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January 31, 2007
Demolition Begins at Iris Court
Progress is coming along at
Humboldt Gardens, the 130-
unit apartment complex that
will replace Iris Court, an ag­
ing public housing develop­
ment at the corner of North
V ancouver A venue and
Sumner Street.
Through a federal HOPE
VI grant, the Housing Au­
thority of Portland launched
the revitalization project last
summer by relocating resi­
dents. By April, crew's will
start construction of a new
Sum ner Street to manage
storm water on site rather than
direct it into the sewer over­
flow' system.
By July 2008, former resi­
dents of Iris Court will make
the move back into the brand
new housing joining new fami­
lies as well. Other planned
highlights include a Head Start
on Alberta Street and a small
retail storefront on the comer
photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
of Vancouver and Alberta.
CEC Security officer Jim D'Andrea watches over the Iris Court, where crews recently began a four-month demolition.
James Brown
James
Brown Still
Not Buried
A full month after his death, the
Godfather of Soul's gold casket re­
mains in an undisclosed location
after spending most of January in a
climate-controlled room at his home
in Beech Island. S.C.
At issue is the handling of James
Brown’s estate by his three trust­
ees, whose actions have already
led to lawsuits by the singer's former
companion,Tomi Rae Hynieand. in
a separate suit, his six adult chil­
dren.
The said trustees were allegedly
seen filming the home and remov­
ing documents from it, while also
placing Brown's assets in a trust
despite a year 2(XX) will that states
they should be divided equally
among his children. The will was
drawn up before the birth of his
youngest son who may also be
entitled to assets from the estate.
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Brandy May Get Charged in Deadly Crash
(AP) - The California High­
way Patrol recommended Mon­
day that actress-singer Brandy
be charged with misdemeanor
vehicular m anslaughter in a
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freeway crash that killed a
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The charge carries a maxi­
mum sentence of one year in
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Brandy, whose real name is
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The 27-year-old was driving
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Brandy
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Arrest Made in 1964 Slayings
(AP) -- A reputed Ku Klux
Klansman and former sheriff s
• deputy accused in the 1964
slayings of two black men pleaded
not guilty Thursday, and in a
measure of how things have
changed across the South, the
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woman.
With his wrists and ankles
shackled, 71-year-old James
Ford Seale repeatedly addressed
the judge as "ma'am," a social
courtesy whites typically denied
to blacks in Mississippi 43 years
ago.
James Ford Seale in a 1964
Seale was arrested Jan 24 on photo.
federal charges of kidnapping and
conspiracy. Prosecutors said
Charles Eddie Moore and Henry
Hezekiah Dee, both 19, were
seized and beaten by Klansmen,
then thrown into the Mississippi
River to drown.
Seale was arrested in the case
in 1964. But the FBI, consumed
by the search for three civil rights
workers who had disappeared
that same summer, turned the
case over to local authorities,
who promptly threw out all
charges.
The U.S. Justice Department
reopened the case in 2000.
The Dream Continues...
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