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‘City of Roses’
Established in 1970
Committed to Cultural Diversity
Volume XXXIV. Number 49
www.portlandobserver.com
Wednesday • December 15. 2004
T, Week in
The Review
U S Iraq Death Toll Rises
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As of Monday, at least 1,296
meinbersof the U.S. military have
died since the beginning of the
Iraq war in March 2003. In Or
egon, (lags flew at half-staff for
Spc. Jeremy Christensen, 27, who
was killed last month north of
Baghdad when a roadside bomb
destroyed the tank he was driv
ing. Christensen grew up in Port
land. On Saturday, Dec. 4, Or
egon soldier Sgt. David Mitts
was killed by enemy tire in Mosul,
Iraq.
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Peterson Marked
for Execution
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A jury decided Monday that
Scott Peterson should be ex
ecuted for murdering his preg
nant wife, Laci, whose Christ
mas Eve disappearance two
years ago was the opening act in
a legal drama that captivated the
nation.
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African Woman Awarded
Nobel
To the beat of
African drums,
Kenyan envi
ro n m e n ta list
W an g a r i
M aathai re
ceived her Nobel Peace Prize,
telling the audience of royals,
celebrities and diplomats that
protecting the world's resources
is linked to halting violence.
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Murders Down 6 Percent
The number of murders dropped I
by nearly 6 percent in the first
half o f2004, an indication that a |
four-year climb may be ending,
the FBI reported.
Foxx Gets
Triple Globes
Nod
President Bush chose Envi
ronmental Protection Agency
chief Michael Leavitt to be
secretary of Health and Hu
man Services, filling one of the
last two openings in his sec
ond-term Cabinet.
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Uniquely African American
Jackson, Minor's
Prints on Pom
Bush Names
Health Secretary
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Jamie Foxx, star
of a sitcom that
aired from 1996
to 2001, earned
a record three
Globe nominations, including
one for best musical or comedy
actor for his uncanny portrayal
of singer Ray Charles in “Ray.'
Fingerprints belonging to both
Michael Jackson and the boy
accusing him of child molesta
tion were found on pornographic
m agazines
seized
from
Jackson’s Neverland ranch last
year, the Santa Barbara News-
Press reported.
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Fred Meyer Boosts Local Pride
Residents
grateful fo r
upscale new store
by J aymee R. C uti
T he P orti . and O bserver
Just walk through the aisles at the new
Interstate Fred Meyer and you'II see that it’s
providing a lot more than state-of-the-art
one-stop shopping for groceries, apparel,
electronics and more. It's serving as a com
munity meeting place, where neighbors can
stop to chat in a clean and organized envi
ronment.
“It’s become a gathering place," said
Robert Malone, assistant food manager for
the store, which opened to crowds on Dec.
I. “It's a place where people can come to do
their shopping and meet some old friends.”
Malone himself is a link to Portland’s
grocery industry past. He’s been in the
Portland grocery business since 1964. where
he started out as a box boy for Albertsons
and worked himself up through the ranks. He
was the store director for A lbersons’
Killingsworth store and was with the com
pany for seven years.
I saw it as an avenue to expand myself
and other people around me,” said Malone.
He says working in the grocery store
business can be a path to economic liveli
hood and sustainability for individuals and
neighborhoods.
Eventually, Malone owned and operated
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Fred Meyer Assis
tant Food Manager
Roben Malone (left)
and Store Director
Scott Miller in the
bustling new
Interstate store.
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P ortland O bserver
E and M. Sentry Market, the predecessor to
Renaissance Market.
According to Malone, the grocery busi
ness has held his interest for so many years
because the work is varied and allows him to
reach out to others new to the industry.
I like to teach. There are many aspectsof
grocery retail,” he said.
The new store is the sister to the two-level
Wood Village Fred M eyer store near
Gresham. The Interstate store, a local retail
with a two-story. 150,000 square foot pres
ence. replaces an older Fred Meyer at the
same location it has served area neighbor-
hoods for decades.
Groceries, health and beauty care, home
electronics, seasonal, home decor, furni
ture, bed and bath, appliances, toys, sport
ing goods, automotive, home improve-
continued
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