Volume XXXX, Number 3
‘City of Roses’
Committed to Cultural Diversity
Established in 1970
Wednesday • January 20, 2010
www.portlandobserver.com
Arts & Entertainment, page 12
‘Fertile Ground’ showcases new works
Haiti’s
A young woman listens to Michael Edge, a German doctor from International Search and Rescue after having her leg
amputated at a makeshift hospital of the Belgian First Aid and Support Team in a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Aftershock
Catastrophe of
epic proportions(AP) -- The world still can't get
enough food and water to the hun-
gry and thirsty one week after an
earthquake shattered Haiti's capi-
tal. The airport remains a bottle-
neck, the port is a shambles. The
Haitian government is invisible,
nobody has taken firm charge, and
the police have largely given up.
Even as U.S. troops landed in
Seahawk helicopters Tuesday on
the manicured lawn of the National
Palace, the colossal efforts to help
Haiti are proving inadequate be-
cause of the scale of the disaster
Ready, Set, Create
Disaster Hits HomeLocal connections
to Haiti See Story, page 3
Faith Collides with Oregon LawBan on teachers wearing religious dress reconsideredBY JAKE THOMAS
THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
Laleh Zahedi loves working with
children, has a bachelor’s degree in
child psychology, and has five years
of teaching experience.
She’d like to get a teaching cer-
tificate and work in Oregon’s public
school system, but she won’t be-
cause doing so would force her to
choose between adhering to her
Islamic religious beliefs or comply-
ing with an obscure state law.
Oregon is one of three states that
ban teachers from wearing any reli-
gious dress while performing their
instructional duties. Teachers who
violate the law could face suspen-
sion or lose their jobs. But lawmak-
ers are hoping to repeal the law in a
special legislative session sched-
uled next month. However, others
are hoping the Legislature will put
the brakes on such a move, claiming
that it could open up a Pandora’s
Box of other legal issues.
The law was passed in the 1923,
during a darker time in Oregon poli-
tics. At the time, the Ku Klux Klan
had a strong presence in the state,
whose sympathizers included Or-
egon Speaker of the House Kaspar
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I N S I D E
OPINION
page 8-9
LOCAL NEWS
LOCAL NEWS page 3-5
FOOD page 20
HEALTH page 6-7
GENERAL NEWS page 17-18
CLASSIFIEDS page 15
page 10-13
Week inThe Review
Disaster Hits Home
PHOTO BY JAKE THOMAS/THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
Haiti native Ben Ferere, co-owner of the Begal Land shop on
Northeast Fremont Street, mourns the loss of extended family
members killed is Haiti’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake. He still
awaits word from other family members in Haiti.
Local residents have loved ones in Haiti
BY JAKE THOMAS
THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
Ben Ferere hits the green button
on his wireless phone after conclud-
ing a conversation with a relative in
Port-au-Prince, the epicenter of de-
struction from last week’s 7.0 magni-
tude earthquake in Haiti.
Ferere stands cross-armed and
tense with the phone firmly in his grip
while the day’s business at Bagel
Land, a northeast Portland shop he
owns with his wife Jackie Ferere,
winds down.
The last few days have been tense
for the couple. Since the disaster,
Ferere has steadily gotten updates
from friends and relatives in Haiti, the
place where Ben was raised and met
Portland native Jackie while she was
a Peace Corp volunteer in the late
1980s.
“We’ve not had good news to-
day,” says Ben Ferere, in his thick
Hatian accent, which has a tinge of
Belgian from his days serving in the
country’s military.
He found out that his 6-year-old
nephew died in the earthquake. His
cousin, Sabrina, was presumed to be
buried under a pile of rubble, until
rescuers heard her calls and spent the
entire night digging through it before
pulling her to safety.
For years, the Ferere’s have kept a
colorful map of Haiti in the shop they’ve
owned since 1990. Nowadays, a dona-
tion jar for the Caribbean and Haitian
American Organization of Texas, a
non-profit founded by his brother,
can be found next to the map, just an
arm’s reach away from the coffee and
sugar for customers’ coffee.
A steady stream of customers, wet
from the rain outside, trickle into pur-
chase bagels, cups of coffee, and
stuff dollars into the jar. Several know
the couple, and warmly shake hands
while expressing regards.
“The community is definitely re-
sponding,” says Jackie Ferere, who
has counted $915 in donations in just
two days.
But despite the outpouring of sup-
port, the outlook for Haiti is bleak,
says Ben Ferere.
The country, which became the
first republic ruled by people of Afri-
can ancestry when it gained inde-
pendence from France in 1803, is one
of the poorest places in the hemi-
sphere and struggles with chronic
food insecurity.
Ben Ferere said that the country
was just beginning to recover so-
cially and economically from the strife
that marked the presidency of Jean-
Betrand Aristide, who was over-
thrown in 2004, and the brutal hurri-
canes that shook Haiti in 2008.
Now he has no idea how a coun-
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25th MLK CelebrationThe 25th anniversary of the Martin
Luther King Jr. World Arts Founda-
tion of Portland celebration Monday
recognized 25 Oregonians for their
community activism. The MLK holi-
day event at the Highland Christian
Center also featured children's choirs,
gospel music, interpretive dance,
blues, and jazz.
Jones on National TeamJefferson High School’s Terrence
Jones has been selected to the USA
Junior National Select Team and will
take part in the annual Nike Hoop
Summit on April 10 at the Rose Gar-
den, USA Basketball announced
Monday.
SWAT TrainingBlastedA Southwest
Washington Re-
gional swat team training for a “school
shooting” stirred controversy Mon-
day at the Vancouver campus of
Washington State University. Some
students and professors said con-
ducting the exercise on the Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday undercut
King’s message of peace and social
change.
Man Dies in CisternA southwest Portland man was
found dead after ap-
parently falling into a
35-foot sink hole in
his back yard Sun-
day. It wasn’t until
emergency workers
began to pump water from
the hole, believed to be an
old cistern, that they dis-
covered the body of
Michael Zerwas, 57.
Hotel Fall Kills ManA 20-year-old Yakima man
died from injuries he sus-
tained after falling out of a
fourth-floor window early
Tuesday at the Inn at the
Convention Center hotel at 420 N.E.
Holladay. Portland Police re-
sponded to the call around 3 a.m.
Education Funding WantedPresident Barack Obama an-
nounced Tues-
day he'l l ask
Congress for
$1.35 billion to
extend an edu-
cation grant pro-
gram for states,
saying that get-
ting schools
right "will shape
our future as a
nation."
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Disaster Hits Home
try that has been so ravaged will
ever rebound.
“I can’t see a future at the center
of the chaos,” he said.
Basic services, like groceries,
are only available in the densely-
populated Port-au-Prince, the
nation’s capital, according to Ben
Ferere. From the reports he’s heard
from phone calls from friends and
relatives and his uncle’s Facebook
page, all the roads to the city have
been decimated, with few ways in
or out.
He fears that with so many desper-
ate people clamoring for such scarce
resources violence will surely break
out. Of particular concern is his wheel-
chair bound mother and uncle, who
survived the earthquake and are safe
in Port-au-Prince.
“We don’t have days, we have
hours for something to happen,” he
said.
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Earthquake Claims GradThe University of Portland is mourning the death of
Molly Hightower, a 2009 graduate of the north Portland
school who did not survive the devastating earthquake in
Haiti.
The family of the 22-year-old victim from Port Orchard,
Wash. was told that searchers found her body in the
wreckage of the building where she lived. She had gone to
Haiti in June to work with disabled children for “Friends of
the Orphans.”
“Our hearts reach out to Molly’s parents and her family
and friends,” said University President Rev. E. William
Beauchamp.
A Mass to celebrate Molly’s life was held Saturday on
the University of Portland campus. She majored in psy-
chology, sociology, and French Studies, and studied in Paris
in the summer of 2007. She was “a very gifted student of
French and a wonderful person in every sense,” according
to mentor and professor of French Trudie Booth.
Food, Cash Needs Stay HighThe Oregon Department of Hu-
man Services expects demand for
food and cash assistance will stay
at record levels through 2010 and
will not peak until January 2011.
The need for food stamps,
called the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, is predicted
to surpass 750,000 Oregonians,
more than 19 percent of the popu-
lation. Demand for the Oregon
Health Plan, long-term care for
seniors, and other services are
also predicted to increase.
The human services needs are
being driven largely by the
economy. With Oregon's unem-
ployment rate at double digits for
11 months in a row, an increasing
number of families are finding
themselves in the ranks of the
long-term unemployed.
"When people lose their jobs,
they often lose not only their in-
come, but also their own health
insurance and their ability to help
support their aging or vulnerable
relatives," says Dr. Bruce
Goldberg, director of the Oregon
Department of Human Services
and the Oregon Health Authority.
There are currently 675,838 Or-
egonians counting on food
stamps, an increase of 30 percent
over last year and it is predicted to
continue growing to a peak of
756,000 people in June 2011 be-
fore demand begins to decline.
Demand for the Oregon Health
Plan, long-term care, and cash
assistance will also continue to
increase.
One of the lucky survivors rescued
from a downed building during the
Haiti earthquake
LOCAL NEWS
January 20, 2010 Page 5
Proposal runs into strong opposition
PHOTO BY JAKE THOMAS/THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
Colin O'Neill is one of several residents of the Beaumont-Wilshire
neighborhood who feel like Clear, an Internet service provider
with big plans for Portland, is railroading an antenna and equip-
ment cabinet into their neighborhood.
Wireless Antenna Draws Heat
BY JAKE THOMAS
THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
Residents are fuming over an at-
tempt by Clear, a mobile Internet
company, to install one of its
WiMax Network antennas on a util-
ity pole next to the Wilshire Market
on Northeast 37th Avenue and Fre-
mont Street.
At a meeting last week at Beau-
mont School, about 80 people spent
two hours expressing concerns,
often heatedly, about the proposed
installation and the possible health
impacts of wireless technology, as
well as the noise it could generate
and its potential to be an eyesore.
Present at the meeting was Kevin
Martin, a land use and planning
consultant for Clear, to field ques-
tions from residents.
He explained that Clear had cov-
ered most of Portland, but still
needed antennas in a few “leftover”
neighborhoods to complete its
coverage map.
“We feel like leftovers,” muttered
one resident.
Clear, which offers Internet ser-
vice in 25 markets nationwide, ini-
tially looked into putting an an-
tenna at Beaumont School. How-
ever, Portland Public Schools,
which has antennas in six schools,
denied its request last year after
strong community push back.
Martin said that this pole was the
last resort the company had.
“Clear has not told me to back
down on this,” Martin bluntly told
residents. “They intend to move
forward.”
Also present at the meeting was
David Soloos, the deputy director
of the city’s Office of Cable Com-
munications and Franchise Man-
agement, whose message to resi-
dents was: The city’s hands are tied
on this one.
He explained that federal and
state law gives wireless companies
the right to attach to utility poles,
provided they pay $5,000 a year to
the city, plus fees to the utility pro-
vider.
However, Soloos explained that
Portland City Council voted in May
of last year in favor of a resolution
asking the Federal Communications
Commission to look into potential
health effects of wireless technol-
ogy.
“The city has done its part,” he
added, telling people to contact
their congressional representatives
if they wanted further action- an
answer residents weren’t satisfied
with.
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HEALTHH E A L T H W A T C HFighting Childhood Obesity
Mt. Hood Kicks Out Tobacco
Grant promotes
healthy eating,
active livingPortland is one of 41 sites se-
lected for a national program to
fight childhood obesity
Oregon’s Public Health Insti-
tute has been awarded a $360,000
grant from the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation to improve
healthy eating and active living
for children and families living in
affordable housing settings in
Portland and throughout
Multnomah County.
Local data demonstrate that
Portland communities with con-
centrations of multi-family afford-
able housing have inadequate
infrastructure and fewer opportu-
nities for healthy eating and ac-
tive living.
“This grant will help create
healthy, complete communities for
all Portland residents, not just for
those who can afford to live in
Portland’s most desirable neigh-
borhoods,” said Noelle Dobson,
project director at Community
Health Partnership. “We need to
ensure that as Portland grows and
develops over the next decades
that lower income residents and
communities of color also benefit
from Portland’s tradition of build-
ing livable communities.”
To ensure a safe and healthy educational
environment, all Mt. Hood Community Col-
lege locations became tobacco free with the
New Year.
MHCC joins Portland Community College
and Clark College in Vancouver as local college
campuses which have kicked the cigarette habit.
For information on quitting smoking, call the
Oregon Tobacco Quit Line, 800-QUIT-NOW
(784-8669).
Stroke Alert Screening -- Check your carotid arteries with a painless
ultrasound to assess your risk. Fee $40. To schedule a screening, call 503-
251-6137.
Empowerment through Relaxation -- Free informal meditation classes that
address breathing techniques, some gentle ancient African yoga poses
and mental balancing techniques-- People have left these classes joyful
and with a peaceful view of their lives. We have these sessions bi-
monthly-- Call Dr. Marcelitte Failla at 503-228-6140.
Heart Talk Support Group -- Meets on the second Monday of each
month; from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. For more information, call 503-251-6260.
Family Caregiver Support Group -- This topic-oriented group offers a
safe place to discuss the stresses, challenges and rewards of providing
care to an older relative or friend. Meets the first Thursday of each month
at 3 p.m. at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital.
Chronic Pain Support Group -- Meets the first Wednesday at 4 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. and the third Wednesday of each month, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
For more information, call 503-256-4000.
Bereavement Support Groups -- Free, safe confidential group meetings
for those who have experienced the death of a loved one offered on various
nights and locations. For information and registration, call 503-215-4622.
Cancer Resource Center -- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center and
the American Red Cross have joined
forces to create the first in-hospital
resource center providing books,
printed material, computer access
and more for individuals and fami-
lies dealing with cancer. The center
is open Monday through Thurs-
day, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lead Poisoning Prevention -- Learn
how to protect your family from lead
poisoning. Ideal for folks in live in
older homes with children or preg-
nant women. Qualified participants
receive a free kit of safety and test-
ing supplies. Call 503-284-6827.
Parenting Classes -- Newborns
don’t come with instruction manu-
als but parents and parents-to-be
can learn about a variety of topics
from pain and childbirth to
breastfeeding to infant CPR and
much more. For a schedule of events,
call 503-574-6595 or visit:
providence.org/classes.
Cardiac-Rehab Exercises -- A medi-
cally supervised exercise program for
people dealing with heart conditions.
For information, call 503-251-6260.
Red Cross Continuing Education -
- The Oregon Trail Chapter Red
Cross now offers credits to helps
professionals maintain licensing or
certification. For a cumulative list,
visit pdxinfo.net.
Tenderfoot Care -- Treat your feet
with a soak, nail trim, buffing and
massage from a licensed nurse at one
of six clinics or at your home. Call 503-
251-6303 for more information.
Free Body Basics -- This physician
recommended class is appropriate
for all ages and health conditions.
Plan to attend this one-session class
and learn the simple guidelines for
safe exercises, including stretching.
Call 503-256-4000 to register.
January 20, 2010 Page 7
HEALTH
Searching for a Bone Marrow DonorJoin the ‘Be the
Match Registry’Hello, my name is Jennifer Jones
Austin. I am a 41 year old mother of
two young children. On Sept. 23, I
was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid
Leukemia.
Just days before I was walking
around feeling fine, taking care of
my family, going to the gym daily,
and working professionally as an
advocate for children and families
living in poverty. I had no medical
history of health problems. Things
were good.
Today I live with the very real
possibility that I may not see my
children grow up. My doctors have
informed me that my chances of
surviving Acute Myeloid Leukemia
are small unless I undergo a bone
marrow transplant that would cure
me of this cancer. And now my
family, friends, colleagues and I are
feverishly searching for a bone
marrow donor who will help me have
a transplant and significantly de-
crease the odds of the cancer re-
turning. As we search, we also are
hoping to help others like me who
need transplants too.
Due to dna, there is a greater
likelihood that a fellow African
American would be the most com-
patible donor for me. Unfortunately,
however, African Americans are
grossly underrepresented in the
national and international bone
marrow donor registries.
For this reason, we are holding
national drives across the country
and online to both raise awareness
about the need for African Ameri-
cans to volunteer to help save
another's life by being bone marrow
registrants, and to actually increase
the representation of African Ameri-
cans in the registries.
There are thousands of African
Americans who suffer with Leuke-
mia who can be helped by fellow
African Americans. If we come to-
gether as a community and support
our fellow African Americans --
some we know and some we don’t
know -- by just stepping forward,
joining the "Be The Match Regis-
try", and being tested to determine
whether we can help another by
donating marrow through a medical
procedure similar to a blood dona-
tion, together we can save hun-
dreds of lives.
Together we can hold each
other up.
What I am asking my African
American brothers and sisters to do
is to engage and be a part of this
very important effort -- not just for
me, but for other African Ameri-
cans. One never knows what his or
her destiny will be or what will hap-
pen in his or her life. Today it’s me,
this African American woman, but
tomorrow it could be some other
African American’s brother, sister,
daughter, son, mother or the person
him or herself whose in need of a
bone marrow transplant.
What we do today can affect the
lives of so many people today, to-
morrow and in the years to come. If
we just get involved and register,
get tested and make ourselves avail-
able to someone else in great need
of a bone marrow transplant, we as
African Americans can save the lives
of many other African Americans.
Here are four important facts I
want you to know:
1. The only thing required to de-
termine if you are a match for me or
others is the simple swabbing of
your cheek.
2. Due to advances in medicine,
donating bone marrow is as simple
as giving blood. The majority of the
time there is no need for a surgical
procedure to extract bone marrow.
3. Potential donors can either at-
tend a drive or click the link below to
go online and have a kit sent to
them, swab their own cheek and
send it in for processing. (Every-
thing is completely free.)
4. Finally and most importantly –
Prayer Changes Things! Please keep
my family and I as well as others in
your prayers. Thanks in advance for
your prayers, support and efforts to
save my life as well as others.
Jennifer Jones Austin works for
the United Way in New York City.
Jennifer Jones Austin
Today it’s me… but tomorrow it
could be some other African
American’s brother, sister, daughter,
son, mother or the person him or
herself whose in need of a bone
marrow transplant.
No Shortage
of Flu ShotsFree vaccines
also availableOregon Public Health officials re-
mind everyone that the H1N1 vac-
cine is widely available and recom-
mended to prevent this potentially
serious infection. Vaccination against
seasonal flu is also a good idea.
"Vaccination is the best way to
prevent another wave of flu in Or-
egon," says Dr. Mel Kohn, Oregon
Public Health director. "Flu activity
will continue into the winter and
spring. It's time for everyone who
hasn't been vaccinated to do so
now, and we have programs in place
to make sure everyone can get a flu
shot."
For many people, getting a flu
shot means a quick stop at a phar-
macy or visit to a clinic. But for
some, vaccination is hindered by
obstacles such as no health insur-
ance, being confined at home, living
on a limited budget or speaking a
language other than English.
Two statewide coalitions are
committed to ensuring all people in
Oregon get the vaccinations they
need. The Oregon Adult Immuniza-
tion Coalition and the Oregon Part-
nership to Immunize Children gather
donated vaccine and clinical sup-
plies for people who otherwise
would not likely get a vaccination.
People who need to be vaccinated
against seasonal and H1N1 flu, but
can't afford it, can call the Oregon
Public Health Flu hotline at 800-978-
3040 for a location or use the flu
locator at www.flu.oregon.gov.
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Continuing Dr. King’s Noble Work
Dr. King asked us all to
give of our time and our
voice to change the
injustice around us.
Faith is taking the first
step, even when you don’t
see the whole staircase. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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A shining example to follow began to question the essence of
our prevailing economic
system.
"We must ask the ques-
tion why there are 40 mil-
l ion poor people in
America; and when you
begin to ask that ques-
tion, you are raising ques-
tions about the economic
system, about a broader distribu-
tion of wealth. When you ask that
question, you begin to question
the capitalistic economy."
Today the 40 million of poor Dr.
King spoke of has barely decreased
with 39.2 million Americans living
in poverty. The greed and ex-
cesses of our system has led to
one of the worst recessions in
BY BENJAMIN TODD JEALOUS
Dr. Martin Luther King was a
moral giant and cherished hero of
the world.
He was a tireless champion of
the poor and oppressed against
the powerful. He understood the
inescapable mutability of our fates
and entreated the nation to em-
brace peace, justice and equality.
He called on us to love humanity
and one another and to fight for a
just society. He was a man of
vision and prescience. Sadly,
many of his speeches are just as
relevant today as they were over
40 years ago.
Dr. King courageously raised
his voice against war. He spoke of
the destructive impact of the Viet-
nam war draining resources from
the fight against poverty and ex-
horted people to see the war as
"an enemy of the poor and to
attack it as such."
He spoke on behalf of the Viet-
namese people that we were fight-
ing, "They must weep as the bull-
dozers roar through their areas
preparing to destroy the precious
trees. They wander into
the hospitals with at
least twenty casualties
from American firepower
for one Vietcong-in-
flicted injury. So far we
may have killed a million
of them, mostly children.
They see the children selling their
sisters to our soldiers, soliciting
for their mothers. It is clear to
them that we are on the side of the
wealthy, and the secure, while we
create a hell for the poor."
Today, we are at war in two
nations.
Much of Dr. King's work was to
end the scourge of poverty and he
history.
Dr. King championed labor
describing the labor movement as
the "principal force that trans-
formed misery and despair into
hope and progress. When in the
30s the wave of union organiza-
tion crested over our nation, it
carried to secure shores not only
itself but the whole society," he
said.
Today, the laws on union orga-
nizing have been weakened and
the percentage of unionized work-
ers has fallen from 36 percent in
1945 to 12.4 percent of American
workers, only 7.6 percent in the
private sector.
And Dr. King asked us all to
give of our time and our voice to
change the injustice around us.
"Our lives begin to end the day we
become silent about things that
matter," he said.
Dr. King would be deeply sat-
isfied at the progress we have
made. The historic election of our
nation's first African American
president, the rise of many promi-
nent Black Americans to the pin-
nacle of politics and business.
But Dr. King was a man of the
poor and he would remind us that
the struggle is not over. The dream
has not yet been achieved. That
the disparities in the criminal jus-
tice system, in poverty, in health
and in employment that still plague
our communities means that we
have a long way to go.
Dr. King won a Nobel Peace
Prize, and the hearts and minds of
millions of people around the
world. He changed our country
and our world for the better. He
offered us a shining paragon that
we can strive for and ideals that
we should endeavor to live up to.
Today we can best honor Dr.
King's life and commemorate his
death by continuing his noble
work for a just society with equal
opportunity for all, humankind,
peace, economic democracy and
a political system within which
the rights of all are enshrined.
"In the end", said Dr. King, "we
will remember not the words of
our enemies, but the silence of our
friends.....Injustice anywhere is a
threat to justice everywhere."
Benjamin Todd Jealous is
president and chief executive of-
ficer of the NAACP.
BY SAM ADAMS
When I dream
of what Portland
will be in 50 years,
I dream of a more
equitable, more
livable, more vi-
brant place. I
dream of living in
a city that not
only strives to be
the best it can be,
but a city where people come to
feel inspired, a place where people
have every opportunity to live
happy, healthy and prosperous
lives.
Dr. King gave us many
gifts. He gave us hope. He
gave us courage. He in-
spired countless people to
make their voices hear, to
be bold and to take “the
first step” toward change.
His legacy lives on in our
community, through indi-
viduals, groups and orga-
nizations that strive to ful-
fill Dr. King’s philosophy of be-
ing brave in the face of adversity
and becoming better because of
it.
Portland honors his legacy by
taking bold risks and aiming to
exceed expectations. We are
known for being a forward-think-
ing city, from leading the nation in
sustainability efforts to develop-
ing innovative education pro-
grams to ensure all our youth have
the opportunities and support
they need to be successful. I truly
believe that Dr. King would be
proud of the progress we’ve made
in the past 40 years. But, there is
more work to do. We must con-
tinue to work to make Portland the
city of our dreams.
On this day, as we honor a great
man, I challenge everyone to look
inside themselves. It took one man
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Words still speak to Social Conditions
Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't
believe in the trickle-down philosophy
that has run our economy for the past
three decades.
The state of
King's dreamBY DEDRICK MUHAMMAD
Over 40 years after Dr. Mar-
tin Luther King Jr.'s assassi-
nation, his words still speak to
the social conditions that so many
Americans face.
Our unemployment rate is hover-
ing at 10 percent, and the wealthiest
10 percent of us control over 70 per-
cent of the nation's wealth. Economic
inequality remains a barrier to greater
racial equality.
The national commemoration of
King's birthday, therefore, is more for
reflection than celebration.
During one of the worst economic
crises seen in this country, black/
white economic inequality is still a
vast and greatly under-recognized
challenge for this country. Two gen-
erations past the 1960s civil rights
movement, African Americans make
less than 60 cents on every dollar of
income for whites. Their unemploy-
ment rate stands at 150 percent of the
national average.
As King fought to end this
country's racial divisions, he recog-
nized that economic inequality was
as great a barrier to his vision of a
more racially inclusive America as
Jim Crow segregation
laws.
Many forget that the
March on Washington,
where King delivered his
famed "I Have a Dream"
speech, was actually
called the "March on
Washington for Freedom and Jobs."
When one of the last great sym-
bols of political hope, President John
F. Kennedy, was in the White House,
King called hundreds of thousands
to come to the nation's capital to fight
for an America that would reflect its
best values rather than its greatest
fears.
"We called our demonstration a
campaign for jobs and income be-
cause we felt that the economic ques-
tion was the most crucial that black
people, and poor people generally,
were confronting," he told Look
Magazine in 1968.
In 2010, after the first challenging
year of the presidency of another
man who came into office riding a
wave of hope, Americans can honor
King's legacy by advancing a con-
temporary agenda of jobs, wealth
building, and peace.
King and other civil rights leaders
advocated progressive economic
reforms with such proposals as the
Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged
and the Freedom Budget of 1966.
A new report from United for a Fair
Economy that I co-authored builds
on that work by advocating bold and
progressive economic reforms to meet
today's challenges. Reforms pro-
posed in this report, titled "State of
the Dream 2010: Drained," include a
major jobs creation program, strong
investment in job training, an equity
assessment of federal spending, and
returning the tax system to one where
those with the most concentrated
wealth provide greater investment in
the public good.
A rededication to King's vision
can redirect the United States back to
the path of greater equality, and a
stronger economy for the middle and
working classes.
Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't be-
lieve in the trickle-down philosophy
that has run our economy for the past
three decades. Instead, his "libera-
tion theology" analysis called for
siding with and addressing specifi-
cally the challenges of the most dis-
enfranchised to advance society as a
whole.
History witnessed this strategy's
success with the results of the civil
rights movement of the 1960s. All
Americans -- women, immigrants, the
disabled, the elderly, the young and
the poor -- benefited from the vast
social programs and protections that
resulted from that struggle.
As the nation continues to heal
from an economic and financial crisis
caused by unregulated greed, we'll
find racial inequality unchanged and
overall economic inequality at un-
precedented heights.
It's time to finally make a unified
thrust to bridge racial and economic
inequality.
Dedrick Muhammad is a senior
organizer and research associate at
the Institute for Policy Studies, a
progressive think tank that trans-
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Northwest’s finest choreographers.
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Tere Mathern and Minh Tran, two of the Pacific Northwest's finest
choreographers, combine forces for a new White Bird Uncaged series.
Performances are scheduled, Wednesday, through Sunday, Jan. 20-24 at
Miller Hall at the World Forestry Center.
Known for precision kinetics and lush choreographic patterns, Mathern
creates work that is distinctive for its elegant marriage of razor-sharp, spare
abstraction with fluid, spatial form. Minh Tran has created a body of work
celebrated for its singular fusion of traditional Asian and contemporary
western techniques.
In the shared program, Tere Mathern Dance and Minh Tran & Company
will perform two new works commissioned by White Bird and performed
in the round, with a live score by Tim DuRoche and a set by visual artist
David Eckard.
Minh Tran will team up with composer Heather Perkins and and visual
film designer David Bryant to create a new work "KISS" on the subject of
sexual identity, based on the personal and emotional history of Tran's
coming-out experience.
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Haitian Relief Telethon
Wyclef Jean
MTV is joining the major broad-
cast networks and several cable
channels for an all-star “Hope for
Haiti” telethon for Haitian earth-
quake relief on Friday, Jan. 22. at 8
p.m.
Networks showing the telethon
are ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET,
the CW, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT.
It will also be available internation-
ally.
Haitian-born entertainer Wyclef
Jean will helm the show from New
York, and George Clooney will host
the Los Angeles part. CNN's Ander-
son Cooper will be in Haiti.
MTV says there will be musical
performances and celebrity ap-
pearances.
The show will benefit Jean's
Yele (YAY'-lay) Haiti Founda-
tion, as well as UNICEF, Oxfam
America, Partners in Health, and
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Teddy Pendergrass, the velvet-voiced soul legend whose romantic
ballads lit up the 1970s and 1980s.
R&B Singer RememberedSeductive voice
had magnetism(AP) -- R&B singer Teddy
Pendergrass, who was one of the
most electric and successful figures
in music until a car crash 28 years
ago left him in a wheelchair, is being
remembered after his death last week
of colon cancer. He was 59.
Before the crash, Pendergrass
established a new era of R&B with
an explosive, raw voice that sym-
bolized masculinity, passion and the
joys and sorrow of romance in songs
such as "Close the Door," "It Don't
Hurt Now," "Love T.K.O." and other
hits that have since become clas-
sics.
He was an international super-
star and sex symbol. His career was
at its apex — and still climbing.
Friend and longtime collaborator
Kenny Gamble, of the renowned
production duo Gamble & Huff,
teamed with Pendergrass on his big-
gest hits and recalled how the singer
was even working on a movie.
"He had about 10 platinum al-
bums in a row, so he was a very, very
successful recording artist and as a
performing artist," Gamble said. "He
had a tremendous career ahead of
him, and the accident sort of got in
the way of many of those plans."
Pendergrass, who was born in
Philadelphia in 1950, suffered a spi-
nal cord injury in a 1982 car accident
that left him paralyzed from the waist
down — still able to sing but with-
out his signature power. The image
of the strong, virile lover was re-
placed with one that drew sympa-
thy.
But instead of becoming bitter or
depressed, Pendergrass created a
new identity — that as a role model,
Gamble said.
"He never showed me that he
was angry at all about his accident,"
Gamble said in a telephone inter-
view with The Associated Press.
"In fact, he was very courageous."
Pendergrass left a remarkable
imprint on the music world as he
ushered in a new era in R&B with his
fiery, sensual and forceful brand of
soul and his ladies' man image, bur-
nished by his strikingly handsome
looks.
Gamble said Pendergrass was one
of a kind as an artist and boasted a
powerful voice and "a great magne-
tism."
"He was a great baritone singer,
and he had a real smooth sound, but
he had a real rough sound, too,
when he wanted to exert power in
his voice," Gamble said.
From R&B Hits to Housewives Fame
Kandi Burruss
Kandi Burruss
soaks it up(AP) Kandi Burruss is soaking
up every moment of her second
claim to fame, knowing how fast the
limelight can fade away.
"I'm so appreciative of every-
thing I have now," said Burruss, a
member of the defunct 1990s R&B
group Xscape, which had hits like
"Understanding" and "Who Can I
Run To."
"When you have success right
off the rip, you take it for granted
sometimes. I did. I told myself I will
never take it for granted again."
After Xscape broke up, Burruss
co-wrote TLC's hit "No Scrubs."
She has also written music for Mariah
Carey, Destiny's Child and Alicia
Keys. But her singing career took a
back seat to songwriting, and her
celebrity diminished.
Thanks to her success on "The
Real Housewives of Atlanta" on
Bravo, she's back in the spotlight,
and is trying to remain there.
During a recent interview at her
clothing boutique Tags in Atlanta,
the 33-year-old Burruss talked about
how the reality show has rejuve-
nated her music and acting career,
and how the recent slaying of her ex-
fiance, Ashley "A.J." Jewell, still
brings her to tears.
The Associated Press: How has
the "Housewives" show helped
jump start your career?
Burruss: It gave me a platform to
show what I can do. A lot of people
knew me from Xscape, but didn't
know what I've been doing behind
the scenes. It let people know I
wanted to act. When people saw
"(The Vagina) Monologues" (she
performed it on the show), they were
like, "Dang, she can act too." So,
that was also a good look.
AP: Now, you're looking to re-
lease an album this year. What will
be the album title?
Burruss: At first, I was going to
call it "B.L.O.G." because I was in-
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on the blogs. Now I'm feeling like I
should called it "Fly Above." I'm
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‘Idol’ Performance Steals ShowPants. On. The. Ground.
With those four words, "Gen-
eral" Larry Platt has gone from
"American Idol" reject to Internet
sensation.
The 63-year-old civil rights vet-
American Idol judge Randy Jackson joined "Pants on the Ground"
singer Larry Platt.
eran performed his original hit at
an audition for the show's ninth
season, winning over judges
Randy Jackson and Kara
DioGuardi — and earning a ner-
vous endorsement from incurable
skeptic Simon Cowell.
"I have a horrible feeling that
song could be a hit," Cowell reluc-
tantly predicted.
Platt's fan base exploded after the
Jan. 13 show as his audition hit
YouTube and Twitter. Within hours,
he had been clicked and tweeted
into one of the Internet's most popu-
lar topics.
On Thursday at his home in East
Atlanta, the e-celebrity seemed
dazed by the attention.
His show-stealing performance
came at the end of the popular show
that featured auditions from Atlanta
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The spotlight on him, Contestant
103519 began singing — rapping?
— the now infamous verse: "Pants
on the ground! Pants on the ground!
Looking like a fool with your pants
on the ground!"
Within moments of chanting the
chorus, singer and guest judge Mary
J. Blige sank into her chair and
howled with laughter, tears filling
her eyes. Jackson bobbed his head
and smiled. And just as a scowl-
faced Cowell tried to wrap up the
performance, Platt dropped to the
ground in a split.
For Platt, the song was just an-
other one of his causes. He said
Thursday that he and his civil rights
colleagues sacrificed too much for
today's youth to walk around with
sagging pants.
Ready, Set,
Create‘Fertile Ground’ showcases new works
SexyNurd, a workshop production
one man show created by AuGi
Garred, is one of 50 world premier
projects by Portland artists coming
to the Fertile Ground Festival, Jan.
22 through Feb. 1.
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Fertile Ground, Portland’s city
wide creative festival, will fea-
ture over 50 world premiere
works in dance, theater, music
and art projects, Friday, Jan. 22
through Feb. 2 at various loca-
tion in the city.
Now in its second year, the
festival encompassing new
genres (dance, comedy, poetry,
music, visual art) and over 50
separate world premiere projects
to create a rich and inspiring
sneak peek into the newest work
being created by Portland artists
and performers.
The participants will feature
Portland artists from age 8 to 80
(literally) working with organi-
zations as diverse as Whitebird
Dance, Artists Repertory The-
atre, the Attic Gallery Work-
shop, Miracle Theatre, Polaris
Dance, Portland Center Stage,
Simple Machines, Oregon
Children’s Theatre, Shaking the
Tree, Oregon Ballet Theatre, and
the Working Artists Network.
There will be ballet dancers
collaborating with poets, karaoke
memoirists, playwrights inspired
by novels and dancers inspired
by schoolhouse indie rock bands
and their coming out experience.
Festival Passes are avail-
able for $50 through the Fertile
Ground website,
fertilegroundpdx.org. The pass
will grant admission to all 50
plus participating festival
projects, plus admission to the
after hours parties with the
artists taking place at Curious
Comedy.
Fertile Ground was launched
by the Portland Area Theatre
Alliance to provide a platform
for Portland theater artists to
showcase their commitment to
new work.
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Urban Threads Fashion Show -- On Friday, Jan. 22 at 8:30 p.m., the Dirty's
Spin Room, downtown, hosts Urban Threads Fashion Show, combing
fashion, shopping and philanthropy to support programs for young girls.
Attendees will watch a live fashion show featuring local designers, music
by the popular Zane Fischer, DJ Mikey and dancing by Soulsations.
Suggested donation $10.
Totally Gospel II -- Come enjoy a night of live music and fashion!!!
Peninsula Open Bible Church, 8225 N. Peninsula, hosts all styles of gospel,
country, and contemporary music with host Riny Horst on Friday, Feb. 5
and every other month on the first Friday night from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For more information, call 503-335-3132.
Oh What a Tangled Web --
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Predators of the Serengeti -- Come hear the roar as the Oregon Zoo shows
off its newest and most ambitious exhibit with three African lions and other
animals that are home to the Serengeti.
Mel Brown Live -- Portland jazz giant
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Columbia every Friday and Saturday
night. Known as the “Gentleman of
Jazz,” Brown has a career spanning
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Normal Sylvester -- The Normal
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delicious food. Call 5459-4488 for more information.
The Clark College Jazz festival draws high school jazz ensembles from throughout Oregon and
Washington.
Vocal and Big Band JazzClark College hosts
48th annual eventClark College and the Director of the Clark
College Jazz Festival, Richard Inouye, invite ev-
eryone to three full days of exciting vocal and big
band jazz.
The 48th annual Clark College Jazz Festival will
take place Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 28
through Jan. 30, in Gaiser Hall on the Clark
College campus in Vancouver.
Sixty vocal and instrumental jazz ensembles from
throughout Washington and Oregon are scheduled
to perform in this year’s high school competition.
The showcased groups this year will be the
Clark College Vocal Jazz Ensemble, under the
direction of Janet Reiter, performing at 9 p.m. on
Thursday, Jan. 28, and the Clark College Jazz
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who is her mother, is willing to go
along with this if it makes her daughter
happy. I think it’s statutory rape and
is sickening because my niece is young
and inexperienced. I’m at the point
where I may call and report this to the
authorities because it’s not right. Is it
worth the risk of losing my sister and
my niece or should I leave it alone?
Worried Aunt; Long Island City, N.Y.
Dear Aunt:It takes a village to raise a child and if
your niece is underage then you should
report it to the authorities. However,
you should respect your sister and
talk with her before making your move.
Also, many people are going to be hurt
by your decision and you must also
ensure you have all the facts about the
interaction between your niece and
this man. If your research indicates
your niece is truly being taken advan-
tage of, the authorities need to put him
in jail.
Wireless Antennacontinued from page 5
Clear would also be installing an equipment cabinet in the
parking lot of Wilshire Market near the antenna. Attendants of
the meeting were concerned that the cooling fans in the cabinet
would create a constant racket. They also worried that the an-
tenna, which would add 15 feet to the utility pole, would be-
come a blemish.
Many residents also expressed concern that not enough test-
ing had been done on wireless technology, and some pointed
to studies that it could cause cancer, particularly among chil-
dren.
“My children are going to be test subjects, and I’m not going
to let that happen,” said Colin O’Neill.
“You are clearly not here in our interest,” said an emphatic
woman. “It is about you and your money.”
Also present was George Polas, a resident from Mt. Tabor in
southeast Portland, who said he had a very difficult time with a
Clear antenna in his part of town.
In November of 2008, Clear installed a refrigerator-sized equip-
ment cabinet on near his house south of Burnside Street .
He said it began emitting a humming noise from its cooling
fans that permeated every room of his house every hour of the
day.
Polas said he repeatedly contacted Clear, who eventually came
out to make some adjustments, which only made the problem
worse. He eventually filed a noise complaint with the city, which
cited the company for a noise violation.
“This is who you are dealing with,” he told the crowd.
Soloos said that there were three noise complaints against
Clear, including Polas, in Portland.
He also said that after his office gives Clear the go ahead to
install the antenna, it still needs to go through a land-use review.
“We won’t build until we have both,” said Martin.
January 20, 2010 Page 15
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Haiti’s Aftershock
Nearly 200 evacuees crowd into a C-17 Globemaster at the Port-Au-Prince airport in Haiti for a flight to Orlando, Fla. The evacuees
were Americans, visa holders and Haitians with children or parents in the U.S.
continued from Front
and the limitations of the world's
governments. Expectations ex-
ceeded what money, will and mili-
tary might have been able to achieve
so far in the face of unimaginable
calamity.
Rescue groups continue to work,
even though time is running out for
those buried by the quake. A Mexi-
can team created after that nation's
1985 earthquake rescued Ena Zizi,
69. She had survived a week buried
in the ruins of the residence of Haiti's
Roman Catholic archbishop, who
died. Other teams pulled two women
from a collapsed university build-
ing.
But most efforts are focused on
getting aid to survivors.
"We need so much. Food,
clothes, we need everything. I don't
know whose responsibility it is, but
they need to give us something
soon," said Sophia Eltime, a 29-year-
old mother of two who has been
living under a bedsheet with seven
members of her extended family. She
said she had not eaten since Jan. 12.
It is not just Haitians questioning
why aid has been so slow for victims
of one of the worst earthquakes in
history — an estimated 200,000
dead, 250,000 injured and 1.5 million
homeless. Officials in France and
Brazil and aid groups such as Doc-
tors Without Borders have com-
plained of bottlenecks, skewed pri-
orities and a crippling lack of leader-
ship and coordination.
"Tens of thousands of earth-
quake victims need emergency sur-
gical care now!" said a press release
from Partners in Health, co-founded
by Dr. Paul Farmer, the deputy U.N.
envoy to Haiti. "Our medical direc-
tor has estimated that 20,000 people
are dying each day who could be
saved by surgery."
Governments have pledged
nearly $1 billion in aid, and thou-
sands of tons of food and medical
supplies have been shipped. But
much remains trapped in ware-
houses, diverted to the neighbor-
ing Dominican Republic, or left hov-
ering in the air. The nonfunctioning
seaport and impassable roads com-
plicate efforts to get aid to the
people.
Aid is being turned back from the
single-runway airport, where the
U.S. military has come under criti-
cism for poorly prioritizing flights,
although the U.S. Air Force said
Tuesday it had raised the facility's
daily capacity from 30 flights before
the quake to 180 on Tuesday.
"We're doing everything in our
power to speed aid to Haiti as fast as
humanly possible," said Gen. Dou-
glas Fraser, head of U.S. Southern
Command.
The World Food Program said
more than 250,000 ready-to-eat food
rations had been distributed in Haiti
by Tuesday, only a fraction of the 3
million people thought to be in des-
perate need. There have been anec-
dotal stories of starvation among
the old and infirm, but apparently no
widespread starvation — yet.
The WFP said it needs to deliver
100 million ready-to-eat rations in the
next 30 days. Based on pledges from
the United States, Italy and Denmark,
it has 16 million in the pipeline.
So far, international relief efforts
have been unorganized, disjointed
and insufficient to help a people in
need of such basics as food, water
and medical care. Doctors Without
Borders says urgently needed sur-
gical equipment and drugs have
been turned away five times, even
though the agency received advance
authorization to land.
"It's frustrating to see planes land-
ing, officials coming in and military
planes coming in, carrying military
personnel and their supplies,"
Marie-Noelle Rodrigue, the group's
deputy operations manager, said
from Paris. "We see there are priori-
ties being given but don't under-
stand on what grounds."
French Cooperation Minister
Alain Joyandet went as far as de-
manding a U.N. investigation into
U.S. aid efforts, although his boss,
President Nicolas Sarkozy, de-
fended the U.S. on Tuesday, as did
the United Nations. U.N. spokes-
woman Elisabeth Byrs credited the
U.S. with bringing in great amounts
of aid and expertise, and said the
airport wouldn't be working without
U.S. military help.
U.S. defense officials acknowl-
edged bottlenecks, but said they have
been working aggressively to elimi-
nate them. They note that many mili-
tary flights also carry aid, and White
House spokesman Tommy Vietor said
that by Monday, fewer than a third of
flights into Haiti were U.S. military.
About 2,200 Marines established
a beachhead west of Port-au-Prince
on Tuesday to help speed aid deliv-
ery, in addition to 9,000 already on
the ground. Lt. Cmdr. Walter
Matthews, a U.S. military spokes-
man, said helicopters were ferrying
aid from the airport into Port-au-
Prince and the nearby town of Jacmel
as fast as they can.
The U.N. was sending in rein-
forcements as well: The Security
Council voted Tuesday to add 2,000
peacekeepers to the 7,000 already in
Haiti, and 1,500 more police to the
2,100-strong international force.
"The floodgates for aid are start-
ing to open," Matthews said at the
airport. "In the first few days, you're
limited by manpower, but we're start-
ing to bring people in."
The WFP's Alain Jaffre said the
U.N. organization was starting to
find its stride after distribution prob-
lems, and hoped to help 100,000
people by Wednesday.
January 20, 2010 Page 17
In Loving MemoryRubie Franklin
A celebration of love and Home Going service for
Rubie Franklin, who died Jan. 6, 2010 was held Friday,
Jan. 15, at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church.
Rubie Franklin was born on Aug. 7, 1020 in Taft,
Okla., to Hattie Jackson and John Welch Peters. She
joined the First Baptist Church in Taft at a very young
age where she loved attending Sunday school and
served as a church usher.
In 1938, Rubie met and married Earnest Irving Sr.;
they were blessed with four children, John Welch,
Bettie Lou, Earnest Irving Jr. and Ella Mae. She
stayed home with the children until they were of age
and attending school. She then began working at the
Oklahoma Sate Hospital and became a Licensed
Practical Nurse.
The family moved to Portland in1955 and they
joined the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
where Rubie stayed involved in church activities and
attended Sunday services faithfully.
She worked in nursing at Emanuel Hospital, posi-
tions she held until her retirement after 35 years. In
1963, she was blessed to find love again and married
Alfred “Stanley” Franklin; they were married for 19
years until his passing in 1982.
Rubie was a proud member of the Adah Chapter #6 of the Order of the Eastern Star of Oregon.
She enjoyed traveling and went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands. She loved and enjoyed her family.
She taught each grandchild how to quilt and gifted each one their own quilt to cherish.
Rubie was preceded in death by her parents; husband “Stanley”
Franklin; a brother Juan Peters, a sister Faye Evelyn LyDay; her
son Earnest and a great, great grandchild Damenika.
She leaves to mourn her passing, three children, John Welch
Jenkins and Beverly of Vancouver, Bettie Lou Pressley of Port-
land, and Ella Mae Poole and Johnny of Sylacauga, Ala; two step
children, Stanley Franklin Jr. and Doretha Craig-Arnold, both of
Portland; two sisters, Gladys Teague of Montgomery, Texas and
Juanita Woods of Scappoose; 12 grand children, 38 great grand-
children, 12 great-great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews,
cousins, relatives and friends.
Page 18 January 20, 2010
Sunday Service
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Y.P.C.E. 6:30 P.M Evangelistic Service 7:00 P.M.
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Prayer Meeting & Seminar: Monday - Friday 12:00
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A computer generated image shows a series of 250-foot-tall
trellises designed to shade the west side of the 18-story Edith
Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building, downtown.
High Rise Trellises ProposedCreating largest vertical garden
(AP) — They haven't figured out
yet how to get the pruning done, but
architects and federal officials plan
one of the world's most extensive
vertical gardens in downtown Port-
land — what amounts to a series of
250-foot-tall trellises designed to
shade the west side of an 18-story
building
It is not a new idea to use green-
ery vertically as "living architec-
ture," running plants up the sides of
a building to keep it cool, but the
wall of the Edith Green-Wendell
Wyatt Federal Building would stand
out.
The architects' plans call for
seven vertical "vegetated fins" to
jut at acute angles. The fins would
be the metal framework for planters
and the greenery sprouting from
them.
The west wall is 150 feet long,
making the expanse to be shaded
about three-quarters the size of an
NFL playing field, minus the end
zones.
The work is part of a $135 million
remodeling, with most of the money
from federal stimulus funds. It is the
largest single stimulus project an-
nounced so far in Oregon. The U.S.
General Services Administration
says its goal is to create a "landmark
high-performance building."
The green wall concept is familiar
to anyone who has planted a de-
ciduous tree or used a vine-covered
trellis on the west side of the house:
In the summer the leaves provide
cooling shade; in the winter, the
bare limbs and stems admit comfort-
ing light.
"If you think about it, it's a planter
every 25 feet," architect Don
Eggleston said. "A lot of people
have 10-foot trellises in their gar-
dens."
Eggleston's firm, SERA Archi-
tects, is working on some questions
that weekend gardeners never have
to figure out: what plants will grow
readily at more than 200 feet in the air
and how to water, fertilize, weed and
prune at that height.
The pruning might be done in
much the same way windows are
washed, he said, with workers
hoisted and lowered on platforms.
Rainwater collected on the roof,
supplemented by city water, will be
piped for irrigating the green wall,
he said.
Construction is expected to take
30 to 40 months. Federal workers are
beginning to move to temporary
quarters.
The General Services Adminis-
tration, landlord for federal office
buildings, lists other energy-effi-
cient features: Elevators that gener-
ate electricity on the way down,
solar arrays on the roof, smart light-
ing systems that adjust to the day-
light available, using some of the
collected rainwater to flush toilets.
The building's three other walls
will have less striking treatments:
shades on the south and east walls
and windows that drink in the indi-
rect north light.
The building's roof will stick out
— about 20 feet — and look like a
giant mortarboard. The overhang is
designed for shade.
But attention is likely to turn
quickly to the plans for a greened-
up west wall.
Sean Hogan, writer, nursery
owner and garden designer who
worked on a green wall several years
ago for the parking garage at
Portland's airport said irrigation and
plant selection will be critical to keep-
ing a green wall green in Portland's
summers.
Despite its national reputation
as a drizzly place, the city's climate
is Mediterranean, with warm to hot
temperatures from late spring to early
fall and little rainfall. Garden irriga-
tion is commonplace.
"Trust me, it will be a challenge,"
said Randy Gragg, former architec-
ture critic for The Oregonian news-
paper and editor of Portland
Monthly magazine. "It will get baked,
absolutely."
The idea of vertical gardens has
a root in antiquity — the Hanging
Gardens of Babylon, probably near
Baghdad, were in legend one of the
seven wonders of the ancient world.
Their existence and extent, how-
ever, are in question.
January 20, 2010 Page 19
PHOTO BY JAKE THOMAS/THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
Language arts and social studies instructor Laleh Zahedi covers her head in the religious tradition
of her Muslim faith. Zahedi supports reforming Oregon law to allow public school teachers to wear
religious clothing, saying the freedom to dress as a Muslim woman would help students understand
cultural differences and embrace cultural diversity.
Faith Collides with Oregon Lawcontinued from Front
K. Kublis, an anti-Catholic who sym-
pathized with the Klan.
At the time, Roman Catholic
priests and nuns were asserting the
right to teach in public schools, and
the law was a clear jab at them.
But it’s been rarely applied The
last time a teacher came into contact
with the law was in 1983, when Janet
Cooper, a Eugene special education
teacher, became a Sikh.
Cooper changed her name to
Karta Kaur Khalsa and began wear-
ing a turban and white clothing to
school in adherence with her new
faith.
The state Teachers Standards
and Practices Commission re-
voked Khalsa’s teaching creden-
tial after being suspended by her
district..
Khalsa sued, taking her case all
the way to the Oregon Supreme
Court in 1986, claiming that her right
to practice her religion, protected
by the Oregon and U.S. constitu-
tions, had been violated.
The court ruled against Khalsa,
arguing that a teacher wearing re-
ligious dress could leave an im-
pression, conscious or otherwise,
on students, and threatened the
religious neutrality of the class-
room.
Zahedi- a native of Iran who
teaches language arts and social
studies at the Islamic School of
Portland, a private school, which
isn’t covered under the ban- sup-
ports reforming the law because she
feels it will be good for students to
see what a Muslim woman looks
like, especially as society becomes
more diverse.
“At least they will see there are
other kinds of people,” said
Zahedi, who added that she has
overheard children ask their par-
ents if she is wearing a costume
while in public.
The Oregon Education Associa-
tion is neutral on the issue, but
support for repealing the law is grow-
ing elsewhere. Oregon House
Speaker Dave Hunt, D-Gladstone,
supports the repeal and a legislative
hearing has already been held on it
in preparation for next month’s leg-
islative session.
In November, state Labor Com-
missioner Brad Avakian, and state
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion Susan Castillo, sent a letter to
legislative leaders calling for its re-
peal.
In their letter, Avakian and
Castillo argued that the law is unfair,
and schools already have the means
to prevent teachers from proselytiz-
ing their students.
The letter points out that the law
was applied very narrowly in the
Cooper case, but is still broad
enough to ensnare teachers with
less overt religious garb.
In addition to not defining what
“religious dress” is, the letter ar-
gues, it could be appled so gener-
ally as to affect teachers wearing
something as inconspicuous as a
small cross or Star of David.
Oregon is poised for another law-
suit, argued Avakian and Castillo,
with such a vague and all-encom-
passing law on its books pertainaing
to an already touchy subject.
But the Oregon Chapter of the
American Civil Liberties Union wor-
ries that hastily repealing the law in
a short legislative session will just
create new problems.
“If the law is repealed, you open
the door to religious expression in
Oregon schools,” said David
Fidanque, executive director of the
Oregon ACLU.
Fidanque argued that teachers
will be able to wear clothing clearly
aimed at creating a religious envi-
ronment in the classroom if Avakian
and Castillo have their way.
For instance, a teacher could
wear a shirt saying “Embrace Jesus,”
he said.
Fidanque also points out that
there might have been bigoted mo-
tivations behind the law when it was
it was passed in the 1920s, but was
reaffirmed in 1965 by the Oregon
Legislature and then-Gov. Mark
Hatfield, one of the state’s champi-
ons of equality.
But Eric Hall- a partner at
Rothgerber, Johnson, and Lyons, a
law firm that specializes church and
state issues- said that Oregon could
be vulnerable to another civil suit
because it puts people who express
their religion on unequal footing
with others.
He said that schools can impose
a dress code on teachers, but it gets
prickly once it begins targeting reli-
gious belief.
“You can’t pick out the religious
expression,” said Hall.
Page 20 January 20, 2010
FOODHealthy Recipes
Recipes by:
www.eatingwell.com
Grilled Chicken with
Chipotle-Orange GlazeIngredients• 1 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 teaspoon molasses
• 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1.5 teaspoons finely chopped
chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, (see
Note)
• 1 tablespoon orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed of fat (8 ounces)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
Directions1. Preheat grill or broiler to high. Lightly oil the rack.
2. Whisk orange juice concentrate, chiles, vinegar, molasses and
mustard in a small bowl.
3. Sprinkle chicken with salt. Grill or broil the chicken for 2 minutes.
Turn the chicken, brush with the chipotle-orange glaze, and cook,
brushing occasionally with more of the glaze, 4 minutes more.
Turn the chicken again, brush with the glaze, and cook until no
longer pink in the middle, 2 to 5 minutes more.
Chili-Rubbed Steaks & Pan SalsaIngredients• 8 ounces 1/2-inch-thick steaks, such as rib-eye, trimmed of fat
and cut into 2 portions
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, di-
vided
• 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 plum tomatoes, diced
• 2 teaspoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh
cilantro
Preparation1. Sprinkle both sides of steak with chili powder and 1/4 teaspoon
salt. Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the
steaks and cook, turning once, 1 to 2 minutes per side for medium-
rare. Transfer the steaks to a plate, cover with foil and let rest while
you make the salsa.
2. Add tomatoes, lime juice and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt
to the pan and cook, stirring often, until the tomatoes soften,
about 3 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in cilantro and any
accumulated juices from the steaks. Serve the steaks topped with
the salsa.
Grilled Dark Chocolate SandwichIngredients• 1/4 cup fat-free evaporated milk
• 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 8 slices thin whole-wheat or white sandwich bread
• 3 tablespoons bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons chopped toasted hazelnuts, (optional
Preparation1. Heat evaporated milk just
until boiling. Add chocolate,
let stand for 1 minute, then
whisk until smooth. Let cool
slightly.
2. Spread butter on one side
of each slice of bread. Divide
the chocolate mixture on the
unbuttered side of 4 slices,
leaving a little border. Press
chocolate chips and nuts, if using, into the chocolate. Cover with
the remaining slices of bread, buttered-side up, and press lightly.
3. Cook the sandwiches in a large nonstick skillet over medium-
high heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Turn over, press with a spatula, and
cook until nicely browned and the chocolate is barely melted, 30
seconds to 1 minute. Serve warm.
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