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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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