April 30. 2003
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Steve M arch are sponsoring
the session on Saturday, May
10 from 10 a.m. to noon at the
YM CA Arts Education C en
ter, 6036 S.E. Foster Road.
G ordly, an A frican A m eri
can law m aker, will focus on
revenue.
“ T h e M e a su re 28 Vote
dem onstrated that 46 percent
o f voters are w illing to pay for
the services that O regonians
need and deserve,” G ordly
said. “ M any o f those who
voted ag ain st M 28 w ould
change their vote today. We
need to build from that base
for the good o f all O rego
nians. My m essage is tax re
form and tax restructuring—
Town Hall
Will
Address
Issues
R e p r e s e n ta tiv e s fro m
n ortheast and sou th east P o rt
land in the O reg o n L e g isla
ture are inviting area re si
dents to a tow n hall d isc u s
sion aim ed at b rin in g dow n
the w alls b etw een la w m a k
ers and the public.
Sen. A vel G o rd ly , Rep.
Jackie D ingfelder and Rep.
no w .”
D ingfelder said it’s more
im portant now than ever to
hear from her constituents
because o f the sta te ’s m oney
troubles.
M arch said tow n halls en
able him to shed I ight on com
plex issues and get public
feedback to base his deci
sions in Salem.
“This is the best way for
our bosses to tel I us w hat they
w ant done,” M arch said.
The legislators will answ er
questions about the state bud
get, education, civil rights and
any other subject the con
stituents bring to their atten
tion.
Grant Targets Better Schools
Low-income and minority com
munities will be encouraged to ap
ply for money from a major grant
aimed at raising high school stu
dent achievement.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foun
dation and the Meyer Memorial
Trust announced plans last week
to spend $25 million to start small
high schools and transform large
'. ones across Oregon.
, The investment is intended to
. close the state’s growing achieve
ment gap and better prepare to stu-
. dents for today’s economy. The
effort will target low-income and
minority communities.
"In our econom y, education
equals opportunity,” Tom Vander
Ark, executive director o f the Gates
Foundation’s education programs,
said in a statement. “ Y oungpeople
who attend smaller schools that
provide a rigorous, personalized
education and enable close rela
tionships with adults are more likely
to graduate and continue their edu
cation.”
The plan is to create 10 to 12 new
small high schools and transform
18 to 20 existing large schools —
defined as more than 800 students
into smaller ones.
“This program helps those stu-
dents that are discouraged or un
motivated in traditional classroom
settings to make learning their pas
sion and stay in school,” said Doug
Stamm, executive director for the
M eyer trust.
T his sum m er, co m m u n ities
throughout Oregon will get infor
mation about how to apply for the
project. The grants will be awarded
in spring 2004.
Outside agencies will determine
if the new schools are doing a good
job, basing their assessments on
attendance, student achievement,
graduation rates and the number o f
students who go on to college.
Material Witness Charged with Waging War
(A P ) — M a h e r " M ik e
H aw ash, the seventh Portland-
area resident charged with plot
ting to aid al-Q aida and Taliban
forces fighting U.S. soldiers in
, Afghanistan following the 2001
terrorist attacks, appeared in
court Tuesday.
H aw ash, 39, w as charged
M onday o f conspiring to w age
w ar against the U nited States
w ith other terrorism suspects
w h o h ad b e e n p r e v io u s ly
charged — the so-called “ Port
land Six.”
H aw ash has been held in fed
eral custody as a m aterial w it
ness since M arch 20 w ithout
being form ally charged
about 50 o f H aw ash’s friends
and co-w orkers gathered to pro
test w hat they called the unfair
charges against him.
Daniel M oss, a form er design
engineer at Intel h eld a sign that
J u d g e R o b e r t E. J o n e s read: “M ike, W e believe in your
sch ed u led a p re lim in a ry h e a r innocence,”
ing o r arra ig n m e n t hearing for
He said the public hearing
H aw ash on M onday, to be fo l d i d n ’t e ra s e th e fa c t th a t
low ed by a d e te n tio n hearing H awash was held for five w eeks
M ay 8.
in solitary confinem ent without
At a rally outside the hearing, being charged w ith a crime.
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Commissioner Enlists
Local Business Leader
Entrepreneur
named liaison
to development
commission
Portland City C om m issioner
Randy Leonard has appointed
Roy Jay to act as his represen
tative and liaison to the Portland
Developm ent Commission.
Jay, 55, ow ns various busi
ness entities in Portland and has
been a small business ow ner
and entrepreneur for over 30
y ears. He w as the o rig in a l
founder o f O regon B usiness
N etw ork, O regon’s first state
w ide organization representing
sm all business owners.
He is currently President o f
the African Am erican C ham
ber o f C om m erce and O regon
stood the challenges o f business
ow ners and who had actively
prom oted their concerns.”
Jay has served the Regional
In v e s tm e n t
B o a rd
by
M ultnomah County to represent
all business w ithin the county.
He served on the M ayor’s Blue
Ribbon panel on econom ic d e
velopm ent. He has also served
on a num berofboards including
S e lf E nhancem ent, Inc., the
Convention and Visitors Bureau
o f W ashington County and the
Portland Oregon Visitors A sso
ciation.
As liaison for Leonard, Jay will
attend various Portland Develop
Roy Jay
ment Commission meetings and
B usiness Network.
events, making necessary inquir
“ He was the first person that ies o f staff and providing Com
cam e to mind when I decided I missioner Leonard with PDC ac
needed a liaison,” Leonard said. tivity updates and small business
“ I w anted som eone that under- recommendations.
Interest Grows for Salvaged Theater Seats
A north Portland security guard is
getting lotsoficalls about his382historic
theater seats, but he wants people to
know they 're not free.
Herb Jenkins, a security guard for
the Falcon A partm ents, salvaged the
seats front the form er Colonial T he
ater, a landm ark building that stood in
the way o t the expansion o f the Port
land ( ommunity Col lege Cascade Cam
pus.
A story in last w eek ’s edition said
Jenkins was looking fora future use for
the seats. But anyone interested in
obtaining them will have to m ake an
offer. Jenkins said he paid a crew to
rem ove the seats and haul them to
storage.
H e’s looking to recover the cost for
the public good o r profit.
So far. inquires about the seats have
com e from several individuals, a
c h ild ren 's theater group and a county
recreation district.
Jenkins can be reached at 5 0 3 -5 15-
4037.
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Herb Jenkins is looking for a buyer for his salvaged theater
seats from the old Colonial Theatre on North Albina.
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