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UINE 2. 2004
Mosque
Loudspeaker
Issue on Ballot
Young Mother New American Idol
(A P ) — A n o is e -o rd in a n c e
Fantasia wins with Gospel-tinged performances
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change that w ould allow m osques
to broadcast calls to prayer on loud
speakers w ill be put to a vote in a
M ichigan tow n a fter op p o n en ts
gathered hundreds o f petition sig
n atures.
The m ore than 6 3 0 signatures
subm itted to the H am tram ck City
C le rk ’s office w ere enough to force
the C ity C ouncil to rescind the
am ended ordinance o r put it to a
vote.
“W e decided not to rescind the
am endm ent, so it goes to the bal
lo t,” c o u n c il p re s id e n t K aren
M ajew ski said T uesday night.
T he council had voted u nani
m ously last m onth to allow the
B angladeshi A l-Islah M osque to
broadcast the call to p rayer five
tim es a day.
T he issue has divided this blue-
c o llar city o f 23,000, w hich once
w as overw helm ingly Polish and
R om an C atholic but now has a siz
able M uslim population.
It w as not im m ediately know n
w hen the vote w ould be held in this
enclave surrounded by the city o f
D etroit, but it is likely to be in the
next few m onths.
In the m eantim e, M ajew ski said,
the m osque can g o ahead w ith its
calls to prayer.
(AP) — An estim ated 31.4
m illion people tuned in to
w atch F an tasia B a rrin o ’s
tearsta in ed victory at the
co n c lu sio n o f “ A m erican
Idol.” That was down slightly
from the 33.7 million who
w atched R uben S tuddard
beat Clay Aiken at the end of
last season.
Barrino, who wowed view
19-year-old single mother from
High Point, N.C., who had a
1.3 m illion-vote edge over
Diana DeGarmo when the re
sults were announced.
Speaking to reporters back-
stage. Barrino said she “always
had a dream, always wanted to
sing, and it seemed I couldn’t
get my foot in the door.”
She kicked it down in the
way she looks, to the way she
sounds, to her personality. ...
S he’s ju st got it.”
D eG arm o, a b ubbly 16-
year-old from Snellville, Ga.,
vowed the contest w asn’t nec
essarily over.
“I’m definitely recording an
album ,” D eGarm o said back-
stage, adding with a smile:
“ A nd F an tasia, you b etter
watch out because I’m com
ing with one.”
A sked ab o u t th o se who
m ight be critical o f her single
parenthood, Barrino replied: “I
feel like a good mom. I’m a
strong wom an now. ... D on’t
look down on me. Pray for me
because I’m trying.”
- American Idol Judge Paula Abdul on talent con
The “A m erican Idol” finale
testwtnnerFantasla Barrino
may seem like the Super Bowl
ers with her rich, gospel- four-month Fox TV talent con
o f karaoke, but this year it
tinged perform ance of pop test, em erging from among
truly reached the level o f m o
Fantasia Barrino reacts after she was announced the winner of
tunes, including the Gershwin 70,()(K) contestants to claim the
m entous sporting event pro
'American Idol’ during the live finale in Los Angeles. (AP photo)
s ta n d a rd “ S u m m e rtim e ,” title, a record contract and a
portions. Thousands gathered
c la im e d the v ic to ry last shot at music stardom.
ducer who was among those label,” Cowell said after the at the G reensboro Coliseum in
W ednesday for her 2-year-
Am erica got it “ 100 percent who fell under B arrino’s spell. cerem ony.
G reensboro, N .C., to cheer
Judge Paula Abdul praised for B arrino and at the G eorgia
old daughter, Zion.
“There aren ’t many other
right,” said Simon Cowell, the
“I fought so that my child usually acerbic “ A m erican artists in A m erica right now B arrino for having “ev ery Dome in A tlanta to support
can have the best,” said the Idol” judge and music pro- that I’d prefer to have on my thing, from her name, to the DeGarm o.
' Everything, from her name, to
the way she looks, to the way she
sounds, to her personality...She's
just got it.
& bi
Foster Parent Dies
Mae Fern Haynes
A funeral was held Thursday, May 27 in Vancouver Avenue
First Baptist Church for Mae Fern Haynes, who died May 21 at
age 73.
Mae Fern W arren was bom July 27,1930, in Linden, Texas.
She moved to Portland in 1957 and was co-ow nerof Pink Pelican
Record Shop and a foster mother for more than 100 children,
m any through Oregon Adult and Family Services. In 1989, she
married Nathaniel.
Survivors include herhusband; stepson, Nathaniel Jr.; brothers,
Sylvain W arren and W illiam W arren; one grandchild; and one
great-grandchild. Her son Darzell Mack died in 1970.
Arrangements by Caldwell’s Colonial Chapel.
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Morzetta R. “Morzie” Baker
A funeral service was held Saturday, May 29, in
Killingsworth Little Chapel of the Chimes for Morzetta R.
“Morzie” Baker, who died of kidney disease May 22 at age
25.
Ms. Baker was bom May 21,1979, in Portland, where
she lived all of her life. She attended Jefferson High School.
Survivors include her mother, Brenda Thompson; father,
Melvin Baker; brother, Larry Summerfield; grandmother,
Myrtle Kelsaw; and great-grandmother, Christine Culp.
Remembrances to the National Kidney Foundation.
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