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Man charged with running prostitution ring According to police, a Eugene man operated in escort services and hotels and brothels By Jesse Sowa Community Reporter A Eugene man was indicted Jan. 15 on 25 felony counts and five misdemeanors related to prostitution activities, a police news release said. According to the release, Ter rence Jason Schehen, 20, is ac cused of engaging in the act of promoting prostitution and vie timizing a juvenile over the past few months. The police investigation showed that Schehen began pimping a minor in February or March of 1997 and that he con tinued to pimp her through es cort services in Lane and several other counties throughout the state for several months, police said. From approximately Septem ber through December 1997, he pimped an adult locally through escort services, the news release said, and he later pimped her in brothels and hotels in Nevada. Schehen was arrested !nn. 14 when detectives from the Lane Interagency Enforcement Team and Eugene Police Department executed a search warrant at his home. He was found to be in pos session of merchandise pur chased with a forged credit card. Schehen did not resist arrest and is currently in custody at the Lane County jail. Schehen is charged with 21 counts of promoting prostitution, five for contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor, one for compelling prostitution, one for third-degree assault, one for ille gally possessing a firearm and one for forgery. Schehen is one of the 18 peo ple under investigation on suspi cion of being pimps in the Cen tral Lane County area over the past year. Two of the three al leged victims in this case are un der the age of 18. The case against Schehen was aided largely by assistance from young victims who chose to come forward after hearing news reports requesting help from oth ers whom pimps have hurt. House: Some facility features will be left behind « Continued from Page 1 there, including learning to use language, to use the toilet, to share and begin to discover the magic of books and explore art media," said child care coordinator Den nis Reynolds. “For many kids the Villard House was also the first time with peers, and they learned how to share and not hit or bite.” In 1995, funds were allocated for improvements on four houses the Child Care Development Cen ter used on the east side of cam pus, Reynolds said. It would cost an estimated $130,000 to bring the Villard House up to commer cial child-care facility standards and rezoning codes. “It was determined that it was n't cost effective to allocate that much money to serve so few kids,” he said. The children who used the warm and cozy house, however, had a place to go after it was gone. After restructuring the age groups, the EMU Child Care Center took in eight of the 12 toddler slots available. The program lost some space, but it still manages, Wheel er said. “It’s really nice because it's smaller and easier to supervise,” she said. “We’ve managed to get this really cozy.” MICHAEL CRISP/Emerald Colorful murals decorate the walls of the former child care center. The Spencer View Co-op Fami ly and Vivian Olum Child Devel opment centers also were places for students and faculty to drop off their kids for the day, Reynolds said. In the meantime, the Villard House will be extensively reno vated and will offer a student fam ily a place to live and raise their kids, possibly by spring term, said Frank Gaddini, family housing area director. “The house is big enough that if one parent goes to school, the oth er can stay home and take care of tiie kids and possibly work in the home,” Gaddini said. Renovations will begin by bringing the plumbing and the electricity in the 75-year-old house up to code and replacing some of the fixtures that have been removed. The cost of reno vating Villard House is not known, he said, but funding will come from University Housing’s operations budget. Despite extensive renovations, some features of the child care center will remain for incoming renters, Gaddini said, including the garage, which was once a large playroom that featured ramps and platforms, and the indoor sand box. “The family who gets to live here will have a lot of fun with it," he said. The kitchen that served break fast and lunch to those in the house and to other area child care houses will be reverted back into a “family-style” kitchen, Gaddini said, A new family will enjoy the large and spacious house and make it a home of their own. But many will miss the Villard House. Teachers, assistants and students will all remember it fondly, and they all will have learned from it. But the children will remember most of all, Reynolds said. “They ate there, napped there and were comforted when they fell down," he said. “It was full of laughter, love and occasional tears. It was home away from home.” The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Monday through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. A member of the Associated Press, the Emerald operates independently of the University with offices in Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is pri vate property. The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law. NEWSROOM Editor In chief: Sarah Kickler Managing Editor: Nicole Krueger Community: Michael Burnham, editor. Tricia Duryee, Jesse Sowa Entertainment: Evan Denbaum, editor. Shannon Sneed Higher Education: Laura Cadiz, editor. Nicole Kristal, Teri Meeuwsen, Kari Thorene In-depth: Ashley Bach Perspective: Michael Schmierbach, edi tor. Chris Hutchinson, illustrator. Jonas Allen, Kameron Cole, Hannah Dillon, Jeff Shaw, columnists. Student Activities: Doug Irving, editor. Michael Hines. Chris Kenning, Kristina Rudinskas Sports: Ryan Frank, editor Chris Hansen, asst, editor. Joel Hood. Rob Moseley, Alex Pond Copy Desk: Holly Sanders, copy chief. Tammy Salman. Kelly Schulze. Shannon Sneed News Art: Matt Garton, editor. Pamela Sirianni, Cara Strazzo Photography: Amanda Cowan, Wendy Fuller, Rose Fung, Laura Goss, Nick Medley. Kristen Sullivan Freelance: Carl Yeh On-line: Nicholas Stiffler BUSINESS General Manager: Judy Riedl Business: Kathy Carbone, business supervisor. Judy Connolly, receptionist. Distribution: John Long, Joy Sears. Dave Oval I ADVERTISING DISPLAY: Becky Merchant, director. Leigh-Ann Cyboron, assistant. Yujin Chi, Brian Diamond, Chris Erickson, Lindsay Knaak, Andy Lakefish, Justice Rhodes. 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After two hours of debate, the committee de cided to send the proposal to the citizens of Eugene for a vote dur ing the Nov. 3 general election. The duties of the board, if voted on by the public, would include participating in investigations when necessary, reviewing and recommending investigations and compiling an annual report re garding the behavior and disci pline of officers. Instead of setting up a proposal that would allow the city manager to appoint the seven member board, the committee decided to attempt to change the city charter to allow the City Council the au thority to be involved in person nel matters and policy implemen tation. Committee member Neil Vansteenbergen didn’t know how he felt at first. “I will share my am bivalence. The independence is very important to me — it is not going to work well without that — but we've worked with this a long time and we could try [control un der the city manager] for a year. ” He continued, “I don’t know what to do. I’m hesitant to send it to the voters. I don’t think it is go ing to pass.” Elaine Green, who was the only one who voted against trying to amend the charter, said it was be cause she felt the motion was still affiliated with the June 1st inci dent, where protesters were pep per sprayed by police downtown. As of now, the City Council is not allowed to appoint a board to examine internal or external com plaints about the police depart ment. Although some members of the committee did find it a possi bility that the charter amendment may lose in the election, they de cided in a 12 to one vote that it was the only way to have a completely independent review board. “The costs and implications are worth it,” said Ron Chase, a com mittee member. “There’s a lot of risk involved. I would just as soon lose [the election] and get nothing and start from the beginning.” The proposal will be presented to the City Council on February 11. The committee has not decid ed whether to present other op tions as well. Committee member Ellen Graphic headline Public comment sessions for the External Review Advisory Committee: ■ Tuesday, Jan. 27 12:30-2:30 p.m. Sheldon Community Center, 2445 Willakenzie Rd. ■Wednesday, Jan. 28 6-8:00 p.m. Whiteaker Elementary School, 21 N. Grand • Thursday, Jan. 29 6-8:00 p.m. Churchill High School, 1850 Bailey Hill Rd. Klowden was concerned whether the police department would op pose the charter amendment and lobby against it. Ken Saxon, a Eugene police offi cer, said they won’t: “This com munity is giving us mixed mes sages. The reason I would like to see it go to the vote is because we truly want to reflect the values of the community.” The public will have an oppor tunity to ask questions and give their opinions next week. If the plan fails, some commit tee members still have ideas. “My timeline is exactly the same. The voters need an opportunity to ad dress this issue, and if the answer is no I will be disappointed, but I’ll be back in five or six years with an other plan,” said committee mem ber Bill Young. A R o bin son Theatre Production Bloodi f) mftTSGr&S’XV 89.7FM■ EuacNc UT box office 346 4191, EMU ticket of fice 346 4363 Live Music Etouffee! The Et©uffee Band Swamp Reck Sho' Nuff Thursday at She Brews / He Brews A Coffee House 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. January 22, 1998 1059 Hilyard Street Corner of 11th and Hilyard Call 343-8920 for more details
