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50fí Best of Smooth Jazz years of S community service ___ Stage set fo r summer concert at PGE Park See story, page A3 (Tlte - — ‘City of Roses’ Established in 1970 www.portlandobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXVI. Number 28 Wednesday • July 19. 2006 .W eek in The Review Hurricane Doctor Charged A doctor and two nurses who worked through the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina last August were arrested on suspi cion of murder and accused Tues day of giving deadly drug injec tions to four desperately ill pa tients trapped in a flooded-out hospital. Athletic Director Karl Easttorp builds up Panther Pride at Portland Community College Cas cade Campus in north Portland. Easttorp will depart PCC this summer. Seattle Sonlcs Sold A group from Oklahoma City has ag reed to buy the S e a ttle SuperSonics and the Seattle Storm, an official with the Sonics said Tuesday. In February, Sonics majority owner Howard Schultz threatened to possibly move or sell the Sonics after losses of about $60 million in the past five years Invite Finally Accepted President Bush plans to speak to the NAACP Thursday for the first time since he was a candidate, with the White House, announc ing the appearance days after the chairman of the civil rights group publicly urged him to attend. The president had declined invitations to the NAACP’s annual meeting for five years in a row. See story page A 2. Rocket Fire Exchanged Israeli warplanes struck an army base outside Beirut in new bomb ings that killed 16 people, and Hezbollah fired more rockets at northern Israel, killing an Israeli, casting a shadow over diplomatic efforts to stem escalating violence. Tsunami Kills 341 The death toll rose to at least 341 Tuesday after a magnitude 7.7 undersea quake on Monday trig gered walls of water more than 6 feet high that crashed into a 110- mile stretch of beach on Java is land, an area spared by the devas tating 2004 Asian tsunami. photo by M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver Starting an Athletic Tradition PCC carves niche in the community by S arah B ognt T he P ortland O bserver In Oregon’s athletic world, Beavers, Blaz ers and Ducks reign supreme. But as two- year schools play an increasingly larger role in undergraduate education, the Portland Community College Panthers stand achance of capturing some of the spirit that invokes athletic pride in the student body. W hat’s equally important and coveted is the inter est sports can generate from the surround ing community. Despite an 80,000 student population. PCC has only recently begun to fashion an athletic tradition. The school currently has men’s and w om en's bask’etbull teams, since cutting volleyball and m en's soccer in the late 1990s. The two teams are composed of about 24 students from the entire district, and are based at the north Portland Cascade campus. PC C to o k so m e in itia l ste p s to strengthen the athletics departm ent two Community Colleges Recruit Athletes by S arah B lount T he P ortland O bserver What makes a student athlete choose community college over the prospect of Pac-10 glory? Aside from affordable tuition, it’s all about the recruiting. PCC works to attract students throughout Oregon and neigh boring states with the promise to play basketball whileeaming a preliminary edu cation. PCC is a member of the Southern Region of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges based in Vancouver, Wash. The conference formed in 1979 and now governs 35 schools, including one continued y f on page A 6 years ago when they hired athletic direc tor Karl Easttorp. As a native Oregonian and lifelong basketball fan with a Masters in Business Administration in sports mar keting, he knows the business side o f the game. But Easttorp recently accepted a posi tion at Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay where he’ll manage their new student recreation center. Still, he leaves PCC in a good position to build up their athletics. Easttorp worked to create an image of sportsmanship that largely didn't exist at PCC. continued y ^ on page A6 Air Show Jet Crashes A 1951 Hawker Hunter fighter jet, flown by an experienced pilot, crashed into a Hillsboro neigh borhood as it left the Oregon In ternational AirShow Sunday. The pi lot died. A house was destroyed and three others were damaged. Quake Shakes St. Helens Scientists say a magnitude 3.6 earthquakeof about 9:56a.m. Tues day at Mount St. Helens was one of the largest since a minor erup tion in the crater began nearly two years ago. Meth Abuse Boosts Crime Meth abuse continues to fuel an increase in crimes like robbery and a ssa u lt, stra in in g the workload of local police forces despite a drop in the number of meth lab seizures, according to a national survey Tuesday. < _ — < Z> ¡~ o so p c 0/) 'G '■J c * '3 -i J W Canda Moves to Mayor’s Office Advocate will direct gang prevention efforts by L ee P erlman them to decide what T he P ortland they are o r w hat O bserver th e y ’d like to be Longtim e Portland co m e and a llo w youth advocate John neighborhood asso Canda is stepping up ciations and citizens to a larger stage. to participate in that M ayor Tom Potter d iscu ssio n .” has brought the N orth Canda notes with east Coalition o f Neigh pride that the coali borhoods executive di- tion started such so rector into his office to cial service programs w ork on youth v io as the Youth Gangs lence prevention. program, the Tri-Met In the newly created R id er A d v o c a te s, p o s itio n , C a n d a , a the G raffiti A bate form er director o f the ment Program and coalition’s Youth Gang the N o rth e a st Outreach Program, will W orkforce Center. co o rd in ate program s Canda has deep within both the justice roots in the north system and the social east com m unity. He service field. a tte n d e d G ra c e "The city will ben C ollins preschool, efit from John’s experi John Canda moves into the mayor's office. Humboldt Elem en ence and expertise to tary, R obert G ray create strategies for prevention, outreach and Middle School, Jefferson High School, and North intervention in youth violence." Potter said. “This west C ollege o f Business before enlisting in the is not ju st about pulling kids out of gangs, but of Air Force and studying at the College of the Air preventing them from joining gangs in the first Force. place." “ My parents still live in the same house on Potter’s aide, M ario Rubio, adds, “ We hope to G antenbein across from Humboldt School, where put youth violence on the radar on a permanent I grew up,” he said. basis, not ju st when things escalate to the point In 1991, Canda joined Portland’s Youth Gang o f crisis. We want to involve all of the com m unity program , then directed by M aceo Pettis, and and address the root causes o f the problem .” worked with the Neighborhood Crime Prevention The change represents a chance for the N orth Program, the Portland Police B ureau's Neighbor- east Coalition to re-examine itself, Canda told the continued y f on page A6 Portland O bserver. “This is a real opportunity for Increased parking fines went into effect on Monday. photo by I saiah B ouie /T he P oritand O bserver Parking Fines Increase Increased fines for most parking violations in Portland went into effect on Monday. The overtime penalty increases from $16 to $24, still below the average of $34 for comparable cities, according to the Multnomah County Circuit Court. Some safety violations will go beyond what other cities charge, increasing from $40 to $50, $60 or $70 depending on the infraction. Local authorities believe that the fine schedule must reflect this concern for safety, mobility, commercial access and neighborhood livability. For example, when a vehicle is parked in a no parking zone, it may hinder visibility for pedestrians, bicyclists, anil motorists; limit safe clearance for turning vehicles; impede traffic flow; increase conges tion; hinder freight operations; and slow emergency response ve hicles, officials said.