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7 • a- , I September 30, 190S C om m itled to cultural d iv e rs ity http: w ww.portlandobsen cr.net V olume \ \ \ II, Num ber 91 Portland Residents' Get "Blown Away" Poncho Sanchez The strongly mastered Afro-Cuban musician is struting his stuff! BI LK RAI E L.S. POSTAGE PAID PORTLAND, OR PERMIT NO. 1610 The redesigned $20 bill educates Portland consumers about the new currency See El Observador De Portland, page A 7. (The ^Jart lanb 4 ■ ■ ■ ■ Local Professionals Break New Ground In The Fight To End Hunger Jefferson Joins Other Schools Statewide Weapons Control Problems A so p h m o re at Jeffe rso n h ig h sch o o l b ecam e o n e o f th e first stu d en ts th is sem ester to face a rre st an d su sp en sio n for b rin g in g a gun to sch o o l. T h e stu d en t w as c au g h t h id in g the g u n in b u sh e s n e a r th e gym . It w as carried for p ro tectio n ag a in s t y o u th s fro m a n eig h b o rin g alte rn a tiv e sch o o l. O th er stu d en ts th ro u g h o u t th e state in L ak e O sw eg o , E u g en e an d S alem h av e b een th re a t his fall, P o rtlan d pro fessio n als are en ed w ith e x p u lsio n fo r s im ila r ch arg es. forging new av en u es for hunger- U n d e r state law , an y stu d e n t w h o b rin g s a relief. T h ey are co m b in in g th eir w eap o n to sch o o l is a u to m a tic a lly su sp e n d e d p ro fessio n al affiliatio n s w ith ph ilan th ro p y , d e v e lo p in g a w a re n e s s - b u ild in g an d T fundraising activities that m ax im ize O regon F ood B a n k ’s ability to m o v e fo o d to h u n g er re lie f agencies. F or exam ple, a group o fP o rtlan d attorneys calling them selves O regon Law yers A gainst H unger(O L A H )begins its second annual food and fund drive O ctober 5th. D uring the drive, O L A H encourages donations to O regon Food B ank through a friendly com petition am ong law firms. M ore than $23, 800 w as raised during last y e a r's drive. O L A H is currently expanding statewide, recruiting lawyers topar- ticipate in sim ilar efforts to benefit the regional food banks o f theO regon Food B ank network. “ W hen professional organizations com e together to organize th isk in d o fd riv e .it guar antees a high return for O regon F ood B ank in term s o f food, funds, aw areness and new, com m itted friends,” said R achel B ristol, ex ecutive director o f O FB. M eanw hile C A N S T R U C T IO N , a design build com petition sponsored b y the Society o f D esign A dm inistrators and A m erican Institute o f A rchitects, w ill provide O regon Food Bank and other food banks around the nation another opportunity forexposureandaffiliation. Team s o f architects, engineers and contractors will create structures-replicas o f local buildings, vehicles and w hatever else their im aginations hold-entitled out o f canned and boxed foods. Last y ear’s structures included the H aw thorne Bridge. A fter public view ing, the structures w ill be ju d g ed in categories including best meal. In Portland, C A N S T R U C T IO N w ill take place N o v em b er2 1 and22 at theO M S I A uditorium W hen the com petition is finished, the foods used in building the structures will be donated to O regon Food B ank for distribution to local agencies. M any businesses are using food and fund drives to build com m unity w ith their clients and am ong their em ployees. H ealth care pro fessionals, for exam ple, are offering clients discounts w ith donations o f food and m oney to O regon F ood Bank. O th er businesses offer em ployee dress-dow n days and other perks for helping hungry people. T hese drives create a clim ate throughout the com m unity in w hich philanthropy is a rew arding part o f daily life. Each year, the n u m b er o f businesses and individuals w orking w ith O regon Food Bank grow s. l a s t year, m ore th a n 4 0 0 groups in the Portland M etro area sponsored activities ben efiting O regon F ood Bank, this yea, that num ber Is expected to increase b y 10 percent O regon Food B ank is the hub o f an efficient statewide netw ork o f food banks, food pantries and soup kitchens serving the em ergency food needs o f hungry people in O regon and Clark County, W ashington. L astyear.theagenciesof theO regon Food Bank network helped put food on the tables o f nearly one in eight Oregonians. ” McCoy Academy does not have the staff to police the Jefferson campus every day” an d faces an e x p u lsio n h earin g . In P o rtlan d , the M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty ju v e n ile c o u rt is also in v o lv e d in d ealin g w ith th e o ffen d er. T h ere have b een several incidents o f h arass m ent and intim idation against Jefferso n students b y youths from M cC oy A cad em y (a nearby alter native school). C harles M cG ee, the principal o f M cC o y A cadem y had disputed the case and o rg a nized an assem bly to address the m atter. Jefferson high school’s principal, Lela Triplett Roberts m et witii M cG ee to settle the dispute and took a preventative stance against any m ore violent con frontations by his students on her school grounds. Hei request was for a representative from each school to monitortheJefferson campus and help identify trouble som e students. Officials at Portland's Opportunities industrial izationCenter.anotherneighboring alterna tive school were responsive to her request M cGee explained that M cC oy A cadem y does not have the Jefferson High School staff to police the Jefferson cam pus every day. Sharon Lincoln Named Interim Executive Director at Portland House of Umoja D e p u ty D ire c to r S h aro n L in c o ln has b een n a m e d in terim e x e cu tiv e d ire c to r b y th e P o rt lan d H o u se o f U m o ja B o a rd o f D irecto rs. T h e P o rtla n d H o u se o f U m o ja p ro v id e s resi d e n tia l an d o u treach se rv ic e s to g a n g -in New House o f Umoja Interim Sharon Lincoln v o lv e d y o u th an d th eir fam ilies. L in co ln , 4 4 , h as serv ed as d e p u ty d ire c to r sin ce 1977. P rio r to c o m in g to U m o ja , L in c o ln w as an acco u n ta n t w ith R ic h a rd H arris, P .C ., C P A a n d h a d b een o n c o n tra c t w ith th e H o u se o f U m o ja sin ce 1991. Jo h n n ie A . G ag e, p a st e x ecu tiv e, re s ig n e d to p u rsu e n ew p ro fe ssio n a l ch allen g es. " W e a re p le a se d to h a v e S h a ro n in p la c e to m a k e a sm o o th tran sitio n a n d m ain tain im p o rtan t co m m u n ity serv ices,” B o ard C o -ch air A n th o n y Jan k an s said. T h e b o a rd e x p ects to h ire a p e rm a n e n t e x e c u tiv e d ire c to r o v e r the n ex t few m o n th s a fter b o a rd m em b ers c o n d u c t a fo rm al search. “ O v e r th e p a st d ecad e, U m o ja h as g ro w n from a resid en tial g an g facility to an u m b rella o rg a n iz a tio n th at p ro v id e s jo b train in g an d e m p lo y m e n t sk ills, a sch o o l, o u treach se r v ices to th e c o m m u n ity , an d a h o m e fo r y o u th in transition. Jo h n n ie h elp ed m ak e this gro w th p o ssib le ," B o ard C o -C h a ir Jo h n E m rick said. “A s w e h ead into a n ew m ille n n iu m , w e are v e ry ex c ite d ab o u t m e e tin g th e in creasin g A JJn rth m b (Dhsvruer In The September 23, 1998 issue of the Portland Observer Newspaper, in error, we gave Florence Griffth Joyner the name of another great runner, Jacki Joyner Kersey. We at the Portland Observer would like to offer a sincere apology to our readers. d em an d s in o u r co m m u n ity an d tu rn in g y o u n g liv es a ro u n d .” Impeachment Proceedings T he H ouse Speaker, N ew t G ingrich had rejected any dealings that w ould avoid a p o s sible im peachm ent inquiry. H is proposal is to finish all investigations on C linton as critical to the process. G in g rich also w an ted R epublicans to ex p an d the inquiry to include an investiga tion o n the allegations o f cam paign finance v iolations b y the president during his 1996 re- co m p o u n d ed b y tornadoes h itting southeastern A labam a. Parts o fF lo n d a is u n d er flood w atch. P resident C linton d eclared F lorida, Lousiana, M ississippi and A labam a d isaster areas. Fetal Cancer Risk A new m edical study found that pregnant w om en w ho are exposed to o th er people s cigarette sm oke m ight place th eir fetus in risk o f develo p in g can cer in childhood. T his genetic m utation affects the b lo o d o n a cellular level election. Hurricane Georges H urricane G eorges w as reduced to a tropical storm an d still threatens the G u lf C oast w ith torrential rains pouring dow n an inch-an-hour and is caused by a particular enzym e Race For The Cure T h e re w e re 3 3 ,0 0 0 p a rtic ip a n ts in the co u n try 's largest all-w o m en 's race to raise m oney to find a cure for B reast C an cer The event called, “ R ace for the C u re" w as spon sored and held b y the S usan Ci. K om en B reast C ancer Foundations. M onies raised w ill be used to finance free m am m ogram s for low- incom e w om en, grants for education about the disease and other program s. Mayor Rejects Consolidation P ortland’s m ayor, V era K atz had finally rejected all plans o f creating a consolidated city/county governm ent. A task force reported to the city that the m erger w ould not result m any cash savings T he four city com m issioners also agreed to renounce the plan, especially after spending $ 150,000 to study the issue. Airport MAX Line A pproval w as granted by T ri-M et’s board o f directors to build a light rail line from the G atew ay T ransitC enter to Portland's Interna tional A irport. T h eex p ected co sto fd esig n an d construction is expected to be $125 m illion. A dditional expenses am ounting to $55 m illion involves additional transit services and airport m odi fications to accom m odate the new M A X line. T he Portland C ity C ouncil and the Port o f P ortland will consider the proposal early next month.
