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5'!t JJorthitti» (©bseruer Page A2 A p ril 21, 2004 Omaha Unveils King Statue, Son Attends (A P) — M artin Luther King J r.'s son will be in O m aha, Neb. this m onth for the unveiling o f a 9-foot-tall bronzed statue o f his father. M ayor M ike Fahey will unveil the statue on April 24, at a cel ebration honoring the slain civil rights leader. The site o f the statue is a plaza on the northeast side of the City-C ounty Building that’s dedicated to King. Local artist Littleton Alston created the statue, w hich is titled, "Rev. Dr. M artin Luther King Jr.: I’ve been to the M ountain T op.” The cerem ony will include live m usic and a speech from M artin Luther King III, the son o f the Rev. M artin Luther King Jr. and C oretta Scott King. “It was (form er) M ayor Mike Boy le’s idea to dedicate the plaza Marnesha Strickland (from left), Gloria Mills, Jelani McClendon and Rose Stanley helped throw a Kidney Karnival with the MIKE program for kidney health. V olunteers, aged 14 through 17, shared inform ation about k id ney health and d isease p rev en tion that they learned through the program . “They really demonstrated learn ing. They knew that diabetes and high blood pressure were leading causes o f kidney disease and what the risk factors w ere,” said Dr. Cheryl Neal, director o f the pro gram. For m ore in fo rm atio n about MIKE, visit www.mikeprogram.org. S a m e-S ex M arriage L icen ses H alted State will recognize licenses granted ognized gay m arriages in the coun try,” said Dave Fidanque, the ACLU executive director in Oregon. The county began allow ing gay m arriage on March 3, m aking it the only place in the nation w here gays could get married. The county has issued 3,022 m arriage licenses to gay couples since then. Bearden told the county to cease issuing sam e-sex licenses until the Oregon Legislature has a chance to fashion a new law, perhaps allow ing V erm ont-style civil unions. He gave the O regon Legislature 90 days from the start o f its next session to com e up with the new Taw Tf th a t d o e f f l t K a ^ e n , (A P )— A j udge told M u I tnomah County to stop issuing gay m ar riage licenses T uesday, but he handed gay couples a historic vic tory by ordering Oregon to recog nize the 3,000 licenses already granted in the county. T he decision by M ultnom ah C o u n ty C irc u it J u d g e F ra n k Bearden marked the first tim e in the nation that a judge h a s’tecognized ^ m a rria g e * ' , “These are the first legally rec M ultnom ah County can resum e issuing m arriage licenses to gays and lesbians. Legislators could convene in Salem as early as June, for a session that was intended to focus on tax reform. The action effectively ends gay marriage nationally, at least until May 17, when M assachusetts is slated to begin allow ing gay m ar riage follow ing a high court ruling there. An im m ediate appeal o f the ru l ing w as ex p ected . T he d ecisio n cam e in a law suit that has c o n so lid ated all the arg u m en ts o v er sam e-sex u n io n s in hopes o f a quick ruling by the Oregon Su p rem e C o u rt. to Dr. King and with his blessing I decided last year to bui Id upon that tribute to add som ething to the plaza that was highly visible and reinforces ... that the justice (that) Dr. K ing’s work and w ords sought has not been wholly achieved,” Fahey said. Advertise with diversity in ï,,‘‘ JJo rth titb (O h s m u 'r ( all 5O3-288-OO33 Better Kidneys, Healthier Kids T e e n p a r tic ip a n ts o f th e M ulticultural Integrated Kidney Education (M IK E) program threw a K idney Karnival at the Youth O p portunities C enter in conjunction with National Youth Service Day last Friday. Martin Luther King III visits Mississippi State University in this Feb. 9, 2004 file photo, to commemorate Black History Month, in Mississippi State, Miss. 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