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Page A6 November 19. 2003 (Elje Jlorthmh (Observer Harvest Dinner Volunteering Spirit Lives Tyesha Woods takes time to give back Makeesha Smith (left) gets some help with her with homework from mentor Tyesha Woods. PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN GARDNER An A frican -A m erican w om an C ro s s T o w n C ro s s C u ltu re s , a w ho is a m en to r to kids from P o rt w o rk s h o p h e ld in c o n ju n c tio n land to S alem is receiv in g special w ith th e A fric a n A m e ric a n N e t reco g n itio n fo r h er d ed ica tio n to w o r k at PG E and th e v o lu n teerin g . M u ltic u ltu ra l C e n te r at P o rtlan d T y esh a W oods w as recently S ta te U n iv e rs ity . nam ed o n e o f the first o u ts ta n d T he fo u r-y e a r PG E em p lo y ee ing v o lu n teers at P o rtlan d G en w o rk s in c red it risk m anagem ent eral Electric. as a se n io r an aly st. F o r th e p a s t th r e e y e a r s , In re c o g n itio n o f her aw ard. W o o d s h a s g iv e n h e r tim e at P G E d o n a te d $ 2 5 0 to the social stu d ies d e p a rtm e n t at Je fferso n H igh S chool to pro v id e tra n sp o r ta tio n f o r s tu d e n t a c ti v it ie s . W o o d s b e c a m e in v o lv e d w ith Je ffe rso n as a Ju n io r A c h ie v e m ent in stru c to r last spring. T he p ro g ram teach es young people about business, econom ics and free enterprise. W oods taught w eekly lessons focusing on devel oping career skills and strengthen- ing interpersonal com m unications. "G ro w in g up as an A frican- A m erican w om an, I know that it's really im p o rtan t to dem o n strate d iv e rsity at an early ag e so kids u n d erstan d that w e are all special in o u r ow n d ifferen t w ays and to resp ect th a t,” W o o d s said. W oods is a resid en t o f Salem and a 1998 g rad u ate o f P ortland S tate U niversity. ■ m m m m m m m m bm m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m mmm mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmm mmhmmmmi Jackson Ranch Searched for Evidence Damon Stoudamire (right) joins his teammates and other volunteers serving food during the Blazers Community Builders Harvest Dinner last Wednesday for Portland's most needy residents. See related photo on Front page. (AP) — Investigators conduct ing a criminal probe swarmed Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, Calif, on Tuesday. The pur pose o f the search was not disclosed. Jackson and his three young Enron Agrees to Sell PGE (A P) — E nron C orp, will sell Portland General Electric to a newly form ed entity backed by invest ment funds for $ 1.25 bi Ilion in cash, the bankrupt energy com pany an nounced from its H ouston head quarters T uesday. T he sale o f PG E, pending ap provals from O regon and federal regulators and U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A rthur G onzalez, m eans Enron plans to em erge from one o f the m ost expensive and com plex bankruptcies in history as tw o separate pipeline and pow er plant com panies rather than three. C ooper, a restructuring specialist T he buyer, O regon Electric U til and c h ief ex ecutive o f Enron. ity Co. LLC , is backed by invest “T his transaction supports that m ent funds m anaged by Texas Pa comm itment." cific G roup, which also will assume The bankruptcy court will co n $1.1 billion in debt and preferred duct an “overbid” process to let sto ck , E n ro n sp o k esm an M ark o th e r p o ten tial b u y ers su b m it Palm er said. higher bids, the com pany said. T he new utility will be lead by If none are subm itted and once three prom inent northw est busi G onzalez approves the sale, the ness leaders: form er O regon Gov. parties will seek approval from the Nei 1 Goldschmidt, Gerald Grinstein, O regon Public Utility C om m ission and T om W alsh. and federal regulators. The cred i “A s we have said all along, we tors' com m ittee in E n ro n 's b an k will not break up PG E.” said Stephen ruptcy supports the deal. children w ere not at the ranch at the tim e o f the raid, his spokesm an, Stuart B ackerm an, told The A sso ciated Press. He said that for three w eeks Jackson and his fam ily have been in Las V egas, w here Jackson w as film ing a video. Backerman declined further com m ent. saying he lacked detailed in form ation about the investigation. Sixty to 70 personnel from the Santa Barbara C ounty sh e riff s and district attorney’s offices served a w arrant at about 8:30 a.m. as part o f an “ongoing crim inal investiga tion,” Sgt. C hris Pappas said. D etectives w ere ex p ected to gather evidence all day. N o one w as arrested, and there w as no ar rest w arrant issued, Pappas said at a com m and post. MMM Housing Advocate Welcomed Former Seattle mayor pitches for affordable homes Form er Seattle M ayor Norm Rice cam e to Portland to spread the m essag e that persev eran ce and leadership can m ake difference for m ore affordable housing. Rice, president o f the Federal H ome Loan Bank o f Seattle, was keynote speaker at a recent aw ards dinner for the C om m unity D evel opm ent Netw ork. Rice has a stellar record for cre ating affordable housing in Seattle. In his speech to a group o f 350 lenders, property ow ners, co ntrac tors, architects and City C om m is s io n e r s E rik S te n a n d J im Francesconi. Rice recalled his role in S eattle's recent passage o f an $86 million levy for affordable hous ing. 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