Committed to Cultural Diversity
www.portlandobserver.com
M etro
Îlîl ^lortlanb OOhscruer
/C o m m u n ity
C a le n d a r
PCC Art Beat Festival
The an beat goes on at the 19lh
A nnual Art Beat festival at all
Portland Community Col lege cam
puses, May 8-12. The festival
offers students com m unity ac
cess to local, regional and na
tional artists, plus visual art,
dance, music, theater and literary
events. T his event is free and
open to the public.
Black Affairs Convention
The Oregon Black Political C on
vention will be held Friday, April
28 through Sunday, April 30 at
the Holiday Inn, Convention C en
ter, 1441 N.E. Second Ave. Port
land M ayor Tom Potter presents
w elcom ing rem arks on Saturday
at 8:45 a.m.
Lents Resource Fair
Southeast Portland residents are
invited to learn about hom e o w n
ership opportunities, park im
provem ents, street repairs and the
future 1-205 Max light rail line at
the Lents Resource Fair, Satur
day, April 29 from 9a.m . to I p.m.
at Lent Elem entary School, 5105
S.E. 97,h Ave. T here also will be
special activities for kids, includ
ing free bike helmets.
Neighborhoods Celebrate
The C oncordia and Fox Chase
neighborhoods o f northeast Port
land present a street fair, Satur
day, Apri 129 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on N ortheast 3()lh A venue be
tw een K illingsw orth and Jarrett
s tr e e ts . T h e ‘N e ig h b o rh o o d
Spring T hing’ will include music,
art activities, free bicycle helm ets
for kids, story telling, puppet
shows and other perform ances.
Women in NAACP
W om en in N A A C P meets from
10:30a.m. to 1 p.m. the first Satur
day o f each m onth at the A m eri
can R edC ross Building, 3131 N.
V ancouver. For questions, call
503-249-6263.
A p ril 26. 20 0 6
Hip Hop comes to
town with ‘Cinco
de Mayo Bomb’
Old school rappers and
chart-topping newcom ers
blast the Rose Garden
see story, page B2
Full Court Press
Jim Hill
challenges
governor
by S arah Bi.ot nt
T he P ortland O bserver
Jim Hill doesn't like being labeled the anti-
Kulongoski candidate. He follow s his criti
cism against the current governor with solu
tions to the setbacks O regon has struggled
with during the incum bent's term.
" I'm not just saying I’m not K ulongoski,”
he said. “I’m saying I’m Jim Hill."
Hill, 58, represents the many people frus
trated with snail-paced im provem ents in
O regon’s econom y, crow ded classroom s
and a failing health care system. He is one of
two Dem ocrats challenging K ulongoski in
the May 16 Primary.
An O regonian since 1974, Hill retains a
southern accent from his childhood in A t
lanta. He relocated to Oregon with his wife
and infant daughter from Indiana, where he
obtained a B achelor’s degree from M ichi
gan State University and a M aster’s in B usi
ness A dm inistration and Law D egree from
Indiana University.
Hill was elected State Treasurer in 1992,
making history as the first African American
in Oregon to hold a statewide office. He
form erly held office as both a State R epre
sentative and Senator from the Salem area.
He currently is single and lives in Salem.
This is H ill’s second run for governor,
follow ing a loss to Kulongoski in the 2002
D em ocratic Primary. He said for him the
scales were tipped to running again when
form er Gov. John K itzhaber backed out of
another run for the office.
On facing an incum bent. Hill said, “ If
y ou’re not doing your jo b , then som eone
continued y ^ on pane US
photo by I saiah B ouie /T he P ortland O bserver
Gubernatorial candidate Jim Hill visits with voters Saturday at Sellwood Park s Earth Day celebration in southeast Portland.
Sounding Off
on the Issues
Immigration:
H ill: “We have to deal with this in a way
that reflects O regon’s v alu es...as long as
people pay taxes and have nocrim inal record
we have to accom m odate them .”
Sorenson: “ I’m committed to non-discrim i
nation on the basis o f national o rig in ...w e
shouldn't check for legality if em ergency
m edical services have to be provided."
Jobs:
Hill: “ W e need to help businesses that are
already here with low -interest loans and
access to capital to grow .”
S oren son : “ B u sin esses fail becau se o f
lack o f capital and m anagem ent skills. W e
m ust have in v estm en t and m anagem ent
Corporate Taxes:
Hill: “I will re-direct theCorporate K ickerto
education and raise the $ 10 minimum corpo
rate tax to fund schools.”
S orenson: “T he corporate incom e tax
should be m odified so that loopholes such
as credits, exem ptions and deductions re
sult in a more equitable level o f contribu
tion.”
Pete Sorenson
Wants to
Listen, Lead
Free College Outreach
The first Saturday o f each month,
from 12p.m. to 2 p .m ., high school
students can get free help from
O regon State U niversity on pre
paring for any college at the Matt
D ishm an C om m unity C enter, 77
N.E. Knott St.
by S arah B lount
T he P ortland O bserver
Networking Skills
The function o f netw orking for
jo b s and business opportunities
will be explored during a Oregon
A ssociation o f M inority Entre
preneurs Coffee and Issues fo
rum at 7 a.m. Friday, April 28 at
O A M E Cascade Plaza, 4134 N.
V ancouver Ave. The one-hour
session is open to the public and
no registration is necessary.
Japanese Garden Plant Sale
The Japanese G arden will help
you bring new life and color to
your garden at its annual plant
sale on Saturday, Apri 129, from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. outside the gates of
garden in the upper parking lot.
A dm ission is free.
Welcome Spring at PCC
P o rtland C o m m u n ity C ollege
hosts the second annual Beltane
Festival at C ascade and South
east cam puses, M onday, May I
from 11 a.m. to5 p.m. Enjoy music
as well as drum m ing and dancing.
c o m p o n e n ts .'
photo by S arah
B i . oi n i /T hi P ortland O bserver
Candidate for governor Pete Sorenson visits with Dawn Pierson on Northeast Rodney Avenue Monday while canvassing
door to door, preparing for the May 16 Democratic Primary.
Pete Sorenson is a candidate who likes the idea
o f accessibility. At age 54, the current Lane County
com m issioner looks back on his political career as
form er state Senator, Legislative Assistant to U.S.
Rep. Jim W eaver and Special Assistant to U.S.
Secretary o f A griculture for the C arter A dm inis
tration. This experience, he says, has given him
definitive ideas about what people expect from
elected officials.
“A ccessibility is at the heart o f making things
better," he said.
It’s one thing to handle the issues o f 320,000
Lane County residents, and another to deal with
3.5 million O regonians, but Sorenson has worked
out a detailed plan to accom plish his plan:
“I’d like to go out 10 times during my first year
in office and visit O reg o n ’s five congressional
d istricts.”
H e’d theoretically have conversations with 12
people in six hours and hold town hall m eetings in
the evening.
S o ren so n said the idea is to have a g eo
g rap h ic b alan ce w ith m eetings un filtered by
continued y ^ on page R5
Ceramic Showcase
The Oregon Potters Association
hosts the n ation's largest all-clay
show May 5-7 at the Oregon C on
vention C enter. The show in
c lu d e s in fo rm a tio n b o o th s ,
ch ildren’s areas and live demos.
The last day o f the show is free.
community’ service
1
Senseless 6Cold Case’ Murder Solved
night of the murder, but instead shot G ra
ham.
John Cory Brown III, 30, and C harles
D eangelos Jenkins, 28, are both charged
with G rah am 's m urder and LaQ uandre T ay
lor, 26, has been charged with conspiracy to
com m it his murder.
The family o f the victim has been strug
gling for justice since the senseless killing.
His son. now grown up. chocked back tears
w hen told the suspects have finally been
arrested.
“T he co llab o rativ e effo rt b etw een o u r
Victim gunned
down 9 years ago
A 9-year-old m urder has been solved
with the arrest o f three people and the efforts
o f a “Cold C ase" unit o f the Portland Police
B ureau's other law enforcem ent.
24-year-old Thom as G raham died after
being shot in the chest at the corner o f North
A lbina Street and K illingsworth C ourt on
Nov. 2 8 , 1997. At the time, police suspected
he was the innocent victim o f gang violence.
N ow prosecutors believe that three men
went hunting for a rival gang m em ber on the
Charles Deangelos Jenkins (from left), John Cory Brown III and LaQuandre Taylor.
continued
y^
on page H5