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Jimmy Carter Tours Cuba
Mother's Day was
made special
Sunday for
Eleanor Fletcher
who was
chauffeuredto
Highland
Community
Church In a
surprise limousine
ride thanks to the
African American
Chamber of
Commerce.
Grandmothers Honored With Limo Rides
Limousine and the African Ameri
can Chamber of Commerce of Or
egon.
The grandmothers were se
lected in response to an essay
contest submitted by their chil
dren and grandchildren who at- ••
M other’s Day was an espe
cially exceptional day for 30 A f
rican American grandmothers as
they were chauffeured to church
in luxury stretch limousines com
pliments of Portland business
entrepreneur Roy Jay, Celebrity
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
tend Highland Community Church
on Northeast 18'h and Alberta.
Harold Williams, Chairman of
the Board o f the African A m eri
can C ham ber, delivered an ex
tre m e ly m oving w elco m in g
speech to the standing room
only crow d at the Sunday
m orning service.
Senior Pastor W.G. Hardy Jr.
emphasized the appreciation
that everyone should have for
his or her mothers and grand
mothers on this memorable day.
Golden Jubilee for New Hope
3725 N. Gantenbein Avenue Portland, Oregon
Pastor Robert C. Jointer
50th Year Anniversary
“Year of Jubilee”
Former President
Jimmy Carter
(left) Is
welcomed by
Cuban leader
Fidel Castro,
Carter Is the first
U.S. head of
office to visit
communist Cuba
since the 1959
revolution that
put Castro In
power.
(A P)— J immy Carter visited a
major biotechnology lab with Fi
del Castro, just one week after
U.S. officials accused Cuba of try
ing to develop biological weap
ons — a charge the Cuban leader
has denounced as a lie.
Carter, the first U.S. head of
state in or out of office to visit
Cuba since C astro's 1959 revolu
tion, also met with two leading
Cuban dissidents for a briefing on
human rights. The opposition lead
ers called on Carter to promote
dialogue between the two coun
tries.
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Traveling with his wife and a
small group of executives and staff
from his Carter Center, the former
American president had no bio
technology experts in his delega
tion for the visit to the Center of
Genetic Engineering and Biotech
nology on the outskirts of Havana.
Carter has a science background,
but in nuclear technology.
Carter, who did more than any
other president to ease tensions
with Cuba, arrived last weekend
to the strains o f “The Star-
Spangled Banner.” Castro turned
to his visitor and said, “It's been
a long time since that happened."
C arter's visit comes after the
latest in many moments o f U.S.-
C u b an te n sio n . L a st w eek
U ndersecretary o f State John
Bolton said Cuba sought to de
velop biological weapons.
On Friday, Cuba denounced
the claims as “lies," challenged
the United States for evidence
and promised Carter “complete
access" to any Cuban biotech
nology laboratory.
Sunday night, a dark-suited
Castro threw a dinner for Carter
and his delegation at the Palace of
the Revolution.
There have been 10 American
presidents since C astro took
power, and relations were less
hostile under Carter than any
other.
As president, Carter oversaw
the re-establishment of diplomatic
exchanges bet ween the two coun
tries and negotiated the release of
thousands o f political prisoners.
He also made it possible for Cu
ban exiles to visit relatives on the
island and, for a short time, for
other Americans to travel here
freely.
But relations have remained
cold. A U.S. trade embargo is still
in place and visits by Americans
are tightly limited, or are supposed
to be: tens o f thousands skirt or
ignore the travel ban each year.
Latin Film Festival Opens
Leviticus 25:10
Latino art and culture celebrated at PCC
"A Golden Past, A Golden Present and A Golden
Future "
Schedule of Evente
M ay 18th R eunion C hoir C oncert
6: pm
Services & Quest Speakers
M ay 19,h
Pastor A nthony H arris
11:00 am
Bible Fellowship Community Church, Sacramento, California
M ay 19'"
Pastor Robert Houston
3:00 pm
New Hope Friendship Baptist Church
San Diego, California
May 20“
Pastor Ray mon Edwards
7:00 pm
True Vine Missionary Baptist Church
Portland, Oregon
May 21-
Pastor Johnny Pack IV
7:00 pm
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
Portland, Oregon
May 2 2 -
Rev. Walter Brown
7:00 pm
N.E. Community Foursquare Church
Portland, Oregon
May 23"*
Pastor A.B. Devers
7:00pm
West End Baptist Church
San Antonio, Texas
May 24“'
Pastor A.B. Devers
May 26“1
Pastor Robert C. Jointer
7:00 pm
May 26“
Pastor A.B. Devers
11:00 am
3:00 pm
You do not want to miss this special event.
Let the celebration begin!
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 3725 N. Gantenbein, Is
celebrating Its 5CP year.
Pastor Robert C. Jointer and
the New Hope Missionary Bap
tist Church family extends a spe
cial invitation to celebrate the 50*h
anniversary of the church at 3725
N. Gantenbein.
Special events for the Golden
J ubilee are planned over eight days
beginning, Saturday, May 18
z’ through Sunday, May 26.
Woven into the fabric of the
anniversary celebration is an elec
trifying and spirit filled week of
music and guest pastors who will
highlight the richness o f the
church's past.
The events begin w ith a 50"’
A n n iv e rsa ry R eunion C hoir
concert under the direction of
D orothy D avis and D arlene
W arren on Saturday, May 18 at
5 p.m. The next day, Pastor A n
thony H arris o f the Bible Fel
low ship Com m unity C hurch in
Sacram ento, Calif, speaks dur
ing the 11 a.m. Sunday services
at the church. Sunday at 3 p.m.,
Pastor R obert Earl H ouston o f
New Hope Friendship M ission
ary B aptist C hurch San Diego
will serve as New H o p e's guest
speaker.
Rev, W alter Brown Jr. of the
Northeast Community Fellowship
is scheduled to address the church
on Monday, May 20 at 7 p.m., and
Pastor Johnny Pack IV of the Fel
lowship Baptist Church in Port
land will be New H ope's special
guest on Tuesday, May 21 at 7
p.m. Pastor Raymon Edwards of
True Vine Baptist Church in Port
land is guest o f honor on W ednes
day May 22 at 7 p.m. Rounding
out the schedule is special guest
Pastor A.B. Devers of the West
End Baptist Church in San Anto
nio, Texas. He addresses the con
gregation on Thursday, May 23
and Friday, May 24 at 7 p.m. each
night, and on Sunday, May 26 at
3 p.m.
For more information, call the
church at 503-281-9163.
o b itu a r ie s
Ark of Safety Pastor Dies
W orship w ith us a t th e:
Albina
Christian
Life Center
C hurch o f God
(C levelan d T en n essee)
Sr. Paitor
Bishop Samual M. Irving
5.522 N. Albina
Sundays
Sunday School: 9 * 5 A M
Morning Worship 11 AM
Bvaning Worship 6 PM
Wedncsduv
.Fam ily Training Hour, 7PM
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P ortland, Oregon
»7217
* 503 283-1035
Please call fo r information or counciling.
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Funeral services were held May
6 at Ark of Safety Church of God
in Christ and May 7 in Maranatha
Church of God for Bishop U.V.
Peterson, who died April 30 at age
76.
Bishop Peterson was bom Aug.
7,1925, in Houston. During World
W ar II, he served in the Army. He
moved in 1966 to Portland, and
was pastor o f A rk o f Safety
Church. In 1965, he married Flora
Yager.
Survivors include his wife;
daughters, Martha W iles, Gail
Woods, Yolanda Peterson, Vicki
Hudson and Cythia Moore; sons,
S pencer, M ichael, R eginald,
Aaron and Byron; stepsons, John
Grant, Michael Grant, and Avery
Grant; 37 grandchildren; and 32
great-grandchildren.
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It's time for Latinismo! Port
land Community College is host
ing the Third Annual Latin Ameri
can Film Festival called Latinismo!
starting Thursday, May 16 and
ending Thursday, May 23 in Room
122 at Terrell Hall on the Cascade
Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth St.
Latinismo! strives to create a
forum for the voice of the Latino
community and is free to the pub
lic. The theme for this year’s film
festival is “Urban Life: Myths and
Realities.”
The Latin American Film Festi
val involves Latino students in
the planning and implementation
of putting on a successful film
festival. S tudents have c a n
vassed neighborhoods with post
ers and invited interesting speak
ers that promise to engage the
audience. But best of all is this
year's collection of five films.
On the opening night, there
will be a reception and preview of
the featured films from 6 to 9 p.m.
on Thursday, May 16. In addition,
the documentary, "An Interview
with Jean Michelle Basquait,” will
be shown, profiling the late graf
fiti artist and painter. A panel dis
cussion with mem bers o f the
Latino community will follow the
documentary.
The closing night will feature
special guest speaker Virgil Suarez
and musical group Fernando at 6
p.m. on Thursday, May 23. Suarez,
a Florida native, is a world-re
nowned Cuban-American poet
and professor and will share sto
ries from his life.
The schedule of the films being
showcased;
“ S tar M ap s” d ire c te d by
Miguel Arteta. Eighteen-year-old
Carlos believes that his work sell
ing maps to Los Angeles movie
stars’ homes is his ticket to a ca
reer in show biz. He discovers too
late that his jo b is a front for a
much darker and more dangerous
business. Show times are 10a.m.,
Friday, May 17; 1 p.m., Monday,
May 20; 10a.m., Wednesday,May
22.
“Between Pancho Villa and a
N aked W om an" directed by
Sabina B erm an and Isabella
Tardan. This bright, intelligent
romantic comedy follows a couple
with amusingly different ideas
about gender roles and the nature
of a healthy relationship. Show
times are 1 p.m., Friday, May 17; 7
p.m., Monday, May 20; 1 p.m.,
W ednesday, May 22.
“Rata, Ratones, Rateros” di
rected by Sebastian Cordero. A
young petty thief gets caught up
in a nightmare o f violent crime in
poverty-stricken Ecuador. Show
times are7p.m.,Friday,May 17; 10
a.m., Tuesday, May 21; 7 p.m.,
W ednesday, May 22.
“Rodrigo D: No Future" di
rected by Victor Oavira. A power
ful film about growing up on the
streets of the drug capital Medillin,
Colombia, shot in quasi-documen
tary style. Show times are 2 p.m.,
Saturday, May 18 and 1 p.m.; Sun
day, May 19.
"The City o f the Dogs” di
rected by Francisco Lombardi.
This film adaptation o f a novel by
Mario Vargas Llosa tells the pow
erful story o f a young m an’s up
bringing in a military academy and
his eventual disillusionment with
military structures, the power they
represent, and the system they
enforce. The film will be shown on
Monday, May 20 at 10a.m. andon
Tuesday, May 21 at 7 p.m.
Venezuelan President Questions U.S.
(A P)— The United States must
explain its reaction to last month * s
failed coup in Venezuela, said
President Hugo Chavez, who
W ashington initially blamed for
h is ow n b rie f o v e rth ro w .
Chavez made the comments in an
interview to be broadcast Sunday
on C B S's “60 Minutes.” Chavez
was deposed on April 12 by m ili
tary generals, who announced the
president's resignation following
bloody dem onstrations against
his rule. The populist former para
trooper was restored to power two
days later by loyalist troops and
thousands o f civilian protesten.
Chavez said he had never resigned.