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50/ Happy Thanksgiving JJurtlanh (©bseriier ‘P ÍH - zxf C r tn k lir k a J ‘City of Roses I- wvvw. port landobserver.com IO 7 A W W W M l Tt 13 tl H ö h S P TVC Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXIII • Number 48 Wednesday • November 26. 2003 Bishop Hardy Mourned Pastor was spiritual community's ‘Little King’ ,*W i l ** ho L MH w h - ' ' Bishop W.G. Hardy A prominent religious leader w hose in flu e n ce was felt in Portland’s spiritual community for nearly Five decades, has died. Bishop W.G. Hardy Senior, known affectionately as Little King, for his international faith- based career, died on Nov. 15 at the age of 75. Two memorial services were held for Hardy; one at Freedom A ssem bly C hurch, his hom e church, on Thursday, Nov. 20 and another at Maranatha Church of God on Friday, Nov. 21. Wilbert Gail Hardy was bom July 25, 1928 to Elder D J. Hardy and Msn. Esther Hardy in Enid, Okla. He moved to San Bernar dino, Calif., where he graduated from San Bernardino High School and attended San Bernardino Val ley College and Redland Univer sity. On July 25,1949, he enlisted in the United States Army as a com bat chaplain in the Korean War. He was decorated and honorably dis charged, receiving the Three- Bronze Star award. Also in 1949, Bishop Hardy met and m arried A norvia L ouise Campbell. They moved to Port land in 1955, where he was a pastor at Freedom Assembly Church of God in Christ, 936 N.E. Beech St., form erly known as Mt. Sinai Church, for 47 years. H ardy's life accomplishments were recently celebrated on his last birthday when Mayor Katz and Gov. Ted Kulongoski hon ored Hardy with a Day of Appre ciation, presented by Sen. Avel Gordly. A bishop with the Oregon North west Jurisdiction of the church. Hardy was a prolific multi-media continued on page A 10 1 u o u, r j sit 97 © o ’"T fe od > O c , 2D O' U O 00 C-) 3 — w I / L F * ^B h 1 í í SSI hl ’ * W B» i t * ! «F One W 1 * " '" ' ,1 A- _ LÀ BIG F amily Globe reflects school’s multiculturalism Atkinson Elementary School in south east Portland proudly added an eight-foot tall metal sculpture to its landscape last month. The sculpture, depicting the same w orld's cultures and diversity that the school reflects, is made from old rebar and other recycled materials. photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Atkinson Elementary School students and teacher Jennifer 0 'Donnell pose before a metal sculpture that represents the diversity of their school and the world. With the urging of teacher Jennifer O ’Donnell, Cracked Pots, a local nonprofit business specializing in "garden art," do nated the sculpture, called “One Big Fam ily ” Students and staff wanted diversity to be the theme of the sculpture, but left details to the artists. The sculpture’s title came from the! Atkinson school song. Images of various peoples and animals from around the worfil and "helping hands" are seen in the piece. Principal Deborah Peterson said 12 differ ent languages are represented at Atkinson, a school that takes strides in embracing multiculturalism. Reservoir Burying Alternative Offered Group says water safety concerns exaggerated Editor's note: The following is a counter point to a story published in our Nov. 5 issue on the proposal to bury the reservoirs at Mt. Tabor to protect the city's water supply. by F loy J ones F or the P ortland O bserver ing water quality issues in order to justify replacing the historic open reservoirs at Mt. Tabor with buried storage. There is simply time to look for cheaper and better solutions. new construction. In an article on bio-terrorism, even U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, a medical doctor, downplayed threats on water safety saying, “Most ex perts have concluded that it would be vir Perhaps our local government's actual level o f concern is demonstrated by its passive actions. As citizens and water users, the Friends of the Reservoirs are concerned about water quality and safety. However, we believe that the city is exaggerating concerns about in tentional contamination and misrepresent The alternatives to burial have never been adequately explored. In addition, there’s a conflict of interest when the engi - neers who studied the issue are the same ones who were hired to design and oversee tually impossible tocause widespread health problems by contaminating a major public water supply.” We also question why the city has em phasized open reservoir concerns while -AVeekin TheRev¡ew turkeys! Relaxed birds are happy birds, so the organization sent 114 farmers a com pact disk of sounds including birds twitter ing, gobbles, whale sounds and wind chimes, to sooth the birds. S no w flak e had been dying o f skin c a n ce r since 2001. Sniper Mastermind Sentenced to Death B f ■' J W ‘Springer’ Beats Up Competition at London Theater Awards “Jerry Springer - The Opera," a raucous On the day a jury in John British musical satire of the trashy Ameri Allen Muhammad's mur can TV show, was named best musical ■* A d er case d ec id e d he Monday at the 49th Evening Standard should be executed for Theatre Awards. his crimes, defense attor J A Rare Gorilla Dies neys for his alleged ac John Allen S n o w flak e, an ex trem ely rare alb in o com plice opened their Muhammad g o rilla and the m ost popular resident case in an attempt to en- o f B arcelo n a Z oo, died o f skin can cer sure their client avoids M uhammad's fate. early M onday m o rn in g , zoo o ffic ia ls Stress Relief for Turkeys said. Z oo o ffic ia ls put the elderly g o The National Farmer’s Union of London is rilla to sleep afte r his health d eterio trying to relieve some holiday stress— for rated in recen t d ay s, zoo officials said. Chi-Chl’s Faces 5 Lawsuits Over Hepatitis Five lawsuits have already been filed against the Chi-Chi’s res taurant chain over a hepatitis A outbreak that has killed three people and sickened more than 6(X), and scores of other law suits are likely to follow. Jackson Addresses Fans on Web Site ignoring more immediate and realistic issues of backflow contamination. Perhaps our local government's actual level of concern is demonstrated by its pas sive actions. Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 the city has added just two security guards to monitor water supplies. No additional setbacks, lighting or other intrusive measures have been deemed nec essary to keep our water safe. Portland's water quality is excellent. It flows from the Bull Run, one o f the w orld’s most pristine and protected watersheds. The water meets or exceeds all state and federal guidelines. continued on page A4 the site together so he could communicate with the news media and fans. Medicare Bill Approved The Senate gave final congressional ap proval T uesday to the m ost sweeping changes to M edicare since its creation in 1965, in cluding a new prescription drug benefit for 40 m illion older and disabled Am ericans. The 54-44 vote sends the bill to President Bush, who is eager to sign it into law. Burger King Adopts Michael Jackson, addressing Breast-Feeding Policy his fans directly via a new Web Michael Jackson Burger King adopted a corporate policy Fri site, says the child molestation allegations made against him are “predicated on a big day allowing women to breast-feed their lie" and he will be exonerated in court. The babies in restaurants - a day before a threat entertainer's spokesman, Stuart Backcrman. ened “nurse-in" at the fast-food chain's fa had said last week that Jackson was putting cilities.
