Volume X X V II, Number 80
JULY 15, 1998
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Sand At Pioneer
Square????
Order In The
Court!!
The Kids' on the Block
A warness Program got a
treat from this year's
"Sand In The City"
A soon-to-be talk show
host has a new album out
and is ready to blow up the
charts!
See Entertainment, page B8.
See Metro, inside.
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Che JJuritatih (Dhsertier
Mrs. Oregon America 1998-Sandra Lee Herder
Sandra Lee Herder ot Portland, O r
egon was crow ned Mrs. O regon on May
22, 1998. She has held various pageant
titles in the past three years, Ms. United
States o f A m erica 1995, Mrs. Portland
International 1997, Ms. Asian Universal
o f O regon 1997 which lead to the N a
tional Ms. Asian Universal title and a trip
to the Philippines. A fter three years ot
experience, placing as runner-ups, she is
very honored to have the Mrs. Oregon
A m erica title. “Through these years pag
eants have been very positive tor my
family and 1. Being involved in the vari
ous system s have helped me set short and
long term goals, m otivate me to strive for
excellence in who I am and w hat I stand
for as a mom. wife, and as an individual.
My children see me having goals and go
ing for that and also the m any opportuni
ties that com e with it. My family is in
volved in parades, travel and the educa
tional part in learning m ore about our
com m unities, states and m eeting w onder
ful people everyw here.
Born and raised in H onolulu, Hawaii
she cam e to Portland to attend the U niver-
sity o f Portland. She graduated from the
. U t niversity
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o f Portland
1990 with o a
Bachelor o f Arts in Elementary Education
and an Early Childhood Certificate. She
worked as a class room teacher for seven
years at W oodlaw n Elementary School
which is part o f the Portland Public School
District. She also works for Barbizon
model and talent school and agency.
Sandra has been married for almost
nine years to her husband Robert M.
H erder and together they have two sons,
Hayden V aughn 6 years and Eldon W ar
ren 3 years.
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eighborhood residents, 1 he Port
land Police, The City Attorney,
and The Mayor’s Office work
together to successfully bring closure to a
ma jor drug house.
Four years o f continual cooperation and
shear determ ¡nation has paid off. The Honor
able Roosevelt Robinson (Multnomah Counts
Circuit Court) granted the City o f Portland
authority under the Specified Crime Property
Ordinance to shut down the structure at 4715
NE Mallory Avenue. Any persons remaining
on the property after Friday, July It), 1998 at
5:00 PM will be removed by Deputies ot the
Multnomah County Sheriff s Office and the
Portland Police. The City of Portland will
take control o f the home at 5:00 PM
The home has been a source o f continual
drug and vice activity. Criminal Activities at
the home were previously reported by The
Oregonian, KATU Safe Streets and other
television and print media two years ago
when Mayor Vera Katz and Chief Charles
Moose celebrated with neighborhood resi
dents during the first phase o f the battle to
combat crime in this northeast community.
The block party occurred after Judge Anna
Brow n ordered those indiv iduals conducting
the illegal activities be evicted. However,
despite the best intentions of Judge Brown
and then presiding Circuit Court J udge Donald
Londerto restrict the premises, individuals at
the home continually and openly defied the
court. Neighborhood residents credit the cour
age and wisdom o f Judge Robinson to rein
force the legal authority o f The City Attorney
Neighborhood residents volunteer to board up a major drug house located at 4715 NE Mallory.
tP h n tn Rv Rnnnie Washington.)
to bring closure to these types o f nuisance
properties that wreak havoc in our Portland
elderly Citizens and most o f the neighbor
Response Team, Drugs and Vice Division,
to the court that the structure be closed down
neighborhoods.
hood residents are homeowners and con
Gang
Enforcement
Team,
the
Neighborhood
immediately because ot continual and re
Linda Law, attorney for the City o f Port
tributing taxpayers. The Blockwatch credits
Crime
prevention
office
and
local
citizens
in
peated violations o f the Stipulated Judge
land effectiv ely argued b efore Judge
thediligent organizational skills and leader
documenting and reporting the illegal activi
ment and Order issued by Judge Londer.
Robinson that "families and children in the
ship o f James and Elizabeth Kent. Mr. and
ties.
Mallory
Avenue
is
representative
ot
Both attorneys presented evidence from a
Neighborhood had suffered enough." Both
Mrs. Kent along with their three young
most
Portland
communities.
There
is
a
won
massive casefile reporting the Diligent Ef
she and city attorney Nancy Ayers requested
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derful
mix
o
f
div
erse
cultures,
children
and
forts of the Portland Police. Neighborhood
N
Utilities, Trade Associations Team Up With Portland Public
Schools To Develop Trades Training Program At Jefferson
u
_________________________ ______ . program has two goals: improve the
tility companies and
"There is a critical need quality o f applicants for trade ca
trade associations, in
reers and increase diversity in the
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te t o create more opportuni- workplace.
Portland Public Schools, devel
Joe McArthur, PGE vice presi
oped the Utility Trades Consor- ties fo r yOUHg people SO
dent o f substation and line opera
tium Project, an innovative pro-
can develop the skills tions says, “There is a critical need
gram designed to give Jefferson
to create more opportunities for
High school students the skills necessary to succeed in
theyneedtoenterrew ardingtrade
technical business pro- young people so they can develop
the skills necessary to succeed in
occupations such as carpenter,
‘
technical business programs and
welder, electrician, lineman, and grams and trade careers.
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trade careers.”
auto technician.
—-----------------------
Al
King.
PGE
community
resources specialist
The program is scheduled to begin in the 1998-99
omas Jefferson High School
WEEK
IN
school year; the freshman class at Jefferson High
School will be the first students to participate. The
Hashimoto Resigns
O.J. Simpson Appeals
Ja p a n e se Prim e M in iste r R yutaro
Hashimoto resigned recently leaving a politi
cal vacuum in Asia. The sudden and unex
pected move by the prime minister sent stocks
and currencies reeling across the continent,
creating a financial crisis.
O.J. Simpson's lawyers are appealing his
$33.5 million wrongful-death judgment, ar
guing the five-month civil trial was “funda
mentally tainted" by erroneous rulings on
evidence. A 96-page appeal was introduced
in court.
Tri-Mot Plans
Breast Implant Payout
The citizen's committee has developed a
plan forextending Tri-Met’s reach into neigh
borhoods and has offered a finance plan
calling for higher fares and new allocations
o f state and federal funds These plans are
expected to be implemented next year.
A bankruptcy judge recently approved a
tentative $3.2 billion settlement between Dow
Coming Corp, and 170,000 women. This
settlement will affect 1,000 Oregon women
who underwent silicone gel breast implants
that left physical complications. Each women
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B y L ee P erlman _____________ _____
T he P ortland O bserver S taff
he Kenton Stockyard Exchange
Building is still three quarters o f a
mile from Heron Lakes GolfCourse
but last week it came a little closer to being
moved there - or at least part o f it.
The Portland Bureau o f Parks and Harsch
Investment. Inc. have agreed to jointly fi
nance a $77,000 study to assess the feasibil
ity o f moving the 40,000 square foot struc
ture from its current location at 2416 N.
Marine Dr. At Heron Lakes it could serve as
a club house, bed and breakfast and meeting
facility, expanding the potential use and
desireability o f the course.
At one point, a snag in such plans was
obtaining financing for the study. The Park
Bureau has been willing to foot half o f the
bill, but insisted that another party pay for the
rest. Harsch, which wants to redevelop the
current site and the rest o f the former stock-
yards, has offered to contribute $130,000
toward the move - the price o f demolishing
the structure - and to advance $40,000 o f this
for the study. However, Harsch wanted as
surances that it would be reimbursed if the
move did not take place.
Parks Bureau facilities manager Gordon
Wilson now feels that the basic issue of
whether the building can be moved can be
assessed for the $37,000 the bureau has al
ready pledged. “All w e're doing is finding
out if doing this is feasible,' bureau golf
director John Zoller says. “ Ifw e find it isn’t,
we don't have to spend any more money. If it
is, it’s a lot easier to get additional funds."
In a related development, consulting engi
neer Peter Friesen has proposed moving only
the top two stories o f the exchange after first
building a new first story at Heron Lakes.
According to Zoller. the structure sits on a
concrete slab with no crawl space beneath it.
Moving the whole structure would involve
excavating under it, a very expensive process
that is “not feasible,” Zoller says.
David Myers-Eatwell o f the Kenton Ac
T
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could possibly receive $12,000 to $60,000
under the plan.
Downtown Park Block
The Portland City Council approved a
basic schedule and process to plan, design
and build the new downtown park block near
Moyer's Fox Tower block on Park Avenue.
The park might include some commercial
space, costing $1 million. Construction will
begin in April 2000
Dow Closes High
The Dow Jones Industrial average reached
a record high close from Japan’s political
i
I
Stockyards
Exchange
Building
Move Takes
Step
Forward
upheaval. The expectation is that the Japa
nese Prime Minister’s resignation will spur
the Asian economy. The Dow was up 149.33
at 9,245.54, beating M ay’s closing o f
9,211.84
Clinic Bomb
Eric Rudolph, the suspect in an abortion
clinic bombing in Birmingham, Alabama is
suspected to be in North Carolina. He has
been the target o f a manhunt since late
January o f this year.
His truck was spotted. It contained six
m onth’s worth o f food stolen from a
Nantahala home.