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A p ril 11,2007 ill<‘|Jvirthxnh (©hseruer Page A6 Little League Draws Support From Friends of Baseball Friends o f Baseball, an advised fund o f the O regon Sports A uthority Foundation, is partnering with Peninsula Little League and the Lady Bailers Softball T eam to pay for much needed equipm ent and travel. K e e n a n L o n g c o r , a tr u s te e a n d fo u n d e r o f F rie n d s of B aseball atten d ed S a tu rd a y ’s o p en in g w eek en d c e le b ra tio n to ann o u n ce a g ran t o f $1,224 for P eninsula to p u rch ase a popcorn p o p per and snow cone m achine. "W e are th rilled to assist these team s, th eir am azing v olunteers and ultim ately, th e ch ild ren o f this neig h b o rh o o d . O ne o f o u r g oals is to assist in e ffo rts to cre ate long term su stain a b ility for our g ran tees. W ith P eninsula L ittle L eague g ro w in g from 12 to 17 team s this se a so n, we are th rilled to assist in th eir su c ce ss,” L ongcor said. A dditionally, FOB announced a grant o f $ 1,5<X)tothe Lady Bailers U 14 Softball financial support from the Oregon's Friends o f Baseball Foundation. Team , w ho won the State G am es of O r egon this past sum m er. T hese funds w ill provide both new equipm ent and assist in travel expenses so that the team may rep resent O regon in the State G am es of A m erica this season. A F rien d s o f B aseb all/L ad y B ailers recep tio n and grant p resen tatio n w ill be held on S aturday A pril 21 at 2 p.m . at A lb erta Park in n o rth east P ortland. Leslie G oodlow -B aldw in, w ho is active with both organizations, was instrum ental in sharing the needs o f these tw o organi zations. "B y receiving these grants, kids from north and northeast Portland will have the opportunity to excel and com pete at a higher level.” G oodlow -B aldw in said. “ In Tangled over Abortion con tin u ed fro m Front "I want to know," Williams asked, “are they (the opposition) the same ones who will address the issue when babies don’t have health care, and when their mothers don’t have em ployment?” Will iams said he is more concerned that Planned Parenthood fulfills their promise of economic development. Greenberg said the non-profit plans to hire African Americans. "T hat’s the key question," W ill iams said. "There has to be em ploy ment for African Arne ricanseom ing in.” Groups who oppose the clinic do exist within the minority community of the neighborhood. A non-profit ju st north of the site isn’t thrilled about their potential neighbors, and wonders why Planned Parenthood wants to set up shop "on the most drug infested, poverty stricken cor ner o f the city.” T he q u estio n w as po sed by Shaheed Haamid, lay leader o f the adjacent Muslim Com m unity Cen ter. Haamid said he opposes theclinic on obvious moral grounds, but on a secular level as well. "I think it’s a travesty to put it right next to a mosque,” he said, adding photo by M arr W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver Opening weekend for the Peninsula Little League, serving north and northeast Portland, included some greatly needed Slater said she is a form erclient o f Planned Parenthood, but after her birth control pills raised her blood pressure she began reading up on th e ir h isto ry an d h e r o p in io n changed. “They profit from promoting their agenda," she said. "By dispensing birth control pills and by promoting promiscuity.” Greenberg disagrees. He points out that in 1966 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the Margaret Sanger Award, the organization’s highest honor. “W e’renottryingto preventchild bearing,” he said. “W e do a lot of education and counseling.” Greenberg also noted that at the current northeast location, abortion photo by S arah B i . o i m / T he P o r i land O bserver constitutes less than tw o percent of Shaheed Haamid and his Muslim Community Center are next door services. addition to providing this field equipm ent, this grant provided us the opportunity to purchase concession equipm ent that will enable our league to generate revenue and to continue to upgrade equipm ent and uniform s.” Legal Help Fails Blacks H enry said the inability to find a good law yer is the fate for many black O regonians. e v id e n c e ,” said B arto n , “ W ho “ 1 w ant attorneys to be aw are know s w hat w ould have happened that they have a duty to represent to O J . with lim ited resources.” in an unbiased and affective m an Barton says that the average d e ner,” said Henry, “ I d o n 't care if fendant d o e sn ’t have access to you like me or not but you ought DNA testing or a “dream team ” o f to be able to represent m e.” lawyers, and that can be a proxy W alsh said there are alm ost indicator o f racism. 13,000 registered law yers in O r Henry, who helped start N A ACP egon and only 100 o f them define branches in C orvallis, Salem and them selves as black. Eugene, believes that having more Being the sam e race as a client attorneys that are com petent in the is also not an indicator o f good cultures o f their clients is ju st one legal service. H enry says, but to step in the legal process that will him it is im portant that lawyers make it easier for blacks to get the know about the culture o f the cli assistance they need. ent they represent. Founded in 1977, the m ulti-hun Currently, HB 2886 is in the dred m em ber O AB A isaciv il rights J udiciary C om m ittee and is not on organization that often hears co m the schedule to be discussed. plaints about biased legal care. con tin u ed fro m F ront to the proposed new Portland headquarters for Planned Parenthood. Haamid is opposed to the women s health and family planning clinic on moral grounds because o f the abortion issue. that it was insensitive o f Planned Parenthood not to gather com m u nity input. But King pointed out talks be tween one o f the agency’s com m is sioners and leaders o f the Muslim center. Haamid said that is because the particular com m issioner is a fel low Muslim, but they still stand firm on their objections to the clinic. North Portland resident and Afri can American Eugenia Slater also opposes the clinic, based on the racist beliefs o f the clinic's founder, Margaret Sanger, who lived during the turn o f the century. “T hat’s offensive to me as a mi nority," she said. T h e 4 9 th A n n u a l EBONY FASHIO N FAIR PRESENTS STYLISH LY Your needs have changed. Your tastes have changed. And The Coca-Cola Company is changing right along with you. 2 0 0 6 /2 0 0 7 W hen it comes to meeting the needs and the expectations of parents, educators, government, and. of course the HOSTED BY people who en,oy our products every day. we are listening And we re doing things to try and make o difference, like The Links. Inc. 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