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St. Andrew Nativity School
A Jesuit Middle School
4925 NE 9,h Ave Portland, O R 97211
Phone: 503-335-9600 Fax: 503-335-9494
We are accepting applications for the
6th grade for the Fall of 2006.
Deadline for applications: April 7, 2006
Please pick up an application at the school office
Monday through Friday, 7:30 am until 4:00 pm.
Ingredients for life.
March 22. 2006
Rights given to all residents
(A P) New O rleans M ayor Ray
N agin finished work M onday on a
plan to rebuild New O rleans, en
dorsing a proposal that would al
low all residents to rebuild their
hom es in neighborhoods shattered
by Hurricane Katrina.
The m ayor’s advisory com m is
sion, form ed after Katrina struck
Aug. 29, recom m ended in January
that som e flooded neighborhoods
be replaced with parks and that the
city take a go-slow attitude in re
building low-lying areas. But that
suggestion was greeted with jeers
and outrage at public meetings.
N ag in , w ho is running fo r re-
electio n on A pril 22, d istan ced
h im se lf from that plan, w hich in
clu d ed a p ro p o sed m o ratorium
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Jason McCleod, o f Albany, Ga., spends his spring break from
Georgia Southern University by removing debris from a home in
New Orleans. (AP photo)
on b u ild in g p e rm its in so m e
n e ig h b o rh o o d s.
On M onday, he offered to let
residents rebuild anyw here, but
w arned that hom eow ners in flood-
prone areas would do so at their
own risk. “ I’m confident that the
citizens can decide intelligently for
them selves,” the m ayor said.
T he report also recom m ended a
host o f other ideas, from revam ping
schools to consolidating som e city
offices. T he w ish list o f projects
included new light-rail system s,
new riverfront developm ent and
better flood protection.
“W e have w orked tirelessly,”
Nagin told hundreds o f residents
who gathered to hear about the
plan. “ It has been controversial in
som e respects, but I am pleased by
the results.”
T he release o f the report cam e
hours after civil rights groups took
aim at the state’s plan for rebuild
ing, w hich includes spending bil
lions o f federal dollars to buy flood-
dam aged homes.
C ritics said that plan gives short
shrift to poor and low -incom e vic
tims, focusing too m uch on bailing
out hom eow ners and encouraging
high-end developm ent at the ex
pense o f low -incom e renters.
Challenger Endorsed
Form er State T rea
su re r Jim H ill has
picked up a m ajor en
dorsem ent from the
Service Employees In
ternational U nion in
his race for governor
in the May 16 Prim ary
a g a in s t in c u m b e n t
Ted K ulongoski.
Support for the A f
rican A m erican chai-
lenger cam e one w eek after another
m ajor public em ployees union, the
O regon E ducation A ssociation,
refused to back Kulongoski in the
prim ary and instead adopted a "no
endorsem ent” stance.
Joe D iN icola, president o f SEIU
Local 503, said Hill w as the “over
w helm ing” favorite o f union m em
bers because o f his support for
affordable health care, increased
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state support for local
schools and reform ing
O regon’s tax system
to m ake corporations
“pay their fair share.”
Di Nicola fended off
q u e s tio n s
ab o u t
w h e th e r th e u n io n
w o u ld
co m e
to
K ulongoski’s aid in a
November general elec
tion race in the likely
event that Kulongoski em erges from
the May primary as the Democratic
nominee.
“SEIU m em bers are energized
about Jim H ill’sentry into this race,
and the opportunity to have a real
leader step up for O regon," he said.
“All o f our focus is on winning the
Democratic nomination for Jim Hill
and m aking sure he is on the ballot
in N ovem ber.”
Hearty Signature Soups in the Deli
Soldiers Welcomed Home
(A P) — W ith a joyful shout, 92
O regon N ational G uard soldiers
tossed their hats in the air to punc
tuate the end o f their m ission to
A fghanistan.
Roughly 2,000 people, including
a host o f politicians, filled the
Pendleton C onvention C enter on
Sunday to w elcom e home members
o f the D Com pany, 113th Aviation
Battalion. The unit, based out of
the Pendleton A rm ory, left hom e in
January 2005 fortraining at Fort Sill,
Okla., before heading to A fghani
stan for more than a year.
“You left first-rate soldiers, you
return first-rate heroes,” said Gov.
Ted Kulongoski, who was joined at
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the dem obilization cerem ony by
Sens. Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden,
Rep. Greg Walden, and Major Gen.
Fred Rees, the adjutant general of
the Oregon National Guard.
Special tribute was made to the
fam ilies o f Staff Sgt. Tane Baum
and W arrant O fficer Adrian Stump,
members of the unit who were killed
last Septem ber when their CH -47
C hinook helicopter crashed in A f
ghanistan after being struck by
enem y fire.
The fam ilies o f the fallen were
p r e s e n te d w ith a f la g , an d
K ulongoski spoke o f the sacrifice
made by all the soldiers and their
families.
Man Dies after Taser Shot
Portland police used a taser on a
man w ho w itnesses say was speak
ing gibberish, foam ing at the month
and running into traffic around
N ortheast 24th and Sandy Boule
vard M onday. He died on the way
to the hospital.
Police said they struggled in an
attempt to take the46-year-old white
male into custody.
“T he officer did use his taser in
ad ri ve-stun m ode to try to facilitate
the custody,” police spokesm an
Paul D olbey said.
A m ajor crim es team is trying to
d eterm in e w hat h ap p en ed and
w hether the taser contributed to
the m an ’s death.
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(AP) — A man who neighbors
say was devoted to his m eticu
lously kept lawn was charged with
m urder in the shooting o f a 15-year-
old boy who apparently walked
across his yard.
Charles M artin called 911 in
Batavia. O hioon Sunday afternoon,
saying calm ly: “ I ju st killed a kid."
Police, w ho released the call’s
contents, said M artin also told the
dispatcher: " I ’ve been harassed by
him and his parents for five years.
Today just blew it up."
Larry M ugrage. w hose family
lived next dixir. was shot in the
chest with a shotgun. The high
school freshm an was pronounced
dead at a hospital.
Martin. 66, allegedly told police
he had several tim es had problem s
with neighbors walking on his lawn.