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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.
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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
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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.