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50/ Mrhiin Ixbyfbrn Ladies highlight hip-hop showcase See story, Metro front page urtíanh ‘City of Roses' www.portlandobserver.com Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXIII • Number 51 Wednesday • December 17. 2003 Church Building Back on Track Saddam Hussein Death Penalty Wanted for Saddam Exuberance over his capture still fresh, Iraqi leaders said they want to send Saddam Hussein to a quick trial with an eye toward executing him by summer. But U.S. officials signaled the Iraqis may have to wait. Sen.Thurmond Had Illegitimate Daughter The late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s family on Monday said it ac- kno wledges a California woman' s claim that she is his illegitimate mixed-race daughter. “We hope this acknowledgment will bring closure for Ms. Williams,” the fam ily's lawyer, J. Mark Taylor, said in a brief statement. photo by M ark W ashington /T hk P ortland O bserver Powell has Cancerous Prostate Removed Making final plans for the completion o f a new sanctuary and education center on North Summer Street between Michigan and Missouri avenues are Emmanuel Temple Bishop A. A. Wells, S.B Deacon superintendent Billy Ploetz. senior pastor C.T. Wells and chief operations officer Rev. Franklin Alvey. Secretary of State Colin Powell underwent surgery to remove his cancerous prostate gland. “Ev erything went fine," his spokes man said. “The doctors say he had a localized prostate cancer,” spokesm an Richard Boucher said. Delay ends for Emmanuel Temple dream house Northwesterner Wins $1M on ‘Survivor’ In a "Survivor” contest packed with villains and indelible char acters, Sandra Diaz-Twine, a mother o f two from the North west, had the staying power to win the television game. M ichael L eighton T he P ortland O bserver by One of the most ambitious building projects for a local African American house of worship is back on track. The Emmanuel Temple Full Gospel Pentecostal Church will resume work Jan. 5 on a new 33.IXX) square foot sanctuary and education center in north Port land, church leaders said. The resumption of building activity comes after a complete halt on the $3.3 million project that was adding years to the project, first started with site preparation work in 1996 and construction in 1998. Church operations officer Rev. Franklin A. Alvey said financing to complete the entire project by May of this coming year was made possible by a new bank loan. The church was recently able to improve its finan cial standing by completing a transaction with Port land Community College on the sale of the former Renaissance Market property, a store the church o p erated as a com m unity resource on N orth KillingsworthStreet. Alvey said the new church site, located just across the street from Emmanuel Temple’sexisting church on North Sumner Street between Michigan and Missouri Gov’t to Relieve Flu Vaccine Shortage Landing a Career The governm ent on M onday an n o u n ced the purch ase o f 375,000 flu shots for adults, scrambling toease vaccine short ages in what is turning out to be a harsh flu season. High-achieving students on path to corporate success Afghan Women Demand Leadership Positions The opening celebrations over, A fg h a n ista n 's constitutional council hit its first controversy, with women delegates denounc ing their colleagues for trying to shut them out of leadership posi tions. BY JAYMEE R . C V T l T he P ortland O bserver photo by M ark W ashington /T hk P orti . and O bserver Cheryl Jorgensen (left) and Jensin Albright o f the Community Cycling Center take a break from loading bikes for deserving kids this holiday season into the Legacy Emanuel Hospital Atrium in north Portland. Holiday Bike Success Old bikes chained to poles and in base ments got a spit polish and tune up before they were donated this weekend to more than 800 area kids. The C om m unity Cycling C enter pro vided low-income families with refurbished bicycles and new helm ets last Sunday at J avenues, awaits $1.8 million in construction work. Concrete foundations already built adjacent to the new sanctuary will provide the building blocks for church administration offices, a daycare and the A. A. Wells Learning Center. Bishop A. A. Wells is pastor of the church and a long-time community leader. The sanctuary will provide seating for 1,200 people, making it the largest church in the community, Alvey said. Towering over the surrounding community and rising above the eastside of 1-5. the sanctuary was built during the initial construction phase, but will not open until completion of the entire project. All construction will be finished in time for a na tional church convention the church is hosting in June, Alvey said. i L e g a c y E m a n u e l H o sp ita l w ith the help o f donations in the com m u nity. The group is continuing the holiday bike drive, looking for roughly 2(X) more bikes to meet their holiday goal of 1,000 bikes for kids. C ollege ju n io r Leah W yatt was plagued by the nagging obligation to return to the University of Oregon. On track for a career in corporate America. Wyatt had been studying for a year at the University of the Virgin Islands. Last summer, business news in the states underscored layoffs in major cor porations as Wyatt considered loung ing in a lush island city on St. Thomas, working at a restaurant and soaking up the sun. photo by M ark W ashington / “I was going to look fo ra permanent T in P ortland O bserver apartment in St. Thomas and I could Leah Wyaff embarks on her career path as have stayed there and not even gone a communications assistant at TriMet. back to school,” she said. “I considered that for a second, but I knew my parents from St Thomas and accepted an internship wouldn't go for it." at TriMet. But it was more than W yatt's com mit Upon graduating last summer. Wyatt, 22, ment to her parents that brought her back to began working full-time at TriMet as acom - Portland to finish her senior year at the U of munications assistant in the community af O. Wyatt knew she had an excellent shot at fairs office. She accredits her snuxith transi escaping the fate of her job-hunting peers tion from student to professional to Inroads, and landing a career. Instead o f working at an international internship program ensur the mall. Wyatt had spent the previous ing that minority students are prepared for summers interning at large corporations in cun tin lied on page A5 Oregon. She conducted phone interviews V t A
