May 28. 2003 (fife ^Jnrtlanò ©bserüer Page BS B U S IN E S S d ir e c to r y Ricky Martin is Back with New Album (AP)— Ricky Martin is back with a new album he hopes will sway those who wrote him off as a one-hit wonder. Martin’s 1999 smash hit, “Livin' La Vida Loca" sold 15 millions copies worldwide, but his 2000 follow up, “Sound Loaded" dropped to 4 million. His latest, “Alm as del Silencio” (Souls of Silence), hits stores Tuesday. It’s the first Spanish-language album for Martin, 31, in five years. It’s also more introspective than much of his recent work. “I really needed to go back to my focus, to my center, to the beginning,” said Martin, who got his start 20 years ago as a child star in the Puerto Rican teen group Menudo. “I had the need to search within, and really dig deep, and find those emotions that, because of the adrenaline and the euphoria that I lived for a couple o f years, were prob ably sabotaged.” Asfor“Livin’ La Vida Loca,” Martin said he doesn’t miss it at all: “I lived it. I loved it. But it’s the past.” AFFORDABLE FULL LOCKSMITH - SERVICE • RE-KEY AND INSTALL LOCKS LOCKED OUT?-WE MAKE KEYS FROM SCRATCH HOUSE, OFFICE OR CAR TWo L o c a t io n s : P o r t la n d O r e g o n C ity Mariah Linden Broker Cellular 503 309-8778 Office 503 254-0100 Fax 503 252-6366 I ■ 1 regon '*WMI M ichael E. Harper, Sr. Agent 9045 SW Barbur, Suite 109 Portland, OR 972I9 (503)221-3050 FAX: (503)227-8757 STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES HOME OFFICES: BLOOMINGTON. ILLINO IS 24 H our G ood N eighbor Service® VKifpatatcfc’s 3Jats and ^Accessories < cA ttie Petróleos Mexicanos to Invest in Oil Refinery abroad and reim porting the finished petroleum products. Pem ex w ill begin seeking ten ders for the refinery upgrade at the end o f this month. W ork is expected to start in O ctober, and com pletion is slated for D ecem ber 2007. T he expansion at M inatitlan, in southeastern M exico, calls for the con stn ictio n o f nine new plants. The p roject w ill raise the refin ery ’s capacity for p rocessing crude oil to 350,000 barrels a day from 200,000 barrels a day at present. Processing o fheavy M aya crude, w hich accounts for 70 percent o f P em ex ’s production, w ill increase to 60 percent from 32 percent now , sa id Ju an B u en o , the h ead o f P em ex ’s refining unit. O nce com pleted, M inatitlan will in crease g asoline production to 150,000 barrels per day from 57,000 barrels daily. R eligion cKitpatAicb - <Q*owit CunM Piane: 5 0 3 233-3565 ■ Í7ar: 5 0 3 - 2 3 9 3 3 4 0 40/ A'-C Afosen, Sudd • Poultand Citcqon 972II Lose up to 2-8 lbs Every week! Call Now! (866) 637-3607 OFF.: ( 5 0 3 )2 8 6 -1 1 0 3 STATE FARM Biblical Perspective on Health, Hope and Healing D r . R ick L ee T he four references to co m m ands in regard to “ leaven,” w hich causes ferm entation, are; Leviticus 2 :1 1 and E xodus 13:6,7 - leavens (yeast cau ses ferm en tatio n ) not a c c e p te d fo r sa c rific e ; E x o d u s 12:15,20, and Exodus 13:6,7 -L eav ens forbidden in houses durin g sacred w eek before the feast o f the Passover, w hich w as held on the seventh day. A lso, the B ible te ll’s us that the great m en o f G od did not use alco hol but abstained from the use o f it; E noch, N oah, D aniel and the three H ebrew boys, Elijah, John the Bap tist, Jesus, the N azarites, A aron, the priest (pastors o f today) Samuel by and m any others. U ntil the disco v ery o f the p ro cess o f d istillation o f w ine, circa 1500 A D , the w ord w ine w as used to designate fruit ju ices - “new o r sw eet” w hen p r e s e r v e d , “ o ld o r s tro n g ” w h en fe r m ented. T he context, o r history indicates w hich is m eant. W hile only a few o f the several refer ences to drink and drink ing are cited in this study, there are m any m o re in G o d ’s H oly W ord, w hich is o u r Basic Instructions B efore L eaving Earth (B IB L E ). I w ant to en co u rag e you to study the B ible and help yo u r fel low man and be ready to m eet Him. In regards to o ur health, let us see w hat the B ible says in this book o f ‘Basic Instructions B efore Leav 4L Memorial Planned forCassondra Brown The life o f slain Portland C o m m unity C ollege student and north P o r tla n d r e s id e n t C a s s o n d r a “C assie" Brown will be remembered with a mem orial service at 5:30 p.m. on M onday, June 2 at the PCC C ascade C am pus. The event will take place in the Borthw ick Mall betw een the Stu dent Services and Student Center buildings. The mem orial will start with a tree planting cerem ony in her honor, followed by light refreshments an daplayby the Illumination Project on dom estic violence in the dining room o f the Student Center. B row n w as a student enrolled in 10005 SE Stark St Portland Oregon 97216 man ahi i nen «'oregonrealtv. com M RM RM M RO nm NM RN M i Great men of God did not use alcohol 503-284-9582 503-656-2116 Serving P ortland/M etro area (N, NE, SE, SW A NW) Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin per forms in concert in Mexico City. The show is part of a tour promoting his new album”Almas del Silencio." (AP photo) (A P ) — M exican state oil m o nopoly P etróleos M ex ican o s or Pem ex, w ill invest $ 1.63 billion to expand its refinery in M inatitlan, com pany officials said. M exico produces far m ore crude , oil than it can refine, exporting 130,000 barrels a day for refining & LOCK & K EY P C C ’s C olleg e Bound (alternative high school) program and w ould havereceivedherdiplom a this June. She w as interested in m yths and legends o f all cultures, w orld his tory, the en v iro n m en t, an im als, spirituality and w o m en ’s issues. H er im m ediate goals w ere to co m plete her high school education, earn an asso c ia te 's degree at PCC and then contin u e her studies at P ortland State U niversity to obtain a b ach elo r’s degree. B r o w n ’s b o d y w a s fo u n d dum ped in the W illam ette River. H er boyfriend w as charged w ith the m urder. ing E arth." T he B ible m ak es it very clear that the hum an body is the tem ple - dw elling place fo rth e Holy S p irito fG o d (l C o r.6 :1 9 ; I C o r.3 : l6 ,I7 ;2 C o r.6 :1 6 ). It is a scientific fact that al c o h o l d e s tr o y s th e brain, liver and other c e ll s o f th e b o d y . H ealth o r disease be- ginsat thecellular level. W hen w e drink alco hol, w e are destroying o u r foundation o f life itself( Psalm s 11:3). W e know and understand that it is “through the frontal lobes and cortex o f the brain are the in strum entality through w hich the spirit o f G od speaks to the soul o f m an.” Even sm all am o u n ts o f alco hol affects first the nervous sys tem . benum bing the m ind, causing th e loss o f spiritual perception. D uring pregnancy, if alcohol is consum ed, an expecting m other risks the possibi lity o fb irth defects to her unborn fetus. W ith all the scientific data available co ncern ing the affects o f alcohol on the hum an body, and the spiritual af fect o f G o d ’s im age defaced in the character o f His children, do w e really believe G od condones the use o f alcohol or are we slaves to appetite, passions and desires. To be continued next week. 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