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Red Cross Training ‘
Portland Hosts Black Mayors
The Oregon T rai 1 C hapter o f the A m eri
can Red Cross will o ffer "W hen I’m in
C h a rg e ” at A lam ed a C o m m u n ity
School at 2732 N.E. F rem ont in P o rt
land. The class will be held on April 29,
from 6 p.m . - 8:30 p.m . T his 2.5 hour
course is intended to train children
ages eight to eleven-years-old how to
respond to and be safe in “hom e alone”
situations. T o register, call 503-823-
3180 o r go online to w w w .redcross-
pdx.org.
Detroit Mayor
Kwame Kilpatrick
(from left), former
New York Secretary
o f State Randy
Daniels and Atlanta
MayorShirley
Franklin (on big
screen) address a
public town hall
meeting Sunday at
the Oregon
Convention Center.
Black public
administrators from
across the country
were in Portland to
discuss issues
ranging from the
Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks to public
health challenges in
African American
communities.
Humane Society Photo Contest
D o you have a favorite photo o f your
pet? The O regon H um ane Society is
looking for g reat p ets for its Fuzzy,
Furry, and Feathered Friends photo
contest. The grand prize w inner and
theirpet will be featured in the O regon
H um ane Society ’ s sum m er m agazine
and w ebsite and receiv e a $50 gift
certificate to Pro Photo S upply. T o
enter, call 503-285-7722.
Race for the Roses
S u p p o rt O re g o n ’s fu tu re by p a rtic i
p a tin g in the F o u rth A n n u al “ R ace
fo r the R o ses,” P o rtla n d 's on ly h a lf
m arath o n and a 5 K R u n /W alk on
S u n d h y , A p ril 21. T h e ev e n t b e g in s
at the O regon S q u are C o u rty ard near
the L lo y d C e n te r at 7 a.m . fo llo w ed
by the 5K R u n /W alk at 7 :3 0 a .m . T o
re g iste r, call A A S p o rts at 503-331 -
3140
or
go
o n lin e
to
w w w .ra c e 4 th e ro se s.o rg .
Domestic Violence Hotline
A re you interested in helping others
gain social service skills and w orking
tow ards social ch an g e? T he P ortland
w om en’s C risis Line is seeking volun
teer advocates to staff its 24-hour
dom estic violence hotline, and p ro
vide legal and Sexual assault ad v o
cacy. M ust be 18 years old o r older.
Call 503-419-4352.
P hoto by
D avid P iechl /
T hf . P ortland
O bserver
Voices Raised On
Mideast Violence
New Seasons Market
E v er w o n d er w hy e a tin g c h o c o la te
seem s to p u t y o u in a b e tte r m o o d ?
C u rio u s about o th er fo o d s th at co u ld
affe c t y o u r m o o d o r m ay b e ev en
y o u r m em o ry ? T h e N ew S easo n s
M a rk e t is o ffe rin g a free c la s s on
how fo o d affe c ts m o o d s on T u e s
day, A pril 16 at th e C o n c o rd ia sto re,
lo c a te d at 5 3 2 0 N .E . 3 3 rd A ve. C all
503-288-2323.
Earth Day Celebration
P o rtlan d is c e le b ra tin g E arth D ay
w ith an ev en t c a lle d P ro cessio n o f
the S p ecies. T h e p a ra d e is a w ay fo r
m any to co n n ect to the n atu ral w orld
u sin g the m ed ia o f art, d a n c e and
m usic. Join the p ro c e s sio n on S u n
day , A pril 28 by w e a rin g a h a n d
m ad e co stu m e o f an e n d a n g e re d
sp ecies or p lay in g m u sic to p ro m o te
en v iro n m en tal aw aren ess. F o r m ore
in fo rm atio n ,call 503-452-4483.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
T he U .S. A rm y C o rp o f E n g in eers is
h o stin g tw o p e rfo rm a n c e s o f the
h isto ric a l in te rp re ta tio n p ro g ram ,
“S a cag aw ea S p e a k s” at n o o n an d 3
p.m . on A p ril 14 at th e B rad fo rd
Islan d V isito r C e n te r at B o n n ev ille
L ock and D am . A d m issio n is free,
b u t s e a t i n g is l i m i t e d . J o y c e
H u n sak er, an aw a rd -w in n in g sto ry
teller w ill portray the Shoshoni guide
fo r the L ew is an d C la rk ex p e d itio n .
Call 541-374-8820.
Calls for peace and justice issue were heard Friday during a downtown Portland rally
addressing the violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Former State Rep.
JoAnn Bowman of Portland called for the end o f the violence and protection o f civil
liberties. “When I say I stand for justice, I don't just mean me, I mean every person
on the planet," Bowman said.
photos by D avid P ie < hi VT he P ortland O bserver
B y D avid P i . echl
T he P ortland O bserver
H undreds o f dem onstrators took to
dow ntow n Portland streets Friday p ro
testing recent incursions and killings
by Israeli forces in the W est Bank and
G azaStrip.
M archers circled P ioneer Square,
chanting against the m ilitary actions o f
A riel S h aro n ’s governm ent, and the
policies o f the U nited States, w hom
they claim favor the Israeli occupation
and use o f force.
D em o n strato rs w ove P alestin ian
flags, handed out fliers, and displayed
signs, som e show ing pictures o f Israeli
s o ld ie rs b e a tin g P a le s tin ia n s and
young children cow ering from gunfire.
A m o ck Israeli ch eck p o in t w as set
u p o n B ro ad w ay . “ Israeli so ld ie rs"
d ra p e d in the S tar o f D avid, h eld ro a d
b lo ck s and b ark ed new s o f delay s and
d isa p p o in tm e n t to dow ntow n d riv ers,
and th en re tre a te d to the sid ew alk s
w ith e ach g reen light.
The Israeli governm ent has claim ed
the checkpoints and occupation are n ec
essary to defend itself against suicide
bom bers, calling them terrorists and d e
claring negotiations useless under such
circum stances.
A few pro-Israeli dem onstrators also
attended. O ne man held a sign which read,
"A rafat and Bin Laden, Tw in T ow ers o f
T erro r." A nother man passed out pam
phlets condem ning the Arab treatm ent of
Jew s over hundreds o f years.
T he m arch ev e n tu a lly c o n d en sed
around a podium w here various speakers
echoed the stance o f the crow d, and call
ing for an “immediate withdrawal o f Israeli
troops from Palestinian cities, tow ns, and
population centers.”
Mazen Malik, an Arab American, spoke
o f a situation so degraded, “am bulances
were being shot at". He continued, “W ith
out justice, there can be no peace.”
Those w ords becam e a m antra for the
crow d, w hich thundered with drum m ing
and enthusiastic applause.
Recent Israeli policies have stated how
ever that there will be no peace until the
suicide bombers have been contained. The
responsibility for this containm ent has
largely been placed on the shoulders of
Palestinian leader Arafat, w ho has re
peatedly been warned to reign in the
bombers or face military insurgencies.
Form er State Rep. Joann B ow m an of
northeast Portland spoke as w ell, call
ing for an end to the violence and pro
tection o f civil liberties. "W hen I say I
stand for justice, I d o n 't ju st m ean me,
I m ean every person on this planet.”
M any o f those w ho spoke called for
a peace and prosperity that w ould in
clude both Jew s and A rabs. O ne Jew ish
man said he loved the Jew ish people,
but he also said he “loved the P alestin
ians just as m uch.”
H is com m ents w ere m et w ith a p
plause and cheering.
Five Planets Line Up Celebrated by OMSI at Rooster Rock on April 20
A starry p h en o m en o n is a b o u t to
o c c u r and y o u ’re in v ited to en jo y th e
ev e n , w ith a party .
Five visible planets and the Earth’s moon
will dance across a palette painted by dusk
April 20, when M ercury, Venus, Mars.
Saturn, Jupiter and the M oon will gather in
the west in the evening sky.
“ I, is rath e r rare to h av e five p la n e ts
in a n early p erfect lin e ," said Jim T o d d ,
P la n e ta riu m D ire c to r a, the O reg o n
M u seu m o f S cien ce and In d u stry , “and
the w axing g ib b o u s M oon w ill certainly
add d ra m a .”
T o ce le b ra te the e v e n t, O M S I, R ose
C ity A stro n o m ers and O reg o n P arks
and R ecreatio n are th ro w in g an A s
tronom y D ay S tar P arty a, R o o ster R ock
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S tate P ark in th e C o lu m b ia G orge on
S atu rd ay , A pril 20. w eather perm itting.
T h e free e v e n , starts a, 6 :3 0 p.m . at
th e p ark , lo cated ju s , east o f S andy o ff
1-84.
T o d d said th at th is is an ex cellen t
o p p o rtu n ity fo r star w atch ers to view
th e p la n e t s , a s te l e s c o p e s a r e n ’t
needed.
“T h a t's a n o th e r asp ect th a, m akes
this o c c u rren ce u n iq u e - the fact tha,
w e'll have five naked-eye planets in the
sk y ,” he said.
A lth o u g h the plan ets w ill be v isible
for sev eral ev en in g s befo re and after
A pril 20, T o d d said that ev en in g w ill
o ffe r the b est v iew in g , as th e plan ets
w ill line up in an alm o st straig h t line.
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T he best v iew in g is aw ay from c lu s
ters o f b rig h t city lights.
F o r th o se w h o p lan to tra v e l to
R ooster R ock S tate Park, it is advised to
call O M S I's S tar Party Inform ation Line
at 5 0 3 -7 9 7 -4 6 1 0 to ch eck for p o ssib le
c a n c e lla tio n s due to w eath er. P arking
a, R o o ster R ock is $3 p er carlo a d or
$ 1 ,5 0 fo rO M S I m em bers.