September 6. 2 0 0 6 PageA2 1RS Clears NAACP in Political Probe September 12, 2006 “Setting The Table” Conference • Free 8:00-2:30 p.m. Civil rights group vindicated The 1RS has inform ed the N A A C P that it has co n clu d ed its ex a m in a tio n o f the civil rights g ro u p ’s ac tiv itie s and d e te r­ m ined the asso ciatio n did not violate co n d itio n s o f its tax ex em p t status. T he 1RS launched the ex am in atio n on O ct. 8. 2004 after receiv in g co m p lain ts from several R epublican m em bers o f C o n g ress w ho said th eir co n stitu e n ts b elieved N A A C P N ational B oard o f D irectors C hairm an Julian B o n d cro ssed the line o f n o n -p artisa n sh ip in a speech at the N A A C P 2004 N ational C o n v e n ­ tion critical o f Bush a d m in istratio n p o li­ cies. “T he good new s is that w e are v in d i­ ca te d ," said Bond. "T h e bad new s for us presents Diversity Economic Empowerment Day HILTON Portland & Executive Tower 921 SW Sixth Ave Portland, OR 9 ^ 0 4 and o th e r freedom loving A m erican s is that it w as in itiated for partisan p u r­ poses to th reaten o u r right to free speech. W e’ll c o n ­ tin u e to sp e ak tru th to p o w er." N A A C P President and CEO Bruce S. Gordon cal led it "disappointing that the IRS took nearly tw o years to conclude w hat we knew from the beginning: the NAACP did not violate tax laws and continues to be politically non-partisan. "T ax -ex em p t o rg an iz atio n s should feel free to critiq u e and ch a llen g e g o v ­ e rn m e n ta l p o lic ie s u n d e r th e F irst A m en d m en t w ithout fear o f IRS in ter­ v en tio n ," G o rd o n said. The IRS initiated an audit o f the NAACP ju st one month before the 2004 presidential election and nearly three months b efo re th e en d o f the N A A C P 'stax year. T he 1RS refused to e x ­ plain the b asis o f its in ­ v estigation for m ore than a y ea r. T he N A A C P learned the basis for the ex a m in a tio n only after filing four Freedom o f In­ form ation A C T requests. T h e d o c u m e n ts in ­ clu d ed co m p lain ts filed by Sens. L am ar A lexander. R-Tenn. and S usan C o llin s, R -M ain e. th en -S en ato r S trom T h u rm o n d , R -S .C ., Reps. JoA nn D avis. R-V a. and Larry C om best, R- T ex as, th en -R ep s. R obert E hrlich, R- M d) and Joe S carb o ro u g h , R -Fla. and political d o n o r R ichard Hug. Croc Hunter Killed on Job Ingredients for life SAFEWAY O * QQ ID CLUB PRICE Large Sweet Cantaloupe 21 10 25-ct Tail-on Frozen/thawed SAVE up to $4 00 lb « (AP) — Steve Irwin pulled a poisonous stingray barb from his chest in his dying moments, his longtime manager said T ues­ day, after w atching videotape o f the at­ tack that killed the popular "Crocodile Hunter." Irw in’s body was returned hom e to B e erw ah . a h a m le t in so u th e a ste rn Q ueensland on the fringe o f the O utback o f A ustralia where he lived with his wife and tw o young children. Irwin turned a modest reptile park opened by his parents into A ustralia Zoo, a w ildlife reserve that has becom e an international tourist attrac­ tion. Hundreds placed bouquets and h and­ written notes at an ad hoc shrine to the popular 44-year-old naturalist outside the park, and other tributes (lowed in from Canberra to Hollywood. The dram atic details o f Irwin's death M onday as he was shooting a program on the G reat Barrier R eef were disclosed by John Stainton, his m anager and close friend. He said he had view ed the video­ tape show ing the TV star pulling the poi­ sonous stingray barb from his chest. “ It show s that Steve cam e over the top o f the ray and the tail cam e up, and spiked him here (in the chest), and he pulled it out, and the next m inute he's gone," Stainton told reporters in Cairns, the nearest city to tiny Batt Reef o ff A ustralia's far northeast Australian Steve Irwin, o f the Animal Planet TV show "The Crocodile Hunter, " holds a nine-foot female alligator in company with his Ameri­ can wife Terri, who is from Eugene, at his "Australia Zoo" in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia. coast where the accident happened. Stainton said the video was "shock­ ing." "It's a very hard thing to watch, be­ cause you are actually w itnessing som e­ body die, and it's terrible," he said. 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