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50jzi Portland Business Leader Remembered Son o f a slave leaves legacy as African American mentor See story, page B2, inside Wíje (©bsmier itv n ncoc’ ‘City of f D Roses P c Established t a h l i n 1970 In 1970 w w w .p Q r tla n d Q b s g r y e r . c p m www.Dortlandobser Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume X X X II • Number 41 Wednesday • October 16, 2002 THE*™ REVIEW Appeals Judge Sides with Carter Lawmaker wins second round in Census undercount fight (A P )—An African American lawmaker from northeast Portland has w on a sec ond round in court in her e ffo rt to open up Census records and b ring equity to undercountcd m in o rity populations. The federal appeals court last week ruled the U.S. Census Bureau must re lease its statistically adjusted count o f Sisters in A ction attend an after noon o f live music, dance, raps, poems and skits designed to dis pel the myths about Christopher Columbus and expose the truth Americans, rejecting governm ent argu ments it w ould cause p o litica l battles behind what the group considers to be the myth o f revitalization in over federal funding. The 9th U.S. C irc u it C ourt o f Appeals ru lin g upheld U.S. D istrict Judge James A . Redden, who ordered the government to release w hat is o fte n ca lle d the “ undercount" o f m inorities and other north and northeast Portland. See story inside on page AS. 9th killing linked to sniper J 1 A n F B I analyst kille d M onday night by a shot to her head is the ninth v ic tim o f a sniper w h o has terrorized the n a tio n ’ s capital groups, such as renters. Sen. M argaret Carter, w ho represents region, p o lice said Tuesday. Linda Franklin, 47, o f A rlington, died as she and her husband loaded packages into their car. Eleven bodies found In railroad car In Iowa Louise and Willie Owens have received Meals on Wheels deliveries for ju s t over a month. “It's quite handy.’ said Louise. photo by D avid P lichl /T he P ortland O bserver W orkers at a grain elevator were cracking open rail cars le ft in storage when they came across a g risly discovery: Eleven de c o m p o s in g b o d ie s . A f t e r M onday's discovery, the rail car was sealed and shipped to Des M oines fo r exam ination by crim in a l investigators and the state medical examiner. Early presidential letters found at Oregon Historical Society Meal Deliveries Enrich Lives Loaves and Fishes helps seniors with more than a meal Bv D avid P lechl T he P ortland O bserver The Oregon H isto rica l Society has found letters in its vault fro m p re s id e n ts T h o m a s Jefferson, John A dam s and 2 0 0 m e a ls to h o m e b o u n d se n io rs d a ily . T h e co s t o f each m eal is $ 2 .2 5 , b u t p a rtic ip a n ts are e n co u ra g e d to pa y o n ly T h e d a ily d e liv e rie s a lso p u t fa m ily m in d s at ease. “ M y d a u g h te r is h a p p ie r n o w b e w h a t th e y can a ffo rd . cause she k n o w s 1 am b e in g ch e cke d " A lo t o f se n io rs in the area are n o t a w a re o f the s e rv ic e s p ro v id e d and th a t up o n ," R u sse ll said. E ven th o u g h a ll se n io rs re c e iv e th e ir th e y are e lig ib le fo r M e a ls on W h e e ls ,” m eals d a ily , G a m b le is tr y in g hard to keep up w ith v o lu n te e r d riv e rs . She fo r says G a m b le . M a rje ry R u sse ll is one se n io r G a m b le L o a v e s and F ishes fo r e ig h t years and has m anaged to fin d and h e lp w ith the B e tsy W e in s te in v o lu n te e rs e v e ry has been m a n a g e r o f its n o rth e a s t c e n M e a ls on W h e e ls p ro g ra m . R u sse ll is T h u rs d a y and d e liv e rs to a b o u t 20 se n io rs on h e r ro u te in n o rth e a s t P o rt T y e s is G a m b le has w o r k e d o fte n d riv e s ro u te s th a t a re n ’ t co ve re d . te r fo r fiv e . She has w itn e s s e d the w h e e lc h a ir b o u n d and depends on the James M adison, 19th century statesman H e n ry C la y , and Roger B. Taney, the form er c h ie f p lig h t o f the e ld e rly in P o rtla n d up- d a ily d e liv e rie s as a source o f n u tritio u s la n d . W e in s te in th in k s m o re p e o p le c lo s e and p e rs o n a l. W ith the h e lp o f dozens o f v o lu n fo o d . “ T h is takes a b ig w o rry o f f y o u r s h o u ld v o lu n te e r. She e n jo y s ta lk in g justice w ho handed dow n the 1857 Dred Scott decision that in essence upheld slavery. teers, the lo c a l c e n te r d e liv e rs abo u t head and keeps y o u h e a lth y ," she said. D u c t tape, the a ll-p u rp o s e household fix - it w ith hundreds o f uses, can also remove warts, Research at M a digan A rm y M edical Center near Tacoma, W ash., fo u n d that ove r-th e - hardware-counter duct tape is a more effective, less p a in fu l a l ternative to liq u id n itro g e n , w hich is used to freeze warts. Inner-city link is open again after decade-old closure o p e n in g o f the F a ilin g Street pedestrian b rid g e o v e r 1- 5, re -co n n e ctin g the B oise and O v e rlo o k n e ig h b o r hoods o f in n e r n o rth P ortland a fte r m ore than a decade. O ffic ia ls fro m the O regon D epartm ent o f T ra n sp o r Smith, Mannlx targeted Supporters o f the landmark O r egon law a llo w in g physician- assisted su icid e launched a campaign on M onday to raise voter awareness about opposi tion to the law from Republican U.S. Sen. Gordon Sm ith and K e vin M annix, the GOP candi jo in e d area residents to m ark the occasion w ith a date fo r governor. percent o f those responding to outreach e ffo rts fa “ Hands A cross the In te rsta te " re o pening program . 1 1 Ite I’tti II,U h l * l l ’sei \ i i it " i i ' i . d ra m a tic a lly . In in i il» The b rid g e is the closest route fo r people on the castside o f 1-5 to reach K a ise r Perm anentc m edical T r iM e t’ s #5 bus and the new O v e rlo o k tra n sit station 1 It »ni, in 1 L in k p i t , Hit • 11 " ’ l< , " i It. u n der c o n s tru c tio n as part o f the Interstate L ig h t R ail It », ill».' i 1 1 "1 .Ulti in . ii in .,\ li. it t 1 . I I I .t i l pro je ct. The brid g e is also the closest route fo r w estsidc tidents to v is it em e rg in g businesses in the M is s is - H isto ric D is tric t. j F a ilin g Street B rid g e was b u ilt in the 1950s and d fo r its lo c a tio n at F a ilin g Street, w h ic h was d in h o n o r o f Josiah F a ilin g , P o rtla n d 's th ird •r and the father o f p u b lic education in P ortland, st year, the b rid g e became one o f the fiv e freew ay ings raised to meet state and federal h e ig ht re- iments as part o f a $28 m illio n 1-5 P reservation set. M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O rservfr 1998, O D O T d e te rm in e d that 61 It .< In i' 1 l i t ' M l , .11 on page A3 photos by c rim e rates on both sides o f the b rid g e have gone do w n o ffic e on the w estsidc. I t ’ s also the shortest route to V t' ..im " i t l \ justed 2000 counts for every state, county and neighborhood must be made public. co m p la in ts about c rim e in the area. B u t since that tim e , iilt t l It > ,i t |iit , lt n i .in 1 >t 1 ' i Ii i ml p .ll'c slt'IA I ' l l sions about analyzing the population count. But the 9th C irc u it rejected those ar guments and ruled that discussions and recommendations on handling the ad justed figures did not fa ll under the pro tection o f federal law that allow s agency administrators to keep secret their rea soning fo r m aking a decision. The Oregon case marked the first tim e a federal judge had ruled that the ad T he pedestrian brid g e closed in O cto b e r 1991 a fte r vored reopening. C o rre c tio n .1 ures. The U.S. Justice Departm ent had ar gued that releasing the numbers w ould be disruptive p o litic a lly and could affect the w ay the Census Bureau makes deci Carol Jones-Williams who works at Kaiser Permanente on the westside o f the 1-5 freeway joins hands with her eastside 1-5 neighbor Rance Spruill o f the Albina Youth Opportunity School during a community celebration Saturday marking the reopening o f Failing Street pedestrian bridge A c o m m u n ity ce le b ra tio n Saturday m arked the re ta tio n , c ity o f P ortland, T r iM c t and K a ise r Perm anentc li.m u ' u continued tried to keep it secret, seeking an excep tion to federal law that C astillo and Carter argued requires public access to the fig 1-5 Pedestrian Bridge Reconnects Neighbors Study finds duct tape effective In removal of warts lli. lt llic « i c i i " w ith the p e o p le a lo n g h e r ro u te , w h ic h north and northeast Portland, and State S chool S u p e rin te n d e n t-e le c t Susan Castillo, both Democrats, had filed a Free dom o f Inform ation A c t request to see the adjusted population count fo r the 2000 Census but the Census Bureau had Aysiua King is one o f the first local residents to eryoy the revamped Failing Street pedestrian bridge connecting the Boise and Overlook neighborhoods o f inner north Portland. The bridge was reconstructed and reopened as p art o f the 1-5 Preservation Project, after being locked up because o f crime complaints more than a decade ago.
