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Volume XXXIII • Number 48
Wednesday • November 26. 2003
Bishop
Hardy
Mourned
Pastor was
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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said. Z oo o ffic ia ls put the elderly g o
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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.
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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.