The Potland Observer, May 19, 2010

Volume XXXX, Number 20 Committed to Cultural DiversityEstablished in 1970

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‘City of Roses’

PHOTO BY JAKE THOMAS/THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

Police Chief Mike Reese answers questions during a news conference.

Police Chief ResetNew topcop haspublicservice rootsBY JAKE THOMAS

THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

Mike Reese, the former com-mander of East Precinct, said he gota call from the mayor at about 10 inthe morning on Tuesday last week.

Mayor Sam Adams was havinga very public dispute with PoliceChief Rosie Sizer, and wanted toget his thoughts on how to takethe embattled Police Bureau in anew direction.

Later that evening, Reese said hegot a call from the mayor who of-fered him Sizer’s job.

Reese has his work cut out forhim. Tensions have been high be-tween the community and the policein the wake of several high-profileshootings that left Portlanders deadby an officer’s shot. So far, reac-tions to his appointment range from continued on page 8

unsure to optimistic.For advocates of police reform,

Reese seems to be an unknownquantity..

"I don't know him very well," saidJason Renaud, a co-founder of theMental Health Association of Port-land, who made a short-lived run forCity Hall on a platform of reformingthe Police Bureau.

"We don't know much abouthim," said Ron Williams, the interimexecutive director of the civil rightsgroup Oregon Action.

In announcing Reese’s appoint-ment, Adams sought to reassurethe public stating that he recog-nized that police are often the first-responders to situations that havebeen unaddressed by the frayingsocial safety net.

"My incoming police chief un-derstands this reality better thanperhaps anybody," said Adams in astatement.

Reese a graduate of RooseveltHigh School and Portland StateUniversity, began his career in 1983as a counselor, program manager,and later direct for the Boys andGirls Club in Lents.

PHOTO BY JAKE THOMAS/THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

Eve Crane, a photo journalist who vividly captured the Black

Panther Party in the late 1960s, features her work during an

exhibit at A’Kasha gallery in Beaverton. Next to her stands

David Hilliard, a former chief of staff for the Black Panthers,

who met Crane during the tumultuous time.

Black Panthers RetrospectiveExhibit bringspowerful imagesBY JAKE THOMAS

THE PORTLAND OBSERVER

An art gallery in Beaverton is anunexpected to place to catch a rareglimpse into a radical civil rightsmovement that once shocked thecountry.

But A’kasha gallery in down-town Beaverton brings some ofthe powerful images of that tu-rbulent time to the pubic with anexhibit this week that highlightsthe work of Eve Crane, a photojournalist who captured pictures

of the Bay Area Black PantherParty during the 1960s and 70s.

In 1968, Crane, now retired and aresident of Aloha, met a writer andactivist named Eldridge Cleaverwhile covering the tumultuousDemocratic National Convention forthe now defunct Ramparts maga-zine.

What ensued was a deep friend-ship that granted Crane access toburgeoning Black Panther Partymovement in the Bay Area, whichCleaver was a key member of.

“I was interested in what he hadto say,” said Crane, speaking atA’kasha, of how she secured suchintimate access to the radical politi-

cal movement. “I was there to takepictures, not steal a man,”

A soft-spoken and unassum-ing woman, Crane chronicled themovement that shocked the BayArea and the nation with its mili-tant demands for civil rights andprominent toting of firearms. Shephotographed marches, speeches,the tense protests, and the after-math of periodic conflicts with thepolice in vivid detail.

But she also captured the morehuman side of a controversial po-litical movement that was widelydemonized in the press.

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Prehistoric

PredatorsDinosaursdescend on zooSee inside, page 13

Gateway to CollegeDropouts earndiplomasat PCCSee inside, page 5

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Week inThe Review

Strap on Your HelmetGresham is celebrating National Bike Month by encouraging

people to strap on a helmet and get on a bike. The

Springwater Trail (above) stretches from Portland through

Gresham to Boring.

Revised Budget Saves CopsMayor Sam Adams released a re-vised budget proposal Tuesday thatrestores funding for 25 sworn policeofficer positions, the PoliceBureau’s Mounted Patrol, ColdCase murder investigations unit, anda school resources officer program.Adams said his new police chiefMike Reese was able to focus onadministrative reductions and cutsin overhead.

White Supremacist GuiltyA white supremacist from Portlandpleaded guilty Monday to chargeshe mailed a hangman’s noose to acivil rights leader in Ohio. DanileLee Jones faces up to five years inprison.

Obama’s Aunt Wins CaseA U.S. immigra-tion court hasgranted asylumto PresidentBarack Obama'sAfrican aunt al-lowing her to

stay in the country and setting heron the road to citizenship after yearsof legal wrangling. Kenya nativeZeituni Onyango is the half-sisterof Obama's late father.

Currents Could Move Oil EastWith BP finally gaining some con-trol over the amount of oil spewinginto the Gulf of Mexico, scientistsare increasingly worried that hugeplumes of crude already spilledcould get caught in a current thatwould carry the mess all the way tothe Florida Keys and beyond, dam-aging coral reefs and killing wildlife.

Life for Teen Killers OnlyThe Supreme Court has ruled thatteenagers may not be locked up forlife without chance of parole if theyhaven't killed anyone. By a 5-4 voteMonday, the court says the Consti-tution requires that young people

serving life sentences must at leastbe considered for release.

‘Sexually Dangerous’Can Stay Locked UpA 7-to-2 majority of the SupremeCourt ruled Monday that Congresshas the authority to pass a law al-lowing federal prisoners who havebeen deemed "sexually dangerous"to be held beyond the date of theiroriginal sentence. A lower courthad ruled that Congress over-stepped its boundaries in passingthe law.

Williams Joins TV DramaActress Vanessa Williams isheaded to Wisteria Lane next fallon "DesperateHousewives."ABC saidTuesday she'llplay a "wickednew house-wife" as theseries entersits seventhseason.

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Coalition Keeps Pressure On

Rev. Leroy Haynes, vice president of the Albina Ministerial

Alliance, calls police to task for another shooting of an African

American man during a traffic stop.

Advocating forpolice reforms

The Albina Ministerial Alliance,a coalition of several faith and com-munity organizations, reacted Mon-day to several significant develop-ments with the Portland Police Bu-reau.

Last week, a traffic stop in north-east Portland ended with a man deadand an officer wounded. The inci-dent has raised more questionsabout how the police handle en-counters with the mentally ill, withquestions lingering about the exactcircumstances of the event. The cityalso settled a protracted lawsuitbrought against it from the family ofJames Chasse, a schizophrenic manwho died while in police custody.Mayor Sam Adams appointed a newpolice chief after a public falling outwith now former Chief Rosie Sizer.

Speaking to reporters at the AllenTemple in northeast Portland, Rev.Leroy Haynes, vice president of theAMA, said that his group was re-joicing with the Chasse family,which settled the suit for a record$1.6 million, bringing to a close athree year battle that has scandal-ized the city.

Haynes said that the develop-

ment did not carry the same force asif the family had won the lawsuit incourt, but did send a clear messageto the city. He also noted that theAMA was looking forward to the

release of internal documents keptsecret for three years while the citygrappled with the suit.


Benson-Jeff Merger Draws FireNew option getsthumbs down

The Jefferson High School com-munity had a clear message Mon-day for school board members andSuperintendent Carole Smith: Don’ttinker with the high school redesignproposal anymore.

On Saturday, the school boardasked district officials to consider anew option on Smith’s controver-sial plan to reduce the number ofhigh schools, including a sugges-tion by Board Member MartinGonzalez to transfer Benson HighSchool’s vocational-technical pro-grams into Jefferson High School.

Smith’s original plan called forturning Marshall High School insoutheast Portland into a focusschool, making Benson Polytech-nic School into a part-time programopen district-wide to junior and se-

nior students, and boostingJefferson’s place in the communityas a comprehensive neighborhoodschool.

Tony Hopson, the head of SelfEnhancement, Inc., a public charterschool serving students of color innortheast Portland, which spon-sored the Monday night forum, toldSmith and several school boardmembers, that Jefferson had beensystematically stripped of resourcesand set up for failure for decadesunder a number of proposals fromthe district.

He suggested that further revi-sions to Jefferson were on the tablebecause the school was perceivedas the path of least resistance.

“The district has systematicallyraped Jefferson over the past 40years,” said an impassionedHopson, who drew wild applausefrom the packed room.

Interestingly, most people who

spoke at the forum supportedSmith’s proposal, which would re-quire students to attend their neigh-borhood schools, bringing in morefunding and equal course offeringsto schools like Jefferson andRoosevelt.

“That’s what this proposal does,is it allows us to grow the goodthings at Jefferson,” said AndyKulak, a teacher at Jefferson. “I speakin support of this proposal, and I askthe board, please don’t walk awayfrom this proposal.”

Others noted that Jefferson,which some consider to have a badreputation, has a strong sense ofcommunity, and a lot going for itthat people don’t recognize.

A Beaverton woman said thatshe considered herself part of theJefferson community and was al-ways impressed with the sense of


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CAREER & EDUCATIONUrban Planners Recruit Students with Eye on Diversity

In these challenging economictimes, partnership between orga-nizations is critical. In Vancouver,the American Planning Associa-tion is working with the city ofVancouver to support and encour-age diversity in local government,urban planning and related pro-fessions.

The APA has established anAmbassador Program which is de-signed to connect students, par-ticularly students of color, with

practicing planners in two mainefforts: to expose them to the fieldof planning and related commu-nity development careers.

The program provides a uniqueopportunity for planners to be-come directly involved in the re-cruitment and development of adiverse new generation of futureplanners that positively reflect thediversity of the communities theywill serve.

Matching up with Vancouver’s

diversity initiatives, the programstrives to build a workforce thatreflects the diverse communityand is respectful of diversity.Through this outreach,Vancouver and the American Plan-ning Association hope to inspirestudents to consider careers inpublic service and the planningrelated professions.

As part of the partnership, LarryVasquez, a planner for the City ofVancouver has teamed up with

Portland area consultant andformer Oregon APA presidentGreg Winterowd of WinterbrookPlanning, to develop a network ofinterest and support for commu-nity and educational outreach todiverse student in the greaterPortland/Vancouver region andlink them to university and com-munity colleges programs inWashington and Oregon.

For more information on theOregon APA Chapter’s program,

contact Ann M. Pytynia at 503-618-2859 [email protected] information on the city ofVancouver’s diversity initiatives,contact Nancy Pionk at 360-619-1148 or [email protected]. For infor-mation on careers in planning andcommunity development at thecity of Vancouver, contact LarryVasquez at 360-487-7811 [email protected].

Future TeachersComplete DegreesGrads fill gaps

The 2010 graduates of the Port-land Teachers Program will be hon-ored Friday, May 28, at PortlandCommunity College’s CascadeCampus, 705 N. Killingsworth St.,with a celebration in the MoriartyArts and Humanities building from5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The graduates this year areQuiana Allen, Meriba Asencio, JaliaCampbell, Reginal Cole, Tina Dang,Yolanda Flores, Sarah Gonzalez,Antoinia Griffin, Rosina Hardy,Mario Interian, Tawanda Jones,Martha Rodriquez and Andre Wash-ington. They have spent the pastfive years earning first theirbachelor’s degrees, and then com-pleting a year of graduate work andstudent teaching to get an Oregonteaching license.

The program was created to placemore culturally and ethnically di-verse teachers in local public schoolclassrooms, an important tool inaddressing lingering inequities inour society, said Deborah Cochrane,the program’s director.

“I think that placing more teach-ers in the classroom who are com-mitted to social justice is one of theways in which we can get at thesystemic aspects of racism and in-equity that still plague our culture,”said Cochrane.

This year’s celebration alsomarks a milestone in the program’shistory. Sarah Gonzales is the firstPortland Teachers Program gradu-ate to arise from the program’s part-nership with the Beaverton SchoolDistrict, first established in 2007.Gonzales, who attended gradeschool and high school inBeaverton, will return there to as-sume her teaching duties.

Nearly 60 aspiring teachers and ahost of alumni will also be recog-nized at the celebration. The futureteachers range from freshmen to

graduate students, and the alumnirepresent teachers and administra-tors who have graduated from theprogram over the past 20 years.

Also in attendance will be partici-pants’ families; leaders from theAfrican American, Native Ameri-can, Latino and Asian Americancommunities; and representativesfrom education, business and gov-ernment.

The celebration honors a cultur-ally diverse group of people whohave chosen a career that will ben-efit their communities and societyas a whole. The event recognizesparticipants in the program for thepositive choices they have made,and highlights the program’s gradu-ates for the effort and sacrificesthey have made to complete thelong journey to become educators.

“Good teachers shape the mindsof our future leaders and citizens,”Cochrane said, “so we need to sup-port and encourage good teachers,those who have the courage, pa-tience, dedication and love to dothis important, challenging work.Teachers are the single most impor-tant factor in the classroom in termsof academic achievement, and yetas a society, we place far too littlevalue on teachers and teacher edu-cation.”

The Portland Teachers Programis a partnership among PortlandPublic Schools, Portland Commu-nity College, Portland State Univer-sity, the University of Portland andBeaverton School District, de-signed to increase the number ofculturally competent teachers forPortland and Beaverton schools,with a focus on the recruitment ofunderrepresented groups.

Since 1989 the program has gradu-ated nearly 140 teachers, most ofwhom continue to teach or adminis-ter in Portland schools.

For more information, callDeborah Cochrane, 503-978-5444.

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Barry and Bonnie Hewlett are headed to Ethiopia on Fulbright

Scholar grants to teach and conduct research.

Couple to Teach in Africa

Gateway to College

The Vancouver campus of Wash-ington State University has two pro-fessors who are headed to Ethiopiaas Fulbright scholars.

Barry Hewlett is a professor ofanthropology at WSU Vancouver.His wife, Bonnie Hewlett is a vis-iting anthropology professor atthe school. Both have earnedFulbright Scholar grants to de-

velop an anthropology depart-ment at Hawassa University in theAfrican republic. They will spend80 percent of their time teachingand 20 percent pursuing indepen-dent research projects. Bonnie willbe working on a women's life his-tories narrative and Barry will beresearching how children acquiremedical knowledge.

Gateway to College students Dylan Bartle and Rebecca Williams

are high school age students who feel more at home at Portland

Community College.

Dropouts earn diplomas at PCCA Portland Community College

program, which helps high schooldropouts get their diplomas by tak-ing college courses for dual credit,is turning 10 years old this June.

The 10-year anniversary of Gate-way to College and related PCC PrepAlternative programs will be heldfrom 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, June 4, at theCascade Campus, 705 N.Killingsworth St. The event will in-clude a barbecue, music, dance per-formances, ice cream and other fam-ily fun.

Gateway to College has becomeone of Oregon's biggest successstories in giving high school drop-outs a second chance at completingtheir diploma and transitioning intohigher education. It challenges drop-outs in the PCC district, a tradition-ally underserved population, withrigorous, college-level curriculumand the opportunity to earn signifi-cant college credit.

The program started with threepartner school districts and 19 stu-dents, but since then has served1,983 students locally by using anetwork of eight school districts toidentify at-risk students. These in-clude Portland Public Schools,Beaverton, Tigard-Tualatin,Hillsboro, Lake Oswego, DavidDouglas, Centennial and Sherwood.

"We were a team of people tryingto solve a student need," said pro-gram director Linda Huddle, the re-maining founder at the PCC Gate-way to College program. "It hasbeen 10 years of really hard work.But then there has been all of thisachievement that the students havemade as they have become activeprivate citizens. They are overcom-ing great challenges in order tocatch up and surpass their peers.That is one of the big things aboutGateway students; they're not justgetting credits for high school gradu-ation, but are getting these creditsto move into a post-secondary ca-reer."

It might not be a surprise thatGateway to College has flourishedin Oregon, where an alternative edu-cation law mandates school districtsprovide additional options for highschool students who are not ben-efiting from their general compre-hensive service.

Dylan Bartle and Rebecca Will-iams illustrate the second chancethat the Gateway program has pro-vided to so many students acrossthe country.

In 2007, Williams was a junior atMadison High School and already ayear behind her peers. Williams,whose step-mom went to Princeton

University and whose dad didn'tfinish high school, would have hadto take night classes and summerschool to catch up. But her counse-lor at the school mentioned Gate-way as an alternative. After some

starts and stops along the way thatmany in her situation go through,she got back into the program lastwinter and is on target to get intoPCC's nursing program.

"I like the college style of learn-

ing better than high school becausethere's less drama," Williams said."When I was in high school, I wasfailing most of my classes and now,since I've been here, I get As and Bsand I do really well. I didn't under-stand math at all when I was in highschool. Since I've been going hereand taking college math classes andwith the way the teachers teach, Idon't know, it just clicks. I've beenlearning a lot more since I've been inthe Gateway program than I did inhigh school. I pay attention moreand learn more."

In 2008, Bartle was expelled fromBarlow High School and, after beingout of school for almost two years,he moved to Portland and enrolledin Gateway. He now wants to be-come a doctor and will apply toPortland State University to do pre-med once he's finished his transferdegree at PCC.

"It's my own responsibility to behere," Bartle said. "If I didn't want tobe here they'd just drop me. Eventhough there is more homeworkhere, I wanted my education more atGateway because I'm treated as anadult."

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HEALTHMATTERSFor Your Health: Right Choices Have Big ImpactBY LARRY

LUCAS

They say in life that it’s the smallthings that mean the most: making afriend laugh, seeing a child’s firststeps or spending quality time withloved ones. The same is true foryour health.

Making the right “small” choicescan have a big impact. But we tendto underestimate these “small”things when it comes to our per-sonal health – like choosing waterinstead of soda to drink. This can beespecially dangerous for men in ourcommunity who are at a higher riskfor chronic diseases like obesityand heart disease.

I’ve lived with high blood pres-

sure for more than 20 years, but Ihelp keep my heart healthy by try-ing to make the right small choices,such as taking the stairs instead ofthe elevator, visiting my doctor forregular check-ups, choosing anapple instead of a cookie and takingmy medicines as prescribed.

It might not seem like it in themoment of decision, but making theright small choices can add up to abig impact in curbing the risk ofheart disease and stroke and allow-ing you to live a longer, healthierlife.

These small steps are particu-larly vital for African Americans –consider that men in our communityare 30 percent more likely to die fromheart disease than our white male

counterparts, according to the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Pre-vention. Obesity and high bloodpressure play a big role in contribut-ing to our poor heart health. AfricanAmericans are nearly two times morelikely to have high blood pressurethan other groups, and AfricanAmerican men specifically are 5percent more likely to be obese,according to the CDC.

Not taking care of your heart canlead to more than heart attacks; itcan also lead to stroke. Accordingto the Mayo Clinic, stroke is one ofthe leading – yet preventable –threats to men’s health and, if nottreated immediately, can cause blind-ness, paralysis, memory loss andeven death. It’s important to pay

attention to the symptoms and gethelp immediately if you experiencenumbness on one side of your bodyor have trouble seeing, walking orspeaking.

Men sometimes get a bad rap fortreating their cars better than theirbodies – not doing routine mainte-nance and only addressing a prob-lem when it’s a major one. I’ll admit,I’ve been guilty of this, too, but thiscan be a dangerous way to live.

Regular check-ups can help catchthe causes of stroke – such as highblood pressure – before it’s too late,and detect other diseases like can-cer while they are in the early stagesand easier to treat.

It’s important that we make timeto do the small things in order to

prevent bigger problems from af-fecting our health – including tak-ing medicines as your doctor pre-scribes them, without skippingdoses or forgetting about refills.

For patients who need help ac-cessing their prescription medicinesto manage chronic conditions likeheart disease and diabetes, the Part-nership for Prescription Assistanceis available to help. For five years,PPA has helped connect 6.5 millionpatients in need to programs thatprovide either free or nearly freemedicines. For more information,patients can call 1-888-4PPA-NOWor visit pparx.org.

Larry Lucas is a vice presidentfor Pharmaceutical Research andManufacturers of America.

FAB LIVINGW/ REBEKAH STAR

inhibits pigment production.

Try a Chemical Peel or LaserTreatment

For extra brightening andsmoothing power, a series ofchemical peels could be the an-swer: “Chemical peels are greatfor getting rid of dark spots andacne,” says Downie, adding,“They also help with overall exfo-liation.” Downie favors glycolicacid peels (also known as alphahydroxy acid peels) and salicylicacid peels (beta hydroxy peels)“because they work with everyskin type to improve texture, tone,acne, and fine lines.” To lengthenthe time in between peels at yourdermatologist’s office, Downiesuggests using an at-home chemi-cal peels, Downie says many ofher patients request a pre-summerlaser treatment In fact, the de-mand for laser resurfacing is at anall-time high, according to theAmerican Society for AestheticPlastic Surgery, whose 2008 sta-tistics revealed it to be the fifth

Achieveflawless skinby summertime

Winning the battle againstblemishes, fine lines, and dull skinisn’t easy—but with hot summerdays looming, foundation, blush,and cover-up won’t be the stead-fast companions they were in win-ter and spring. To avoid a melt-down (literally), lighten up:Jeanine Downie, MD, ofMontclair, New Jersey, says thesurest path to a brighter,smoother, and clearer complexionis to take proper care of it. Here,the best ways to get your skin inshape for summer.

Use a Gentle ExfoliatingCleanser

The first step to achieving per-fection, says Downie, is to chemi-cally slough dead skin cells with adaily glycolic cleanser, followedwith a physical exfoliator up to

four times a week (oilier, more acne-prone skin can exfoliate more of-ten). “Look for scrubs that con-tain spherical, pliable microbeadsversus grains with rough,scratchy edges to avoid irrita-tion,” she says.

Go for Multitasking SerumsNext, Downie says to use a pow-

erful multitasking serum. Her go-to: Vivité Vibrance Therapy (“It’sstronger than over the counterproducts, and only sold in doc-tors’ offices”). The gel containsnatural antioxidants such as lico-rice, mulberry, grape, and greentea to brighte

n, even skin tone, and protectagainst free radical damage—plussoy and retinol to build collagen,and glycolic acid to exfoliate. “A

lot of my patients use the producttwice a day—once in the morningand once at night, while othersonly apply it in the evening,” saysDownie, who points out that theretinol in the product may causesensitive skin types to becomemore susceptible to the sun’s UVrays.

An effective yet less potentdrugstore alternative to Vivité,says Downie, is the new AveenoAgeless Vitality, which similarlysmooths, brightens, and perfects.

If luminosity is your main goal,Avon also has a new product onthe market— the Avon AnewClinical Luminosity Pro Brighten-ing Serum (available May 1) exfo-liates and brightens skin, and con-tains a patented amino acid that

most common non-surgical pro-cedure performed in the U.S.While lasing with Fraxel orGentleLASE isn’t always neces-sary, Downie says for those wish-ing to nix their freckles, it’s a must(no fading cream will work).

Don’t Skimp on SPFNo matter what cleansers, se-

rums, or treatments you may em-ploy, however, Downie says themost important tip for perfect skinis to apply an SPF 30 moisturizeror sunscreen, especially if you’reusing products that containretinoids. “You should wearsunblock every day, rain or shine,January through December,” shesays, “Or else you could end upwith more hyperpigmentation,darker patches, and deeper finelines.” For more information andtips on achieving a flawless com-plexion visit our Facebook Page“FaB Living w/Rebekah Star” andpost your questions and com-ments. Until next week, Live Fabu-lously!

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HEALTHMATTERSBenefit Supports Kidney TransplantWith food, entertainment and fun

A local dad is hosting a ben-efit Sunday for his son who is inneed of a kidney transplant.

Demarcus L. Henry (Keller) ofPortland, son of Rhonda Henryand Joe “Bean” Keller, was diag-nosed with Lupus in 2002. Dueto complications from the dis-ease, he was hospitalized andwas diagnosed with kidney fail-ure. Then while running tests,doctors found a problem withone of his aortic heart valves. InMarch, he underwent open heartsurgery to repair the valve, only

to find he suffered another heartdefect that required surgery.

Now recovering from the sur-gery, Demarcus will need a kidneytransplant to resume a healthy life.

Sunday’s benefit at Joe Bean’sStudio, 2627 N.E. Martin LutherKing Jr. Blvd., starting at 5 p.m.,will feature a barbecue and liveentertainment, including music byJoe Bean Keller and Friends, TheGretchen Mitchell Band, the LivWarfield Band, D.J. Mike Morrisand more.

The website located at

Demarcus Henry Keller

akidney4demarcus.com is designedto assist in the process of finding amatching living kidney donor for

Demarcus so that when it is time forhis kidney transplant, the family willhave a list of potential donors.

Demarcus has been through alot in his life at the age of 31. Helost his older brother Deontae J.Keller in an officer-involvedshooting in 1996.He lost hisdaughter at the age of threemonths due to heart and medicalcomplications.

Now you can help him live aproductive life and be the fatherhe would like to be to his kids.

For more information, call JoeBean Keller at 503-490-6837 or visitakidney4demarcus.com.

Healthy Kids Sign-up Campaign Expands

Get Talking,Get Tested

Planned Parenthood ColumbiaWillamette Joins MTV, the KaiserFamily Foundation, and the Centersfor Disease Control and Preventionto urge young people to GYT: GetYourself Talking and Tested.

As many as one in two sexuallyactive young people will contract ansexually transmitted disease (STD)by age 25 — and most won’t know it.

The Get Yourself Talking andTested campaign encourages peopleunder the age of 25 to talk with healthcare providers and their partners aboutgetting tested for STDs.

According to the CDC, this agegroup represents half of the esti-mated 19 million cases of STDs oc-curring in the United States eachyear. When left untreated, STDscan lead to an increased risk of HIVinfection, infertility and cancer.

Planned Parenthood ColumbiaWillamette offers STD testing andtreatment at all 10 of its health cen-ters throughout Oregon and south-west Washington. Patients canschedule appointments for testing,or walk-in to any of the health cen-ters during business hours.

The Urban League of Portland is expandingits efforts to enroll children into the OregonHealth Plan as part of the Healthy Kids pro-gram.

Healthy Kids is free or low-cost health carecoverage for Oregon children who don’t havehealth insurance.

A child must be 18 years of younger, live inOregon and be a legal resident. Household

income can’t be more than 300 percent of thefederal poverty level; which is $66,000 for afamily of four. Health care is free for familieswhose income is less than $44,000 for a familyof four. Premiums are subsidized on a slidingscale for incomes between $44,000 and $66,000.

“Healthy Kids will provide greater opportu-nities for preventive care and early interven-tions. We are urging parents to act now to make

sure their kids are covered,” said Robin Wisner,Urban League Healthy Kids client advocate.

You can visit the Urban League office atNorth Russell Street and Williams Avenue forenrollment assistance on Mondays, Wednes-days and Fridays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.; andWednesday evenings from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.For an appointment contact Bridget Uphoff at503-280-2362.

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Part 2: CHIROPRACTORS: Just how qualified are

they to take care of your health?

Q: I know that physicians needfour full years of medical

school to become doctors. Howmuch training do Chiropractorsactually get?

A : Following our under-graduate college training, Chiro-

practors must also complete anextremely demanding four-yearcurriculum. By the time we gradu-ate, we’ve received a degree ofcompetency in anatomy, chemis-try, bacteriology, toxicology, pa-thology, physiology, diagnosisand x-ray. In fact, today’s doctorof Chiropractic have as many hoursof government approved classesin these health-related subjects as

any doctor graduating from medi-cal school. Most importantly foryou, we also spend four full yearsstudying the spine, joint relation-ships and adjustment procedures.What’s more, Chiropractors stayup to date with the latest healthcare developments by attendingon-going seminars.

Q: Will my health insurance help me pay for Chiropractic

care?

A : It varies from one insurance carrier to another. But for

many people, Chiropractic careis covered. Check with yourcompany’s personnel depart-ment. Or feel free to call us. Infact, for answers to any ques-tions you might have about yourhealth, just call us at the numberbelow.

Flowers' Chiropractic Office2124 NE Hancock,

Portland Oregon 97212

Phone: (503) 287-5504

Dr. Billy R. Flowers (above center) and his skilled staff are ready to help those in need.

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Portland Police Chief Resetcontinued from front In 1989, he made a career switch,

becoming a patrol deputy with theMultnomah County Sheriff's Office.He transferred to the Police Bureauin 1994, working his way up to be-come captain of the Drugs and ViceDivision and later Central Precinctcommander. Earlier this year, he wasmade commander of the East Pre-cinct, the largest of the three policeprecincts.

At a press conference last week,he said that under his leadership thebureau would engage the commu-nity and encourage officers to takea more “holistic approach” to theirjobs that involves more than justlocking people up.

“You try to look for creative so-lutions that don’t require law en-forcement,” he said.

However, Dan Handelman ofPortland Copwatch said that Reeseoversaw several practices whilecommander at Central Precinct thatgive him pause.

“The problem is we’ve got thisrickety old bus, and changing driv-ers isn’t going to change that,” hesaid of the new chief.

He points out that while com-mander of Central Precinct Reesefavored the controversial “Sit/Lie”ordinance that made it illegal to sit orlie on sidewalks, and was seen bycritics as criminalizinghomelessness.

Handelman said that after the ordi-nance was ruled unconstitutional,the police began using new tactics totarget people deemed a nuisance bythe business community. Police be-gan conducting undercover stingsto nab people on minor infractionslike littering, in hopes of chargingthem with more serious offences, likepossession of drugs, a practice thattroubles Handelman.

Reese also most likely signed offon a controversial list kept by the

city on frequent offenders who weretargeted for different treatment, saidHandelman.

The new chief, who lives in south-west Portland, also plays in a band,“Usual Suspects”, with MikeKuykendall, the vice-president ofthe Portland Business Alliance,which has been the driving forcebehind the sit/lie ordinance.

“Yeah, I think that’s somethingto be worried about,” saidHandelman, who worries about thecloseness of the two.

During a press conference onMonday, sponsored by the AlbinaMinisterial Alliance, a coalition ofblack churches, Rev. Leroy Haynes,vice president of the alliance, saidthat his group was disappointedthat the mayor did not solicit morepublic input on such an importantdecision.

He did note that the AMA waseager to work with the new chief.

However, others like ValerieChapman, the pastoral administra-tor at St. Francis, is optimistic aboutReese.

Late last fall, several uniformedpolice officers barged into thechurche’s dining hall accompaniedby a television crew from the show“Cops” looking for a suspect. Thedining hall was considered a sanc-tuary for down-and-out populationsoften distrustful of law enforcement,and there was a deep sense of vio-lation at the church, said Chapman.

Reese, then commander at CentralPrecinct, paid a visit to the dining hallin plain clothes with a captain to talkabout the incident weeks later, saidChapman, and immediately apolo-gized for the incident. The discus-sion with diners turned to other is-sues, like where to camp and previ-ous interactions with police.

“I think they felt heard,” saidChapman. “It was a nice ending.”

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Mount Saint Helens 30 Years Later

On Sunday, May 18, 1980 at 8:32 a.m., the bulging north flank of Mount St. Helens slid away in a massive landslide -- the

largest in recorded history. Seconds later, the uncorked volcano exploded and blasted rocks northward across forest ridges

and valleys, destroying everything in its path within minutes.

Eruption alteredthe landscapeand our knowledgeof volcanoes

On Sunday, May 18, 1980 at 8:32 a.m.,the bulging north flank of Mount St. Helensslid away in a massive landslide -- thelargest in recorded history. Seconds later,the uncorked volcano exploded andblasted rocks northward across forestridges and valleys, destroying everythingin its path within minutes.

Nine hours of explosive volcanic activityensued, altering the landscape, and what weknow about volcanoes, forever.

The opening minutes of the eruptionclaimed the lives of 57 people. Prevailingwinds carried 520 million tons of ash eastwardacross the United States, producing dark-ness during daylight hours in Spokane, morethan 250 miles away, and other communitiesis its path.

Water from melting snow and ice mixedwith loose rock debris to form lahars – volca-nic mudflows – that poured down river val-leys ripping trees from their roots and engulf-ing roads, bridges and houses.

Thirty years later, excess sediment is stillmoving down those river drainages mostaffected by erupted debris on May 18, im-pressing upon all that hazards can persistlong after an eruption is over.

“The spectacular nature of the May 18,1980 eruption is one of those unforgettabletime markers for anyone who lived throughthe effects of the eruption or saw the imagesthrough the media,” said Carolyn Driedger,hydrologist and outreach specialists at theCascades Volcano Observatory. “Thirtyyears later, people still want to tell you wherethey were and what they experienced whenMount St. Helens blew. In the Pacific North-west and around the world, people awoke tothe idea of what it meant to live near an activevolcano.”

The eruption of Mount St. Helens -- themost destructive eruption in U.S. history -- was the first large explosive eruption inthe United States since the advent of mod-ern volcanology. It was a catalyst for an eraof unprecedented scientific discovery,monitoring development and community

awareness.The volcano instantly became, and re-

mains, a volcanologist’s ideal laboratory. Its accessibility has allowed scientists toreturn to the volcano over and over againto examine new deposits before they erodedaway, to test new concepts about howvolcanoes work, and to try out new tools.The landslide exposed the inside the moun-

tain affording scientists with an unprec-edented opportunity to inspect a volcano’sinterior, and learn about its history fromthe inside out. Frequent eruptions havehelped scientists draw correlations be-tween monitoring signals and impendingeruptions.

The reawakening of Mount St. Helensafter being dormant for 123 years did more

than increase interest in volcano science andmonitoring, it also pointed out the need forimprovement in how scientists, emergencymanagers and communities, plan for theseevents.

For a volcano whose name generally wasunknown outside the Pacific Northwest be-fore 1980, Mount St. Helens has given us afar-reaching and invaluable legacy.

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All Stars Shine at the Joyce Washington Classic

Michael Holton on left and Michael Harper, two former Trail Blazer

players, present an autographed ball to Ryan Sweeney.

The girls’ black team were defeated in a close game, 76-74.

Allstars from the girls’ gold team, coached by Floyd Hall, win the Joyce Washington Basketball

Classic for the third consecutive year.

The action on the court was intense for both games, fielding high

school champion players and watched by an enthusiastic audience.

From the Peninsula Little League, players Tanysha Ross (left),

Kapri Watterson, Coach Shay Washington and player Janae Davis.

Coach Michael Harper and his boys’ gold team go down in defeat.

Coach Michael Holton (left), Coach Micheal Mangum and the boys’ black team won handily for a

final score of 82-74.

Cecille Moses and Pat Strickland are named Joyce Washington

Classic Coaches of the Year for the second year in a row.

Family and friends join in the entertainment and awards at the Joyce Washinton Classic. From left,

Sam VanBuren, Jeff Ty, Alayah Ty, Jayden Ty, Ariana Jenkins and Aminia Hammack.

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Cirque Dreams IlluminationFred Meyer Broadway Across America presents Cirque Drams Illumination,

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Ron Benjamin

Old School Roots Raggae ShowMidnite, a roots reggae music group

from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, per-forms in Portland, Friday, May 21 at theMt. Tabor Theater, 4811 S.E. HawthorneBlvd.

At the core of the group are brothersVaughn and Ron Benjamin.

Vaughn provides the lead vocals thatevoke the soulful and edgy chants oftraditional reggae. Ron brings masterful

production skills, harmony vocals andarrangements on keyboard and bass.

Midnite weaves the cultural rhythmsof “old school” roots music with lyricsborn of modern day experiences.

Human Rights Film at PSUA coalition of local human rights advo-

cates are sponsoring the screening of themovie “Made in L.A.,” a compelling, humor-ous and deeply human story about immigra-tion, the power of unity and the courage ittakes to find your voice.

The Emmy award-winning feature docu-mentary follows the remarkable story ofthree Latina immigrants working in LosAngeles garment sweatshops as they em-bark on a three-year odyssey to win basiclabor protections from a trendy clothingretailer.

The film will be shown free and is open tothe public on Wednesday, May 27 at 5:30p.m. at the Portland State University SmithMemorial Student Union, Room 228. Foodand refreshments will be provided.

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Chendra, an asian elephant, checks out the Giganotosaurus

dinosuar before it is lifted via crane into the new “Prehistoric

Predators” exhibit at the Oregon Zoo.

Prehistoric PredatorsGiganticdinosaursdescend on zoo

Quite a few employees andguests at the Oregon Zoo foundthemselves doing double-takes asenormous dinosaurs flew throughthe treetops. A heavy-duty cranewas used to place the largest ofthe creatures in their summer ex-hibit, “Prehistoric Predators.”

“Moving these massive ani-mals created some pretty dramaticmoments,” said Jim Gilbert, zooguest services manager. “It wasamazing to see a 43-foot-long, 4-ton Giganotosaurus fly throughthe air.”

The outdoor experience willtake visitors back millions of yearsbeginning Saturday, May 22 andrunning through Labor Day. Zoovisitors will follow a trail throughan ancient rain forest, surroundedby the realistic animatronic crea-tures that roar, snarl and movewith lifelike ferocity.

The dinosaurs represent 17species from the Jurassic and Cre-taceous periods. An intimidatingGiganotosaurus, which was evenlarger than Tyrannosaurus rex, isthe exhibit’s centerpiece. Its 6-foot-long skull held enormousjaws with 8-inch-long serrated

teeth.“Prehistoric Predators will be

an experience with some real teethto it,” quipped Kim Smith, OregonZoo director. “The zoo’s dino-saur exhibit two years ago was ahuge success, so our staff hasworked hard to exceed expecta-tions.”

The path also will featurephoto-opportunity spots and ac-tivity stations where visitors canunearth fossils. And, drawing aconnection to the zoo’s recentlyopened Predators of the Serengetiexhibit, interpretive signs alongthe dino path will compare preda-tors from long ago to those found

in the present.Each of the dinosaurs is built on

a steel frame and covered with intri-cately painted foam-rubber skin.State-of-the-art electronics and airpistons power the dinosaurs’ grasp-ing hands, menacing claws andgnashing teeth. Strategically placedalternative paths lead parents withyounger visitors to activity stations,where they learn what these giantsate, how they cared for their young,what their relationships to otheranimals were like, possible reasonsthey became extinct and more.

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Jazz pianist and composer HankJones, whose 70-year career in-cluded a stint as Ella Fitzgerald'spianist and Marilyn Monroe's ac-companist when she sang "HappyBirthday" to President John F.Kennedy, is being remembered af-ter his death at the age of 91.

Jones, who won a Grammy life-time achievement award last yearand received the National Medal ofArts from President George W. Bushin 2008, died Sunday night at a NewYork hospital after a brief illness.

A tireless musician who per-formed his blend of swing andbebop until the end, Jones camefrom a family of jazz musicians

who included brothers Thad, atrumpeter, composer and arranger,and Elvin, a drummer known forthe polyrhythmic beat that pro-pelled John Coltrane's classicquartet.

Saxophonist Joe Lovano, withwhom Jones made several CDs whenhe was an octogenarian, includingthe Grammy-nominated "Kids: Liveat Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola" (2007),called Jones "one of the mastermusicians in the history of jazz."

"He was the consummate accom-panist and played with a very freeflowing approach ... His sound, histouch, his ideas were all about feel-ing," Lovano said.

Pearson Air Museum’sOpen Cockpit Day — Saturday,May 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. is theonly day a year visitors can settle into thecockpit of some of the Vancouver airfield’s vintageaircraft and see the planes from the pilot’s perspective.Weather permitting, free airplane rides for kids on afirst come, first serve basis. Regular museum admis-sion applies.

Workshops Celebrate Sister-hood — Community residentsare invited to join Portland au-thor and activist S. Renee Mitchelland others during a series ofSaturday workshops that willfocus on women of color, heal-ing and expression. May 22through June 26, from 3 p.m. to4:30 p.m. at the Healing Roots Center, 5432 N. AlbinaAve. RSVP at 503-278-8280 [email protected].

Summer Camps for Kids — Mt. Hood CommunityCollege delivers diverse and inspirational summercamps for kids, including a variety of dance, field trips,outdoor adventure, rock climbing and sports camps.Teamwork and personal growth skills are emphasized.For information, dates and fees, visit mhcc.edu/kidscamp.

Mel Brown Live — Portland jazz giant Mel Brownperforms at Salty’s on the Columbia every Friday andSaturday night. Known as the “Gentleman of Jazz,”Brown has a career spanning over 40 years.

King Farmers Market — The King Farmers Marketis back each Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Oct.31 at Northeast Seventh Avenue and Wygant Street,adjacent to King School Park. Food stamp users can

receive up to $10 inmatching tokens.

Norman Sylvester Band —Boogie Cat Norman Sylvester and his

band perform Friday, May 14 at Domenic’s; Friday,May 21 at the Candlelight; Saturday, May 22 atTillicum; and Saturday, May 29 at Nehalem Bay Win-ery.

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 thanks to the SpiritMountain Community Fund, the Standard, and theBank of America Charitable Foundation.

Live Jazz — Every Friday and Saturday from 8 p.m. to11 p.m., the Third Degrees Lounge at the River PlaceHotel, 1510 S.W. Harbor Way. No cover or minimumpurchase. For more information, visit pdxjazz.com.

Portland Homes — “At Home in Portland: 1909-1914,”explores the variety of architecture during the city’sboom years between 1900 and 1920. The exhibit runsthrough July 11 at the Pittock Mansion, 3229 N.W.Pittock Dr.

Music Millennium Free Shows — The Music Millen-nium, 3158 E. Burnside, hosts in-house live perfor-mances. Enjoy free music and the opportunity to meetartists. Call 503-231-8926 for a schedule.

Samson the T. Rex — A magnificent -foot-long Tyr-annosaurus rex skeleton, one of the most fearsomecarnivores ever to walk the face of the earth is ondisplay at OMSI. The 66-million-year-old fossil knownas Samson is one of the most complete Tyrannosaurusrex specimens in existence.

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Gender, Race and Welfare AddressedAuthor adds newlayer to complex issueBY JAKE THOMAS

In 1996 President Bill Clinton signedinto law a bill that was promised to “endwelfare as we know it.”

The welfare reform bill drastically cutthe amount of assistance given to needyfamilies, and pushed scores of singlemothers into jobs inadequate to supportchildren.

The dominant narrative of why this part ofthe social safety net was ripped asunderholds that organized labor had become in-creasingly anemic, business interests reas-serted themselves, and a resurgent conser-vative political movement had become apowerful presence —all against a blaringbackdrop of claims that public assistanceprograms incentivized laziness and the dis-

solution of the traditional family.But a new book by Oregon State Uni-

versity historian Marisa Chappell adds anew layer to the already complex issue.

“The War of Welfare: Family, Poverty,and Politics in Modern America” (Univer-sity of Pennsylvania Press), argues thatgender and race had as much to do with thereform of welfare as the changing politicalenvironment.

The central thrust of Chappell’s book isthat Great Society liberals of the 1960s werewedded to the idea of a “traditional” male-breadwinner model of the family prevalent inwhite families, and sought to extend it todisadvantaged social segments with wagesupplements and full employment.

However, Chappell writes that theseefforts “ran up against a conservativeinterpretation of welfare, poverty, and ra-cial inequality”, causing them to fall flat.

The ideal of the male-breadwinner fam-

ily became largely unattainable anyway, asthe U.S. lost many high-paying manufac-turing jobs.

The commitment of anti-poverty liberalsto ideal of the male-breadwinner family,argues Chappell, helped create two tiers ofpublic assistance programs. Unemploy-ment Insurance and Social Security wereviewed as legitimate because they wereoften tied to occupations held by malebreadwinners, while programs supportingsingle mothers were left open to attack.

Chappell suggests that solutions like uni-versal childcare, affirmative action, and sup-port for single mothers while they workedtheir way out of poverty were marginalized byanti-poverty liberals fixated on creating male-breadwinner families.

In addition to providing a detailed po-litical history of how the country has viewedwelfare, the book inserts an overlookeddimension into an important topic.

New Look for JuneteenthThis year marks the 145th

Anniversary of Juneteenth,the freedom celebration thathonors the end of slavery inthe United States.

Locally, Juneteenth Or-egon is starting “anew” witha new name, a new committee,a new location and a new spirit,according to Doris Rush, cur-rent president of theJuneteenth Oregon Commit-tee.

The group is sponsoringseveral events leading up toJuneteenth this year and they are:

A Juneteenth kick-offfundraiser show; which will be heldat the Curious Comedy Club, 5225N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., onSunday, May 30. Doors will open at8 p.m. to be followed by live localtalented performances, a fashionshow and appetizers. The cost is$20 in advance and $25 at the door.

A Juneteenth church service,which will be held at Mt. GillardMissionary Baptist Church, 2902N.E. Rodney Ave., on Sunday, June13, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Pastor A.W. Johnson of Morning Star Bap-tist Church will serve as guestspeaker.

The Juneteenth Parade, Festivaland Gospel Concert, will be heldSaturday, June 19. The parade willbegin at Wells Fargo Bank at 5730N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.and Jarrett Street at 11 a.m. andproceed to the festival site at 5125N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.(empty lot at intersection of MLK &

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“They were presented as guncarrying revolutionaries, but theywere way beyond that,” said Crane.

Steve Smith, the owner ofA’kasha, said that he was intro-duced to Crane's work from a mutualfriend who spoke highly of her work.He recalls flipping through her port-folio or more ordinary work, until hecame to a part that Crane warnedwas a bit more controversial.

“The hairs stood up on the backof my neck,” said Smith of his reac-tion to seeing the stark images. Hebegan arranging for an exhibitshortly afterward.

Smith also arranged for DavidHilliard, one of the key members ofthe Black Panther Party in the BayArea, to come to A’kasha to talkabout the movement. Speaking withthe Portland Observer at the gallery,he said that he struggled with tryingto get fair coverage from the press,which focused on the more sensa-tional aspects of the movement, andfound Crane’s work to be much morehonest and fair.

He stressed that the movementwas more than just as interested incommunity development inunderserved areas as confrontingthe police. Hilliard pointed out thatmuch of the Black Panther PartyProgram was simply a demand forwhat much of the world wanted:decent housing, care for elders,education, and healthcare.

“It’s more dangerous to feed kidsbreakfast,” he said of why hethought the movement was sovillified.

He also noted that the pantherscarried guns out of a very real needfor self-defense from racist police.He added that when going on patrolthey would have a gun in one handand a law book in the other. Oftentimes the police were more annoyedwith the use of the law book, saidHilliard.

“We never considered ourselvesmilitant,” exclaimed Hilliard.

Crane's work will be on displayfor the next several weeks atA’kasha, 12602 S.W. FarmingtonRd.

Hilliard and Crane will be speak-ing about the era on Saturday May22, at 3 p.m.

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OPINIONOpinion articles do not necessarily represent the views of thePortland Observer. We welcome reader essays, photos andstory ideas. Submit to [email protected].

We’ve Been Slicked by Big OilPaying the priceof deregulationBY JIM HIGHTOWER

Suddenly, we’rerelearning the pain-ful lesson that whentechnological solu-tions combine withcorporate promises,we often get a toxicmix.

This lesson is literally oozingover us in the form of the Gulfof Mexico’s disastrous oil slick,brought to us by the deep welldrilling schemes of Big Oilprofiteers. This particular well,

belonging to BP, has beendrilled beneath mile-deep wa-ter, and it plunges some fourmiles into the Gulf floor—pre-

senting beaucoup pos-sibilities for technologi-cal glitches.

BP and other oil gi-ants, however, assuredregulatory authoritiesand the general publicthat they were ex-

perts—so not to worry.There’s a one-in-a-millionchance of anything goingwrong, they claimed, promis-ing that if anything did happen,they had the technology in placeto handle it. Perfectly safe,

they said; trust us. Indeed, BPhad installed a steel-framedstack of valves, rams, tanks,and tubes called a blow-out-

preventer (BOP) at the baseof the well to seal it instantly ifthings went badly.

Things did, and it didn’t. The

BOP didn’t work and…well,you know the awful price thatthousands of people and thewhole Gulf ecology are paying

for BP’s ignorance and arro-gance. Now, the corporation’stop honchos have changedtunes entirely, pleading that the

technology is extremely diffi-cult and dicey to deal with, sodon’t expect a quick fix to stopthe catastrophic gusher. “Thisis like doing open-heart sur-gery at 5,000 feet in the dark,”exclaimed BP’s chairman.

Once again, we’re paying theprice of years of deregulatory,laissez-faire ideology pusheddown our throats by corporatelobbyists and whorish politicians.“Get the government off ourbacks,” demanded Big Oil—andnow we’ve got their crude slickall over us.

Jim Hightower is a radiocommentator, writer, andpublic speaker

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Although there has been muchdiscussion concerning police re-form since Chief Mark Kroeker’stime running the Portland PoliceBureau, nothing has been men-tioned regarding the role of thepolice chaplain in this equation. Ibring this up because of recentdisplays of “road rage” by twoprominent police officers.

The duty of the chaplain is todeal with the emotional and psy-chological stress inherent withpolice work- stresses that affectnot only the officers’ personaland family lives, but also the waythe react with the public theyserve.

Oregonian columnist AndyParker reported Feb. 22 that po-lice officers are four times morelikely to be involved in domesticviolence than the general public.He quoted former Police ChiefPenny Harrington as saying,“From my experience it’s still hid-den away.”

Was the Police Commissioneraware of the importance of thepolice chaplain and whether he per-

formed his job effectively? I neverheard his name mentioned. FormerChaplain Ed Stelle, I understand, isnow serving with the MultnomahCounty Sheriff’s Department.

The Albina Ministerial Alliancerecently published its five-pointprogram for police reform. Oneof its goals is a change in statelaw to limit the authority of policeofficers to use deadly force.

In this regard, Rev. ReneeWard of the Vancouver AvenueBaptist Church, has formed the“Committee of Everyday People”to draft “Campbell’s Law” to besubmitted to the 2011 OregonLegislature by Sen. Chip Shields,who represents northeast Port-land.

Former Portland Police Asso-ciation Scott Westerman con-ceded in the Feb. 4 Oregonianthat “Basically, we shot an un-armed black guy running awayfrom us.”

Pastor Ward personally con-ferred with Gov. Ted Kulongoskito obtain his support as a positivefinal act of his eight-year career

as governor. She expects togather 1,000 supporters at theopening legislative session inJanuary to lobby for the measure.

Committee members also sup-ported a new chief of police, anew police commissioner, and anew district attorney who willserve the public, rather than thepolice bureaucracy.

As the Copwatch editor wrotethis month, “(District Attorney)Schrunk’s team clearly leads thejuries around by the nose (and asthe saying goes, could indict aham sandwich if he wanted to).”

Another issue to be resolved isto require all police officers to beresidents of Portland. The Port-land Office of Human Resourcesreported to me on April 29 that ofthe 707 officers currently on thepolice force, 535 of them are notresidents of the city.

The City Council should forcepolice officers to be residents ofthis city or the public should electcouncil members who will.

Charles E. LongNortheast Portland

End HomelessnessTo not have food, shelter or money you are consid-

ered homeless. As a resident of Portland you are ableto see the effect of these three things. You seehomeless people living on the cold concrete with theirblankets and a shopping cart full of their most valuablethings.

Homeless people weren’t born to be homeless.Some of the reasons why people are homeless may bebecause they have no income, no support, no shelter,or addictions, sometimes it is the case that peoplehave injuries that prevent them from doing the kind ofwork they’re trained to do, or perhaps they lose a jobbecause of cutbacks. Working hard doesn’t alwaysguarantee financial security.

We must find the solution that can prevent andsolve homelessness. The government has a huge roleto play. Neighborhood communities cannot raiseenough money to build homes for homeless, but withgovernment help things should move faster and fur-ther along.

If we as people in the community come together tosupport this issue, our voices will be heard, and thegovernment would help out more to end homelessnessin the community.

Dacia BrownPortland

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OPINION

A Thurgood Marshall Protégé?Evaluating aSupreme CourtnomineeBY JUDGE GREG MATHIS

Solicitor General of theUnited States ElenaKagan has been, thanksto her recent nomination to theU.S. Supreme Court, thrust intothe spotlight.

The media wants to learn moreabout her while Congress is un-earthing her background to seeif she’s fit to serve on the nation’shighest court. While Kagan waits- and politics - to see if she’llsecure the spot, many are leftwondering if her time serving asa clerk to former Supreme CourtJustice and civil rights iconThurgood Marshall has in any

way shaped her legal and worldviews.

To conservatives, any influ-ence Marshall may have had

would be a bad thing.Champions of justice,however, hope Kaganhas retained some ofMarshall’s perspectives.

Critics are quick topoint out that Kagan, who clerkedfor the justice in 1988, is noThurgood Marshall. No one ex-pects her to be.

Marshall, the first AfricanAmerican Supreme Court Jus-tice and former Chief Counselof the NAACP, won an impres-sive 29 Supreme Court victoriesas a litigator, including Brownvs. Board of Education, the land-mark case that found separate

and unequal schools unconstitu-tional.

Justice Marshall’s political andlegal views were far from secretwhile Kagan’s are, admittedly,not so widely known. More thanlikely, this is intentional.

By all accounts, Kagan hadher mind set on the SupremeCourt from an early age; makingsure her political leanings didn’ttake center stage - and derailappoints like the one she’s fac-ing - may have been part of herstrategy.

While we know very little aboutKagan beyond her widely re-ported stance on the military’s“don’t ask, don’t tell” policy -she’s against it - we do knowthat, for a time, she researchedand drafted legal briefs for

Marshall, one of the most bril-liant and just legal minds in thethis nation’s history.

Whether or not critics be-lieve it, or Kagan publicly admitsit, her role as his clerk providedher with a deep insight into howhe interpreted the law and theConstitution.

In no way is Kagan the sec-ond coming of ThurgoodMarshall. But, if she absorbedand retained any of Marshall’sviewpoints, then she learned howto interpret the law in a mannerthat fair and just. And that isexactly the quality we want in aSupreme Court Justice.

Greg Mathis is a retiredMichigan District Court judgeand syndicated televisionjudge.

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RELIGIONAinsworth in the CityAuction andStreet Fair

A two-day celebration, hostedby Ainsworth United Church ofChrist and the Leadership & Entre-preneurship Public Charter HighSchool, will be held this weekendcelebrating our community.

On Friday, May 21 from 6:30

p.m. to 10 p.m., there will be abenefit dinner and dance featur-ing Jazz great Dan Gaynor andFriends at the Emanuel MedicalOffice Building Atrium, 501 N. Gra-ham. Attendees will enjoy a funand festive evening and have theopportunity to bid on a variety ofinteresting and inviting auctionitems to benefit programs at thechurch and school. For more in-

formation and tickets, call 503-284-8767

On Saturday, May 22, from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m., the church, located at 2941N.E. Ainsworth, will roll out thewelcome mat and host a family funday for the entire community.

The day will include a barbeque,fun activities for children and adultsalike, jewelry, plants, and a rum-mage and book sale.

Prayer, Praise and Worship

Pastor and Long Time Community Leader RememberedRev. RozellGilmore

A funeral will celebrate the life ofRev. Rozell Gilmore, who passedaway on May 10, 2010, on Thurs-day, May 20 at 10:30 a.m. at CentralLutheran Church, with internmentfollowing the service at WillametteNational Cemetery at 2 pm. A sec-ond memorial service will be held atVancouver Ave First Baptist Churchon Monday, May 24 at 6 p.m. Addi-tional information is online [email protected].

Rozell Pearsey Gilmore was born

in Baxley, Ga., on Feb. 15, 1931, tothe late William (Wilma) Pearseyand Doshie Williams Gilmore. Hegrew up in a loving, supportive fam-ily. His family relocated to DaytonaBeach, Fla. in September 1947, wherehe graduated from Campbell StreetHigh School, class of 1950. In June,1951, after being drafted by the USArmy, he accepted an invitation tojoin the U.S. Air Force. While serv-ing in the US Air Force, Rev. Gilmoremet and married Beatrice Leola Can-non on May 31, 1952 in Portland.They are the parents of four chil-dren: LaVeta, Mary, Anthony andReuben. He was honorably dis-

charged in May 1955.Rev. Gilmore was a serious entre-

preneur. In 1956, he purchased theCitizen’s Fountain and Lunch Res-taurant, located on North WilliamsAvenue and Russell Street (UrbanLeague Building) and in 1975 hebuilt Rozell’s, a fast food restauranton Northeast Martin Luther King Jr.Blvd. and Ainsworth (nowPopeyes). While managingCitizen’s, Rev. Gilmore took advan-tage of the GI Bill to attend CascadeCollege (now Portland CommunityCollege’s Cascade Campus). Aftergraduating from Cascade College in1963, he sold the Citizen’s Restau-rant and began working as a juve-nile group worker for MultnomahCounty and then as a vocationalcounselor for the Job Corp.

He considered the War on Pov-erty program to be the most posi-tive, historic experience of his life-time for disadvantaged black andwhite populations. In 1966, Rev.Gilmore established the office ofJobs Counseling and Placement thatenabled African Americans to ob-tain decent and good salaried jobs.After a year of leadership in thatoffice, the Albina Citizen’s War onPoverty Board appointed him ex-ecutive director of the Albina Neigh-borhood Service Center. While serv-ing in this position, Rev. Gilmorefacilitated the publishing of a com-

munity newspaper: The OregonAdvance Times, which had a widecirculation throughout the state ofOregon and a Friday evening newsreport on Oregon Public Broadcast-ing Radio.

Serving in pastoral positionsbecame his primary occupation from1968 to his retirement in 1998. He

became the pastor of Berean BaptistChurch in 1968. In 1972, he served asan intern chaplain at Emanuel Hos-pital and in 1973 accepted the posi-tion of Director of Minority Stu-dents Affairs, at Concordia Univer-sity in northeast Portland. He lateraccepted a scholarship to attendConcordia Theological Seminary inFt. Wayne, Ind. and completed hisstudies in 1982. That same year, hewas ordained and certified as aLutheran Pastor.

He pastored churches in Miami,

Chicago, Seattle and Portland. In1995, Concordia University con-ferred a Doctor of Laws degree onhim in recognition of outstandingcontributions made to the collegeand community.

The apex of Rev. Gilmore’s min-istry was the establishment ofLutheran Inner-City Ministries(LI-CM) in Portland’s Albina com-munity where he was able to useall the knowledge he had gainedthroughout his professional ca-reer in the community and church.A multi-purpose building onSkidmore and MLK was con-structed and used as a place forworship and a variety of commu-nity activities including a childcare center (now Head Start),weekly police-community meet-ings, a Civil air Patrol unit, a foodand clothing distribution centerand many other activities. LI-CMprograms helped many low incomechildren and their families.

After retiring in 1998, Rev. Gilmoreenjoyed attending family reunionsand writing the history of the JackSummerall family, his large extendedfamily dating back to 1843.

Rev. Gilmore will be lovingly re-membered by many ,including hiswife of 52 years; his 4 children; 3 step-grandchildren, Ryan, Ian, Skyler; 2God-grandchildren, Oquendo andMaria; great-grandchildren, Xavier;sisters, Marian Gilmore, CoreenHoward, Wilma Jean, CarleanCopeland, Verdine Dilligard, DenicePearsey; a brother, James Danielsand a host of nieces, nephews, cous-ins and friends.

He was preceded in death by hissisters, Dannie, Burgess, VeraBallard, Mattie Baker, Ann T.Gilmore and his brothers, Lynn andTroy Gilmore.

Arrangements by Terry FamilyFuneral Home. Visit Rev. Gilmore’swebpage to leave personal mes-sages of condolence atterryfamilyfuneralhome.com.

The Women of Community atA. M. E. Zion Church, 3605 E. 13th

St. in Vancouver, invite womenfrom the surrounding areas to at-tend a two-day Women’s Daycelebration with faith-filled time oftogetherness, enlightenment,prayer, praise and worship.

On Saturday, May 22, aWomen’s Day Brunch will takeplace from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. atthe Water Resource EducationCenter, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way in

Vancouver.Tickets are $15. Call 360-696-

8478 for directions.On Sunday, May 23, A. M. E.

Zion hosts an 11 a.m. worship ser-vice featuring guest speaker ElderBeverly Eubanks, pastor of GraceCovenant Fellowship Church inPortland; and a 4 p.m. celebrationservice featuring keynote speaker,Rev. Dr. Charlotte Beeler-Petty,pastor of Risen Faith FellowshipChurch in Olympia, Wash.

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Portland Observer Auto Review2010 DodgeCaliber SXTBY KATHLEEN CARR

The 2010 Dodge Caliber standsout in the crowd. It bold distinctivelook well catch your eyes. It today’smarket it hard to find a vehicle thatdoes not look like another manufac-turers.

There are four four-cylinder en-gine choices for the Dodge Caliber.The bottom of the four is a 148-horsepower 1.8-liter inline-4, whichcomes standard on the base Caliberand the SXT. If you're looking formore power, it's possible to upgradeto a 158-hp 2.0-liter four, which isequipped exclusively with a CVT.The 148-hp 1.8-liter comes with afive-speed manual gearbox only. R/T and SRT4 offer to more engineswith even more power the first two.

The Caliber was great every daydriving. It engine is match perfectlywith the CVT. It handle nicely butcould use a little more fine tuning onthe suspension. It is more refinedthen previous models and could getup to speed quickly for entrance onthe freeway.

The Caliber comes only as a com-pact hatchback/wagon with rearseats that fold in a 60/40 split, in-creasing cargo space to a maximumof 48 cubic feet. The front passen-ger seat can fold forward to make

room for longer items. The Caliberhas decent headroom and legroomin the front and back. . The cupholders are illuminated by LED light-ing, which Dodge is proud of the"bright accents" throughout theinterior, including chromed sur-rounds for the heating, ventilating,and air-conditioning vents, the shiftbezel, and the instrument clusterrings.

The 2010 Dodge Caliber givesyou alot bang for your dollar. Theyhave upgraded the interior of thevehicle. It offers alot of baseamenties that has the feel of up-graded vehicle. The Cabiler is greatfor your daily drving due to its func-tionally. It is roomy and inexpen-sive. It will appeal to small families orthose who like a smaller commutervehicle to get around.

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He also expressed concern aboutthe police shooting of Keaton Otis,25, who was shot by police last weekduring a traffic stop. His familystated recently that Otis sufferedfrom a mood disorder. According topolice accounts, Otis pulled a gunon police after becoming confronta-tional with officers, which lead tohis death.

“We have a growing problem inthe Portland Police Bureau thatwon’t go away,” said Haynes, refer-ring to mentally-fragile individualsdying at the hands of the police.

Such incidents, said Haynes,contribute to “tension and mistrust”between the police and the public.

“We still at the end of the dayhave an African American male witha mental health disorder dead,” hesaid to reporters.

Haynes said that the AMA wasconsidering doing its own indepen-dent investigation into what hap-pened, questioning if Otis indeedhad a gun.

“It is alleged that he shot at thepolice officer,” said Haynes, ar-guing that the police account wasnot yet accepted as fact by every-one.

The AMA is also unsettled thatAdams appointed East PrecinctCommander Mike Reese to chiefwithout community input.

Haynes stated that the AMAwas eager to work with Reese as apartner, but was surprised that inPortland, which is known for havingexhaustive processes to solicit com-munity input on almost everything,was not used for such an importantdecision.

“We feel that process was cir-cumvented,” he said.

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pride students took in their school.“I know that when you are in

Jefferson, you find a spirit you don’tfind anywhere else,” she said.

Joyce Harris, of the AfricanAmerican Alliance, said thatJefferson has excelled “in spite ofthe inequities” it faces.

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FOOD

Apple Sandwiches withGranola and Peanut ButterIngredients• 2 small apples, cored and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch thickrounds• 1 teaspoon lemon juice (optional)• 3 tablespoons peanut or almond butter• 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips• 3 tablespoons granola

Method1. If you won’t be eating these tasty treats right away, start bybrushing the apples slices with lemon juice to keep them fromturning brown.2. Spread one side of half of the apple slices with peanut oralmond butter then sprinkle with chocolate chips and granola.Top with remaining apple slices, pressing down gently to makethe sandwiches. Transfer to napkins or plates and serve.Nutrition: per serving (about 7oz/192g-wt.); 300 calories (150from fat); 16g total fat; 4.5g saturated fat; 0mg cholesterol; 115mgsodium; 36g total carbohydrate (6g dietary fiber, 25g sugar); 8gprotein

Espresso BrowniesIngredients• 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels• 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder• 1 teaspoon baking powder• 1 teaspoon salt• 2 tablespoons instant espresso• 1 1/4 cups sugar• 3 eggs• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract• 1 cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts (optional)

Method1. Preheat oven to 350°F.2. Melt chocolates and butter over a double boiler, stir untilsmooth and remove from heat. In a large bowl, sift together flour,cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and espresso. Set aside. In amixing bowl, beat sugar, egg and vanilla on medium high untillight colored about 2 minutes. Beat in chocolate until wellcombined. Add flour mixture slowly until well blended. Stir inhazelnuts.3. Pour mixture into a 11 x 7-inch non stick baking pan and bakefor 35—40 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inched from theside comes clean. Cool completely. Cut into 12 rectangles.Nutrition: per serving (1 brownie/106g-wt.); 450 calories (220from fat); 25g total fat; 12g saturated fat; 75mg cholesterol; 260mgsodium; 58g total carbohydrate (4g dietary fiber, 39g sugar); 7gprotein


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