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Page AS (Elje J lo r t la n b 0f)b seru er September 18. 2002 In p u t W a n te d fo r S tre et Plans Honoring Fight for Civil Rights Area residents are encouraged to review options under consider ation in the proposed upgrade of Russell Street in north Portland. The city of Portland transpor The new honorees will re ceive their aw ards Oct. 23 at a banquet at The Peabody Hotel in dow ntow n M emphis. M enchu, 43, of G uatem ala, received the 1992 N obel Peace Prize for her work in seeking equal rights for Indian peas ants in her country. Bond, 62, joined the U.S. civil rights struggle while still in col lege. H e’sb e e n c h a irm a n o fth e N ational A ssociation for the (AP) — The N ational Civil R ights M useum has ch o sen Julian Bond, chairm an o f the N A ACP, and R ig o b e r ta M enchu, a Nobel Peace Prize w inner, for its annual Freedom Awards. The m useum, built on the site where M artin L uther King Jr. w as a s sa ss in a te d , g iv e s the aw ard s to “in d iv id u a ls w ho have made significant contribu tions in civil rig h ts.” L ookin g for an * i e x c e lle n t Julian Bond p art time A dvancem ent of Colored People since 1998. Past award recipients include Rosa Parks, C oretta Scott King, N elso n M a n d ela an d C o lin Powell. King Memorial Wins Sponsors the N ational Capital Planning Commission, and will be located along the Tidal Basin, near monu ments to Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson. The design, w hich has won initial approval from the Fine A rts C om m ission, was selected through a com petition that elic ited m ore than 900 designs from 52 countries. T he Foundation has until November 2003 to raise the necessary funds that will enable the building o f this na tional memorial. King on the Mall in our nation’s capital," said Peggy Conlon, president and chief executive of ficer of the Advertising Council. Harry Johnson, president of the foundation, said the new part nership puts the group one step closer to the goal of breaking ground on the memorial by No vember 2003. The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial will be the first on the National Mall to honor an African American individual. The site has been approved by A proposed memorial in Wash ington, D.C. to honor slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is gaining support. The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foun dation has announced that The Advertising Council will create a national public service advertis ing campaign to support the de velopment of the m em orial. “We share the firm bel ief that a national public service campaign can help realize the important goal of erecting a monument to Dr. Group Offers Memorial Yard Trees The Portland non-profit group “Friends o f Trees” is offering a new way to honor loved ones. In addition to the traditional com m em o rativ e and m em o rial trees th at can be p u rch ased as g ifts to be p lan ted in an urban natural area, p eople can now buy a tree and have it planted in th eir yard, w here they can w atch it grow o v er the y e a rs. The trees are delivered to the home, where trained crew leaders plant it for or with the person receiving it. Special dedi cation m arkers are also provided. Tree purchasers can choose from ten types o f trees: Pacific sunset maple, ever green m agnolia, western red cedar, Pa cific dogw ood, scarlet oak, Chinese ever green oak, blue spruce, crape myrtle, cas cara, and katsura. For more inform ation, please call 503- 2 8 2 -8 8 4 6 , e x te n s io n 16, o r v is it w w w .friendsoftrees.org. Friends o f Trees buildscom m unity part nerships to plant, care for, and educate about urban trees in order to strengthen neighborhoods, im prove the environm ent, and enhance the quality o f urban life. Trial Set in Vancouver Sex Slave Case (A P) — T w o men have pleaded inno cent in V ancouver to charges they kept a transient as a sex slave in their middle- class home. Trial was set for Oct. 28 for 45-year-old M ichael A aron W ilson and 22-yeaer-old W illiam Joseph Fritsch, both of Brush Prai rie, who appeared in Clark County Supe rior Court to face charges o f rape, kidnap ping and assault. D efense law yers say they will request separate trials. P ro secu to rs say the tw o m et a 47- year-old Seattle transient online, offered him a bus ticket to V ancouver, then im prisoned and raped him repeatedly for eight days. The man ran to a neighbor’s house for help Thursday evening with his legs and hands shackled. His law yer says W ilson, w ho maintains a website for devotees o f sadom asochistic sex, clai ms the sex was consensual. On the website, W ilson said he specializes in bond age, torture and prison punishm ents. Giving our best. W h a t P art-tim e jo b will p a y y o u up to $ 7 0 0 . 0 0 p e r m o n t h for jQ g , o n ly tw o d a y s w o rth o f w o rk ? 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