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5Qé Lifetime of Achievement Halle makes People Magazine's most beautiful list again Community activist earns McCoy Award See story, Metro section, inside See story in Focus, Page B3 « & íSnrtíanb ffimseruer if R ncoc’ City of Roses’ _ ___ Established In 1970 Volume X X X III yyww.portlaridobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity Wednesday • May 07, 2003 Concordia Awards Green Honorary Doctorate Work with youth earns degree for Portland son and NBA star Depleted uranium said safe D epleted uranium used in U.S. w eapons and arm or poses no sig n ific a n t d a n g e r to I r a q ’s people, U.S. mil itary officials said Tuesday. “T here is not really any danger, at least that w e know about, for the p eople o f Iraq,” said Lt. Col. M ichael Sigm on, d eputy surgeon for the U.S. A rm y ’s V C orps. He said ch il dren playing w ith expended tank shells w ould have to eat and then practically suffocate on the depleted uranium residue before any health problem s occurred. A.C. G reen, the form er basketball standout at B enson H igh School and O regon State U niversity w ho becam e one o f the top stars in the N ational B asketball A ssociation, has earned a Doctor ofL aw s degree from C oncordia U niversity. egon State U niversity w ith a degree in in 1988-89 and in 1990 his fans voted T he n o rth east school presented com m unication, he w as the Los A nge him in as a starter in the N BA A ll-Star G reen w ith the honorary degree on les Lakers ’ first-round selection in the G am e. In addition to the Lakers, Green Saturday during the co lleg e’s spring 1985 college draft. He w ent on to b e has played for the Phoenix Suns and com m encem ent cerem ony. com e the first rookie to appear in every D allas M avericks, and on January 15, G reen w as recognized for his dedi gam e since LeR oy Ellis during the 1994, G reen recorded a career-high 35 cation and co m m itm ent to children 1962-63 season. points. and the com m unity as evidenced by D uring the 1986-87 season. G reen Currently G reen owns the N BA Iron his years o f service through his bas m oved into the starting lineup for the M an title for playing in a record 1,192 ketball day cam p and the A.C. G reen final 72 gam es. H e also led the club in straight gam es. F oundation. rebounds that season, w ith an av er O ver the past 17 years, G reen has G reen ’s talents on the court have age 7.6 rebounds per gam e. The N BA returned to his childhood neighbor- long m ade him fam ous am ong basket c o a c h e s s e le c te d G Teen fo r th e ball fans. A fter graduating from O r leag u e’s A ll-D efensive Second Team continued on page .46 f I left with a very positive impression. I Malvo confession • admitted - Urban League President Vanessa Gaston on herexperlence as Principal fora Day at Jefferson HlghSchool S n ip e r s u s p e c t L e e B o y d M a lv o ’s la u g h in g co n fe ssio n to tw o o f th e d e a d ly attack s can be used ag a in st him at trial th is fall, a ju d g e ru led T u esd ay in a d ecisio n e x p e rts say g iv es Up Close and Personal p ro se c u to rs a k e y w eap o n in th eir push for a d eath sentence. V irtu ally the e n tire statem en t M alvo gav e to p o lic e N ov. 7 can be ad m itte d as e v id en c e, C irc u it Ju d g e J a n e M aru m R oush ru led o v e r d e fe n se o b je c tio n s th at M alv o w as d e n ied acc e ss to a law y er. 1 y w ere ev a c u a te d fro m th e te r m in als at K ansas C ity ’s m ain airp o rt an d g iv en sh e lte r in tu n n e ls. y ... S 1 . c; V &)■<> o • » 5/j - A, , pmotoby R on W ashincton /T he P ortland O bserver Urban League of Portland President Vanessa Gaston works beside Jefferson High School students while serving as Principal for a Day. Gaston was one o f more than 80 business and civic leaders that participated in a program designed to engage business and civic leaders in the challenges faced by the city's schools. Civic leaders see challenges faced by local schools Tape Shows Exhausted, Confused Saddam o 8 m erce m ean s the P ortland B usiness Alliance, apow erful group o f dow ntow n b u s in e s s o w n e rs, w o u ld lo o s e th e contract it has held for the last 20 years. T h is is lo n g African American overdue,” Roy Jay, Chamber of president o f the A f Commerce , ric a n A m e ric a n President C ham ber o f C om Roy Jay merce, told the Port land O bserver Tuesday. "W e are m aking history. T his is the first tim e peo p l« ji< i color have been involved in som ething o f ' this m agnitude.” W hen the city m ade a request for pro t posais to operate the parking garages in January, five proposals w ere subm itted. O f those five, only tw o The Portland B usiness A lliance’s and S tar Park - w ere for full serv iceo fall aspects o f day-to-day garage m anagem ent. An evaluation com m ittee c o n sistin g o f various local citizens and city officials review ed the proposals, interview ed the subm itters and then scored the proposals. The m inority proposal re c e iv e d a 9 l .4 out o f 100 com pared to The Portland Business A lliance’s score o f 8 8 .1. O f the five categories for w hich the proposals w ere scored, The Portland Busi ness A lliance scored higher on one sta ff k'/L 'f C o alitio n forces hav e cap tu red o ne o f Ira q ’s to p b io lo g ic a l w e a p o n s s c ie n tis ts , d e fe n se o ffic ia ls said M o n d ay . H uda S alih M ahdi A m m ash , am o n g the 55th m ost w an ted m em b er o f S ad d am H u sse in ’s fallen regim e, w as taken into cu sto d y on S u n d ay , a D efen se D e p a rt m e n t o ffic ia l said . H e had no o th e r d e ta ils a b o u t h er d e te n tion. In w h a t is p u rp o rte d to be his last k n o w n w a rtim e sp e e c h , a v id eo n e v e r b efo re te lev ised , sh o w s S ad d am H u ssein a p p e a rin g e x h a u ste d , at tim es c o n fu se d an d se e m in g ly re sig n e d to d efeat, b u t he tells Iraq is that G od, so m eh o w , w ill h elp them expel the A m erican - B ritish o c cu p ie rs. “ T h e fa ith ful w ill be v ic to rio u s o v e r the sin n e rs, re g a rd le ss o f the d u ra tio n o f th e stru g g le an d the fo rm s it m ig h t ta k e ,” S ad d am says. W ith p a tie n c e , th e “o r d e a l” can be o v e rc o m e , he say s, and the in v a d e rs d riv en from Iraq. Recommendation called ‘history making’ for people of color V Iraq bioweapons scientist captured • - Minority Group Wins Parking Bid A group o f m inority cham bers o f co m m erce, in association w ith Star Park, will take over m anagem ent o f six city-ow ned dow ntow n Smart Park garages if a recom m endation m ade M onday is approved by the C ity C ouncil on M ay 21. A w arding the $ 1.2 m illion contract to Star Park i n al I lance wi th the A frican Ameri - can, H ispanic M etropolitan and P hilip p in e A m e ric a n . 1 • cham bers o f c o m Midwestern tornadoes kill at least 32 S w arm s o f v io len t th u n d e r sto rm s an d to rn a d o e s c rash ed th ro u g h the n a tio n ’s m id se c tio n , k illin g at least 32 p eo p le in K ansas, M isso u ri an d T e n nessee. E ight peo p le w ere m iss ing. H o u ses ac ro ss th e reg io n w ere blow n a p a rt by S u n d a y ’s sto rm s, tre e s w e re u p ro o ted and p o w e r lin es an d o th e r d e b ris b lo ck ed ro ad s. T ra v e le rs A.C. Green C om m unity leaders w alked the w alk last w eek w hen they served as “ P rinci pals fo ra D ay"at Portland Public Schools. V anessa G aston, p resid en t o f the U rban League o f Portland w ore her prin cipal hat at Jefferson H igh School. I L íjafW '’ { ' In ** J a 'M ' “T h ey h av e so m e w o rk lo do at Jefferson, but I left w ith a very positive im pression,” she said. Daniel B em stine, p resid eti’ o f Port land State University, ran R oosevelt High School in north Portland for the day. Roosevelt recently partnered with PSU to help its students realize their higher ed u catio n d ream s. S tu d en ts m eeting P S U ’s entrance requirem ents will au to m atically receive $1,000 scholarships, renew able for three additional years if continued on page A3 continued yf on page A 6 D ed ica tio n to E ducation Humboldt principal honored with prestigious $25,000 award nbolt Elementary principle Judy ant was one o f 50 schoolteachers 1 administrators in the nation this u that received the Milken Family jndation award for excellence in ucation. they m aintain full-tim e status and a m ini m um 2.0 grade point average. In a study last fall, data indicated that R oosevelt had the low est percentage o f high school g rad u ates atten d in g the state’s pubic universities. “ R oosevelt H igh School has a high proportion o f first generation and low- incom e students. T hese are students w ho will be supported by this program ,” said s t a n d in g e d u c a t o r s a c r o s s th e n a tio n - sh e c o u ld n ’t b e lie v e w h a t sh e h e a rd . “ I didn 't know I got to keep the m oney,” B ryant said. “ I thought the m oney w as for the school - 1 d id n ’t know it w as for m e.” W hen the re a lity set in fo r B ryant, w ho is cre d ite d tak in g one o f the lo w est p erfo rm in g bv W ynde D ver sch o o ls in O reg o n and g ettin g T he P ortland O bserver H u m b o ld t o n to th e s t a t e 's W h en H u m b o ld t E le m e n “ stro n g sc h o o ls” list in ju s t ta ry S c h o o l P rin c ip a l J u d \ seven y ears, she beg an to th in k B ry a n t fo u n d o u t s h e ’d w o n a b o u t w h a t to d o w ith th e th e p r e s tig io u s M ilk e n F am m oney. ily F o u n d a tio n A w a rd - a Luxury cars, hom e rem odels — Humbolt Elementary $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 g if t g iv e n to o u t and rom antic getaw ays a re n 't in PrincIpalJudyBryant I ’m going to build a church in Africa. First I 'll give unto Cesar and then I'll give unto the Lord. The taxes are Cesar. W i the cards for Bryant, but she m ight take a trip across the A tlan tic. “ I'm going to build a church in A frica," the M aranatha C hurch o f G od m em ber said. “ First I’ll give unto C esar and then I’ II give unto the Lord. T he taxes are C esar.” D eclining to state specifics, Bryant said building a church is her w ay o f giving back - a phi losophy she takes w ith her to w ork each day as she w orks to close the achievem ent gap for her north P ortland elem entary continued on page A3