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Volume XXXVIV, Number 52 Committed to Cultural Diversity Established in 1970 Wednesday • December 30, 2009 www .portlandobserv er .com ‘City of Roses’ Making History – A Year in Review First Black President Marks Eventful Year BY JAKE THOMAS THE PORTLAND OBSERVER J ust shy of a year ago, a young senator from Illinois stood on a stage in the U.S. capital. and took one of the country’s most sacred oaths while much of the world watched in jubilation. When Barack Obama became the nation’s first black President, he broke a racial barrier that few thought possible. The U.S. has always been a diverse and complex country -- built through the sweat, blood and struggles of an array of people. But to African Americans and other supporters of equality and civil rights, Obama’s election vin- dicated the efforts of those that worked so hard to make that day possible. President Obama took the reigns of a country riddled with daunting problems. And a year into his ad- ministration, he still faces a number of challenges. He has spent sizable chunks of his political capital on enacting a massive stimulus package to stave off economic collapse. He is push- continued on page 6 — Melissa Kerry — Dennis Hudson ‘I think that there is a shift in perspective.’ ‘Nothing has changed. Not enough is being done for people in the U.S.’ — Huey Martin — Rita Pierce ‘He is making change. ‘But it’s a long process.’
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Volume XXXVIV, Number 52 Committed to Cultural DiversityEstablished in 1970
Wednesday • December 30, 2009
www.portlandobserver.com
‘City of Roses’ Making Histor y – A Year in Review
First Black PresidentMarks Eventful YearBY JAKE THOMAS
THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
Just shy of a year ago, a youngsenator from Illinois stood on a
stage in the U.S. capital. and tookone of the country’s most sacredoaths while much of the worldwatched in jubilation.
When Barack Obama became thenation’s first black President, hebroke a racial barrier that few thoughtpossible.
The U.S. has always been adiverse and complex country --built through the sweat, blood andstruggles of an array of people.But to African Americans andother supporters of equality andcivil rights, Obama’s election vin-dicated the efforts of those thatworked so hard to make that daypossible.
President Obama took the reignsof a country riddled with dauntingproblems. And a year into his ad-ministration, he still faces a numberof challenges.
He has spent sizable chunks ofhis political capital on enacting amassive stimulus package to staveoff economic collapse. He is push-
continued on page 6
— Melissa Kerry
— Dennis Hudson
‘I think thatthere is a shiftin perspective.’
‘Nothing haschanged. Not
enough is beingdone for people
in the U.S.’
— Huey Martin
— Rita Pierce
‘He ismakingchange.
‘But it’sa longprocess.’
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I N S I D E
pages 6-12Year in Review
OPINION pages 14-15
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Police Critic Runs for CouncilMental health advocate on a crusade
Jason Renaud, the co-founderof the Mental Health Associationof Portland, has been outspokencritic of the city’s handling of the2006 death of James Chasse, aschizophrenic man who died aftera confrontation with police.
Renaud is now taking his crusadefurther by running for the City Coun-cil against Police Commissioner DanSaltzman. He is trying to securepublic financing before a Jan. 29 deadline.
Renaud spoke to the Portland Observer. Hisremarks have been edited for brevity and clarity:
Portland Observer: At what point did yousay, 'I'm going to run for this office?'
Jason Renaud: I was the co-founder of theMental Health Association, and we had beenpatiently waiting for the police to finish theirinternal investigation of the James Chase case,and three years had gone by. We went to CityHall and asked, ‘Where is the investigation?’ Wegot an immediate negative response from thepolice and from the police commissioner.
PO: When you say you got a negative re-sponse what do you mean?
JR: We called a press confer-ence and said, ‘Listen we reallyneed this investigation now.’People may be in danger we don'tknow what the status of theseofficers are. The public deservesa public answer and not some sortof confidential memo to the HRdepartment. Police Chief RosieSizer immediately came out andsaid she would not release it. She
had not finished the internal investigation. Aweek later when she finished the internal inves-tigation she sent out a press release saying hereit is.
JR: There was no internal investigation at-tached to the press release. We still don't knowwhat happened in the internal investigation, otherthan they fact that they then had a fight aboutdiscipline for the token discipline for these twoofficers. A man lay dead on the street corner andthey're arguing about whether the sergeant shouldhave made a transport decision for a humanbeing. It sort of missed the point. It missed the
Jason Renaud
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(AP) -- High-tech securityscanners that might have pre-vented the Christmas Day at-tempt to blow up a jetliner havebeen installed in only a smallnumber of airports around theworld, in large part because ofprivacy concerns over the waythe machines see throughclothing.
Umar FaroukAbdulmutallab, the Nigerianaccused of trying to ignite ex-plosives aboard a NorthwestAirlines jet as it was coming infor a landing in Detroit, did notgo through such a scan in
Amsterdam where his flightbegan.
The full-body scanner "couldhave been helpful in this case,absolutely," said Evert vanZwol, head of the Dutch PilotsAssociation.
But the technology hasraised significant concernsamong privacy watchdogs be-cause it can show the body'scontours with embarrassingclarity. Those fears haveslowed the introduction of themachines.
Jay Stanley, public educa-tion director for the American
Civil Liberties Union's Tech-nology and Liberty Program,said the machines essentiallyperform "virtual strip searchesthat see through your clothingand reveal the size and shapeof your body."
Abdulmutallab passedthrough a routine securitycheck at the gate inAmsterdam before boarding,officials said. He is believed tohave tucked into his trousersor underwear a small bag hold-ing PETN explosive powder,and possibly a liquid detonator.
Because such items won'tset off metal detectors, the U.S.Transportation Security Ad-
ministration, part of the De-partment of Homeland Secu-rity, has begun installing twotypes of advanced scanningmachines that provide a moredetailed picture.
These machines, which costsix figures each, screen airlinepassengers without physicalcontact. They can reveal plas-tic or chemical explosives andnon-metallic weapons.
Last June, because of pri-vacy concerns, the Housevoted 310-118 to prohibit theuse of whole-body imaging forprimary screening. The mea-sure, still pending in the Sen-ate, would limit the use of the
devices to secondary screen-ing.
"As a society, we're going tohave to figure out the balancebetween personal privacy andthe need to secure an aircraft,"said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who sponsored the mea-sure. "And there is no easyanswer."
Executives at the compa-nies that make the machinesinsist there are ways to strikethat balance.
The technology has evolvedenough to produce body im-ages that look like chalk out-lines. In addition, privacy fil-ters can blur faces.
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opportunity to do the right thing.PO: You expressed interest
in getting management of thePolice Bureau if elected. Usu-ally this bureau has gone to themayor. What if the mayor tookit?
JR: Mayor Sam Adams de-cided last year that he was busywith other things, and found theperson most willing and mostreasonable to dot that task inDan Saltzman. That has failed.I'm interested in it because ofmy advocacy around the Chasseevent. I'm interested in it be-cause I think it's a very compli-cated problem to solve. And it'sa problem that no one on City
Council knows how to solve, butI do. The issue isn't really thepolice union contract or rules orrules or laws. The question re-ally is about post traumatic stressdisorder and how do we getpolice officers who have a men-tal illness help and support to andget back to work.
PO: Are you saying that theofficers involved in the Chasseincident have PTSD?
JR: Christopher Humphreys[an officer involved in the inci-dent], coincident with the disci-pline Saltzman imposed, filed adisability claim stating he had astress-related disorder, which islabor parlance for an anxietydisorder that we would call in thepsychiatric business a post-trau-
matic stress. This is a perma-nent injury that has no cure.There are police officers all overthe nation receiving treatment,including in the Portland PoliceBureau. We need to start talkingabout how we can create a sup-port structure so that they cantalk about this openly. He had tohide it for months. He had to callit something that it's not. Andwhen he was asked to comeback from his first claim he endedup shooting a 12-year-old girlwith a shotgun.
PO: When Saltzman reversedhimself on placing Humphreyson paid-leave, did he do the rightthing?
JR: The union's argument wasthat there should be an investi-
gation, that there should be aprocess. You can't just take anofficer’s guns and badge away.Saltzman was clearly unfamiliarwith the police union contract.He's clearly either incrediblypoorly advised or politically pres-sured. And both of them are thewrong qualities to have in theperson whose about to go andnegotiate the contract with thepolice union. I expect that we'regoing to get taken to the clean-ers. That's what this is about.
PO: How can City Hall getpeople back to work?
JR: I think the city can do acouple things. It can model andembrace diversity. I think thatdiversity is an economic issue aswell as a cultural issue. And the
city, by modeling that for the restof the community, brings peoplein and finds them positions ofpower and respect. I think Samhad a fascinating set of ideas inhis campaign that he has sincecompletely dropped around thecreative capacity of the city.Portland has transformed into acreative community not only ofpeople who knit tea cozies, butpeople who design computersystems. We’re building an in-tellectual capacity here, whichis quite astounding and we needto look carefully at the inter-ests and needs of those peoplewho come in here so that theystay.
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Wal-Mar t Eyes Hayden MeadowsTax Measures go to Voters
Wal-Mart is going to give itanother try in Portland.
The mega-retailer announcedplans last week to build a northPortland store near Delta Parkwhere it could draw business fromacross the river in Vancouver.
The 86,000-square-foot storewould be among a number of big-box stores in the Hayden Mead-ows area. Additionally, the com-pany said it will expand its South-east 82nd Avenue store to includegroceries.
Wal-Mart and Portland haveheld a contentious relationship.Twice in the past five years Wal-Mart has pulled back on proposedstores amid criticism from SamAdams for its labor practices.Adams is now the city's mayor.
More than 1.7 million Or-egon voters' pamphlets havebeen delivered to post officesfor delivery this week.
The 92-page pamphlet con-tains a total of 204 argumentsfor and against Measure 66 andMeasure 67.
Measure 66 raises the tax onhousehold income of $250,000
or more and individual incomeof $125,000.
Measure 67 uses a slidingscale to raise the state's corpo-rate minimum tax.
The deadline for registeringto vote in the Jan. 26 specialelection is Tuesday, Jan. 5.
Ballots start going in the mailon Friday, Jan. 8.
Smart TV has Built-in PCA local entrepreneur has a
new product to condense thenumber of electronic gadgetsconsumers have in their homesand put Portland on the map.
Giorgio Johnson, chief ex-ecutive officer of Nyxio Tech-nologies, is working on theVioSphere, which he describedas a television with a built-inPC.
It allows users to simulta-neously surf the Internet andwatch television on split screen,with capabilities for wirelessconnections, and a DVR drive.All of it can be operated on atouch screen, much like aniPhone.
“It’s one of a kind,” saidJohnson, a native of Portlandand graduate of Benson HighSchool.
The VioSphere also letspeople plug into Skype, a web-based application that works
like a phone and is popularwith people who want to talkover long distances, but notpay hefty phone fees.
For many families, the tele-vision is where they gather fortheir nightly entertainment. Butwith the Internet, some familymembers sequester them-selves in their individual rooms.Johnson hopes that a devisethat offers so many featureswill bring them back together.
Johnson said that he haseven bigger plans for theVioSphere. He hopes to launchan online video game network,with titles that can’t be foundanywhere else.
Currently, he is using Port-land as a test market.
“Portland is a family city,and it has a lot of tech-savvyindividuals,” he said.
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Year in ReviewThe Portland Observer looks back at some of the top stories of 2009
— Matthew Cheramy
First black Presidentmarks eventful year
continued from Front ‘ I don’t reallythink racematters.’
ing for an overhaul of the nation’shealthcare system. The nation stillfaces high unemployment; is em-broiled in wars in Iraq and Af-ghanistan; and its budget deficitis mounting.
In the state that helped pushhim over the edge to victory in theDemocratic Party primaries,Obama’s young presidency haschanged the way some Orego-nians think about their country.For others, it has confirmed whatthey knew all along.
“I think that there is a shift inperspective,” says Melissa Kerry,a conservation coordinator forPortland Public Schools.
Kerry said having Obama incharge has allowed more innova-tive ideas to spring up. She thinksthat cities have better opportuni-ties to take initiatives with re-source conservation and more en-vironmentally-oriented design,knowing that they have a partnerin Washington.
Sitting at a bus stop on North-east Martin Luther King Jr. Boule-vard, Dennis Hudson says that hefeels nothing has changed. Hold-ing a plastic bag with a hand set ina cast, he explained that he feels
that not enough is being done forpeople in the U.S., and too muchfor immigrants and people over-seas.
“There’s a lot of people herethat need help,” Hudson says.“You can’t get housing if youhave a record.”
Walking up the same streetwhile carrying bags of food. HueyMartin and Rita Pierce are stillclearly in Obama’s corner.
“He is making change,” saysMartin. “But it’s a long process,”adds Pierce.
We love you Barack Obama,”exclaims Martin before scurryingalong.
A few blocks over on North-east Alberta Street, MatthewCheramy explains that, for him,Obama’s election didn’t changethe way he sees his country. In-stead, he sees the election of thefirst African American presidentas a fulfillment of the rapid changethe U.S. has undergone in recentdecades.
“I don’t really think race mat-ters,” he says.
Geoff Kelly says that havingObama as president signaled tohim that the country, or at leastparts of it, had made incrediblestrides on racial progress.
— Geoff Kelly
‘Countryhas made
incrediblestrides’
December 30, 2009 Page 7
Bars Go Smoke FreeJan. 1 – Bars and taverns begin the New Year smoke-free thanks to a newlaw that protects nearly every employee from the health risks of secondhand smoke.
Cully Neighborhood Leader Makes a DifferenceJan. 14 -- Kathy Fuerstenau follows in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by advocating for the poorand disadvantaged in her work as chair of the Cully Association of Neighbors, one of the city’s most diverseneighborhoods.
Deadly Rampage Stuns CityJan. 28 -- A pedestrian walks past The Zone, a downtown under-21nightclub, two days after a crowd of young people waiting to get insidewere gunned down on A Saturday night in what police called an unpro-voked attack. Two teenagers died and seven others were injured beforethe gunman turned the gun on himself.
Passing the TorchFeb. 18 -- Avel Gordly, Oregon’s first female African-American senator,inspires future leaders as a professor at Portland State University.
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Gang War Front LinesMarch 25 -- Rob Ingram, director of the Portland Office of Youth ViolencePrevention, tackles an upsurge in gang violence after several young menare killed and a community is in shock.
Club Twelve 22 Hits ResetApril 1 -- LaVon Van is determined to make LV’s Sports Bar, Restaurant and Lounge, 3530 N. Vancouver Ave.,a comfortable and safe environment.
HighSchoolsDo Over
April 22 – Big changes are on the horizon for Portland high schools asa team is assembled to take a hard look at the city’s high school systemto radically reshape what school students can attend and how theircurriculum will be shaped.
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Cards Played to Solve Cold CasesJune 3 -- Police of distribute playing cards to inmates at local jails that feature the names and photos ofvictims in a new approach to find leads on homicides that have gone cold.
Renovations Save Historic LodgeJune 17 -- The Billy Webb Elks Lodge, a beloved social hub in Portland’s African American Community forgenerations is renovated thanks to the National Association of Minority Contractors and many volunteers.
AdamsSurvivesConduct
InquiryJune 24 -- Mayor Sam
Adams is cleared of miscon-duct when the Oregon
Attorney General finds noevidence that he broke the
law in a 2005 sexual relation-ship with a teenager. Adams
admitted he lied about therelationship with Beau
Breedlove whilecampaigning for office.
Blues Diva Clears the AirMay 6 -- Local blues diva Linda Hornbuckle’s personal crusade to stop smoking in bars earns her a PublicHealth Hero award.
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MichaelJacksonFarewellJuly 8 -- Usher singsMichael Jackson's "GoneToo Soon" as an estimated20,000 people packed theStapes Center in LosAngeles for the entertainer’sfuneral. The ‘King of Pop’died of a heart attack at theage of 50.
Portland’sGrowingDespairJuly 22 -- A new report revealsthat the number of people who arehomeless in Portland is on the risewith alarming trends, such as ajump in family’s experienceshomelessness.
Carter Moves OnAug. 19 – Margaret Carter, thefirst African American womenelected to the Oregon Legislativesteps down after serving aquarter of a century to take aposition as Deputy Director forHuman Services.
Cash for ClunkersAug. 5 -- A federal economic stimulus program that offers up to a $4,500 rebate for trading in a gas-guzzlerautomobile for a new fuel efficient model proves enormously popular.
First Hispanic on Supreme CourtAug 12 -- Judge Sonia Sotomayor becomes the first Hispanic and justthe third woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. She was nominated byPresident Barack Obama, the first black President.
H1N1 Pandemic!Aug. 26 -- Gov. Ted Kulongoski and state officials join governmentsaround the globe in declaring an emergency to contain the potentiallydeadly H1N1 flu strain, also know as the ‘swine flu.’
Under the MicroscopeSept. 23 -- John Jackley of the Portland Development Commissionpromotes a new economic course for the inner city with the creation ofminority-owned businesses and jobs.
New StateRep
AppointedOct. 28 -- Long time
community leader LewFrederick becomes the
newest state representa-tive from Portland whenthe Multnomah County
Commission vote toappoint him to replace
Chip Shields who gaveup his seat to replace
retiring Margaret Carter.
Part 17. Understanding Pain:Why do you have it? How can you get rid of it?
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Bridge Opponents Won’t Give UpDec. 9 -- Environmental justice advocates aren’t satisfied with a proposed downscaling of a new I-5 Bridge,maintaining that the public works project is still deeply flawed for its massive size and a potential healththreat.
Rocky Year for TriMetDec. 16 -- Mass transit infrastructure made significant gains in 2009with the addition of the Green Line, but the sour economy andsoaring diesel prices meant cutbacks for bus lines and some light railfrequency.
First Cannabis CaféNov. 4 -- Oregon NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) opens the first can-nabis café for medical marijuana patients in retail space at 700 N.E. Dekum St.
Thank you Mr. BobbyNov. 18 -- Volunteer instructor Bobby Fouther is honored for bringinghis love of the arts to kids in local schools as recipient of the city’smuch-coveted Spirit of Portland Award.
WaterBureauLooks forCauseDec. 2 -- A boil waternotice is lifted for theWestside and the citydeclares that all taps safeto drink after E. Coli wasfound in a WashingtonPark Reservoir.
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Metro may accept or reject any or all bids, in whole or in part, or
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deemed in the public interest.
Metro extends equal opportunity to all persons and specifically
encourages minority and women-owned businesses to access and
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OverjoyedNewlywedsK ARIS AND M IKE PHILLIPS
Portland’s Karis Stoudimire wedworld-renowned jazz saxophonistMike Phillips of Mt. Vernon, N.Y. atWestminster Presbyterian Churchduring a candlelit ceremony, March28, 2009. The bride and groom wereserenaded by their friend, the leg-endary Stevie Wonder with his clas-sics, “You and I” and “Overjoyed.”
Karis is a graduate of Saint Mary’sCollege of California and Washing-ton State University. She works inpublic affairs and corporatefundraising. The groom is a profes-sional musician. The couple de-clares that they will spend the rest oftheir lives together honeymooningaround the world. The overjoyednewlyweds will make their home inPortland.
The Police Associationalways lines up to defend themost brutal practices and themost bigoted cops.
No Solidarity with Police UnionTime to kick cops outof Labor MovementBY KRISTIAN WILLIAMS
On Nov. 24, more than six hun-dred supporters of the PortlandPolice Association gathered in de-fense of one embattled officer,Christopher Humphreys.
Humphreys had been sus-pended, with pay, pending inves-
tigation of an incident inwhich he had fired a less-lethal shotgun at an unarmed12-year-old girl. At the timeof the incident, he was alreadyfacing discipline for his role in thebeating death of a mentally ill mannamed James Chasse.
The copsmarched, not in uni-form, but in t-shirtsand carrying signsreading "I Am ChrisHumphreys." Such adisplay should dis-pel any i l lusionsabout what the po-lice want or what the
PPA stands for.Humphreys' notable career has
been punctuated by continuousviolence. In addition to these high-profile cases, in 2005 he struck anunresisting suspect more than 30times; it turned out to be a case ofmistaken identity. A year later, hewas implicated in the beating of ablack college student (whom a jurylater acquitted). Based on policerecords, it is estimated that only
one cop in the city uses forcemore often than Humphreys.
Cops often complain that it isunfair to judge the entire PoliceBureau by its most dysfunctionalofficers. But when push comes toshove, and shoving comes to beat-ing, and beating comes to shoot-ing -- the Police Association al-ways lines up to defend the most
brutal practices and the most big-oted cops.
The last time the PPA mobi-lized a rally in support of sus-pended officers it was becauseracist cops were harassing blackbusiness owners by repeatedlyleaving dead possums on theirdoorsteps.
The interests the Police Asso-ciation defends are the intereststhe police defend. Cops are the
hired guns of capitalism and theprotectors of white supremacy;they stand for a system of powerthat exploits workers, excludes thepoor, and leaves people of colorat the bottom of the social pyra-mid.
Police "unions" do not, andcannot, represent the interests ofthe working class, because policeare not workers like other work-ers. They are part of the apparatusby which worker organizing issuppressed. Here at the 10th anni-versary of the World Trade Orga-nization protests, we should alsoremember the long and inglorioushistory of police attacks on thelabor movement -- red squad infil-tration, raids on union halls, andassaults on picket lines.
The labor movement owes thepolice nothing -- not solidarity,not support, not our silence. Theonly thing workers owe cops is agood hard kick in the ass.
Kristian Williams is a memberof the National Writers Union andRose City Copwatch. He is theauthor of Our Enemies in Blue:Police and Power in America,and American Methods: Tortureand the Logic of Domination.
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In recent years, much attentionhas been paid to K-12 studentperformance, and rightly so. Theeducational foundation our chil-dren receive in schools preparesthem for life.
We must devote significant re-sources to ensuring that educa-tion is strong and comprehensive.But we must not forget about ourstudents after they leave highschool. College graduates are criti-cal to maintaining a successfulAmerican economy.
According a report recently releasedby Public Agenda, a nonpartisan thinktank, 2.8 million students enroll in acollege or university every year; most ofthem do not graduate in four years.
Barriers to College Completion
We must not forget aboutour students after they leavehigh school.
In fact, many drop out early in theircollege careers. These students say that
it is often too hard to workand support themselves –and often their families –and go to school at thesame time.
Over a third of the stu-dents say that even if theyreceived a grant thathelped pay for books and
tuition, returning to and finishing collegewould tax their already full schedules.This is alarming news, considering thatmore and more of today’s college stu-dents are considered ‘untraditional’ stu-
dents – they have families to support andmust work while in school.
Of those who eventually finishschool, they are taking longer to gradu-ate. The report notes that only one outof five students who enroll in two-yearcolleges receive their associate de-gree, a program that typically takestwo years, in three and that only twoout of five who enroll in four-yearcolleges receive their degree within
six years.College graduates
provide much neededinnovation, analyticalreasoning and specialtyskills that move oureconomy forward. Ad-ditionally, college
graduates earn significantly more moneyover the course of their lifetime than ahigh school graduate will, money thatwill be poured back into the Americaneconomy.
Knowing this, the American govern-ment has to work to support these al-ready overwhelmed students by buildingsupports into the nation’s grant pro-grams for students.
A housing stipend for students whohave to pay rent and subsidized day carefor those with children are among thebenefits would go a long way in makingsure fewer students drop out of collegebecause of such conflicts.
Obviously, much can – and needs – tobe done. Our lawmakers should viewthe Public Agenda report as a call toaction, taking the disturbing informationpresented and using it as an impetus to sitdown and really think of ways to supportour college students.
If a student is motivated, we must doall we can to remove the barriers thatstand in their way.
Greg Mathis is a retired DistrictCourt Judge and syndicated televi-sion show judge.
The Censusand Democracy
An accurate census count is anessential tool of public policy andcitizen empowerment.
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Accurate count vital for fair shareBY MARC H. MORIAL
As we enter the New Year, we arereminded that on April 1, many of theessential "gifts" of democracy will bedetermined by our participation in the2010 Census.
A complete and accurate census countwill ensure that your state and commu-nity get their fair share of Congressionalseats, community services and the distri-bution of more than $400 billion in fed-eral funding.
But the undercounting of AfricanAmericans in recent years has short-changed hard-pressed communities ofcolor. That is why it is so important forevery citizen to participate in the censusand for the government to take specificactions to remedy the under-counting ofAfrican Americans.
As chair of the 2010 Census AdvisoryCommittee, I recently convened a meet-ing with Commerce Secretary GaryLocke and a broad coalition of civil rights
leaders in Washington,D.C.
I called the meeting tohear the Department'splans for tackling the is-sue of African Ameri-can undercounting andto share our ideas forpartnering with the Census Bureau in acoordinated outreach and mobilizationcampaign to ensure a full count.
Other meeting participants includedBenjamin Jealous of the NAACP, Rev.Al Sharpton of the National ActionNetwork, Rev. Jesse Jackson of theRainbow/PUSH Coalition, U.S. Rep.Barbara Lee, D-Calif., U.S. Rep.Lacy Clay Jr., D-Mo., MelanieCampbell of the National Coalition onBlack Civic Participation, DannyBakewell of the National Newspa-pers Publishers Association, JohnPayton of the NAACP Legal DefenseFund and others.
As the Black community contin-ues to suffer disproportionatelyfrom job losses, foreclosures andthe other ravages of the great re-cession, it is vitally important thatwe not have a repeat of the 2000census when about 1.3 millionpeople were over-counted, mostlybecause of duplicate counts ofWhites with multiple homes, while
more than 4 million Blacks and His-panics were never counted.
An accurate census count is an es-sential tool of public policy and citizenempowerment. It helps determine howmany federal dollars are allocated forlocal schools, hospitals, health care, pub-lic transportation, senior centers, job train-ing and a host of other vital communityservices. It also determines the numberof Congressional representatives eachstate is allowed.
Our coalition recommends a greateremphasis on advertising in the Blackcommunity and a stronger partnershipwith community-based organizations to
get more citizens to fill out their censusforms. It should be noted that federallaw protects the personal informationyou share.
The more than 1.2 million AfricanAmericans in prisons across the countryalso represent a built-in undercount. Toremedy that problem, we are recom-mending a change in Census Bureaupolicy to allow prison inmates to beincluded in the counts of their home-towns, not where they are being incar-cerated.
In our meeting, Secretary Locke ac-knowledged that "African Americansand other minority communities havebeen consistently undercounted in pastcensuses."
I am encouraged by Locke’s willing-ness to work with us to fix the problemand also by the strength of the coalitionthat will stay focused on this issue rightup until Census Day.
Marc H. Morial is president andchief executive officer of the NationalUrban League.
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From Ed Sullivan to Abbey Road, the band look likes the Beatlesand sounds just like them.
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ternational reputation who now livesin northeast Portland, has inaugu-rated a series of Sunday Brunchperformances at Daddy Mojo’sCafé. 1501 N.E. Freemont St.
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., each Sun-day, Ulrich, with friends, performs avariety of styles, including blues,country, rock-a-billy, R&B, folk andgospel.
Ulrich is a singer with a greatrange and soulfulness accented byfine guitar and harmonica work. Hehas four CDs out on the indepen-dent label Subatomic Particles forPeace. For more information, visitsteveurlrich.com.
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Queen of Hip-Hop SoulMary J. Bligestays in tune withyounger audiences
(AP) – Mary J. Blige, the “queen of hip-hop soul,” says she’s kept her lofty titlebecause she stays in tune with what youngeraudiences want to hear.
“I always get inspired back from theRihannas and the Beyonces,” the 38-year-old says. “You just have to be open enoughto learn from another generation… That’sbeing a smart person and that’s why I’m ableto be just right there – not doing what theydo, but what I do.”
Blige’s latest CD, “Stronger with EachTear,” has a fresh sound that maintains herR&B groove. It is her ninth studio release.
In recent interview, Blige – who has wonnine Grammy Awards since her debut in 1992– talked about R&B music, recording a jazzalbum – and being a crybaby.
The Associated Press: Would you saythat you’re a sensitive person?
Blige: I would say that I’m a very sensitiveperson.
AP: Are you crying about the same thingsthat you cried about earlier in your career?
Blige: I think I cry about different thingsnow. I cry because I want to be better thanthis. I want to continue to grow so, you know,
I have to give myself a break. I’m my worstcritic. I’m the hardest person on me. I’ve beenlike that forever, but I’ve learned to givemyself a break so even now when I slip… Idon’t want to hurt anyone. And I cry whenI hurt people unintentionally.
AP: How do you react when one of yoursongs is played on the radio?
Blige: If I hear one of my old songs like“Not Gon’ Cry or “My Life” – the “MyLife” album just always makes me stop andjust cry, like bawl. So call me a crybaby,whatever, I’m a woman, too, so sometimesit’s just that time.
AP: Is it hard to perform those emotionalsongs when, at this point, you’re in a differ-ent place?
Blige: For me performing “Not Gon’ Cry”and “I’m Goin Down” and “My Life” --- it’slike therapy again. I just love the way it makesme feel at the moment and get it out of mysystem, you know. Those are hurtful placesand sometimes you got to revisit for the sakeof other people.
AP: How would you compare today’sR&B music with the ‘90s music?
Blige: Can I say ‘80s too? There is nocomparison because the music in the ‘90s
and the ‘80s was like, music. You hadJimmy Jam and Terry Lewis who wereon the radio. Michael Jackson andQuincy Jones everywhere, all over theplace. Anita Baker, just so many amaz-ing people… I’m not saying the musicisn’t beautiful now. It’s just such a…it’s limited.
AP: How do you think your fashionstyle has evolved?
Blige: I mean I’ve had some disas-ters, some trials, some errors, some di-sastrous hair moments and clothing
moments, but that’s due to the insecurity inme and not knowing what works for me andtrying to do what works for everybody else.But once you fall into what works for you,which is what I did, you can’t go wrongunless you just want to go wrong.
AP: What advice do you have for insecurewomen who dress in a way they probablyshouldn’t dress?
Blige: I guess the insecure youngerwoman, just do what works for you becauseeverything doesn’t work for everyone. Youknow exactly what works for you. You canwear something tight and you’re to be bub-bling all over the place. So I mean. use yourcommon sense and be confident in that.
AP” You’ve collaborated with everyonefrom Sting to U2 to Aretha Franklin. Is thereanyone else you’d like to work with?
Blige: I haven’t has a chance to collabo-rate with Anita Baker yet. So when I do myjazz album, Anita, I’m coming for you.
AP: When are you planning to release thejazz CD?
Blige: I have no idea when I’m going to dothe jazz album, but it can’t be long. It won’tbe long.
Mary J.
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Father, Daughter Bring in New Year -- The fun and funkyNorman Sylvester Band, featuring Lenanne Sylvester Miller,will host a New Year’s Eve party, Dec. 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m.at Aquariva on the beautiful Willamette River, 0470 S.W.Hamilton Court. Call503-802-5850 for res-ervations.
Soulful New Year’s -- Patrick Lamb willbring his soulful R&B music to theHeathman Restaurant and Bar on NewYear’s Eve for an exclusive evening ofdinner, dancing and celebrating. For tick-ets, visit ticketsoregon.com or call 1-800-551-0011.
Pittock Mansion Celebrates -- Pittock Mansion pays tributeto 150 years of Christmas traditions with a holiday exhibit thatruns through Sunday, Jan. 3. For information, call 503-823-3623 or visit pittockmansion.org.
Dazzled by the Lights -- ZooLights,the Oregon Zoo’s winter festivalcontinues nightly through Sunday,Jan. 3. Nearly 1.25 million lights illu-minate life-size animal silhouettes,trees, walkways and the ever-popu-lar zoo train.
Youth Center Activities -- The Po-lice Activities League Youth Cen-ter, 424 N.E. 172nd Ave., opensduring the winter break holidaysfrom 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Activi-ties include pool tournaments, holi-day arts & crafts, board game tour-naments, 3-on-3 basketball, fieldtrips and more.
Face Your Fears -- Visitors to the Oregon Museumof Science and Industry (OMSI) will get their heartpumping and palms sweaty in the interactive exhibitScream! The Science of Fear, now showing throughSunday, Jan. 3.
Japanese Gardens New Year -- The Portland Japa-nese Garden will celebrate O-Shogatsu (New Year’s)with a special family day in the garden’s Pavilion onSunday, Jan.10, with tea and light refreshments,
traditional New Year’s activities for kids and calligra-phy writing.
Predators of the Serengeti -- Come hear the roar as theOregon Zoo shows off its newest andmost ambitious exhibit with three Af-rican lions and other animals that arehome to the Serengeti.
Live Jazz -- Every Friday and Saturdayfrom 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., the Third De-grees Lounge at the River Place Hotel,1510 S.W. Harbor Way. No cover orminimum purchase. For more informa-tion, visit pdxjazz.com.
Battle to Vote -- The Clark CountyHistorical Museum, 1511 Main St. inVancouver, hosts a free women’s suf-frage exhibit though the end of theyear. Washington was an early leader ingiving women the right to vote.
Music Millennium Free Shows -- The Music Millennium,3158 E. Burnside, hosts in-house live performances. Enjoy
free music and the opportunity to meetartists. Call 503-231-8926 for a sched-ule.
OMSI After Dark -- OMSI After Darkis a night at the museum for the 21 andover crowd filled with food, drink andscience fun; $10 fee. For more informa-tion, call 503-797-4000 or visit omsi.edu.
Food and Entertainment -- Sliders Grill,3011 N. Lombard, features an eclecticassortment of performers on the mainstage, accompanied by delicious food.Call 5459-4488 for more information.
Totally Gospel II -- Peninsula OpenBible Church, 8225 N. Peninsula, hostsall styles of gospel, country, and con-temporary music with host Riny Horston Friday, Feb. 5 and every other month
on the first Fridaynight from 7:30 p.m. to9:30 p.m. For more in-formation, call 503-335-3132.
From Farm to Cup --The World ForestryCenter at WashingtonPark takes a look at thepowerful influence of
coffee on environments, human cultures and economiesworldwide in a special traveling exhibit “Coffee: The Worldin Your Cup, running now through Jan. 10.
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Samson the T.Rex at OMSIFossil one of the mostcomplete in existence
Real bones from one
of the most complete
T. Rex skeletons in
the world is on display
at the Oregon
Museum of Science
and Industry.
A magnificent 39-foot longfossil of the most fearsome car-nivores ever to walk the face ofthe Earth is on display at theOregon Museum of Science andindustry (OMSI).
The 66-million-year-old Tyr-annosaurus rex skeleton knownas Samson is one of the threemost complete Tyrannosaurusrex specimens in existence.
Close to 60 percent ofSamson’s original bones, includ-ing its nearly complete skull willbe on exhibit.
“We are honored that OMSIhas been chosen to be the firstmuseum in the world to host themounted Samson, “said OMSIpresident Nancy Stueber. “It is atruly unique and magnificentspecimen that has opened newdoors to scientific discoveryabout the life of the Tyrannosau-rus rex. We’re pleased to offer
visitors the rare opportunity toview its real bones up close.”
Samson was discovered inSouth Dakota in 1987 and is oneof three tyrannosaurs unearthedwith more than 50 percent oftheir skeletal bones remaining.”
In life, Samson measured ap-proximately 40 feet in length andcould have looked into a secondstory window. Its massive skulland powerful serrated teethcould have bitten through the legbone of bone of any of its peers.
Most likely a very skilledhunter with binocular color vi-sion and an extremely sensitivesense of smell, this colossus, likeother adults of the species, livedas an apex predator of the lateCretaceous Period.
Samson will be on display atOMSI through summer. Formore information, visit omsi.edu/samson.
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FOODChocolate Ricotta MousseRecipe by: Healthly Heart Living
Ingredients• 6 ounces dark chocolate, chopped• 1 15-ounce container part-skim ricotta cheese• 1/4 cup fat-free half-and-half• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla• Raspberries or small strawberries (optional)• Mint leaves (optional)
Directions1. Place chopped chocolate in a 2-cup glass measure or smallmicrowave-safe bowl. Microwave, uncovered, on 70% power(medium-high) for 1 minute; stir. Microwave on 70% power for 1to 2 minutes more, or until chocolate is melted, stirring every 15seconds.2. In a food processor bowl combine cheese, half-and-half, andvanilla. Cover and process until combined. Add melted chocolatewhile food processor is running. Process until well combined.Spoon into demitasse cups or small bowls. Serve immediately, orcover and chill for up to 24 hours. If desired, garnish with freshberries and mint leaves.
Vegetable Lasagnawith Red Pepper SauceFrom Better Homes and Gardens
Ingredients• 6 no-boil lasagna noodles or regular lasagna noodles• 8 ounces zucchini and/or yellow summer squash, halved andsliced• 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms• 1/3 cup chopped onion• 2 teaspoons olive oil• 1 cup fat-free or low-fat ricottacheese• 1/4 cup finely shredded Parmesancheese• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper• 1 recipe Red Pepper Sauce• 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese• 1 medium tomato, seeded and chopped
General Directions1. Soak the no-boil lasagna noodles in warm water for 10 minutes.(Or, cook regular noodles according to package directions, exceptomit salt.)2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook and stir zucchini or yellowsummer squash, mushrooms, and onion in hot oil over mediumheat for 6 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Drain well.3. In a small bowl stir together ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese,and black pepper. To assemble, place 3 lasagna noodles in a 2-quart square baking dish, trimming to fit as necessary. Top withricotta mixture, half of the vegetable mixture, half of the Red PepperSauce, and half of the mozzarella cheese. Layer with remaininglasagna noodles, vegetables, and sauce.4. Bake lasagna, uncovered, in a 375 degree F oven for 30 minutes.Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese and the tomato; bake5 minutes more or until heated through. Let stand 10 minutesbefore serving. Makes 6 servings.
Red Pepper Sauce Directions1. In a large skillet cook 3 cups chopped red sweet peppers and4 whole cloves garlic in 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heatabout 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. (Or, you may use one 12-ounce jar roasted red sweet peppers, drained. Omit cooking step.)2. Place pepper mixture in a blender container. Cover; blend untilnearly smooth.3. Add 1/2 cup water, 1/4 cup tomato paste, 2 tablespoons red winevinegar, and 1 tablespoon snipped fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoondried oregano, crushed.4. Cover; blend with several on-off turns until oregano is justchopped and mixture is nearly smooth. Return to skillet. Cook andstir over medium heat until heated through. Makes about 2 cups.
