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Committed to Cultural Diversity June 05, 2002 w ww.portlandobserver.eom (Tltc ;}¡Ínriíatth (Dhscmer SECTION “ffividpinp ¡TaitEand ô Catnmunitieô ” » o n t nt n n i t g a I c tt it a r The Graduating Class of 2002 Strawberry Festival Straw berry season arrives in early June and peaks with a Straw berry Festival W eekend from 11 a .m .- 4 p.m ., Saturday, June 15 and Sun day, June 16 at K ruger’s Farm M arket on Sauvie Island. V isitors will have an opportunity to sample som e o f the N orth w est’s tastier varieties and discover w hich kind are best suited to canning, baking and eating straight from the plant. Call 503-621-3489. Red Cross Babysitter’s Training The O regon Trail C hapter o f the A m erican Red C ross will offer B abysitter’s T raining at Sabin E l em entary School at 4013 N.E. 18,h in Portland. The class will be held on June 17 and 19, from 10 a .m .- 2 p.m. The training is an eight-hour Red C ross course that teaches youth ages 11 to 15 the skills needed to be responsible childcare givers. Call 503-280-1440 or go online to w w w .redcross-pdx.org. Noon Time Rides Portland noon tim e bicycle rides w ill be held every M ondays and T h u rsd a y s, b etw een noon and 12:10 p.m. They are fast rides with hills. To participate, m eet at-the S.W. corner of Pioneer Courthouse S q u are, b etw een Y am h ill and Broadway. Call Ray Thomas at 503- 228-5222 with questions or meet at start. Naturopathic College Run/Walk Run for your life! W alk for your life! T he N atio n al C o lleg e o f N aturopathic M edicine is prom ot ing the healing pow er o f natural m edicine to get and stay fit. On June 8, the organization will host their first 5K Run/W alk at Mt. T a bor Park. R egistration is at 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. and the starting time is 10a.m. at the am phitheater atM t. Tabor Park. Call 503-499-4343. Johnny Ray Gill Jr. (from left), Nathan Brannon and Dante Cunningham are among more than 200 high school graduates honored during the Bridge Builders ’ Sixth Annual Black Baccalaureate held May 29 at the University o f Portland Chiles Center. The event was an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the collective accomplishments and encourage the continued success o f African American high school graduates from Portland, Vancouver, Beaverton, Gresham and Hillsboro. „ „ P hoto by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver ------------------------- — " Vancouver Chief Wants Job Back Hike Northwest Portland M azam as leads casual hikes ex ploring the streets and trails of N orthw est Portland at 6 p.m. every T uesday and T hursday. This is a great way to m eet other hikers, plan a weekend trip or ju st to m ain tain your fitness after work and see som e hidden parts o f Portland. M eet at M azam as at 909 N.W . 19,h Ave. Call 503-227-2345. Oregon Health & Science Univ. H ealthcare A dventures in M edi cine and Science is a one-w eek su m m e r e n ric h m e n t p ro g ra m scheduled for July 29 - Aug. 2, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. This com peti tive program will offer 15-20 under graduate college students an o p portunity to experience adventur ous opportunities in the healthcare and science industry. T here is no cost to participate in this program. Workers Drive Rose Festival Fun Chano Lopez works one o f the fun booths at the Portland Rose Festival's Waterfront Village, downtown. Lopez has worked as a carnival worker for 10 years, but this is his first Rose Festival. The celebration ’s signature event, the Grand Floral Parade, starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, winding its way from Memorial Coliseum to Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and then across the Burnside Bridge to downtown, photo by D avid P lechi /T he P ortland O bserver ■ ■ * V 4 Libraries Win Internet Censorship Case (AP)— Public librariescannot be forced to use Internet filters designed to block pornography, three federal judges said Friday in overturning a new federal law. The Multnomah County Library was a lead plaintiff in the case along with the American Library Association. In a 195-page decision, the judges said the Children’s Internet Protection Act went too far because the filters can also blocked access to sites that contain pro tected speech. “Any public library that adheres to C IP A ’s conditions will necessarily re I strict patrons' access to a substantial am ount o f protected speech in viola tion o f the First A m endm ent,” the ju d g es wrote. The law would have required public libraries to install the filters or risk losing federal funding starting July 1. It had been widely criticized by First Amendment groups. The judges, who heard nearly two weeks of testimony in April, wrote that they were concerned that library patrons who wanted to view sites blocked by filtering software might be embarrassed I or lose their right to remain anonymous because they would have to ask permis sion to have the sites unblocked. Any appeal of the decision would go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorneys for the American Library Association and the American Civil Lib erties Union contend the law is unen forceable, unconstitutional, vague and overbroad. They say it denies poor people without home computers the same full access to information as their wealthier neighbors. C ritics o f the law claim Web sites on issues such as breast cancer and ho m osexuality can get mistakenly catego rized as porn and blocked by the filter ing program s. Justice Department lawyers argue that Internet smut is so pervasive that protec tions are necessary to keep it away from youngsters, and that the law simply calls for libraries to use the same care in select ing online content that they use for books and magazines. They also point out that libraries can tum down the federal funding if they want to provide unfiltered W eb access. Stan Reeves Stan Reeves has decided he wants to stay on as Vancouver police chief, but any decision on the matter will await an inquiry of possible wrongdo ing. according to Vancouver city offi cials. Reeves resigned just two weeks ago. indicating he had serious health problems and an ailing parent in Ohio. Now, the former chief says he has reconsidered. “After having conversations with family, friends and my doctor, we all agree that my decision was prema ture," Reeves said in a letter sent last week toCity Manager Pat McDonnell. The correspondence came as the city looks into allegations Reeves had used his position last year to help a girl friend suspected of drunken driving avoid arrest. The Washington State Patrol will investigate the allegation, McDonnell said. I
