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Hurricane Irene
HAVANA, CUBA - Hurricane Irene had
dumped rain across western Cuba, forcing
at least 130,000 people to evacuate. Irene
had sustained winds o f 75 mph - was
centered about 65 miles southwest o f
Havana, and was moving north-northwest
at 7 mph. The edge o f the storm battered
Miami with rain. A hurricane watch was
issued for parts o f the Florida Keys as well
as 140 miles o f southwest Florida coastline
to just south o f Tampa, Fla.
New Pakistani Leader
ISLAMBAD, PAKISTAN - The head of
Pakistan’s military had declared himselfthe
country’s leader. Gen. Pervaiz M usharraf
issued an order for a state o f emergency,
d isso lv in g
and
su sp e n d in g
the
constitution. The proclamation dismissed
all cabinet m inisters and the Senate
chairman, as well as the governors o f
P a k ista n ’s four p ro v in ces and their
ministers. Troups had ousted Prime Minster
Nawaz Sharif. World governments - worried
at the prospect o f military rule in a nuclear-
arm ed nation - have been pressing
M usharraf to reinstate democracy, even if
he does not bring back Sharif.
P rosecu tor
A dm its
JonBenet Mistakes
BOULDER, CO. - District Attorney Alex
Hunter acknowledged that “mistakes were
made” in the investigation into the slaying
o f JonBenet Ramsey but fiercely defended
his office and said he is by no means done
searching for the 6-year-old beauty queen’s
killer. He also said the girl’s parents, John
and Patsy Ramsey, remain under suspicion.
Doctor Wins Nobel Prize
OSLO, NORW AY - Doctors Without
Borders, a volunteer organization which
asserts a right to intervene in any country
to treat the wounded, sick and starving,
won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize. The group,
officially called by its French name Medicins
Sans Frontières, has played a major role in
African and other war zones thorughout
the world. Unlike the Red Cross, Doctors
Without Borders places blame - on armed
groups and governments the suffering it
finds.
Nazi Looting
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials allowed
Nazi loot from a train out o f Hungary to be
sold, taken by American generals or turned
over to Austria instead o f returned to the
Jews form whom it was confiscated during
World War II, a presidential commission
concluded. The report listed five generals
who took valuables. The items were seized
shortly afterth eM ay 7 ,1945, Allied victory
in Europe, the commission said.
Clinton Urges Students on
Violence
WASHINGTON - President Clinton told
high school students they can be the key
to lessening violence in their schools and
in society at large, and asked for their help
in passing new civil rights protections for
homosexuals. Violence, fear and alienation
lead to schoolhouse killings, and also
represent age-old fears arising from ethnic
and religious differences.
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Margaret Carter secures New Party endorsement
CONTRIBUTED STORY
eor T he P ortland O bserver
Former chair of the Oregon Democratic
Party, Margaret Carter has linked up
with the New Party in her run for State
Senate, District 8, in North/Northeast
Portland. New Party members voted last
week to target volunteers and funds to
Carter’s race for the Democratic Party
nomination. The election is in May, 2000.
The Portland New Party, based in North
and Northeast Portland, is an independent
political organization which operates
within and outside of the Democratic
Party. Margaret Carter joins Serena Cruz,
Geri W ashington, Jo Ann Bowman,
Joseph Tam and Martin Gonzalez in the
growing list of elected officials and
candidates who have joined up to help
build the New Party (NP).
Carter is a long-time friend o f the Portland
Rainbow Coalition, which recently merged
with the NP. She sees her membership in
the NP as an obvious outgrowth o f her
commitment to that rainbow of voters
and potential voters who are fed up and
left out o f the political m ainstream .'Tm
ready to help the New Party’s drive to
bui Id people power from the bottom up, to
register voters and to motivate the non
voting majority,” says Carter.
Living wage job and excellent education:
“ M argaret C a rte r has p roven her
leadership in fighting for the training and
living wage jobs necessary to bring our
people out o f poverty,” states NP leader
Josiah Hill.Carter, a seven term State
Representative, was chief sponsor of the
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Margaret Carter (w i£ oaby) and supporters at State Senate Campaign Kick Off.
getting economic development assistance
Workforce 2000 Act to create Skill
must be accountable to our community.
Centers at community colleges. She was
They must hire locally, pay living wages,
chief sponsor o f the Oregon Minority and
and contract with local businesses for
Women’s Business Act and had a key
goods and services,” declares Carter.
role in legislation creating Enterprise
The New Party expects to work closely
Zones in Oregon.
with Carter in local living wage campaigns
“N/NE Enterprise Zone com panies
Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun: Author confronts violence
Geoffrey Canada to
speak at forum
CONTRIBUTED STORY
eor T he P ortland O bserver
Geoffrey Canada, recipient ofthe 1994 Heinz
Award for his work as president and chief
executive officer o f Rheedlen Centers for
Children and Families in New York City, will
present a free public lecture, “Violence in
America: Slaying the Dragons That Threaten
OurChildren,” Friday, Nov. 5,7 p.m., in Agnes
Flanagan Chapel, Lewis&ClarkCollege,0615
S. W. Palatine Hill Road.
Described by the Boston Globe as “the
brother who never left the hood because he
keeps looking into the faces o f the children
and seeing him self there,” Canada also
received the Robin Hood Foundation’s
Heroes o f the Year Award and Bowdoin
College’s Common Good Award.
Preceding the lecture, Friday, from 4:30 to 6:30
p.m., Sophie Freud, professorofclinical social
work at Simmons School ofSocial Work for 30
years and granddaughter o f Sigmund Freud,
will moderate a Prevention and Intervention
Programs Showcase, in Stamm Dining Room,
Templeton Student Center. Oral and poster
presentations will describe local programs
and initiatives that support youth and families.
The showcase is also free and open to the
public.
In addition to speaking Friday night, Canada
will speak and participate in a town hall
discussion on youth violence prevention and
intervention with selected community leaders
on Saturday, Nov. 6,8:30 a m. to noon in the
Council Chamber, Templeton Student Center.
Town hall participants include I .inda Erwin in
conjunction with Multnomah Commission
on Children and Families; Tony Hopson,
president and chief executive officer o f Self-
Enhancement, Inc.; and Sgt. Kevin Modica,
western region training officer for Gang
Resistance Education and Training program
(G.R E.A T.); Marion County Sheriff Raul
Ramirez; Heather Brown, Outside In youth
program manager; Debra Slover, director of
Oregon Student Safety on the Move and of
Oregon Teen Leadership in Prevention
Institute; Dean Westwood, Think First—
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Juvenile C ourt. Y vonne K atz,
su p e rin te n d e n t o f B ea v e rto n
Schools, will facilitate.
Geoffrey Canada gained national
acclaim outside his hometown of
New Y ork after the publication ofhis
first book. Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun: A
Personal History o f Violence in
America, (Beacon Press, 1995). In
this stunning m em oir, C anada
weaves his memories o f violence as
a child growing up in the South
Bronx in the ’50s and ’60s into his
experiences with today’s youth
struggling to survive in a world where
fighting is done with guns rather
than fists.
In his new book. Reaching Up for
Manhood, Canada offers powerful
insights into the lives o f boys in
America. While Canada diagnoses
the sources o f child violence in America, he
also shares stories o f hope about the simple
actions citizens can take to support youth in
p o sitiv e w ays and stre n g th e n our
communities.
Canada has dedicated his life to helping at-
risk children and their families secure both
educational and economic opportunities. His
newest initiative is the Harlem Children’s
Zone, which involves the families o f a 23-
block area in Central Harlem . Canada holds a
bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College and
a master’s degree from Harvard Graduate
School o f Education.
The events are part of a two-day Rebuilding
OurFamiliesandCommunities Forum Other
events:
• Lisbeth Schorr. authorofCommon Purpose:
Strengthening Families and neighborhoods
to Rebuild America and director ofthe Harvard
University Project on Effective Inters entions,
will give a keynote address, “Strategies That
AchieveCommon Purposes." Friday, Nov. 5,
8:30a.m.-l 1:30. Council Chamber, Templeton
Student Center, Lewis & Clark College.
• James Vollbracht, senior associate at the
Search Institute, a national
organization defining and researching the 40
developmental assets essential for healthy
and struggles against corporate welfare.
Academic success for all students,
keeping our children in school and
effective school-to-work programs have
long been concerns for Margaret Carter.
As a teacher and counselor for 27 years,
she has helped thousands of young people.
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youth development, will head a workshop
titled “ E v e ry o n e ’s A n A sset B uilder:
Integrating Developmental Assets Into Your
Life,” Friday, Nov. 5,12:30 to 4 p.m., Stamm
Dining Room, Templeton Student Center.
The Prevention and Intervention Showcase
and Geoffrey Canada's F r lay night lecture
are free to the public. Sea.ing for Canada’s
lecture is on a first-come first-served basis.
Doors open at 6:45 p.m.
Cost o f the conference is $ 160 for both days,
$105 for Friday only, and $60 for Saturday
only. Graduate credit is available for an
additional $34. Group rate for four or more
before Oct. 22 is $140, per person, for both
days. To register, call Center for Professional
Development, (503) 768-7720. Lewis & Clark
C o lle g e ’s C e n te r fo r P ro fe ssio n a l
Development offers Rebuilding Our Families
andCommunities Forum 1999 in partnership
with Think First-OHSU, a statewide program
offering injury prevention curricula and
school-based programs for grades 1-12. Other
funding partners in clu d e G .R .E .A .T .,
Multnomah County Girls’ Initiative Network,
Oregon Commission on Children and Families.
Oregon Youth Authority, Portland Public
Schools, Beaverton School D istrict and
Tigard-Tualatin School District.
Mary Inselman, a 77-year-old grandmother,
feared she might die before discovering who
her mother was.
But on Friday, under a judge’s order, the
adoptee finally got a copy ofher original birth
certificate, and she learned her mother’s
maiden name. Now she hopes to live long
enough to find her older sister.
The birth certificate confirmed that she has a
sister, something she suspected but couldn’t
be sure o f based on information given to her
by the agency that handled her adoption.
The certificate also confirmed that her mother,
Elizabeth, who was bom in New York, was
married in 1918 to George Smith. Her father,
who was bom in Montreal, died in Nelson,
British Columbia, o f pneumonia three years
after the marriage — just six months before
Inselman was bom Dec. 29,1921, in Portland’s
Good Samaritan Hospital.
Her mother “probably couldn’t provide for
either one o f us,” Inselman said. “A 21 -year-
old woman by herself. What could she do?”
Inselman's discoveries offer a preview o f
what thousands o f other Oregon adoptees
hope to leam under Measure 58, a law approved
by voters last November that allows adult
adoptees to see their original birth certi ficates,
which often reveal the names of their parents.
Six anonymous birth mothers challenged the
law , arg uing it betray s p ro m ise s o f
confidentiality made to them when they put
their children up for adoption decades ago.
The law has been put on hold while the court
considers the case. The Oregon Court o f
Appeals plans to hear arguments next month
and to rule by the end o f January.
Helen Hill, chief sponsor o f Measure 58, got
an order from a Multnomah County judge to
get Inselman’s birth certificate from Oregon
Health D ivision’s vital records section.
Inselman argued she should have access to
her records because she was adopted before
adoption records were sealed, because her
mother probably was not still alive and
because her mother’s medical history could
be important to her, her children and her
grandchildren, one o f whom has had one
kidney transplant and needs another.