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Pope Pushes for
Peace in Columbia
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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy -
Pope John Paul II worried Sunday
over s ta lle d e ffo rts to end
Colombia’s civil war, saying the
35-year-old conflict was hurting
the country and its people.
Government and rebel negotia
tors in Colombia have been unable
to get peace talks under way, dead
locked by a preliminary dispute
over whether international moni
tors should have any role. I alks
on that issue failed Friday for the
third time in less than a month.
The 79-year-old pope seemed
strong after weeks o f vacation, in
the Italian Alps and now in the
papal palace on the hills outside
Rome. At times, he pounded his
palm on his plastic podium in time
with the chants o f the pilgrims
below his window.
John Paul told the faithful dur
ing his weekly Sunday address he
had been following the “sorrowful
deeds” o f recent weeks in Colom
bia: killings, kidnappings and de
struction o f homes and religious
buildings.
“ It’s distressing ... to see the
difficulties encountered in the ad
vancement of the auspicious peace
process, the only way possible for
reconciliation among C olom bi
ans,” John Paul said.
The
V atican
supported
Colombia’s clerics and all people of
good will in their efforts forpeace in
the country, John Paul said, and
asked for the prayers o f all.
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James A.
Curtis
“Viva Colombia!” one man in
the crowd cried out at the end of
his remarks.
Speaking on what for Italians is
getaway weekend, the opening o f
the August vacations, John Paul
devoted most o f his remarks to the
millions leaving the cities for the
beaches and the mountains - and
to busy families, in particular.
“ Many times, it’s hard to find a
calm moment and an uninterrupted
time to enjoy intimacy, for discus
sion, for talking over the problems
and the projects ofeveryone!” John
has been performing in Portland
10 years and has received numer
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awards. She is a regular headline
event at the Portland Rose Festi
val and has played many clubs and
festivals throughout the Northwest.
Other entertainment includes:
Ju st for Kids magic and puppet
shows; Second Fiddle youth Blue
Grass Band; SCY (Sandy Chris
tian Youth) Marimba Band; Geyer
School of Dance performers; gym
nasts from A m erican Elite Gym-
Paul said.
“ So vacation should serve first
of all to bridge these gaps, that is
to say, for humanity, for peace,
and for friendship,” the pope said.
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A funeral was held at 10
a.m., Friday, July 30, 1999,
at Wilhelm Funeral Home
for James A. Curtis, who
died July 27, o f a brain an
eurysm at age 51.
Mr. Curtis was bom in
Portland, July 22, 1948. He
graduated from Jefferson
High School in 1965. He
had worked in the shipyards
through the Laborers’ Union
Local 296 and most recently
w orked
fo r
W acker
Siltronic. He had been a
member o f Immanuel Free
Methodist Church.
Survivors include his
sons David and James, their
mother Ann Thompson, all
o f Portland; his m other,
W illie B. o f P o rtlan d ;
brother, Monzella of Oak
land, Calif.; sisters, Janice
H udson and C h arlen e
Buckner, o f Portland, Edna
Willis of Dallas, Texas; and
eight grandchildren.
Disposition is by crema
tion. The family suggests re
membrances to D.A.R.E.
Arrangements were handled
by Omega Funeral & Cre
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Ministry to Host First
Annual Community
Festival of Arts
East Hill Institute o f Ministry
will host a community-based event
on August 21, 8:00 am — 9:00
p.m., in the vacant grassed lot on
the com er o f 5,h and M iller streets
in Gresham. Raising funds for
students to pursue a degree in pas
toral ministry is the guiding prin
cipal o f the first annual A rts for
Smarts festival. Activities include
50 arts and crafts booths repre
senting artists throughout the day.
The event will feature Portland
own Tracy Klas and Band. Tracy
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