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For Youngsters
Metro Regional Parks and
Greenspaces is offering a
new day camp program in
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Biological Warfare
Iraq has admitted that it secretly man­
ufactured two kinds o f deadly bacteria
before the 1991 Persian G ulf W ar in suffi­
cient quantity to slay millions o f people.
The Iraqi government said a remote desert
factory produced an immense quantity o f
the germs that cause botulism poisoning
and anthrax infections.
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Death Plot Trial Opens
The trial o f two British women charged
with plotting to kill the U.S. attorney for
Oregon in 1985, opened last week in Port­
land At the time o f the alleged plot. Sally
Anne Croft and Susan Hagan were follow­
ers o f Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and resid­
ed in the former central Oregon commune.
Prosecution Links
Hair To Simpson
On the verge o f resting their case
againstO.J. Simpson, prosecutors last week
presented hairs and fibers they contend
link Simpson to the murders o f Nicole
Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Good In The Hood: TheStrawberries, a delight for all cultures. Inset: Adrianna Carr and Norman Sylvester. See related story on page A3.
Noelle Shakes Up Sheriff’s Office Assistance
Haiti Elections Delayed
Runoff elections for parliamentary
seats and municipal posts were postponed
in Haiti last week after political parties
protested widespread irregularities in the
first round o f voting.
Light-Rail
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Portland and Milwaukie officials ral­
lied behind light-rail last week^vith U.S.
Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., then signed a
letter urging the Oregon Legislature to
fund a Portland area south-north line. If
lawmakers don’t commit $375 million to
the project, federal officials probably w on’t
pay for half o f the $2.8 billion project and
that could delay the line for at least a
decade.
Helms Blocks AIDS Bill
Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., wants to
reduce the amount o f federal money spent
on AIDS sufferers because he says, it is
their "deliberate, disgusting, revolting,
conduct” that is responsible for their dis­
ease. The senator’s determination to re­
duce AIDS spending comes as Congress
considers reauthorizing the Ryan White
Care Act o f 1990.
Gingrich Embarks
On Book Tour
Newt Gingrich, calling him self the
Republican Party’s em otional leader,
kicked-off a national book tour last week.
The House speaker is taking advantage o f
the run-up to the presidential primary sea­
son to sell books and introduce him self to
potential voters.
Hatfield Wants Time,
Lonsdale Runs
Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore. said last
week he's going to take more time to
decide whether he wants to run for re-
election Hatfield was first elected to the
Senate in 1966. Democrat Harry Lonsdale,
who ran for the Senate in 1990 and 1990,
is the first person to official announced his
candidacy for the seat.
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P romise K ing
t did not take long, for Sheriff
deputies and commanders to
realize that their new chief
executive Dan Noelle means business.
Barely a month after Noelle took office
as Multnomah County Sheriff, he started
making readjustments and re-organizations
as he deemed necessary.
“W e are going to focus our energy and
activities in running the jail and corrections.
Part of that is we made some organizational
changes,” the new sheriff told the Port­
land Observer in an exclusive interview last
week.
The office has had more command struc­
ture and two separate organizations - one
dealing with corrections and another dealing
with law enforcement.
Now the former Assistant Police C hief is
reducing the amount of Command structure
and coordinating the Corrections and Law
Enforcement together.
“We are going to use more Correction
Commanders positions. In the past very few
o f the Corrections Commanders have been
able to function at top command level," Noelle
explained.
Three of the office's five Commanders,
V era Pool, Jacqueline Jamieson and Rich
Haug all from Corrections, would in effect be
saddled with the responsibility of running a
large portion of the organization, the Sheriff
said.
Earlier, in his campaign, Sheriff Noelle
had voters to get tough on crime and expand
jail space. He also pledge to eliminate dupli­
cation of effort and cut administrative fat.
The Sheriffs priority now is providing
more jail space.
“The main thing we are about to do now
is look at space and how it is being used,”
Noelle said.
The Multnomah Sheriffs office is re­
sponsible for the administration and opera­
tion o f five jails - The Detention Center
opened in 1983, Court house jail, built in
1962, The Restitutional Center which has
been in operation since February 1987 and
recently the Inverness Jail.
These space would be put to maximum
use as long as Measure 11 and Senate Bill
1145 is in effect.
SB 1145 contains provisions that rest
responsibility for Community Corrections to
local communities.
Supporters o f the bill argued that study
“When you help kids build their self­
esteem, their work on building basic skills
comes much easier.”
That philosophy, expressed by program
coordinator Lauren Hopson, is the founda­
tion o f a summer program now involving
some 90 youngsters at King Elementary
School (4906 NE 6th). The five-week pro­
gram, which runs from 8:30 a m. to 12:30
p.m. Monday through Friday, also provides
students with leadership skills designed to
help them succeed
Students in Grades 3-5 who were per­
forming below grade level in school, are
eager to learn and are supported in their
school efforts by their parents were identified
by their teachers to participate in the summer
session.
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after study has confirmed that local programs
get the best buy for the buck and also produce
less recidivism.
G overnor John Kitzhaber who already
s igned the B i 11 passed by the state legis latures
had recommended a transition o f authority
and administration for Community Correc­
tions from the state to local government.
But the new Multnomah County Sheriff
is apprehensive o f what might happen in the
local corrections with this change in guard.
“ I think SB 1145 was a mistake because
in effect the state has always been able to
house prisoners more cheaply than the Coun­
ty,” Noelle contended.
The Sheriff also express fears that when
the state transfers responsibility to the coun­
ty, it remains locked into that mandate even
when there is a decrease in funding.
“ I am afraid that will happen here,”
Noelle stated.
The state governor however has set fund
aside in his budget to deal with the impact of
M easu re 11 on local c o rre c tio n a l
facilities.Funds toconstruct local correction­
al facilities sources said, would be available
as early as next mouth. Noelle does not seems
to be moved by this.
“Yes, the governor has promised funds
for additional sp a c e , the problem is whether
it is going to be enough in the future,” he
pondered.
“The county needs about 700jail beds in
order to handle this extra,” he added.
Noelle brought to the sheriff office enor­
mous police experience spanning decades.
He studied to earn his bachelor and
master degree in Administration o f Justice
and Public Administration while on the Po­
lice force.
Each 15-student classroom is supervised
by a teacher and educational assistant, with a
student helper and adult volunteer who are
King alumni Student helpers, funded by the
Private Industry Council, are members of
K ing's second “I Have A Dream" program
class, according to Hopson.
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Payments
Slashed
eneral assistan ce pay­
ments will be cut 25 percent
this month for hundreds of
Oregon residents'.
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According to the Oreogn Department
o f Human Resources, at least 2,400 people
will be affected by the reduction, the result
o f state budget cuts by the 1995 Legisla­
ture.
O f those cases, 1,900 people will get
monthly payments o f $210 from the old
amount o f $286, while 500 will be cut off
from state assistance all together.
“This isn’t just a little adjustment,”
said Sen. Shirley Gold, D-Portland. “Fora
lot o f people that’s the difference between
making the rent and being homeless.”
Gold said “to make matters worse,”
notices o f the reduction were send out in
mid-June to take effect July 1.
“Two weeks' notice o f a reduction is
unconscionable,” Gold said.
Julia Woznack, a recipient o f general
assistance, called Gold after receiving no­
tice o f the reduction. Woznack, who is
disabled, says the reduction will force her
out o f her home.
“I’m just getting by now. The $76 cut
will leave me homeless,” Woznack said.
Under agency rules, Woznack is re­
quired to maintain a household for six
months before her child, now in foster
care, can live with her. “Now with the
announced cuts," she said, “ I will be evict­
ed and may lose the chance o f having my
son with me.”
Gold, who voted against the DHR
budget bill, said “I and other Senate Dem­
ocrats tried to prevent this very situation.
We warned our Republican leaders that
our state was heading for a situation where
our most vulnerable citizens would be
paying the freight. That’s exactly what the
R epublican-controlled Legislature has
done.”
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