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U ‘ ■ ••• „•¿ta k H m & M’ç % $•<*>« « * * ÍM . Z r fX ' * ¿ ¿ a ; z < £ ?-,■&» - 4 •• #1 T he P o r tlan d O bserver • A pril 23, 1997 P age A 7 Police arrest son for murder Portland Police Detectivescharged Harrison Bletson, black male, DOB May 6 , 1957 with Murder, in connec tion with the death of his mother, 63 year old Dannella Bletson On Tuesday, April 15, 1997, at approximately 1:30 pm a family Arson Fire Portland Fire Bureau and Port land Police Bureau Arson Investi gators, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, are asking for your help in identifying and apprehending the person or persons responsible for intentionally setting fire to an occupied apartment building. On Sunday, March 9, 1997, at approximately 3:00 in the morn ing, the Portland Fire Bureau re sponded to the San Marco Apart ments, 810 NE Couch Street, on a report of a fire. Crime Stoppers is offering acash reward of up to $ 1,000 for informa tion, 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. Cal I Crime Stoppers at (503) 823-HELP. friend traveled to the home o f Dannella Bletson to check on her welfare She had not been heard from since Monday morning. Enter ing the home the friend discovered the deceased body of Mrs Bletson Pending the results of the medical Examiners Office, it appears that death is the result of stab wounds Vancouver, Washington Police Officers, at the request of Portland Police Detectives arrested Harrison Bletson just prior to Midnight Tues day April 15 , 1997 at a friends house. Drive-by homicide arrest At 6:45 pm, Saturday, April 12, 1997, Portland Police officers ar rested Keith Betha and charged him with Murder Betha, a black male, DOB 02-09-61, was arrested in con nection with a homicide that oc curred earlier this date. At approximately 5:00 PM, Sat urday, April 12, 1997, Portland Po lice were called to the area of NE 33rd Avenue and NE Alberta Court on reports of a shooting. Police ar rived to find a black Mazda RX-7 resting in the side yard of a residence in the 3300 block of NE Alberta Court. The driver had been shot and died at the scene. Investigators believe that Betha was driving his Chevrolet Blazer southbound on 33rd avenue when he was overtaken by the decedent driv- ing his Mazda, also southbound on NE 33rd Avenue When the Mazda pulled up next to the Blazer, the suspect fired several rounds at the decedent The decedent lost control of his vehicle after being shot and traveled eastbound on Alberta court from 33rd Avenue before coming to rest midblock between NE 33rd and NE 34th. Police arrested Betha in the 4000 Block of NE 13th Avenue and charged him with the crime. Inves tigators believe that the victim and suspect knew each other. It does not appear to be gang related. A photograph will be available in the Identification Division, 12th floor. Justice Center. Investigative Sergeants D. Anderson and W. Svilar are the investigators. Children's Defense Fund President and Stand For Children founder Marian Wright Edelman pictured here (left) with Stand for Children 1997 honorary co-chairs Mrs. Rosa Parks, mother of the modern civil rights movement and grandmother o f the children's movement, and national talk show host Rosie O'Donnell at the first Stand For Children awards presentation during the annual Children's Defense Fund Conference. Following on the heels of the historic Stand For Children rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on June 1st last year, the 1997 mobilization will include hundreds o f local efforts to ensure that every child gets a healthy start in life - with the health coverage children need to grow and thrive, and healthy communities that allow children to breathe clean air, walk safely to school, and learn unimpaired by violence or untreated health problems. There will not be a rally in Washington, DC, this year, however nearly 200 events are planned in every state on June 1st, as Americans from all walks of life Stand for Healthy Children in their home towns. Photo by Jay M allln Washington County man steals jobless benefits Home Ownership Programs The Vancouver Housing Author ity (VHA), Columbia Non-Profit Housing (CNPH), and the Com munity Housing Resource Center (CHRC) are community partners in the provision of affordable home ownership opportunities for the people of Clark County. For each of these programs, down payment assistance is provided through a second mortgage loan that has no payments of principal or interest for the term of the first mortgage, up to 30 years, as long as the home remains the borrower’s principal residence. There are eq uity sharing provisions and other restrictions in lieu o f amortized payments on the second mortgage. All programs require home buyer education that is provided by or through the Community Housing Resource Center at no charge. Community Housing Resource Center - CHRC offers personal home buyer counseling, sponsors and coordinates home buyer edu cation seminars. The CHRC is spon sored and supported by the City of Vancouver, Clark County, the Van couver Housing Authority, numer ous non-profit foundations, and fi nancial institutions. Its goal is to promote home ownership. Com munity Housing Resource Center services are free. Their first-time homebuyer classes have been an invaluable asset to many people who needed information on what it takes to buy a home of their own. First-Time Home Ownership Programs - VHA and CNPH offer several home ownership opportu nities to low income Clark County residents, who have household in comes at or below 80% of area median. The Vancouver Housing Authority is the largest provider of low-incom e housing in Clark County. C olum bia N on-Profit Housing contracts with the VHA for staff services. Th is arrangement provides common access for infor mation about assisted home owner- shipopportunities in Clark County. Infill Home Ownership Program - The Infill program is an ongoing strategy to build new homes in downtown Vancouver neighbor hoods. The goal of this program is to increase home ownership and promote revitalization in these neighborhoods. The homes were designed with the cooperation of the Hough Neighborhood Associa tion to be consistent with architec tural features found throughout the neighborhood. A down payment of only $2,200 is required to purchase a three-bedroom, two-bath, 1,200 sq. ft. home. Down payment assis tance up to $30,000 is available to qualified buyers. CNPH First Home Loan Pro gram - This program offers a sec ond mortgage assistance plan of up to 20 percent of the purchase price for a home located anywhere in Clark County (purchase price can not exceed $119,000. First Home is a market driven program with which prospective homeowners work with the realtor of their choice to find a home. Over twenty local lenders currently participate in this program. Borrowers must contrib ute a minimum o f 3 percent of the purchase price or closing costs, which ever is greater. The Com munity Housing Resource Center coordinates education require ments, provides free counseling and assist buyers with preparation of application. Columbia Homes -CNPH spon sors this program in a manufac tured home subdivision located in the East Park Meadows subdivi sion at 144th Avenue and 52nd Street. Up to $15,000 is available in the form of a deferred payment second mortgage for down pay ment assistance. Manufactured homes are chosen by the borrower and financed, together with the lot, just like a site-built home. CNPH has secured twelve lots in the sub division for this project. The bor rower is required to contribute $3,500 orclosing costs, which ever is greater. Hampton Downs - This is a con- dominium project currently under construction. These homes will be available in July and August 1997. The homes in the Hampton Downs condominium community include two bedrooms, two baths, and at tached garages. They are 1,200 sq. ft. and will sell for under $90,000. It is our desire to aggressively market all home ownership oppor tunities to all members of the com munity. For additional information, please contact Frank L’Ame, VHA Housing Development Specialist, at (360)694-2501 or (503) 289-5593 or Carol Keljo at (360) 690-4496. A Washington County man has pled guilty to stealing more than $4,100 of unemployment insur ance benefits. Darin Alan Bouska was convicted o f felony theft charges, and sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Nancy Campbell to 24 months probation and ordered to pay $4,176 in restitution to the Oregon Employment Department. Illegally collecting unemploy ment benefits is a class C felony, which carriers a maximum sen tence of five years in prison and a $100,000 fine. Bouska’s conviction was the re sult ofan investigation by the Em ployment Department I lie depart ment uses a computer system to match records of those receiving unemployment benefits with em ployer quarterly payroll records. The department routinely scans active claims for irregularities and aggressively prosecutes individu als found unlawfully collecting un employment benefits. To receive unemployment ben efits, individuals must be out of work through no fault of their own and able, available, and actively seeking work Oregon law requires those claiming benefits to report any earnings during the period they are claiming. Individuals may earn up to one-third of their weekly benefit amounts or ten times the m inim um wage, w hichever is greater, before unemployment ben efits are deducted dollar for dollar. TROPICAL M anóos ripe and sweet Try the "Peach of the Tropics" EACH HASSAVOCADOS c 49 SLICED M U S H R O O M S J PICTSWEET large size from CALAVO Ki/feA íz i. Elk Cleaners 98 6 oz. 1014 N.E. K illingsw orth Portland, O regon 89 ^ W r PKG. 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Happy 1st Birthday As part o f Portland General Electric's Love Dad & Family Eagle Crew, Ed is always ready to roll. /• <1 f 1 ' * I Power outages, broken poles from car crashes, house fires and safety inspections, You gotta laugh — they're all in a day's w ork for Ed. .Susan Isaacs has always done what she does awfully well in her entertaining fiction, Ed Is there— first on the scene in North, Northwest and Northeast Portland. and she's done it again." -T h e New York Times kook Review on Susan Isaacs' novel Lily White tT Portland General Electric. Tlie power to make a difteiencc.
