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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.
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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.
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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.
Meeting the Affordable Housing Needs o f the Community
A tip line was established to help
find Morris.
4829 NE Martin Luther King jr. Blvd.
“We are very, very happy right
Portland OR, 97211
now that the tip line that was estab
www.pcrihome.org
lished last evening is successful.
W e’re receiving a lot of good back
ground information,” Tillamook
Affordable Rental Homes Available Now
County Sheriff Todd Anderson said
Call (503) 288-2923
M onday.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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H EALTH
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Depression, a serious, prolonged state of sadness,
This free, inform al
hopelessness, low energy and disturbed
discussion is from 9 a m.
physiology is the most common mental
to noon in the OHSU
illness affecting one in five of us over the
Auditorium on the
course of a lifetime. Dramatic
Marquam Hill Campus.
improvements in the treatment of this
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problem have resulted in reduced suffering,
parking, which is free on
and complete remission of symptoms for
weekends. Rreregistration
most patients who seek treatment.
and sign-up are not
Faculty from the OHSU Department of
required Please join us,
Psychiatry will discuss the latest developments
and bring a friend or
in cur understanding of this condition.
fam ily member!
Come join us as they guide us through a tour
of new antidepressant medications,
For more inform ation,
psychotherapy, light and melatonin,
leave a message at
electroconvulsive treatment, transcranial
503 494-0060,
magnetic stimulation, vagal nerve stimulation and
or visit our Web site at
alternative and complementary treatments.
www.0HSUhealth.com
and click on
“Lectures & Events.”
SATURDAY, JAN. 4, 2003
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9 a m. to noon, OHSU A u d ito rium
www.OHSUhealth.com
Healthy
Talks
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