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IN BRIEF Police release sketch tied to Corvallis assaults CORVALLIS — Police in Corvallis think the same man may be respon sible for three separate recent at tacks on women in the area. On Monday, investigators re leased a sketch of a possible sub ject, showing a white male adult, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and slight of frame. The sketch also shows that the suspect has medium skin tone, a clear complexion and blue green eyes. The most recent assault was in Corvallis on Nov. 9, when a woman said a man tried to grab her and drag her into her car before she managed to fight him off. Police say the suspect’s pattern has been to approach a lone female at night, either in a parking lot or on the street. The alleged assaults have re ceived extra attention because of the case of Brooke Wilberger, a Brigham Young University student from Veneta who disappeared last spring from an apartment complex near Oregon State University. Police believe she was abducted, and have identified several persons of interest in the case, although they have made no arrests. Senator named to power and conservation council SALEM — Oregon Gov. Ted Ku longoski appointed veteran Democ ratic state Sen. Joan Dukes on Mon day to one of Oregon’s two seats on the Northwest Power and Conserva tion Council. Dukes was named to replace Gene Derfler of Salem, a former Oregon Senate president who plans to leave the council when his term expires on Jan. 15. The full-time council that was created by Congress in 1980 also has two members each from Idaho, Montana and Washington. The agency develops long-range electric power plans for the region, while balancing power needs with protecting fish and wildlife popula tions affected by hydropower development in the Columbia River Basin. The council is funded by power revenue from the federal Bonneville Power Administration, which mar kets electricity from federal dams on the Columbia River. Dukes’ appointment is subject to state Senate confirmation. If ap proved, she would resign from the Senate. Dukes, who lives near Astoria, has served in the Senate since 1987 and currently is the longest serving senator. Her district takes in Clat sop, Tillamook and Columbia coun ties and parts of Washington and Multnomah counties. Commissioners from those coun ties will meet to appoint a replace ment to the Senate, who by law must be a Democrat. Veteran lawyer evaluates investment council policies PORTLAND — A veteran attorney with banking and securities law ex perience is evaluating the Oregon Investment Council’s conflict of in terest policies after questions were raised about the role of the wife of former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt. Edward “Ted” McAniff, a visiting professor at University of Oregon School of Law and semi-retired from a Los Angeles law firm, began his review earlier this month under a contract with the Oregon Treasury, which oversees the investment council. He is expected to complete the evaluation by June 30. The Treasury announced on Aug. 20 that it planned to hire an outside expert to conduct what is called a “best practices” review of the coun cil, which manages a $56 billion portfolio of public funds, including a $45 billion public employees’ pension fund. The review comes after council vice chairwoman Diana Gold schmidt voted along with fellow council members to allow a $300 million investment in a private equity fund managed by Texas Pacific Group. Less than a day after the vote on Oct. 29, 2003, Texas Pacific asked Diana Goldschmidt’s husband, Neil Goldschmidt, to participate in a po tentially lucrative partnership that would own Portland General Elec tric, Oregon’s largest utility. Questions about whether Diana Goldschmidt or other council mem bers knew about Neil Goldschmidt’s association with Texas Pacific before the vote prompted an investigation by Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers and a decision by Gov. Ted Kulongoski to remove Diana Gold schmidt from the council. Neil Goldschmidt withdrew from any involvement with Texas Pacific in May after admitting to sexually abusing a 14-year-old in the 1970s when he was mayor of Portland. Myers began the investigation on Sept. 29. He has declined to discuss details while the inquiry is under way. “The department is making every effort to complete the investigation by January,” said Kevin Neely, a spokesman for Myers. Several individuals associated with the council, Texas Pacific and the pending acquisition of PGE have been interviewed by investigators with the attorney general’s office. They declined to discuss details. McAniff will evaluate the policies, rules and practices used by the Trea sury staff and the investment coun cil to determine whether a conflict or potential conflict exists, accord ing to the Treasury contract. Man facing rape charges tries to commit suicide LA PINE — A man arrested for the alleged rape of a 90-year-old woman tried to kill himself while in a holding cell, according to a report from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. The victim, who identified her at tacker to police, was treated for mi nor injuries and released from a Bend hospital over the weekend, ac cording to the sheriff’s office. The alleged rapist, who is also facing burglary charges, was taken to St. Charles Medical Center-Bend for observation and a mental health evaluation, the sheriff’s office said. The 38-year-old man was being treated for non-life threatening in juries, according to the sheriff’s office. He has a prior conviction on sodomy and kidnapping charges from a separate case in 1995, ac cording to state Judicial Department records, and was convicted of fail ing to register as a sex offender on Sept. 1, 2000. —The Associated Press Make a difference, open a mind, touch a heart, inspire curiosity, shape the future, BE A TEACHER If you want to teach or work in an educational setting, If you have a current GPA of 2.5 or better and have 75 earned credits, The Educational Foundations Major at the University of Oregon may be for you! Educational Studies is an undergraduate non-licensure degree leading to either a B.A. or a B.S. UO College of Education Application Deadline Extended to December 1,2004 Contact the College of Education Advising office for more information at (541) 346-1569 Iraq requests neighboring nations tighten borders Interim leader spokesman says nearby countries have not pulled their weight against insurgency BYSALAH NASRAWI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — Lead ers meeting on Iraq’s future plan to give strong backing to the interim government’s war against insur gents, but won’t set a deadline for withdrawing U.S.-led forces from Iraq despite a push by France and some Arab countries. The draft communique for the conference that began Monday, also says the interim Iraqi government should meet with its opponents to try to persuade them to take part in the general elections scheduled for January. Iraq asked Egypt to convene the conference to bolster world support for its battle against insurgents and its plan to hold national elections. The meeting brought together Iraq’s six neighbors, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Kuwait, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as well as Egypt and several other Arab countries, China and re gional bodies such as the Group of Eight, the United Nations, the Euro pean Union, the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Syria’s foreign minister, Farouk al-Sharaa, had tried to seek support for setting a deadline for the with drawal of foreign forces in Iraq. But the draft communique, which the Egyptian foreign minister said late Monday had been endorsed by the conference, allows the Iraqi govern ment to decide when the U.S.-led troops should depart. It does remind them that their mandate is “not open-ended.” For all its bloodshed, the insur gency enjoys a certain support in the Arab world, where many regard the U S. and other troops as occupiers. In a clear rebuff to such sympa thies, the draft communique says the participants condemn “all acts of ter rorism in Iraq” and call for “the im mediate cessation of all such acts in order to alleviate the suffering of the Iraqi people.” In what could be the most con tentious part of the conference, Iraq has said it will ask neighboring states to tighten their borders against the infiltration of would-be insurgents and to share information about groups supporting the militants. “The Iraqi government will put pressure on the neighboring counties not to use their territories to support violence and terrorism in Iraq,” said Thair al-Naqeeb, the spokesman for interim leader Ay ad Allawi. In an interview with the AP on Monday, Allawi said neighboring countries had not pulled their weight against the insurgency. “Certainly, some brothers and leaders in some neighboring nations did not do enough,” Allawi said. “They should have tried to help us at a time when we needed help.” On his arrival Monday, Iraqi For eign Minister Hoshyar Zebari shrugged off calls by some Sunni Muslims for Iraqis to boycott the elections, set for Jan. 30. “They do not represent all Sunnis. If they want to prove their populari ty, the only way is through the ballot box,” Zebari said. In Baghdad, Allawi also dis missed boycott advocates as “the eventual losers,” and said his gov ernment was determined to hold the elections on time. Do you need to take the GRE • GMAT • TOEFL* PPST/PRAXIS The University of Oregon Testing Office is an official ETS computer-based testing site. Testing is available year-round, Monday-Friday, 2 sessions a day. 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