October 29.2003 Page A2 Working to Resolve Conflicts c o n tin u e d fr o m F ront 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 De La Salle North Catholic High School I m illio n A m erican s 7654 North Delaware Avenue m ig h t visit C u b a in the Portland, OR 97217 first y e a r a fte r the lift ing o f the em bargo. (503) 285-9385 Father, Daughter Sentenced for Slave Reparations Fraud At home with Family. Turning work into play. 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