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Firing Ruled Unjust
(A P ) — A federal ju ry has
aw arded $332,251 to a form er O r
egon State U niversity em ployee
w ho said his contract w as not re
new ed in retaliation for his claim s o f
rac ial discrim ination.
The all-w hite ju ry deliberated
three hours after a three-day trial
before aw arding the m oney Friday
to R obert I. B row n, 63, w ho is
black, for lost w ages and com pen
satory dam ages. Jurors rejected a
claim that his em ploym ent con
tract w as not renew ed because o f
his race but decided the univer
sity had u n law fu lly retaliated
against him because o f his racial
discrim ination com plaints.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Tri-County M etropolitan Transportation D istrict o f Oregon
(TriMet) is offering the public an opportunity to com m ent on its
plan for FY2004 federal transit funding. TriMet will hold a public
hearing on Monday, September 8, 2 0 0 3 at 2 pm in Conference
Rooms A & B at 401 2 SE 17th Avenue, Portland, OR 9 7 2 0 2 . The
purpose of the hearing will be to discuss capital projects for which
TriMet plans to seek FY2004 funding from the Federal Transit
Administration.
In FY2004, TriMet estimates that it will be eligible for the following
programs:
Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Program
$ 2 6 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 - $ 3 2 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0
Section 5 307 Surface Transportation Program (STP)
$ 6 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
Section 5 3 0 7 Congestion, Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ)
$ 3 ,1 0 0 ,0 0 0
Section 3 0 3 7 Job Access and Reverse Commutes
3 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
Section 5 3 0 9 Fixed Guideway Modernization (Rail Mod) $ 5 ,3 0 0 ,0 0 0
Section 5 3 0 9 New Starts (Wilsonville to Beaverton Commuter Rail)
$ 1 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
Section 5 3 0 9 New Starts ( Interstate MAX)
TOTAL
$ 1 1 7 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
$ 1 7 8 ,4 0 0 ,0 0 0 $ 1 8 4 ,9 0 0 ,0 0 0
August 27, 2003
Bush Rolls Past North Portland Protesters
Confrontations
rare with riot-
clad police
( A P) — T housands o f boister
ous but generally orderly protest
ers angered by a range o f Bush
adm inistration policies jeered the
presidential m otorcade Thursday
as it rolled into the gated U niversity
o f Portland cam pus for a S2,000-a-
plate fund-raising lunch.
“How many children could $2,000
feed?” read one p ro tester’s sign.
M arch organizers estim ated the
crow d at about 3,500 protesters.
The Portland Police B ureau said
ten people w ere arrested on charges
o f disorderly conduct, failure to
disperse, interfering w ith a police
officer and resisting arrest.
Protesters burned at least one
A m erican flag.
There w ere no m assive confron
tations w ith the scores o f black-
clad police from six agencies in riot
gear, a m arked difference from
B ush ’ s visit to Portland last year to
raise cam paign m oney for O regon’s
R epublican Sen. G ordon Smith.
On that occasion police used
tear gas and non-lethal bullets to
disperse dem onstrators in dow n-
Portland police arrest a protester outside the University of Portland campus Thursday where
President Bush was raising $1 million for his re-election campaign. (AP photo)
tow n Portland.
M arch organizers said police
approached dem onstrators in C o
lum bia Park after the m arch, took
one w om an into the street and pep
per-sprayed several people who
tried to interfere.
“I ’ve n ev er been to a protest
b e fo re in m y life ,” sa id Jo el
Spinhirne, o f Hood R iver, w ho op
poses Bush. “I ’m ju st an ordinary
m iddle-class guy, but things are killed your Iraqi honor student.”
happening in an outrageous fash A nother said, “Somewhere in Texas
ion. I read the paper, I w atch the a village is m issing its idiot.”
“ I ’m m ad and I’m em barrassed.
evening new s, and 1 ju st had to be
W e ju st need to m ake clear that
here.”
P r o te s te r s m a r c h e d d o w n w e ’re not all supportive o f this re
W illam ette B oulevard to the cam gim e and w hat it’s doing,” said
pus as police, som e on horses, som e protester Jennifer M urdock, ofPort-
on foot or on bicycles, looked on. land, w ho w as there with her 2-
Som e w ore B ush m asks. O ne year-old daughter. M urdock said
sign read: “ M y A pache helicopter she opposes the w ar in Iraq.
The proposed Program of Projects is:
Fund
Match
Federal
Total
$ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0
$ 3 7 5 ,0 0 0
5 3 0 7 20 .00 %
Martian Opposition
$ 3 6 ,6 2 5 ,0 0 0
5 3 0 7 20 .00 %
Spectacular view of the Red Planet
$ 6 ,6 2 5 ,0 0 0
5 3 0 7 20.00%
$ 3 ,6 2 5 ,0 0 0
5 3 0 9 2 0 .00%
$ 6 ,6 8 6 ,7 2 7
STP 10.27%
Transit Tracker Project
Bus Preventive Maintenance
$ 2 9 ,3 0 0 ,0 0 0
Rail Preventive Maintenance
$ 2 ,9 0 0 ,0 0 0
Rail Preventive Maintenance
$ 5 ,3 0 0 ,0 0 0
Rail Preventive Maintenance
$ 6 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
Rail Preventive Maintenance Total:
$14,200,000 $16,936,727
Job Access & Reverse Commute
$ 3 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
$ 6 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
3037
50.00%
Transit Development Program
$ 2 ,1 0 0 ,0 0 0
$ 7 8 0 ,1 1 8
CMAQ 10.27%
$ 2 ,6 7 4 ,6 9 1
CMAQ 10.27%
$ 3 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
5309N S 40 .00 %
$ 1 1 7 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 $ 1 4 6 ,8 7 4 ,2 1 5
5309N S 20.34%
Region 2 0 4 0 Initiatives/TM A/TDM
$ 1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
Wilsonville to Beaverton Commuter Rail
$ 1 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
Interstate MAX Project
TOTAL
$ 1 8 4 ,9 0 0 ,0 0 0 $ 2 4 0 ,2 6 5 ,7 5 1
This table shows the plan for the maximum expected amount. If less funding
is available, the federal Involvement in these projects will be reduced.
Transit Tracker: “ real tim e ” displays showing when the next bus or
train will arrive at about 4 0 bus shelters and rail platforms.
is Preventive M aintenance: partial funding of TriM et’s bus
m aintenance costs for FY2004.
Rail Preventive M aintenance: partial funding o f TriM et’s rail
m aintenance costs fo r FY2004.
lo b A cce ss& Beverse. Commute: funding for sixth year of program.
IcansaQttatiQn_Deyelopmen.t Program: bus replacem ent, bus
shelters, stream line treatments.
gion 2Q4Q Initiatives/TMA/TDM: TriMet administers these funds
and contracts with groups such as transportation management
associations to expand the core TDM program to focus on areas of
regional significance (such as regional centers, industrial areas
and the central city) in the Region 2 0 4 0 Plan.
Isonville to Beaverton Commuter Rail: funding to complete final
design.
Interstate MAX Project: funding to support the next phase of
construction of the project.
Mars will put on a special show in
late sum mer, and the O regon M u
seum o f Science and Industry will
sponsor a special sky w atch party
for the event. OM SI will join the local
astronom y groups for a special Mars
Viewing Party, Saturday, Aug. 23
from 8:30 p.m. to m idnight.
M ars will not only be in direct
alignm ent w ith the sun
and Earth, an o ccur
rence referred to as
the M artian O p
position, but it
w ill a ls o be
closer to Earth I
th a n h u m a n - |
kind has ever
seen.
“ T h a t’s b e
cause o f the p lan
e ts ’ elliptical orbits,’’
said Jim T o d d , O M S I
M urdock P lanetarium m anager.
“They do not orbit in perfect circles,
so it takes 60,000 years for Earth
and M ars to m eet up at their closest
possible point,” he said.
The M artian Opposition will take
place during the last w eek o f A u
gust and the first w eek o f S eptem
ber, w ith the closest approach o c
curring on W ednesday. Aug. 27.
T he opposition happens w hen the
p lan ets’ orbits place M ars at the
outer end o f the alignm ent, w ith the
sun at the other end and Earth in the
m iddle. W hen view ed from Earth,
M ars appears in nearly the exact
opposite direction from the sun,
m eaning that M ars is highest in the
sky at m idnight w hen the sun is at
its low est below the horizon.
Todd said that because Mars will
be fully illuminated by the
sun, it will berelati vely
easy to make out
features on its
surface with a
large telescope,
such as those
available at the
M ars Viewing
Party.
“Mars will ap
pear exceptionally
bright, and its orange
color w ill be rather co n
spicuous, no m atter w hether you
see it from a rem ote area o r a bright
city,” he said, “but to see its m oun
tains, valleys and other terrain,
y o u ’ll need the aid o f a pow erful
telesco p e.”
V olunteers w ill set up several
telescopes for the M ars V iew ing
Party, and Todd will present infor
m al talks throughout the evening.
For m ore inform ation, call 503-
797-4610.
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Portland Observer Publisher Chief Charles Washington (from
left), City Commissioner Jim Francesconi, his wife, and Korean-
American and north and northeast Portland businessman Jack
Chung gather for Chung's grand opening of the Interstate Bar
and Grill, formerly the Shamrock Restaurant on Interstate
Avenue and Skidmore Street.
Dean Promises Jobs
(A P ) — D em ocratic
days after President Bush
p re s id e n tia l c a n d id a te
visited P ortland to raise
H ow ard Dean prom ised
$1 m illion in cam paign
to create jo b s and con
money.
dem ned President B ush’s
T he tim ing o f D e a n ’s
environm ental policies at
trip underscored the close
Democratic
a rally in dow ntow n Port
political balance in O r
presidential
land on Sunday.
egon. Bush barely lost O r
candidate
W e need a president
egon to Democrat AI Oorq
Howard Dean
w ho cares about jo b s and
in the 2000 election, and
infrastructure, not about tax cuts the state is thought to be com peti
tive in 2004.
for the w ealthy,” D ean said.
The former Vermont governor’s
D ean condem ned the B u sh ’l
four-day, 10-city “ Sleepless S um H ealthy Forest Initiative, w hich th^
m er T our” cam e to O regon three president prom oted during his visit.
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40 Years Later, i
King’s Words
Remembered
African American
Health Coalition, Inc.
In FY2OO3, TriMet also became eligible for the following programs:
Section 5 3 0 9 Bus-Related Allocation
$ 2 ,9 1 6 ,0 8 7
Section 5 3 0 7 Surface Transportation Program (STP)
$ 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0
Section 5307 Surface Transportation Program (STP)
$
4 6 0 ,0 0 0
Section 5 3 0 7 Surface Transportation Program (STP)
$
4 8 5 ,3 2 9
Section 5 3 0 7 Congestion, Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) $
161 ,8 8 1
Section 5307 Congestion, Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) S
4 0 ,0 0 0
TOTAL
1st Annual
Total
Fund
^ 4
8^
$ 5 ,5 6 3 ,2 9 7
The Program of Projects was:
Federal
I
Martin Luther ;
King Jr. ad
dresses
marchers during
his historic
speech in
Washington,
D.C., on Aug.
28, 1963.
t o
Match
f.l
IHB
Rad Preventive Maintenance (STP)
$ 2 ,4 4 5 ,3 2 9
$ 2 ,7 2 5 ,2 0 8
STP
10.27%
Bus Purchase (CMAQ) $ 2 0 1 ,8 8 1
$ 2 2 4 ,9 8 7
CMAQ
10.27%
$ 2 .9 1 6 ,0 8 7
$ 3 .6 4 5 ,1 0 9
5309
20 .00 %
$ 5 ,5 6 3 ,2 9 7
$ 6 ,5 9 5 ,3 0 4
South Corridor PE (Section 5 3 0 9)
TOTAL
All projects have been selected through TriMet’s planning process,
which incorporates public involvement, and are included in the
M etropolitan and State Transportation Improvement Programs.
These p ro je c ts c o n fo rm to c o m p re h e n s iv e la n d use and
transportation planning in the area. The Wilsonville to Beaverton
Commuter Rail Project will displace tw o business properties on
SW Lombard north of Canyon Road, and potentially one business
property in the Washington Square area.
At the public hearing TriMet will give interested persons or agencies
th e o p p o rtu n ity to c o m m e n t on th e social, econom ic, and
environm ental impact o f the projects. Comments may also be
subm itted to TriMet's Finance Administrator as described above.
TriMet will provide a sign language interpreter for anyone who
requests it at least 4 8 hours before the hearing by calling 503-
9 6 2-4831 or TDD 5 0 3 -9 6 2 5811, Monday through Friday, 8 :0 0
am to 5 :0 0 pm.
September 6.2003
Jota os for Ibo 1st Anooal WoHeots WHhin
RtACN Walk Sot. September 4, I M 1 I
Wolk the l.S or 4-milo w a r»».
The walk begins at 9:00 a.ak
Othor event activities bafta at 8:00 a.m.
Ftr Mre WMmflM
For atoro information abaaf participation or to
volunteer contact
tho African Amerissa Health Coalition, tac. at
S 0 1 -4 1 I-1 IM , t
HiioM|»aabc-parilaad.org
If you want information regarding the Program of Projects detailed
above, contact TriMet’s Finance Administrator as described above.
Any am endm ent to any program will be duly advertised to the
public.
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(A P ) — U nder a bright blue sky,
about 1,000 people gathered S atur
day in front o f the granite steps o f
the Lincoln M em orial to celebrate
M artin Luther K ing Jr. ’s “I H ave a
D ream ” speech, delivered at the
sam e spot four decades earlier.
The event drew people w ho rem i
nisced about the civil rights leader’s
w onts
the highlight o f the Aug.
28 ,1 9 6 3 , M arch on W ashington —
as w ell as protesters angry about
econom ic and health care policies
that they said disenfranchised the
poor and m inorities.
“T he focus o f that day w as 3
prom ise, the prom ise o f equal pro-;
tection under the law for all citizens,
the prom ise o f equal access to edu
cation,” Jesse Jackson said in an
interview on the M all. “The p ro m
ises o f evening the playing field
have been broken.”
Som e people waiting for the rally
waved American flags while others
carried placards with the peace sym
bol and protested the w ar in Iraq.
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