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50ft 37 years Special R 13 C k Coverage IQ v l \ <>t ~com m unity service service community C z> fT Issue — Ï itv n t R n c p c ’ ‘City of Roses Month ivionm Global Warning: Climate changes 'very likely' caused human actions / • story, See See story, page page A3 A3 H îthn‘t Ianh ©faseruer ^s| _ J im n Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXVII, Number 4 Rose Garden Buy Back P o rtla n d Trail Blaz e rs o w n e r Paul A llen said Friday he plans to rep u rch a se th e R o se G arden A rena, the hom e o f the N BA team , after he gave up ow n ership in bankruptcy proceedings in 2004. See sto ry , page A2. Hudson says ‘Idol’ Abusive A cadem y Award nom i nee Jennifer H udson tells E ssen ce m a g a z in e that she was abused, m is led and brain w ashed dur ing her days the hit FOX reality show “A m erican Idol.' See sto ry , p ag e A3. Vancouver Marine Killed A 19-year-old U .S. M arine w ho g rad u a ted 18 m onths ag o from V a n c o u v e r’s H udson Bay H igh S chool w as k illed last w eek in Iraq. Lance CpI. A dam Q uitugua E m ul d ied w h ile c o n d u c tin g co m b at o p era tio n s in Al A nbar p ro v in ce . Six Grannies Arrested Six Portland grandm others were arrested Friday during an anti w ar protest outside a m ilitary re cruiting office in northeast Port land. T hey w ere charged with blocking a door and trespassing. Dungy Beats Protégé Wal-Mart Faces Bias Trial A federal ap p e als co u rt ruled T u esd ay that W al-M art S tores Inc. m u st face a class-actio n law su it alleg in g as m any as 1.5 m illion fo rm e r and cu rren t fe m ale em p lo y ee s w ere d isc rim i nated ag a in st in pay and p ro m otions. I_I www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday • February 7, 2007 Mourning begins for historic church .Week in The Review T h e b ig g e st win o f India napolis C olts’ coach T ony D ungy’s NFL career com es in a S u p e r Bowl victory over his close friend and protégé. Bears coach Lovie Smith. See sto ry , page B6. .......... .........., i photo by M egan B ronson /F or T he P ortland O bserver Flames shoot through the steeple o f the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church at 1 0 6 N.E. Ivy St. Monday night. Firefighters said the church's steeple created a chimney effect. The African American church was completely destroyed with its adjacent annex seriously damaged. by S arah B lount T he P ortland O bserver A historical A frican A m erican church in northeast Portland went up in flames in an unbelievable four-alarm fire late M on day night. T he to w erin g flam es at M orning Star M issionary B aptist C hurch on Ivy Street an d R o d n e y A v e n u e b ro u g h t m ore than 100 fire fig h ters to the scene at m id n ig h t. It began alm o st in stan tly and g u tted the en tire th ree -sto ry church, c a u sin g its ste e p le to im p lo d e and sc o rc h in g n earb y trees, ro o fto p s and p arked v eh icles. A ccording to Portland Fire and Rescue Lt. Allen O sw alt, the church building was so fully involved in fire that em bers were lifted high in the air by the therm al column and fell on neighboring homes. “ When our crew s show ed up we had tw o roof fires from the em bers, tw o cars bum inginthe street and pow er I i nes down,” O sw alt said. T he church annex suffered heavy dam age but firefighters w ere able to save most o f the structure. Both bui Idings w ere empty at the tim e and no injuries have been reported. Investigators have not deter mined the cause. N eighbors were shocked at how the inferno shook their houses. “ I ju st heard a big boom, than a big flam e and everything w ent straight on up,” said M aurice Spencer, w ho lives just w est o f the church. M om i ng S tar was m ore than a place for continued on page A8 Living Black History Symphony Musicians Love Making Music J ames B ash F or the P ortland O bserver The Oregon Symphony has two by full-time. African American members who are superb musicians and love making music in Portland. Midwest Deep Freeze A fter an u n u su ally w arm D e c e m b e r and a m ostly sno w -free Ja n u ary , w in te r retu rn ed w ith a v en g ean ce T u esd a y to the U p p e r M id w e st an d N o rth e a st, d u m p in g heavy snow on parts o f N ew Y ork and k eeping te m p era tu re s w ell below zero in m any cities. JaTtik Clark and Jennifer Arnold pretty good sound from the begin different sets o f valve combinations give inspiration to others as we cel ning, and her hunch was right." to play the notes. He has also played tuba concer ebrate Black History Month. They Clark received a Bachelors degree are living exam ples o f two people in music performance from the Uni tos with symphony orchestras. w ho have exceptional drive and de versity of South Carolina before "There are over a hundred con termination to be the best. graduating from the University o f certos written for tuba." he noted, Clark has held the position o f prin Cincinnati College-Conservatory o f "but a lot of them arc not great pieces cipal tuba with the Oregon Sym Music w ith a Masters degree in per o f music." phony since 1999. He was bom in the formance. Besides teaching in the music fac He owns five tubas, two tuned to ulty at Portland State University, Jamaica borough o f Queens in New York City and grew up in Hartsville. the key o f C and three in F. The Clark somehow finds time toperform S.C. where he first played the tuba. flexibility allowsClark tochoosethe with many ensem bles around Port “ In the fifth grade I wanted to play right tuba sound for a specific piece land. including Bob Sheps Big Band the saxophone, but the band director o f music. He memorizes the finger and a new gypsy brass band called talked me into playing tuba." Clark ings when he switches between the continued ' y ^ on page A8 recalled. “She thought that I had a C and F tubas because he has to use JaTtik Clark is the principal tuba player with the Oregon Symphony. Jennifer Arnold plays the viola for the Oregon Symphony. I »