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Wtje JJortlanò (ßbserurr December 2 5 .2 0 0 2 Page A3 Lott’s Cousin Tied to Racism Man was with group that hung an effigy of Kay Toran U.S. Senator Trent Lott, R- Miss., who resigned last Thurs day from his position as Senate Majority Leader, isn’t the only member of his family to have his actions scrutinized for possible racist motivations. Lott’s Oregon cousin Jesse Lott was part of a group of pro testers who gathered at the O r egon State Capitol in Salem and hung an effigy of Kay Toran, a prominent African American from Portland. The 1997 incident was part of a rally in support of a family whose daughter had been taken away by the state’s Office for Services to Children and Families. Toran was the top executive of the agency at the time. Three state legislators - M ar garet Carter, George Eighmey, and Ron Adams ran out of the capitol and pulled the figure to the ground. Effigies o f their own likenesses were hung a week later. Jesse Lott, 57, a Clackamas County Republican, maintains that the mock hanging had noth ing to do with race. “Toran ju st happened to be black,” he said at the time. Lott also noted that the man who ac tually hung the effigy, Lawrence Carver, is African American. I V *• Humboldt Kids Honored for Safety Effort Students from Humboldt Elementary, 4915 N. Gantenbein, hold the awards they received from TriMet for helping the transit agency develop a campaign for pedes trian and traffic safety around Max light rail lines, including the new Interstate Max scheduled to open in 2004. The students created original drawings for the project that will be made into bookmarks and distributed this summer at local libraries. P hoto by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Gala Presents College Queens The Bridge Builders is hosting a group o f campus queens from historically Black colleges during its sixth Kwanzaa Gala and Gentlemen’s Ball on Satur day, Dec. 28. ' The guests will honor a local group of young men who recently graduated from four-year colleges with songs o f praise. The young women are Darcie Chism o f Fisk University, Margaret Gunn o f Tuskegee Univer sity; Tanya Luckett of Lincoln University and Brooke Myatt of North Carolina A & T State University. This marks the second year that the organization has hosted college campus queens. Last year’s representatives were from Stillman College, Howard University, Fisk University, Tuskegee University and Lincoln University. The Bridge Builder’s mission is to strengthen the African American community by administering rites of passage programs that promotes spirituality, scholarship, entrepreneurship and com m unity building. Saturday’s gala and gentlemen’s ball will be held t the Portland Center for the Performing Arts Newmark Theatre. Tickets are available at all Ticket Master locations and the PCPA box office. Pro ceeds benefit the Bridge Builder’s scholarship pro gram. OREGON & S C IE N C E PANEL U N IV E R S IT Y D IS C U S S IO N S W IT H R E G A R D IN G E V E R Y D A Y OHSU HEALTH, AND FACULTY RESEARCH W ELLNESS IS S U E S Healthy Talks Healthy Talks are a series o f panel discussions w ith OHSU faculty w h o discuss Brooke Myatt, Miss North Carolina A & T State everyday health, research Relief from Depression: Medicines, Therapy, Light, Electromagnetism and Herbs and wellness issues that affect our lives. North Portland Family Found Murdered “We do not know if Mr. Morris season. Neighbors said they were (AP) — Dozens of police and volunteers searched on foot and is a victim,” said Anderson, who very religious, and that the well- by air Monday for a North Portland described Edward Morris as a per behaved M orris children were man whose wife and three young son o f interest. “W e’re expanding home-schooled. The case was being investigated children were found dead in the the grid search to see if there are as a homicide, though the causes of more victims.” Tillamook State Forest. death had not been determined and The family lived in a single-story The bodies were found Satur authorities had not ruled out a day, the same day Renee Morris, w hite home in north Portland, murder-suicide, 31, and her children, Bryant, 10, strung with Christmas lights for the Alexis, 8, and Jonathan, 4, were reported missing from their St. Johns residence by relatives. FROM Police were looking for Edward Morris, 37, and the fam ily’s gray 1993 Dodge Caravan. Neighbors of the victims said the husband was a landscaper who had recently be gun a jo b at a Target store. Dozens of police, FBI agents and volunteers searched a 5-square-mile area while Coast Guard helicopters searched from the air for the miss ing van and other clues. 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