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History Center Pulls Out Treasures
/4n Eqyptian statute that once greeted visitors to the former
Aladdin Restaurant at Lloyd Center is part o f the Treasures o f the
Vault exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society.
From the rare and priceless to the
peculiar and mysterious, the arti­
facts in the Oregon H istorical
Society's collections document ev­
erything from key moments in Or­
egon history to the minute details of
daily life.
The society’s 100,000 square foot
vault is home to over 85,000 arti­
facts. Some of these gems of Or­
egon history are permanently on
display in the museum, but many are
tucked away in the OHS vault and
rarely seen.
Interim Oregon Historical Soci­
ety E xecutive D irecto r Kerry
Tymchuk decided that it was time to
shed some light on some of the
lesser known pieces.
“Treasures of the Vault,” now
showing through Feb. 12, brings
out some of our most interesting
and seldom seen pieces of history,
said Tymchuk.
One of the interesting stories told
in this exhibit comes from two stun­
ning golden E qyptian statues.
Those who have moved to Portland
in the last few decades would have
no recollection of these pieces of
art. In fact, these statues used to
flank the Aladdin Restaurant, which
was located on the 3rd floor of the
300,000 square foot Meier & Frank
store in the Lloyd Center Mall.
The Aladdin became a popular
restaurant as it overlooked the mail's
skating rink. It closed in 1990 when
Lloyd Center was remodeled, and
the space that the Aladdin used to
occupy is the current home for the
mail's food court. Luckily, these stat­
ues survived the remodel and were
donated to the OHS collection in
2004.
Another fascinating artifact that
will be on display is the control
panel from the Trojan Nuclear Power
Plant. Construction of the plant
began in 1970, and it was the only
nuclear power plant to exist in Or­
egon.
Visitors will enjoy many stories
of Oregon's past, told through the
artifacts that have survived over
the years.
M useum hours are Tuesday
through Saturday from 10a.mn.to5
p.m., and Sunday from Noon to 5
p.m.
A U.S. Army uniform from
Oregon’s early days is part
o f a new exhibit at the
Oregon Historical Society,
downtown.
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Jackson Assistant Publishes Expose Book
A friend and
employee tells
about Jackson’s
drug use
(AP) — A personal assistant-
tu rn e d -p e rso n a l m an ag er to
Michael Jackson said the King of
Pop had been taking propofol as
early as 1999, and that the singer
was drugged up ahead of his 2001
30th anniversary concerts.
Frank Cascio, who became a fam­
ily friend to Jackson at age 5 and
eventually one of the singer's clos­
est friends and employees, writes in
a new book that he first noticed
Jackson taking the drug Demerol
while accompanying the singer on
his "Dangerous" tour in 1993.
He writes in his new book, "My
Friend Michael: An Ordinary Friend­
ship with an Extraordinary Man,"
Michael Jackson
that Jackson started the first of two
anniversary shows in 2001 an hour
late as a result of being drugged up
in his dressing room.
"My naive belief that Michael
wouldn't let his medicine interfere
with the show blew up in my face,"
Cascio writes. "I can't begin to de­
scribe my disappointment and panic
at this moment."
He says Jackson was first intro­
duced to Demerol in 1984 when he
burned his head during a Pepsi com­
mercial shoot, and Cascio writes that
he first noticed Jackson using the
medicine on his "Dangerous" tour.
Cascio says Jackson also took
propofol in 1999 in Munich when the
singer was 50 feet in the air and in­
stead of coming down slowly, the
platform Jackson was on fell down.
Cascio also writes that Jackson had
taken Demerol to treat the skin dis­
ease vitiligo, and grew worried about
his drug use.
Cascio said he wanted to seek out
help, but didn't know who to turn to.
Ahead of Jackson's 2001 anniversary
shows, he said he spoke to Janet,
Randy and Tito about their brother's
drug use. He writes that Jackson's
siblings approached him, but the
singer "simply pushed them away."
The pop star's doctor, Conrad
Murray, was convicted Nov. 7 of
involuntary manslaughter for sup­
plying the insomnia-plagued Jack-
son with the powerful operating-room
anesthetic propofol to help him sleep out of juice bottles and soda cans.
as he rehearsed for his big comeback.
Throughout the book, Cascio
Cascio writes that he and Jack- writes that Jackson never had sex
son "had gotten stoned on a few with children, but had a love for
occasions up in the mountains," them and wanted to father 10 kids in
and that Jackson would drink wine total.
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