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50tf Black History Month African Americans in the U.S. military Healthy heart advice for African Americans See pages A3, A5 and A6 ‘Citv of Roses’ ® ® See page AS for details 'Jilnrtlanh (©bseruer Established in 1970 Committed to C u ltu rjl Diversity Volume XXXIII • Number 6 ^.Weekin TheReview Researchers Reach Human Cloning Breakthrough Researchers in South Korea have become the first to suc cessfully clone a human em bryo, and then cull from it mas ter stem cells that many doc tors consider key to one day creating customized cures for diabetes, Parkinson’sand other diseases. Infant Mortality Rises U.S. infant m ortality has . climbed for the first time in more than four decades, in part because more women are put ting off motherhood and then having multiple babies via fer tility drugs, the government said. Republican Students Offer Whltes-Only Scholarship A Republican student group at Roger Williams University is offering a new scholarship for which only white students are eligible; a move they say is designed to protest affirmative action. James Yee, Army Muslim Confronts Discrimination James Yee, a Muslim chaplain in the Army, spent 76 days in a prison cell while authorities tried to build a capital espio nage case against him. Now he is free, the most serious allegations replaced by lesser ones like adultery and posses sion of pornography, and the military justice system itself is on trial. Sept. 11 Panel Will Ask for Public Bush Testimony The federal commission inves tigating the Sept. 11 attacks will soon ask President Bush, former President Clinton and their vice presidents to testify in public about possible warn ings they might have received from U.S. intelligence sources before the attacks. Nuclear Rivals, India, Pakistan Begin Peace Talks Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan began historic meet ings aimed at preparing for a sustained peace dialogue on Kashmir and other disputes that have divided the neighbors for decades. www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday • February 18. 2004 A CHAMPION’S Formula Coach shapes on- and off- court wins by J aymee R. C vti T he P ortland O bserver Unraveling the story of Jefferson High School ’ s ath letic di rector can only be told through his players’ successes. Marshall Haskins, head coach for the Jefferson boys basketball program since 2000, began his own basketball career in the same Jefferson gymnasium where he is now in charge. Haskins says his own basketball diaries are now sealed. He prefers to focus on landing his players with careers after Jefferson. “My goal is not to win a state championship, not to win a game. It’s for my kids to go to college,” said Haskins. He makes good on that promise and has placed more than 60 ath letes into collegiate programs. All graduating seniors on Haskins team continue to attend college. “That you have that many Afri can-American males going to col lege is a pretty big statement. Whether they go to the NBA is irrelevant if they better their lives and become adults and parents and become a better scope of people,” he said. But his off-court commitments have amounted to bragging rights for Jefferson’s team. One of the smallest athletic programs in the city, Jefferson has only 700 stu dents, but often competes against schools of 2,000. Since Haskins has been at Jeff, the boys basketball team has won photo by continued on page B7 M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Jefferson Coach Marshall Haskins gives some pointers to Marquis Hall. The winning coach makes good on a commitment to help his players succeed both on and o ff the court. Art Imitates Life at SEI Student production addresses social ills In honor of Black History Month, the Center for Self Enhancement Theatre Com pany will perform “If These Walls Could Talk,” on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. This original play, inspired by poetry and monologues of SEI students, is the center’s first public dramatic production. The show features original songs by SEI’s music pro duction class. “If These Walls Could Talk” follows a group of students surviving in the midst of achaotic community and deteriorating school district. When faced with a community ser vice project assignment, these students rally together to do something about the wall in front of their school. Drug dealers and prostitutes frequent the wall and the students are determined to paint over the graffiti and challenge the dealers and prostitutes to leave. As they begin to work together, the students realize the com munity wall is not the only barricade they have to tear down - they discover that the greatest challenge is tearing down the walls they’ve built towards each other in their hearts. “This stage play represents the next level of excellence in our after school program” said Marcy Bradley, director of youth pro grams at SEI. “This performance is what w e’ve always envisioned when we set out to build an after school program that allows kids to dream big.” Seating is limited for this performance at 3920 N. Kerby Ave. Tickets are free, but must be reserved by calling 503-249-1721, exten sio n 298 or by e m a ilin g ClaireB@selfenhancement.org. Ken Hatch says high rents have driven him to a decision to close Ainsworth Pharmacy, an anchor and landmark drug store in the Concordia Neighborhood of northeast Portland for more than 50 years. Hatch plans to open another pharmacy on North Interstate Avenue in the Overlook Neigh borhood. photo by M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver Ainsworth Drug to Close Concordia Neighborhood to see end to era by L f . e P eri . man T he P ortland O bserver Concordia N eighborhood residents are bracing for the closure of a drug store that has served as a neighbor h o o d in s titu tio n fo r d e c a d e s. Ainsworth Drug is pulling up stakes and m oving after serving the public for 50 years at 3002 N.E. A insw orth St. O w ner Ken Hatch said the pharmacy will move this spring to a renovated build ing at 4027 N. Interstate Ave., betw een M ason and Shaver streets across from the Alibi Restaurant in the O verlook N eighborhood. W hy the ch ange? B ecause the b u ild ing ow n er “ trip led our re n t," H atch said. He said some pluses for the new loca I tion is that it's on the new Max light rail line and contains a building th a t’s large enough and has its own parking lot. " It's an appropriate fit. It was very hard to find," Hatch said. Hatch has operated A insw orth Phar macy for 11 years, but the store has served the neighborhood since the 1940s and at itscurrcnt location since the 1950s. In addition to providing a full-service pharm acy, the location is anchor outlet continued yf on page A2
