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March Calls For School Justice Residents demand higher achievement at 14 local schools See story, Metro inside ISartlanh ©hse ■^^*1 Volume XXXII Number 4 " T h o P itiz C\f D n c o e 11 The City Of Roses' www.portlandobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity Established in 1970 Wednesday January 23,2002 50e New Generations Living King’s Message REVIEW Kmart Files Chapter 11 D E T R O IT — K m art, know n for its B lueL ight Special and discount prices, filed for bankruptcy protection, be com ing the largest retailer to seek shel ter from creditors u nder C hapter 11. 1 Thousands Honor King's Legacy A T L A N T A — T housands gathered M onday across the U SA to honor the Rev. M artin L uther K ing Jr. and his m essage o f unity. In A tlanta, a crow d o f 2,000 packed the Ebenezer Baptist C hurch, w here the civil rights leader once preached. King w ould have turned 73 last T uesday. 1 b / b i fii ' F 1 Î a ‘ -.yj $2.6B Pledged to Afghanistan H f fe 9 TO K Y O — The world has so far pledged m ore than $2.6 billion to rebuild A f ghanistan — w ell short o f the $15 bil lion the U nited N ations says is needed to reconstruct a country ravaged by 23 years o f civil w ar, Soviet occupation a n d T aliban repression. 1 ÍS h- ■ y ^ ¡9 U.S. Forces Headed to Philippines W A S H IN G T O N — T he Pentagon has extended the w ar on terrorism to the Philippines, sending “several hundred- p lus” troops to support the efforts o f local forces fighting an extrem ist group w ith links to al-Q aeda. Albina Head Start kids from north and northeast Portland celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s Jan. 15 birthday by marching along side the city street named in his honor. The children, ages 3 to 5, have been learning about the civil rights leader in recent days. Next month, they will learn more about American life during Black History Month. photo by M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver Bail Set at $2.5 Million for Oregon Fugitive N EW PORT, O re.— Bail w as set at $2.5 m illion for C hristian M ichael Longo, 27, w ho is accused o f killing his family. H e w as scheduled to be arraigned to day on charges o f aggravated m urder in the deaths o f his w ife, 34-year-old M aryJane, and children Zachary, 4, Sadie A nn, 3, and M adison, 2. Ford Posts $5B Loss D E A R B O R N , M ich. — Ford M otor reported a net loss o f $5.07 billion for the fourth quarter o f 2001, as it braced for a restructuring including tens o f thousands o f jo b cuts and the closing o f at least five N orth A m erican plants in a bid to return to profitability. Afghan Loader Urges Women to Shed Burqas K A BU L, A fghanistan— In a dram atic re v e rsa l of T a lib a n p o lic y , A fg h a n ista n ’s new g o v ern m e n t is strongly encouraging fem ale w orkers at national m inistries not to w ear the head-to-toe covering know n as the burqa on the jo b . 3 Killed in Low School Shootings G RU N D Y , V a.— A law school student upset about his grades w ent on a shoot ing spree, killing three people and criti cally w ounding three others before he w as w restled to the ground by stu dents, officials said. T he victim s were the dean, a professor and a student. Al-Qaeda Snitch Has Officials 'Jumping with J o / Local Torch Bearer Embodies Olympic Spirit Honor goes to parks center worker dedicated to youth O ne o f Portland Parks and R ecreation’s long tim e em ployees will carry the O lym pic torch as it m akes its jo urney to the W inter G am es in Salt Lake City. Lee Jenkins, U niversity Park C om m unity C enter D irector in north P ortland’s P ortsm outh neighborhood, w ill carry the torch W ednesday, Jan. 23 in Longview, W ash. He w as hand picked for this honor due to his life long com m itm ent to the Portland com m unity and youth. “H e is the best o f the best. L ee’s dedication to the betterm ent o f youth is an inspiration to all w ho m eet him ,” said C harles Jordan, the city ’s parks director. T orchbearers w ere nom inated with a 50-100 w ord essay by friends and co l leagues explaining how they provided inspiration to others and em bodied the O lym pic spirit. C hip A very, his form er boxing student, nom inated Jenkins. “M r. Jenkins has touched and forever altered the lives o f the disenfranchised youth in the low er incom e neighborhoods o f north and northeast Portland through his relentless and tireless work with the University Park C om m unity Center,” Avery said. Jenkins graduated from Jefferson High School and Portland State University. He has w orked for the parks departm ent for 28 years. “I feel blessed and honored to be able to share this prestigious event with the likes o f M uham m ad Ali and Rudy G iuliani. It is som ething that happens only oilce in a lifetim e and I never w ould have dream ed that it w ould happen to me,” Jenkins said. KANDAHAR, A fghanistan— U.S. in telligence officials are elated over an al- Q aeda m em ber w ho claim s to have crucial info rm atio n on O sam a bin L ad e n 's location. D istrustful o f the local w arlords, the m an directly ap proached U .S. personnel, the London Independent says. © I Lee Jenkins on a practice run before his official date as an Olympic torchbearer. Southeast Portland Relic Destroyed by Fire (A P )-O ffic ia ls say it may take several days to determ ine the cause o f a fire that ripped through an abandoned produce w arehouse and tw o form er restaurants in southeast Portland on Sunday afternoon. The fire cracked w indow s in nearby buildings and sent plum es o f sm oke into the sky. N o one w as injured in the four-alarm fire, Portland Fire Bureau spokesman Neil H eesacker said, but heat from the flam es destroyed som e cars and set telephone poles on fire. The produce w arehouse w as a “total loss," H eesacker said. The com plex o f buildings included the abandoned warehrtuse and the one-tim e landm ark Italian restaurants M onte C arld and Lido. City fire and police officials have re sponded to recent complaints about tran sients living in the building, said Greg Keller, a deputy fire chief. Squatters were evicted from the warehouse in October, he said, but it was not clear if any were in the area again when the fire broke out. At one point, the fire threatened the Multnomah County elec tions division building with blowing em bers that ignited small spot fires before firefighters extinguished them. T hree cars parked on the street were dam aged by the intense heat. Jam es C ereghino, a neurologist at O r egon H ealth & Sciences U niversity, said his grandfather and his grandfather's brother helped build the com plex about 1910, after im m igrating from Italy in the 1890s. “It’s a sad day. It’s been there for ever,” C ereghino said. 1 Workers cleanup debris Monday after a devastating fire sent flames through the vacant Monte Carlo and Lido restaurants on southeast Belmont. The Italian restaurants, along with a vacant produce distribution center, were part o f Portland immigrant history, built by an association o f local growers in 1910. PHOTO BY M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver
