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August IX, ,999
Committed to Cultural Diversity
Volume X X IX , Number 33
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National Barbecue
Competition Relocates to
W aterfront
Celebrating Fifth Year of Benefiting Oregon Food Bank
Turkey Quake
1999 Safeway Bones & Brew Moves
To Tom McCall Waterfront Park
A quake, measured at 7.8 in
western Turkey left l ,000 people
dead and thousands injured. Some
ran into the street in panic, others
were crushed in the rubble. Doz­
ens o f buildings and highway
overpasses were left in ruin. Au­
th o ritie s estim ated that 156
people were killed in Istanbul
alone.
o celebrate its fifth year o f rais
ing funds for the Oregon Food
Bank. 1999 Safeway Bones &
Brew National Invitational Bar­
becue Cookoff is heeling up and
to Portland's Tom McCall Waterfront
Park, in addition to grow ing bigger. 1999
Safeway Bones & Brew is pleased to an­
nounce that for the first time ever it has a
title sponsor Safeway. The event be­
comes better with new music and enter­
tainment, including a variety of country,
jazz, and rock musicians, as well as three
new cooking teams. Safeway Bones &
Brew runs September 10.1 1, and 12.
Due to the events' popularity. Safeway
Bones & Brew has moved to Tom McCall
Waterfront from its past venue. Holladay
Park Tom McCall Waterfront Park, span­
ning from the Morrison Bridge to Salmon
Springs Fountain, is reserved each day of
the ribs n' brisket extravaganza. For the
days, the aroma of the cookers' secret
sauce covering ribs sizzling over coals
will engulf Portland's Waterfront Park.
Safew ay B ones & Brew sp o n so rs;
Bridgeport Brewing Company and Henry
W einhard's Private Reserve new will
provide thirst-quenching brews this year.
Event patrons will help the hungry by
attending Safeway Bones & Brew. Pro­
ceeds benefit the Oregon Food Bank. The
local organization collects and distributes
food to more than 600 state agencies help­
ing to feed the hungry each year. Oregon
has a surpassinglv large hunger problem
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Russia’s New Prime
Minister
The Russian Parliament re­
cently approved Boris Yeltsin’s
choice o f V ladim ir Putin as
R ussia’s new prime m inister.
Putin was a former KGB agent
and national security chief be­
fore being placed as the country’s
fourth prim e m inister in 17
months. Prime m inister Putin
promised to strengthen social
policies and to help the poor.
L.A. Murder
Buford O. Furrow, the white
supremacist arrested in a bloody
attack on a Jewish community
center was charged with murder
and multiple counts o f attempted
murder. Furrow was also charged
for murdering postal worker Jo­
seph Santos Ileto. Ileto was shot
shortly after the North Valley
Jewish Community Center was
attacked.
Columbine High
School
Columbine High students re­
turned to class for the first time
since two classmates went on a
d ea d ly sh o o tin g sp re e four
months ago. The school’s princi­
pal had raised flags half-staff on
the school grounds since the April
20 shooting by Eric Harris and
Dylan Klebold that left l person,
including the shooters, dead.
Glaucoma Blindness
Blocked
Research scientists have dis­
covered a way to treat glaucoma
by blocking a chemical that may
slow, if not prevent, blindness.
The new approach reduces levels
o f an enzyme that fosters exces­
sive production o f a chemical
called nitric oxide. The excessive
levels seem to damage optic nerve
cells.
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PORTLAND, OREGON
Women’s Prison
W hile
G o v e rn o r
John
Kitzhaber is about to sign a bill
making an area on Day Road in
Wilsonville the newest women's
prison, many residents are op­
posed to the idea. It’s been a
lengthy debate for more than two
years. Those not wanting the
prison in Wilsonville have three
weeks to file a lawsuit to stop the
governor from signing the bill.
IM M M M M N
Shown above at a past
N atio n al
BBQ
Competition, racks of
ribs are g rilled to
perfection.
Workers get the new
Safeway ready to open
at Its new location, near
Lloyd Center. The grand
opening was Tuesday,
August 17*" right.
Safeway shows off its
new sign, below.
and Oregon Food Bank needs all of the
help it can get to meet rising levels of
starvation. During the past five years,
Safeway Bones & Brew has become a criti­
cal ing
contribution for Oregon Food Bank,
mov
and this year expects to raise much more.
Eleven of the nation's best barbecues
will come together at Portland’s Water­
front Park, all hoping to grab the title of
"Best Beef Brisket and Best Ribs" in the
Pacific Northw est. These elev en will bar­
becue. smoke, and prepare for an expert
and panel of judges. plus serve and sell
heaping plates o f ribs, beef brisket, com
on the cob. and other barbecue favorites
to event patrons Judges will rank cook­
ers' pork and beef brisket entries based on
several categories, including taste, tex­
ture. appearance, and flavor
A barbecue would not be the same
w ithout music! New this year at Safeway
Bones & Brew, a variety of renowned
blues, country, jazz, and rock musicians
will light up Waterfront Park with their
ow n blend of musical celebration. Blues
musicians Paul deLay. Jesse Samuel. K.G.
Jackson and Shakin’ Grand, and Terry
Evans, will bring a blend of blues hits
melodies new to Safeway Bones & Brew.
Bringing a repertoire of jazz songs to
Safeway Bones & Brew this year, Mary
Kadderly and her band will perform on
Sunday afternoon. Newcomer rock band
McKinley will giv e Saturday evening bar­
becues a chance to rock to the beat while
thev eniov their ribs n ‘ brew