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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.
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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.
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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.
He said with ingenuity and en
trepreneurial spirit, even the daunt
ing task o f securing new fund.ing
for affordable housing is possible.
A m o n g th o s e r e c e iv in g
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