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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