Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, March 19, 1997, Page 8, Image 8

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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!
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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
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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
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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
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