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en Globe award ceremony. The actress,
known for her character Cookie Lyon, gave
a memorable speech, reminding people she
has worked 20 years for this moment.
Fire Destroys Barn
David Bowie Dies at 69
Glam rock visionary and
rock singer David Bow-
ie, the chameleon-like
star who transformed the
sound and the look of rock
with his audacious creativ-
ity and his sexually ambig-
uous makeup and costumes, died of cancer
Sunday. He was 69 and had just released a
new album.
Teen Sentenced in Alberta Shooting
Turon Lamont Walker, 16, was sentenced
to just over 8 years in lockup last week for
firing into a crowd of people at the Alberta
Arts District’s Last Thursday celebration
last May. He will serve the sentence in a
youth correctional facility.
Empire Actress Honored
Taraji Penda Henson took
home the Best Actress in
a drama television series
at Sunday night’s Gold-
A barn in rural Multnomah County estimat-
ed at $650,000 market value was destroyed
in a fire Monday morning. The barn’s own-
er was trying to get things out as the fire
blazed, and one man was taken to a local
hospital for smoke inhalation.
Man Killed by MAX Train
Authorities said a man was killed when
he fell underneath a MAX Blue Line train
Sunday night in Hillsboro. Police said it
was likely the victim fell onto the tracks
and was hit, rather than an intentional
pushing or jumping.
Family raises $10,000 Reward
The family of 45-year-old
Maurice Anthony Gatson has
raised $10,000 to offer a re-
ward to anyone who can help
them find the killer of their
husband and father. Gatson
was shot and killed outside the Pallas Club in
southeast Portland where he died in a shoot-
ing shortly after midnight on Oct. 4. Detec-
tives still have no lead suspects in the case.
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Portland Adopts ‘Rooney Rule’
Aim is to increase
diversity in top ranks
The city of Portland has adopted a
new standard to help increase diver-
sity among its top employee ranks.
The standard adopted on Wednes-
day will require commissioners to in-
terview at least one qualified minori-
ty candidate, female candidate and
candidate with a disability for bureau
director and other top positions. It
will become binding city policy.
The last seven bureau directors
hired by the city are middle-aged
white men.
The new standard is modeled on
the NFL’s “Rooney Rule,” which re-
quires that at least one minority can-
didate be interviewed for head coach
and general manager positions. The
Rooney Rule was named after Pitts-
burgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney,
who was chairman of the league’s di-
versity committee.
Since it was implemented in 2003,
the NFL has seen an increase in the
number of minority head coaches.
Portland Parks Ranger Sam Sachs
proposed that Portland adapt a ver-
sion of the Rooney Rule, arguing that
bureau directors impact the hiring
and diversity of other staff in the city.
City officials said they would look
into hiring a company to help the city
recruit highly qualified minorities,
women and candidates with a dis-
ability.
The Council also adopted a sepa-
rate resolution that requires it to gath-
er data on the race/ethnicity, gender,
sexual orientation, veteran status and
person with a disability status of those
hired for top management positions.
Portland’s new standard was
named in honor of Charles Jordan,
the first African-American city com-
missioner.
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