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Page A2 ^Iortlanb (©bscruer________________________ October 6.2004 !r Jlo rth m h (Jibsertier Established 1970 USPS 959880 4 7 4 7 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 Young Pilots Set World Records E diiuk - in -C mih . P viushee : Charles H. Washington Eoirop.Michael Leighton R e p o r t e e : Jaymee R. Cuti D istribution M anager : Mark Washington C reative D irector : Paul Neufeldt O puce M anager : Kathy Linder I ttc Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and w ill he returned it accompanied by a sell addressed envelope. A ll created design display ads become the sole properly ol the newspaper and cannot he used in other publications or personal usage w ithout the w ritten consent ol‘ the general manager, unless the cItem has purchased the com position o f such ad C 199b T H E P O R T LA N D O BSE R VE R . A L L R IG H T S RESERVED. R E PR O D U C TIO N IN W H O LE OR IN PART W IT H O U T PE R M IS SIO N IS P R O H IB IT E D The Portland O bserver-O regon's Oldest M u lticultu ral Publication- is a member o f the Na tional Newspaper Association Founded in 1885. and The National Advertising Representa tive Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York. N Y , and The West Coast Black Publishers Association • Serving Portland and Vancouver PosntusrtSend address changes to Portland Observer PO Box 3 1 3 7 , Portland, OR97208 Periodical Postage paid In Portland, OR Subscriptions are $60.00 peryear 503-288-0033 FAX 503-288-0015 XtlardabsgHSLCQm siX&njXiw@IXXUa^^ XtlsndQt^nsrjsni dssSlBsd9^Xxtlsndobsener.c<xn GUN TURN-IN October 9 10am - 2pm Exchange unwanted firearms for joods and entertainment vouchers. Children may exchange toy guns for other toys Mediablasters 6332 SE 82nd Ave Gresham Fire Station #4 NE 192nd and Halsey Portland Fire Station #16 ,715 SW Skyline Blvd. TualityHealthcare Human Resources Pkg L 232 SE 8th in Hillsboro Reggie's Barber Shop 3219 NE Martin Luther King Blvd C e a s e fire Oregon E ducation Foundation 503 220 1669 www ceaselireoregon org Li. uoi. Lee »rener, a world war II tighter ace and member o f the Tuskegee Airmen, shares i moment with 14-year-old Kenny Roy (left) and 11-year-old Jimmy Haywood after the two boys became the youngest African-Americans to ever fly solo. (AP photo) Tùskegee airmen welcome adventures (A P)— When Jim m y Haywood and Kenny Roy flew from C alifor nia to C anada and back, they saw Polls Favor Kerry after Debate livestock, lakes, a snow capped m ountain - and set a couple o f w orld records. Jim m y, at age 11, (AP) - National opinion polls show Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry running even with President George W. Bush just days after the first of their three debates, and less than a month before the Nov. 2 election. A Newsweek magazine poll, the becam e the youngest black pilot to m ake an international flight, and 14-year-old K enny passed C an ad a’s flight test to becom e the w o rld ’s youngest black pilot licensed to fly solo. T h e ir th re e -d a y a d v e n tu re ended Setp.25 w here it began, at the C om pton/W oodley A irport near Los A ngeles, with a hom e c o m in g a tte n d e d by fa m ily , friends and even the legendary T uskegee Airmen. Jim m y was unabashed about his accom plishm ent, piloting a C essna 172 for 10 hours each way betw een Southern C alifornia and Vancouver, B.C. A certified Hight in stru c to r acted as the b o y s’ chaperone but did not fly. K enny was m ore restrained about his feat, executing stalls, spins and spiral dives to get his license to fly solo. He took the test in Vancou ver because Canada allow s pilots to be licensed at 14; the age is 16 in the U nited States. The boys got their training in the youth aviation program at the C o m p to n -b a s e d T o m o r ro w ’s A ero n au tica l M useum , w here they volunteered to w ork in ex change for instruction. The world records are som e thing the boys can be proud o f forever, said O scar York, p resi dent o f the Los A ngeles chapter o f the T uskegee A irm en o rg an i zation. “Even if they d o n ’t w ant to fly later in life, it show s you can do som ething,” said York, who w el com ed Kenny and Jim m y home. “And th ey ’re on their way to a good career, because they have heads that are already turned to the fu tu re.” first taken since Thursday night’s percent. It was a significant change televised debate between the candi form the magazine’searly Septem dates, showed Kerry had gained on ber poll, in which Bush led Kerry Bush, increasing his support to 47 six percentage points. percent o f those polled while the The latest CNN-USA Today- president had 45 percent. Indepen G alluppoll shows Bush and Kerry dent candidate Ralph Nader had 2 even at 49 percent each Kerry Guards Voting Rights Bitter memories from 2000 recalled (AP) — Republicans have been trying to suppress voting in states where the presidential race is too close to call. Democratic nominee John Kerry said Sunday at one of the largest predom inantly black churches in Cleveland, Ohio. “In battleground states across the country, w e’re hearing stories of how people are trying to make it harder to file for additional time, or how they’re making it harder to even register,” Kerry told an enthu siastic congregation at East Mt. Zion Baptist Church. “W e’re not going to let that hap pen because the memories o f 2(MX) are too strong. W e’re not going to allow 1 million African Americans to be disenfranchised.” At a stop in Ohio earlier Sunday, Kerry told a voter concerned about ballots cast by military personnel overseas that Democrats are aware o f voting problems and are con cerned. “W e’re seeing efforts by the Republicans, unfortunately, in vari ous parts of the country to sup press votes and intimidate people, to do things that bring back memo ries that are pretty bitter in the American mind from the year2000.” With just a month left in the presidential campaign, Kerry said the cam paign would take steps nationally to ensure voters access to the ballot box. Kerry has said he has thousands of lawyers around the country pre pared to monitor the polls and chal lenge voting irregularities on Nov. 2. Toprevent Ohio from becoming this election's Florida, Democratic Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones gave the churchgoers some advice. “When you go to the ballot box, if you make a mistake you can get another ballot,” she said. She also urged voters with punch card bal lots to hold them up for examination before turning them in. The game is just a game... it ’s how you play th a t makes it fun, or frustrating, or dangerous. It’s true for all types of games - including gam bling. Less than three percent of Oregonians may have a gam bling problem - but when they play, it's more than a game. The way they play puts them and th e ir fam ilies at fin a n cia l and em otional risk. If playing isn’t fun anymore, call: 1-877-2-ST0P-N0W Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. addresses the audience at the East Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, Sunday. Seated behind him are Rev. Dr. Otis Moss o f the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland (left) and Rev. Jesse Jackson. Licensed treatm ent providers are there to listen, help and make referrals to local treatm ent centers 24 hours a day. Or visit www.oregonlotteryhelp.org for: • • • • St. Helens Blows Smoke Warning Signs Treatment Centers How to Get Help Reaching Out continued at least once in the past 2(X) years and have had several m ore over the last 2,(MM) years. M ost were considered m inor, according to ► ► When gambling is more than a game, no one wins. I fro m F ro n t 1 USGS figures. M ount St. H elens’ m ost spec tacularshow ing was in May 1980, w hen an eruption blew the top 1,4(X) feet o ff the m ountain. The blast killed 57 people.
