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No new leads in case of the
missing Oregon City girls
SALENA DE LA CRUZ
Design Editor
May 8 and 9 marked the
anniversaries of the disappear
ances of Oregon City girls,
Ashley Pond and Miranda
Gaddis, who disappeared under
very similar circumstances, but
the anniversaries have not
curbed the determination and
high hopes of bringing these
girls home.
The FBI yarned Oregon City
authorities and the community
to be on heightened alert for
May 8 and 9, the two and four-
month anniversaries since Pond
and Gaddis disappeared.
Investigators believed the same
person abducted both girls and
did not wish for a repeat.
Though investigators had no
specific information on a third
child being targeted, they did
issue the warning as a precau
tion. Officers have been
assigned to the Gardiner Middle
School, which is where the girls
attended, for at least part of the
week, though no extra patrols
have been scheduled. ,
These cautions and anniver
saries have not swayed the vol
unteers who are indomitable in
finding these girls. Volunteer
searches are still being conduct
ed. On May 4, volunteers met
once again at Dale’s Auto
Wrecking Yard, located at 19203
S. Molalla Avenue in Oregon
City, and began their search at 9
a.m. and continued until 1 p.m.
with another search scheduled
for May 18. Searches are sched
uled for every other Saturday.
During the May 4 search, vol
unteers came across a backpack,
knife, sleeping bag and note
book, according to reports on
findmiranda.com’s web site.
Though it has yet to be estab
lished whether or not these
items are directly linked to the
case, they have been forwarded
to the authorities. Volunteers
are always needed, but if people
cannot attend donations of sup-
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plies are being accepted. Log
onto findmiranda.com or find-
ashley.com to get more informa
tion.
In continuing efforts, volun
teers continue to organize and
try to raise funds to help the
families. On May 11, a benefit
concert was held at the New
Hope Community Church, off of
Sunnyside Road, featuring some
area Christian bands.
As the days and months
progress efforts are unwavering
with many combining their
efforts from on and off the web
sites to bring these girls home.
To reach Salena De La Cruz
e-mail
wonderwoman41477@yahoo.com
or drop by B-104.
Clackamas, may be able to count
those credits towards their AAS.
Current public safety employees
who have undergone training
programs through the workplace
will be allowed to use those
courses for credits as well.
“Education can stop that fast,
or we can provide opportunities
for people to improve their own
personal and professional
growth,” Machado said.
The Clackamas County
Community Safety Local Option
Tax will be voted on May 21. If
approved, the levy will provide
approximately $41.6 million
over the next three years to con
tinue to provide current public
safety services for Clackamas
County.
“(The tax levy) does not
increase services. It will fill the
vacancies that are currently
into jeopardy. One example of
the sacrifices that would be
instigated if the levy is not
approved, would be the lack of
room in the county jail.
“If somebody in your commu
nity has committed a crime,
they may not end up going to
jail. Which means they’d get
cited and they would be right
back on the street,” Machado
said.
The ability of current public
safety officers to obtain their
associate’s degrees with the new
customized training program
would make them more mar
ketable and harder to dispose
of.current services provided by
the Sheriff’s Office would be
put
At a time in which some peace
officers in Clackamas County
might be feeling the threat of
cutbacks, this program offers a
chance to ensure their employ
ment.
To reach Nick Barron e-mail
barronoru@hotmail.com or
drop by B-104.
existing (in the public safety
offices of Clackamas County),
and that’s it. It doesn’t allow us
to go up and over the top. It is
bare minimum,” Commander
Machado said.
The need for the tax levy is
derived from the increased cost
of maintaining such departments
as the District Attorney’s office,
Community Corrections,
Juvenile Department and the
Sheriff’s Office.
Two requirements are needed
for the passage of the levy, one
of which is a double majority of
registered voters to vote either
“yes” or “no” on the tax. The
other prerequisite is that the
majority of voters must pass the
addendum.
“I can guarantee you that if the
levy fails, the Sheriff’s Office
will lose approximately 32
department members. That
includes road deputies, correc
tions deputies, and non-swom
support staff. It will cause demo
tions,” Machado said.
Without the passage of the levy,
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