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P age A4 F ebruary Crime Stoppers Officer Shot Interrupting Car An o ff duty Portland Police of ficer was shot and w ounded after apparently interrupting three men breaking into a parked car at a S o u th east Portland apartm ent com plex. The officer w as treated at E m an uel H ospital for a gunshot w ound to the left forearm , then released. The incident occurred about 3.IK) am W ednesday m orning at an apart m ent com plex in the 43(X) block of SE 37th Ave. S e rg e a n t A n d rew K irk la n d , a s s ig n e d to the G a n g E n fo rc e m e n t T e a m , had d riv e n a frie n d h o m e fo rm N o rth e a s t P re c in c t, and h ad p a rk e d h is e a r in the __ rrrTTfíT a p a rtm e n t c o m p le x fo r a few m in u te s. R e tu rn in g to h is v e h i c le , he o b s e rv e d th re e m en g o ing th ro u g h a n e a rb y v e h ic le , w h ic h h ad b e e n u n o c c u p ie d s h o rtly b e fo re . W hen Sgt. K irkland told the suspects he was a police officer, and asked what they w ere doing, one o f them turned and fired a shot at him. Sgt. Kirkland was struck in the arm . but was able to draw his w eapon and return fire w hile he backed aw ay to a position o f safe ty. He called d l l to request assis tance The suspects tied, and were not apprehended O fficers found stereo speakers and other items from the vehicle scat tered about the area. D e te c tiv e s are in v e s tig a tin g th e in c id e n t. A s is s ta n d a rd in th e se c a s e s , S g t K irk la n d w ill be P ortland O bserver Sisters In Historic Schools Case To Speak reak In p la c e d on p a id a d m in is tr a tiv e le a v e . A nyone w ith inform ation on this incident should contact D etectives Susan Hill or D ave Schlegel at 823- 0479. A rew ard is available through C rim e Stoppers. Interstate Homicide Portland Police Bureau H om i cide detectives, in cooperation with C rim e Stoppers, are asking for your help in solving a m urder. On S u n d ay , D ecem b er 11, 1994, at approxim ately 10:00 in the evening, 39-year-old Jam es L oupe, 15, 1995 • T he w ho lived in the 57(X) block o f N Interstate A venue, w as shot and killed by four subjects during an apparent residential robbery. Loupe s wife, w ho was with him in the house, was pistol-w hipped by one o f the sus pects. Tw o sisters who were school children during the historic Brow n vs, Board o f E ducation case will speak next week at O regon State U niversity as part o f Black History Month. Linda Brown Thom pson and Chery l Brown H enderson will chronicle the history o f their fam ily’s court battle, its impact on education and the civil rights movement. They also plan to talk about the principles o t diversity and open- m indedness in a non-confrontational forum. The session is free and will take place I uesday at 7 p.m. at the OSU M em orial Union Lounge in C orvallis, 26th Street and Jefferson Way. T hom pson and H enderson were thrust into the national spotlight in 1950 when their father - Topeka. Kan. m inister O liver Brow n - thought it was unjust that his 7-year-old daughter Linda traveled across tow n to school rather than attend an elem entary school four blocks aw ay ju st because her skin was black. A May 17, 1954, decision by the Suprem e Court o f the U nited States against the Board o f Education o f I'opeka, Kan. held that separate but equal is unjust and unconstitutional. JE___ nTHTfiTm Workers Advertise On Tri-Met An artists' rendering shows Harrison Hall, a new classroom building and community center to be built on the Portland State University Campus. Portland State To Build New Hall C onstruction is set to begin on a state-of-the-art classroom building on the west end o f the Portland State U niversity cam pus, the first project o f a university district redevelop ment plan. H arrison Hall will open in Jan u ary 1996, providing space for large classes. The 10.225 square foot build ing will also serve as a com m unity center and site for group events. O TK M C onstruction. Inc., P ort land, is contractor for the $ 1.85 m il lion project. The building will be located at the end o f Southw est H arrison Street and 1 1th A venue. Söderström A rchitects o f P ort land is ch ief designer of the one- story, 30-foot high structure, c o n sisting o f a large assem bly hall/class- room for 400 people and a lobby. The building w ill alsocontain a sm all snackbar. "T his is an im portant addition to the PSU cam pus and the first project within the scope o f the university d is tr ic t p la n ," sa id L in d s a y D esrochers, PSU vice president o f finance and adm inistration. 'This building begins to fill out the quad area on the w est side o f cam pus and will m eet the high design standards that will signify new building within the district.” H arrison Hall will be equipped w ith sta te -o f-th e-art au d io -v isu al equipm ent The m ulti-m edia system , including three large video screens, will tie into P SU ’s com puter system and the Internet national com m uni cations system . Burt Ew art. PSU special project architect, said the h a ll's classical- style exterior will be appropriate style for the site. T he b u ild in g 's b u ff-co lo red brick will feature pre-cast concrete colum ns on the front entrance and will be topped by a copper-clad roof. E ventually, H arrison Hall will be linked with adjacent new student housing. It’s construction signals the beginning o f w hat PSU officials hope will be a series o f m ixed-use con struction projects that will revitalize the university neighborhood. PSU and the city of Portland are in the m idst o f planning a $28 m illion U rban C enter Building and U niver sity Plaza to be located on the east side o f the cam pus on Southw est M ontgom ery Street betw een Filth and Sixth avenues. Bike Racks Now On All Buses All regular T ri-M et buses now offer bicycle racks for passengers who peddle. R epresentatives o f the bicycle Transportation A lliance and other bike advocates jo in ed T ri-M et o ffi cials last week to install thé final bicycle rack on T ri-M et buses The alliance helped launch the Bikes on Tri-M et program in 1992 and has rem ained a strong supporter and p ro moter. The effort has grow n from a l lowing bikes on buses on eight routes and MAX too all o f T ri-M e ts 6(X) buses serving some 6(X) square miles. The program has been sim plified and made easier to use with im prove ments like the addition of a youth perm it lor those 8 to 15 years old. "W e re very pleased to o ffe r the com m unity expanded transportation choices like Bikes on Tri M et." said Bob Post, deputy general m anager for T ri-M et, pointing out that re search show s the effort has attracted many cyclists to transit for the first tim e. " The program has been a great success with som e 5,8(X) bike p er m its sold to date and use doubling to m ore than 40.(XX) rides last year," Post said. “ Now that all buses feature bike racks, we hope to see that n um ber increase again." "T his program is an im portant aspect o f m aintaining the qualify of our lives in this region, said Jim Eerner. a form er m em ber o f the Bikes O n T ri-M et board The ceremony alsopaid tribute t< iTri- Mct employees Tony Malar. TXmChcster and Steve Davis who made the racks, stunly, ellkicnl and easy l<, use Adult perm its cost $5 and are good for tw o years. For m ore inform ation can call Metro Electrical Training Trustees before a Max Tri-Met light-rail train in northeast Portland. The trust, in concert with Portland area chapters of National Electrical Contractors Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have invested in transit advertising as part of their communications effort. The transit poster features the themes “The Future is Electric" and "Vision for the Future. ” DREAM S FO R SALE, / f y o u ’v e a l w a y s h a d t h e d r e a m o f o w n in g y o u r o w n h o m e , y o u r d re a m m a y h a v e ju s t c o m e tr u e . F o r a s l i t t l e a s y o u ’r e p a y in g in m o n t h ly r e n t a n d a m o d e s t d o w n p a y m e n t , y o u c o u ld b u y a H U D H o m e T h a t ’s r i g h t . T h e U .S . 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