October 29.2003
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Working to
Resolve Conflicts
c o n tin u e d
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variety o f diverse backgrounds, with 20.1
percent African A m erican, 9.3 Hispanic,
65 C aucasian and 2 percent A sian/Na-
ti ve A m erican or other. The organization
is recruiting new volunteers this fall.
In celebration of M ediation M onth,
the agency is participating in tw o m ajor
conferences, the Peacem akers Sum m it
for m iddle and high school students on
Nov. 18 at the O regon C onvention C en
te r a n d th e O re g o n M e d ia tio n
A ssociation’s Fall C onference W eekend
at the G reenw ood Inn in Beaverton on
Nov. 7 and 8.
The sum m it is for students, faculty,
peer m ediators and "all school personnel
interested in m aking peace and lasting
change, and resolving conflicts nonvio-
lently,” said Bell.
O rganizers expect about 800 partici
pants from all over the state.
R esolutions N orthw est is also partici
pating in an O ffice o f N eighborhood In
volvem ent N eighborhood Sum m it from 8
a.m. to 3 p.m . Nov. 15 at the Portland
C onference Center, 3(X)N.E. M ultnomah
St.
For m ore inform ation or to volunteer,
visit w w w .resolutionsnorthw est.org or
call 503-823-3486.
Wal-Mart Illegal
Workers
c o n tin u e d
fr o m F ro n t
no crim inal record w ere released with
instructions to appear before im m igra
tion judges.
M any o f the w orkers said they were
Eastern E uropean and a few were o f
other ethnicities, C ourtney said.
T op W al-M art officials learned o f the
sw eep when store m anagers began call
ing headquarters for guidance in dealing
with the raids.
The arrests w ere m ade at stores in
A labam a, A rkansas, A rizona, C onnecti
cut, D elaw are, K entucky, M assachu
setts, M aryland, M ichigan, North C aro
lina, New H am pshire, New Jersey, New
Y ork, O hio, O klahom a, Pennsylvania,
South C arolina, Tennessee, T exas, V ir
ginia and W est V irginia.
Davis Shows Schwarzenegger ‘the Ropes’
Leaders work
together during
changing of the guard
(A P )— C alifom iaG ov.-elect A rnold
S chw arzenegger met with the man h e ’ll
be replacing and both said they had
started a "great relationship" and w ould
w ork closely before S chw arzenegger
becom es governor next month.
T he Republican actor said there were
no hard feelings betw een him self and
D em ocratic G ov. G ray D avis lingering
from the state’s historic recall election.
‘‘H e
kept
h is
p r o m is e ,”
Schw arzenegger said. "E very day we
are w orking with his office, and they
have been really fantastic to w ork with.
So, I think we can continue on having a
great relationship here and a w orking
relationship.
S ch w arzen eg g er also w as m eetin g
w ith each o f the statew ide o ffic e h o ld
ers — in clu d in g recall e le c tio n o p p o
nent Lt. G ov. C ruz B u stam an te. H e
paid perso n al v isits to to p D em o crats
and R ep u b lican s in the L eg islatu re,
d escrib in g the talks as " re la tio n sh ip
b u ild in g ” sessions.
After a brief meeting in the governor’s
C abinet room , Davis said his m ain ad
vice to Schw arzenegger was som ething
his wife had told him: "Just enjoy every
m om ent. This is the best jo b y o u ’ll ever
have. Even on the bad days, enjoy it.”
D avis said it was “not fun" to lose the
recall election, but prom ised to "do my
v e ry b e s t to h e lp G o v .- e le c t
Schw arzenegger be a success, because
I love this state."
He said that once he leaves office, he
will try to find w ays to cham pion som e
o f the sam e causes he cham pioned in
Sacram ento, though he did not elabo
rate.
No date has been announced for
Schw arzenegger to be sw orn in. but he
is widely expected to take office shortly
after Nov. 15, the last day for the secre
tary o f state to certify results o f the Oct. California Gov. Gray Davis and incoming Gov
7 election in w hich Davis was ousted Arnold Schwarzenegger have buried their
and S chw arzenegger was chosen as his differences to make a smooth transition in
power. (AP photo)
su ccesso r.
Deadly Fires Destroy Hundreds of Homes
A helicopter drops water over a fire
o ff o f state highway 118 in Simi
Valley, Calif. (AP photo)
(A P ) — W ildfires d riv en by hot Santa
A na w in d flash ed in to g ig a n tic w aves
o f flam e that d ev o u red en tire n e ig h b o r
h o o d s, ch o k in g the sky o v e r S o u thern
C a lifo rn ia w ith sm oke an d ash an d k ill
ing at least 15 people in C a lifo rn ia 's
d ea d lie st c o n flag ratio n s in m o re than a
decade. An estim ated 30,(XX) hom es were
en d an g ered and m ore than 1,550 already
had been destro y ed .
From the M exican b o rd er to the sub
urbs north o f Los A ngeles, large sections
o f the region were under siege by six m ajor
fires and several sm aller ones. The death
toll w as the state’s w orst since the 1991
firein th eO ak lan d h illso f A lam edaCounty
that killed 25 and destroyed m ore than
3,2(X) hom es and apartm ents. All o f the
fatalities happened since Saturday.
Airline travel w asdisrupted, major high
w ays were blocked and som e schools
were closed. M onday night’s pro football
gam e betw een the C hargers and D olphins
w as shifted from San D iego to A rizona.
At least one o f the fires was believed to
be a result o f arson.
G ov. Gray Davis asked President Bush
to declare Los A ngeles, San Bernardino,
San D iego and V entura counties disaster
areas to qualify them for federal aid. Bush
pledged Tuesday to help "in any way we
can .”
The blazes triggered a harrow ing flight
to safety for thousands o f residents, many
o f w hom had little tim e to collect cherished
possessions before escaping, along with
hospital patients and prison inmates.
The Santa A na w ind season usually
stretches from S eptem ber through F ebru
ary, with O ctober often the strongest. The
rainy season could start any tim e but
heavier rainfall is not likely until January.
T he b lazes had ch arred m ore than
33O,(XX) acres, or 500 square miles - alm ost
half the size o f the state o f Rhode Island -
o f dense, dry brush and trees. M ore than
7,000 firefighters battled the spreading
flames.
San Francisco Mayor Outraged by Coup
Furious Willie
Brown cuts trip short
to protect his office
(A P) — An outraged M ayor W illie
Brow n decided to cut short a trip to A sia
to contend with a coup by a city supervi
sor w ho m ade tw o key appointm ents in the
14 hours he acted as mayor.
“It’s like a father having to return hom e
to deal with unruly children,” B row n’s
spokesm an, P.J. Johnston, said o f the
m ayor’s efforts to book a flight back to San
Francisco before his scheduled return.
As mayor-for-the-day, SupervisorC hris
Daly secretly appointed and sw ore in tw o
environm entalists to th ecity 's Public Utili
ties C om m ission, then announced the
appointm ents on official letterhead he had
draw n up for the occasion.
Less than 20 minutes later, a Brown aide
told Daly, 28, that his m ayoral pow ers had
been revoked. A Brown ally. Supervisor
Bevan D ufty, stepped in and im m ediately
tried to undo D aly’s appointm ents by
nam ing tw o com m ission m em bers sup
ported by Brown.
But city attorneys said it looks like
D aly’s pow er play will be successful un
less Brow n can persuade at least eight o f
San F rancisco’s 11 supervisors to reject
D aly's appointees: Adam W erbach, former
president o f the national Sierra Club, and
R obin C hiang, w hose architecture firm
has w orked on num erous public transit
projects.
D aly d e fle c te d q u estio n s ab o u t w hy
he ch o se to slip in his p ick s fo r the
co m m issio n w hile B row n w as gone, but
he in sisted the ap p o in tm en ts w ere good
o n e s.
“T h at’s the way it went down and som e
tim es it w orks like that,” he said. “The
good new s is that when the dust settles we
have tw o incredibly qualified, intelligent
and com petent com m issioners sitting on
Bryant Gets Rousing Welcome
(A P ) —
K obe
B ryant, w elcom ed
by a thunderous roar
w hen he w as intro
duced, played in a
game for the first time
since being charged
in July w ith sexual
a s s a u lt.
B ry a n t
played 32 m inutes as
he joined Shaquille
O ’ Neal and new Los
A n g e le s
L a k e rs
Kobe Bryant
team m ates Karl M alone and G ary Payton in a
loss to the Los A ngeles C lippers on T hursday
night. W orking his way back from knee surgery,
Bryant, w ho started the gam e, finished with 15
points.
Mayor
Willie
Brown
th eP U C .”
M ayor Brow n w as said to be particu
larly livid because the m ayor-for-the-day
honors had been intended as an olive
branch to D aly, w ith w hom Brow n has
never gotten along.
AAeekin
TheReview
A ccording to federal prosecutors, Foster pre
pared returns for several people claim ing m ore
than $3.6 m illion in reparations, m ost for about
$5(X),(XX) each In an interview at the N orthern
N eck Regional Jail in Va. before his sentencing,
R obert Foster m aintained he did the right thing.
“ Black people are not treated as hum ans, but as
things by the U.S. governm ent," he said. “W e
w ere used as resources to enrich this country
and we get no inheritance from the w ealth we
b ro u g h t.”
Congress Easing Cuba Travel Ban
(A P) — C ongress is taking steps to open
C uba to A m erican travelers, a m ove that goes
against both W hite H ouse efforts to enforce the
travel ban and the four-decade-old U.S. policy o f
A tax preparer was sentenced to 13 years in
isolating the com m unist cou n try . “T o d ay 's vote
prison and his daughter received ju st over three
is a clear and undeniable sign that the end is near
years for defrauding the IRS by claiming $5(X),(XX)
for the C uba travel ban,” said Sen. Max Baucus,
in slavery reparations. Robert L. Foster, 5 1, and
D -M ont.. after a 59-36 Senate vote to bar the use
C rystal Foster, 25, also were ordered by a federal
o f governm ent m oney to enforce current travel
ju d ge to repay the Internal Revenue Service
restrictions. The H ouse last m onth also voted to
about h alf o f the incom e tax refund, w hich
ease travel restrictions as part o f its version o f
a $90 billion bill to fund T ransportation and
C rystal Foster received in O ctober 2 0 0 1. Robert
Foster prepared his dau g h ter's tax form s and
Treasury departm ent program s in the budget
w as convicted with hisdaughter in July o f fraud.
year that started O ct. I. T h e W hite H ouse,
w hich recen tly m oved
to step up en fo rcem en t
o f the trav el ban, has
th re a te n e d a p re sid e n
tial v eto o f the sp e n d
ing bill - w hich c o n
tain s m oney for h ig h
w ay. law en fo rcem en t
and an ti-terro rism p ro
g ram s - if it co n ta in s
th e C u b a la n g u a g e .
H o u s e a n d S e n a te
lead e rs m ust still m eet
to iron o u t d iffe re n c e s
betw een th e irtw o bills,
and in th e past have
u sed th is o p p o rtu n ity
to strip o u t p ro v isio n s
in c lu d e d by e ith e r
c h a m b e r to ease C u b a
s a n c t i o n s . T o u r is m
o ff ic ia ls h av e e s ti
m ated that as m any as
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