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Volume XXXX, Number 21 Committed to Cultural DiversityEstablished in 1970
Wednesday • May 26, 2010
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‘City of Roses’
Cynthia Harris
Principal SidelinedJeffersonleader removedshortly beforeaudit releaseBY JAKE THOMAS
THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
Jefferson High School Principal CynthiaHarris and the school’s business managerReis Wilbanks were placed on administra-tive leave last week by Portland PublicSchools.
Matt Shelby, district spokesperson,wouldn’t discuss the reasons for decision,but it was made shortly before the release ofan audit of Jefferson’s finances, which paintsa damning picture of how money was handledat the northeast Portland school, and pointsa finger at top management for lax fiscalpractices.
The audit found “… a lack of internalcontrols over the operation of the StudentBody Funds and an inconsistent tone at thetop which resulted in an override of estab-lished policies and procedures without writ-ten justification.”
According to the audit, which examinedschool finances for the school year thatended June 30, 2009, 16 student body fundswere in the red, an increase of six funds fromthe last year that carried a deficit.
“Fund deficits should not be allowed tooccur; expenses should not be approvedwithout sufficient funding,” stated a letter
from auditors to district officials outliningtheir findings..
The letter includes an explanation fromHarris who noted that the student bodyfunds are made up of grants and donations,and that, “The timing of these funds coming
in does not always fit within the end of thefiscal year.”
The audit also found that two donationsof $5,000 or more to Jefferson that weredesignated for a specific use were improp-erly placed in the principal’s discretionaryaccount.
It also found 21 reimbursements, totaling
$7,590, did not contain receipts or adequatesupporting documentation, and on four oc-casions money was spent out of accountsthat were running deficits.
a lack of internal controls over theoperation of the Student Body Funds and aninconsistent tone at the top which resulted inan override of established policies andprocedures without written justification.
— from text of Jefferson High School financial audit
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MakingAmends
PHOTO BY JAKE THOMAS/THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
Local leaders promoting the construction of a memorial at Lone Fir Cemetery in southeast Portland stand
next to ‘Block 14’ where discriminated Chinese immigrants and mental health patients in the late 1800s and
early part of the 20th Century were buried and forgotten.
Memorial would pay tributeto discriminated ChineseBY JAKE THOMAS
THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
A new effort by a coalition of civic organizations andgovernment officials want to make sure that the lives of twopreviously marginalized groups aren’t forgotten by build-ing a memorial in their honor in a neglected section of apioneer cemetery in southeast Portland.
The Lone Fir Cemetery has been the resting place ofpeople with names that may be familiar to many Portlanderslike Dekum, Hawthorne, Lovejoy and Curry.
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Urban
RenewalWins support of
local leaderssee page 3
Season forMaking Deals
Calendar brings yardand garage sales
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James ‘Lonnie’ Yoakum
Cocaine ‘Kingpin’ getsa 13 Year Sentence
A Portland man described by lawenforcement as the kingpin of a Cripsgang cocaine-trafficking ring hasbeen sentenced to 13 years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Robert E.Jones on Monday called 58-year-old James "Lonnie" Yoakum thebrains behind an operation thatgang investigators say used YamYam’s, a well-known Portland bar-becue restaurant, as a front to laun-der money. Authorities say that eachmonth the ring sold about 10 kilo-grams or $300,000 worth of cocaine.
Arrested last August, Yoakumpleaded guilty in February to con-spiracy to distribute and possesswith the intent to distribute morethan 5 kilograms of cocaine.
Yoakum is the first of eight de-fendants to be sentenced; the restfollowed his lead, pleading guilty to
various drug conspiracy charges.Yam Yam’s owner Larry
Matthews was not indicted in thecase, but investigators say hehelped provide money for a leastone drug deal.
Crime Rates FallFBI statistics released Mon-
day show crime falling in Oregon'sfour largest cities.
Violent crime dropped in Port-land, Eugene and Gresham in 2009while it remained essentially un-changed in Salem. Portland, Eu-gene and Salem all saw a largedecline in property crime while itwas up slightly in Gresham.
There were 19 murders in Portland
last year-seven fewer than in 2008The dropped in Oregon crime
follows a national trend. The FBIsays the violent crime rate in theUnited States has gone down threeyears in a row. The property crimerate has fallen for seven consecu-tive years.
The statistics released Mon-day are only preliminary. Final fig-ures are due this fall.
Week inThe Review
Oil Leak ‘Kill’ ReadiedBP will begin akey procedureto stop the flowof a leaking un-dersea oil wellin the Gulf ofMexico onWednesday at
the earliest, but the timing "could extend onfrom there," a company executive said Tues-day. If "top kill" and other short-term effortsfail, it will take BP several months to drill arelief well to stop the leak.
Bus Driver Not ChargedThe TriMet driver who hit five pedestriansnear downtown Portland just before mid-night April 24 has been cleared of a criminalcharge. A Multnomah County Grand Juryvoted last week not to indict the driver of a
criminally negligent homi-cide for two deaths in theaccident, but the driver willface several misdemeanortraffic violations.
Obama on Diplomacy and MilitaryThe U.S. mustshape a world or-der as reliant onthe force of diplo-macy as on themight of its mili-tary to lead, Presi-
dent Barack Obama said Saturday as heoutlined a foreign policy vision that repudi-ated the go-it-alone approach forged by hispredecessor, George W. Bush.
Muslim Family ScareA bomb scare at a Tigard home early Sunday
morning left a Muslim fam-ily shaken. Mas Kamawal,30, was awakened by foot-steps and the smell of gaso-line. He found a sparking
device and threw it out the door. Police saidit was not a bomb, but they are not ruling outthe possibility of a hate crime.
Ex-Mayor Gets 5 YearsFormer Detroit MayorKwame Kilpatrick was sen-tenced to up to five years inprison Tuesday for violat-ing the terms of his proba-tion stemming from his con-viction for lying under oath
about an affair with his chief of staff. Kilpatrick,39, asked Judge David Groner to show himcompassion during the hearing, but Groner
said "that ship has sailed.
Housing Struggles GrowIn 2007, nearly 13 million low-income per-sons paid more than half their monthly in-come for rent, lived in severely substandardhousing, or both. In a report to CongressTuesday, the U.S. Dept. of Housing andUrban Development found that these “worstcase housing needs” grew significantly be-tween 2001 and 2007.
Compromise on Gay BanDefense Secretary Robert Gates gave luke-warm support Tuesday to a White House-backed plan for a congressional vote as earlyas this week to repeal the "don’t ask don’ttell” law against gays serving openly in themilitary. Gates indicated he'd prefer moretime to study the sweeping change beforeCongress acts.
Governor Orders Budget CutsGov. Ted Kulongoski has ordered
across-the-board cuts in statespending to make up for a jolt of badbudget news for Oregon.
Kulongoski said Tuesday thatstate spending will be trimmed 9percent for the rest of the currentbudget period.
The governor ordered the cutsafter state economists said their rev-enue forecast has fallen by $500million.
The shortfall was attributed togreater job losses and lower per-sonal income than expected last year.
The budget for the Oregon De-partment of Human Services report-edly will be cut by $154 million. Statepolice funds will be cut by $10 mil-lion. The Department of Correctionswill get $50 million less. And thebudget for the Department of Edu-cation is being sliced by $252 mil-lion.
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FOOD
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LOCAL NEWS
The Week in Review page 2
HEALTH page 6-7
CLASSIFIEDS pages 14-15
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Urban Renewal Redo
Roy Jay
Expansion wins support of local leadersBY JAKE THOMAS
THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
A community advisory panelgave the green light last week toexpand urban renewal in north andnortheast Portland. It also expressedsupport for two measures meant tomitigate gentrification in the area,while delaying to weigh in on aproposal to redevelop the RoseQuarter.
In August, the Portland Devel-opment Commission, the city’s eco-nomic development arm, assembleda Community Advisory Committeeof over 20 citizens, representing vari-ous interests, to evaluate the North/Northeast Economic DevelopmentInitiative, a proposal to expand theacreage of existing urban renewalareas in the region.
Meeting about once a month, thecommittee heard about the nuts andbolts of urban renewal, the historiceffects of the controversial eco-nomic tool, how residents of thearea felt about it, and what it coulddo for the region.
The committee voted overwhelm-ing to expand the Oregon Conven-tion Center and the Interstate Corri-dor urban renewal areas to encom-
pass the St. Johns Town Center aswell as properties along MartinLuther King Jr. Boulevard andAlberta, Killingsworth, Lombardstreets. It also voted to prioritizefunding for the “Gem List,” a $70million series of projects in the Inter-state Corridor Urban Renewal Area,
The public comment period thatpreceded the vote revealed strongcommunity support for the expan-sion of urban renewal, with severalchairs of neighborhood associationin north and northeast Portlandspeaking in favor of it
“People are coming to see this
process is a necessary and inten-tional one,” said Chris Duffy, thechair of the Arbor Lodge Neighbor-hood Association.
Duffy told the Portland Observerafter the meeting that residents werebeginning to see urban renewal as abeing as essential as city planningand a key tool to properly direct therapid economic growth of the area.
During the meeting, Sarah CarlinAmes, representing Portland PublicSchools on the committee, askedRoslyn Hill, a prominent developeron Alberta Street and committeemember, for a clarification of whythat street needed urban renewalwhen it appears to have no shortageof “chi-chi boutiques.”
Hill explained that developmenton the once crime-ridden street hasbeen uneven, with many lots leftvacant, and some businesses sorelylacking capital.
“It has certain areas that will neverbe done [without urban renewal],”said Hill.
However, support isn’t unani-mous. The Eliot NeighborhoodAssociation has come out against
Job, Career Fair SaturdayWorkers with vocational and
trade skills are invited to a careerand job fair on Saturday, May 29,from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at IrvingtonCovenant Church, 4008 N.E. MartinLuther King Blvd
Straight Path, a non-profitmentoring and employment organi-zation that works with ex-offenders,is sponsoring the event.
Individuals who have com-pleted any of the Oregon StateApprenticeship programs or thetraining programs operated byOregon Tradeswoman, CascadeTrades Preparation Courses, thePortland Youth Builders, or otherprograms are encouraged to at-tend.
All applicants should have cop-
ies of their certificate of graduation,ID, and resumes.
Straight Path is supported by theBureau of Labor and Industries andOregon Department of Transporta-tion, Portland Development Com-mission, Weston Auto Dealerships,and City of Portland Bureau of Pur-chases. Child care will be providedduring the event.
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Come learn about your rights to keep yourN/NE neighborhood free from polluters
PORTLAND, Ore. – Around the country, minority and low-income communities havebeen overexposed to toxic dump sites, contaminated air from congested traffic and otherhealth hazards from industrial carelessness. Did you know you have a right to holdpolluters accountable for the chronic health problems affecting your community?
Early next month, representatives from the Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) andDepartment of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will listen to and address environmentalconcerns in North and Northeast Portland. This community forum is sponsored by Sen.Chip Shields, and graciously hosted by the North Portland Chairs Network, a monthlymeeting of the chairs of North Portland neighborhood associations. The details are:
Date: Monday, June 7, 2010Time: 7 – 8 PMWhere: 8105 N Brandon, Kenton Historic Firehouse
A representative from DEQ will briefly present information on how businesses andindustries are permitted to operate in the state, as well as discuss what kind of oversightand follow-up the agency does with businesses that violate their permits. DOJ will outlinehow that state agency investigates and prosecutes criminal polluters. Most of the forumwill then discuss practical steps that ordinary residents can take to make sure environ-mental concerns are being reported and dealt with. The last 20 minutes of the forum isreserved for a question-and-answer period.
Senator
Chip ShieldsDemocrat for State Senator
District 22, Portland, Oregon
Public Services Career DayBefore someone can be an “everyday hero”
– such as a police officer, firefighter orparamedic – he or she must first learn theropes. One of the best places to do so is thePublic Services Education Building at Port-land Community College’s Cascade Campus.
The public will get a close-up view of whatit takes to be a first responder during thebuilding’s annual Open House, set for 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, at the cornerof North Killingsworth Street and MississippiAvenue.
The event will feature information anddemonstrations from the various programs
housed in the Public Services Education Build-ing – Fire Protection Technology, CriminalJustice, Emergency Medical Services, Emer-gency Management and EmergencyTelecommunicator 9-1-1.
The centerpiece of the day’s events will betwo mock vehicle rescues, scheduled for 11a.m. and 2 p.m., in which students fromseveral programs will collaborate to simulatea drunk driving accident. Visitors will alsohave the chance to tour a mock crime scene,check out the building’s emergency vehiclebays and see the training center where stu-dents learn to be 9-1-1 operators
?Ask Deanna!Real People,
Real Advice
An advicecolumn known
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Dear Deanna!My marriage is in shambles be-cause my husband is a slob. I’mstressed because I find myselfcleaning the house 3 or 4 times aday and I never know what I’llget when I walk in the door. Weargue about this on a regular basisbecause he refuses to change.Once, I didn’t clean and his dirtyunderwear stayed in the samespot for a week. His hygiene isbad as well and we’re not inti-mate. How can I get him to choosehis marriage before it’s too lateand I leave him? --Joyce; Dallas,Texas
Dear Joyce:It’s amazing you were so in lovewith Pig Pen that you didn’t smellor see any of this coming. Youneed to realize he has always beena slob, this is who you marriedand he’s comfortable. The nexttime you clean, toss everything inthe garbage including clothes,personal items and dishes and lethim know that you’re tired andhave a new cleaning method.Make it clear that from this pointforward everything out of placehas a new place called the gar-bage and keep it moving.
Dear Deanna!My mother is being taken advan-tage of by her best friend. Mymother is retired has plenty ofmoney saved up and she’s enjoy-ing the finer things in life. Her bestfriend is a moocher and makesmy mom pay for everything. Mymother is lonely and doesn’t haveany friends so she thinks nothingof it. This woman is going throughher money left and right and Iknow she’s going to look up andone day be broke. How do I getthrough to her? --ConcernedDaughter; Oklahoma City
Dear Daughter:Your mother is enjoying life andher friend. Before you place judg-ment or get in the middle of thingsask your mom if she’s preparingfor a rainy day. If she is, you canrest assured that she knows whatshe’s doing and is planning her
finances wisely. You’re on theoutside looking in and have noidea of their friendship. You cancalm down and chill and let youmom and her girlfriend do theirthing and feel secure knowingthat if she needs you, she’ll letyou know.
Dear Deanna!For the first time in my life, I amhappy with a man I feel is mysoul mate. He is everything Iimagined and I can even livewith his flaws and shortcom-ings. I love him dearly but he isoverly critical and is very hardon me. When I make mistakeshe treats me like a child. Hetalks about my hair, my make-up and the way I eat. He is agreat guy and I know he meanswell. How do I let him knowhow this makes me feel withoutjeopardizing the relationship? --Maria; Charleston, S.C.
Dear Maria:You’re a star struck groupie inthis relationship. As soon as hegets tired, he’ll drop you like ahot coal and move on to anotherwoman. If he sincerely caredthere wouldn’t be any feelingsof disrespect, ridicule or one-sided criticism. You need totake the risk and tell him howyou feel and that you won’ttolerate his treatment. If he’swilling to heed your advicethat’s a good thing. If he turnsout to be a pig then realize hedoesn’t give a damn and keep itmoving.
Ask Deanna is written by DeannaM. Write Ask Deanna! at the [email protected] or 264S. LaCienega Blvd. Suite 1283Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Website:www.askdeanna.com
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Part 3. ALLERGIES: Why Chiropracticoften works more effectively than drugs.
Flowers' Chiropractic Office2124 NE Hancock, Portland Oregon 97212
Phone: (503) 287-5504
Q: Nothing else has ever reallyhelped my allergies. What
can Chiropractic possibly do?
A : First, take a look at the worditself. “Allergy” is a short-
ened form of “altered energy.”Way back when patients firstcomplained of allergic symptoms,it was obvious to the physicianwho coined the term that some-how, the body’s energy configu-ration had shifted and caused theproblem. Chiropractors nowknow that the central nervous sys-
tem controls the body’s flow ofenergy. We also know that whenthe spinal column is out of align-ment, it interferes with the centralnervous system’s flow of energy.When those nerves leading to theeyes or nose or throat are beinginterfered with, “altered energy”symptoms result. By correctingthe source of the problem, not
just the symptoms, Chiropracticcan often provide complete, last-ing relief. Without drugs ordrowsiness. For help with yourallergy-related problems or an-swers to any questions youmight have about your health,your will find that Chiropracticis often the answer. Call us foran appointment today.
Dr. Billy R. Flowers (above center) and his skilled staff are ready to help those in need.
HEALTHMATTERSFAB LIVINGW/ REBEKAH STAR
When should you startusing eye cream?
Home to the thinnest skin onyour body, the eye area starts toshow signs of wear and tear by your20s. Overtime in the office, that extraglass of wine, and even smiling allconspire to speed up the aging pro-cess. The eyes are also the firstplace people look on your face.According to Marie Claire Maga-zine these are great eye-openingrules to follow:
1. COUNTING CROWSWearing sunglasses prevents
squinting, which causes crow's-feet, explains Dr. Robert Grant, plas-tic surgeon--in-chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill CornellMedical Center. Sunscreen will alsohelp, but the reason that you sud-denly start to see fine lines in yourlate 20s and early 30s happens un-der your skin. "Once your bodystarts to decrease the amount ofsebum it produces, you need to
moisturize to keep the outermostkeratin layer--our natural sun pro-tection factor--intact," explainsGrant. "If you allow your skin to dryout, it will get more sun damage."But before you start slathering onheavy eye balms that can clog poresand cause bumps, first try a light-weight gel.
If you already have noticeablecrow's-feet, vitamin A--derived ret-inols can help smooth them out byboosting collagen production in thearea. Grant likes over-the-counterretinols (in contrast to stronger,prescription retinoids) becausethey're less drying and easier totolerate. And for those who are es-pecially expressive, Botox can helpsoften your smile lines. A topicalformula is currently in FDA trials forusage around the eyes, but approvalis still years away.
2. BAGGAGE HANDLINGThe biggest reason for puffiness
around the eyes is allergies, accord-ing to Cambridge, Massachusetts,dermatologist Dr. Ranella Hirsch.And rubbing will only thicken theskin and cause darkening, especiallyin pale complexions. "When youhear on the news that pollen countsare up, take an over-the-counterantihistamine for two or three weeksand you'll prevent most swelling,"Hirsch says. For additional sooth-ing, "de-puff with an eye roller. Keepit in the fridge, because the coolingeffect really goes a long way."
If you're past your early 30s andhave tried the anti-allergy approachwithout success, your heavy bag-gage could be caused by gravity,not the change in seasons. "Whenyou're young, the fat below youreyes lives in a collagen baggie. Butas you get older, the bag is weak-ened because you're not producingas much collagen and the fat herni-ates into a hound-dog look," says
Hirsch, who recommends using aninjectable filler (she prefersRestylane) to firm the skin and holdup the fat pad. "For less than $500,you can get real results that last 12to 15 months. You don't need muchproduct, and it can take years off ofyour face," she says. A less inva-sive alternative is using an eye creamwith peptides. "Peptides are thebuilding blocks of the skin's pro-tein," explains Hirsch. Applyingthem topically gives skin the ingre-dients to rebuild and hold the fatpad in place.
3. BRIGHT IDEAThere are typically two causes of
dark circles: an actual darkening ofthe skin due to genetics and sundamage, or shadows created fromsunken valleys above the cheek-bones. For both problems, New YorkCity dermatologist Dr. DavidRosenberg recommends injectingfat or Restylane to plump the hol-lowness (cost: about $4,000 for po-tentially permanent fat and about$1,500 for Restylane, which lasts upto two years). And since the skinhere is almost transparent, "fatbleaches out the area since it's purewhite."
Brightening formulas can alsoeven the overall skin tone but mustbe combined with daily sunscreenuse to prevent further darkening.Hirsch suggests layering antioxi-dant lycopene under sunscreen forextra protection.
4. TOP SHELFAs collagen thins and skin loses
elasticity, the upper eyelids candroop, creating what Rosenbergcalls "hooding." While applyingcreams to the upper lids was once ano-no, new formulas specificallytarget this sagging area, tighteningwith caffeine or promoting collagenproduction with peptides. However,if you're prone to dry skin, Hirschcautions against caffeine-basedcreams because they dehydrate inorder to de-puff and firm. "You'regood for two hours, but then youlook like death," she says.
If topical creams aren't enoughfor your tired-looking lids,Rosenberg suggests two surgicaloptions: trimming away the excessskin at the lashline or an endoscopicbrow-lift (cost: $2,000 to $7,000 foreach procedure). With gravity's pull,eyebrows fall as we get older, and"as the brow gets lower, the moreskin droops," Rosenberg says. Rais-ing the brow with tiny hairline inci-sions lifts the upper eyelid skin,making eyes appear more open andyouthful. "It's a 30-minute proce-dure, and the results last for a de-cade." Now that's foresight.
EVENT FaB:May 27th-28 11am-4pm
Nordstrom, Washington Square:“Mascara Madness” Buy 2 Mas-caras, get 1 Free. Be sure to visit theGiorgio Armani Counter for ‘Eyes toKill’, my #1 choice for mascara.
Hope to see you all there! Forquestions and comments pleasevisit our Facebook Page: FaB Livingw/Rebekah Star. Until next week,Live Fabulously!
Heart Disease Predictor FoundUC Davis researchers have dis-
covered that a blood componentlinked with inflammation can pre-dict coronary artery disease in Afri-can-Americans.
Known as lipoprotein-associatedphospholipase A2, the blood factoris also associated with but does notaccurately predict heart-disease riskin Caucasians. The findings arepublished in the current issue of theJournal of Clinical Endocrinologyand Metabolism.
“This study suggests that inflam-mation may be a more importantmechanism in heart disease for Afri-can-Americans than it is for Cauca-sians and increases our growingunderstanding of how heart-diseaseprocesses vary in different ethnicgroups,” said Lars Berglund, seniorstudy author and associate dean forresearch at the UC Davis School ofMedicine. “The more we appreciatesuch differences, the better we canindividualize treatment and preven-tion approaches.”
Lp-PLA2 was recently identifiedas a marker for the inflammatoryprocesses involved in atheroscle-rosis. It is considered key to theprogression and rupture of fattyplaques that can block coronaryarteries and lead to heart attacks.
Although the test for Lp-PLA2 iswidely available, Berglund said it istoo soon to recommend widespreadtesting to affect treatment decisions.The study population was not rep-resentative of the general popula-tion as all participants already hadsymptoms of heart disease.
Berglund’s team plans furtherstudies of Lp-PLA2 and other in-flammatory components of the bloodin a wider range of patients to get aclearer picture of roles in predictingheart disease for different groups.The outcomes of his current study,however, give him hope that Afri-can-Americans at high risk for heartdisease will one day be treated forinflammation more aggressively andearlier in the disease process.
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HEALTHMATTERS
The first lady is making childhood obesity one of the items of
focus on her agenda.
Food Makers to Trim CaloriesAs part of drive to reduce childhood obesity
(AP) -- Several of the nation'slargest food companies say theywill take 1.5 trillion calories out oftheir products by 2015 in an effort to
reduce childhood obesity.The companies made the an-
nouncement through the HealthyWeight Commitment Foundation, acoalition of retailers, food and bev-erage manufacturers and industrytrade associations. They pledgedto reduce the calories as part of anagreement with a group of nonprofitorganizations concerned with child-hood obesity.
"This is precisely the kind ofprivate sector commitment we
need," said first lady MichelleObama, who earlier this yearlaunched her own "Let's Move"anti-obesity campaign.
Food companies concernedabout national and local efforts toraise food taxes and a rising tide oflawmakers preparing to write anti-obesity measures have publicly en-dorsed the first lady's message andpledged to make their foodshealthier.
The industry foundation said thecompanies will introduce lower calo-rie foods, change product recipesand reduce portion sizes to achievethe goal, seeking to reduce 1 trillion
of the 1.5 trillion by 2012.Mrs. Obama has urged the food
industry to speed up efforts toproduce healthier foods and re-duce marketing of unhealthy foodsto children. In a speech to an in-dustry association in March, sheurged companies not to find cre-
ative ways to market products ashealthy — including reducing fatand replacing it with sugar, or viceversa — but to increase nutrientsas well.
To keep the companies account-able, the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation, a nonpartisan philan-thropic and research organizationthat works to improve the nation's
health, will evaluate how the groups'efforts affect the number of caloriesconsumed by children and adoles-cents.
The Healthy Weight CommitmentFoundation has more than 80 mem-bers, including General Mills Inc.,ConAgra Foods Inc., Kraft FoodsInc., Kellogg Co., Coca-Cola Co.,PepsiCo Inc. and Hershey Co.
Chocolate to Fight WrinklesThe world's largest chocolate
maker says it may have come upwith a chocolate bar that could fightwrinkles and slow the aging pro-cess, making it the latest food groupto tap the appetite for healthier liv-ing.
Eating three-quarters of an ounceof specially developed chocolatepacked with antioxidants, orflavanols, each day may help pre-vent wrinkles and make skin moreradiant by boosting elasticity andimproving hydration, studies car-ried out by Barry Callebaut showed.
Consumers are becoming in-creasingly aware of the nutritionalvalue of what they eat, and Barry
Callebaut's claims come as food gi-ants such as Nestle and Danonealso push into the healthy eatingarena.
Dark chocolate has already beenlinked with certain health benefits,such as helping to lower blood pres-sure and reducing the risk of strokesthanks to its high content of antioxi-dants.
The Swiss group has developeda way of preserving the flavanolsfound in cocoa beans during thechocolate-making process, allow-ing them to produce a bar that isricher in flavanols, Barry CallebautChief Innovation Officer HansVriens said in an interview.
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Hope of a Life after PrisonCourt decisionsteps towardfairnessBY JUDGE GREG MATHIS
The U.S. SupremeCourt, which has in recentyears been overwhelmingconservative in its deci-sions, showed signs of humanitywhen it ruled that juvenile offendersunder 17 could no longer be sen-tenced to life without parole for crimesthat didn’t result in a death.
Calling such sentences cruel and
unusual punishment, and in viola-tion of the Constitution’s EighthAmendment, the Justices ruled 6-3in favor of putting an end to judicialpunishments that give offenders nohope of a life after prison. EvenChief Justice John Roberts, a noto-rious conservative appointed byPresident George W. Bush, ruled onthe side of what’s fair and decent.
At the heart of the decision wasthe case of Terrance Graham who, at17, was already on parole when hebroke into a home and robbed theowners by gunpoint. To be fair, itseems that Graham, now in his early20s, didn’t learn from his first crimeand stint in jail. However, a life sen-tence without the possibility of pa-
role for someone so young in a casewhere no one was killed seems espe-cially harsh.
Currently, 37 states and DC sup-port a life sentence without parole for
juveniles in crimes that don’t in-volve a death. Now, as a result ofthe Court’s decision, those localpractices must change. There arecurrently 129 juvenile offenderssentenced under such laws in
the U.S.; more than half of them are inFlorida, a state known for its toughsentencing laws. At their core,judges across the country must haverealized that handing down such apunishment in these types of cases
was unjust and, though it was le-gally acceptable, decided to go an-other route.
With their ruling, the Court doesnot excuse the Graham’s of theworld. Rather, it asks that judgesact fairly – and humanely - whenhanding down sentences. Thisdecision is a step toward fair sen-tencing practices that could giveoffenders, with the aid of rehabilita-tion, hope of a life after prison.Since America incarcerates morepeople than any other country inthe world, this is a step our countryneeded to take.
Greg Mathis is a retired Michi-gan District Court Judge and syn-dicated television judge.
No Housing Fix Will Work without JobsFolks can no longer afford to buyBY WILLIAM A. COLLINS
Our country has plentyof housing. It's just in thewrong place. There are lotsof houses in Detroit, EastSt. Louis and rural spotswhere jobs have left. Cheap. Butwho wants to settle there?
Conversely, housing costs a for-tune and is in short supply wherethe economy is strong. With today'ssteady downward pressure onwages, many folks can no longer
afford to buy anywhere. Manycan't even afford to rent. Worse,any personal trauma can oftentrigger homelessness.
Our government, unfortu-nately, has other priorities. In
Washington a "housing crisis"doesn't mean a shortage of afford-able places to live. Heaven forbid.Instead it means a shortage of mort-gage business for Wall Street and ashortage of sales for homebuilders.Or it may just mean a weaker
economy, which would embarrasswhatever administration is in office.
Congress has responded to cor-porate and personal housing woeswith a foolish homebuyer's tax credit.As many predicted, this became abonanza for folks who were plan-ning to buy a home anyway, and forbanks who needed a spurt in profit-able lending. It also enticed somepeople into home ownership whowon't be able to sustain it. Plus itwas expensive to taxpayers.
And it avoided the main problem.Fueled by steady productivity ad-
vances and job exports, our nationsimply doesn't offer as much decentemployment as it used to. Income issparser overall. Many Americansare struggling to hang onto theirhouses and apartments. A lost job,divorce, or illness can push themover the edge into the street. It hap-
pens every day. The last time our nation was this
short of affordable housing we wentout and built some. A lot. Right afterWorld War II. Europe did it too.Over time, people started earningmore money and conservativesgained political control. Government
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not to do anything about housing.The citizens who bother to vote(especially seniors) already have aplace to live, thank you.
OtherWords columnist WilliamA. Collins is a former state repre-sentative and a former mayor ofNorwalk, Conn.
With their ruling...asks that judgesact fairly – and humanely - whenhanding down sentences.
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OPINIONHealth Reform Changed LandscapeMakeshealthcare acivil rightBY DR. HENRIE M. TREADWELL
When health reform wassigned into law, Vice PresidentJoe Biden was ridiculed for hisuse of an off-color adjective in de-scribing the legislation to PresidentObama. But lost in the rhetoricalbattle over health reform is the factthat Mr. Biden’s words were accu-rate: This is a big deal!
By getting the landmark legisla-tion enacted, President Obama hastransformed his presidency and ush-ered in fundamental changes toAmerica’s healthcare system,changes that will have a profoundimpact on millions of African Ameri-cans and other people of color. Thelack of health insurance is a factor inone of the biggest inequities in Ameri-can society – the health disparitiesthat prematurely end lives and causeundue pain and suffering in minoritycommunities across the country.
In a savvy move to gain main-stream support for the bill, the ad-ministration promoted provisionssuch as requiring most US citizensand legal residents to have healthinsurance, preventing insurancecompanies from denying coveragebecause of pre-existing conditionsand creating state-based exchanges
that enable the uninsured to pur-chase health insurance at reason-able rates. At the same time, sup-porters purposely downplayedother provisions that may have been
unpopular, such as one ofthe largest expansions ofsocial programs that ben-efit the nation’s poor.
Let’s not be mistaken.The health reform legisla-
tion may be the most important CivilRights legislation since the 1960s:Under health reform, 32 million un-insured Americans will receive cov-erage. The new law mandates thatevery America must obtain healthinsurance, while providing signifi-cant government assistance forthose who cannot afford it. This willsave lives. It virtually gives all Ameri-cans a right to health insurance andprovides ways for the poor to ob-tain it.
Since 1965, Medicaid has pro-vided health services for the poor.The new law will expand eligibilityto include all individuals under age65 with incomes up to 133 percent ofthe Federal Poverty Level, nearly$15,000 a year. It means that low-wage earners without children ordisabilities will now be eligible forMedicare, allowing them to receivea health benefit package that willcover essential medical services andprovide many with their first healthinsurance. In addition, people earn-ing more than $15,000 may qualify toreceive government subsidies to
help pay for health insurance.A disproportionate number of
African Americans will qualify forthese benefits. Already, 24 percentof African Americans are coveredby Medicaid, and that number willincrease significantly with theprogram’s expansion. In total, justmore than half of those who cur-rently qualify for Medicare are racialor ethnic minorities, meaning thatmany poor white families will alsobenefit. African Americans are 12percent of the nation’s population,but 16 percent of the uninsured, soa disproportionate number of the 32million uninsured who will receivecoverage will be people of color.
The real-life benefits of healthinsurance are substantial.
In 2003, the Institute of Medicineissued a report saying that the ef-fects of being uninsured extend farbeyond the health of family mem-bers to their financial stability andgeneral well-being. It noted, for in-stance, that a major health problemin an uninsured family can cause afinancial disaster, while also greatlyincreasing stress and anxiety in anuninsured household.
Research has shown that the lackof health insurance has been a con-tributing factor in many of the healthdisparities that ravish communitiesof color. For instance, people with-out health coverage are less likely toseek preventive care and more likelyto receive a late diagnosis of seriousillnesses. In fact, the health out-
comes diverge so much that adultswithout health coverage have a 25percent greater chance of dying anddying prematurely than those whohave private health insurance, ac-cording to one study that moni-tored people over a 17-year period.
Delays in screening for and diag-nosing serious illnesses have con-tributed to higher mortality rates forAfrican Americans compared withwhites who suffer from breast can-cer, prostate cancer, diabetes andcardiovascular disease.
Healthcare reform should preventthe kind of tragic loss suffered byAlyce Driver of Maryland, whose12-year-old son, Deamonte, died in2007 from an infected tooth becauseshe didn’t have health insurance.Deamonte was taken to a local hos-pital where he was diagnosed witha tooth abscess and sinusitis. Hewas given antibiotics and senthome. But his unemployed motherdidn’t have health insurance or the$80 to have the tooth extracted.Bacteria from the tooth migrated toDeamonte’s brain, killing him.
With healthcare reform, PresidentObama has given children likeDeamonte a chance. He has changedthe landscape. Healthcare will be aCivil Right in America.
Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell is di-rector of Community Voices ofMorehouse School of Medicine, anorganization working to improvehealth services and healthcareaccess for all.
Safety, Stability for Foster Kids:We have a longway to goBY ERINN KELLEY -SIEL
May is NationalFoster Care Month, atime to turn our atten-tion to the children and youth incare and to honor the dedicatedfoster families, relatives, volunteersand child welfare professionals whoget involved with children andyoung people to help change theirlives for the better.
Last year in Oregon, more than13,000 children spent at least oneday in some kind of foster care be-cause they could not remain safelyat home with their parents, usuallybecause of drug and alcohol abuseand/or domestic violence in theirhomes.
Children in foster care need safetyand stability. In Oregon, we're work-ing to become the safest foster caresystem in the country.
The good news is we are get-ting closer to reaching that goal:Last year, our state's financialsupports for children in foster careincreased, and the number of chil-dren in foster care who wereabused by their foster parentsdeclined by 32 percent. Place-ments with relatives increased bymore than 20 percent, and the num-ber of children who had two orfewer placements increased by 10percent. In addition, 10 percentfewer children in Oregon spenttime in foster care in 2009 com-pared to 2008.
These milestones of improve-ment could not have been reachedwithout the great work of our staff,the commitment of foster and rela-tive caregivers, quality servicesdelivered by our partner providers,and the support of communitiesacross Oregon.
Nevertheless, we still have a longway to go to be sure that all childrenin Oregon are safe, well, and con-
nected to their families, their com-munities and their cultural identi-ties. Ideally, all families would havethe support they need to safelyparent and prepare their children foradulthood.
Ideally, no child would need thegovernment to keepthem safe. However, keeping chil-dren safe and families stable aregoals that Child welfare cannotaccomplish alone. We need thehelp and support of individualsand communities in every city andtown in Oregon. That's where youcome in.
No matter how much time youhave to give, each one of us has thepower to do something positive thatwill change the life of a child oryoung person in foster care. Be amentor or coach to parents who arestruggling, or to a young person infoster care. Become a foster parent.Volunteer at one of our child welfareoffices to transport children or par-ents to services or visitations. Give
a foster parent or relative caregiver abreak by providing respite child care.Tutor a young person in foster careand support their academic andlifelong success.
These are just a few of the manyways to have a positive effect on thelife of a child in foster care. We needmore everyday people to come for-ward because no child should bewithout a strong relationship with acaring adult to depend on.
If you are already a foster parent,or involved in the lives of childrenand families in your community -thank you. Our kids andfamilies need your support, and youcan make a difference.
If you want to become involvedin the lives of children and youth infoster care in your community, pleasecall your local DHS office, e-mail usor visit our website.
Erinn Kelley-Siel is the directorof the Children, Adults and Fami-lies Division of the Oregon Depart-ment of Human Services.
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The cast from Nomadic Theater’s ‘Alice in Wonderland.’
Alice in WonderlandYou’ve neverseen it like this
You think you know “Alice inWonderland,” but you’ve neverseen it quite like this!
Portland’s Nomadic TheaterCompany invites you to fall intothe rabbit hole and try to keepyour head from spinning in thedark, twisted world that awaits.
This new, character-driven adap-tation of Lewis Carroll’s belovednovel by Portland playwrightConor Eifler features all of yourfavorite characters–Alice, theWhite Rabbit, the Caterpillar,Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum,The Queen of Hearts — con-ceived in an entirely new rendi-tion.
Nomadic’s Michael O’Neill di-rects this highly physical, spec-
tacular retelling of the tale utiliz-ing masks, stilts, and the humanbody, with puppets courtesy ofMichael Curry.
The adventure opens Friday,June 4 at the Interstate FirehouseCultural Center, 5340 N. InterstateAve., with shows continuing eachweekend throughout June. Tick-ets are $15 for adults and $12 forstudents with ID, available atbrownpapertickets.com
Top Model Embraces Culture
Krista White is the new ‘America’s Next Top Model.’
It took Krista White, the Cycle 14 winner of“America’s Next Top Model,” almost halfwaythrough the competition before she emerged asa front-runner. But when the 25-year-old fromPine Bluff, Ark., snagged her first win, she didn’tlet go. She rode that streak all the way to the May12 finale.
That kind of determination isn’t surprisingwhen one considers that she first tried out for theTV reality show in 2003 and didn’t stop until shemade it.
White sees her win as an important step in aculture with very few representations of beautifuldark-skinned women like one of the icons shechose to emulate in the competition, Grace Jones.
“I just hate that there’s nobody now,” she toldthe Los Angeles Times. “I have to look so far backto find somebody I can use as an inspiration, wholooks like me and I can channel.”
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The sounds of the powerful African drums rumble in the distance. A chantis called back and forth between the children. Drums and voices become ariver of sound and the room is transformed into an African village. Drum-mers and dancers come into view. They begin Kukatonon (“We Are One”).
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Bold Attitude and Mind Set
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Acclaimedsinger getsyou dancing
(AP) -- If you're going to a JanelleMonae performance, be prepared toget up and dance. Even if the musicdoesn't move you — and it mostlikely will — her agents will plot toget you on your feet.
At a recent concert to previewher first full-length album, the criti-cally acclaimed "TheArchAndroid," her backup dancersliterally pulled people out of theirseats, while other members of theMonae nation ordered people tomove.
"You don't come to a JanelleMonae show to sit!" one womanbarked.
The experience is almost like par-ticipating in a spiritual conversion,and in some ways, that's whatMonae is hoping to achieve withher music — a revolution of themind, one frenetic beat at a time.
"Sometimes you have to showhow to dance to a song — like, theydon't know until they see an ex-ample," the 24-year-old singer-songwriter explains during a recentinterview.
She adds: "I want them to allowthe music to transform them as muchas it's transformed me ... (the music)deals with self-realization, and I thinkif they listen to it from the beginning
to the end, they will have an emotionpicture experience for the mind —and that's very transformative initself."
Monae hopes to have the sameimpact on her followers that LaurynHill had on her. Back then, whenMonae was growing up in KansasCity, Kan., Hill's Grammy-winning"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"was one of the albums that expandedher musical horizons.
"You just got a sense that sheknew as an artist that she was a
leader, and she led me to a place thatno other artist had been able to do,female artist," she says. "She wasan inspiration for me because sheshowed me that I didn't have to takethe same safe, sexy route. I couldbring all of me with me, when I'mperforming. I could be all of me onmy album."
"The ArchAndroid" seems tocontain all of Monae's artistic self.It's a melange of musical styles, fromJames Brown-funk to Prince-likerock to a tune that could blend inwith 1960s folk-pop.
Monae's artistry draws from alarge well. Her inspirations includeFritz Lang's futuristic "Metropolis"(she named her debut EP after thefilm) and Walt Disney; her uniformis usually that of a tuxedo, completewith button-down shirt and tie; andher signature pompadour hairstyle(she calls it the "Monae").
Her creative muse is a femaleandroid who finds out she is thechosen one and is trying to figureout how to handle her newfoundmission. And Monae describes herown talents as superpowers.
"My goal is to really help pre-serve art and focus on ideas that arelife-changing that will stay aroundfor years and years, that will help thenext generation that comes after me,"she declares.
It's a bold attitude, but thatmindset is what helped Monae dur-ing her years toiling undergroundbefore she started to chip at themainstream.
Jazz Nightat ClarkCollege
The Clark College Music Depart-ment will be presenting its 4th annualClark Jazz Night, showcasing both ofthe Vancouver campus's acclaimedstudent jazz ensembles.
The concert in Gaiser Hall on Fri-day, June 4, at 7:30 p.m. will featureboth big band and vocal jazz featur-
ing the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, underthe direction of Janet Reiter, and theJazz Ensemble, under the direction ofRich Inouye.
Admission is free and open to thepublic and donations to the ClarkMusic Department will be graciouslyaccepted at the door.
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Norman Sylvester Band --Boogie Cat Norman Sylvesterand his band perform Saturday,May 29 at Nehalem Bay Winery; Fri-day, June 11 at the West Linn Saloon; Satur-day, June 12 at Holy Names Heritage Center; andFriday, June 18 at Clyde’s.
Discount Admission -- OMSI visitors pay only $2 perperson for general admission on the first Sunday ofeach month as well as discounted admission of $5 tothe Planetarium, OMIMAX Theater and USS BluebackSubmarine. The discounts are made possible by dona-tions from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund, theStandard, and the Bank of America Charitable Founda-tion
Rose Festival Waterfront Village – The Rose FestivalWaterfront Village opens Friday, beginning three weeksof fun with rides, entertainment, foods, a market andother activities at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, down-town.
Human Rights Film – ‘Made in L.A.,” a compelling,humorous and deeply humanstory about immigration, thepower of unity and the courageit takes to fine your voice, will beshow free and open to the pub-lic on Thursday, May 27 at 5:30a.m. at the Portland State Uni-
versity Smith MemorialStudent Union, Room 228.
Pearson Air Museum’s OpenCockpit Day -- Saturday, May 29,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. is the only day a yearvisitors can settle into the cockpit of some of theVancouver airfield’s vintage aircraft and see theplanes from the pilot’s perspective. Weather permit-ting, free airplane rides for kids on a first come, firstserve basis. Regular museum admission applies.
Prehistoric Predators – Enor-mous dinosaurs with lifelike fe-rocity are represented in an ex-hibit that continues throughLabor Day at the Oregon Zoo.Visitors will follow a trail throughan ancient rain forest, sur-rounded by the realistic animatronic creatures thatroar, snarl and move.
Juneteenth Fundraiser -- Live entertainment, a fash-ion show and appetizers will highlight a kick-offfundraiser for the annual freedom celebration onSunday, May 30 at 8 p.m. at the Curious ComedyClub, 5225 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. For moreinformation, call Doris Rush at 503-605-8252.
Workshops Celebrate Sisterhood -- Communityresidents are invited to join Portlandauthor and activist S. Renee Mitchelland others during a series of work-shops that will focus on women ofcolor, healing and expression. Thesessions are on Saturdays, throughJune 26, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at theHealing Roots Center, 5432 N. Albina Ave. RSVP at503-278-8280 or [email protected].
Music Millennium Free Shows -- The Music Millen-nium, 3158 E. Burnside, hosts in-house live perfor-mances. Enjoy free music and the opportunity tomeet artists. Call 503-231-8926 for a schedule.
Film Portrays Obama's Early Years
Hasan Faruq Ali, 12
Young actorfits the bill
(AP) -- Young Barry Obama isstruggling with his pingpong shot.
Or rather, 12-year-old HasanFaruq Ali is struggling to play left-handed in imitation of the characterhe is portraying in a new Indonesianfilm, "Little Obama."
"Hasan has the walk, he has theposture of Barry," said SlametDjanuadi, a consultant on the filmand a childhood friend of PresidentBarack Obama when he lived in In-donesia from 1967 to 1971.
"But Barry was a better pingpongplayer," he laughed, watchingHasan hit the ball off the table.
The movie, produced byMultivision Plus, Indonesia's largestproduction company, will premiere inIndonesia on June 17, the week ofObama's anticipated visit to the coun-try. The president postponed aplanned visit in March to push
through health care legislation.The film tells the story of Obama's
childhood in Jakarta, where he livedwith his mother and Indonesian step-father from age 6 to 10.
"It's about his friendships, hishobbies, just a childhood story,"said screenwriter and co-directorDamien Dematra. "It's not aboutpolitics, it's just the story of a boy."
Hasan, who was born in Americain Questa, New Mexico, but haslived in Indonesia since he was about2 years old, was an obvious castingchoice to play the young Obama.Fluent in English and the Indone-sian language, and the son of awhite mother and African Americanfather, Hasan fit the bill.
Improving his pingpong gamewas his focus during breaks on thefifth day of filming, last week. Dayfour's challenge was boxing, a child-hood pursuit the president has saidhe learned from his stepfather andone that Hasan, with three years ofkarate training, felt more comfort-able with.
"It feels great to play Obama,"the novice actor said with a grin. "Iwas shy about it at first and there aresome new difficulties that you haveto work to get over, with intensepractice, like this," — gesturing to-ward the pingpong table on the lawn— "and just learning the lines, prac-ticing the scenes.
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Season for Making Deals
Jack & Jill’ s FundraiserMark your calendar for the annual Jack and Jill’s Social Club garage
sale, Saturday, June 5, from 10 a.m. until Sunset at 27 N.E. Cook St.Circle the date, tweet your Twitter, message your MySpace and
don’t forget to friend someone on your Facebook to gather in gettinggood deals. All sales will benefit the social club’s Portland chapter.
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Calendarbrings yardand garage salesBY FASHUN N. STYLES
FOR THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
Freshen up your fanny pack.Loosen up your money clip. It’s thetime of year for spring and summergarage and yard sales.
Ask yourself. Ask anyone. Whodoesn’t want to get more for less?Who doesn’t want to save lots ofmoney over shopping at the mall? Inthis economy, the answer should besimple.
Just like the treasures found onthe History Channel’s “Pawn Stars,”you might try casting your owncrew to join you because a differentsets of eyes can help you find thedeals.
Like the “Pawn Stars” cast, trybringing along "the Appraiser,"someone you has that rare skill ofassessing the value and spottinggood deals, from Rolexes to an-tique cars. Then there’s “theChum,” the buddy who can upliftyour spirits. While the appraiserand spotter are helping you spendand save, your chum-ole-buddyis a pro at stroking your ego andmaking sure you have fun whilegetting a good deal.
“American Pickers” Mike Wolfe,asked what exactly he looks for atgarage sales, and said "Anything Ican make a buck on,” That could beanything from antique baby car-riages and vintage jukeboxes to oldcars and scrap metal.”
Some folks make thousands ofdollars a year simply by going tothese sales and reselling items oneBay. Others like the connection tocommunity. Events like the upcom-ing Jack & Jill’s Social Club garagesale on June 5 support non-profitorganizations and are great way tonetwork with neighborhood friendsand family.
Here are the ABC’s of garage/yard sale shopping:
• Set your alarm. Good mer-chandise goes quickly, so you'llwant to get out on the road early inthe morning. Yard and garage saleprofessionals who get the gooddeals know that this is the way tosuccess!
• Take plenty of cash! Considerplenty of small bills and a few rollsof quarters and nickels, loosechange.
• Truck or Car? Now thatyou’ve found all of your new trea-
sures, how are you going to trans-port it? Consider the type of vehicleyou'll be driving. You need some-thing with lots of space for "stuff."You never know when you mightfind “a great deal” on something bigand bulky that you've just gottahave.
• Park as close to the sale aspossible - but not in or in front ofanyone's driveway. Beware of firehydrants and "no parking" signs
• Even if you don’t need some-thing, go! There's stuff you didn'tknow existed, even stuff you justdidn’t know you needed.
• Enjoy the yard sale experience.Don’t worry about haggling overwhat you already know is a gooddeal.
• Make a list: If you're lookingfor specific items, make a list of theexact items you're looking for
• This is Oregon, so just in case,prepare for rain . That means pack-ing an extra umbrella or a rain jacket.
• If you have a hobby collection,
ask the seller if they have it. It’sgreat to look at the big picture of allthe great deals, but if you’re lookingto add to your personal collection,ask directly, if they have it.
• Are you in a decorating di-lemma? A garage/yard sale is agreat way to pick up items to makedo, until you get all of our decorat-ing ideas worked out
• Replace and rebuild. Whetheryou're looking for items to rebuildfrom things you lost from a recentrelocation, fire or natural disaster,yard sales are a fun and interestingway to rebuild and replace.
• Keep in mind upcoming birth-days, holidays or other special oc-casions. You can often find verynice gifts at garage sales. They areespecially good places to buy Christ-mas ornaments and decorations.
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Principal Sidelinedcontinued from front
The audit took issue with howthe school oversaw personal ser-vices contracts, finding that foursuch contracts did not comply withrequirements laid out in the StudentBody Funds manual or with districtpolicies, and did not include a writ-ten agreement.
Auditors also found instances
where contractors were paid beforea contract was ever inked.
“Such informal procedures makeit difficult to determine if all contrac-tors are performing the work requiredby the contract,” the letter stated.
The audit also scrutinized a leaseagreement the school held for a lattemachine. The machine was to beused to serve fans during schoolathletic events and was available
for staff use during school hours. A2008 audit found that the machineoperated “at a significant loss,”before the Jefferson ended the lease.Auditors were not furnished with arequested copy of any analysis ofthe staff’s use of the machine.
The audit recommends develop-ing a written plan to deal with thedeficit balances, and that the schooltakes steps to bring its financialpractices in line with district policy.
Deputy Superintendent ToniHunter was named temporary prin-cipal of Jefferson.
Multnomah
County
The Department of Community
Justice is currently accepting
applications for a full time Senior
Human Resources Consultant,
recruitment #9748-30. The Senior
HR Consultant is a business
partner responsible for providing
strategic HR support and
consulting services to assigned
customers. HR consulting services
include but are not limited to the
complex analysis of business and
operational needs; employee and
labor relation; contract, policy, and
procedure interpretation;
performance management;
discipline and grievance
administration; recruitment and
selection; leave administration;
classification and compensation
issues; workforce planning; staff
development; internal
investigations; and change
management.
Apply by June 4, 2010.
For more information about these
positions, including application
materials, please visit our website
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503-988-5035.
Multnomah County is actively
recruiting persons from diverse
backgrounds to enhance service
delivery to our diverse community.
Our commitment to exceptional
customer service relies upon a
team-oriented workplace and a
continuous quality improvement
environment. An Equal
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Senior or Principal Management
Auditor, Office of Metro Auditor,
$60,303 - $91,951 annually.
Deadline: 6/9/10.
Human Resources Manager -
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$77,801 - $108,501 annually.
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Benefits Program Manager, $71,384
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Pioneer Cemeteries Coordinator,
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Natural Areas Land Manager,
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSLexington Court Modernization
JOB NO. RFB 01/10-99
Sealed bids will be received at the Housing Authority of Portland
(HAP), 135 SW Ash Street, Portland, Oregon 97204, 5th floor
Metolius Conference Room, until 2:00 pm, Thursday July 15, 2010.
Shortly thereafter, bids will be opened and publicly read. The First
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This contract is for a public work subject to the Davis-Bacon
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Urban Renewal Redocontinued from page 3
expanding any urban renewal dis-trict into residential areas, citing howit has historically displaced resi-dents.
Paige Coleman, the executive di-rector of the Northeast Coalition ofNeighborhoods and member of thecommittee, held a series of meetingson the expansion of urban renewalearlier this year, and found that manyresidents felt that it yielded too fewtangible benefits and the processitself was murky.
Coleman, who abstained fromvoting on the expansions under di-rection from her organization,
brought a letter from the coalitionthat argued that expanding urbanrenewal should be put on hold untilthe PDC could prove that the Inter-state Corridor Urban Renewal Areaaccomplished its original objectives.
The committee also delayed vot-ing on an urban renewal area for theRose Quarter until November, whichhas become more complicated.
Last year, Mayor Sam Adamshas made redevelopment of the areaaround Memorial Coliseum a prior-
ity, and assembled the Rose QuarterStakeholder Advisory Committee toreview ideas for it. In March, thecommittee, chaired by Adams,whittled the long list of proposalsdown to three, including the Port-land Trail Blazers’ JumpTown en-tertainment district.
But action on the Rose Quarterhas been delayed, after one of theproject sponsors, Doug Obletz,raised strong concerns about theprocess. He’s pointed out that thecity has an agreement with PortlandArena Management, a company withties to the Blazers, that effectivelygives it veto power over the fate ofthe Rose Quarter. Redevelopmentof the area has come to standstill.
The committee also voted to sup-port two proposals aimed at easingthe social impact of urban renewal,which has been criticized for caus-ing property values to soar and long-time residents to leave.
Roy Jay, a businessman and com-mittee member who heads the Afri-can American Chamber of Commerce,has been steadily building supportfor a Community DevelopmentAgreement, which would direct onepercent of all gross revenues gener-ated in the Rose Quarter to commu-nity organizations.
Jay, speaking before the commit-tee, wanted to make sure that hisidea was strongly incorporated intoany deal approving a Rose Quarter
urban renewal area and includedlegally-binding language.
“It’s got to be enforceable. Itcan’t be a recommendation,” saidJay.
The committee voted to requestthat the Rose Quarter StakeholderAdvisory Committee require thatthere be a legal obligation to thebenefits agreement in any redevel-opment deal for the Rose Quarter.
It also expressed support for acommunity-based housing advocateprogram run by the Portland HousingBureau that would assist vulnerablehomeowners in north and northeast.It also called for ongoing investmentsin the area to prevent displacement ofestablished residents.
The committee’s recommenda-tions will be reviewed by the Port-land Planning Commission beforebeing sent to City Council, whichwill give them final approval some-time next spring.
It’s got to be enforceable. Itcan’t be a recommendation.
— Roy Jay, Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee member
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Making Amendscontinued from front
It was also the resting place ofother people once considered lessdesirable by a majority popula-tion aligned against them. A por-tion of the 30-acre cemetery wasused for the graves of local Chi-nese, who were widely reviledduring the late 1800s, as well aspatients from a nearby mental in-stitution.
Referred to as “Block 14,” it hasbeen a long-forgotten part of theresting place. In 1947, the graveswere dug up so that a buildingcould be erected on the site adja-cent to Southeast Morrison Street.
Multnomah County had comeinto ownership of the site andplanned to sell it to a developer in2002, but activists concerned withpreserving its heritage rallied,forming Friends of Lone Fir Cem-etery. Two years later, tests re-vealed that the remains of someChinese were still present at thesite, giving their cause addedweight.
Working with Metro, whichtook over the property after it wasdemolished in 2005, activists arehoping to raise $2 million for aproper tribute to the people whowere discriminated against inPortland’s early days.
“We’re trying to memorializethis area so we can recognize theircontribution,” said Richard Louie,the president of the Chinese Con-solidated Benevolent Associa-tion, which is one of the groupsworking on the project. Louiepointed out that the Chineseworked menial jobs, sending theirpaltry wages back to their familiesand enduring scorn and discrimi-nation heaped on them by whitesettlers.
Louie said that the Chinese dida lot of the “heavy lifting”- work-ing on railroads, in mines, andother tough jobs of the 1800s- tomake Oregon what it is today.
“This is a pioneer cemetery,”said Marcus Lee, a member of theCCBA, “and these were the Chi-nese pioneers.”
Metro recently convened agroup of local experts to discusswhat needs to be done to build thememorial, which is estimated tocost $2 million.
Jane Hansen, a landscape ar-chitect with Lango Hansen Land-scape Architects, said that shegot involved in designing the siteafter reading coverage of it.
She said that the memorial willinclude an open meadow in thecenter, have structures to sup-port vegetation around the edges,and its architectural theme willpay tribute to Chinese immigrantsand the patients at the asylum.
Scrapping up the $2 million forthe project won’t be easy, and
organizers don’t anticipate theproject will be completely doneuntil 2013 or 2014.
However, commitment to it re-mains strong.
“It’s important to rememberyour past,” said Louie. “If youdon’t have some sort of memoryof their contribution, it will belost.”
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Obituaries
In Loving MemoryErnest E. Snells
A Graveside Service withfull military honors washeld on May 7, 2010 atWillamette National Cem-etery for Ernest E. Snells.
Senior Chief Petty Of-ficer Ernest Edward Snellswas born on Feb. 8, 1917in Baltimore, Md., to Arthurand Lillian Snells.
Ernest grew up in Baltimore and later joined the U. S.Coast Guard. In 1942 he enlisted in the Navy andcontinued to serve until his retirement in 1977. Duringhis military career, he served on nearly 20 navy ships andhad fond memories of the USS Coral Sea.
Ernest was a longtime member of the Lyons Club, amember of the Fleet Reserve and he was an avid coincollector.
In 1987, Ernest met Etta, and they were married onApril 23, 2002.
He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife Etta, and hisclose friend Wayne Cannon.
Arrangements by Terry Family Funeral Home Pleasevisit Ernest’s online webpage atterryfamilyfuneralhome.com to send the family per-sonal messages of condolence.
Pastor and FirstLady Honored
RELIGION
Allen Temple Christian Meth-odist Episcopal Church invitesthe community to its annual Pas-tor and First Lady Appreciationhonoring Rev. Dr. LeRoyHaynes Jr. and First LadyCynthia Haynes on Friday, June4 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 6 at4 p.m. at the church, located at4236 N.E. 8th Avenue.
This year’s theme is “A Raceto Run, A Ministry to Fulfill andA Message to Share.” Guest
speakers will be Elder WilliamTurner of Trinity Full GospelChurch and Bishop H.B. Danielsof Daniels Memorial Church ofGod in Christ.
Haynes has served as seniorpastor at Allen Temple CMEChurch since 1997. He is presid-ing elder of the Alaska-PacificRegion in the Ninth EpiscopalDistrict.
For more information, call thechurch at 503-287-0261.
Memorial DayWeekend Revival
On Friday, May 28 and Satur-day, May 29, Pastor L.L. HosleySr. and the HeavenBound De-liverance Center Church will hosta Memorial Day weekendrevival and musical extrava-ganza.
This year’s special guestsare Pastor Brian Nelson of theJericho City Church of God inChrist of Houston , Texas;Psalmist Nikki Ross of the KirkFranklin Singers; and Ricky
Dillard and New Generation.The community is invited to
join other residents and faithbased organizations as theyembark on a journey of musi-cal excellence and life chang-ing revival, a phenomenal ex-perience that’s second to none.
The nightly services will beginat 7 p.m. at HeavenBound head-quarters at 7015 N.E. 23rd Ave.For more information, call 503-954-2728.
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TriMet Makes Safety Changes
Deadly, Ultra-Pure Heroin Arrives
Sue Tayon poses for a photo in her home holding an urn contain-
ing her daughter Nikki Tayon's ashes in Overland, Mo. Tayon's
28-year-old daughter, Nikki, died of an overdose on heroin that
was 90 percent pure, her mother said. (AP Photo)
Unsuspecting users risk instant death(AP) -- Mexican drug smugglers
are increasingly peddling a form ofultra-potent heroin that sells for aslittle as $10 a bag and is so pure it cankill unsuspecting users instantly,sometimes before they even removethe syringe from their veins.
An Associated Press review ofdrug overdose data shows that so-called "black tar" heroin — namedfor its dark, gooey consistency —and other forms of the drug arecontributing to a spike in overdosedeaths across the nation and at-tracting a new generation of userswho are caught off guard by itspotency.
Authorities are concerned thatthe potency and price of the heroinfrom Mexico and Colombia couldwiden the drug's appeal, just as crackdid for cocaine decades ago.
The Latin American heroin comesin the form of black tar or brownpowder, and it has proven espe-cially popular in rural and suburbanareas.
Originally associated with rockstars, hippies and inner-city junk-ies, heroin in the 1970s was usuallysmuggled from Asia and the MiddleEast and was around 5 percent pure.The rest was "filler" such as sugar,starch, powdered milk, even brickdust. The low potency meant that
many users injected the drug tomaximize the effect.
But in recent years, Mexican drugdealers have improved the way theyprocess poppies, the brightly col-ored flowers supplied by drug farm-ers that provide the raw ingredientsfor heroin, opium and painkillerssuch as morphine. Purity levels haveincreased, and prices have fallen.
Federal agents now commonlyfind heroin that is 50 percent pureand sometimes as much as 80 per-cent pure.
The greater potency allows moreheroin users to snort the drug orsmoke it and still achieve a sus-tained high — an attractive alterna-tive for teenagers and suburbaniteswho don't want the HIV risk or thetrack marks on their arms that comewith repeated injections.
In Oregon, state Medical Exam-iner Karen Gunson said the heroinproblem is worst in communitiesalong Interstate 5. The state had 131heroin-related overdose deaths lastyear — 42 more than three yearsearlier.
The dead simply didn't know therisks of the heroin they used, shesaid.
"We're seeing it sometimes 80percent pure," Gunson said."There's no FDA approval on this
stuff. If you're using it every day,your chances grow and grow thatit's going to kill you."
Among the drug's casualties wasWilliam Henderson, a 29-year-oldwelder from rural Missouri who diedin his sleep in 2009, hours after snort-ing heroin. A bear of a man at 6-foot-1 and 300 pounds, he had tried thedrug only a few times.
His wife recalled waking up tofind the alarm buzzing. Herhusband's body had turned blue,and his stomach was cold to thetouch.
An increasing amount of thedeadliest heroin appears to be com-ing from Mexico. Although the vastmajority still arrives from overseas,
Mexican dealers appear to be chip-ping away at the U.S. market.
As recently as two years ago,state and federal drug agents sawheroin arriving from Colombia, Asiaand Mexico. But as the availabilityand quality of cocaine and metham-phetamine have declined, Mexicansmugglers have stepped up heroinshipments to the U.S.
Independent Mexican smugglershave the market largely to them-selves because the major drug car-tels only dabble in heroin, prefer-ring to focus on locally grown mari-juana and Colombian cocaine, ac-cording to a DEA official in El Paso,Texas. The agent spoke on the con-dition of anonymity, citing security
concerns and his ongoing role inactive drug investigations.
Heroin metabolizes in the bodyso quickly that medical examinersoften cannot pinpoint the drug as acause of death unless there is otherevidence to back it up — say, aneedle or a syringe found near thebody. Also, many victims use mul-tiple drugs and alcohol, so citing aspecific substance is often impos-sible.
At the start of the decade, roughly2,000 people a year died from heroinoverdoses nationwide, accordingto records kept by the Centers forDisease Control. By 2008, the drugwas blamed for at least 3,000 deathsin the 36 states that responded torecords requests from the AP.Deaths from 2009 have not yet beencompiled.
The AP contacted agencies in all50 states, as well as officials in theDistrict of Columbia and New YorkCity, including medical examiners,coroners and health departments. Thesurvey showed that heroin deathsrose 18.2 percent from 2007 to 2008,and 20.3 percent from 2006 to 2008.
Law enforcement officials anddrug-treatment experts believe thosestatistics woefully undercount theactual number of deaths.
To hook new users, dealers areselling heroin cheap — often around$10 a bag.
Line 6 won’tjump 4 lanes
As part of ongoing efforts to im-prove the safety of bus operations,TriMet is changing the way the Line6-Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. buscomes off the Hawthorne Bridge ontoSoutheast Grand Avenue, as well asmaking changes to all courtesy stop/night stop procedures.
Currently, vehicles traveling east-bound over the Hawthorne Bridgeuse a slip lane to veer left onto Grandbefore the signalized intersection atGrand. Line 6 buses used the slip lane
and then merged to the right over fourlanes in just under 400 feet.
TriMet requested that the city ofPortland change striping at the sig-nalized intersection at Grand. Thischange means that buses will nolonger use the slip lane and insteadturn left at the intersection and turndirectly into the far right travel lane.This eliminates multiple lanechanges in that busy area.
TriMet is also making changes toits courtesy stop/Night Stop proce-dures regarding the distance re-quired between a non-designatedstop and an upcoming left turn. Acourtesy stop/Night Stop is when
an operator lets a rider deboard at asafe location that is not at a desig-nated stop.
TriMet will begin implementing achange to its procedures that willnot allow the non-designated stopin the block in which a bus makes aleft hand turn. In areas without stan-dard city blocks, a minimum of 100feet between the stop and the inter-section is required for each lanechange proceeding the left turn.
The changes are in addition to acomprehensive safety review thatwas ordered after a TriMet bus turn-ing left hit five pedestrians at a down-town intersection, killing two people.
The African American Men’s Club, Inc.(AAMC)
Presents anOLD SCHOOL PARTY
60’s & 70’s – Oldies but GoodiesSaturday, June 26, 2010Billy Webb Elk’s Lodge
6 North Tillamook St., Portland, Oregon
9 PM – 1AMDonation: $15.00 per person
Music by: DJ Papa ChuckBest Dressed from the 60’s & 70’s Wins: $50.00
Raffle & 50/50 Split: Tickets - $1.00 eachMenu: Roast Beef, Chicken, Green Beans,
Salad & Dinner Rolls
Tickets Available at:AAMC Club Members
Cynthia Livingston (503) 504-0640Cannon’s Rib Express (503) 288-3836
One Stop Records (503) 285-1159Geneva’s Shear Perfection (503) 285-1159
James & Johnnie Mayfield – Vancouver (360) 576-8519
Proceeds to benefit the AAMC Scholarship ProgramThe African American Men’s Club is a non-profit organization
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Big Guy Strawberry PieIngredients• • 1 cup water• 3/4 cup white sugar• 1/4 teaspoon salt• 2 tablespoons cornstarch• 1/4 teaspoon red food coloring• 1 cup all-purpose flour• 1/2 cup margarine• 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract• 1 quart fresh strawberries, hulled
Directions1. In a saucepan, combine water, white sugar, salt, cornstarchand food coloring. Bring to a boil, and cook for about 5 minutesor until thickened. Set aside to cool. Preheat oven to 350 degreesF (175 degrees C.)
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, margarine, confectioners'sugar and vanilla. Mix well and press into a 9 inch pie pan. Prickall over and bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or untillightly browned.
3. When crust is cool, place berries in the shell, and pour thethickened mixture over the top. Chill in refrigerator.
Root Beer Cookies• flour• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda• 1/2 teaspoon salt• 2 cups confectioners' sugar• 1/3 cup butter• 1 1/2 teaspoons root beer extract• 2 tablespoons hot waterDirections1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees).
2. Mix together brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter or margarine, egg,buttermilk and 1 teaspoon of root beer extract.
3. Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix well.
4. Drop teaspoon sized pieces of dough 2 inches apart ongreased cookie sheets. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes.
5. To Make Root Beer Glaze: Mix together confectioner's sugar,1/3 cup butter or margarine, 1 1/2 teaspoons of root beer extractand hot water. Brush on top of hot cookies.