October 30, 2013
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Hall of Fame Honors
Late Portland
Observer
publisher
inducted into
sports group
Late Portland Observer Publisher
and beloved community member
Charles ‘Chuck’ Washington has
been inducted into the Portland In­
terscholastic League (PIL) Hall of
Fame this week.
The Portland Public Schools
Athletic Hall of Fame Association’s
Board of Directors hosted its 26th
annual Hall of Fame Induction ban­
quet to recognize the achievements
of past PIL Athletes, coaches, and
administrators and to honor the his­
tory of the league.
Chuck Washington (1970
W ashington graduated from Jefferson)
Jefferson High School in the class
o f 1970 where he had a list o f
successes in the arenas o f both
basketball and baseball. He let­
tered in both sports three years in
a row, was a first team A ll-PIL
selection his senior year as a m em ­
ber o f Jefferson’s PIL Cham pion­
ship basketball team, and was a
first team A ll-PIL baseball player
the same year.
Of the 50 inductees from the Oct.
20 ceremony, some other names from
the local African-American commu­
nity
in clu d ed
D o m in iq u e
Merriweather (Benson 1993) Troy
Berry (Benson 1981), Wes Austin
(Grant 1962) Adam W hitehead
(Grant 2001), John Mays (Lincoln
1969), Tom McAllister (Jefferson
1963) and Aaron Miles and Michael
Lee (both Jefferson 2001).
A full list of PIL Hall of Famers
and their accomplishments can be
found by visiting pilhalloffame.org.
Combating
a
Legacy
of
Racism
METRO) Event remembers immigrant 25 years after his death
C lassifieds
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On Monday, Nov. 4, the life of
Ethiopian im m igrant M ulugeta
Seraw will be remembered 25 years
after his death. Seraw was in Port­
land to attend college when he con­
fronted by three white supremacists
and beaten to death in front of his
apartment on Southeast 31st Av­
enue on Nov. 12, 1988. One of the
men claimed that he and the two
others killed Seraw "because of his
race."
After two convictions of man­
slaughter, Seraw’s father and son
successfully filed a civil lawsuit
against the killers and an affiliated
organization, holding them liable for
the murder. They were represented
at no cost by the Southern Poverty
Law Center and the Anti-Defama­
tion League, and won a civil case
Mulugeta Seraw
against White Aryan Resistance's
operator Tom Metzger and his son
John Metzger for $ 12.5 million.
The History Night presenta­
tion “R em em bering M ulugeta
Seraw: Portland ’ s Legacy of R ac­
ism and Com bating W hite Su­
prem acy” will be held at 6 p.m. at
the M cM enam ins M ission T he­
ater, 1624 N. W. Glisan St. The free
and open to the public event will
exam ine racial history in Oregon
and will discuss how Portland citi­
zens are combating racial discrimi­
nation today.
Speakers will include Portland
State University educator, spoken
word artist, and organizer Walidah
Imarisha; journalist Elinor Lager and
author of “A Hundred Little Hitlers:
the Death of A Black Man, the Trial
of White Racists, and the Rise of the
Neo-Nazi Movement in America;”
and Western States Center Execu­
tive Director Kelley Weigel.
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Arrest Made in MAX Platform Murder
O pinion
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H ealth
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Portland Police have arrested a
man for the shooting death of
A bukar M adey, a 15-year-old
Franklin High School freshman who
was gunned down on the steps of
the Holgate MAX Station on Oct.
11, just blocks from his home.
tion helped identify the suspect.
Silvano Velasquz, 18, has been
Detectives are asking anyone
charged in the death which also left with information regarding the case
a 22-year-old man wounded. Au­ to please call Detective Mark Slater
thorities said video surveillance at 503-823-9319 or Detective Erik
images obtained at the transit sta­ Kammerer at503-823-0762.