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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.
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Kimaya, April 25th
PGE's Ed Bunn.
On call,
on the move
24 hours a day,
seven days
a week.
Happy 1st Birthday
As part o f Portland General Electric's
Love Dad & Family
Eagle Crew, Ed is always ready to roll.
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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
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