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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.
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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.
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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.
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