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O ctober 23, 1996 • Tm P o r ii . a n d O bserver
P o lic e A c a a
Protesters arrested at Pac West building
On W ednesday, O cto b e r 16,
1996, at 8:45 in the m orning, Cen­
tral Precinct u n ifo rm o ffice rs were
contacted by security officers at the
Pac West B u ild in g , 1211 SW 5th
Avenue, regarding unwanted pro­
testers, both inside the b u ild in g ,
and a pair o f protesters who were
rappelling dow n the east side o f the
b u ilding and attem pting to hang a
protest banner on the building.
The protesters claim ed to be w ith
the Rainforest A c tio n N etw ork and
were reportedly protesting against
the M isubishi Company
Inside the b u ild in g , near the ele­
vators that access the 16th through
30th floors, o ffice rs found three
individuals, tw o females and one
male, who had secured themselves
to two, fifty -fiv e gallon drums fille d
w ith solid concrete. The drums had
reportedly been brought into the
b u ild in g by protestors dressed as
delivery people, who had concealed
the drums in large cardboard boxes.
On the 25th flo o r, office rs found
a female who had assisted the tw o
males w ho were ra p p e llin g down
the side o f the building.
A g ro u p o fa p p ro x im a te ly 30 to 35
people, reportedly w ith the protest­
ors that were inside, and rappelling
down the b u ild in g , were on the east
side o f the Pac Wes, B uilding.
In order to secure the Pac West
B u ild in g , all available Central Pre­
cinct and T ra ffle D iv is io n personnel,
in clu d in g the comm ander o f Central
Precinct were required. TocoverC'en-
tral Precinct, personnel front the oth­
er four precincts had to be rede­
ployed
A t approxim ately 9:30 a.m., the
female who had assisted the tw o sub­
jects w ho had rappelled and were
suspended on the side o f the b u ild ­
ing, was taken into custody w ithout
incident , at approximately 10:30 a.m..
the three in d ivid u a ls who had se­
cured themselves to the concrete fi I led
barrels were freed and taken into
custody w ith o u t incident. A t approx­
im ately 11:30 a m ., the tw o subjects
who had rappe I led par, way down the
b u ild in g , clim bed back up to the ro o f
and were taken into custody w ithout
incident.
A ll six individuals were transport­
ed to the Justice Center where they
were processed, cited to appear in
court, and released
A ll six people taken in to custody
claim to be from Portland, Oregon
Arrested and charged were: Jeanne
M arie Patton. 28 years o f age, o f
3524 SE42nd Avenue, charged with
T h ird Degree C rim in a l M ischief.
M elissa Lynn S helly, 20 years o f
age, o f 7626 SE Clay Street, charged
w ith Second Degree Trespass. K yle
D onald Madsen, 27 years o f age, o f
7626 SF. C lay Street, charged w ith
Second Degree Trespass. Patti Frost
Jones, 42 years o f age, o f 630 SE
34th Avenue, charged w ith Second
Degree Trespass. W illia m M ichael
G rover, 30 years o f age, o f 2548 SE
A nkeny Street, charged w ith Sec­
ond Degree C rim in a l M isch ie f, and
Second Degree Trespass.
A nthony C raig M itchel 1,22 years
o f age, o f 7626 SE C lay Street,
charged w ith Second Degree C rim ­
inal M isch ie f, and Second Degree
Trespass.
A total o f th irty -fo u r (3 4 ) Police
Bureau personnel and fourteen (1 4 )
Fire Bureau personnel had to be
called in on this one incident.
Crime Stoppers: Wanted Subject
scene on foot, and is s till at large.
C rim e Stoppers, in cooperation
w ith the Lake Oswego Police de­
partment, is asking fo r your help in
locating and apprehending Dwayne
A d d itio n a l warrants are on file
charging Kennedy w ith Parole V i­
olation, B urglary, and P ublic Inde­
Michael Kennedy.
Felony arrest warrants are on
cency.
Dwayne M ichael Kennedy is de­
scribed as a 26-year-old w hite male,
w ith a b irth date o f July 4, 1970.
K ennedy stands 6 ’ 0 0 " ta ll, and
weighs 170 pounds w ith light brown
hairand brown eyes. He is know n to
tile in Clackamas C ounty, charg­
ing Kennedy w ith Escape, Assault,
Kidnap, Reckless Endangering, and
Failure to Perform the Duties o f a
D river at the Scene o f an Accident.
The charges stem from an incident
which occurred in Lake Oswego on
M ay 17, 1996.
D u rin g the in cid e n t, o ffic e rs
from the Clackamas C ounty Sher­
iff’ s O ffice and the Lake Oswego
Police Department were attem pt­
ing to arrest Kennedy after spott i ng
him in a m otor vehicle. In an e ffo rt
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D w ayne M ic h a e l K e n n e d y
to escape, K ennedy in te n tio n a lly
rammed his truck into a police car,
in ju rin g the o ffice r. Kennedy fled the
frequent the area o f dow ntow n Port­
land.
C rim e Stoppers is o ffe rin g a cash
reward o f up to $ 1,000 fo r in fo rm a ­
tion. reported to C rim e Stoppers,
w hich leads to an arrest in this case,
o r any unsolved felony crim e, and
you can rem ain anonymous. C all
C rim e stoppers at (503) 823-H E LP .
SE Ash Street Homicide
A s h , o ffic e r s fo u n d the b o d y o f
an N a tiv e -A m e ric a n m ale w h o
tation ju st p rio r to the shooting
incident.
patched to the area o f SE 3rd A v e ­
nue, between SE A nkeny Street
and SE Ash Street, on a report o f
a p peared to have d ie d fro m a
gunshot w ound.
A cco rd in g to investigators, the
deceased, w ho is as o f yet s till uni­
shots being fired.
In the stre e t, at SE 3 rd and
d e ntified, and one other individual
apparently had some sort o f co n fro n ­
A t this stage o f their investiga­
tion, investigators are s till c o m p il­
ing info rm a tio n on the other in d i­
vidual involved.
N o arrests have been made and
the investigation is continuing.
On Thursday, O ctober 17,1996,
at 7:19 in the evening. Southeast
Precinct U n ifo rm O fficers were dis­
RSVP names volunteer of the year
Connie Hanner, W oodland, has
been named 1996 V olunteer o f the
Year, and Fort V ancouver National
provide support, and helping victim s
through the crim inal justice process.
She is also an advocate advisor fo r
Others nominated fo r volunteers
o f the year include Lora A llre d ,
M argaret A ndring, the late B ill
H istoric Site cited as the V olunteer
Station o f the Y ear by the Retired
other volunteers in the program. A
longtime Vancouver resident, Hanner
C atlin, P hyllis Dale, Ernie Dyer,
Jim Gould, M ary Harris, H arold
and S enior V o lu n te e r Program
(RSVP). The awards are named for
the late Gus Bacharach, a longtim e
RSVP member and activist.
Hanner was nominated by the
Y W C A o f C la rk C ounty fo r her
w ork w ith the Sexual Assault Pro­
gram, fo r her “ exceptional dedica­
tion and com m itm ent to clients and
to the program ." Her w o rk includes
giving support to rape victim s, tak­
ing phone calls through the night to
recently moved to W oodland
A s the Station o f the Year, Fort
Vancouver was honored fo r its 130-
H ilm er, Lavern K im b a ll, Donna
Jean L a m o re u x , P h y llis M c ­
C o rm ic k , L o is N o rd s tro m and
mernber Volunteers in the Park Pro­
gram (V IP ). Am ong those are 15
RSVP volunteers w ho contributed
Helen Rector.
The awards were made at a rec­
ognition luncheon Saturday, O cto­
over 1,500 hours in 1996 and whose
ber 5.
RSVP is sponsored in the C lark
assignments range from historic gar­
dening, blacksinithing and interpre­
County area by the V ancou ver Parks
tation fo r park visitors, to adm inis­
tra tive and maintenance tasks and
and Recreation Department. For ad­
d itio n al inform ation, call B obbi
special events work
Casanova, director, at 6 9 6 -8 2 2 1.
Counsel addresses invalidity issue
A fte r review ing the O ctober I
decision by the Southwest Wash­
ington G row th Management Board,
and after consulting w ith the out­
side counsel o f Foster, Pepper and
Shefelman, as w e ll as meeting w ith
the C lark C ounty Board o f C o m ­
missioners, county counsel Rich
Low ry has determined the fo llo w ­
ing:
The in v a lid ity determ inations by
growth board that pertain to the
Forest, A g ricu ltu ra l and Rural Es-
tate D istricts affect o n ly the process­
ing ofdevelopm ent applications filed
tober I deadline, and fo llo w e d by a
complete development application
after 3:02 p.m. on O ctober I, 1996.
filed in a tim ely manner after O cto ­
Therefore, all completed develop­
ment applications file d before that
tim e and date are vested and w ill be
processed by the county. The county
w ill also process perm its fo r con­
struction w ith in a plat recorded w ith ­
in the p rio r five years.
Some applications may be pro­
cessed after October I , however A
pre-application filed before the O c­
ber I, may still be processed. Pro­
cessing may occur i f the applica­
tion is substantially the same as the
project outlined in the pre-applica­
tion.
Developm ent a pplications in ­
clude all land use and construction
proposals, other than plum bing and
mechanical code perm its and per­
mits fo r models or repairs.
More Meals On Wheels for seniors
The meals on wheels program
w ho are unable to leave home w ith ­
The Meals on Wheels program
for Clark C ounty is lo o kin g fo r se­
niors in need o f assistance.
out assistance.
Meals are delivered by volunteers.
Special diets are accommodated.
Donations and food stamps are ac­
cepted.
is administered by the Vancouver
Parks and Recreation Department.
For questions or to sign up fo r
Meals on wheels provides n u tri­
tio n a lly b a la n c e d m e a ls fo r
homebound people 60 and older
this service call Senior Inform ation
and Assistance, 360-696-8144.
Sole surviving member
of General’s staff to deliver lecture
H. M e rrill Pasco, a mem ber o f
future generations.
General George C. M a rsh a ll’ s per­
sonal staff, w ill d e live r V ancou­
ver’ s eighth annual M arshall Lec­
ture on Friday, N ov. 8 from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Pasco is a retired lawyer from
Richm ond, V A . He was a Colonel in
the U.S. A rm y. D uring w o rld W ar II
he served Z5s Secretary o f the W ar
General M arshall was a W o rld
War ll-e ra hero who commanded
Vancouver Barracks from 1936-
38 He is best remembered as the
mastermind o f the reconstruction
plan fo r w a r-to rn Europe after
W orld W ar II.
sonally assisted General M arshall.
The M a rsh a ll’ s lecture focuses
on preserving General M a rsh a ll’ s
legacy o f courage, leadership, de­
cency and dedication to duty fo r
Departm ent General S ta ff and per­
For his A rm y service w ith Gener­
al M arshall, Pasco was awarded the
A rm y ’ s distinguished Service Medal
and was made an H onorary O ffic e r
o f the m ilita ry d ivisio n o f the Order
o f the B ritish Empire.
When he was appointed Secretary
o fth e W ar Department General S ta ff
in 1945, he was promoted to the rank
o f C olonel at the age o f 29.
Colonel Pasco was graduated
w ith academic d istinction from the
V irg in ia M ilita ry Institute and the
U n iversity o fV irg in ia Law School,
where he was a member o f the
editorial board o fth e V irg in ia Law
Review.
He and his w ife, Carrington, have
four children and 14 grandchildren,
and reside in Richmond, V A .
Tickets to the lecture are sold
through the Vancouver Chamber
o f Commerce by table (350) or
in d ivid u a lly ($20).
Seating is by reservation only.
C all 694-2588 fo r ticket inform a­
tion.
Police Department Reorganization
"Drop Into Safeway
and Select a Career!"
Your local Safeway Store carries a wide variety o f items - canned goods,
produce, meat, and dairy items, to name just a few. Most Safeway Stores also
have one or more fu ll service departments, such as a deli, Bakery, Pharmacy,
Chinese Cuisine, and Floral Department. But did you also know you can
“shop” fo r a career at Safeway? That’s right! There are a number o f
interesting and regarding careers waiting fo r you at Safeway.
Safeway is not a newcomer to Oregon or the Pacific Northwest. In fact,
the very first Safeway to ever open its doors was right here in Portland in the
mid 1920 s. Since that time, Safeway has grown to include over 1,057 stores
in the United States and Canada. In Oregon, Safeway operates 93 stores in
virtually every community and employs over 9,000 Oregonians.
Safeway believes our most valuable asset is our employees and we have
consistently offered a wide variety ofjobs paying fam ily wages, and excellent
benefits package, and plenty o f opportunity fo r career advancement. Like
most retailers - regardless o f the goods they sell, Safeway employs a
substantial number o f part-time employees and these part-time position can
be a direct path to a full-tim e career at Safeway. In addition, while working
as a part-time employee at Safeway, individuals can easily pursue their
educational dreams.
For more information on how YOU can become a part o f the “Safeway
Family, ” please contact your Safeway Store Manager. We look forw ard to
welcoming you into the Safeway Family soon.
Vancouver C h ie f o f Police Doug
Maas is announcing prelim inary re­
organization and reassignments o f
command staff. C h ie f Maas state that
“ the swiftness o f these changes is
required due to the tremendous de­
mands immediately facing the de­
partment.” These demands include
preparing fo r major annexations, in i­
tiating com m unity policing, the need
for internal improvements and de­
veloping interlocal partnerships.
Steel studded tires w ill be chew­
ing up a little less pavement starting
Novem ber 1. T h a t’s when new state
law goes into effect banning the sale
o f steel studded tires in Oregon. The
sale o f lighter studs made o f a lu m i­
num o r polym er plastic is allow ed.
Past studies showed steel studded
tires cause about $10 m illio n to $15
m illio n in road damage each year.
Recent analysis pushed that damage
figure higher.
“ W e ’ re lo o kin g at around $42
m illio n damage a year to Oregon
roads," said O D O T deputy D irector
Ken Husby. "T h a t’ s about three times
as much as o rig in a lly thought.”
Make your opinion count.
Remember to vote on November 5th.
♦ Flattening the organization to
increase command s ta ffs span o f
control and assigned responsibil ities.
♦ S trengthening internal opera­
tions management so that the C h ie f
can focus on b u ild in g com m unity
and interlocal partnerships.
♦ D e v e lo p in g the capabilities o f
command staff.
♦ Developing Lieutenants as Pre­
cinct Commanders, responsible for
geographic areas o f the city.
♦ Strengthening organizational
planning, performance analysis and
financial capabilities.
♦ D eveloping structure fo r lia i­
son w ith other ju risd ictio n s.
The reorganization includes cre­
ation o f a Deputy C h ie f position.
T h is fig u re is a p re lim in a ry esti­
mate based on a statistical model
used p rio r to a new study now in
progress. Those results are expected
by the end o f the year. The law, past
tw o years ago, gave retailers a cush­
ion to reduce their steel stud invento­
ry and phase in the lig h tw e ig h t studs.
A c c o r d in g to
R ic h a rd C.
abled dealers to reduce their in vento-
ry and bring in the lightw eight studs.”
I he German-and-French-manu-
factured studs are quieter, and are
reported to reduce road damage by
up to 50 percent. This figure comes
from a controlled study conducted
recently in Finland and Sweden. Also,
the new studs are 50 percent lighter
Nordness, executive d ire cto r o f the
than the steel studs and w ill cost con­
N orthw est T ire Dealers Association,
sumers only a couple o f dollars more.
Studded tires are legal from N o­
vember I to A p ril 30. They are used
based in K ennewick, Washington,
Oregon dealers are stocked w ith the
new lightw eight studs.
“ Oregon tire dealers should be
ready fo r this com ing w in te r,” said
Nordness. The tw o-year cushion en-
on about 20 percent o f all vehicles in
Oregon. This figure represents about
40 percent east o f the Cascades and
about 15 percent to the west.
Emerald Awards anquet
men at our 6th Emerald Awards Ban­
quet, Friday, N ovem ber 8, 1996, at
FOOD 8, DRUG
These principles included:
♦ Developing immediate capabil­
ity to initiate Community Policing.
New law takes bite
out of steel-studded tires
A lpha Kappa A lpha S orority, Inc.,
Zeta Sigma Chapter, w ill be honor­
ing outstanding A frica n Am erican
SAFEWAY
C h ie f Maas outlined the p rin ci­
ples that guided his reorganization.
Shenanigan’ s on the W 'illam ette.
4575 N. Channel Avenue, Portland,
beginning at 6:30 p.m. T his year’ s
honorees are: Gerald McFadden, Paul
K n a u ls . A a ro n W a lk e r, L e o n
M cK enzie, M ichael Jordan, Dapo
Sobomehin, Charles Moose
A lpha Kappa A lpha S orority. Inc.
is the oldest sorority founded by and
fo r black women in the United States,
I ables are available at a cost o f
$300.00(ten guests per table). A lpha
founded at Howard U niversity, in
Kappa Alpha is a n o n-profit organi­
1908. Zeta Sigma Omega Chapter,
w hich has given forty-one years o f
service in Portland, uses this p ro ­
zation w ith a 501(cX 7) status. We
w ill be glad to provide our Federal
E m p lo ye r Id e n tific a tio n N u m b e r
gram as one o f i t ’ s endeavors to
provide scholarships funds to de­
serving women who are enrolled in a
fo u r year col lege program and to pay
upon receipt o t your confirm ation.
We w ould like to thank you for
helping us keep this project viable.
tribute to men, in o u r com m unity,
w ho have and are m aking a s ig n ifi­
cant co ntribution
Sincerely—The Emeralds Awards
Committee, Pamela Gaines, Bobbie
Nunn, Sandra Brame, Lorraine Hood-
Jack, President