5()jf ■ Careers Educatim S P E C IA L ^ E D IT IO N ■ years Advice for the Career Bound i of •'community c u m n i u i n i y o c service r v ic e Metro, section n B j Metro, section Ì 0 H ■ «4® f ortlanh O s c ru e r ‘City of Roses’ www.portlandobserver.com Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXV. Number 45 TI Week ¡n The Review Translator Accused of Treason Wednesday • November 9. 2005 Seniors Face Daunting Options Help offered to decipher Medicare Part D An Arabic translator for the Army is accused of secretly helping Iraqi insurgents, a federal prosecutor said at his bail hearing in New York City Monday. The man was or­ dered held without bail on charges o f falsifying his identity. by K atherine B lackmore T he P ortland O bserver Second Saddam Lawyer Killed Three masked gunmen in a speed­ ing Opel assassinated a second lawyer in the Saddam Hussein trial Tuesday, casting doubt on Iraq’s ability to try the case and leading a prominent war crimes prosecutor to urge moving the proceedings to another Arab country Terrell Owens Apologizes A contrite Terrell Owens, hoping to overturn his dismissal from the Philadelphia Eagles, on Tuesday apologized to coach Andy Reid, quarterback Donovan McNabb, the team ’s owner and president, and fans. “1 fight for what I think is right. In doing so, 1 alienated a lot of my fans and my teammates,” the All- Pro receiver said. Student Shoots Administrators A student shot and killed an assis­ ta n t p rin c ip a l and se rio u sly wounded two other administrators at a high school in Jacksboro, Tenn. Tuesday. The student was arrested. The motive for the shooting at Campbell County High School, 30 miles from Knoxville, was not imme­ diately known. France in State of Emergency President Jacques Chirac declared a 12-day state of emergency Tues­ day in an extraordinary measure to halt France's worst civil unrest in nearly four decades. The mayhem sweeping neglected and impover­ ished neighborhoods with large African and Arab communities is forcing France to confront anger building for decades among resi­ dents who complain of discrimina­ tion and unemployment. Gonorrhea Cases Fall Gonorrhea has fallen to the lowest level on record in the United States, while the rates of other sexually transmitted diseases - syphilis and chlamydia - are on the rise, federal health officials said Tuesday. photo by I saiah New training touches on bias, ethics All Portland Police Bureau officers are now required to attend a three-hour course in the ethics and constitutional­ ity of stopping vehicles, addressing the issues of racial vs. criminal profiling, protecting the rights of the driver and maintaining ethical standards. The course “Perspectives on Profil­ in g ” was designed by the Sim on Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Toler­ ance and will be part of the bureau’s annual 40-hour in-service training go­ ing on now through March. “This training is about how officers ments and their own personal can use their well-developed safety. intuitive skills on the street The course teaches offic­ without intrusion of uninten­ ers how to differentiate crimi­ tional bias,” said Sgt. Kris nal profiling from racial pro­ Wagner of the Pol ice B ureau ’ s filing, when race may be used Training Division. appropriately as a factor in a “The importance of this train­ profile, how to identify racist ing is that we are taking this u n d e rto n e s w ith in an issue of profiling to the fore­ agency’s culture, and how to fro n t,” said O fficer Dana insulate themselves from its Lewis, who along with seven Officer Dana Lewis effect. other bureau officers will fa­ Other topics include the role of “prob­ cilitate the training. “By incorporating this training, we’re letting the community know able cause” in the practice of racial pro­ that we’re not sweeping this issue under filing, how to avoid escalation in racially charged stops, and which statistics would the rug.” When stopping a vehicle, police offic­ be used as predictors of future behavior ers must be mindful o f a number of and which should not, and why the dif­ factors: traffic on the road, looking for a ferences. The instruction also examines the Fourth safe place to pull over, the number of people in the vehicle, suspicious move­ Amendment, which protects citizens against No Libby Pardon Urged on page A8 illegal search and seizure, and the Four­ teenth Amendment, which guarantees citizens their civil rights. There is also the Whren Decision, a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring that any traffic infraction is reason enough to stop a vehicle, regardless of the officer’s actual moti vation of the stop. “One of the first issues we discuss in the training is to come up with a defini­ tion of racial profiling,” said Lewis, who has been with the Bureau for three years, but has been in law enforcement for 14 years. “Just coming up with a definition that is in agreement with ev­ erybody opens up the dialogue. Once that is set, we can start breaking down the issue of racial profiling.” Last year, the Police Bureau and continued on page A3 THE BREAD LADY Humanitarian spreads kindness for a living M g ô § c o M ■ - C/l -J 5 u > 5n 3* E c 55 r O' i B oiiie /T he P ortland O bserver Lyda Overton (left) and Arleta Christain, activities director for Northeast Multicultural Senior Center, get an understanding of Medicare Part D. Each Wednesday, the center matches people up with a volunteer expert in the new prescription drug coverage by appointment. A group class is also planned on Nov. 30. There’s a new health benefit plan milling around called Medicare Part D and it brings confusing options for seniors and disabled people. Starting Jan. 1, everyone on Medicare can voluntarily buy a prescription drug in­ surance policy from an array of pri vate com­ panies that are subsidized and regulated by the federal government. But with so many different options and daunting paperwork, the whole thing can be intimidating. To ease the confusion and lesson the chances for a costly mistake, the AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) and SHIBA (Senior Health Insur­ ance Benefit Assistance program) have launched public efforts to help people look at their choices, rather than dismissing the new benefit as something that’s too com pli­ cated to deal with. Both organizations are helping out by providing workshops, along with individual, phone and online counseling, beginning Nov. 15, which is also the first day to sign up for the new coverage. T he U rb an L e a g u e o f P o rtla n d Multicultural Senior Center on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Killingsworth Street will offer individual counseling sessions with a SHIBA volun- photo by K atherine B i . ai kmore /T he P ortland O bserver Regena Williams, co-founder o f Dew-Angie Services, shows o ff the loaves of bread in her truck as she makes her weekly drop-offs to local organizations. Every week, Portlander Regena Williams drives over to Franz Bakery and picks up more than 500 loaves of bread. Then, armed with a truckload of nourishment, she stops at senior centers, group homes and shelters around Portland to drop off the do­ nated loaves at no charge. All on her own volition. “1 have a background in giving - that's how I was raised,” Williams said. About seven years ago, Williams started a community volunteer pro­ gram called Dew-Angee Services with her husband Dwayne. Recognizing her surrounding community as more of a village than a vast city, they’ve been able to make an impact through * a variety of helpful efforts. “It feels wonderful. It lights my heart to see families have bread and clothes and giving them shelter and resources," Williams said. “T hey’re very appreciative. They call for me. They know of someone in their com ­ munity they can trust. I can fill that need.” For Williams, it is necessary that neighbors come together, address their issues and fill the gaps simply by donating their time. Her faith has instilled in her a strong sense of altruism. “God has given me love for oth­ ers," she said. “It’s our Christian duty to help one another." Since moving to Oregon from Ten­ nessee as a 17-year-old, Williams has made her own village with her fam ­ ily. Interestingly, her mother was Mary B row ne, a niece o f pow - continued on page Aft