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5.0 earthquake shook Puget Sound Saturday miiirn SEATTLE (AIM Tho ilrongtsi | ('nrihqimkp to htt the Putin Sound region in ,10 years caused plenty of jitters bul no serious damage or injuries ll was a jarring reminder that the Parifii Northwest is prime earthquake country, scientists <uiv. The magnitude 5,0 quake struc kat 7:11 p m Saturday »nd was centered JO-15 miles south-southwest of Seattle It was foil as fur north as Van couver Island in Canada, as far south ns Salem, west to lha Oivmpii Peninsula and east to Yakima The tremor wasn't strong enough to cause any major damage But it rattled plenty of nerves "It started shaking the whole trailer." said Scott Shaba*. who lives near Fed eral Way. about 20 miles south of the epicenter I have a rude friend that comes by on* e in a while and likes to do that with his iru< k On Vashon Island, close to the epicenter. Tristan Huegnmer, 10. was in his car w hen the quake hit "It fell like someone was standing behind mv i at and shaking it.” he said We freaked out be* nuse we thought sometiodv was shak ing the car " The quake shattered « few store windows, knee ked gro ceries off shelves and carved some minor hairline era* ks along the Willis of two aging brick fire stations in Tacoma In Seattle, the Kingdome. which was hosting a fishing and hunting show, was i iosed 45 minutes early as a precaution hut no structural damage was found The state Department of Transportation on Monday planned to -.end crew* to inspect bridges and highways in the region hut no structur al damage is ex pet led. said Mytnt Twin, bridge and structures engineer (or the stativ The state’s newer bridges are designed to withstand quakes as strong as magni tude 7,5 and even the older bridges are likely to survive a magnitude 5 quake unscathed, Tw in said Kuth Ludwfin. a research si lentist with the University of Washington seismology lab, said the quake or.« urritd less than it) miles from the earth's surface Aftershocks of up to magnitude -t 0 < an l** expected for months At least I w o minor after ' f, which could lie felt, were ns orded late Saturday night The tremor was the strongest to hit the Seattle • re l sill! 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I ■ Ittiiljll.li e struck no \pril ion , That quake injured at least 11 people and caused an esti mated $12.5 million in prop erty damage In 1‘M‘I, a 7 1 quake cen* tered near Olympia killed eight |asople and rained bricks and debris onto city streets The 11)49 and 1065 quakes were much deeper and origi nated within the subducting Jtinn do Fuca plate, a huge, ihit k slab of rock that is push ing under North America tudwin salt) Saturday's quake was a "crustal" quake, ik i uning closer to the surfat« within the crust of the over lying North A morn an plate Orphanages may be revived PORTLAND (AW —~ Talk of reviving th*» orphan age a* a vxjn! institution appears to bti gaining some support from people who grew up without parents, including state Attorney General Ted Kuiongoski Kuiongoski spent JO years in a Missouri urphnn ag*». beginning as a A year-old in the 1'i-tOs her anse his widowed mother couldn’t care for him Resorting to an orphanage to core for children from broken families drew loud criticism nation I ■ • when it IS firs! suggested ' , the new R< pul* loan leader of Congress, House Speaker Newt Gingrich However, some Democrats like Kuiongoski find themselves agreeing that an orphanage may not be a had idea for some older children for whom adoption is unlikely "Kids need someplace when* then* is some strut tun*. ditw ipline ami someone who looks after their interests and is on their side Kuiongoski said Some child welfare advoi at os have painted the proposal as nothing more than institutional ware housing of poor children, tailing it heartless, cost ly and ineffective But others say that government. c hurches and nonprofit agencies can no longer tops with a rising tide of children from homes disrupted bv drugs, alcohol or violence "In reality, there an* so many families who are (vast our ability to help thorn. ' said John S Powell, supervisor of the Multnomah County Juvenile t or rectiom unit One 17-year-old Portland boy who spent years in the foster care system before landing in a state Chil dren s Service* Division teen group home, say* he's t onvim ed an orphanage could have helped "It would have made a difference. I'd know what was going to happen to me every day," said the teenager, whose name was withheld to protect his privacy. Still, some critic s reject orphanages, saying they are too expensive or fail to provide emotional sup port "Little tiny kids don't do well in that sort of insti tutional setting," said Den de Haan. a former C-SD administrator who now heads Child Welfare Part nership. a publn private group Studying child abuse issues "Plat emerit m ma nnd-pa foster ram works a lot better," he said. Gingrich has praised Hoys Town, the sue cess ful Nehrnska hased residential c enter, ns a model orphanage Howev er. critics of orphanages note that it costs more than $40,000 a year to care for one child a! Boys Town, During the 1893-95 budget cyt le, Oregon bud geted $45 million for residential foster care. Portland light rail tunnnel delayed PORT! .AND (API The 2U 1 foot mac hint* that's drilling a commuter rail tunnel through tin* i ity's West Hills is supposed to punch through 70 (<>•*) of rock on a good day These* days, th«- $5 million machine nic knamed "Hon* Regard" is lucky to plod through lit feet. Late last year, he fare adjustments even* made. It we* getting through only 4 fast daily The result is a $25 million cost overrun and a 10-month delay m the $04*1 million progs t to bring light rail to Portland's western suburbs And it's just the latest in a senes of headat hes for Tri-Mel, ofFic tally known as the I n-L.uunt\ Metro poiitnn Transportation District IrlMet planners envision t: lean-running, smooth-riding Metropolitan Area Express trains carrying passengers to downtown Portland from all lour directions. A 15-mile MAX route from the eastern suburb of Gresham to downtown Portland opened in loflfi and attracts about 25.000 riders a day That props.! came in S? »i million under bud K*'< The Ift-mHe line stretching from downtown to suburban Hillsboro is the second leg I-tnes south to Oregon City and north to Vancouver. Wash., are still in the planning stage The west side project encoun ternd few problems until it came to “The Tunnel." Rather than run the tracks over the s< erui West Mills, plan iter* decided to go through them, with two parallel tunnels 3 miles long and 21 feet wide A year ago, nighttime blasts woke up residents at the tun nel's west portal, forcing Tri Mel !<> build a sound-muffling curtain. At tin* east tunnel opening near Washington Park. Tri Met i hose to break ground at the foot of a wooded hillside for aesthet ic reasons. But it turned out to be above an am ient creekbed, which required extra shoring that ilt up time and money. The agency also had to pay to relocate about a dozen coffins from a cemetery that lies above the tunnel path after family members objected to the disrup tion. He was referring to Murphy's l aw , which says anything that can go wrong, will. "The problem ts about as dire as it can get," Tri-Mot spokes woman Amy Carlson said as she stood ankle-deep in muck at the tunnel’s east portal on a recent ratnv day. 15% l Student Discount l 355 E Broadway only 345-9976 Musi pfpsent student I D No! valid with other discounts Valid lor I D holder only •*.*.*■*.* * ******** • fWUNDttUMP 5vtoco GAMES Sm STREET <0 PUBLIC IWRHFT 683-8464 r — WtOADVENTURn VAUf V RfVf R l»t A2A Cash For Textbooks Mon.-Sat. Smith Family Bookstore 768 E. 13th 1 Block From Campu* 345-1651 Officials argue over effects of expensive jails Ol.YMPlA (AP) Grandview Mayor Jusse Palm ios was disappointed when Grays Har bor yy as pit keel over his town (or a new stale prison and its 635 new jobs. Not to worn , though, the mayor reflet ted last Week after hearing the news The state's 14th prison complex, a $160 million fat.ili tv to hold 1,9 )6 inmates, w ill not tx> the last "And we'll t«i itt line for the next one if that's whet the Gitv Council wants," Pala cios says. Prisons chief Chase Riveland agreed vsith Palm ins on both points. There will In- more prisons built and Grandview is an ext ellent site for one But while Palacios salivates at the prospect. Hive land gets heartburn over the public s apparent appetite for more prisons to ac commodate tougher sentenc es passed by the legislature and citizens He contrasts that with the public's matc hing appetite for tuxes reduc tions and less government and wonders when the collision will come "The collision w ill come very soon, and we as u society will have to start making some tough c hoic es," predicts Senate Major ity Leader Marcus Gaspard, D-Puyallup. Every town's gain is a drain on state tax payers. and Riveland wonders whore the slate will find the money to continue build mg find operating prisons Thin now hold about 11.000 people and are expected to house 14,000 hv decade's end Conservatives talk of squeezing fat from other state agent les to finatu e prison tests, but Riveland stuffs at that "The ubiquitous fat we talk alKHit. 1 just don't see it." he says 'The real savings could be in dealing with some people in ways other than prisons, hut we're dealing in symbols, not reality We just aren't able to give our elected off it ta Is per mission to put reality ahead of rhetoric." he says Rive land, and Ins boss. Gov Mike Lowry, want elected officials to start paving heed to what Kiveland savs is "excellent research" show ing that some offenders — thieves, drug users — "can be suet essfully treated m the community" and make room in prison for violent predators to spend more time Riveland notes that drug offenders are the fastest growing segment of the prison popu lation Before 1UH7, drug offenders account ed for 4 percent of the population Now they account for 25 percent, thanks largely to 1989 legislation toughening sentences for drug crimes. House Law and Justice Chairman Mike Padden, R-Spokane, is among people w ho see the growth of inmate populations as good news, not had it means lie and others sav, that the Legislature is succeeding in its war against crime. Padden says the way to go is to keep squeezing criminals and search for ways to cut costs They could include permitting the private sector to build and operate prisons with an estimated savings of seven percent to JO percent. “I don't agree that prison costs have to be as high as they are," Padden sa\s Moreover, he adds. Riveiand's view that too many peo ple are in prison doesn't square with the publti view People want tougher sentences and are ready to pay the cost. Padden says "We will find the money," House Correc tions Chairwoman Ida Haliasiotes, R-Mercer Island, said at a hearing on a new initiative to toughen sentences for gun crimes. Senate Minority leader lXin McDonald. K Bellevue says all the cost estimates fail to factor in something else —- the savings to victims and the justice system when crimi nals are behind bars instead of out commit ting crimes Senate budget chief Nita Rinehart, l>-Seat tle. says she believes the public eventually will come down somewhere in the middle of the debate once they have all the informa tion. RIGHT(@)N TflRHFT Orrii<m Daily £>11161*^1(1 ADVERTISING DEPT. 346-3712
