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5Ü< Minority Donors Urgently Needed life saving saving ¿ n Shortage o n a g e uj o u f je 'W# transplants hurt local community _ •Community service See See story, Metro section inside story, Metro section inside e ^ n rtla n h ffibserusr ‘City of Roses’ Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXV, Number 30 TlWeek¡n TheReview w w w .portlandobserver.com Wednesday • July 20. 2005 P p h iiild in tf Hurricane Aims at Mexico H urricane Emily sw irled across the G ulf o f M exico on Tuesday and took aim once again at the Mexican coastline, forcing thou sands in the northeast and in southern Texas to seek higher ground. The storm was gather ing strength as it barreled to ward the coast, a day after rip ping roofs o ff resort hotels and stranding thousands o f tourists along the M ayan Riviera, which includes the resort o f Cancún. Pakistan Nabs Bombing Suspects Police rounded up seven Islamic m ilitants in Pakistan to deter mine whether the London bom b ing plot stretched to South Asia. Investigators want to find out w hether the bom bers received tra in in g , e n c o u ra g e m e n t or other assistance from extrem ists in Pakistan leading to the July 7 attacks aboard three sub ways and a bus that killed at least 56 people. Tony Blair Appeals to Muslim Leaders Britain Prime MinisterTony Blair appealed to M uslim leaders on Tuesday to com bat the “tw isted logic” o f terrorism and offered to help them counter extrem ism with reason. LII’ Kim Sues Witness L il’ Kim has filed a $6 m illion law suit against one o f the two men who gave w ounding testi mony at her recent trial on p er ju ry and conspiracy charges. She was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for lying to a federal grand ju ry about her involvem ent in a 2001 gun battle outside a M anhattan radio sta tion. Integra Makes Top of Most-Stolen Vehicle List Revitalization for Iris Court in the works by K atherine B i . ackmore T he P ortland O bserver It’s like a mini-version of New Columbia, the north Portland neigh borhood built from scratch after scores of outdated and rundown houses and apartments were de molished. The new housing com plex expected to undergo a major facelift is the Iris Court housing cluster, consisting of four public housing projects located near the intersection of North Vancouver Avenue and Sumner Street. “We spent a lot of time meeting with residents and neighbors and folks in the community and w e’ve come to appreciate more fully the need to revitalize this core of the neighborhood. We thought the Iris Court Cluster would be a great jum pstart,” said Mike Andrews, director of community revitaliza tion with the Housing Authority of Portland. With a possible $16.4 million Hope VI grant for redevelopment, turning the distressed area into a place where children can safely play could become more o f a reality. Like Columbia Villa, now New Columbia, Iris Court is outdated not only in the way it’s designed, but in the age of the buildings them selves. B uiltintheearly 1940s,two of its biggest problems are the over abundance of concrete and the lack of security. There aren’t enough green areas for recreation, and the design of the property allows for poor management in keeping out siders out. “The social side is that a lot of P hoto by K atherine B lackmore /T hf . P ortland O bserver Nichole Padilla lives in the Iris Court housing cluster in north Portland with her two daughters, 2-year-old Savana Dailey and 9-year- old Marena Padilla. She's expecting a baby boy in October. folks are just very low-income. vices at HAP. While construction is being com ing prices skyrocketing due to There are a lot of single moms try The building plans include the pleted, the families in the pre-exist gentrification. Full assistance will ing to raise kids, yet they only make addition of a community center, ing homes will be relocated. There be provided financially and men minimum wage. Theireconomic sta computer lab and Albina Head Star, is some weariness about the dis tally to residents for 4 Vi years. bility is not good at all. Hope VI is classrooms. A Community Sup placement, bu, HAP wants to make “A couple o f years ago I headed not just money to build buildings, portive Service plan would provide a genuine effort to bring back ev up the team that relocated 382 fami but to provide job training and edu support services for residents with eryone who will leave temporarily. lies in 6 months,” Keating said. cation to help people get back on the hope of increasing household It’s a necessity for the program to "We were able to do that success- their feet,” said John Keating, as income through training, education keep this area affordable among the continued on page A2 sistant director for community ser and skill-building. growing area around it, with hous The 1999 Acura Integra coupe was the m ost-stolen vehicle last year and Integras from other model years w eren’t far behind, likely the targets o f street racers w ho w ant their fast engines, according to a report released Tuesday. The 2002 BMW M Roadster was No. 2 on the list and the 1998 A cura Integra was third. Local Team Advances Hewlett-Packard to Slash 14,500 Jobs to State C om puter and p rin ter m aker H ew lett-Packard Co. said T ues day it will cut 14,500 jo b s and overhaul its retirem ent program in a restructuring plan designed to save $ 1.9 billion annually and bring costs closer to those of com petitors. The cuts - about 10 percent o f its global work force o f 150,000 - will occur over the next 18 months. The Peninsula-Riverside Girl's Major Little League team from north and northeast Portland is playing for the state champion ship this week in Eugene. The 11 to 12 year-olds won the Oregon District 1 championship by defeating Scappoose 17 to 1 on July 12. Coach Mark Washington (second row, left) stands next to assistant coach Shay Washington, and Mary Dunn, president o f the Peninsula-Riverside league. The team's assistant coach Andre Preston is in the second row at far right. photo by C harles W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver ä c O o 1> O x .S c* o n T O' ot C c « c- 50 O O J. c CM □ - More Schools Fail ; Notices explain transfer options M ore o f P o rtla n d 's pu b lic schools serving low and moderate income families have failed to meet targets mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Parents of students at four of the Portland middle schools were noti fied on Friday tha, their children’s school had failed to meet the fed eral standards, bringing to half the num berof middle schools failing in the Portland area. The parents of 2,097 students at B innsm ead. G regory H eights, Kellogg and Portsmouth middle schools now have the chance to transfer their chi Idren to a different neighborhood middle school. The letter said the children are eligible for free transportation. Under the No Child I>eft Behind Act, schools are required to show yearly progress for all students each year, including those with disabili ties. Last school year, 50 percent of students had to pass the English test and 49 percent had to pass the math test to meet the federal re quirement. Students in special cat egories — such as those with dis abilities or those learning English as a second language — are also required to make progress, but their scores can be lower. The four middle schools new to the list failed to meet standards for certain groups of students. A school spokesw om an said their status may change after tes, scores are rechecked this summer.
