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Volume XXXVII. Number 43
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The Review
Max Security Summit
T riM et G eneral M an ag er Fred
H ansen called for a transit-safety
su m m it and in c re ase d security
along the M ax light-rail line near
th e G re sh a m C e n tra l T ra n sit
C e n te r in the w ake o f S a tu rd a y ’s
b a se b a ll-b a t b ea tin g o f a 71-
y ea r-o ld Sandy resid e n t by a 15-
y ea r-o ld su sp ected gan g m em ­
ber.
Highest Death Toll Yet
S ix U .S . m ilitary deaths on T u es­
day m ade 2007 the bloodiest year
for A m erican troops in Iraq. W ith
n early tw o m onths left in the
year, the annual toll is now 853—
th ree m ore than th e prev io u s
w orst o f 850 in 2004. S ee s to r y ,
p ag e A2.
Desperate for Recruits
F ace d w ith h ig h e r re c ru itin g
g o als, the P entag o n is q uietly
looking for w ays to m ake it easier
fo r peo p le w ith m inor crim inal
reco rd s to jo in the m ilitary . T he
A sso ciated Press learn ed T u e s­
day. S om e A rm y o ffic e rs w orry
that d isc ip lin ary p ro b lem s w ill
grow as m ore so ld iers w ith past
d rug use and b eh a v io r p roblem s
are brou g h t in.
Oil Hits $97 Barrel
O il fu tu res ju m p e d to a new
reco rd ab o v e $97 a b arrel T u e s­
day afte r bo m b in g s in A fg h a n i­
stan and an attack on a Y em eni
oil p ip e lin e c o m p o u n d e d the
s u p p ly c o n c e r n s th a t h a v e
d riven cru d e p rices h ig h e r in
recen t w eeks.
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Wednesday • November 7. 2007
BRACING for High Energy Costs
Cold winter
predicted
by R aymond R endleman
T he P ortland O bserver
D o n 't be deceived by the beau­
tiful fall weather; it comes with colder
nights and higher heating costs.
Just as O regon's oil prices hit record
highs for the season, m eteorolo­
gists predict one o f the N orthw est’s
coldest w inters in history.
A heating-oil price survey co m ­
p leted last m o n th th ro u g h the
sta te 's energy departm ent reported
an average o f $3.07 a gallon in the
Portland-m etro area, w hich is 38
percent more than the $2.23 figure
at the same tim e last year. M ean­
while, the F arm er's Almanac joined
nearly everyone else in forecasting
a drastic reversal o f last y ea r’s
w arm er than usual winter.
This m eans that residents will be
paying for m ore oil after its cost has
nearly doubled from five years ago.
The problem is not ju st for heating-
oil consum ers either; electricity and
natural-gas prices are alsojum ping
this year by about 10 percent.
“It’s a scary situation to be in,”
Roger Rees, executive director o f
O regon HEAT, the state’s largest
provider o f low-incom e heating-bill
assistance, told the Portland O b ­
server on T uesd ay . “If we get acute
w eather, there’s no way w e’re g o ­
ing to meet the need.”
photo by M ark
W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Sig Hustad of First Call Heating and Cooling delivers heating oil to a customer in the Parkrose neighborhood of northeast Portland.
Hearing about relief agencies'
phone lines at capacity, Rees fears
that many people having to choose
betw een heat and food will fall
through the cracks w ithout addi­
tional funding. Federal dollars for
energy efficiency and heating-bill
assistance during the past decade
have not kept up with inflation.
Recognizing the potential for
reducing h eatin g costs through
simple insulation and weather strip­
ping steps, A lberta S treet’s C om ­
munity Energy Project provides free
w eatherization kits that would cost
$ 150 at a hardw are store.
“ You can save som e real good
m oney,” says L ennetta Bell, who
began to volunteer regularly for the
C om m unity Energy Project after
seeing w hat w eatherization did for
family members. Likening weather-
continued
on page A6
Homeless Refuge
Calvary opens doors to downtrodden
by J ason F loyd
T he P orti . and O bserver
A utum n has fallen once again
and the streets often turn cold
and wet. No one realizes this
seasonal transform ation more
than those w ho have no hom e to
escape from it. A midst the drizzle
and chill on the co m er o f N orth­
east M allory Avenue and Alberta
Pakistani Lawyers Protest
F o llo w in g th e o u s ti n g o f
P a k ista n 's C h ief Ju stice , clashes
b ro k e out b etw een h u n d red s o f
law y ers and b ato n -w ie ld in g p o ­
lice officers M onday. By the end
o f th e day, ab o u t 2 ,0 0 0 people
had been rounded up by a u th o ri­
ties, am ong them 500 to 700 law ­
yers.
Banquet to Support Center
See story, Religion, page B5
Obama’s SNL Appearance
S tarrin g o p p o site ca st m em bers
p laying H illary and Bill C linton,
B arack O bam a m ade a surprise
ap p earance on N BC to announce
“ L ive from N ew Y ork, it’s S atur­
day N ig h t!” afte r w alk in g into
the C lin to n c h a ra c te rs ' H allo w ­
een party w earin g an O bam a
m ask, w hich he rem o v ed to re ­
veal he w as, indeed, O bam a.
Missing Oregon Professor
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fice is on the lookout fo r U n iv er­
sity o f O regon p rofessor D arning
X u, w ho has been m issin g since
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who cam e to Calvary nearly two
years ago was in an addicted
condition, a state he said he felt
in his heart of hearts was unsat­
isfactory. Although he was spo­
ra d ic in h is a tte n d a n c e at
C alvary’s services, he benefited
from it and now helps others at
the church.
He recalls that the church was
attractive be­
cau se o f its
tra n s p a r­
ency, for the
counseling of
Calvary Pas­
tor Frederick W oods, and for a
congregation’s willingness to let
their lives, good and bad, serve
as an open testim ony to any that
take interest.
As tim e w ent on, the fog o f
addiction lifted and w ith the
church’s com m unity outreach,
he got the foothold he needed to
steer the m om entum o f his life in
the direction he truly desired.
“C alvary w asn’t only a ref-
photo by
M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Calvary Christian Church member Kevin Scott opens the church doors to the homeless and
downtrodden.
Street, stands C alvary Christian
Church like a behemoth brick sen­
try.
For the second year, Calvary
is opening its doors to the hom e­
less and dow ntrodden o f Port­
land. This time around, many o f
the volunteers who are w elcom ­
ing people o ff o f the street into
shelter and a w arm m eal are
people who were in a sim ilar pre­
dicam ent a year, m onths and
even weeks ago.
Forexample, a 39-year-old man
continued
on page A 6
Landmark
Falls for
Vanport
Square
The last wall of the former Living Color
Beauty Supply store is about to come
down as demolition of a block that
borders Northeast Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard and Alberta Street makes way
for a signature Magic Johnson 24-Hour
Fitness, the second phase of Vanport
Square.
photo by
M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver