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July 10, 2002 Page B2 tlttiarnu-r Annual Race Unity Festival A celebration honoring the d i verse races and cultures in Port land called the Race Unity F esti val, will be held on Saturday, July 27, from 11 a .m .-5 p.m. at Portland C om m unity C ollege’s Cascade Cam pus. T his is a free event and everyone is invited. “Every year we see this festival grow ," said Bridgette Fahnbulleh, a m em ber o f the Race U nity F estival’s planning cotnm ittee. “W hat started 5 years ago as a sim ple gathering o f people from diverse backgrounds is now a day packed with m usic, dance, hands- on learning and heart-felt discus sion.” T his y e a r’s p erfo rm ers in clu d e P o rtla n d ’s H enri C ross and his band, an A frican d ru m m ing gro u p led by M uham ed F a h n b u lle h , S p a n is h s in g e r Urban Evangelical Christian Ministries Plan Unity Picnic Costumed Hmong children gather to share the beauty o f their culture. They will be performing at the upcoming Race Unity Festival on Saturday, July 27 at Portland Community College's Cascade Campus. A nisa M ich aels, N ativ e A m eri ca n d ru m m in g an d sin g in g , H m ong d an cers and g ro u p sin g ing about racial and cu ltu ral un ity led by D ick G ro v er. The H m ong perform ers are children w ho have been in the St. Johns Parade for several years, and have perform ed not only at various events in Portland, but in G resham and Sherw ood. For the past tw o years, they have partici pated in the Roses A fter School M entoring P roject held at the Portland B aha’ i Center. The musical perform ances will start at noon tim e. N earby will be an interactive table presenting cultural displays from a wide vari ety o f racial and cultural groups. C hildren’s activities will be held nearby in Terrell Hall, R oom 101. Loie M ead, anothercom m ittee m em ber said, “A special addition to this year’s festival w ill be a m ulticulural panel discussion on the topic o f ‘the delights o f my cu ltu re.’ ” For more inform ation about the event, call 503-281 -2955. And to learn more about the B aha’ i Faith, Call503-289-6331,1 -800-22-UNITE o r v is it th e ir w e b s ite at .Service H cynntl E xpect a t ion YOU TALKED ABOUT FUNERAL A N D CREMATION PLANNING . WE LISTENED. Introducing Dignity Memorial™ Funeral and Cremation Plans, designed with the help of families like yours. These plans offer ease of decision-making, simplicity and value. We invite you to compare. 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Castro Accuses Russia of Betrayal by Allying with US In conjunction with Portland Schools and Portland Park Bureau www.dignitymemorial.com ,,, T h e fo u rth annual P ian o F e s tiv al N o rth w e st fea tu re s som e o f th e best in te rn a tio n a lly r e now n p ian ists assem bled. G u est a rtis ts in c lu d e E d u ard o D elg a d o , E ric H im y , M a rin a L om azov, Paul R oberts and John Salm on. This y ear’s event will feature W hitaker M iddle School (Lakeside) 5135 N.E. Colum bia Blvd. (503) 916-6320 Fax (503) 916-2753 430 N. Killingsworth St. Portland, OR 97217 503-283-1976 . Festival Brings Out Artistry of Piano Playing based at Killingsworth Little Chapel of the Chimes Name _____________________________________ __ __ Eduardo Delgado from Argentina has received world acclaim for his fiery piano playing. He will be giving a recital and teaching a Master class during the Piano Festival Northwest at the World Forestry Center, from July 1 8 - 2 1 . TLC-TnT These exclusive Dignity Memorial benefits are available from: Address For the first time, four Chris tian m inistries will he having a u n ity p ic n ic to s e rv e P ortland’s hom eless, needy, ad d icted and ab u sed m en, w om en and children. Their them e is called “U nited W e Stand.” The picnic will be held at Blue Lake Park on July 22, from 11 a .m .-5 p .m . T he purpose o f the event is to strengthen the bonds b e tw een C hristian m inistries in Portland, create public aw are ness about the w ork C hris tians are doing locally and energize Christians to become more involved in their com m u nities. The foundation o f the Unity Picnic began tw o years ago w hen Portland R escue M is sion invited other m inistries to a C hristm as-tim e luncheon to enjoy fellow ship and pray for each other. U nion G ospel M ission hosted the C hristm as luncheon in 2001, w here d is cussion began to expand and plan the sum m er. The four participating m in istries are Portland Teen Chal lenge, a 12-14 m onth faith based residential program for w om en and m en w anting to break the habit o f using drugs and alcohol; City Team M inis tries that provides 30,000 meals and shelter for the disadvan taged; Portland Rescue M is sion, a housing and social serv ice ce n te r; an d U nion G ospel M ission that assists recovering addicts to build-a new life. For more inform ation about the upcoming Unity Picnic, call 503-274-4483. o f its (R u ssia’s) errors and the painful w ay in w hich it lost the ideological battle against the w est ern capitalist and im perialist bour geoisie, under the standard o f the U nited S tates,” C astro said in speech reported by Sunday the C om m unist Party daily G ranm a. “Russia, allied w ith the United States, broke all the accords and betrayed C uba,” C astro said in the speech delivered Saturday to mark the recent renovation o f more th a n 100 p rim a ry se c o n d a ry schools in H avana. C u b a still is struggling to re cover from the econom ic crisis triggered by the loss o f aid and preferential trade agreem ents as the Soviet bloc disintegrated a decade ago. C astro currently is leading the country in a particularly intense ideological cam paign, crow ned last w eek by the rubber-stam p parliam ent am ending the co n sti tution to m ake C uban socialist system “irrevocable.” Because o f C u b a 's severe eco nom ic crisis, hundreds o f prim ary and seco n d ary sch o o ls in the n atio n ’s capital had classroom s w ith o u t w in d o w s, b a th ro o m s w ithout doors, leaky roofs and antiquated plum bing. C astro said oth er schools becam e unusable and blam ed the tightening o f U.S. trade sanctions during the 1990s. C astro ’s w ords cam e tw o days after the G roup o f Eight econom ic sum m it o f the w o rld 's m ost eco n o m ically p o w erfu l co u n tries ended in C anada, w here leaders agreed to help R ussia dispose o f its Soviet-era arsenal o f nuclear, biological and chem ical weapons. The $20 billion program was met w ith a m ixed response in M oscow , where some retired m ili tary leaders and others have ac cused President V ladim ir Putin of capitulating to the W est by ag ree ing tocooperate more closely with N A TO and assum ing full m em bership in the G-8. H avana, too,' has criticized M oscow 's alliance with NATO, as well as its decision tw o years ago to close the Russian intelligence lis tening post built on Cuba tw o years after the 1962 m issile crisis. The
