PageA2
£*!C'JjJortÌanò © bseruer
December 22. 2004
Christmas at Moore Street
A Production o f W orld Arts Foundation, Inc.
Where?
Jefferson High School
School o f Champions ~ School o f Pride
The Robert G. Ford Memorial Theatre
5210 N. Kerby, Portland. Oregon
Tribute To:
W hen?
Rev. Dr. Martín Luther King, Jr.
Monday, January 17, 2005
12:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
“ Keep The Dream A live”
Live B roadcast/Sim ulcast
Portland C om m unity Media, Channel 11
Jefferson High School
Television Dept./Television Services (PPS),
Channel 28
KBOO 90.7 I'M
Donation: $3.00
or 3 cans o f non-perishable food
Volunteer Danielle Bradford (left) packs food for gift
baskets Monday at the Moore Street Salvation Army in
north Portland. Thanks to donations, the non-profit was
distributing food to families who could use the help
during the holidays.
LIM ITED E X H IB IT SPACE
Sponsored by:
Portland Public Schools • Portland
Association of Teachers • Killingsworth
Little Chapel of Chimes • SAFECO
Corporation • Oregon Education
Association • Providence Health System
• Portland Community College •
Enterprise Rent-A-Car • Portland General
Electric • KBOO Radio • Portland
Community Media
AVAILABLE FOR VENDORS
photos by
For More Inform ation Please Call:
(503) 283-7069
Felipe Andres, 5, gets a free haircut
Monday from Nin Dickinson o f Perfect
Image Plus during a holiday celebration
with local kids at the Moore Street
Salvation Army.
M ark W ashington /T hk P orti ani ) O bserver
U S Military Base Attacked
www.worldurtsfoundation.org
(AP) — An explo
sion ripped through a
iness tent at a military
base in Mosul where
hundreds of U.S. sol
diers had just sat down
to lunch Tuesday, and
officials said 24 people
were killed and more
than 60 wounded.
The dead included 19
U.S. soldiers.
The attack came the
same day that British
Prime Minister Tony
Blair made a surprise
Yisit to Baghdad and
described the ongoing
violence in Iraq as a
“battle between democ
racy and terror.”
Workers and U.S. soldiers tend to the wounded after a mortar attack on a
The force knocked U.S. military dining facility.
soldiers off their feet
and out of their seats as a fireball their tables upside down, placed tack. The militia is believed to be
enveloped the top of the tent and the wounded on them and gently a fundam entalist group that
shrapnel sprayed into the area. carried them into the parking lot. wants to turn Iraq into an Islamic
Amid the screaming and thick
The Ansar al-Sunnah Army state like Afghanistan’s former
smoke in the tent, soldiers turned claimed responsibility for the at Taliban regime.
Child Dies, DHS Investigated
(A P )
—
G ov.
T ed
K ulongoski on M onday o r
dered the state D epartm ent o f
Hum an Services to hire an
outside expert to review the
child w elfare system after two
incidents o f suspected abuse
w ere re p o rted in as m any
w eeks.
F rid a y , a 1 5 -m o n th -o ld
M ilw aukie boy died at a local
hospital ju st three days after
C lackam as C ounty sheriff’s
deputies responded to a report
the toddler was not breathing
and was bleeding from the
mouth. An autopsy showed
the child had suffered m as
sive head injuries.
The boy had been returned
to his biological parents after
the state D epartm ent o f Hu
man Services had taken legal
custody, said sheriff’s spokes
man Joel M anley.
Two weeks ago, C lackam as
C ounty deputies arrested W il
liam and Thelm a Beaver on
crim inal m istreatm ent charges
after one o f their foster ch il
dren, a 5-year-old girl, had to
be hospitalized because she
w eighed only 28 pounds.
MNMMMMMMI
Expectant Mother Knew Killer
It's Better at the Beach!
(AP) — Bobbie Jo Stinnett
and the woman accused of stran
gling her and cutting her baby
from her womb were photo
graphed together at a dog show
months before last week’s at
tack, a woman who attended
the show said.
Stinnett, 23, was eight months
p re g n a n t w hen sh e was
¿Ski no o iZYVi n d ¡
1-888-CHINOOK
www.chinookwindscasino.com
CASINO RESORT
strangled Thursday at her home
in Skidmore, Mo., where she
and her husband, Zeb, raised rat
terriers.
Investigators used tips from
other rat terrier enthusiasts and
data from Stinnett’s computer
before arresting Lisa M. Mont
gomery, of Melvern, Kan., on
Friday. Montgomery, 36, who
A d v e rtise w ith d iv e rs ity in ffl" j . ì l i r t l j t n ì ’l ( O b s e r v e r Call 503-288-0033
rite p ort iarKj O b serv er
___________ USPS 95 9-6 80__________
T
Established 1970
A
4 7 4 7 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.,
F
F
Portland. OR 9721 1
3
E d IT O A
S
-I N - C
a l e r , P U B L IS H
UK
C k r. a
Charles H. Washington
E D I T O II
Michael Leighton
It i s r 1 1 1 li n n h
M a n a o s h
Mark Washington
O
t i V r.
D i n r. c r o k
Paul Neufeldt
M a h a a K n
Kathy Linder
f f ic i
K r. r o K T K K
Jaymee R. Cuti
P ostmastix : Send address changes to Portland Observer PO Box 3 1 3 7 , Portland, OR 97208
Periodical Postage paid In Portland, OR i Subscriptions are $ 6 0 .0 0 peryear
5 0 3 -2 8 8 -0 0 3 3 • FAX5 0 3 -2 8 8 -0 0 1 5 •
EMAIL: news@Dortiandobserver.com
ads@DQrtlandobserver.CQm
claimed to have given birth to a
girl the previous day, is charged
with kidnapping resulting in death.
Investigators said Stinnett had
mentioned her pregnancy on the
Web sites and that Montgom
ery - using a false name - got
directions to Stinnett’s home in
Skidmore by claiming she was
interested in buying a dog.
ads@ portlandob server.com
The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs
should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope.
All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used
in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager,
unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 1996 THE PORTLAND
OBSERVER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN W H O LEO R IN PART
W ITH OU T PERM ISSION IS PR O H IB ITED .
The Portland O bserver-O regon's Oldest Multicultural Publication-is a member of the
National Newspaper Association-Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Repre
sentative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers
Association • Serving Portland and Vancouver.
t
I