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‘City of Roses’
Established in 1970
Committed to Cultural Diversity
Volume XXXVI, Number 10
www.portlandobserver.corti
Wednesday • March 22. 2006
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Bishop T.D. Jakes will speak at New Begin­
nings Christian Center on Saturday, March 25.
Bishop T.D Jakes
to Visit Portland
Considered one of the
most influential pastors
photo by
S arah B iahjnt /T he P ortland O bserver
One o f the largest protests in Portland history, and the largest anti-war rally in the world marking the third anniversary o f the Iraq War, fills Waterfront
Park. Portland Police estim ated nearly 10 ,0 0 0 participated in Sunday's downtown rally and march. See story and additional photo, page A6
by S arah B lount
T he P ortland O bserver
New Beginnings Christian Center is taking their
congregation in a radical new direction this summ er,
moving to a new 60,000 square-foot hom e on 24 acres
at33OON.E. 172nd Place in Gresham.
The church will celebrate the move early, with an
appearance by Bishop T.D. Jakes on Saturday, M arch
25. Last yearTim e magazine named Jakes as one o f the
25 most Influential evangelicals in America. He is the
pastor o f The Potter’s House, a multiracial, nonde-
nominational church in Dallas, with more than 50
outreach ministries.
D oors for the event will open at 9:30 a m., and the
program starts 10:30 a.m. Jakes will share his “word
with the Northwest” shortly after.
New Beginnings is at 7600 N.E. G lisan St. and the
special appearance is open to the community. Childcare
is available for infants to 12 years o f age.
The church, which has been in northeast Portland
for the past 12 years, will relocate to the G resham
property they purchased in 1995. Senior pastors Larry
and Tiz Hutch left last year to launch a w orldwide
m inistry out o f Dallas. New Beginnings’ senior pas­
tors are now Brad and Lisa M akowski.
continued
on page A6
Drivers Offered $300 for Study
ODOT' recruits
300 volunteers
Electronic monitoring equipment would be installed the front dash and back end o f vehicles
participating in a mileage counting study by the Oregon Department o f Transportation.
TLWeek in
The Review
Man Dies after Taser Shot
Portland police used a taser on a
man w ho w itnesses say was speak­
ing gibberish, foaming at the
mouth and running intotraf-
fic on N o rth ea st S an d y
Boulevard. He died on the
way to the hospital. See
sto ry , p ag e A3
Challenger Endorsed
incum bent T ed Kulongoski. See
sto ry , p ag e A3
Iraq War Defended
President Bush said Tuesday there
will be "m ore tough fighting ahead"
in Iraq, but added, “W e’re making
progress” and denied claim s that
Iraq is in the grips o f a
civil war. He also re­
je c te d a c c u s a tio n s
that he was determined
to wage w ar in Iraq
from early in his presi­
dency.
Form er State T reasurer Jim
Iraq Prison
Hill has picked up a major
Stormed
endorsem ent from the Ser­
Insurgents storm ed a
Jim Hill
vice E m ployees In tern a­
jail around dawn Tues­
tional Union in his race for gover­ day in the Sunni M uslim heartland
nor in the May 16 Prim ary against north o f Baghdad, killing 19 police
The Oregon D epartm ent o f
Transportation will offer up to
300volunteers ¿minimum o f $300
guaranteed with the opportunity
to earn more with price breaks on
gasoline to help it test m ileage­
counting equipm ent.
R esidents o f northeast and
southeast Portland w ho drive
1996 or new ercars may qualify in
the R oadU serFee Pilot Program,
a program to test options for
replacing O regon’s gas tax.
The participants in the pilot pro­
gram will need to purchase their gas
at one o f tw o stations in northeast
and southeast Portland at least
tw ice per month, O D O T officials
said. During one six-m onth period,
most volunteers will not have to
pay the gas tax thereby saving 24
cents on each gallon o f gas.
The program will run for one
year starting in May. Like a m ile­
age o d o m eter, h ardw are in ­
stalled in the volunteers’ ve­
hicles will count the num ber o f
mi les they travel in Oregon. Elec­
tronic devices will have the abil­
ity to record and transm it m ile­
age information between the car
and the gas pump.
Potential volunteers can im ­
m ediately see if they are eligible
by
v is itin g
h ttp ://
w w w .oregon.gov/O D O T / and
click on “Road user fees.”
Potential volunteers may sign
up for the program by contacting
Alex Nydahl at 503-423-3837.
neighborhoods shattered by H ur­
ricane Katrina. See sto ry , page A2
and a co u rth o u se
guard in a prison
break that freed doz­
ens o f pri soners and
le ft 10 a tta c k e rs
dead.
Teen Killed for
Walk on Lawn
Santana Speaks
Out on War
C a rlo s
S a n ta n a
quoted his old friend
Jimi Hendrix in lash­
in g o u t a g a in s t
Carlos Santana calls for peace over war.
P resident Bush in
an an ti-w a r r lessage M onday.
“T h ere is more v alu e in p lacin g a Big Easy Rebuilding Plan
flow er in a rifle jarrel than m aking New Orleans M ayor Ray Nagin fin­
w a r," S an ta n , sa id . “ A s Jim i ished work M onday on a plan to
H en d rix u sed to say , m u sical rebuild New O rleans, endorsing a
notes have m ore im p o rta n ce than proposal that would allow all resi­
dents to rebuild their hom es in
b u lle ts."
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A man in O hio w ho neighbors say
was devoted to his m eticulously
kept lawn was charged with murder
in the shooting o f a 15-year-old boy
who apparently w alked across his
yard. See sto ry , p ag e A2
Chrysler
Vehicles Recalled
C hrysler is recalling 268,8(X) ve­
hicles from the 2005-2006 model
years to replace a faulty front w ind­
shield w iper motor, the com pany
said M onday The vehicles include
the Dodge Durango. D odge C ara­
van an d G ra n d C a ra v a n , an d
C hrysler Tow n & Country.