Page 2 1,1 jdortlaitò (Observer Local Schools Keep P.E. Portland S u p er­ intendent C arole S m ith to ld the school b o a rd M onday that ev ­ ery Portland el­ e m e n ta r y a n d m id d le s c h o o l w ill have at least a halftim e physical education teacher this fall-rather than lose PE entirely. Sm ith says the decision m eans about 120 teaching positions w ill be cut, not the 180 originally proposed. School Named for Chavez The Portland school board voted M onday to renam e the Portsm outh- C larendon school in north Portland for labor rights leader C esar E. C havez. It's the first o f P ortland's 85 public schools to be nam ed for a Latino. Last year's sw itch from 39th A venue to C esar E. C havez B oule­ vard sparked a contentious debate but no controversy surrounded this latest nam e change. T. Week n The Review co n firm ation w ithin w eeks. Jobless Benefits Delay Ends L egislation to restore u n em p lo y ­ m ent benefits to m illions w ho have A polarized S enate Judiciary C o m ­ been out o f w ork for m ore than six m ittee T u esd ay a p p ro v e d E lena m onths broke free o f Senate R epub­ K agan to be the fourth fem ale Su­ lican delaying tactics on T uesday. prem e Court ju s ­ Senators voted 60-40 to m ove ahead tice. Just one Re- Prom Dispute Settled on the bill, clearing the w ay for a publican jo in ed A rural school d istrict in M issis­ final Senate vote and c o nsideration D e m o c r a ts to sippi that canceled its prom rather by the H ouse on W ednesday. a p p r o v e than allow a lesbian student to a t­ K ag an 's n o m i­ Missing Boy Costs Mount tend w ith her g irlfrien d has agreed nation and send M ultnom ah C ounty com m issioners to pay $35,000 to settle a d iscrim ina­ it to the full Sen­ will consider budgeting extra m oney tion law suit the A C L U filed on her ate, w here she's expected to win High Court Pick Approved m diversity Print Kl A iris u u A in c rica n youth aie oiten vauyh: up in a ret or negative public perception* brought by new» oi gang violentv. the sobering aeiuevemeui gap ami achcml drop out rates. Ht’.t there * plenty ot yovug black kids oi Portland * ho are ou the right path, making good grade», beaded us college, and aie making poM iict contribution» to the city A new photographic tribute recognt/cs the hard work o f tome o f these »indent» and shows that there is s till reason to he opbmtatM.* “ Young. Itlaek & G ifle J .'' a photo e»*ay putting die spotlight on ihe accompli ■itneni o f high achieving A fn can \m encan students, «»peas to the public on Monday, A p ril 5 ai Portland Schoo: Distr:»?t headquarters at SOI \ Dixon s i end w ill Inter be moved to the I loyd Center Mail Ihe protect ia the brain child o f Reiko Wi ilium» the distiiet'« family androftununity engagement manager, who M id she gt»t the idea .titer lu v iu y a etmveixation with someone »ho accmrU »hocked wlwn she mentioned an Ab n an American atudeiU that wa»cxcelling After the eon- versatkm she worried that il l the ¡mention on ih r problem» o f young black skid« nis was drowning out th< hard work o f n ih tn "You hrai st» mtk' h ahout deficits and achievement gaps," »he Mid. W illiams said the exhibit came together with a call for nominations «>1 black »indcm* doing we-’l district*-»itic »;.»! the »ccr«ib»»ent o f» (thotitgraphcr and u eh developer skylar Hoh. a fmshman at .»eflerton I iix h school is one of the i I tturient» featured in the exhibit Holt» get» A'»and B'» in .school. Site doe*especiMily well m i nghah classes, taught hy Anne Novmgci. one o f her favorite teacher*. and chemiatry • getting steadily easier. Holt pUns to go to vollegc and is think mg about law school down the r-.iad "I'm enp»s ng n a lot she said o f her high »«hool "? like < onr/nuei/ ort/Mge to h elp find m issin g 7 -y e a r-o ld K yron H orm an. S h e riff D an Staton a n d D is tric t A tto rn e y M ic h a e l S c h ru n k w ill ask the board T h u rsd a y fo r m o re th a n $ 4 3 8 ,0 0 0 fo r their investiga­ tion. T he search for m issing S kyline E lem entary boy has alread y cost the co unty m ore than $412,000. FMornMvJaiiK T hmmsx / T h » Puan «MiOtonn » n ÄAy/m Hort rrrorx 4» bmshm/ni M /H ferton HUgb Sonor»/ *n north Portland Her contribution M one o f the rìly t ‘ Youn#. Black & Gtftod" »todeofy >•> part 0 / a oaw twbfctf opt »'# to school d istrict i>eadouattani and l.loytl Center - _ _ _ _ _ —_ _ To contact 7,10 Portland Observer Call 503-288-0033 or email ads@portlandob server.com July 21. 2010 behalf. C onstance M cM illen, 18, said the victory cam e at the price o f her being shunned in her small hom e­ tow n o f Fulton, M iss. Lohan Begins Jail Term L indsay Lohan w as taken into c u s­ tody to serve a ja il sentence for pro b atio n violation T uesday. T he 2 4 -y ear-o ld a c ­ tress show ed up at th e B e v e rly H ills courtroom about 10 m inutes late. A fter a short hearing, she rose an d w as h a n d ­ cu ffed behind her back to serve a 90 d ay sentence, w hich m ay be signifi­ cantly shortened. NAACP Takes Back Criticism After worker pushed out of job ( A P ) — N A A C P leaders are c a ll­ in g o n th e O b a m a a d m in is tra tio n to re c o n sid e r its o u s tin g o f a b la ck A g ric u ltu re D e p a rtm e n t w o rk e r w h o w as p u sh e d o u t o f h e r jo b .o v e r ra c ia lly tin g e d re m a rk s , re ­ v e rsin g th e ir p re v io u s c ritic is m o f th e e m p lo y e e . N A A C P P re s id e n t B e n ja m in T o d d Je a lo u s said in a s ta te m e n t th a t th e g ro u p w as "sn o o k e re d " in to b e lie v in g th a t U S D A e m ­ p lo y e e S h irle y S h e rro d e x p re ss e d racist sen tim en ts at a local N A A C P m eeting in G eorgia earlier this year. Je a lo u s said c o n s e rv a tiv e a c tiv ­ is t A n d r e w B r e i t b a r t , w h o s e w e b site p o ste d v id e o o f S h e rro d 's re m a rk s , d e c e iv e d m illio n s o f p e o p le b y re le a s in g o n ly p a rtia l c lip s. H e said the fu ll v id e o m a k es c le a r th a t S h e rro d w as te llin g a sto ry o f ra c ia l u n ity . "T h e ta p e o f M s. S h e r r o d ’s sp e e c h at an N A A C P b a n q u e t w as d e lib e ra te ly ed ited to c re a te a false im p re ssio n o f ra c ial b ia s, an d to c re a te a c o n tro v e rs y w h e re n o n e e x iste d ," Je a lo u s said T u e sd a y a f­ te rn o o n . " T h is ju s t s h o w s th e le n g th s to w h ic h e x tre m is t e le ­ m e n ts w ill g o to d is c re d it le g iti­ m a te o p p o s itio n ." T h e c o n tro v e rs y b e g a n M o n ­ d a y w h e n th e c o n s e r v a t i v e w e b s ite b ig g o v e r n m e n t.c o m p o ste d a tw o -m in u te , 3 8 -se c o n d v id e o c lip o f S h e rro d 's re m a rk s to a lo c a l N A A C P c h a p te r . T h e H u ffin g to n P o st said a Y o u T u b e v id eo w as then aired on Fox N ew s. T h e fo o ta g e has sto k e d ra c ia l an d p o litic a l te n sio n a m id a lle g a tio n s b y th e N A A C P th a t th e T e a P a rty m o v e m e n t is b ig o te d . E a rlie r T u e s d a y , A g ric u ltu re S e c re ta ry T o m V ilsa c k a c c e p te d S h e r r o d 's r e s ig n a ti o n , s a y in g Shirley Sherrod th e re w as "ze ro to le ra n c e fo r d is ­ c rim in a tio n at U S D A ." B u t S h e rro d , in an in te rv ie w w ith C N N , said h e r re m a rk s to the N A A C P w e re b e in g in te n tio n a lly m is c o n s tr u e d b y c o n s e r v a tiv e g ro u p s sto k in g ra c ia l te n sio n s. "I w as sp e a k in g to th a t g ro u p , lik e I'v e d o n e m a n y g ro u p s, an d I tell th e m a b o u t a tim e w h en I th o u g h t th e issu e w as ra c e an d race o n ly ," S h erro d to ld C N N . She said th e in c id e n t she d e sc rib e d in h er sp eech o c cu rred so m e 24 years a g o , w h en sh e w o rk e d fo r a n o n ­ p ro fit a id g ro u p . "I w as te llin g the sto ry o f h o w w o rk in g w ith him h e lp e d m e to see th e issu e is not a b o u t ra c e. It's a b o u t th o se w ho h a v e v e rsu s th o se w h o do n o t h a v e ." T h e f a r m e r 's w if e , E l o is e S pooner, 82, told T he A tlan ta Jo u r­ n a l-C o n s titu tio n o n T u e s d a y th a t S h e rro d h e lp e d sav e th e ir land. S p o o n e r, w h o c o n sid e re d S h erro d a "frie n d fo r life," sa id th a t "the fe d e ra l o ffic ia l w o rk e d tire le s sly to h elp " th e c o u p le h o ld o n to th e ir farm as th ey fa c ed b a n k ru p tc y in 1986, th e A tla n ta n e w sp a p e r re ­ p o rte d .