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August 16. 2006
Who’s Campaign is it Anyway?
continued JL from Front
S h o rtly a fte r B a rn e tt d ie d .
Johnson created the foundation to
create awareness o f life-saving A u ­
tom ated External D e fib rilla to rs
(A E D s), w hich she believes could
have prevented Barnett's death.
Earlier this year, Jammin launched a
campaign to get AED s in area high
schools, by designing and selling
w ris tb a n d s w ith the w o rd s
" I .ifeShock" on one side and " E B II"
on the other.
/ said they could use the EBll
logo as long as the foundation
could get a percentage o f the
sales and free advertising.
-Christeen Johnson, mother of the late
high school basketball star Eddie Barnett Jr.
p r e lim in a r y d is c u s s io n s she
granted approval fo r the E B ll logo
EB II represents Eddie Barnett on the first batch o f 20,000 brace­
Jr., who collapsed and died in Feb­ lets.
ruary 2(X)5 at the age o f 16. during
The E B ll symbol Johnson has
abasketball game at Madison High applied to register as a trademark
School.
has already found its way onto t-
Some o f her early efforts paid o ff shirts, jeans and tattoos o f north­
w ith the passage o f a b ill to place east Portland youth.
AED s in schools, and her partner­
" I said they could use the E B ll
ship w ith Jammin 95 was the next logo as long as the foundation could
step in raising money fo r her foun­ get a percentage o f the sales and
dation.
free advertising." Johnson said. "I
Johnson met early this year w ith asked fo r Ashenden to put this in
B ill Ashenden. general manager o f w ritin g and sign it. but it never
the radio station's parent station. happened.”
News Radio 750 K X L . Ashenden
The campaign hit a snag when
first proposed the bracelet design Portland School D istrict o fficia ls
to her and Les Schwab, and after said they could not place AEDs in
their schools. Ashenden. w ho said
every Portland principal he con­
tacted said a policy must first be
set, was soon approached by an­
other foundation. He has since
successfully campaigned w ith the
Clackamas County Eire D istrict to
pul AED s in all ju n io r and high
schools in Clackamas County.
Now the radio station's Street
T eam h e a v ily p ro m o te s the
LifeShock campaign, which has
appeared in several news broad­
casts, including a Eox 12 Life Shock
blurb that airs Barnett's face but
doesn't identify him.
A Jammin 95 web page features
the wristbands w ithout any men­
tion o f the E B ll logo. Ashenden
KMHD's B lues for
the M ove and
D ixieland M ixer
said his attorney authorized him to
sell the bracelets w ith E B ll until
they were sold out.
"W e do not have any contractual
commitments to work w ith one spe­
c ific foundation, but intend to maxi­
mize ourefforts through any partner­
ship," he wrote in a letter to Johnson.
Jammin 95 executive Melissa
K night said she hasn't tallied up
bracelet sales in weeks, but that
they’ ve sold thousands so far.
"The bottom line is they’ re tak­
ing advantage o f me,” Johnson
said. " I f this is not legal, it's very
disrespectful, there's no mention
o f w ho EB 11 was o r what it ’ s about.”
Johnson recently received a let­
ter and a contract from Ashendon.
w ho offered to provide an inform a­
tive sheet about the foundation
w ith every bracelet sold, and to
promote the foundation’ s events
fo r rest o f year.
Johnson, w ho has no more
events slated fo r 2(X)6. said she
d id n 't agree to the contract.
“ A t this point, I d o n 't want any­
thing from him. It w as just so cut­
throat that I do n 't want to deal w ith
him."
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Presents A n
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Saturday, September 23, 2006
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6 North Tillamook St.. Portland, Oregon
9PM-2AM
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Best Dressed from the 60 s & 70 s WINS: $50.00
Northeast Police
Precinct Commander
Bret Smith defends
the actions o f one
o f his police officers
who cited a women
for walking in the
street after she
accused him o f
racial profiling.
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Both T a ylo r and Z yla w y have
long histories in the neighborhood,
shaping the way they interacted
during their meeting.
T a ylo r, 58, is a grandm other and
veteran childcare provider. She has
no crim inal record and has lived in
northeast Portland for several years.
She started a new jo b in July at
Project N etw ork, a Life W o rks NW
center providing drug and alcohol
counseling fo r women. In the past
she has worked for Portland Public
Schools and C hild Development.
Inc. at their North Skidm ore Early
Head Start offices.
Z y la w y . w ho ca lls h im s e lf “ Z -
M a n ," has p a tro lle d the n o rth ­
east pre cin ct fo r the b ulk o f his 16
years at the bureau. For the past
fiv e years he's been assigned to
D is tric t 640. an area know n fo r
drug tra ffic k in g and gang v io ­
lence, w here he stopped and
questioned T a y lo r.
Smith credited him for being
aware o f illegal activity in the neigh­
borhood and for having the “ kn o w l­
edge o f who the people are and the
areas that have been problems."
In his report, Z yla w y said he saw
a woman he d id n 't recognize ap­
pear to come from a house on
Rodney Avenue that is strongly
associated w ith drug activity.
W hile there was no question in
Smith's mind that the stop and cita­
tion were not related to race, Tay lor
doesn't see it that way.
” 1 always see [Z y la w y ] and he
alw ays sees me." she said. "So w hy
is he bothering me. giving me a
ticket? He's just being a b u lly ."
It w asn't the first time she had
felt singled out. She never forgets
a negative experience she had with
Portland police in June 2004 when
she was falsely accused o f exiting
a stolen ear. She said she filed a
com plaint o f the incident, hut no
action was taken.
G e ttin g questioned again up­
set her at the tim e she was
stopped, causing her to h old up
her hands in exasperation, say­
ing "lo o k at m y fin g e rn a ils , look
at my hair. I'm clean and yo u can
te ll I show ered."
That could have been the end o f
the interaction for both parties. But
distrust, misperceptions and frus­
trations can rule the day.
And it was these conditions that
prevented Aug. 4 from being an­
other ordinary day, where T a ylo r
continued her walk to w ork, even i f
her path w as o ff the curb o f a sleepy
street, and where Z y la w y patrols
fo r a ctivity that beckons law en­
forcement.
S tudio 20 E nieriain / w
P resents
SPOTLIGHT
EVERYBODY WANTS T O BE A “STARA”
B o o k by
K wik J ones
L yrics by
K wik J onfs
M usic by
S pank H opkins
R ic k D ance
Korean American Advocate
Appointed Circuit Judge
Youlee Y im You. a board mem­
ber o f the Korean A m erican C it i­
zens League and mem ber o f the
Portland P lanning C om m ission,
w ill f i l l a vacant p o sitio n on the
w ill bring experience, fairness and
in te lle c t to the bench
Y o u c u rre n tly w orks as a Se­
n io r A ssistant A tto rn e y General
in the appellate d iv is io n o f the
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty C ir c u it
C ourt.
G ov. Ted K ulongoski made the
appointm ent F riday, saying You
O regon D epartm ent o f Justice,
w here she handles the defense o f
state c rim in a l co n victio ns.
D u rin g her ca re e r she has
w orked as both a prosecutor and
death penalty s ta ff attorney. She
has experience as a tria l attorney
fo r the Oregon D epartm ent o f
Justice and as a p u b lic defender
in Portland.
She lives in Portland w ith her
husband. Thomas T u rn b u ll, and
th e ir tw o ch ild re n .
K w ik J ones M
usical
A uc , u $ t 11 - 25, 2006
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C andidates must he Portland
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