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Volume XXXVI, Number 25
T. Week in
The Review
Missing Soldiers Found Dead
The bodies of
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kidnapped
including one
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found near the
checkpoint w here the men disap­
peared after an attack, a senior
Iraqi military official said T ues­
day. The official said the men were
“killed in a barbaric w ay.” See
sto ry , page A2.
Milwaukie Army Man Killed
O ne day after his F ather’s Day
letter arrived home, a soldier from
M ilwaukie is the latest soldier
with Oregon ties to die in the
Middle East. Army Spc. Robert
Jones, 22, was killed Friday in
Baghdad. Kathy W alker, a family
friend, said Jones was hit by m or­
tar and died instantly.
Dan Rather Quits CBS
Dan Rather,
th e h a rd -
c h a rg in g
a n c h o rm an
w ho d o m i­
nated CB S
N ew s fo r
m o re th a n
tw o d ecades but w hose final
m onths were clouded by a dis­
credited story on the president's
military service, is leaving CBS
after 44 years. The 74-year-old
Rather has com plained o f being
virtually forgotten at CBS.
www.portlandobserver.com
Committed to Cultural Diversity
Wednesday • lune 21. 2006
Foxworth’s New Command
Will lead Southeast
Precinct after
losing chief's job
S arah B lount
T he P ortland O bserver
Acting Police C hief Rosie Sizer promoted
Derrick Foxworth to com m ander o f the
Southeast Precinct Tuesday ju st four days
after he was dem oted to caption by M ayor
Tom Potter.
Foxworth, only the second African Ameri­
can to hold the c h ie f s post, has been on
paid adm inistrative lead since facing a long
list o f accusations and m edia frenzy over
allegations he had a sexual affair with a
police desk clerk when he com m anded the
N ortheast Precinct.
Friday, Foxworth was cleared o f all but
one o f the eight charges after a three month
investigation. But the dam age was done,
and Potter concluded the inquiry by dem ot­
ing the native Portland resident and long
respected leader.
“T his report concludes that investiga­
tors found nothing to substantiate allega­
tions o f sexual harassm ent," Potter said in a
by
Derrick Foxworth
statem ent, leading into sim ilar statem ents
clearing him o f allegations o f a hostile w ork­
place, m isuse o f city property or time.
Potter found Foxworth guilty o f one vio­
lation. unprofessional conduct - for sharing
his personal opinions about a pending in­
vestigation and conduct o f com m and offic­
ers with A ngela O swalt, the em ployee who
brought the charges against him.
Taking full credit for his decision. Potter
concluded that F oxw orth’s ability to effec­
tively lead as chief was dam aged by the affair
and a series o f sexual em ails he sent during
the period of the relationship from April 2000
to Septem ber 2(X) 1.
“ We make extraordinary dem ands of ev ­
ery man and woman who becomes a police
o fficer...an d we ultimately hold them to a
higher standard,” Potter said.
Following Potter's conclusion, Foxworth
issued his own statement, saying he'll re­
turn to the Police Bureau and looks forward
to w orking with the com m unity once again.
But Foxworth disagreed with the lone-
violation, saying that shared personal opin­
ions are com m on in the organization.
Now the m ayor hopes the impact o f this
investigation and the attention it garnered
will help shape future city procedures to
avoid a sim ilar situation.
He asked Bureau o f Human Resources
D irector Y vonne Deckard to review w ork­
place relationships and hopes to have new
policies in place by early fall.
He has directed Acting C hief Rosie Sizer
to begin a review o f police bureau policy
regarding internal com m unications. He also
wants more accuracy in the accounting for
com m and officers’ tim e, and how and when
they may use police bureau vehicles for
private business.
M eanwhile, Sizerwill remain in the c h ie fs
post and plans to apply for perm anent sta­
tus, while the m ayor conducts a search for
a replacement.
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Charges Failed Test
C ity in v estig ato rs id en tified and c o n ­
clu d ed an in v estig atio n on eig h t a lle g a ­
tions o f m isco n d u ct ag ain st C h ie f D er-J
rick Foxworth in connection w ith a sexual
affair he had w ith a desk clerk six years*
ago w hile co m m an d er o f the N ortheast
P recinct.
• M isuse o f city resources - work time,
cell phones, pagers, com puters and
vehicles- u n su b sta n tia te d
• Sexual harassment, creating a hostile ■
work environm ent and abuse o f po w er ’
- u n su b stan tiated
• Retaliation against a w histleblow er -
unsubstantiated
• Favoritism - u n su b sta n tia te d
• Use o f alcohol - u n su b sta n tia te d
• D iscourteous treatm ent -
unsubstantiated
• D isclosing information -
unsubstantiated
• Unprofessional rn/idur T -su h sta n tia te d
Art That’s Accessible to All
Guard Into New Orleans
A convoy o f N ational G uard
troops rolled into New Orleans
Tuesday in 75 Hum vees and other
military vehicles to begin patrol at
the m ayor's request. The soldiers
will cover the city’s hurricane-
devastated and largely deserted
neighborhoods to free as many as
300 police officers to concentrate
on crim e in more heavily popu­
lated areas. See sto ry , page A2.
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Ex-Bush Aide Convicted
A jury T uesday convicted a former
Bush administration official of four
counts o f lying and obstructing
justice in the first trial to be held in
connection with the influence­
peddling scandal o f lobbyist Jack
A bramoff. David Safavian — a
form erchiefof staff at the General
Services A dm inistration — could
be sentenced to five years in
prison for each charge.
Portland Casino to Wait
The petitioners o f a proposed
casino at the defunct M ultnomah
Kennel Club have decided to wait
and place their measures before
voters in the November 2(XI8elec-
tion. The casino backers ran out
o f tim e to gather the needed sig­
natures after tw ice being forced
to rew rite their ballot initiatives to
pass constitutional muster.
Yulia Arakelyn brings the beauty o f dance to the stage,
Curtis L. Walker (center), who overcame stereotypes that limited work in his chosen vocation, joins
breaking preconceived norms by performing in a wheel
members of the Impetus Arts theater group he created.
.1 ason K aim an chair.
Impetus Arts theatre
group breaks norms
D avid V anadia
F or i he P ortland O bserver
Most people d o n ’t think o f w heel­
chairs when they hearthe word "dance.”
That is, unless y o u ’re Curtis L. W alker,
ow ner o f Impetus Arts, a privately held
creative com pany w hich he founded in
January 2005.
Wal ker, a graduate i if Lewis and Clark
College, was discouraged from being a
by
theater m ajor and told h e'd only be a
character actor because, transgendered
and walking with a limp, he fell out of
con tin u ed
on p a g e AS
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Line Up for ‘Good in the Neighborhood’
Weekend celebration
embraces diversity
by L ee P erlman
T he P ortland O bserver
By now it is an established tradition. The last weekend in
June is Good in the Neighborhood, a free festival at King
School Park in northeast Portland.
For the third year running, the fun starts Saturday, June
24 with a community parade, featuring community busi­
nesses and organizations, beginning at 11 a.m. at Emanuel
Hospital and proceeding along Russell Street to Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard and the park. This year, the grand
marshal is community advocate Tom Kelly of Neil Kelly
Design, a business headquartered for generations at North
Alberta Street and Albina Avenue.
The main attraction for Good in the Neighborhixid will be
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