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Rennie’s Landing
1214 Kincaid
687-0600
_Regional_
An Alaskan snowstorn
hits Willamette Valley
(Al’l An Alaskan storm
blanketed iiiui It of Oregon in
snow MmuLn (on mg si.hool
closures, causing major traffii.
problems and signaling the
start of w hat is e\per led to be a
week of snow \ w eatber
The National Weather Ser
vile said several inches of
snow fell over a wide region of
the st.ite Monday . w itfi about t
ini lies of snow tailing by even
mg on the Willamette Valley
flex n
Mondav s snow w.is prec ed
ed m many plai es by a thin
sheet of ice that covered roads,
bridges and long sei lions ot In
terstate "> in the Portland area
I ender bender ai i idents and
near standstill tr.dtic were re
ported throughout the area
Portland’s Tri Met Inis tratlic
was late Mondav morning and
expet ted to be even worse
I tiesdav as the snow piled up
The culprit. the National
Weathei Servile said was ,i
slow moving storm svstem that
i rept down Iroin Alaska during
t he w eekend
It s been c hugging sleadilv
south going right down the
\\ est ( oast ot ( ,Iliad,I sou e Sat
unlay said Ira Kosov it.' a
weather serv i( e tin el aster
Kosov it/ said tile i old we,till
el will ( outmile tor must ot the
Week DdVtitlle lllglls should
edge into the (Os allow mg
some ot the snow to melt be
said, but temperatures will tall
after d.nk causing everything
ti I tlee/e again
Auoihei snowstorm was
beading tow ard Oregon and ex
pei ted to lot the state b\ Thurs
day
Mondav morning, the snow
and ii e I 1111pIei 1 w ith pool
driving skills made lor
treat herons conditions
"The biggest problem we re
having is th.it we i ant get
these people to slow down
said .in ()regon State I’olii e dis
puli hei m Portland I’artii nl.ir
Iv (I iff it nit were sections of In
terstate 205, where many driv
ers were hitting pate lies of
blni k ice while driving at the
summertime speed of 55 mph
"Tliev hit that ii e. and there
thev go We get one accident
t leared up. and there's another
one. ' the dispati her said
In Milwaukie. traffic was
hloi ked after a 40-toot tractor
trailer belonging to Safeway
Stores Iih sheared a power
pole
\'o one was injured, hut the
road was ( losed for six blocks
from 5:48 a in to 8 a in. as
Portland (amend Klee.trie do
(lews repaired downed lines
that dangled over the roadway,
said Milw ankle police
Two lanes of Oregon t> re
opened Monday after a
loi kslide at the ( rest of the
Wilson River Highway closed
them during the vv eekend flic
Oregon llighw.iv Division said
a pilot ( .n vv as leading trull ii
through the area damaged bv
the slide
lor all the tratfii problems
and minoi ai ( idents. there
were no reports of significant
injuries.
The snow created havor toi
schools, with some districts
(losing altogether and others
eitliei opening late or ( losing
earlv
Striking tear hers halted pic k
cling outside alter M( Minin die
sc bools were i losed because ot
the snow
Castration bill debated
By Hal Spent er
■\ss(k ialed Press
Ol S MI’IA Wash |. \ I *) Flu Washington Senate tin Monday
n.iinmh passed ,i measure allowing sex uitenders to i liuuse i astla
tie 11 in exi hange fin red ill illg their sen lent es I >\ as linn h as ' . pel
i enl
I lie lull n as approved f i t and sent to the I louse where Speak
ei |oe king said the measure probably won’t come up hetore next
\ ear
We Hist den t know d we re reads to experiment on the pnblii
vet, hing said
File measure and otliei legislation aimed at repeat sex offenders,
is tin’ Legislature s re.u turn to ret enl c runes, int hiding the sexual
mutilation ol a 7 year old I at onia boy
Senate iiitiis at (.used backers ol tile hill ol showing blood
lust and said such a law would dump unrepentant sex i riminals
bai k on die streets years earlier than it they were to serve tuli pris
on terms I hey predicted the i ourts would throw out su< h a law
Hut sponsors said studies have shown castration to cut repeat
i rime by 7"> peri ent or more
Mutilation is too good tor these people said Sen [trad (iyyeii
It should lie mandatory tor these creeps
No one mentions cruel and unusual punishment ot the i 111
zens said Sen Bob Mi ( iaslin
Both houses have approved tough sex crimes legislation suggest
ed In a citizens task fori e appointed by taiv Booth (Gardner Infor
mal negntiations are under way to iron out the different es
i hat legislation includes slitter sentences, a procedure for civil
commitment of incorrigible sex offenders and more services lor
\ it tuns
Sen Ellen Crasyvell sponsor of the castration bill, and her Sen
ate allies ((intend those efforts aren’t enough
■'surgical lustration does affect violent behavior The lowering
of testosterone level ulfet Is violence." said ( r.isyyell. referring to a
male sex hormone She said she prefers life sentem es for sex i rim
inals
foes of the castration hill said it won’t survive constitutional
scrutiny on Hth Amendment grounds ol i rue I and unusual punish
nient 1 hey noted the South (.arolina Supreme (lourt so ruled in
the case of three rapists ottered the option in exchange tor sun
pended sentences
( rasweil s measure ini hides provisions for court hearings before
i ast ration to ensure the offender understands the legal, medical,
ei not lima I and psy i holog ii a I conseijiieiii es of surgii a I i ast rat ion