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August is, 2004_____________________________________ <ri|» o rt latió (!f)bseruer________________________ PageA3 O n Y our F e e t fo r B e t t e r H e a l t h Surgeon general encourages biking, walking ing for better health and giving them the m eans to do it. 'T h e num ber o f children w ho are overw eight in this country is at an all-tim e high and continues to grow . It’s im portant for all o f us — p aren ts, e d u c a to rs, c o m p an ies, governm ent, and non-profit o rg a nizations — to w ork together to address this public health crisis,” said C arm ona. U. S. Surgeon G eneral R ichard H. C arm ona met with kids at Boise-Eliot E lem entary School in north Portland F riday to en c o u ra g e sch o o l-ag e children to w alk and bike to school as a m eans o f being physically fit and active. In a partnership w ith the B icycle T ra n sp o rtatio n A llian ce an d the W illam ette P ed estrian C o alitio n , C arm ona urged area residents to support O regon W alk + B ike to School Day on O ct. 6 in order to raise aw areness, prom ote active, healthy lifestyles for ch ild ren and m ake U. S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona promotes health by taking a stroll through the Boise-Eliot neighbor hood with students Ali Ruiz (from left), Rodney Manuel and Michael Quintero. streets safer and friendlier for stu dents w alking and biking to school. T his y e a r’s event co in cid es with International W alk to School Day. T he tw o organizations also an nounced that they received a $25,000 grant from N ikeG O to exp an d the event to P ortlan d ’s suburban school d is tric ts , E u g e n e an d A sh lan d . N ikeG o is N ike public service p ro gram com m itted to getting kids mov- PHOTO COURTESY of S teve COURAGEOUS < I C A N by R on W eber for T he P ortland O bserver W ith renew ed interest in p ro s face their due ju stice before they ecuting the w hite racist killers o f leave this earth. E m m ett T ill, we m ust look clo ser at E m m ett Till did not spend d e this som ew hat unknow n hero o f cades fighting for the rights and the C ivil R ights era. freedom o f o u r n atio n ’s black citi T ill w as a black school boy from zens like Harriet Tubm an, Sojourner the N orth w ho died at the hands o f T ruth, Frederick D ouglass o r M ar a group o f crazed angry w hites on tin L u th er K ing Jr., but he paid the a hot A ugust 1955 night in M oney, sam e ultim ate price that C rispus M iss. W hile tw o prim ary suspects A ttucks did at the beginning o f the in the egregious m urder d ied u n R evolutionary W ar. For that m at punished, others w ho participated ter, he paid the sam e price as Audrey E m m e tt Till in this terrible act a h alf a c e n tu i? M urphy in W orld W ar II o r any cago, w here A frican A m ericans had ago are still out there. H opefully, soldier w ho has died in Iraq. rights that Southern blacks only w ith new trials in the case, they will As an eight g rad er from Chi- dream ed of, Till did not know w hat Cold Case Reopened Emmett Till gets second chance at justice he w as in for when he asked to join T hree days later, his body w ould a relative on a trip to visit relatives be found in a w ater grave know n as in the South. the T allahatchie R iver in M issis O n a lazy sum m er afternoon, the sippi. W e can only im agine the ter young black m an w ho alw ays had ror that w ent through E m m ett’s “a suitcase full o f jo k es,” perform ed m ind as he w as aw aken to a broken a sim ple gesture he had done many dow n front door, shouts and pum - times in Chicago. He simply whistled m eling fists that night. His face w as at a girl. H ow ever, this girl was beaten raw by a host o f angry white w hite and E m m ett w as on a trip bigots. through the South. He died an innocent victim o f a N o one told him that black boys racist w hite mob. A lthough tw o did not w histle at w hite girls in the leaders o f the group w ere charged South. T hree days later he w as with T ill’s m urder, they w ere found grabbed from his bed in the m iddle not guilty. L ater they adm itted that o f the nights, drug from the house, they killed him and bragged about m ercilessly beaten, and shot in the it, but could not be tried again. head. W hile their conduct and the fact P urew al our best D ipaola that they got aw ay “Scott free” bothers me a great deal, I now have solace know ing w here I feel they are at this m om ent. W h ile E m m ett is re s tin g in heaven with the rest o f his fam ily, I believe the ones w ho brutally and unfairly took his life are burning in a place I hope I never see. I also have good faith that the upcom ing trials will bring a better verdict. E m m ett Till and his fam ily deserve a guilty verdict and G od w illing they w ill finally get it. Ron Weber is a regular speaker on African American history and a frequent contributor to the Port land Observer. B l u e b e r r ie s over conventional blueberries* E x c l u s iv e l y a t S a f e w a y As meauurod m a recent nor turn er preference tost Visit Safeway's Web site at www.safeway.com Pork Shoulder Blade Roast Hermiston Watermelons Bone-in. Slow cook. All natural. SAVE up to $1.81 lb. Seeded or Seedless. Cut Watermelon, 29< lb. Card Price: $3.00 ea. 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