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Latest new building for Portland Community College transforms North Albina and Killingsworth years n I S 3 See story, Metro section inside i .’***■•.. " T nrtíanh ‘City of Roses’ Established in 1970 Volume XXXV, Number 34 w w w .portlandobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity Week in TheReview Wednesday • August 17, 2005 N ig h tlife Shaken Up photo by M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver Gaza Settlers Defy Deadline H undreds o f Jew ish settlers d e fied a m idnight Tuesday dead line to leave G aza, attacking Is raeli troops and dancing around the Torah in celebration o f their resistan ce to Prim e M in ister A riel S haro n ’s historic plan to disengage from the Palestinians. Clubs, police address street shootings Crash Leaves 160 Dead A chartered je t filled with tour ists returning home to the French C aribbean island o f M artinique crash ed T u esd ay in w estern Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board. The pilot had been attem pting an em ergency land ing after both engines failed, officials said. by N icole H ooper T he P ortland O bserver P o rtlan d police and n ig h tc lu b o w n e rs in the d o w n tow n e n te rta in m e n t d istric t are q u e stio n in g and revising public p o licies in the a fte rm a th o f several recen t street shootings. P olice have bo o sted p atro ls d o w n to w n an d at least one n ig h tclu b an n o u n ced that it w as ch a n g in g its m usic, Plane Lost Pressure In ‘04 e lim in a tin g hip -h o p to d e te r v io le n t cu sto m e rs. Investigators trying to d eter mine why a Cyprus airliner c a r rying 121 people crashed in the G reek m ountains focused on reports o f past technical p rob lems, with a form er mechanic for the airline saying Tuesday the je t lost cabin pressure during a flight last year. T here have been three sh o o tin g in c id e n ts on the streets aro u n d the clu b s this m o n th . T h e v io le n c e m ostly occu rred aro u n d c lu b c lo sin g tim es in the v icin ity o f S o u th w est S econd, T h ird and F o u rth A v en u es. A 28-y ear-o ld m an w as k illed on A u g 8 a fte r 4 0 g u n sh o ts w ere fired. T he bullets b roke w id o w s at M etro Pizza, a late night restau ran t that stay s op en until 4 a.m . on Friday and S atu rd ay nig h ts a ttra c tin g h u n g ry and tipsy clu b patrons. T he d estru c tio n c o u ld c o st o w n e r Coretta Scott King in Hospital D iana K oelling m ore than $ 5 ,0 0 0 in repairs. D o w n th e s tre e t is th e V u e N ig h tc lu b . In an e ffo rt C ivil rights m atriarch Coretta Scott King was in fair condition Tuesday after being h ospital ized for an unspecified condi tion, a hospital official said. See story, page A2. to sto p th e v io le n c e , it w ill b e o n e o f th e first Madonna Breaks Leg M adonna’s 47th birthday c e l ebration was m arred Tuesday when she suffered several bro ken bones in a horse riding ac cident at her country hom e o u t side London, her publicist told The A ssociated Press. | The Red Sea, located on 318 S. W. Third Ave., decided many years ago to switch from playing live Reggae music to mainstream hip-hop to attract clientele. What do you think of suggestions to close dance clubs early and not play hip-hop as a response to the downtown shootings? Parents Make Anti-War Plea The day after burying their son, the O hio parents o f a fallen M a rine urged President Bush to either send more reinforcem ents to Iraq or w ithdraw U.S. troops altogether. “W e feel you either have to fight this w ar right or get o u t,” Rosem ary Palm er, m other ofL an ceC p l. Edward Schroeder II, said Tuesday. Schroeder, 23, died tw o w eeks ago in a road side explosion. ! Bush Ranch Restrictions Wanted Some o f President Bush’s neigh bors asked county leaders T ues day to prevent large gatherings near his Texas ranch like the ongoing anti-w ar protest led by C indy Sheehan, the m other o f a soldier who died in Iraq. Dozens o f people have joined Sheehan’s protest by pitching tents o ff the w inding, tw o-lane road leading to B u sh ’s ranch. I | It more to What do wilh the ownership of h a \c K m jy y * ^ B and hav in g KB the security I ^ ^ B to verify iden- tification and -----..T *« por weapons Younger people are the ones more apt to make more trouble. I don’t think the music has anything to do with the maturity level o f the clientele. -Clarice Banks It’s really rude to imply that hip-hop is the problem. Hip- hop is a form o f music and everyone listens to it regard less o f age and color, it’s not the fault of the music. -R e g g ie Brown First African American Officer Honored Charles Duke achieved despite hurdles Portland Police — Chief Derrick Foxworth p o sth u m o u sly hon- ored form er officer ” B Charles Duke with the police d ep artm en t’s Achievement Medal On Dec. 4 , 1946, Of ficer Duke became the -,^'WF i first African-American U officer to join the Port land Police Bureau. At the time of his appoint- Charles Duke ment, Duke scored first out o f the 203 individuals taking the entrance exam. In his original application, he wrote that he wanted to become a police officer, “because I be lieve that I can do my community some good in this capacity.” continued Although I a H ^B B il "Wil case ot live BF or si x young K b people inak- ing stupid decisions. I K | the business ial P jk,. you |s « * S t Violence is always going to be there no matter what. It doesn ’t matter what type o f music you play. do n ’t think if s an effect of the atmosphere or the music. The young kids today need guidance. Now is the time to talk to them so we can prevent instances like this in the future. —Javier Chavez -A rthur Williams Dance clubs should be closed all together be cause there is too much violence. I am not from Portland but ever since I have been here I have heard nothing but bad things about the clubs. —Marsha Pittman d o n 't at- ^ B K | < y tend clubs. I d o n ’t K T think that A -Z. ! IB the music is ’ '■»BB| a direct re- K suit o f the * — violence. M usic is a good thing and can be posi tive. I think a lot o f fight ing dow ntow n is a result o f p e o p le b e in g m is placed. —Michelle Harris Safety Issue for Incoming Woodlawn Kids Children must cross major highways ’TB* K atherine B i . ackmore T he P ortland O bserver by With the closure of Applegate Elemen tary School in north Portland this fall, trans ferring students to Woodlawn Elementary might not be easy - literally. Children from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade will have to venture through the crowded highways of Lombard Street (U.S. 30 bypass) and Martin Luther King. Jr. Boulevard (U.S. 99) to get to school and back. Parents, community members and their children are concerned about the safety of this area, which is why about 50 people photo by K atherine R lackmori / T hf . P ortland O bserver rallied last Thursday at the busy intersec Frustration spills over at a Thursday protest over the lack o f student bus services tion to protest. for kids entering Woodlawn Elementary after neighboring Applegate School was Picket signs shouted “Kids and trucks closed last spring due to budget cuts. don tm ix and “One lousy bus stop is all we ask. Chants o f “Hey hey, ho ho, unsafe hurt, i f sone too many,” said Sheila Warren, decides to run across the street against the crossings have to go!” were met with sup- chairperson o f the Woodlawn Association light, and collides with an oncoming car? RAILROAD REAL ES on page A6 continued y f on page A3 é
