Page 2 |3ortkniò (Observer S 11 h S C r i h p I 503 288 0033 □ U U d t l l U e ' Fill O u t & S end To: ))ortlanb (Observer Attn: Subscriptions, PO Box 3137, Portland OR 97208 $60.00 for 6 months • $110.00 for 1 year • $200.00 for 2 years (please include check with this subscription form) N ame : ___ ____________________________ T elephone : __________________________ A ddress : _____________________________ or em ail subscriptions@portlandobserver.com March 16, 2011 T Quake Shifted Earth’s Axis Job Numbers Grow I Last week's devastating earthquake The Oregon Employment Depart­ I and tsunami in Japan has actually ment said Tuesday the state added I moved the island nation and shifted nearly 10,000jobs in February, the the planet's axis.. The areas closest largest jum p since before the Great I I to the epicenter of the quake jumped Port O rford, G old Beach and Recession. Construction numbers were up significantly, but the im­ I a full 13 feet closer to the United Brookings. States, according to the United pact of job growth did not show up I States Geological Survey. Portland Stadium Renamed in the unemployment rate, which I The Portland Timbers announced was 10.2 percent in February. I Tsunami Hits Oregon Coast Tuesday they had reached an agree­ I Officials on the Oregon Coast will ment to rename their home field and KUFO Switches to News I ask the federal governm ent for stadium Jeld-Wen Field, which re­ KUFO, the radio station that broad­ I assistance after three ports were places the name of the downtown cast on 101.1 FM, switched to an all­ I dam aged Friday by the tsunami landmark most recently called PGE news and right wing talk format from the 9.0 earthquake Park. The first game in Jeld-Wen Tuesday, shocking the local music I generated in Japan. The waves caused as I much as $ 13 million in damages at Field comes April 14 against the community. The station was a fa­ TLWeek ¡n The Review Chicago Fire. vorite for fans of rock and heavy metal music. Open Government Urged Oregon Attorney General John Kroger urged state lawmakers Mon­ day to support legislation to make governm ent m ore transparent. Krogersaid his bill would eliminate 100 of the more than 400exemptions government agencies have to the state’s public records requirements. Former Miss Teen Guilty Guadalupe Quintero, a former Miss Teen Clackam as County USA, pleaded guilty to m anslaughter Monday and a judge sentenced her to 20 years in prison for her involve­ ment in the death ofher boyfriend’s 5-year-old daughter. Police said the girl had suffered one of the worst cases of child abuse they had ever seen. Duckweed as Energy An Ashland company has teamed up with an East Coast engineer who has figured out how to generate cheap, clean electricity from duck­ weed, and then use exhaust from the generator to grow more duckweed. Promoters said the sustainable sys­ tem can be either small enough for a single home or large enough for a municipal utility. Charter Schools Bill Defeated We feel so much better since we dropped all that rate. Our Rate Reduction Home Equity Loan makes it easy to consolidate your debt with a competitive rate that drops 1/4% every year. It’s our way of saying thanks for being a good customer. And with more of your payments going towards the principal you’ll trim that debt in no time. So come in and start taking that rate off. Advertise w ith diversity in n’' Portland Observer Allot [^serving you* H^bank usbank.com | 888-444-BANK (2265) _ — itN o te ( The Oregon House on Monday narrowly voted down a bill aimed at making it easier to open a charter school. The measure would have allow ed charter seekers to get around opposition from local school boards in some cases. uut’|ect ? cT d" approval and 0,h8r res,r'c,tonrt 1 ¿m dobserver. com