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Parole Officer Lands in Jail
R eligion
Kids line up for
the inflatable
slide that was set
up by the Fellow
ship Church in
northeast
Portland.
PHOTO BY
M ark
W ashington /
T he P ortland
O bserver
Church Offers Back to School Fun
east 23rd A venue, betw een
Sumner and Alberta.
The event drew hundreds of
people and included free food,
A Back to School/End of
Summer Jam was held last Sat
urday, Aug. 31 at the Fellow
ship Church, located on North
school supplies, an inflatable
slide, a basketball tournament
and health screenings for all
ages.
Church Activist
Remembered
Local entertainers pay tribute to Brenda J.
Piearson, a beloved church activist and
community leader. The block party on Saturday
was the 3rd annual event for the St. Luke
Memorial Church o f God in Christ at 2700 N.E.
Sumner.
P hoto by M ark W ashington /
T he P ortland O bserver
Archdiocese Brings Solidarity in Action
ticipants will include grassroots
organizers and empowerment par
ticipants from the Catholic Cam
paign for Human Development
funded projects. It will be a day to
move more deeply into solidarity
with those working for economic
justice and ecological restoration
in western Oregon.
Solidarity in Action will be at the
How do people o f faith respond
in solidarity with low-income fami
lies, communities and organiza
tions to address our growing pov
erty and economic inequality?
For all those who are interested
or engaged in parish social justice
and peace education and action,
they can attend the Solidarity in
Action on Saturday, Sept. 21. Par-
St. Mary Parish, 728 S.W. Ellsworth
in Albany. Liturgy begins at 11 a.m.,
then a soup and bread luncheon,
and stories of solidarity in action
and discussion, from 1-3 p.m.
P a rtic ip a n ts are ask ed to
prerigister by phone at 503-233-
8361
or
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at
m s p e c k @ a r c h d p d x .o r g
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each other out,” and that he
continued
from Metro
supervisors at work over his past judged the incident itself.
Reese says the sentence was
criminal history and his advo
considerably
less than the maxi
cacy of African Americans.
mum
year
in
prison
and a $ 1,000
Both men testified against him
fine
the
judge
could
have im
at trial.
posed.
Danley also charges that his
“It’s difficult to see how that
supervisors provided police with
confidential information from his sentence could be seen as exces
employment files. Even so, the sive,” Reese says.
As a result of the verdict,
jury acquitted him of the original
D an ley ow es
charges, instead
$41,000in legal
finding him guilty ^
// « white person fees,
he has lost
of assault 4, say
his home, his
ing that he had did what I did, it
car has been re
exceeded “ self-
possessed, he
never would have
defense.”
has defaulted
Judge Ronald
gone beyond a
on loans and he
Cinniger, citing
is filin g fo r
D an ley ’s “long police report
bankruptcy.
criminal history,”
— Harrison Danley
“I
d id n ’t
and sa y in g he
want to bring up
should adhere to
a “higher standard” because of race in the trial because the pros
his job, sentenced Danley to 90 ecutor would have said, ‘You’re
days in jail, three years proba just playing the race card,’ he
tion, and payment of Cohen’s says. “ But my job is showing
disparities in the system. If a white
therapy bills at $ 130 an hour.
“No one in the entire state has person did what I did, it never
what he gave me for a misde would have gone beyond a po
meanor,” Danley says. “Felons lice report.”
Reese vehemently denies that
don’t receive that much jail time.
Cinniger declined to discuss race was a factor. “T hat’s a very,
very serious allegation, but very
the case.
easy
to make,” he says.
But prosecutor Don Reese
“T
here’s absolutely nothing
quotes Cinniger as saying that
to
support
that very ugly allega
the good and bad reports of
tion,”
Reese
says.
Danley’s past conduct “canceled
Jk
‘You Gotta Make a Living’
continued
from Metro
She is uncertain of where she
would go if forced to move, but
regardless o f the outcome, she re
mains resolute.
“Things change,” Dora says
matter-of-factly.
She thinks she may join up with
another barber and a woman that
does nails.
W hatever the case, D ora a l
w ays seem s to w e a th e r the
storm . She draw s her stren g th
from a ste a d fa st faith in G od.
She e x p re sse s th at faith every
Sunday at the Piedm ont C hurch
o f C hrist.
“I w as brought up in that
church,” she says.
As Dora finishes upCheatham’s
haircut on a warm Saturday after
noon, he tries to explain the loyalty
that brings him back, year after
year.
“You can tell a barber how to cut
your hair and the barber will cut it
how they want it,” Cheatham says.
“Dora will do her best to please
you.”
He gets a $ 10 dollar trim every
two weeks.
“When you get so old, you have
to do what you can, to help your
self look good,” he says, smiling
widely.
Cheatham is 70 years old, but he
doesn’t look a day over 55.
Maybe it’s Dora’s haircuts that
keep him young.
D ora's Barber Shop is located
at: 4I26N .E . Alberta. Dora offers
shaves, beard trims, haircuts and
facials. Men, women and children
are all welcome. Haircuts start at
10 bucks.
ommunity
a le n d a r
C
continued
f rom Metro
Radical Women
R adical W om en h o sts an
evening of thought provoking
commentary, poetry and music
to celebrate the international
resistance of women and work
ers to the new war order. The
meeting is free and open to the
public. The event will be on
Wednesday, Sept. 11,7:30p.m.
at the Bread and Roses Center,
8 19N. Kilhngsworth. Toarrange
childcare, rides, work exchanges
or for more information, call 503-
240-4462.
Yoga for Seniors
Seniors can learn gentle breath
ing and stretching yoga exer
cises for increasing joint flex
ib ility and stre n g th e n in g
muscles. Each class ends with a
relaxation period. The eight-
week class is held Monday
mornings at the Trinity Episco
pal Cathedral, 147 N.W. 19,h
Ave., from Sept. 9 - Oct. 28,
10:30 a.m. -1 1 :4 5 a.m. Call to
register at 503-478-1218.
Street of Dreams
The 27lh annual NW Natural
Street of Dreams will continue
to build on its reputation for
showcasing uniquely designed
hom es, unveiling its 2002
houses daily through Monday,
Sept. 2, followed by an “encore
weekend” Sept. 6,7 and 8. Each
home’s design incorporates the
latest trends in electronic tech
nology, energy-efficiency, land
scaping, consumer products,
furnishings and décor. The tour
begins in Atherton Heights in
Lake Oswego on the com er of
Rosemont and Stafford, from 10
a.m .-10p.m .
Tomato Fest
Tomato lovers unite to sample
50 varieties o f tomatoes, learn
the difference between a plum
and a pear tomato, discover
hybrid and heirloom varieties,
and gain structions on canning
and freezing tomatoes. Plus,
kids can meet farm animals in
the 4H petting zoo. The festival
will be at the Portland Farmers
Market on Saturday, Sept. 7, at
PSU’s South Park Blocks, be
tween S.W. Montgomery and
Harrison St.
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Festivities
will be held
September
13 -1 5 , 2002
Friday-W orship Celebration @ 7:00 PM
Saturday - Soul Food Banquet @ 6:00 PM
Friendship Masonic Center
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Ticket donation $25
S u n d a y -Worship Celebration @ 3:30 PM
Please join us as we give God praise!
For more information please call Sis. Stephania Hurst @ 503-284-6929
Jaime Lopez (center), raises his arms before being handcuffed
by security personnel after he and four other protestors were
detained from the restricted U.S. Navy land on the Puerto Rican
island o f Vieques.
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(AP)— The U.S. Navy prepared
Tuesday for a fresh round of war
exercises on the outlying island of
Vieques as activists toned down
protests, saying the risks had be
come too high after Sept. 11.
The exercises, which include
ship-to-shore and air-to-ground
maneuvers, are the first since April
and are expected to last for 23 days.
The military has used the prized
bombing range on Vieques for more
than six decades. Opposition to
the exercises, however, flared when
a civilian guard was killed by an
errant Navy bomb in April 1999.
Since then, hundreds have tried
to thwart the exercises by breaking
onto the bombing range, often
getting arrested, jailed and fined.
But the Sept. 11 terror attacks
muted the protests.
At dawn Tuesday, security of
ficers detained five men who en
tered restricted Navy land, said
pro-independence Sen. Fernando
Martin. Aside from the five, there
were only a dozen activists sing
ing religious songs.
Activist camps that would have
been bustling a year ago were half
empty on Monday.
“I’m personally not willing to
risk it,” said Elizabeth Roebling, a
55-year-old activist from Asheville,
N.C., sitting in a chair with the
w ords “C iv il D iso b e d ie n c e ”
painted on the back.
She blamed the poor activist
turnout on tougher jail sentences
since the Patriot Act was passed
follow ing the te rro r a ttack s.
Roebling was arrested in June 2001
during bombing exercises and was
released two days later. She said
getting arrested now could mean
several months in jail or a hefty fine
— chances she can't take.
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