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« years Basketball tourney brings top talent of •^community service . Ghost Bike Memorials Rose City Showcase 37 50j¿ 7 ä see See s p o Sports, rts , page on page B6 Remind motorists o f m deaths u « » « . » u and n u i » injuries » jn » iv .» (Une ^vtr ri k Zftsï s"s,o ry’wAA W iH u r n & ttu Q tz h s c rlic r ‘C iti/ n t P n c p c ’ ‘City of Roses C r ln U l t r k u z l ¡n 7 ft Established In 1 0 1970 Bush Overruled on Lockups The Bush A dm inistration c a n ’t use new anti-terrorism laws to keep U.S. residents locked up indefi nitely w ithout charging them , a federal appeals court said M on day. Holding "enem y com batants" w as a central tool the adm inistra tion used to com bat terror. “To sanction such presidential author ity w ould have disastrous conse q u ences for the co u n try ,” the court panel said. Teen Sex Case Thrown Out ' Geruu'lowWil- old girl when he was 17, is facing a battle in the G eorgia Suprem e C o u rt to have h is co n v ictio n throw n out. W ilson was released T uesday by a ju d g e w ho called his sentence “a grave m iscarriage of ju stice.” See sto ry , p ag e A2. U.S. Curbs HumanTraffickers T h e B ush a d m in istra tio n has added seven nations to its human trafficking blacklist for failing to halt w hat it called the scourge of "m odern-day slavery,” including U.S. friend Kuwait, joining peren nial offenders Cuba, Iran, North K orea and Syria. C ountries on the list are subject to possible sanc tions for the yearly flow o f som e 800,000 people. www.portlandobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity Volume XXXVII, Number 23 TLWeek in Thc Review u n v u i n n r t1 a n r l n h c n r v n Wednesday • lune 13. 2007 Juneteenth to bring picnics, concerts and a parade Jun eteen th , also know n as Freedom Day or Em ancipation Day, originated in G alveston, Texas, to com m em orate the abol ish m e n t o f sla v e ry . T o d a y , Ju n e te e n th c e le b ra tio n s tak e place all over the country, includ ing Portland. There will be a Juneteenth pic nic hosted by C om m unity Unity this Saturday, June 16 from noon to 5 p.m. at Peninsula Park, 7(X) N. Rosa Parks Way (form erly Port land Boulevard). A full day is planned with m usic, gam es and activities, plus free food for children, including hot dogs ham burgers and snow cones. O rganizers ask visitors to please bring their own barbecue or picnic dinner and leave the rest to them. If y ou'd like to donate the use o fy o u r grill,p lease call Larry M atthews at 503-709-9017. A lso this w eekend there will be a Juneteenth Explosion and Concert, featuring D avid Sea and Cool Breeze and hosted by Joe "B ean” Keller, at Y am Y am 's Southern Cooking and Barbecue, 7339 N.E. M artin Luther King Jr. Blvd. This event begins at 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17. For tickets contact Yam Y am 'sat 503-709-9017. On Saturday w atch the 20th photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Juneteenth Celebration coordinators Larry Matthews (far left) and Woody Broadnax (far right) join Jayden Henderson, Jaileal Roger, Marcus Guntle, Mia Preston and Isaiah Shabazz in anticipation o f Saturday's Community Unity Juneteenth celebration from noon to 5 p.m. at Peninsula Park in north Portland. A nnual celebration o f the local Juneteenth Com m unity Freedom T rail/Pussage O ver Parade. The parade will wind its way through northeast and north Portland be foreending at the festivities held at Jefferson High School, 5210 N. Kerby Ave. The parade willcommence at 12:30 p.m. from Northeast Seventh Av enue and Jarrett Street, and will travel south along Jarrett to MLK toNorth- east Knott Street before heading back along MLK and up to Killingsworth Street. The parade will then turn west on North Com m ercial Avenue be fore taking a left to where the pa- rade will disband, allowing all par ticipants to celebrate festivities at the Jefferson High School sports field. For more information about the parade, call O ra Lee Green at 503-283-2724. Paris Ditches Dumb Act An im prisoned Paris Hilton said G od has given her a n ew chance an d p la n s to s to p acting dum b and put her influence to good use in a telephone interview with Barbara W alters Sunday from the medical w ing o f a Los A ngeles jail. Hilton is being held for violating proba tion in a drunken-driving case. Bracing for Returning Veterans Local health providers think proactively Isaiah Washington Booted by R aa monk R endi . eman T iie P ortland O bserv er G rey’s Anatom y star Isaiah W ash ington will not be returning forthe third season. A BC decided not to renew his contract. W ashington was shunned by fellow cast m em bers for using an anti-gay slur tow ards TR Knight at a rehearsal and also a verbal altercation with co-star Patrick Dempsey. Military Considered ‘Gay Bomb’ T he Air Force confirm ed that in 1994 a m ilitary researcher re quested $7.5 m illion to develop a non-lethal “love bom b" to chem i cally alter the state o f mind o f enem y troops, making them want to have sex with each other rather than light. No m oney was spent, a spokesw om an said and no such w eapons are being considered. photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver A red light camera on Northeast Broadway and Grand Avenue is designed to automatically The largest deploym ent o f O r egon National G uard in 60 years is returning hom e from Afghanistan. These men and w omen may or may not be sent back to a w ar zone in the not too distant future, but one thing is certain: They need health care now. Even a healthy guy like Fred W ashington, who served toward the end o f the Vietnam era, needed to get an eye exam last week. Like many local vets, he finds d e c e n t s e rv ic e s at S o u th w e st Portland’s Veterans Affairs M edi cal Center in southwest Portland, which has avoided many o f thc problem s that were recently ex posed at W alter Reed in W ashing ton, D.C. "The V A com pensation process needs to be improved and better funded, but I think in general the V A system is getting better." W ash ington said. Even with the available quality continued on page A6 record a picture o f a vehicle when its driver runs a red light. Robotic Police Force Grows Cameras catch drivers’ running lights T he eyes o f Big B rother are m ultiplying. Six additional red light cam eras will be installed at selected intersections in Portland in the com ing w eeks to reduce crashes caused by dangerous and illegal behavior. A tool o f law enforcem ent, the autom ated equipm ent captures vehicles and their drivers run ning red lights. Currently, there are six red light cam eras operat ing at five intersections in and around Portland. “T he m ost serio u s crash es that o ccu r at in te rsec tio n s are caused by som eone ru n n in g a red light,” said S erg ean t D an C o stello o f the P o rtland Po lice B u rea u ’s T raffic D ivision. “A dding six m ore c a m eras will fu rth er d ecrease th ese ty p es o f c r a s h e s ,” Police say the city ’s red light cam era program has proven to d e ter people from going through a red light and has in creased traffic safety. O pponents worry about thc en forcem ent being used primarily to create added revenue for local ju risdictions. W hen a red light cam era catches a person running a red cam eras in the future. R estric tions on the use of the cam eras were lifted last week. In 1999, the Oregon L egisla ture approved the use o f 12 red light cam eras in Portland. The first six were installed between Oct. 2001 and April 2003. The installation o f the six new cam The most serious crashes that occur at intersections are caused by someone running a red light. - Sergeant Dan Costello, Portland Police Bureau light, the city m ails a copy of the photo to the offender along with a fine o f more than $200. The Oregon Legislature cleared thc way for even more red light eras will begin this month and will be com pleted by the end o f A ugust. S ignage wil 1 be posted to alert drivers o f the cameras. photo ba R aymond K i ndi . em an /T iie P ortiani ) O bserver Fred Washington waits for an eye exam at the Veteran s Admin istration hospital on Southwest Terwilliger Boulevard.