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• *. .. '> ? '. ? J . ' P agi B2 Í» •Ì • • ■ 5 Borrowing a book just got easier for the nearly 50,000 students, fac ulty and staff currently affiliated with the 12 Pacific Northwest academic libraries that belong to the Orbis unified library catalog system head q u artered at the U n iv ersity o f O regon’s Knight Library Now, a single keystroke activates Orbis Borrowing, an online interli brary loan service that makes four million books and other generally circulating times a available round- the-clock to students and educators at public and private colleges and universities throughout Oregon and in southeastern Washington “This new service is quick and easy to use at any time on and day from the library, home or office," says Nancy Nathanson, Orbis coor dinator for the UO Library System. “Simply connect to the Orbis union catalog, find the item you want to borrow, then follow the on-screen instructions to request it. Orbis lets you know ifthe item is available and informs you when it has placed your request.” Materials requested through Orbis Borrowing will be delivered with a couple o f working days for pick up at the patrons’ library. Nathanson says member institutions are committed to rapid delivery and a standard loan period o f three weeks. Orbis Borrowing was launched March 10, two years and two days after the com puterized statewide union catalog went online to serve the needs o f student and faculty schol ars and to maximize public access to an increasingly valuable resource - the state’s research library collec tions. “The cost o f books, periodicals and electronic media is sky-rocket ing," says UO Librarian George W Shipman. “Orbis is an invaluable tool for research libraries to pool their resources. Easy access to the Orbis collection means that we can reduce the costs o f duplicate titles and coordinate our purchases o f unique resources. We also can share the costs o f more expensive data bases. Orbis means we can stretch our buying power. He says Orbis - created with start up funding from the Meyer Memo rial Trust o f Portland and additional support from the Oregon State Sys tem o f High Education (O SSH E)- is a resource for the entire state and region that will benefit countless citizens in the years to come. Online interlibrary loans for pa trons not affiliated with one o f the Orbis member institutions is a fu ture possibility, Nathanson says. “O ur goals is to extend this con venience to people anyw here in the region, but we decided we needed to see how this expanded capability w orks and to iron out any bugs before taking the next step,” she says. Orbis offers information on li brary collectionsat five OSSHE cam puses - The University o f Oregon, Eastern Oregon StateCollege, South ern Oregon State College, Western Oregon State College, and the O r egon InstituteofT echnology-andat seven private institutions - George Fox University, Lewis and Clark College, Linfield College, Reed Col lege, the University o f Portland and Wil lamette Un i versity in Oregon and Whitman College at Walla Walla, Wash. To use Orbis, log on to any mem ber library catalog and choose the option to start an Orbis session, or connect directly via the Internet, to < http://orbis.uoredgon.edu> For further information about Orbis, call the UO Library Systems Department, (541) 346-3049. Calling All Talent! I T he S e lf E n h an cem en t, Inc. Pamplin Fellows are seeking youth acts for their first annual Talent Showcase to be held Saturday, March 29, 1997. Special guest judge for the showcase will be Portland’s very own rap recording artist Cool Nutz. If you feel you have what it takes, auditions will be held March 18 and 19 in the Benson High School audi torium from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. You m ust call the SEI Pamplin Project hotline at 24 9 -17 2 1 ext. 325 to schedule your 5 minute audition. Space is limited, so call today. The SEI Pamplin Project, com prise o f 44 juniors and seniors from Jefferson. Grant and Benson High Schools, encourages and empowers young adults to use their natural skills o f influence to persuade peers to make positive choices when con- fronted with teen pressures such as drugs, gangs, and violence. Work ing with schools, families and com m unity o rg a n iz a tio n s, the SEI Pamplin Project teaches youth that life offers options, and with positive decision making, teens can make a difference. The project is a program o f Self Enhancement, Inc. and is funded by local philanthropist Rob ert B. Pamplin, Jr. C R IM E STO PPERS Wanted Subject T h e W a sh in g to n C o u n ty S h e riffs O ffice, in cooperation with Crim e Stoppers, is asking for your help in locating and a p p r e h e n d in g D a v id L a rry Stroh On A ugust 16, 1996, a W ash ington County G rand Jury in dicted David Stroh on num erous sex related charges involving a 16-year-old girl unknown to him . T he in c id e n t o c c u rre d at Stroh’s last known address, on SW Waldo Way. near Sherw ood. O regon Stroh, who has an ex tensive history o f robbery, bur glary, assault, sex crim es, and drug charges, learned o f the in vestigation and fled. The U.S. Postal Service is inves tig a tin g a risq u e g lo ssa ry o f “ebonies” terms that was sent on the service’s electronic mail system. A postal w orkers’ union labeled the e- mail a “vicious, racist message.” The list o f 16 words and their suppostd meanings in common par lance among blacks is rife with sexual and racial stereotypes. It apparently was sent by a manager in New York General Marvin Runyon, an Ameri can Postal Workers Union official said Runyon’s response to the inci dent should ’’send a message to the entire postal community.” “ It is a vicious, racist message covered with black humor and any rationalization would constitute an insult to those who it is intended to depict,” wrote William Burrus, the union’s executive vice president. using an internal home page called Postal Internet. “TRIPOLI - I was gonna buy me o f lady a bra, but I couldn’t find no TRIPOLI,” read one example, refer ring to a large bra size. It was one of the tamest examples on the list, which was presented as a tongue-in-cheek guide for managers to improve com munications with office staff. In a letter sent Friday to Postmaster CANNONS The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, is asking for your help in identify ing and apprehending the suspect, or suspects, who damaged perhaps as many as several hundred trees in a Southeast Portland neighborhood by a process called “gridling”. Ac cording to experts, most if no, all of the trees, many o f which are cedars at least seventy feet tall, will die. A “girdle” is a ring made by cutting through the tree’s bark and cambium, which are the layers that circulate water and nutrients. On January 13, 1997. the Port land Police Bureau received a re port that a large number o f trees on scholarships each year to graduat ing seniors. The scholarships are four-year renewable scholarshipsof$ 1,000.00 for one male and one female student who have actively contributed to their school communities, are o f good moral character, are recommended by their schools, have financial need and a minimum o f 3.0 GPA in a college preparatory curriculum . This third scholarship will fall under the same criteria and expire at the end of the fourth year. For additional de tails call: Portland Police Associa tion at 25-9760. J.L.S. Lawn Service Manager office: 503-335-0263 (Proprietors) “Mechanics You Can Trust” 3204 N.E. Broadway Portland, Oregon 97232 (503)284-5970 Estimates 288-3836 <____ ■ PHILLY CAFE 445 N.E. KILLINGSWORTH Fish & Chips Terriyaki Chicken & Beef H am burgers f 1 \ ? JÍ MONDAY - SATURDAY, 8:30 a m. - 9:00 p.m. SUNDAY, 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. GENEVA’S ! - ^ . Lu’s A d o ra b le Bo's f / . 288-9367 REALTORS® dead and dying, the area may be come nothing more than a hazard. If you have any information re garding this case, call the Crime Stoppers Program. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to $ 1.000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolved felony crime, and you do not have to give your name. In this case, the Portnomah Homeowners Associa tion has pledged an additional $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest o f the suspect, or sus pects involved in the “girdling” o f the trees. Call Crime Stoppers at (503) 823-HELP. ERIC F SCHINIDRIG 3328 N.E. KILLINGSW ORTH East Metro Afilíales. Inc. a tract o f land in the 7100 block of SE 117th Place, belonging to the Northern Lights Homeowners As sociation, had been “girdled”. It was also reported that a large number of trees on neighboring property, be lo n g in g to the P ortnom ah Homeowners Association, had been “girdled”. According to investigators, the “girdling” o f the trees may have occurred in the late summer, or early fall o f 1996. The land, where the trees were damaged, is a forested recreational area that has been used and enjoyed by chi Idren and other people in the neigh borhood. But now, with the trees both Chicken • Pork Ribs • Beef Ribs C aterin g & T ak e-O u t Wayne & Juanita Cannon Mon-thur 11:30am-9.00pm • FRI-S AT 11:30am-11:00pm • Sun 1:00pm-7:00pm ASSOCIATES The PPA Executive Board has authorized a third scholarship to be offered to a 1997 graduating Port land high school senior in memory of: Officer Robert J. “ Bob” Roberts, a 19 year veteran o f the Portland Police Bureau and PPA Member. The PPA currently offers two Com puterized Car Care Our Specialty: Real Hickory Smoked Bar-B-Q HILLIER Prior to living near Sherwood, Stroh lived with his wife and step c h ild re n in N ew berg, O regon. Portland Police Association offers new scholarship SPARKù = R tB EXPRESS= where he used the name M arshall Bond and did jan itorial work. He has also used the nam e G regory Hitz. David Larry Stroh is a 51- year-old w hite m ale, 5 ’ 10”, 185 pounds, with brown hairan d blue eyes. If you have any inform ation re g a rd in g th is c a se , call the Crime Stoppers Program . Crime Stoppers is offering a cash re ward o f up to $1,000 for infor mation. reported to C rim e Stop pers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolved felony crime, and you do not have to give yournam e. Call Crim e Stop pers at (503) 823-H ELP. Trees “Girdled” E-maii sparks postal service controversy I L . 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