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Volume X X X II • Number 41
Wednesday • October 16, 2002
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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
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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 .
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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
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u n der c o n s tru c tio n as part o f the Interstate L ig h t R ail
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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
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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
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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.