PagcA2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ ' Ì J n r t l a n b O ììh s m ie r " (ÏÏÏffflS Educatigli S P E C I A L E D I T I O N November 9. 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blocked Bridge Exodus Remembered The Rev. Lennox Yearwood raises his fist as he walks across the bridge over the Mississippi River under police escort Monday, recreating the thwarted exodus o f Hurricane Katrina refugees in New Orleans. (A P) - A bout 50 protesters on M on day w alked across the bridge over the M ississippi R iver under police escort, recreating the exodus o f H urricane K atrina refugees. In the d ay s a fte r the d e a d ly storm , resid en ts w ho co u ld not esc a p e the city and took sh e lte r in side the c o n v e n tio n c e n te r, a lo n g w ith oth ers w h o w ere fo rc e d to leav e ho tels, w ere told to e v a c u a te by the bridge. B ut after a 2.5 m ile w alk in sw e lte r ing heat a c ro ss the bridge they w ere tu rn e d back by arm ed p o lice from G re tn a , L a. T h e R ev. L e n n o x Y e a rw o o d , the m arch leader, c a lle d o u t as the p ro te ste rs p a sse d the first ex it in the city Protesters rally near the center o f the bridge across the Mississippi River in New o f G retna. Orleans Monday to mark the attempted exodus from Hurricane Katrina several “T hey said we w ouldn’t do it,” he weeks ago. Survivors of the storm and flooding were blocked from using the said. “T hey said w e w ouldn’t do it. W e bridge during the disaster, a route that would have led them to safety. Don’t spend *10,000 - *20,000 -$3 0 ,0 0 0 ! on windows ANY SIZE WHITE VINYL C nmiDi c uiiun luiunnuf DOUBLE-HUNG W I N D O H7 W | A M ^ ^ C a l l Today! 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Malik Rahim, a resident o f the Algiers area in N ew O rleans, said he w as pleased to see the outsiders supporting the march. ” How can you expect people right now from N ew O rleans, after w hat th ey ’ve gone through, com e here and participate in a m arch,” he said. Black Caucus Evaluates Nominee Judge faces questions on race, equality The Congressional Black Cau cus is requesting a meeting with Bush Supreme Court nominee J udge Samuel Alito to discuss serious concerns about the nominee’s ap proach to equality matters and race issues. U.S. Rep. Melvin L. Watt, D- N.C., chair of the caucus, is strongly urging all 100 members o f the Sen ate, and especially the 14 Demo crats and Republicans who reached an agreement on earlier nomina tions, to avoid taking a position on Judge A lito’s nomination until the "How to balance comfort and energy savings." You can trim your electric use without sacrificing comfort. 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Many of these opinions have been dissents in race cases, in other matters affecting equal rights and access to the federal courts to vin dicate federal rights, in other areas of the law where his decisions have disproportionately affected African Judge Samuel Alito Americans and in long settled ar eas that impact federal jurisdiction Senators have had an opportunity and responsibility to protect the to fully review the nominee’s judi public,” W att said. cial interpretations on congres “We are troubled by what ap sional civil rights legislation and pears to be a very conservative his legislative and constitutional judicial philosophy that seem s rulings on other discrim ination greatly at odds with much of 20th matters. century constitutional ju risp ru “Senators who value the racial dence.” he further noted. Civic Leader Accused of Sex Abuse Matt Hennessee, a pastor, civic leader and re c e n tly d e parted chairman of the Portland Devel opment Commission, also a former Nike ex- ecutive, is currently under a cloud due to allegations o f crim i nal behavior uncov ered by The Orego nian. T he pastor sees the sex abuse allega tions towards him as a matter of misrepresentation. Mem bers of his congregation at the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church in north Portland support him despite the news published last Friday and Tuesday. The board of Matt Hennessee’s company, Quiktrak, a Beaverton-based in v e n to ry a u d itin g com pany, voted to suspend Hennessee after the news broke. H e n n e sse e has helped the company triple its revenues since he arrived in l 999, and the com pany’s founders said earlier this year th at he fo stered a warm and open atmo sphere. However, The Oregonian re ported that there were e-mails from a female relative of Hennessee that he sent to her in January 2003 in which he apologizes for sexually abusing her as a teenager more than 10 years ago. Bob Chaney (seated) is joined by his wife, Frances Chaney; son- in-law, Steve West; and daughter, Carolyn West; as they hold a ceremonial $340 million Powerball check at the Oregon Lottery Commission In Salem Tuesday. (AP photo) Families Claim $340 Million Second biggest jackpot in history (AP) — Two Oregon couples came forward Tuesday to claim the second-biggest jackpot in U.S. lot tery hi story: $340 mi 11 ion. Lottery officials confirmed that Steve West, his wife, Carolyn, and his in-law s. Bob and Frances Chaney, held the winning ticket in Oct. 19 Powerball drawing. The two couples had gone in together on $40 worth of tickets. They arrived at lottery headquar ters to have the ticket verified and L decide whether they wanted the money in an after-tax lump sum of $l I0 million, or 30 annual install ments of about $7.6 million. They will split the jackpot, lot tery spokesman Chuck Baumann said. All four live in Southern Oregon. Two days after the drawing, Steve W est went on television to claim he and his relatives had the winning ticket. But it was up to the lottery to verify the claim.