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C HALLENGING P EOPLE TO S HAPE A B ETTER F UTURE N OW
Obama:
Who
Gives?
HONORING WOMEN
Fundraising takes the
stage as November
2012 election nears
By Helen Silvis
Of The Skanner News
Campaign Moneyball
Nationally, presidential campaign contri-
butions are fairly evenly split between
Democrats and Republicans. Both parties
received around $300 million in candidate
contributions. The split favored Obama until
recently, however, because as the sole
Democrat in the race, his campaign pocket-
ed the entire sum. Romney, still battling for
the nomination, received $153 million.
Look at House and Senate races across the
country, and the picture looks very different.
Republicans have far outraised Democrats
in Congressional campaigns. Republican
Senate candidates raised $232 million in
campaign contributions compared to $200
million for Democrats. In House races,
Republicans have raised $445 million, com-
pared to $325 million for Democrats.
See MONEY on page 3
INDEX
News ................2,3,5,6
Opinion .....................4
A & E ......................5,8
Food..........................6
Bids/Classifieds ..........7
PHOTO BY HELEN SILVIS
P
resident Obama visited Oregon Tues-
day, on a fundraising trip to build his
campaign war chest. A $500 donation
won’t buy you face time with the president,
but it will open the door to Oregon Conven-
tion Center. Premium seating at the event
cost donors $1,000. About 25 people forked
out $30,000, to have lunch with the leader
of the free world.
With the November election fast
approaching, the battle to raise funds is
intensifying. And the three states on the
West Coast are some of the president’s most
reliable sources of support. So far, Obama
has raised close to $1.9 million from Oregon
donors during the 2012 election cycle,
according to the Center for Responsible Pol-
itics. Mitt Romney, the likely Republican
nominee, has raised just $837,000 in Ore-
gon, although Republican Party presidential
candidates together racked up $1.5 million
in donations.
The Century of Action committee and Friends of Lone Fir cemetery honored the brave Oregon suffrage workers who
fought for the vote 100 years ago, in a colorful and moving ceremony, July 21. The event brought together about 200
people to remember suffragists Hattie Redmond, Esther Pohl Lovejoy, Martha Cardwell Dalton and Harry Lane, all
buried in Lone Fir Cemetery. Thanks to the Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery, Redmond and Cardwell Dalton, whose graves
were almost overgrown, now have new headstones. Former Sen. Avel Gordly dedicated Redmond’s headstone.
Fundraisers for Child with Cancer
Nine-year-old’s family faces expenses not covered by insurance
W
hen 9-year-old D’An-
thony Dancer fell
down while playing,
his mom brought him in and
iced his knee.
The following Monday he
went to school and fell twice;
his mom iced his knee again.
“Then he woke up and he was
limping to his left, and I thought
he had dislocated his hip or
something,” Toi Chanelle Lewis
says. “So we went to the emer-
gency room.”
There D’Anthony was diag-
nosed with a large malignant
brain tumor – a high grade
glioma – essentially the worst
diagnosis possible.
“He had a very large and rare
tumor, that’s the most aggres-
sive tumor,” she said. “They
don’t know how long he’s had
it,” but they believe it’s been
less than a year.
“They started chemo and radi-
ation on May 15, and three
weeks after that they couldn’t
do it any more because they said
the treatment was making it
progress faster.
“They said take him home and
enjoy the quality of life you
have with him. And that’s what I
did,” Lewis said.
Then on Thursday night, doc-
tors told Lewis that they had
done all they could do.
“They are giving him approx-
imately 10 days,” Lewis said.
“Ten days at the most.”
Two fundraisers are planned.
Thursday, July 26, Interstate
Lanes holds “Bowl for Bless-
ings,” where $11 tickets buy
two games plus shoe rental; all
the proceeds go to the cost of
D’Anthony’s care.
Then on Sunday, July 29,
Applebee’s restaurant at Lloyd
Center hosts “Dining for D’An-
thony.” Free tickets are avail-
able at businesses around
Northeast Portland, where the
Dancer Lewis family lives.
All day on July 29, from 11 to
close, people who eat at Apple-
bee’s can then give their ticket
to the server along with their
bill, and the restaurant donates a
portion of that to the family.
The free tickets are available
starting Tuesday at The Skanner
See CHILD on page 3
Farm the Congregation: Healthier Food
EMO connects suburban farmers to city families on a shoestring
By Lisa Loving
Of The Skanner News
F
armers markets in the city are great,
but many local families see them as a
luxury they cannot afford.
The Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon is
trying to change that with an innovative idea
aimed at improving community health with
fresh food that won’t break the household
budget.
The Skanner News connected last week
with the EMO’s food justice coordinator
Sean McEvoy, and program associate Ali-
son Warren, to learn more about the organi-
zation’s work and how local households can
get involved.
The Skanner News: First of all, what is
the Farm the Congregation Program?
EMO: The Farm to Congregation Pro-
gram is focused on increasing access to
healthy, affordable produce for everyone
while providing opportunity for small farm-
ers, especially new and immigrant farmers.
It is one of several projects of Ecumenical
Ministries of Oregon’s Interfaith Food and
Farms Partnership (IFFP). Partnerships
See EMO on page 6