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Locals Find Adventure at Sea Qweenie Samuel enjoys * African Attire Night' on hoard the Carnival cruise ship Destiny. see story, Page as . i "The City Of Roses" B E R L IN — An Iraqi opposition group said it occupied the Iraqi Embassy and called fo r the overthrow o f the country' s leader, Saddam Hussein. Police moved in force to the embassy and scaled o ff the street around it. Israel Hands Over Bethlehem to Palestinians B E T H L E H E M , West Bank — Israeli tro o p s began w ith d r a w in g fr o m Bethlehem as Israel and the Palestin ians took steps to carry out the firs t security agreement reached w ithout U.S. help in nearly tw o years. The deal is seen as a test fo r Israel to possibly hand to Palestinians other towns. Study Finds Flu Shots OK for all Adults P H IL A D E L P H IA — Despite the cost, even healthy adults benefit from an annual flu shot because they d o n 't lose as much w ork tim e and they spend less on treatment, according to a study in Annals o f Internal Medicine. Pope Says Mass as Trip Home Ends K R A K O W , Poland— Pope John Paul II concluded his nostalgic jo u rn e y home w ith a Mass at a mountain monnsterv where he and his father prayed. Some 60,000 people chanted, "Y o u r people welcome you, John Paul II." M ore than 2 m illio n Poles greeted the Pope. U.S., Russia Tussle Over Anthrax S E R P U K H O V , Russia — Russia has repeatedly balked at turning over a ge netically engineered strain o f anthrax that is resistunt to vaccines. U.S. o f f i cials w o rry thut the strain may defeat inoculations given to troops and m edi cal workers. Wednesday Committed to Cultural Diversity Established in 1970 Volume XXXII Number 33 Dissidents Take Over Iraq’s Berlin Embassy wwM.portIandobserver.com A ugust 21, 2002 Air Commander Watches Over the West Portland pilot gets outside comfort zone to find success by D avid P i . echl T he P ortland O bserver N ational Guard A ir Base Com m ander C olonel G arry Dean wanted to be a doctor when he was a kid. But w h ile studying medicine in college, he was given achance to take a flig h t in a F -15 fig h te r jet. " I t was one o f those incentives to keep you m otivated," Dean told The Portland Observer in an exclusive in te rvie w from the a ir base he commands in northeast Portland. That firs t heart-stopping ride kept Dean m otivated all right, but it also chunged the d irection o f his m otivation. It set him on a new path and it no longer in vo lve d medicine. He wanted to fly jets, Today, Dean runs the nation’ s 142nd A ir W in g , supervising 1.000 men and women and 10 pilots responsible fo r round- the-clock a ir defense o f the entire P acific Northwest. He is the first American A m e ri can to comm and the Portland base. Dean is thankful that his grandfather helped put him on his career path by stress ing the importance o f setting goals. Even i f you come up short, his grandfa ther told h im , yo u ’ ll s till be close. His m entor also stressed a good educa tion. "N o b o d y can argue w ith results. Those grades get you in the door. Take advun- continued on page A3 Col. Garry Dean commands the men and women who protect the Pacific Northwest airspace out o f the National Guard's 1 4 2 "' Air Wing in Portland. photo by D avid P i . echl /T he P ortland O bserve r Sept. 11 Tested Portland Fighter Pilots by D avid P i . echi , T he P ortland O bserver T w e n ty -fo u r hour air defense o f the P acific N orthw est is the first and prim ary mission o f the Oregon A ir Guard, a mission that hasn’ t changed in over 50 years. The base keeps tw o fighters on alert at all times. Its F - 15 fig h te r jets cun be up in the a ir in a m atter o f minutes. That mission was tested Sept. 11 when three hijacked plunes were used as bom b ing weapons touttack Am erica on the Eust Coast. W h ile still at home in Portland, w atch ing the second plane h it the W o rld Trade Center in New Y ork, Dean had the "screws tu rn in g " and security tightening at the base in Portland. He ordered un immediate set up o f 24-hour command posts und brought ull fig h te r jets to fu ll alert status. H is crews scrambled to intercept any plane that was in the a ir w ithout proper id e n tificatio n and comm unications. One fig h te r je t q u ic k ly intercepted a China A irje tlin e ro n a n unaccounted flig h t continued on page A3 $ K ld s Find Marijuana Easy to Buy W A S H IN G T O N — Few teenagers say ' they've tried m urijuuna, but teens say i t ’ s easier to purchase than cigarettes or beer, according to the N ational Center on A d d ictio n and Substance Abuse. It marked the firs t tim e since the study began six years ago that marijuana edged out cigarettes and beer as easier buys Gardens for Early Head Start Dedicated Rashon and Sydnei step onto the playground at a new garden park for the Early Head Start Family Center on North M ississippi Avenue, ju s t north o f Skidmore. fo r kids. Four-year-old Calif. Girl Found Willie Mae Turner is accompanied by her son, Fred Flowers and his wife, Regina (far left), at Thursday's dedication o f the Willie Mae Turner M ississippi Avenue Children’s Corner. The site serves as a garden park for Early Head Start kids. It was named In Turner's honor for her many years o f service as a community volunteer and advocate for children. LOS A N G E L E S --A 4 -y e a r-o ld girl who disappeared from a city park had a jo y fu l reunion w ith her fa m ily after she turned up at a medical c lin ic com plaining o f a sore throat. She was d irty und barefoot, and her hair had been cut short, but authorities say she wus unharmed. Palestinian Officials Say Abu Nldal Is Dead R A M A L L A H , West Bank— AbuNidal, the Palestinian renegade whose name became a byw ord fo r international ter rorism , was found dead in Baghdad, Palestinian o fficia ls said. A bu N id a l's body was found three days ago w ith several bullet wounds, and the assump tion is he com m itted suicide. Florida Leaves Chads Behind On Sept. 10, the Florida pri niary w il I mark the first statewide election since the voting debacle o f 21XX). Florida hits made broad changes since then. The 30-yeur- old punch-card technology that was used is now banned. photos by M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver The Early Head Sturt Fam ily Center o f Portland dedicated tw o new garden parks on N orth M ississippi Avenue Thursday. The parks were completed in June fo r children in the neighborhood and fam ilies in the Early Heud Start program. They are named in honor o f W illie Muc Turner, a longtim e Boise Neighborhood resident who has been an active volunteer advo cate fo r children in north and northeast Portland fo r muny years. The $225.(XX) project was made pos sible by donations from the Glen Boyd tion. The Early Head Start center serves low - income fam ilies in north, northeast and Foundation, the B ill und M elinda Gates Foundation und the Fred M eyer Founda- southeast neighborhoods w ith education programs, health and social services. Slavery Compensation Called Long Overdue (A P ) — Hundreds o f A frica n A m e ri cans rallied in front o f the C apitol on Sat Farrukhan. one o f several speakers at a ra lly organizers b ille d as " M illio n s fo r Miss. “ I f it's grounded in the people, it w ill be victo rio u s." urday to demand slavery reparations, say ing thut compensation is long overdue fo r Reparations." ""W e are just demanding what is ju s tly ours." W h ile F a rra k h a n und Rep. John Conyers, D -M ich ., did attend, many major Conyers, who has proposed a com m is sion to study the institution o f slavery fo r the past 13 years, urged the crow d to the ills o f that institution. " I t seems that A m erica owes black people a lo t fo r what we have endured," N ation o f Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told the crow d. "W e cannot settle fo r some little jiv e token. We need m illio n s o f acres o f land that black people can b u ild ." "W e 're not begging w hite people," said « names in the black c iv il rights movement were absent, including the Rev. Jesse Jack- son and the Rev. A l Sharpton. "T he people on the ground arc the ones we want to give exposure to ." suid one speaker, Hannibal A frik , 6X. o f Port Gibson, I pressure Congress. "O n ly the Congress can do what we want done." Conyers said. Lawmakers are now on their summer break u n til Septem ber. continued on page A3 Demonstrators hold hands in a circle before joining a rally in Washington, D.C. for slavery reparations. (AP photo) (
