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Wednesday,Oct.24,2012
MAX line heads through Milwaukie
Heather Mills
The Clackamas Print
Construction on the Milwaukie
MAX Line officially began on
June 30, 2011. Its construction was
stopped in controversy before any
engines started. Now, however, it
looks like the plans for the now
almost mythical “Orange Line”
are proceeding. The agreed upon
route starts from Portland State
University and travels approxi
mately 7.3 miles to connect with
Milwaukie and Oak Grove. The
line will end at SE Park Avenue,
where it connects to McLoughlin
Boulevard in Clackamas County,
and is reported to have a price tag
o f $1.5 billion.
The money is just part o f the
issue. Community members who
are in opposition of the new line
feel as if their votes have been over
ruled. Many local residents have
the opinion that TriMet hasn't been
stepping on toes, so much as bull
dozing over them, in the attempts to
realize their construction plans. City
members fear the rising taxes and
crime rates that may result from the
new line. Picketing o f the construc
tion site around Park Avenue by
local residents isn't the only activity
to make headlines.
“Stop Portland Creep” is the
slogan o f Tootie Smith and John
Ludlow, candidates in this year's
Clackamas County commissioner
elections, and there is talk of a law
suit against TriMet over the destruc
tion o f part o f “The Trolley Trail,”
a historic path used by Trolley
cars from 1893 to 1959, stretches
between Gladstone and Milwaukie,
which is considered a recreation
zone. There has been controversy
as to whether TriMet has acquired
the proper permits, and actually has
the rights to tear down the trees
in the mentioned area. A lawsuit
has been launched in order to halt
activity upon further investigation.
Work continues in that area in the
meantime in spite of all this.
‘Tm really, really looking for
ward to it,” said Kaleb Fike. “I
don't understand the concept of'The
Portland Creep.'”
Fike, 19, who relies on public
transit to take him from Milwaukie
to school in Portland every day, isn't
alone in not understanding what
people mean when they refer to
Portland's endeavors to expand and
connect with the surrounding com
munities. For young students and for
people who commute to Portland, a
rail program would be highly ben
eficial. Most people who regularly
use public transit seem open to the
idea. CCC student Aaron Johnson
admits that the practicality o f the
line would make his travels simpler,
“If there was a MAX from here
to Portland, or here to the mall, then
I would ride it,” said Johnson. “It's
inconvenient having to ride three
busses.”
The problem, o f course, is
weighing the interests o f the city
against die interests o f rural com
munities. Maryanna Moore, from
Gladstone, a former CCC Student
who has lived in the area all her life
is one such resident.
“Two times in the past, they had
a vote on putting in the light rail.
And each time they changed the
route and stuff,” said Moore. “They
Construction workers build on to the new max line connecting downtown
Portland to Milwaukie.
didn't let the people vote on it. They
just planned this thing.”
In general, people seem upset at
the general lack o f interest shown
by authorities in the concern o f the
public. Trees are getting bulldozed
where they might be protected, and
the authorities don't seem as inter
ested as they ought to be.
“I think people do feel frustrated.
We are voicing, we're trying to work
within the legal framework that's
been established, and when those
laws and channels get thwarted and
gone past, they start to get frus
trated,” said Holly Losli, a mother
and long-time resident o f Clackamas
County. “They subscribe to this
system, and the very people that are
supposed to be representing it aren't
following it.”
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Campus closed after body found
Campus grounds were shaken suicide was a result o f a domes
last week on Oct. 1.7th when a tic dispute that began in nearby
body o f a suicide victim was apartments.
The O regon City Police
found on campus. The man was
discovered at 7:20 a.m. and as a Departm ent received a call at
12:50 a.m. about the dispute;
result, all classes were canceled
and the campus was closed until cops searched for the man nearly
all night. He was found in the
10 a.m. that morning.
It is the police department’s morning on the walking trail on
policy not to release the names the. southwestern side o f campus
o f suicide victims; however it by Highway 213 and Carl's Jr.
The campus set up safe rooms
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on T riM et leads to self
protection issues
Felicia Skriver
News Editor
Jeremy Thomspon was one o f the victims o f the TriMet stabbing that hap
pened in early October. He will be returning to work next week.
“I didn't do it for a reward or
anything, it was just instinct,” said
Jeremy Thompson o f Oregon City.
“Everybody says I should get a
reward. I just want to get back to
work.”
Thompson was commuting
to work on TriMet bus line 33 to
Molalla Avenue before 11 p.m. on
Oct. 2. As he rode to his graveyard
shift, the bus stopped on Clairmont
Way. The bus was just about to
his stop when Austin Vanhagen,
also from Oregon City began yell
ing racial slurs, but it was unclear
who they were directed to. When
the driver insisted that he exit the
bus; the request provoked Vanhagen
according to Thompson.
“He started to attack the bus
driver, after hitting another passen
ger. That's when I jumped in as well
as the two others and took him off,”
said Thompson. “I was holding him
from behind outside the bus until
the two others were able to get him
to the ground. There was no knife
that we knew of.”
Vanhagen was able to escape the
hands of his oppressors and within
a few minutes he had stabbed the
bus driver, Leonard James once in
the stomach, and a fellow passenger
Richard Dickson Jr. five times in
the chest, back and leg. Andrew
Crombie was bitten on the shoul
der during the fight and Thompson
received five stab wounds to the
back and one to the arm; one of
which punctured his lung.
The motive for Vanhagen's
attack is still not clear but the inci
dent raises safety issues, and what
one can do to avoid jeopardizing
their security.
The first thing to consider is
one's judgment. Who looks safe,
and who doesn't? Be observant at
all times. Using verbal skills is also
a big factor; the better one is at talk
ing someone down, the better off
they will be.
Even the ordinary events that
happen within a day can turn into a
concerning incident in no time.
Situations can turn south in no
time, and the best thing for some
one to know is how to cope in such
a state. Robin Robinson is a self
defense instructor at the college. His
advice may be able to help in these
situations.
“As far as the physical [portion]
goes, you want to try and create
room between you two. So if you
have a knife, I want to create room
which gives me time to react,” said
Robinson, “So if you lunge at me
with the knife, I want try and move
away from the knife and try to
control the arm or the hand. In this
case, if you came at me I would try
and control the hand...if I control
the arm the knife still has a chance
to cut me. So I want to control the
hand and the knife together.”
Currently Vanhagen is being
charged with three counts o f sec
ond-degree assault, three counts
of unlawful use o f a weapon, one
count o f Intimidation and one count
o f fourth-degree assault.
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