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50j¿ 36 «’ years •scommunity serv K J L ltP /z ’y all about the kids at the 25th anniversary of Self Enhancement, Inc. of ' ’r ®Í|C Mixing Ane Wines, Jazz SEI Soul Celebration iZ page See See pa8e Vancouver sets the table fo r premier cultural event event H H | cultural \l 1 iZ See Metro section, 1 4. s Fîort lanb (©bseru “ itv of o f Rncpc ‘City Roses ^4 ........ , . Established in Volume XXXVI. Number 33 1970 www.portlandobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity TLWeek ¡n The Review Wednesday • August 16. 2006 E cho’s Campaign it Anyway? Insurer Won’t Have to Pay A federal judge ruled Tuesday that an insurance company' s pol i cies do not cover damage from flood waters or storm surges. The decision could set a precedent for hundreds o f other court chai lenges and billions of dollars in claims after Hurricane Katrina rav aged the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi. Foundation gets no profit from EBII wristbands by S arah B i . ovnt T he P ortland O bserver Christeen Johnson left a northeast Portland event in tears on Sunday, leeling powerless as she watched Jammin 95.5 FM sell $1 charitable wristbands with her son’s nick name on them, although none of the proceeds benefit the Eddie Barnett Jr. Foundation, an organization she founded in his name. After being dropped from a public service campaign involving herself, the radio station and Les Schwab Tires, Johnson fought in vain for the radio station to either credit her foundation for the wristbands, or stop using Barnett’s name. "I want the public to know that if they think proceeds are going to the Eddie Barnett Jr. Foundation, they’re not," she said. To her shock, that was exactly what happened as re cently as last weekend when the Jammin' Street Team talked up her son while selling bracelets during Self Enhancement, Inc. 25th anniversary celebration. "Now that w e’re in the neighborh<xxJ where everyone knows Eddie they’re going to mention it, and kids were buying them up," she said. HIV/AIDS Aght Urged It is time forthe African-American community "to face the fact that AIDS has become a black dis ease" and find ways to defeat it. said Julian B ond, the chairm an o f the NAACP, at the interna tional AIDS summit Mon Julian Bond d ay. B lack Americans account for half of all new cases of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. See story, page A2 Cease Fire Solidifies H undreds o f Israeli soldiers w alked out o f Lebanon on T ues d a y as a c e a s e - f ir e w ith H ezbollah so lid ified a fte r a shaky start. The process was expected to accelerate over the coming days as the international community looks to build a U.N. peacekeeping force for south Lebanon. Hispanic Population Grows Oregon grew more diverse be tween 2000 and 2005, fueled by a rap id ly g ro w in g H ispanic population, according to U.S. Census Bureau estim ates re leased Tuesday. The gains made Oregon the 31st most diverse state in the nation, surpassing Kansas. Dell Notebooks Recalled Customers o f recalled Dell note book com puters began calling the com pany and surfing to a special W eb site Tuesday to o rd e r re p la c e m e n ts for the lithium-ion batteries that could cause their Dell m achines to overheat and even catch fire. Army Recruiter Disciplined A U.S. Arm y recru iter who signed up an autistic Portland teenager has been relieved of his recruiting duties and reas signed. A military investigation found that the recruiter co n cealed the recruit’s disability which would have made him ineligible for service. continued ifSMMMMMMB Stormy Exchange Creates Police Frustration Officer accused of racial profiling by S arah B lount T he P ortland O bserver An ordinary Friday morning in northeast Portland doesn’t generate much attention, but sometimes a simple interaction can expose volatile feelings that bubble just below the surface. That was the case in the Boise neighborhood on Aug. 4, when Dolores T ay lor wal ked from her home on North east Mallory to her job at Project Network on North Mississippi Avenue. When she turned from Northeast Rodney to Beech Street, near Cleveland Avenue she caught the attention of two Northeast Precinct officers, M. Zylawy and W. Nick Defreitas. They stopped her and questioned her about drug activity at a nearby house under police attention. After several minutes of interaction, she was told she was free to go, but then was issued a $97 citation for walking in the street. Taylor accuses the officers ofracial profiling, singling her out because of her skin color. Zylawy declined tocomment on the matter, expressing concern that he wouldn’t be fairly represented. His supervisor. Northeast Precinct Commander Bret Smith, spoke for him, maintaining Zylawy was doing his job of being aware of drug problems in the neighborhood and enforcing pedestrian safety. But Smith admitted that past complications within the bureau and negative inter actions might have contributed to the incident. “The dynamics of the initial reaction created the situ ation," Smith said. “Could it have been handled differ ently? Yes, at the discretion of the officer. Was it wrong? No. We have to do a better job at communicating why we make stops. We get many situations where we attempt to explain why, but people don’t want to hear it.” continued 1 on page A 6 photoby M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Dolores Taylor, 58, charges a Portland Police officer with singling her out as an African American during her daily commute. NM PCC Boosts IMPORT ANT NOTICE Tuition, Fees Heroin Ring Busted Federal agents arrested more than 130 alleged drug traffick ers from coast-to-coast T ues d ay , say in g they sm u g g led heroin from M exico and even offered p h o n e-u p hom e d e liveries. on page A6 I Students will pay more for classes and student lees in a budget adopted Monday by the Portland Community College Board of Directors. ...«»»■.i m S e c u rity A d v is o ry photo bv I ssimi Boi ie /T iii P oru w i i O hsirvik Terrorism Watch at PDX New security instructions for boarding flights are found in the terminals of Portland International Airport after Britain announced it had broken up a terrorism plot to explode nine planes over the Atlantic Ocean with liquid explosives smuggled on board. Requirements now outlaw most liquids and gels from the passenger cabin. Starting with the new term next month, tuition goes up by $3 a credit to $67 and the student activity fee raises to $ 1.50 a credit from $1.25. The technology fee goes to $4.50acredit from $4. The increases will balance a general I und budget of $ 146 mi 11 ion for the 2( X )6-< >7 fiscal year. College officials said the higher student costs are average among Oregon's 17 community colleges. The general fund is the primary operat ing fund lor all of I’CC's major instructional programs, instructional support and ser vices. PCC gets its funding from state funds, student tuition and fees, and k cal property taxes. Before 1990. property taxes provided the largest share of the resources. But with the passage of property lax limitation mea sures, the slate’s community colleges, in cluding Portland Community Col lege, now receive the largest portion of their operat ing revenue from the state appropriation.