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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
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- 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.
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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
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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
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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
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Iraq bioweapons
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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
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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.
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“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
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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.
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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
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