rth e a st C o a litio n o f N e ig h b o rh o o d s’ Y outh G ang O utreach p rogram , once c o n sidered a national m odel, has at least a tem porary end, out o f m oney and forced to lay o ff its staff. M anager Halim Rahsaan w as laid o ff on June 26th, and the rest o f the six- person sta ff on June 30th. T he only rem ain link to the program is p rogram m anager John Canda, w hose duties also in clu d e su p e rv isio n o f th e N E C N ’s T R ider A dvocate program and w hose sa l ary com es in part from a c o n tract w ith T ri-M et. N E C N e x e c u tiv e d i r e c t o r B en P riestley says the coalition hopes to se com e to c u re new fu n d in g fo r th e p ro g ra m sh o rtly , possibly through a priv ate fo u n d atio n grant or through the city o f P ort land. H ow ever, he says, “ W e c a n ’t m ake pay m en ts based on funding th at we hope w e ’ll g e t.” C anda says that he hopes th at at least som e o f the sta ff can be reh ired if new funding can be obtained. The program w as created by the c o a lition in 1988. It provides outreach w ork ers w ho p ro vide cou n selin g to A frican- A m erican, A sian, H ispanic and w hite youth gangs, gang m em bers and at risk youth. They w ork w ith the Portland Po lice B ureau and P ortland Public Schools to defuse po ten tial gang violence. They also provide inform ation about youth gangs to civ ic and com m unity groups. For m ost o f its ex istence the program was funded by a $280.000 contract with M ultnom ah C ounty. In 1996 the county aw arded the c o n tra c t in ste a d to the H ouse o f U m oja in co o p eratio n w ith tw o o ther agencies, say in g it w anted a m ore “b ro a d -b a se d ” a p p ro ach to the problem . The NECN board d ecid ed to seek other funding to keep th e ir ow n program going. Last May they secured a $200,000 grant from the Fred M eyer M em orial T rust. T hose funds have now been e x hausted. S h a ro n M cC o rm ack , d ire c to r o f the c ity ’s N eig h b o rh o o d C rim e P re v e n tion Program , says o f the Y outh G angs P ro g ram , “ 1 c e rta in ly hope they can find som e m oney b ecu ase th e r e ’s a real need for th is kind o f o u tre a c h , e s p e c i a l l y in th e s u m m e r w h e n s c h o o l’s out. T h is pro g ram has the m ost d iv e rse app ro ach o f p eo p le d o ing th is so rt o f th in g . T hey h av e p e o p le w ith good c o n ta c ts in the A f rican -A m erican com m unity, the A sian c o m m u n ity , the L atino c o m m u n ity , all th e m ost v u ln e ra b le p o p u la tio n s .” Some MAX ticket Machines Now Credit Cards Chief Moose Receives The William French Smith Award I C hief Moose recently received the Attor- i ley G eneral’s 46th Annual Award called t he The William French Smith Award for < Outstanding Contributions to Cooperative I „aw Enforcement. The awards ceremony vas held at the Constitution Hall in Wash- ngton, D C. Chief Moose was nominated for this award by the United States Attorney, forthe District o f Oregon, Kris Olson. This award is for effectiveness and efficiency o f law enforce ment through cooperative policing, citing Chief Moose’s dynamic leadership in com munity policing. Wyden and Smith Introduce to Crack Down on Guns in School ents to help kids long before they become a Responding to concerns raised by Spring- threat to their community.” field residents in the wake o f the Thurston Smith said: “This legislation is High School tragedy, U.S. Senator Ron just one step toward giving schools more Wyden (D-Or.) and Gordon Smith (R-Or.) resources and better options for keeping introduced legislation today calling for stu children safe-from dents who bringguns their peers and from to school to be held "Government'sfirst respon themselves. While for 72 hours to un sibility is to protect our there are no simple dergo psychological answers to a prob evaluation. citizens, particularly our lem so complex, we “ T h e se tra g ic voting people, from violence. ” must have the cour school incidents have ----------„ — --------------------- ,------------ - age and the dedica taugl it us that we must tion to discuss the multiple causes that lead proceed on tw o tracks,” said Wyden. our youth to bel ieve violence can solve their “G overnm ent's first responsibility is to pro problems. Our children's lives and the tect our citizens, particularly our young future o f our society are depending on it." people, from violence. That means that O v er 100 O reg o n stu d e n ts w ere when a kid brings a gun to school we need to caught bringing guns to school las, year. get them out o f the classroom, o ff o f the A lle g e d T h u r s to n H ig h a s s a ila n t streets, and in front o f a professional who K ipland Kinkel was apprehended the can determine what steps to take next. On a day before the shootings for bringing a parallel track, we have to make sure that we gun to school, bu, was not held by the are providing prevention and intervention police. assistance to our schools, police, and par Roy Rogers Dies Roy Rogers, for 12 years the No. 1 W est ern star at the box office, died recently. Rogers was 86 years old when he had passed away. He suffered from congestive hear, failure. The star was in 87 modest- budget movies in the 1930’s, 4 0 ’s and 50’s and had a popular television show from 1951 to 1957. Weekend Crash During the Fourth o f July holiday, sev eral traffic accidents claim ed six lives in Oregon. Last year, five people died in car w recks on the July Fourth weekend. The year before, the num ber was eight. The Max ticket machines takes credit cards for fare payment AX riders can now use their bank cards to buy monthly passes and 10-ticket books at certain stations. New ticket vending machines, recognizable by their silver color, can take Visa. Master Card or Discover cards. The new machines, part of the Westside MAX program, are at all downtown Portland stations. Civic Stadium and Salmon stationson the westside, and selected eastside stations - including Rose Quarter, Convention Center, Lloyd Center, Hollywood, Gateway, 122nd, Rockwood, Gresham C ity Hall, Gresham Central, and Cleveland. Credit cards cannot be used to purchase only one or two tickets. All Westside MAX fare machines will have the bank card feature when the new line opens for service September 12. dead include two young siblings from La Grande, men from the m etro and Dayton areas, and a M olalla man. Summer Courses M ore students are attending summer school to help prepare for tougher local and state academ ic benchm arks. Those benchm arks are measured by tests given in grades three, five and eight. School dis tricts throughout Oregon are focusing their efforts on getting students to achieve higher education standards. Medicare Awareness Citing a consum er group’s study show ing few low-income elderly and disabled A m ericans take advantage o f new assis tance in paying M edicare premiums. Presi dent Clinton launched a campaign to make people more aware o f the aid and sim plify enrollm ent. He is proposing to im prove enrollm ent and sim plify the application process to make eligibility inform ation available via the Internet. Russian Summit President Clinton has agreed to travel to Russia in early September to meet with President Boris Yeltsin. The U.S. Presi dent hopes to discuss further arms reduc tions. The precise dates for their meeting have not been finalized yet. C linton is also eager to visit Ireland and N orthern Ireland to celebrate the recently approved peace agreement. Meyer Memorial Trust The M eyer M emorial Trust aw arded a $1 m illion challenge grant that will be used to put more com puters and com p u te r - a id e d le a rn in g in O re g o n classroom s.The grant will match m oney raised by Oregon high school students to pay for com puter parts and teacher train ing in com puter-aided instruction. The M eyer M emorial Trust awards about $20 million annually in grants o f all types. t *
