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Oregon has reputably been considered the most racist state west o f
the Mississippi. Blacks were kept out during the 1800’s with the
passing o f Exclusion Laws. Join us as we take a look at little known
Black History in Oregon from the arrival o f the first black to the rise o f
Oregon’s rap scene. See Focus section inside.
Oregon Black
History in Focus
Volume XXXI
N um ber 08
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Let the Games Begin
Ice Sculptors Compete for
the Upcoming Olympics
B y J oy R amos
T he P ortland O bserver
President Bush Opens
Bombing Memorial
O K L A H O M A C IT Y — President Bush
dedicated a m useum devoted to the O klahom a
C ity bom bing, recalling the h o n o r o f the w orst
terrorist attack on U.S. soil and the heroism that
rose from the rubble. T he m em orial is near the
site w hereapow erfultruckbom bsliced into the
federal building inApril 1995,killing 168 people,
19 o f them children. Congress approved $5
m illion to create the m useum . It w ill be m ain­
tained through endow m ents,m em bership dues
and adm ission tees.
FBI Agent Charged with
Espionage
W A S H IN G T O N — A n FBI agent accused
o f giving fee K G B the nam es o f three Russian
intel ligence agents w otking l or fee United States
w as arrested and accused o f spying for M os­
cow , fee FBI said. The W hite H ouse called the
case disturbing. R obert Philip H anssen, 56 and
a father o f six, is only fee third FB I agent ever
accused o f spying. The governm ent charged
him w ife espionage and conspiracy to com m it
espionage.
Earnhardt Killed in Crash at
Daytona
DAYTONABEACH,Fla. - DafeEamhanh
Sr.,4 9 ,died from injuries inalast-lapcrash at the
D aytona 500. T h e seven-tim e W inston C up
cham pion had to be cut out o f his car after
slamming into the wall on the final tum ofthe race
w hile fighting for position.
Inmates Take Thousands
Hostage in Brazil
SA O PA U L O , B razil— T hebiggestprison
uprising in B razil’s history w as w inding down,
a day after inm ates seized control o f Latin
A m erica's largest jail, took guards hostage and
held nearly8,000visitors inside. The rebellion at
C arandiru prison touched o ff sim ilar revolts in
28 otherprisons andjails across Sao Paulo state.
T he state governm ent said m ost hostages and
visitors— m any o f them fam ily m em bers w ho
stayed voluntarily — had been released and
that all but tw o prisons in the state’s interior had
been brought back under control.
Coalition Planes Attack Sites
Near Baghdad
W A SH IN G TO N — U.S. warplanes bombed
five Iraqi military com m and sites south o f
B aghdad that had threatened A m erican and
B ritish patrol aircraft. T he Pentagon called fee
operation a “self-defense m easure." W hite
H ouse spokesm an A n Fleischer said the attack
w as “a routine strike” to enforce the no-fly
zones in Iraq and protect U.S. personnel. Bush
authorized the strike. British and U.S. planes
took part in the 2 1/2-hourmission. All returned
safely, officials said.
Russia Warns Missile Defense
could renew Arms Race
M O SC O W — The Russian military test-
launched tw o ballistic missiles, and a top gen­
eral accused the Bush administration o f “anti-
Russia” rhetoric, w arning that a proposed U.S.
P hoto B y M ark W ashington (P ortland O bserver )
Suprem e C ou rt H ears O regon M arijuana Case
B y KATHERINEPELEGER
T u t A ssquaieb P ress
W A S H IN G T O N (A P ) — A n O reg o n m an
says n arco tics ag en ts inv ad ed h is p riv acy and
S am pled o n his F ourth A m endm ent rights w hen
th ey u sed a d ev ice to detect ex cessiv e heat
co m in g from his h o u se — w ith o u t a search
w arrant. T h e “th erm al im ag er,” a cam era-lik e
d ev ice th at d ep icts infrared rad iatio n , gave law
en fo rcem en t o fficials a p iece o f ev id en ce that
led to a search w arran t for D an n y L ee K y llo ’s
h o m e in F lorence, O re. Inside, agents found
d ru g p arap h ern alia an d m o re th an 100 m ari­
ju a n a p lan ts, an d arrested him .
K y llo has ap p ealed his case to the S uprem e
C o u rt, w h ich o n T u esd ay w as sch ed u led to
co n sid er w h eth er law enforcem ent officials vio­
lated a co n stitu tional K’ *’. o n unreasonable
search es w h en they u sed fee heat-sensing
device. T h e nin e-y ear-old case pits technology
ag ain st p erso n al privacy.
“ T e ch n o lo g y that exploits invisible, sub-
sen so ry p h en o m en a ultim ately fails to respect
fee traditional b oundaries o fso ciety , an d there­
fore leav es fee p o pulation defenseless against
su ch su rv eillan ce,” K y llo ’s law yer K enneth
L ern er w ro te in court papers. L erner said fee
g o v ern m en t do w n plays the fact that an expe­
rien ced o p erato r o f fee d ev ice can glean a
w ealfeo fin fo rm ation from fee therm al im aging
scans, including “ fairly precise’ ’ im ages through
so m e g lass w indow s.
T h e governm ent argues feat law enforce­
m ent officials w ere w ithin constitutional lim ita­
tions w hen they utilized the scan, w hich sensed
heat patterns em an atin g from K y llo ’s hom e
indicative o f lights u sed to grow m arijuana.
T h ey used fee im ages — along w ith a tip from
an inform ant and electricity records — to ob­
tain a search w arrant. In court papers, govern­
m ent law yers co m p ared fee therm al im aging
scan to an officer o bserving so m eo n e’s home.
T h ey argued feat fee scan does not penetrate
fee ho u se and reveal p riv ate activities, and is
not a constitutional violation.
T h e “governm ent investigator stationed in
a public place used a th erm al im ager to observe
an a rea exposed to the public — fee ro o f and
exterior w alls o f a h o u se— an d d id not observe
private activities,” they w rote.
In 1991, a narcotics task force w as investi­
gating w hether K y llo ’s neighbors w ere g ro w ­
ing m arijuana a t a triplex house.
B ut w hen officers used a therm al im ager on
K y llo ’s residence, they found unusual am ounts
o f heat com ing from his h o m e ’s side w all and
garage roof. A fter obtaining a w arrant and
searching fee house in January 1992, K yllo w as
arrested. H e faces only a m o n th in ja il for
producing m arijuana if fee S uprem e C ourt rules
against him . B u t fee decision could lead to
im portant new guidelines on how law enforce­
m ent officials u se technology w hile conduct­
ing searches.
'P iedm ont P lace’ Finds
M ajor Supporters
B y LLLP l KLMAN
P ortland O bserver
L o cal re sid e n ts, d e v e lo p e rs an d b u re a u ­
c ra ts h av e p ro p o se d a n ew p u b lic an d p riv ate
d e v e lo p m e n t w ith retail a n d h o u sin g o n
M a rtin L u th e r K in g Jr. B o u lev ard .
C a lle d P ied m o n t P lace, th e site w o u ld be
b o u n d e d b y P o rtlan d B o u lev ard , G arfield A v ­
e n u e a n d H ig h la n d Street.
T h e P o rtlan d D e v elo p m e n t C o m m issio n
a n d th e P ie d m o n t N e ig h b o rh o o d A sso c ia ­
tio n are th e m a jo r su p p o rte rs b e h in d th e
p ro ject.
T h e p ro p o se d site h as b e e n v a c a n t fo r 10
y ears. P art o f it w as acq u ired b y P D C last y e a r
fro m d e v e lo p e rC h a d D e b n u m . T h e o th e rp a rt
is o w n ed b y S co tt E sp e d a l a n d R ic h a rd
P ro b a sc o , w h o had p la n n e d to b u ild ro w
h o u se s u p o n it.
“ I t’s o u r role to m a x im iz e c o m m u n ity p a r­
tic ip a tio n in d e v e lo p m e n t,” P D C ’s A lex
D o rsey to ld th e P o rtlan d O b serv er. “ W h e n ­
e v e r so m e o n e c an b rin g so m eth in g to the
p ro ject an d is w illing to w o rk w ith co m m u n ity
g o als, w e w o rk w ith th e m .”
P ro b a sc o , p a sto r o f N e w S ong C h u rch ,
to ld a re c e n t co m m u n ity m e etin g , “ T h e city
h ad a lre a d y ap p ro v e d o u r o rig in al p lan s to
b u ild ro w h o u ses here, b u t P D C said, ‘L e t’s
d o so m e th in g b e tte r.’”
P ro b a sc o ad d ressed a g ro u p o f n eig h b o rs
to th e site w h o , w ith the a id o f P D C an d
c o n su lta n ts from S E R A A rch itects, a re d e ­
sig n in g th e p ro ject So far they h av e p u t
to g e th e r a set o f p rin cip les to g u id e fee p ro ­
cess. C h ie f am o n g th ese a re that the p ro ject
b e sm a ll-sc a le a n d re sp ect the P ied m o n t
n e ig h b o rh o o d ’s ch aracter, e sp ecially w ith
reg ard to th e w estern ed g e alo n g G arfield
facing a b lo ck o f vintage single fam ily hom es.
Transportation Driver Tony Parker, welcome seniors on board a free "trolley" for
patrons o f Safeway and the Renaissance Market.
(P hoto by M ark W ashington /P ortland O bserver )
S tory C ontinues on P age B4
missile defense w ould stoke a new arm s race.
Later, a Russian Tu-95 bom ber test-fired a
strategic missile and a Tu-22 bom ber test-fired
apairofshorter-range tactical missiles, Russian
new s agencies reported Strategic missiles are
generally capable o f carrying nuclear warheads,
Safeway Shuttles Seniors
503-572-0812 fo rm o re inform ation. D ean is
the S afew ay com m unity concierge onboard
S en io r citizens in north and northeast
P ortland are w elco m in g a free lift to fee
as are som e tactical missiles.
China Puts Best Foot Forward
BEU IN G — T o C h in a’s leaders, the push to
bring the 2008 O lym pic G am es to Beijing is all
about national prestige and redem ption for
losing fee 2000 G am es to Sydney. T o land the
O lym pics, B eijing has launched an offensive
that includes everything from a plan to replace
or im prove fee city’s 6,400 public toilets to a
massive environmental m akeover The Interna­
tional O lym pic C om m ittee is starting its tour o f
the five cities vying for the G am es, and Beijing
is the first stop. Critics say tiie G am es shouldn’t
go to a country that locks u p political dissidents
and represses som e religious groups.
W h a t b e g an as an art form fo r refrig eratin g
tab le fo o d sin ce the 1 9 4 0 ’s to b e c o m in g an
in tern atio n al sport, ice scu lp tin g h as co m e a
long w ay. S culptors n atio n w id e co m p e te d on
T h u rsd ay ,F eb . 15 and S atu rd ay ,F eb . 1 6 a tth e
A b so lu t W in ter F estiv al th at w a s h e ld at the
R ose Q uarter. T hey v ied for fee u ltim ate prize:
q u a lify in g th eir team fo r th e 2002 O ly m p ic
W in te r G am es in S alt L ak e C ity .
S cu lp to rs lab o red aw ay fo r th ree hours
o v e r th ree blo ck s o f ice w eig h in g 9 0 0 lbs.
T h e y carefu lly tra n sfo rm ed th eir w a te r m e­
d iu m into m asterp ieces.
S ev eral team s from P o rtlan d a n d th ro u g h ­
out fee state w ere represented. K eith E rickson
a n d K en D u b an e from P o rtlan d su b m itted
th eir w o rk e n titled “ A C o m ed y T ra g e d y ”
d e p ic tin g m ask s sy m b o lically u sed b y th e­
a tr e s . O th e r O re g o n te a m s w e re fro m
M ilw au k ie an d B en d . D u rin g the W in ter
F estiv al, g a rg a n tu a n ice sc u lp tu re s featured
th e sp o n so r’s A B S O L U T V o d k a logo, w ife
so m e to w erin g o v e r 7 ft. tall. A n eleg a n tly
c a rv e d b rid g e se rv e d as o n e o f fee center-
p iece s for the p u b lic to w alk th rough. E ven a
d rin k in g b ar, m a d e en tire ly o u t o f ice, w as
b u ilt to serv e re fresh m en ts.
O n b o th ev e n in g s o f fee co m p etitio n , p e r­
fo rm in g ice scu lp to rs called “ F e a r N o Ice”
g av e h an d s-o n d em o n stratio n s. These w orld
ren o w n ch am p io n s have been c o m p e tin g and
scu lp tin g to g e th e r sin ce 1989.
T h ey w o w e d festiv al-g o ers b y creating
sc u lp tu res w ith in m in u tes u sin g basic and
sp ecialized tools o f their trade. E ven audience
p a rtic ip a tio n w as en co u rag ed fo r those w h o
w a n te d to try th e ir hand at ice sculpting.
W h en a sk e d a b o u t how it feels w h en th eir
m a sterp iece m elts, o ne o f the team m em b ers
e x p re sse d h is d etac h ed attitu d e. It serv es as
a rem in d er o f h o w tem p o rary so m an y th in g s
in th is w o rld are.
grocery store.
A R az T ransportation “ trolley” bus has
started tw ice-a-m onth service to fee Safew ay
F o o d and D rug on M artin L u th er K ing Jr.
B o ulevard and A insw orth an d the R enais­
sance M arket at 900 N. K illingsw orfe.
S en io rs are tra n sp o rte d b e tw e e n fee
stores and adjacent n eighborhoods at vari­
ous tim es around the 3rd and 15* o f each
m onth. T he exact tim es and locations for
Retail and housing would replace this lot between Garfield and Martin Luther King Jr.
at Portland Boulevard..
P hoto B y M ark W ashington (P ortland O bserver )
p ick-ups are subject to change as prom oters
w ork out the best routes for m ax im u m rider­
ship. C u rren tsch ed u les are available at both
stores. Seniors can also call R ufus D ean at
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fee shuttle. T h e com plim entary transporta­
tion is p aid fo r by Safew ay, thanks to a
partnership betw een S afew ay, the R enais­
sance M arket and fee A frican A m erican
C ham ber ofC om m erce.
N ortheast P ortland resident H elen W ash­
ington said she found the shuttle very con­
venient on her trip to S afew ay last Thursday.
S he said she u sually is dependent on friends
and fam ily to take h er grocery shopping
Safew ay spokesw om an B ndgette Flannagan
said fee service is a great opportunity for
S afew ay to support their senior custom ers
an d m aintain the R enaissance M arket as a
com m unity store that is vital to its north/
northeast P ortland neighborhood.