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Proposal Saves St. Johns Police Precinct
AYOR VERA KATZ AN
NOUNCED YESTERDAY
A N EW P R O P O S A L FOR
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P O L IC E
P R E C IN C T B Y K E E P IN G T H E S T
J O H N S P O L IC E S T A T IO N O P E N .
T H E S T A T IO N W A S P R E V IO U S L Y
IN D A N G E R O F B E IN G P H A S E D
OUT AND CLOSED .
Schindler’s List
Steven Spcilbcrg’s “Schindler’s List”
was the highlight o f O scar night winning
seven O scars including one for best d i
rected. Spcilbcrg has been nominated many
times but never won . He was honored by
his friends with a standing ovation.
Deadly Tornado
Deadly T ornado hits the Southern
region leaving a path at least 43 dead and
m assive destruction. The m ajority o f the
deaths occurred when a church had a wall
that fell crushing m any patrons including
many children.
Unrest In South Africa
In Johannesburg South A frica many
are dead in the wake o f violent confronta
tion between Zulus Nationalists and South
African Policem an. Z ulus are protesting
next m onths elections.
White Water
The Senate voted to hold hearings
into the w hite w ater case which has been
a political night mare for President Bill
C linton ’ s arch foe Rep Tim Leach o f Iowa
wants the issue pressed, but guardsagainst
making any prem ature decisions as to the
outcom e o f the W hite W ater problem s.
This proposal will help make our streets
safer here in St.Johns precinct, Katz told the
group that her recom m endation will be in
cluded in her 1994-96 proposed budget.
The m ayor’s proposed budget allocates
$144,000 for the one-tim e purchase o f four
patrol cars, one staff car, and additional ra
dios for the North Precinct. An additional
$106,000 is budgeted to cover the costs o f
operating the precinct.
“T he need so f the St.Johns neighborhood
are unique because w e’re som ew hat isolated
from the rest o f the city,” said Bob Leveton,
long-tim e St. Johns merchant. “The thought
o f this precinct closing down had a lot of
people here pretty upset.”
The North Precinct office was slated for
closure following an October, 1991 City Coun
cil vote to relocate the precinct from St. Johns
to the com er o f M artin L uther King, Jr.
Boulevard and K illingsw orth. T hat move
would have made the M LK precinct the larg
est precinct in the city, covering roughly 50
square miles, and 23 neighborhood associations.
Katz says that m aintaining operations o f
the St. Johns office, and opening the MLK
and East Precinct offices alter this spring will
in effect, create five precincts in the city. These
precincts will enable police to respond to calls
more quickly, and to more easily become a part of
the neighborhoods the officers patrol.
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Katz’ Proposed Budget Keeps St. Johns Precinct Open
“Keeping this precinct open will m ake it
easier for us to really get to know the people
in the com m unities we serve,” said Alan Orr,
C om m ander o f Portland’s North Precinct.
“By doing so w e’ll be better able to nip a lot
o f potential problem s in the bud. T hat’s w hat
community policing is all about.”
The M ayor’s proposal will maintain op-
Volunteers Spotlighted
From (L
to R):
John
Williams,
Courtney
Burmaster,
Jill
Nichols
Magic To Coach LA
Lakers
Magic Jonson one o f the m ost cel
ebrated players in basketball history, is
staging a com e back this time as a coach.
He replaces Randy Pfund and he is ex
pected to reunite with his form er co l
leagues at the NBA.
North Portland resident and a local
non-profit organization w ere pre
sented with Spotlight A w ards at
United W ay of the Colum bia-W illam ette’s
recent N ight of the Stars A w ards Dinner.
A merican Red C ross - O regon Trail
Chapter received an O utstanding Agency
Participation Award for giving numerous
presentations during the 1993 fund drive.
Pictured from left to right are John W illiams,
1993 rose Festival Junior Queen Courtney
Burm ester, and Jill Nichols from American
Red C ross - O regon Trail Chapter.
E d B a ile y w as h o n o re d w ith an
a w a rd for h is c o n trib u tio n to the p u b lic
se rv ic e a d v e rtis in g c a m p a ig n . He w as
o n e o f fo u r in d iv id u a ls fe a tu re d in the
1993 ad c a m p a ig n a n d is striv in g to
k eep k id s o u t o f g a n g s by sh a rin g his
sto ry o f h is p a st gang in v o lv e m e n t. T om
P a rk e r fro m K 103 se rv e d as m a ste r o f
c e re m o n ie s.
erations o f the Fifth Precinct w ithout hiring
additional staff. O fficers and support staff
will be reassigned from other offices to the St.
Johns office. Between 40 and 60 officers and
staff people will run the Fifth Precinct office.
Katz will present her proposed budget to
the full City Council on April 8. The council
is expected to vote on the budget in May,
following a series o f community budget m eet
ings.
“Chief M oose asked me several months
ago if I would be interested in m aintaining a
strong police presence in St. Johns,” said
Katz. “ My reply was ‘absolutely,’ if we could
do it with existing personnel. He showed me
we could, and I said I w ould.”
The Duracell/National Urban
League Scholarship And Intern
Program For Minority Students
his p ro g ra m is in te n d e d to as
sist and e n c o u ra g e o u tsta n d in g
m in o rity stu d e n ts in c o m p le t
ing th e ir c o lle g e e d u c a tio n , and to g iv e
th e se stu d e n ts p ra c tic a l e x p o su re to e m
p lo y m e n t o p p o rtu n itie s w ith in a la rg e
c o rp o ra tio n .
T he p rogram w ill o ffe r five m a jo r
$ 1 0 ,0 0 0 sc h o la rs h ip s a n d su m m e r in
tern o p p o rtu n itie s. T hey w ill be aw ard ed
to m in o rity s tu d e n ts w ho a re p u rsu in g
fu ll-tim e stu d ie s le a d in g to a B a c h e lo r’s
d e g re e at an a c c re d ite d in s titu tio n o f
h ig h e r le a rn in g . T o be c o n s id e r e d , a
c a n d id a te m u s t:
1. Be an u n d e rg ra d u a te c o lle g e o r
u n iv e rsity stu d e n t w ho w ill be c la s s i
fied as a ju n io r, o r th ird -y e a r s tu d e n t, at
the tim e o f th e sc h o la rsh ip .
2. R ank w ith in the to p 25 p e rc e n t o f
th is o r her c la ss s c h o la s tic a lly a t the
tim e the a p p lic a tio n is m a d e , a n d c o n
tin u e to m a in ta in su c h s c h o la s tic ran k -
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ing th ro u g h o u t p a rtic ip a tio n in the p r o
g ra m .
3. M a jo r in c o u rse s le a d in g to a
p r o f e s s io n a l c a r e e r in e n g in e e r in g ,
s a le s, m a rk e tin g , m a n u fa c tu rin g , o p
e ra tio n s , fin a n c e o r b u s in e s s a d m in is
tra tio n .
4. H ave a stro n g in te re s t in su m m e r
e m p lo y m e n t w ith D u ra c e ll In c . b etw een
his o r her ju n io r a n d s e n io r y e a rs a t a
lo c a tio n to be se le c te d by the c o m p a n y .
A pplications are available at The Urban
League o f Portland, 10N. Russell. All appli
cations need to be turned into the Urban
League no later than 5:00 pm on Friday,
April 15. No exceptions will be made.
T h e s c h o la r s h ip s c o m p e titio n is
o p e n to re sid e n ts o f the U .S ., e x c e p t the
c h ild re n o f e m p lo y e e s o f D u ra c e ll In c .,
th e ir a d v e r tis in g a g e n c ie s , U rb a n
L e a g u e sta ff, B o ard o f D ire c to rs, ju d g
ing p a n e l, c o m m itte e m e m b e rs, g u ild
m e m b e rs an d the fa m ilie s o f the ab o v e.
Oregon Delegation Asked To Help Eliminate Public Assistance Barrier
COALITION OF GROUPS
WORKING TO ELIMINATE
HUNGER AND POVERTY HAVE
ASKED O R EG O N ’S C ONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION TO SUPPORT A FEDERAL
WAIVER REQUEST THAT WOULD RAISE
THE VEHICLE VALUE LIMIT FOR THE FOOD
S T A M P A N D A ID TO D E P E N D E N T
CHILDREN (ADC) PROGRAMS, ALLOWING
M O R E L O W -IN C O M E F A M IL IE S TO
RECEIVE NEEDED BENEFITS.
The Oregon H unger R elief Task Force,
Oregon Food Bank, theO rcgon Human Rights
Coalition, and the Human Services Coalition
o f O regon, hope O regon ’ s Congress ional del -
egation will intervene with the U.S. Dcpt. of
Agriculture (which oversees the Food Stamp
Program) and the U.S. Dept. o f Health and
Human Services (which oversees the ADC
program) to ensure O regon’s waiver request
is accepted. State legislation passed last ses
sion (SB 887; Chapter 355, Oregon Laws
1993) directed Oregon to make the waiver
request, but federal approval is needed to
im plem ent the vehicle value limit increase.
Currently, in the Food Stamp Program,
individuals cannot generally receive benefits
if they own a vehicle worth $4,500 fair market
value. The ADC program , which serves pri
marily poor women and children, has more
restrictive requirem ents, allowing a family to
have $1,500 equity in an automobile.
The w aiver requests would raise the au
tomobile asset limits to $9,000 equity so that
unem ployed O rc g o n ia n s-su c h as tim ber
workers and low-wage job seekers—will not
have to choose betw een keeping their reliable
transportation and receiving food stam ps or
ADC Benefits.
“Because o f the nature o f where they live
and the type o f work they do, many rural
houscholdsown vchicles-oftcn4-w hccldrivc-
-that exceed the ADC and Food Stamp P ro
gram s’ restrictive vehicle lim its” said Ellen
Lowe, Chair, Oregon Hunger Relief Task
Force. “ Many who arc denied benefits list
their vehicles for sale, but their com m unities
are too economically depressed to produce
buyers”, she added. The resource limits, which
were established over a decade ago, deny
heads of households the ability to meet im m e
diate needs and find em ploym ent
The coalition o f concerned groups sent a
letter last week to each m ember o f the delega
tion to ask for their assistance in obtaining the
waivers. “ Approval o f the waivers would
allow those families faced with economic
disruption the ability to get back on their feet
and have a better chance to return to O regon's
work force” said Sara Flem ing, Director,
Oregon H unger Relief Task Force. The w aiv
ers will give Oregon a head start on m eaning
ful welfare reform and address the negative im
pacts caused by the decline in the timber industry.
Governor Appoints Multnomah
County Residents To State
Boards And Commissions
The Police Precinct Build
Black Economic Eggs In One
Basket/James Posey
Two Roads: Which Way For Me
Travel “Greening” Spreads To
Newsstands . . .
G o v e rn o r B a rb a ra R oberts has
The p ro je c t has come to sym bolize the
S e lf Im age C an Become M y
E c o tra v e le r M agazine w ill o ffe r readers a
a p p o in te d 35 P o rtla n d residents to state
K atz a d m in is tra tio n efforts.
G olden Key /A rt K e lle r
fu n , creative and eco-sensitive a lte rn a tiv e
to o th e r tra v e l m a g a z in e s .. .
boards a nd commissions.
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Four Year Old Girl
Wounded By Gunfire
200 Block Of NE
Stanton Street
A four year old girl being carried by
her m other was hit by gunfire after shots
w ere fired in the area o f NE Rodney Ave.
and Stanton St. The girl was transported
to Emanuel Hospital for treatm ent after
she was apparently grazed by a bullet.
At about 8:40 pm Monday night,
North Precinct officers responded to the
200 block o f NE Stanton after a woman
called 911 to report that her four year old
had been shot.
Investigating officers found several
shell casings in the area o f NE Rodney and
Stanton, and a resident in an apartm ent
east of the intersection reported that a
bullet struck his building.
The m other o f the child, Tew quila
Roach, told police that she had been w alk
ing along the side walk tow ards som e other
people and was carrying her child. She
heard several shots and dropped to the
ground. Her daughter was alerted her
m other that she was hurt. The m otive o f
the shooting is still to be determ ined. No
suspects have been arrested at this time.
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