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I walk in to my house, turn on all the lights and still cannot make it
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Is a tight that is very close to the light nature created Early man
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Ibrahim Mubarak, the duke o f Dignity Village, came out to protest a war on Iraq with other residents o f Portland's homeless en
campment. Thousands o f peaceful protestors gathered In the south park blocks and marched in a circle around downtown chanting
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“Where there is no vision. The People perish. ”
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Peace Rally Draws Thousands
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Richard A rm entrout came with
daughter Anne-Marie. Armentrout
has labored as a relief worker in
developing countries and thinks
American foreign policy is far too
aggressive.
“ It is important we make a state
ment to the world as well as our own
governm ent," he said. “ I believe in
the power o f the rally."
Marchers gathered in the south
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park blocks around noon. The crowd fense o f the President's aggressive 30,000marched in Washington D.C.
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N ieholas Post was among many
marchers returned from the loop
"W e're here basically for the parents who brought their children
through downtown, others were peopleoflraq and North Korea,” he to the dem onstration. He and son
just beginning.
said. "T heir people suffer every David together held a sign that
A simple chant o f "Peace, not day because o f our inaction."
simply read - N ever War.
w ar," could be heard am ong drum
He cited those countries own
“ It's his future that is open to
ming, supportive cheering and anti leaders as the real instigators o f change," Post said o f his son, now
w ar singing. Sidewalks became war.
5. " It's all about the America that
thick with supporters that choose
"W ith guys like this, war is the we leave for our children.”
to watch rather than walk.
right thing to do,” he said.
Alex llica was am ong a handful
The rally was tim ed with other
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Is a ch ild in d a n g e r? W hat
e v id e n c e is at h an d ? C an the
ch ild be left in the* h o m e? O r
sh o u ld the S tate o f O reg o n in
te rv e n e ?
“ It is a v o la tile , high p re s
su re , c o n tro v e rsia l p o sitio n to
be in ," she said.
T oran step p ed dow n from the
p o st in 1999, a fte r a fiv e -y e a r
run - the lo n g est in sta te h is
to ry . L ike m any b efo re h er, her
te n u re w as rack ed by c o n tro
v ersy and n ear co n sta n t m edia
a tte n tio n .
T o ra n 's p o sitio n d em an d e d
sh e w alk a fin e line. D ecisio n s
had to be m ad e d e lib e ra te ly and
d e lic a te ly . T he w ro n g d e c isio n
c o u ld c a u se an u p ro a r, so m e
th in g she d is c o v e re d early in
h er te n u re , w hen fiv e c h ild ren
w ere rem o v ed from the hom e o f
a c o u p le w ho im m e d ia te ly c o n
ta c te d th e p ress.
It w as re p o rte d th at the c h il
d ren w ere tak en a fte r o n e ch ild
w as sp an k ed . T oran cau g h t flak
from m any d ire c tio n s. S he w as
c ritic iz e d by the sta te le g is la
tu re an d in th e p ress.
But sh e w e a th e re d the storm .
S he c re d its th e ste a d y su p p o rt
o f G o v . K itz h a b e r and a stead y
flow o f p o sitiv e le tte rs from the
com m unity.
“ Y ou can s u r v iv e c o n tr o
v e rs y ,” she said .
T o ran not o n ly m ain ta in e d
h er c o m p o su re , but she su c
ce ssfu lly lobbied the state body
for a d d itio n a l re so u rc e s.
In 1997, the le g is la tu re a p
p ro v ed a 2 I p e rc e n t in c re a se in
the a g e n c y 's b u d g et. T w o years
la te r a 19 p e rc e n t in c re a se w as
a p p ro v e d .
"I felt the five years I w as there
w ere successful for the agency,"
she said, "I felt like I had done
w hat I w as supposed to do and it
w as tim e to m ove o n .”
In addition to her role as P resi
dent o f V OA , T oran has co n tin
ued to stay active in the political
process. She cam paigned tire
lessly for the C h ild re n 's In itia
tive, w hich w ill provide funding
for an expansion o f p revention-
based services.
“ T his is one o f the best things
that has happened for kids in a
long tim e," she said. “ W e'll be
able to intervene early enough to
help the parents, and keep these
kids safe."
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