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tri’1 art hath (©bserucr Page A6 March 22. 2006 Rally one of Portland’s largest (A P )— A peaceful but passion ate parade o f protesters marched through dow ntow n Portland Sun day to denounce the war in Iraq as it enters its fourth year. The rally and inarch, named "End the War, Begin the Peace," was co sponsored by some 160 organiza tions. Portland police estim ated the turnout at about H).(XX) and re ported one arrest on a minor charge. It took the parade, with marchers eight to ten abreast, nearly an hour to pass. “A year from now, which one o f you will beaG old Star family m em ber," asked Steven D eFord at a pre march rally. His son, O regon N a tional G uard Sgt. D avid Johnson, 37, was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb in Septem ber 2(X)4. "If 64 percent of the United States thinks this invasion is wrong, where are they?" he said. "W hat if I had done more? I live with that thought every day.” "It is time now for you to take back your country,” he said. The Rev. LeRoy Haynes Jr., a veteran o f the Student Nonviolent T h e 4 8 th A n n u a l E B O N Y F A S H IO N F A IR P H I SI N IS Ctx>rdinat ing Com m ittee that arose in the 1960s and the Black Panther movement, said the Sept. 11 attacks were extrem e terrorism but the war in Iraq is "unjust and im m oral.” “ "W e will not give up our dem oc racy to Bush and C heney,” he said. "W e say no to an adm inistration who asks our sons and daughters to fight for dem ocracy in a foreign nation w hile they steal it from us at home." 1 raqi journal i st and acti vist Eman A hm ed K ham as told a cheering crow d that the w ar "is the worst Save This Date 200B/2006 Sponsored by The Portland Chapter The Links, Incorporated Benefit of Links Educational/Scholarshlp Fund’ I Tic*.i Uric* inctud* ■ on. Friday, April 21,2006 • 8:00 P.M. 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Bishop T.D Jakes to Visit Portland con tin u ed HURRY LIMITED TIME OFFER! > P ortlan d C h ild r e n s M useum , or by c a llin g 5 0 3 471 9 9 1 7 . A ll app lication s must be postm arked by 3 PM Friday, M arch 3 1 /2 0 0 6 New Beginnings is part o f a cul tural m ovem ent across the coun try, with churches that reach thou sands locally, along with global outreach. “For this tim e in history, God has cal led certain leaders to lead m ove m ents,” Cole said. “W e happen to call them m ega churches.” Church m em bers also m eet in sm aller groups, around 200 groups gather around the city each week. New Beginnings is proud to be P o rtla n d ’s la rg e st m u lti-ra c ia l church in Portland "W e believe G od created all people,” C ole said. “ In order for us to w orshipand really learn, we need to em brace all nationalities.” They also embrace Christianity’s Jew ish roots, and support Rabbi Joseph S hulam ’s m inistry in Isra el Each year Shulam flies to Portland to teach biblical roots in a Torah class. M akowski said to understand the Bible, C hristians must under stand the custom s and traditions during the tim e o f Christ. T he c h u rc h ’s g rand op en in g ev en t th is su m m er is a fou r-w eek s p re a d , d e s ig n e d to e s ta b lis h b onds w ith the co m m u n ity . N ew B eg in n in g s is inviting city d ig n i taries in the G resh am area, will ho n o r local p olice and fire d e p artm en ts and plan to invite and d o n ate funds to the school d is trict. C o le said they w ill invite Shulam to blow a sh o far at the ce leb ratio n .