August 6. 2008
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Michelle Puts Focus on Her Daughters
Discusses marriage,
motherhood in Ebony
(AP) — Forget the pearls.
M ichelle O bam a says her best
accessory is her husband.
"Barack and I — as part
ners, as friends and as lovers
— we accessorize each other
in many ways," said Obama,
wife o f Democratic presiden
tial candidate Barack Obama.
"The best thing I love having
on me is Barack on my arm
and vice versa, w hether it's
having him standing there smil
ing at me, or watching him
mesmerize a crowd or talk to
some seniors in a senior cen
ter."
Michelle Obama discussed
her marriage, fashion sense
and how she balances m oth
erhood and work in an inter
view with Ebony magazine.
The issue hits newsstands na
tionwide on Aug. 12.
Should she becom e first
lady, M ichelle O bam a says
her primary focus will be on
P
their two daughters — Malia,
10, and Sasha, 7.
"My firstjobinall honesty is
going to continue to be mom-
in-chief," she said, "making sure
that in this transition, which
w ill be even more o f a transi
tion for the girls ... that they
are settled and that they know
they will continue to be the
center o f our universe."
M ichelle Obam a said the
challenges women face in bal
ancing their families and jobs
should be highlighted in gov
ernm ent policies — whether
it’s through better health care
or more family leave time.
She also expressed her sup
port for military wives and the
additional stress they face
when their husbands are away Michelle Obama, wife o f Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama
and have done multiple tours D-lll., speaks at a Women for Obama luncheon in Chicago.
active in her husband's cam-
o f duty. "Tack on the fact that loved ones who are com ing hear those voices a lot."
back
dealing
with
emotional
M
ichelle
Obam
a,
44,
has
paign and is scheduled to speak
there is no sustained mental
health support for these fami issues," she said. ’You've got worked as a lawyer and hospi- to m ilita ry sp o u s e s on
lies as they are struggling with people in pain and we don't tai executive. She has been W ednesday in Norfolk, Va.
Like her husband, sheexer-
cises regularly — an activity
that was hard to find time for
when the girls were younger
and Barack Obam a was away
working in the Illinois Senate,
she said.
She said realized she was
putting on weight after her
oldest daughter was born. She
started working out at 4:30
a.m. and would let her hus
band help with the children if
they cried in the early hours.
" I found it wasn't that Barack
wasn't interested in helping,"
she said. "It's just that when
the baby cried at 4 a.m., I got
up faster than he did because
I would hear the baby and 1
would be up."
M ichelle Obama said she
tries to teach her daughters
the importance of exercising.
The family also eats organic
as much as possible, she said.
"(B eing fit) has becom e
even more important as I've
had children, because I'm also
thinking about how I'm model
ing health to my daughters,"
she said.
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For the fourth straight term,
Portland Com munity College
has experienced enrollm ent
growth. This sum m er term,
PCC is seeing double-digit
growth across most campuses.
Overal I the col lege grew by
9.7 percent in total headcount
and 14.3 percent in full-time
equivalent (FTE) students.
"As the economy continues
to slow, it's apparent people
are starting to turn to PCC in
greater numbers to start their
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education or to retrain into a
new career,” said PCC Presi
dent Preston Pulliams. "The
growth at the college has been
phenomenal. In many areas
across the district, we are near
capacity now for general class
room use and office space.
This presents challenges in
meeting the needs o f our stu
dents' and educational part
nerships."
The C ascade C am pus in
north Portland had one o f the
biggest increases in enroll
ment. It swelled by 21.1 per
cent in FTE and 18.3 percent
in overall headcount.
"W e’re excited that so many
people are taking advantage
o f the wealth o f resources we
have available here," said Algie
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beginning to realize, more and
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Paramedic Sentenced for Sexual Abuse
The w oman said she passed out in her
Portland hom e and o n e o f her children called
fo r h e lp . S h e sa id
Haszard fondled her as
she lay in a sem icon
(AP) - A M ultnom ah County judge
scious state.
sentenced a form er param edic to five
"I wasn't all the way
years in prison for inappropriately touch
aw ake, but I was aware
ing fem ale patients during am bulance
o f w hat was happening
trips.
around me," the woman
Judge Leslie Roberts also sentenced
said. "That's what both
Lannie Lee Haszard to Five years o f pro
ers me the most. It was
bation and ordered him to register us a
I i ke watch i ng somebody
sex offender following his release.
do som ething to me and
Haszard. 62. pleaded guilty to a t
L annie Lee H a sza rd
' couldn't do anything.
tem pted first-degree sexual abuse.
O nce at the hospital,
The abuse becam e public afte ra local
the w om an rem em bers w aking and scream
African A m erican wom an, a 28-ycar-old
ing when Haszard entered her room. Hospital
single m otherof three, reported what Haszard
staff told her she im agined what happened.
had done to her last December.
Multiple ambulance
patients victimized
but she dem anded that police be called.
"He was the first to believe me," she said
o f the Portland police officer.
A fter the w om an’s story hit the news,
several other victim s cam e forward to report
abuse by Haszard. They ranged from 28 to 73
years old.
Three o f the them attended M onday's
hearing with family sitting by their sides.
"The one thing they all had in com m on
was they're all in the back o f the am bulance
with Lannie Haszard." Deputy district attor
ney D onald Rees said.
H aszard, w ho lost his jo b w ith A m eri
can M edical R esponse and his p ro fe s
sional ce rtific a tio n , did not speak at the
hearing.
T he single m other and two other victim s
are suing H aszard and AMR.
Portland
Crime Rate
Dips to 30
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Portland's crime rate has
sunk to the lowest level since
the city started keeping records
in the 1970s.
Police said the overal I crime
rate was 63 victims o f crime
for every 1,000 people. That
com pares to a high o f 161
victim s o f crim e for every
1,0 0 0 people in 1988.
The figures show that Port
land has made steady improve
ments its crime rate almost
every year over the past 20
years.
Last year, shoplifting was
the only crim e to increase,
growing by three percent. All
other crim es were down 14
percent.
The murder rate was down
13 percent com pared to this
time last year. Rape and rob
bery were also down 17 per
cent. Auto theft had the larg
es, drop at 36 percent.