lune 20, 2007
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Group
Sprayed
with
Bullets
Clara Peoples finds her seat in a restored 1927 Chevrolet belonging to
Paul Knowles, known as the unofficial "Mayor of Northeast Portland."
Peoples, who sits on the Oregon Juneteenth Committee, is one of
Portland's original organizers o f the annual Juneteenth tradition.
Parade organizer Ora Lee Green joins business owner and community leader Bruce
Broussard for the annual Juneteenth Parade commemorating the abolition o f slavery
in Texas on June 19, 1865.
Juneteenth Parade a Hit
A horse and carriage carrying Kelci-Rae Flowers, Miss Black Oregon USA
2007, and Mariah Taylor, a nurse practitioner and community advocate,
moves down Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
P hctds B y M ark W ashington /T hf P ortland O bserver
Tagger Wanted in Alberta Arsons
____________ THE____________
The Portland Fire Bureau Inves
tigation Unit, in cooperation with
C rim e Stoppers, is asking for the
p u b lic’s help in identifying and lo
cating a person o f interest in the
in v estig atio n o f arson fires on
N ortheast Alberta Street.
In the early m orning hours o f
Saturday, April 14, Portland Police
responded to a series o f intention
ally set fires in the area o f Alberta
betw een Northeast 14th Avenue
and N ortheast 31st A venue.
T he m ost significant fire in
volved an occupied apartm ent com
plex at 5026 N.E. 31 st Ave. where
occupants had to flee for safety.
SPINACOLUMN
An ongoing series of questions and answers about Americas natural healing profession
Part 10. Fatigue: A cure for people sick
and tired of being of being sick and tired.
Q
: 1 seem to be tired a lot lately.
Does that mean 1 need iron?
A : The m ost com m on reason
Z x p a t i e n t s com e into our office
is because o f som e type o f pain.
But many o f these people are also
suffering from fatigue. Fatigue
that makes the eyes bum slows
dow n the healing process and
makes you w onder why you d on’t
feel as well as you used to. O bvi
ously, there can be many causes
o f fatigue. Diet is certainly one of
them. It’s a su b je c tw e ’d b e happy
to discuss with you in detail.
A nother cause, how ever is often
stress. Many o f you have prob
ably heard o f the "Fight O r Flight”
sy n d ro m e. W hen th e b o d y is
stressed, it responds with a com
bat-ready posture. In analyzing
many such patients' x-rays, we find
the head angled forward and the
back arched in this highly-stressed
position. A fterC hiropractic adjust
ment, this condition is often vastly
improved. Patients com e back well-
Five young men were victim s o f
a spray o f bullets Friday night.
Police said an unidentified car
with an unknow n num ber o f assail
ants used at least two w eapons to
shoot at the group inside an open
garage in the 9600 block o f North
C larendon around 11:15 p.m.
Three o f the victim s were identi
fied as Lexington Boswell, 20, Daniel
Graham, 29, and Christian Kulju, 19.
The other nam es were withheld
because they are juveniles.
Police said Boswell and a 17-
year-old suffered life-threatening
injuries but are expected to survive.
Police d o n ’t suspect gang-re
lated activity, as none o f the vic
tims w ere ever involved in gangs.
No arrests have been made.
rested, telling us they ju st had
their best night’s sleep in ages. If
you think the stress o f everyday
life might be w earing you down
and preventing your body from
w arding off illnesses, call us for an
appointm ent. O r if there are any
other questions you might have
about your health, ju st call us at
the phone num ber below.
A police sketch o f a person of
interest in the Alberta Street
arsons investigation.
Fire and related dam age to the com
plex was placed at approxim ately
$500,000.
The person o f interest has been
described as a white male, 26 years
old and 6-foot-2 to 6-foot-3 inches
tall, with m edium build, blond hair,
a gap between his teeth and a dimple
in his chin. He was wearing a black
hooded sw eatshirt and identified
him self to w itnesses as being a
"political tagger".
C rim e Stoppers is offering up to
$ 1 ,(XM) for inform ation that leads to
an arrest in this case. You can re
main anonym ous. Call Crim e Stop
pers at 503-823-HELPl 4357).
ABC Apologizes for Video Mix Up
ABC N ew s has apologized for
m istakenly running a picture of
form er W ashington M ayor Marion
Barry w hen it was prom oting a
“W orld N ew s” story about a man
suing a dry cleaner for $54 million
for losing his pants.
T he June 11 mistake happened
Flowers' Chiropractic Office
2124 NE Hancock,
Portland Oregon 97212
Phone: (503) 287-5504
because both men were in a W ash
ington court that day and A BC got
video o f both. A BC spokesw om an
N atalie Raabe said. Both Roy L.
Pearson, who filed the lawsuit, and
Barry are black. Barry was acquit
ted this week o f drunken driving
charges.
It was the second such case o f
m istaken identity this month in
volving newsworthy black men. Fox
News C hannel apologized for run
ning tape o f House J udiciary C hair
man John Conyers w hile reporting
on the indictment of Rep. W illiam J.
Jefferson on bribery charges.
Sizer Expands Police
Hiring Eligibility Pool
In an e f fo rt to b o o st r e c r u it
m e n t, P o rtla n d P o lic e C h ie f
R o sie S iz e r h as m ad e it e a s ie r
fo r p e o p le w ith a m ilita ry b a c k
g ro u n d o r w h o w o rk in sid e th e
P o rtla n d P o lic e B u reau to b e
co m e p o lic e o ffic e rs .
T h o se w ith tw o y e a rs o f a c
tiv e se rv ic e in th e m ilita ry o r
fo u r y e a rs in th e m ilita ry r e
se rv e w ill no lo n g e r n ee d a tw o -
y e a r a s s o c ia te 's d e g re e .
T h e e d u c a tio n re q u ire m e n t
w ill a lso be re la x e d fo r p e o p le
w h o h a v e w o rk e d fo r tw o y ea rs
as an e m p lo y e e o f th e P o rtla n d
P o lic e B u rea u o r th e B u rea u o f
E m e rg e n c y C o m m u n ic a tio n s ;
tw o y e a rs as a p o lic e c a d e t o r
re s e rv e w ith at le ast 5 0 0 h o u rs;
o r tw o y e a rs as a p o lic e o f fic e r
w ith a n o th e r a g e n c y .
Story Clarification:
B rid g e t B. S u lliv a n is new
a u d ie n c e d e v e lo p m e n t m a n
ager
fo r
th e
O re g o n
S h a k e s p e a re F e stiv a l an d B ill
R a u ch is th e f e s tiv a l's n ew ar-
tis tic d ire c to r. W e re g re t th at
S u lliv a n ’s jo b title w as in c o r
re c t in o u r Ju n e 6 sto ry title d
“ S h a k e s p e a re F e stiv a l S p o t
lig h ts D iv e r s ity .”
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