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Statehood at Issue in Puerto Rico
Leading
candidate
supports drive
(AP)— The long-standing ques
tion of whether Puerto Rico should
push to become the 51 st U.S. state
was at the center of Tuesday’s
gubernatorial elections in this
American territory.
Former Gov. Pedro Rossello,
whose previous terms from 1993
through 2000 were marked by a
series of corruption scandals, has
made the statehood demand a cen
tral theme of his campaign to return
to the post.
Polls give him a narrow lead over
Anibal Acevedo Vila, who favors
the island's current status as a U.S.
commonwealth. Ruben Berrios of
the Puerto Rican Independence
Party, making his fifth run for gov
ernor, was running third in the polls.
Puerto Rico’s 4 mi 1 lion residents
are U.S. citizens but cannot vote for
U.S. president. Outgoing Gov. Sila
Calderon declined
seek re-election.
Som e 2.4 m illion
Puerto Ricans were reg
istered to vote Tuesday
fo r g overnor, the
island’s nonvoting del
egate to Congress as well
as for members of the
island's legislature and
municipal posts.
Rossello has pledged
to lead a clean govern
ment if elected again.
Acevedo Vila, who is
currently the island’s
delegate to Congress,
says he is determined to
prevent the “rampant
c o rru p tio n "
of
Rossello’s two terms,
Standing in a voting
line at a school, accoun-
tantEnrique Vasallosaid
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Anibal Acevedo Vila, candidate for Governor o f Puerto Rico o f the Popular
Democratic Party, along with his wife Luisa Gandara, shows his ballot
during the general elections Tuesday. (AP photo)
he backed Acevedo Vda because “I
like the way things are" with Puerto
Rico as a U.S. commonwealth.
Rossello promises another vote
on statehood - an option narrowly
defeated in nonbinding referen- Puerto Ricans generally pay no fed-
dums he oversaw in 1993 and 1998. eral income taxes but have no vote
The Caribbean island has been a in Congress and pay substantial
U.S. territory since 1898. The island local taxes,
wasgiven limited autonomy in 1952.
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Mexico’s Day of the Dead “ ““
Day of the Dead recognizes the continuity
between the living and the dead. At the Onda
Arte Latina Gallery, 2215 N.E. Alberta St.,
works presented by three Northwest artists
are inspired by spirits and spirituality in Latin
America.
Susan Lynch’s black and white photogra
phy is a dramatic document of the Mexican
Day of the Dead celebration. Lynch began
photographing fiestas in 1998 while living in
Minneapolis and continued over several trips
to Oaxaca, Michoacan and Mexico City.
A show for Spirits in the House, with
photos by Susan Lynch and paintings by
Susan Trueblood Stuart and Pamela Altree
runs through Nov. 16.
$69.00
$40.00
$99.00 and up
$25.00 and up
$5.00 each
Day o f the Dead festivities in Mexico are
captured in the photography o f Susan
Lynch. Her artwork shows through Nov.
1 6 at the Onda Arte Latina Gallery.
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(AP) — A bus carrying a youth
soccer team collided with a coal
truck on a rural road in northern
Colombia, killing 10 people aboard
the bus, including eight of the
young athletes, a sports official
said Sunday.
A soccer official and a trainer
also were killed in the crash near
Bosconia, 350 miles north of
Bogota, the capital, Leny Garcia, a
youth soccer official of Sucre state
who was on the bus, told local radio
station RadioCaracol. Calls to local
authorities for confirmation were
not immediately answered.
The team was headed from
Sincelejo, the state capital, to
Bogota for an U nder-17 soccer tour
nament when the crash occurred
Saturday night. Witnesses said the
truck driver apparently swerved to
avoid a dead cow in the road and
collided with the bus.
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has received a new coat of paint.
W orkforce Center executive director Jennie Portis
says the funds will allow exterior painting of “eight to
10" more homes in north and northeast Portland. All will
have resident homeowners whose income does not
exceed 80 percent of the median for the Portland metro
politan area.
The foundation compiled the list from houses in north
and northeast Portland that have historic significance to
Portland's African-American community, and portrayed in
its 1998 book, “Cornerstones of Community; Buildings of
The Historic Home Painting Program will serve three
functions: providing necessary assistance to low-income
homeowners to allow them to remain in their homes; up
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Portland’s African-American History.”
Unfortunately, since the book was published, Bosco
Milligan executive director Kathy Galbraith says about a
dozen of the houses have already been demolished.
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Preserving
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grading the community in general; and preserving the
community’s historic architectural heritage.
In the case of Essie Murray, her very presence has been
a positive force for her community for decades. She has
been a deacon and Sunday school teacher in her church,
and a childcare provider for 26 years.
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Asked to calculate when the house was last painted
she said, “About 25 or 30 years. I think. My daughter
was a teenager the last time we did it, and she's over 40
now.”
O f the new paint she says, “It’s very nice. I love it. And
the people who did the work, they were so nice to me.”
Galbraith notes that it doesn't take a lot of money to make
a real difference in someone's life.
“This program absolutely meets the most basic goal of
the Interstate Urban Renewal District: providing benefits to
lower-income residents already living here." Galbraith said.