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November 9. 2005
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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.
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did it. W e did it.”\
New O rleans police initially told the
protesters that they w ould be arrested
if they attem pted to cross the bridge,
but the police changed their m inds and
told dem onstrators they w ould be o f­
fered safe passage.
C a p t. M a rlo n D e fillo , a p o lic e
spokesm an, said police w anted to “al­
low them an opportunity to voice their
opinion.”
Many o f the protesters w ere from
out-of-tow n civil rights organizations.
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
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progress our country has made over
the last 50 years should certainly be
concerned, as the members of the
CBC are, about Judge A lito’s opin­
ions. 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
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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.