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PageA2________________________ ffîbseruer September 22. 2004 Got Neighborhood School Pride? Sisters in Action support local schools S is te r s in A c tio n jo in e d Jefferson High School students to bring in the schixil year with a pep rally and t-shirt giveaw ay. T he 500 shirts, espousing the logo "got neighborhood school pride?” are designed to encour age students and the com m unity to have m ore p rid e in local schools. T hrough research and inter view s, Sisters in Action volun teers learned o f the frustration and pressure schools and stu dents are under. T he shirts are their way o f show ing that neigh borhood schools and students deserve support. “ I’m tired o f people in this com m unity alw ays saying nega tive things about my school. W e have some o f the best program s and teachers at Je ff but nobody ever talks about that,” says Elisha W illiam s, 16, Sisters in Action m em ber. S upport o u r S ch o o ls and S tu d ents is S isters in A c tio n ’s new cam paig n , co m m itted to b rin g ing atten tio n to the stru g g le s schools such as Je fferso n face. "In ste ad o f talk in g ab o u t our s c h o o l, p e o p le s h o u ld h e lp m ak e su re w e h a v e th e r e sources w e need to ge, a good e d u c a tio n ,” C o u rtn e y Jo n e s, by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver 16, an intern w ith S iste rs in Courtney Jones (from left), Nyesha Sims, Sharnae Rouse, Nyema Sims, Rachel Huff, Renieta Hawkins and Elisha Williams don t- A ction intern. shirts at Jefferson High School to support neighborhood schools, as part o f a Sisters in Action Support Our Schools campaign. Free M ovies Bring D onations Captors Kill Hostages in Iraq Movie fans can see a film and help offer is good for all show times was collected. tight hunger at the 24th annual Cans except starred attractions. "The problem of hunger con Film Festival, Tuesday, Sept. 28. M oviegoers don ated nearly tin u e s to g ro w ,” sa id D ick Donations o f three cans o f non- 125,000pounds of food at last year’s Westerling, senior vice president perishable food at any Regal C in Cans Film Festival. of marketing at Regal Cinemas. emas in Oregon and Clark County All food donations directly ben “T hat’s why we are continuing to bring free admission to a movie and efit the Oregon Food Bank Network work with Oregon Food Bank to a free small box of popcorn. The in the communities where the food address it.” 4 hostage alleged to be American Jack Hensley is seen in this video. (AP) — A posting on an Islamic W eb site claim ed Tuesday that the al-Qaida-Iinked group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has slain a U.S. hostage in Iraq, just 24 hours after grisly video showed the terror m aster mind beheading another American captive. The posting was followed about two hours later by a claim on a different Web site threatening to kill a third hostage, a British man, if women prisoners in Iraq are not freed. N eitherclaim could immediately be verified. A l-Z arq aw i’s group, T aw hid and Jihad, k id napped tw o A m ericans - Jack H ensley and Eugene A rm strong - and Briton K enneth Bigley on T h u rs day from a hom e that the three civil engineers shared in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood. Al- Z arqaw i beheaded A rm strong, and the m ilitants on M onday posted a gruesom e video o f the 52- year-old m an ’s death. The new postings followed the passing o f the m ilitants’ 24-hour deadline for the release of all Iraqi women from prison, and after anguished relatives in the United States and Britain begged for the lives of Bigley, 62, and Hensley, who would have marked his 49th birthday W ednesday. Indian Prisons Found Disgraceful (AP) — Indian prisons are “a least 11 fatalities, 236 suicide at national disgrace" where 11 people tempts and 632 escapes since the have died and hundreds have es change o f administrations in Janu caped or tried to kill themselves the ary 2001. past three years, government offi Its release was timed to coincide cials said Tuesday, likening the with the opening Tuesday of the conditions to the U.S. m ilitary’s Smithsonian Institution’s National mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at Museum o f the American Indian. Abu Ghraib. The Interior D epartm ent’s Bu The Interior Department report reau of Indian Affairs had 2,080 painted a grim picture, capping people in 70 Indian jails, detention months of investigation. It found at centers and other correctional fa- At home with Family. Turning work into play. Connecting on a different level just by changing scenery. Hanging out til dark. Outdoor bliss. Home! 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Problems included mixingofju- veniles with adults that resulted in the raping o f a youth; poorly trained and inadequate numbers o f staff; “countless” assaults on detention officers; and broken toilets, showers and sinks. More Expansion for New Seasons The locally-owned grocery chain N ew Seasons M arket has an nounced that it will open a seventh store in the Cedar Hills Crossing shopping center in Beaverton in 2006. The opening will create about 140 new jobs, provide grocery ser vices to area residents and support local community organizations and vendors from the region. The company is currently in the process o f building its sixth store in north P o rtlan d ’s A rbor Lodge neighborhood at Interstate Avenue and Portland Boulevard. New Seasons M arket carries essential groceries foreveryday liv ing and feature organic produce, natural meats and chicken, fresh seafood, cheeses and an extensive wine and beer selection The com pany is an active and committed supporter o f the regional food economy and is dedicated to pur chasing from sm all N orthw est farms, ranches, dairies and fisher ies. The stores are also com m itted to helping guide custom ers to a healthy lifestyle and include large Minimum Wage Boost Oregon Labor Com m issioner Dan Gardner announced last week that based on an inflation rate of 2.6 percent, O regon's minimum wage will increase by 20cents from $7.05 per hour to $7.25 per hour begin ning with the New Year. An Oregon law passed by vot ers in 2002 requires an annual ad justm ent o f the minimum wage for inflation based on a rise in the Con sumer Price Index. The annual ad justment is to be calculated every September, rounded to the nearest five cents and becomes effective the following January. G ardner said when the m ini mum wage increases, local econo m ies benefit from the increased purchasing pow er o f low -w age w orkers and their fam ilies. “Most low-wage workers pump every dollar o f their pay checks directly into the local economy by spending their money in their neighborhood stores, local phar m acies, and co rn er m ark ets,” Gardner said. He said indexing also offers businesses the ability to budget more effectively and accurately for increased costs. G ardner also pointed out that the “real" cost o f living in O r egon is rising even faster than theC P I. nutritional supplem ent and vil min departm ents staffed by exp r ie n c e d a n d k n o w le d g e a b people. For specialized custom needs, stores have a nutrition! available for free consultatior In addition. New Seasons Mark offers health classes, tours ai lectures. New Seasons Market enthut astically supports the communiti in which it operates. In the last yet the company has made donatioi to over 160 nonprofits and community groups. Scouts Kick Off Popcorn Sale Boy Scouts are “popping up" in local neighborhoods during the month o f October as they kick off their annual sale of T rail’s End Gourmet Popcorn. Proceeds will support programs for over 47,889 youth in northwest Oregon and southw est W ashington. Scouts, often recognized for their good deeds, provided over 1.3 m illion hours o f service to local com m unities last year, and continually strive to do a “good turn" daily. In addition, orders may be placed by contacting the council office at 503-225-5761. RIGHTS RESERVED. REPRO DU C TIO N IN W H O I E OR IN PART The Portland Observer-Oregon s Oldest M ulticultural P ub lica tion -isa member o f the National Newspaper Association-Pounded in 1885 and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers. Inc. New York. N Y . and The West Coast Black Publishers A w ociation. Serving Portland and Vancouver. Correction: Ken Hatch is the owner and pharmacist at Ainsworth Drug on Interstate Avenue in the Overlook Neighborhood o f north Portland. He was incorrectly named in our Sept. 8 issue. We sincerely regret the error.
