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‘City of Roses’

Committed to Cultural Diversity

Established in 1970

Wednesday • January 20, 2010

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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

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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

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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-

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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

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like, "Dang, she can act too." So,

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AP: Now, you're looking to re-

lease an album this year. What will

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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.

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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-

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fertilegroundpdx.org. The pass

will grant admission to all 50

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projects, plus admission to the

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Fertile Ground was launched

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Attendees will watch a live fashion show featuring local designers, music

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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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afford to contribute the bare minimums,

then you need to eliminate yourself

from dating until you get your finances

together.

Dear Deanna!My niece is involved with a man old

enough to be her father and I feel he’s

taking advantage of her. My sister,

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

Sunday School 10:00 A.M Worship Service 12:00 Noon

Y.P.C.E. 6:30 P.M Evangelistic Service 7:00 P.M.

Weekday Service

Tuesday Night: Bible Study 7:30 P.M.

Friday Night: Regular Service 7:30 P.M.

Prayer Meeting & Seminar: Monday - Friday 12:00

EMMANUEL

Church of God in

Christ United4800 NE 30th Ave. Port-

land OR 97211

You are cordially invitedto worship with us inthese services: Pastor & Wife –

Bishop & Mrs. A.L. Wright

503-335-8772

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.