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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1995)
Roberts’ last hours replete with touah decisions SALEM (AP) In her final few hour*, a* governor, Barbere Robert* der ided Mon day noi to commute the death sentonces of nine con victor) murderer* I or me. this has been a wrenching ( hoii o. mid I am not entirely comfortable with the outcome of my own. private delib erations." Robert* sudd I must also make it clear that w ith some of these applica tions, had the uue come to me afier all oth er appeal had been exhausted, my dm i sion might have been a different one." Roberts refloated that she is personal ly, adamantly, opposed to the death |**nal ty and said slut carefully studied each of the i atu*s But slit- said she tit* idnd not to commute the sentences tieaniw till other legal alter natives had not been exhausted Opponents of the death penalty had hoped Roberts would commute the inmates' sentences to life in prison with out possibility of parole W»i r« gravely disappointed that she hasn l foliowed llip enlightened load of o!hi*r governor* like Gov Celeste of Ohio arid Gov Anava of New Mexico. *wsid Mark Kramer, a Portland attorney sjHMik ing on behalf of the Oregon Coalition to Alwilish the Death Penalty Norm Frink. Multnomah County chief deputy district attorney, said Roberts deserves to fm i ommended for having kept her word and kept her faith to the electorate ” He added that he hope* Congress will do something this year to limit the appeals that </in he filed by people fw mg the death penalty No one has been put to death si we Ore gon voters reinstituted capital punishment in 1UH4 None of the nine who sought demon i y contended they did not commit the killing* However. one of the nine, lames Isom. has contended that his killing of a woman in a Portland motel in 19H6 was an ac< idem The victim was stabbed to death Seventeen men am on Death Row at the Oregon State Penitentiary Tight dis ided not to ask for clemency for varying rea sons. Kramer said Some felt clement y might hurt their appeal* and others sim ply would rather die than face a life in prison, he said Robert* did grant a full pardon to one woman convii ted of robbery 1 l year* ago and commuted the sentence* of two oth ers The pardon was given to Kathryn Ann 1 hompson. who was placed on parole in June 1<»82. a year after she was convicted of second-degree rubbery She has no oth er criminal record and. since she left prison, has been a responsible member of society, Roberts said Roberts commuted the sentem e< of Shelly Ami BrimberTy nod Samira Pollard Shook Both will !*> released from custody but must continue to bo supervised by authorities Brimberry has served two years of a five year sentence for first-degree manslaugh ter after admitting she stabbed her boyfriend to death According to a news release issued by Roberts' office, Brimberry stabbed the man while trying to stop a vio lent fight between him and another man Tlie stabbing victim had verbally and emotionally abused Brimberry for many months. Roberts' office said Shook has served five months of a lfi month sentence for unlawful mnnufactunt of marijuana According to Roberts. Shook Iw* June involved in the manufacture of the drug to help raise money for her sister, who was dying of a brain tumor. Coastal storm demolishes southwest comer of Oreaon GRANTS PASS (AP) A Pacific storm pounded Western Oregon on Monday, toppling a tree licit kilt«*<f n statu highway worker. Hooding streets and homesand knot kmg out j>ower Phe southwestern comer of the Mato was hardest hit. with more than 5 inches of rain reported in remote mountainous parts of Coos, Curry and Josephine COUn tieS Flood warnings wore issued through Tuesday for the South Umpqua River near Roseburg. the Coquille River in Coo* County and the Tualatin River itt rural Washington County. 1 had A Bedtngfield. 47. of Medford, was killed shortly Make Big Plans 1965 Wiiumttlt 366 3555 f„ 366 0870 Oversized Copies available up to 3 feet x 14 feet kinko's \otii branch ollicc More Power To You! Your computer flies now. Don't let it make a crash landing. 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Lyle Stevens, wasn't sen ousiy hurt 1 he two state* Department of Transportation workers were looking for downed trees and brain hes on the road leading to the ski resort, which had closed hei a use of the heavy rain, Sgt Michael But kman said Streets flotxhxi in Grants Pass, taxis Hay and Brookings, where the 2 fi7 ini hos of rain from mid night to fi to a in set a record for the date School* i I used in the small town of Kiddle in Dougins Goun tv, where Cow Greek was noar flood stage A mudslide bl<x ked Oregon Highway Ml mmH of 0m • on munity of Applegate in Ja< kson County, causing a two^ar wm.k. High winds knocked out pow er to about 5.000 people south of Klamath Falls, said Cary Don nelly of Pacific Power Northern California readies for floods GUFKNKVJUJi. Calif (AP) — Indy Petrie was one of several Guemeville residents who pai ked up treasured belongings while keeping an eye on the Russian River as it roared over its hanks You think about it, but when the time unties, you’re not ready, Petrie said Sunday ,ts she and her husband tried to die ide what to tiring with them if they were fori erf to leave their home I he latest in a series of pow erful storms pounded Northern California on Sunday, causing flooding in many low-lying areas Rapidly rising waters on the Russian, Petaluma and Napa rivers forced the evacuation of several hundred people I he National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for Marin. Napa, and Sonoma coun ties The warnings meant that flooding was occurring or immi nent Meanwhile, authorities in Sonoma and Napa counties dei hired lot al states of emer gency. And there's no end in sight, National Weather Service mete orologist John Burkhardt said todav "As far down south as the i mitral coast and all the wav up the San Francisco Hav area and northwestern California we have rainy and windy (con ditions) for every day for the short-term forei ast. which is through Tuesday. For Wednes day through Friday there will lie periods of rain, heavy at times, mild and windy that means rain every day." A section of the Russian River near Guemeville. about 60 miles northwest of San Fram isco — had reached flood stage — 32 fis-t — by Sunday afternoon, and hit 38 feet late Sunday night. It was expected to reach 38 feet today. That prediction reminded r some residents of the flood of 1986. known ns the Valentine's Day Flood, when the Russian River was measured at a record 49.5 feet Shirley Sullivan, 78. was plucked from the roof of a house during the 1988 flood This time, she wasn't taking any chances — she grabbed her eat and headed for a Red Cross shel ter in Sebastopol I'll just have to make do," she said Andy Dalton said her Guemeville Five A Ten was out of batteries as residents stocked up on supplies Hut she noted that longtime residents were less concerned. In the 1986 flooding that inun dated downtown, the river rose to 40 feet , she said This w ill only affect the peo ple who get flooded every tune we have a storm," she said Authorities in Guemeville did not t all for mandatory evacua tions, hut many people left their homes About 30 people chin ked into the shelter set up at the Veterans Memorial Build ing in Sebastopol Hooding was also reported along the Russian River in Heuldsburg, east of Guemeville. The fire department reported that fltxKi level in that city is 19 feet and the riser had rum hed 24 feet No formal evacuations were ordered Officials in neighboring Napa County svere also keeping a wary eye on the Napa River, which was expected to ( rest near flood levels About 40 people were evacu ated from their homes in Calis toga and authorities planned to evacuate about 75 elderly peo ple from a mobile home park in Younts tile near the Napa River To the south, some 200 homes and 75 mobile homes wore evac uated in Petaluma, located about 35 miles north of San Francisco. Schools wnro ordered closed today in many districts affected by the flooding, including Petaluma, Calistoga. Stinson Beach, Healdsburg and Sebastopol. "Many roads are closed and the high tide could swamp other roads, said Don Armstrong, superintendent of the Shoreline Unified School District, which covers Bodega Bay, Pt. Reyes, Inverness, and Tamalpais “School is being closed as a precaution, so as not to joopar* dize the safety of students, teachers and staff." he told radio station KCBS. fire tiapt Tim Kiddle said the Petaluma River started to rise after Sunday morning's high tide. ’There was a massive amount of water that had nowhere to go." ho said. A shelter was opened at the Petaluma Community Center fan Mull, lead forei aster with the Weather Service, said his agent \ anil the U S Geological Survey also issued mudslide warnings for Napa, Sonoma and Marin counties. Pacific Gas A Electric Co. said customers were experiencing scattered power outages along the coast, but said 9,000 people in Marin, Sonoma. Mendocino and Uko counties were without power Sunday night About 1.500 customers in the Santa Gruz Mountains south of San Francis* o also had no electrici ty. Interstate 80 across the Sierras was closed briefly Sunday when a storm-spawned blizzard knocked down a PGsF power line Numerous other roads were ilosed because of flooding throughout the region. The weather service said a string of powerful storms will continue to hit the Northern Cal ifornia coast through early next week. FIND THINGS IN ODE CLASSIFIEDS (ROOMMATES, TICKETS. STUFF YOU LOST. BICYCLES, CARS, JOBS, ON-CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES)
