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▼ rt lattò (ßhsrruer Page A 6 Blue Lake Stocked with Trout Area residents are invited to visit Blue Lake Regional Park for fishing and other recreational activities. The Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife has stocked Blue Lake with 1,500 legal-sized rainbow trout, just in time for good weather and good times. The catch limit is 5 fish per day for licensed anglers. The way. The park also offers a network of paths to take you to places for basketball, soft- ball, volleyball, horseshoes and three play yards for children. The park is located between Marine Drive and Sandy Bou levard off Northeast 223rd Avenue. Admission to the park is $4 per vehicle. fish need to be at least 8 inches in length; only one fish per day over 20 inches is a “keeper.” Refer to the Oregon fishing regulations for additional rule details. Besides fishing, the park of fers swimming in the lake and paddleboat, canoe and rowboat rentals to explore the water- Libraries Serve as Ballot Drop-off Sites M ultnom ah C o unty’s Central Library and its 16 neighborhood libraries will serve as official b al lot drop-off sites for the T ues day, M ay 18 prim ary election. elections officials by 8 p.m. on Election Day do not count. Libraries norm ally closed on M ondays will be open M ay 17 to accept ballots only. The ballots can be received and counted in the election if they are delivered to the libraries by 8 p.m. Tuesday. Ballots put into the regu lar mail too late to be delivered to GET OUTDOORS AND MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS ON THESE GREAT May 12. 2004 A Fighting Chance Posey pushes beyond critics' expectations by J aymee R. C uti T he P ortland O bserver In the final days o f Portland's hotly contested mayoral race, an African-American business leader has earned respect and endorse ments that have broken traditional barriers and exceeded expectations. James Posey o f northeast Port land declared his candidacy in O c tober to provide voters with op tions he didn’t yet see in the elec tion. Seven months and $20,(XX) in campaign funding later, Posey is gaining public support for running a fair and serious cam paign. What ’ s more, he’s kept issues affecting minorities on the forefront. In a poll conducted by the Port land Tribune/KOIN, Posey is sup ported by 12 percent of Portlanders, ing world-class education, stimu lating an economy that is unfriendly to small businesses and minorities and including kids in various stages of city government. He says citizens have been re ceptive to his common-sense ap proach to solving problems plagu ing the city. “My approach isacom m on sense approach to dealing with issues by getting at the causes o f problems rather than the symptoms, whether that be in the police bureau or pav ing the streets,” he said. Posey sees potential in Portland. “O u to f all the places 1’ve been in my life, Portland has the closest potential o f being a great city that all the world can look up to because we have so many elements, with good people, a good environment. Formerly. Posey has worked as a probation officer, drug treatment and mental health counselor, and community center and health cen ter executive director. He has been involved with the National Association of Minority C o n tra c to rs , N A A C P , U rban League, and the City Club of Port land. He is a member of the Coali tion of Black Men and the National Black Cham berof Commerce. Posey says his three major en dorsements bring him great pride. The African American Alliance, the local Green Party Chapter and th e P o rtla n d O b se rv e r h av e pledged their confidence in Posey for mayor. “I’m really proud of all my en dorsements, but especially proud of the African American Alliance. It NORTH PORTLAND WALKS! City of Portland transportation staff and neighborhood volunteers will be leading these eight walks in the next six months. There will be short walks (2 to 2.5 miles) on Thursdays and long walks (3.5 to 5.5 miles) on Saturdays. 22 JUNE ; j : 19 MEETING PLACES WALKS OATES SAT Going to th e R iver THU S unken Rose Garden SAT W a lk in ’ W ild THU P aul R unyan to Parks 17 SAI O verlo o k Views 22 THU W illa m e tte B lu ff 31 SAT Going Io th e R iver alt ; S niu N Mississippi Historic District AUG 14 SAT W a lk in ' W ild 19 THU S unken Rose G arden 28 SAT O verlo o k Views 9 THU W illa m e tte B lu ff 18 SAT L n iv . of P o rtla n d Io MAX 23 THU P aul R unyan lu Parks OCT 7 THU N Mississippi Historic District 16 SAT O verlo o k Views JULY 8 N Mississippi Historic District Overlook Park, comer of N Interstate and Fremont Walkin' Wild Paul Bunyan statue, corner of N Interstate and Denver Sunken Rose Garden North Portland Library, corner ol N killingsworth and Commercial Going Io the River Craftsman Cafe. corner of N Interstate and Skidmore Paul Bunyan to Parks Paul Bunyan statue, comer of N Interstate and Denver Overlook Views Overlook Park, corner of N Interstate and Fremont University of Portland to MAX Corner of N Willamette Blvd and ¡Main Campus entrance Willamette Bluff Patton Park, N Interstate and Emerson TIMES T H U R S D A Y S at 6pm, S A T U R D A Y S a t 9am R QUESTIONS? k Call 503-865-T0ES or email us at TenToe@pd\traiis.org ' II photo by with former Police Chief Tom Potter at 16 percent, Phil Buss, managing editor of the Portland Mercury with 6 percent and City Commissioner Jim Francesconi earning 27 percent support. Failing more than a 50 percent majority, the top twocandi- dates will advance to the Novem- berGeneral Election. Frontrunner and fundraising gi ant Francesconi has run an unprec edented million-dollar campaign. Posey says he entered the race to win. His vision for Portland in cludes new approaches to provid ing affordable housing, implement- STD Clinic 503-988-37DO ■ Get the word out. Get tested. Get treated. Stay healthy. M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Mayoral candidate James Posey (right) and campaign assistant Cordell McKenzie hand out cam paign brochures on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard next to the Ainsworth Safeway Food and Drug parking lot. HIV Community Test Site 50 3-988-3775 428 SW Stark St.. S'* Floor Downtown Portland Call for an appointment Limited walk-ins good universities. All we need to do is take it to the next level.” For Posey, this means inclusion of all its citizens. Speaking the agenda of the minority community has changed the face of the race by keeping all candidates mindful of diversity. Posey says his ego will lay low when he hands back City Hall to its citizens. “The typical politician thinks they become omnipotent and G od like when they’re just common ev eryday people who have the privi lege to serve voters that allow them to provide a leadership service for them. They misconstrue that as mandate to follow their own incli nations as opposed to really seek ing out what the citizens want.” Posey’s lack of experience in government may protect him from providing more of the same, his greatest qualm with opponents whom he views as City Hall insid ers. A northeast Portland resident for 22 years, Posey has made strides in minority inclusion in business. He currently owns two small busi nesses, W orkhorse Construction Metro Inc. and Eliot E-mat Cafe. means a lot that black people, who have been taught to think so poorly of themselves and have low expec tations o f their own people, would look to somebody within their own ranks to make a significant impact on their lives. To be endorsed by this group, 1 was ecstatic.” An endorsement from the local Green chapter was also notable, he said. “People in the G reen Party c ro s s e d ra c ia l, c u ltu ra l and stereotypically em bedded ideas about a candidate. They took a giant leap o ffaith o n my behalf and chose to do something that’s re markable. For me, it was living what you believe.” Looking ahead, Posey says his campaign will not be a wasted ef fort, regardless of the Election Day results on Tuesday, May 18. He says h e's too battered by campaign ing to com mit to another run for public office, but he’ll remain in the public eye. “W e’ll be trying to take the re sources and structure o f what w e’ve developed in the campaign, and w e’U put it in another package in a way that it will benefit thiscomm u- nity.” Sliding-scale fee No one turned away for inability to pay H - w A X X 4 a wr T KJ Multnomah County i h ea lth Department I 'T T Toddler Killed by Car A toddler was killed after being struck by a car on N o rth east Ainsworth Street, near .31 ” Avenue. The child, 21-month-old Imani Tate, was playing on the sidewalk in front of a house last Saturday at 5 p.m. when she apparently saw someone with a dog across the street and darted out between two cars onto Ainsworth. Tate was struck by a 1992 Acura Legend driven by 30-year-old Paula Jordan. Police said nocharges were made because there was no indica tion of excessive speed or impair ment. Black Church Hit with Graffiti Get real MAX weighs 55 tons Look both ways before crossing tracks A uthorities are still trying to determ ine w hether a co n g reg a tion in northeast Portland is the victim o f repeated hate crim es. M em bers o f the p rim arily A f ric a n -A m e ric a n In te rn a tio n a l F ello w sh ip F am ily ch u rch a r riv ed for se rv ic e s on S atu rd ay to fin d s w a s tik a s and S W P , A dvertise TR l© M E T d en o tin g a know n w h ite p o w er g ro u p , tag g ed along every o u ter w all o f the b u ild in g on N o rth ea st 122nd A venue. A fter volunteers spent much o f the day repainting the church, vandals struck again, painting m ore sw astikas on the ch u rch ’s sidew alk, Sunday night. with diversity in Q 1,1 -jJiirtlanh (Obscvucr Call 503-288-0033 a d s (<t |K » rtla n d u b s e r v e r x o n i
