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I 500 Church Girls Take Stage G e n e r a l E le c tio n N o v. 4 L a s t D a y t o R e g is t e r : O c t. 14 w w w . o r e g o n v o t e s .o r g I -8 6 6 -O R E - V O T E S A musical about growing up as pastor s daughter comes to the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center See Arts & Entertainment, page A7 ‘City of Roses’ Volume XXXVIII, Number 39 VOTE ★ ★★★★ Established in 1970 www.portlandobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity Wednesday • October I, 2008 TLWeek ¡n The Review Economy, Credit Worries W all Street snapped back T ues day after its biggest sell-off in years am id growing expectations that lawmakers will sal vage a$700 billion rescue plan for the finan cial sector that was defeated in a House vote on M onday. But the seized-up credit m arkets where businesses turn to raise m oney show ed no sign o f relief. Voting Starts in Ohio V oters in the crucial sw ing state o f O hio began casting absentee ballots in the presidential elec tion T uesday, a day after state and federal courts upheld a dis puted early voting law. Obama Office Vandalized The FBI is investigating an act of vandalism that occurred at a Barack Obamacampaign office in Gresham. The incident follows the hanging o f an O bam a effigy from a tree at George Fox University in Newberg. See story, page A2. Oden, Blazers Start Practice A fter a season o f w aiting for their No. 1 dr; landTrail Blaz e rs o p e n e d p rese aso n practice with G reg Oden ea ger to go. “It’s g o in g to be amazing and I ’ m going to be ready for it,” said the 7-foot center w hose rookie season was over before it started w hen he had knee surgery last Septem ber. Oregonian Protest About 75 dem onstrators from various organizations and faiths, including Sen. Avel G ordly, an African American lawmaker from Portland, gathered at the O rego nian M onday to protest the new s paper distributing a D VD called “Obsession: Radical Islam ’s W ar A gainst the W est” as a paid ad insert in S unday’s paper. The protesters said the D V D was an attem pt to incite fear o f M uslim s and blur the lines betw een Islam and terrorist organizations. ‘Muslim American Woman' is the name o f a se lf portrait by Sabina Haque, an artist who users her skills to educate and break down stereotypes. Watching Artistsat Work Martin Owino shares stories o f his Kenya homeland through his art. He is one o f the diverse lineup o f artists participating in Portland Open Studios, where the public can watch artists at work. them selves are diverse. Em erging artists in their 20s and 30s; m id-career and well es tablished artists are all part o f the tour. Many artists have moved here from other countries, have a strong ethnic identification or are influenced by cultures other than the ones o f their birth. P a k is ta n i-A m e ric a n a rtis t S abina H aque resides, in her words, "on the rim ” o f the coin w hose faces are her two cultures. She has explored this space in between worlds by fusing cul tural sym bols and icons in a vari ety o f visual media ranging from painting to video projection to a Open Studios brings multicultural lineup Local residents are encouraged to be a tourist in their own co m m unity by discovering a diverse and multicultural lineupof neigh borhood artists o p en in g their doors to the public during the annual Portland O pen Studios tours. You can go behind the scenes to see where, how, and why art is m ade in an up close and personal view at 98 locations in the neigh borhoods throughout metro Port- land. The artists are a friendly lot — you can engage them in conver sation as well as w atch them at work. Children are also invited and they w o n 't be ignored or bored. Not only are all art m edia rep resented — encaustic painting, marble sculpture, batik, blown glass, and mixed m edia works made with things that w eren’t originally intended as art m ateri als, to nam e a few — the artists continued on page A 9 An iron is used to get the wax out o f Martin Owino's painting. TriMet Boosts Security TriM et announced M onday that it will take new steps to enhance security measures, including hir ing more police officers, increas ing fare inspections and adding more cam eras to M AX stations. See sto ry , page A3. Janet Jackson Hospitalized A representative xBB l,,r • lancl says the singerhas been hospitalized a fte r fa llin g ill sh o rtly b efo re a c o n c e rt. A spokesperson said she "got sud denly ill" during her sound check M onday in M ontreal and had to be rushed to the hospital. Council Candidates Drawn Into Debate Lewis, the founder o f Ethos, Inc., a provider o f music education to minority and disadvantaged popu lations, said being singled out and discrim inated against are “hard on a person’s spirit.” Although he did not believe the vast majority of Portland’s police officers were involved in racial pro filing, he said there were definitely a few bad apples out there. Fritz, a registered nurse, volunteer leader and pub lic schools activist, said the city was very good about studying things and making com m ittees, hut that the time has com e to implement recommendations to curb Tackling racial profiling B y L aura M f . f . han T he P ortland O bserver Oregon Action, a citizen-run public interest lobbyist group, has put the issue o f racial profiling by local law enforcem ent in front o f voters in a race for the Portland City Council. The subject was the topic o f an O regon Action d e bate in northeast Portland betw een A m anda Fritz and C harles Lewis, the two candidates vying for a seat on the five m em ber council in the Nov. 4 General Election. Both candidates acknow ledged in las, w eek’s forum that racial profiling is a real problem , one that must be addressed. ra c ia l p r o filin g . Amanda Fritz Charles Lewis continued on page A3 Motorclylist Killled A m otorcycle hit a curb and crashed in north Portland late Monday night and the driver was killed, police said. The crash hap pened just after 11 p.m., near the intersection o f North Willis Blvd and North Wabash. No one else was involved in the collision. Jobless at 7 Year High New claim s for unem ploym ent benefitsjum ped last week to their highest level in seven years due to the im pact o f a slo w in g econom y and Hurricanes Ike and G ustav, the Labor D epartment reported. •'com m unity service One Student, One Cause Senior has passion for healing, speaking out Shantel M onk has a passion for aling and speaking out. The De La Salle North Catholic High School se Ì School nior has taken on ior Shantel a cause to help lk draws others despite her »ration from p e rs o n a l ow n De La Salle struggles. th Catholic She is raising :herJoe a w a re n e s s fo r ly m p h o m a and leukemia in honor ler beloved chem istry teacher. Mr. »*nh H n l l n r a n a Iv m n h o m a and transplant survivor. After w orking at Oregon Health Sciences University with cancer pa- tients through the school's C orpo rate Internship Program. Monk be com e an activist in raising aw areness on blood cancers. She will be walking Friday in the Leukem ia and Lym phom a Society’s “Light the N ight"even, tocom m cm o- rate those afflicted with deadly bhxxl cancers. M onk likes to refer to her teacher as a soldier, but she herself is a rep resentation o f soldiering on and over com ing a m ultitude o f obstacles. At the age o f 10, she becam e a foster child when she was taken from her 25 year old m other w ho was then struggling with dnig and abuse is sues. Her story is that o f courage and perseverance. Not only is she one of the top seniors in her class, planning on attending S tanford or Loyola M arym ount U niversity, she is an active m em ber o f her com m unity. She spoke at the Portland Youth Conference with First Lady Laura Bush last year, while also taking par, in the M ultnomah Youth C om m is sion. as well as the Youth Advisory “Speak Up, Speak O ut" event where she was an advocate for foster ch il dren. M onk describes H alloran as a “strong soul," a person and teacher continued on page A3 t
