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(Elje JJnrtlanb (Dbsm ier Page A8 July 09. 2003 (O b itu a r ie s C Grandmother Remembered continued Audrey Mae Pryce A funeral w as held at the New Jerusalem Full G ospel Baptist C hurch in Portland on June 28, 2003 for A udrey Mae Pryce. She died June 22 at age 68. She was bom Nov. 15,1934, in Baton Rouge, La. A hom em aker, she m oved to Portland in about 1959. In 1952, she m arried W illie; he died in 1963. Surv ivors include her daughters, M ary Pryce and Barbara W ells; sons, K enneth Jam es, Larry Pryce, Raphiel Jam es and Kevin Jam es; sister, Eunice Ryles; 27 grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Rem em brances to the Portland Rescue M ission. ! Longtime Resident Dies at 76 George Belgrave A funeral was held last m onth in C ornerstone Com m unity Church in Portland for G eorge Belgrave w ho died June 19 at age 76. B elgrave was bom Sept. 6, 1926, in British Guiana. He im m i grated to Portland in 1948 and w as a m achinist for K ay M anufac turing and a driver for Hertz car rental. He w as a longtim e m em ber o f the church. In 1950, he m arried M ary 1. M atthews. S urvivors include his wife; sons, M alcolm M atthew s, Carl M atthew s and N orm an M atthew s; daughters, D eborah Belgrave and Jacqueline Belgrave; 17grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchil dren. Rem em brances to the C ornerstone church. Plan to Protect Amazon (A P )— Brazil announced mea sures to fight Amazon deforesta tion, days after researchers warned that development projects were destroying the rain forest at an in creasing rate. Environment Minister Marina Silva said the government would give Brazil’senvironmental protec tion agency Ibama $7 million to help it crack down on illegal deforesta tion by loggers and farmers. The government also will create a working group with the participa- tion o f 11 ministries, among them Agriculture, Science and Technol ogy, Transport and Defense, to develop effective long-term mea sures to stop deforestation. The government is requiring that The Amazon Forest in the Amazon River basin which covers half of South America is being purposefully cut and burned down. all infrastructure and land reform projects take environmental as pects into account to avoid further deforestation, said Ciro Gomes, minister o f national Integration. Expertssay 16percentofBrazil’s 1.6 million square miles o f Amazon rain forest have been destroyed. Many scientists believe the destruc tion is accelerating global warming. Sea Creature Found in Chili Two scientists measure a rare, giant octopus found dead on a beach in Los Muermos, Chile on June 29. The 39-foot-long carcass weighs about 13 tons. Elsa Cabrera, of the Cetacean Conservation Center, took samples of the creature to send to Italy, France and the United States to deter mine its species. Christian workers fo r fello w sh ip 6401 N.E. 10lh Avenue Portland, Oregon 97211 Services Sunday School Morning Worship Evening Worship Weds Bible Study 9:45 A.M. 11:30 A.M. 7:00P.M. 7:00P.M. “Where there is no vision, The People perish. ” For more information please call (503) 284-5171 Everyone's Welcome.... BRIGI HT STAR m in : C hurch o Oregon First Jurisdictior Prelate - Bishop A.R. Hopkins Sr. shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. Daniel 12:3v. Pastor Elder J.W. Friday Get Up and let us worship the Lord together. We go a long way back, ler» go the last mile ot the way together. Service Time "Early Riser Worship Service" Sunday Morning 7:45 A.M, to 9:45 A.M. Mexican Election Crosses Border o f the Democratic Revolution, or PRD in Spanish. Medina is one o f six U.S. resi dents seeking a seat in, M exico’s lower house o f Congress in July’s midterm election. A Los Angeles (AP)- Standing before a packed labor organizer who came to the room decorated with his party’s United States 30 years ago, he is brightly colored signs, congres eligible to hold office in Mexico sional candidate Jose Jacques because that nation considers him Medina implores the crowd to give a citizen. He was bom in Mexico him its support in next m onth’s City in the regional district he hopes to represent. election. It’s just another campaign stop, Mexican voters w on’t directly except that the election is hundreds vote for Medina and the other immi o f miles away in another country — grant candidates, who are running M exico— and the yel low and black for 200 al-large seats under a pro signs adorning the restaurant’s portional representation system. walls bear the emblem o f the Party Instead, their names appear on five U S candidate seeks seat in Mexican Congress regional lists compiled by the po litical parties in order ofpreference. The party’s share o f the vote deter mines how many candidates are selected from each list. Medina pledged he would bring im m igrants’ concerns to the M exi can Congress. There are about 9.1 million Mexican-born residents o f the United States, including citi zens o f both countries. “ W e d o n ’t h av e o u r ow n voices," Medina told the crowd, a mix o f recent immigrants and long time residents, all taking a break from theirjobs in theCentral Valley’s fields, construction sites and ser vice industry. “There’s no repre sentation." Dropout Rate Higher for Immigrants (AP) — Hispanics in their late teens bom outside the United States are more than twice as likely to drop out o f high school as U.S.- bom Latinos, according to a recent Thursday Night Bible Study 7:00 P.M. For Information Call: (503) 202-7560 brightstarministries@hotmail.com analysis o f census data. Nearly 34 percent o f Hispanic immigrantsage lóto 19didnotgradu- ateor were not enrolled in high school in 20(K), the Pew Hispanic Center AFFORDABLE Service Location: 6401 NE 10th Avenue (Corner of NE 10th and Highland) « JJ LO CK & KEY FULL LOCKSMITH - SERVICE • RE-KEY AND INSTALL LOCKS LOCKED 0UT7-W E MAKE KEYS FROM SCRATCH: HOUSE. OFFICE OR CAR Portland 503.284.9582 • Oregon City 503.656.2116 "Life Is What You Make It Only You Fake It" S e r v in g P o r t l a n d / M e t r o a r e a (N , N E , S E , S W & N W ) H. & B. Too Advertise with diversity /it ^ '’^ J o r t l a n h (B b s c r ii e r call 503.288.0033 NOW OPEN oremail ads'f'portlandobserver.coin Oregon’s Oldest Licensed Pawnshop 4709 N.E. Martin Luther King Blvd. from Metro Everything Old is New The Concordia Neighborhood Association’s 5* Annual Yard Sale is from 9a.m. to4 p.m. Friday, July 25, Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27 between North east 22nd and 42nd Avenues and Prescott Street to Columbia Bou levard. Multiple homes participat ing. Canoe Tours of Northwest Rivers Church of the Living God Pastor and First Lady Rov G. Moxie ni in u n i t y a I e n cl a r g found; unchanged from 1990. Among U.S.-bom Latinos o f the same age group, 14 percent were dropouts in 2000, down from 15 percent a decade earlier. Portland Parks and Recreation will offer trips half-day and full-day trips o f the Tualatin, Columbia and Willamette Rivers all summer long. The quiet and graceful river trips will offer participants to take a close-up look at nature and wild life. They are designed for pad- d lerso fall experience levels. For more information and a complete list ofdates, call 503-823-5132. Summer Camp at the Oregon Zoo Children four years o f age through seventh grade can spend five ex citing days at the zoo learning about various endangered spe cies. The camp, which runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Aug. 29, includes daily lunch breaks and instruction from the zoo's most experienced animal keepers. For more information or to register, call 503-220-2781. Drawing for Enthusiasts Capture the human form by learn ing special drawing techniques from Instructor, Marko Polo -fea turing live models. The drawing class meets Saturdays through A ug.9from 9:30a.m .to 12a.m.in Room 203oftheTerrell Hall Build ing at P o rtlan d C o m m u n ity College’s Cascade Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth. The class costs $105. For more information, call 503-978-5143. Online Adopt-a-Pet The Oregon Humane Society has put a new twist on on-line person als. With just two clicks, those looking for a loving pet can find it with the dog, cat, rabbit or rodent o f their choice by logging on to www.oregonhumane.org. Those interested in pet adoption can serai 1 through photos o f all the pets available for adoption at the north east Portland shelter and read pet profiles that are expanded daily. NAACP Meetings T he P o rtlan d B ranch o f the NAACP will hold two monthly executive committee meetings, one on the second Thursday o f the month and the Thursday be fore the fourth Saturday o f the month. General membership meet ings are held on the fourth Satur day ofeach month. Formore infor mation, call 503-284-7722. Justice Forum to Tackle Barriers cusing on issues o f relevance to the African American community. 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