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Volume \ \ \ II, Number 82
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JULY 29. 1998
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Council gives money to study stock exchange move
B i L ee P erlman _________________________ _
T he P ortland O bserver S taff
The Portland City Council officially approved
$37,000 to study m oving the historic Kenton Stock-
yard Exchange building from its current location to the
Heron Lakes G o lf Course.
Harsch Investm ent, which owns the property at
2416 N. M arine Drive, wants to remove the 40,000
square foot building to make room for new develop
New Tri-Met
General Manager
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ment. It has offered to give the building away and
contribute $130,000 toward its moving, provided that
it is gone by year’s end.
The Kenton Action Plan, a non-profit agency, and the
Portland Bureau o f Parks are considering making the
building a combination club house, meeting facility and
bed and breakfast. The bureau had planned to put up a
structure at the course, although on a smaller scale.
Commissioner Charlie Hales called the move “a
crazy idea that deserves support."M ayor Vera Katz
chimed in, “ I love crazy ideas.”
Com m issioner G retchen Kafoury said, "In honor
o f m oving the Simon Benson House, I'll support
moving this one too.
David Myers-Eatwell testified that the 1916 building
was once a major center of financial transactions, so much
so that it contained seven bank vaults. Hales asked, "Have
you checked to make sure they’re all empty?”
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US EPA Deputy Administrator
& former DEQ director to
head transit agency
The Tri-Met Board o f Directors today voted unani
mously to appoint Fred Hansen as the new General
Manager for the transit agency. Hansen currently serves
as Deputy Administrator for the US Environmental Pro
tection Agency in W ashington, DC, where he is account
able for daily management o f the agency, its 17,500
employees and $7.8 billion annual budget.
Before his appointment to EPA in 1994, Hansen served
as Director o f the Oregon Department o f Environmental
Quality for 10 years. He also served as Deputy State
Treasurer in Salem. Early in his career, Hansen served in
the Carter Administration as Deputy Director for Carter's
special project on federal cash management.
Board president Phil Bogue said Hansen was selected
after an extensive local national search, both inside and
outside the transit industry.
“ Fred has extensive experience in public service and is
deeply interested in the issues facing Tri-met and this
region,” said Bogue. "His leadership qualities and his
Oregon and W ashington contacts will help Tri-Met be
successful in expanding transit service to meet the needs
o f this growing region."
Hansen will lead the agency as it opens the Westside
MAX line, expands light rail to the Airport and construct
the South/North project. Tri-Met has 2,350 employees,
and a $230 million annual operating budget. Hansen is
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Portlanders' cool off as the
mercury reaches over 100
degrees. The City is expected to
cool down later this week.
(Photos by M. Washington)
U.S. leaders bow their heads to slain officers
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The silence in a building where talk is
« main currency was overwhelming on
uesday as U.S. leaders bowed their heads
i honour two police officers killed when a
anman invaded the Capitol and started
looting.
Grown men cried. Democrats hugged
epublicans, and President Bill Clinton and
ongress joined together in one sentiment
- to honour Capitol Police officers Jacob
hestnut, 58, and John Gibson, 42, who
ed in the shooting Friday.
“Until crisis reveals their courage, we do
not see how truly special they are. And so
they walked humbly," Clinton said in a trib
ute to the slain officers under the Capitol
dome.
Two flag-draped caskets stood in the place
o f honour that has been given to only 27
others since 1852, including President
Abraham Lincoln, President John F. Kennedy
and unknown soldiers from various wars.
Rows o f blue-uniformed police officers
occupied about half o f the rotunda during the
eulogy, while the politicians they help pro-
tect took up the rest o f the space.
The wives and children o f the men who
were killed sat in chairs, dabbing at their
eyes, across from the respective caskets. Fhe
rest o f the room stood quietly.
In a “laying ofthe wreaths” the top Repub
lican and Democrat from the Senate and the
House, Clinton, and the Capitol Police chief,
separately moved a wreath toward the cas
kets then stood briefly with head lowered.
Statues o f past presidents and other key
figures from America’s past such as civil
rights leader Martin Luther King and suffrag-
ette Susan B. Anthony stood near the walls.
“ In th is room , th e re are m urals, p ic
tu re s, sta tu e s o f the g re a t men and
w om en in o u r c o u n try ’s h is to ry ,” S e n
ate M a jo rity L e a d e r T re n t L ott, a M is
sissip p i R e p u b lic a n , said. “ T oday, we
h o n o u r tw o m en th a t sh o u ld rig h tly be
re c o g n ise d in th is hall o f h e ro e s,” he
added.
Light streamed in from the circle o f win
dows near the top o f the dome, the inside of
which is covered by a painting done by the
Italian artist Constantino Brumidi who died
Capltol Shooting
her grand jury testimony. Kenneth Starr’s
subpoena o f President Clinton brings out an
important question: Can a sitting president
be subject to criminal prosecution?
announced. Fox's surprise hit“AllyMcBeal'
got 10 bids, one less than the top-nominated
comedy “Frasier." Other prospective Emmy
winning shows include NBC’s medical drama
“ER” and Fox’s “The X-Files”, each with 16
bids.
Gunman. Weston Jr burst into the Capitol
building killing twoCapitol officers. Weston
opened fire using a .38 caliber handgun. The
shooter was diagnosed ten years ago with
paranoid schizophrenia. He wrote a letter
accusing President Clinton o f sending CIA
agents to assassinate him.
President Subpoenaed
Monica Lewinsky met with prosecutors
for five hours in New York over sexual suit
against President Clinton. She was inter
viewed by independent counsel, Kenneth
Starr to determine her credibility and secure
Phone Merger
Bell Atlantic Corporation and GTE Corp.,
have agreed to merge. Their corporate mar
riage will result in the biggest merger deal in
the United States with a worth o f around $55
billion. The merger will have no effect on
local phone customers in Oregon, but GTE
long-distance users may see some changes.
Emmy Bids
The Emmy Award nominees have been
in the rotunda when he fell from a scaffold
while painting.
The rotunda is also w here heads o f
state such as the Q ueen o f England has
been receiv ed , and w here President
Ronald R eagan’s second inauguration
w as held because it was too cold out
side.
All day, tourists and law enforcement
officers in various shades o f blue, grey and
brown uni forms circled the caskets silently,
only their footsteps echoing against the
stone.
Light Rail
Portland In Heat
Portland Commissioner Erik Sten is try
ing to block the city’s $120 million south-
north light rail project. He proposed a finan
cial request to have an additional $ 120 mil
lion for the city to build mixed-income hous
ing.
T em peratures in Portland reached a
record 100 degrees for two days straight
The intense heat sent dozens o f people to
hospitals and broke tem perature records
in three O regon cities. The hottest area
was the D alles w here the high was 112
degrees.
Filipinos abroad and descendants in the
United Sûtes are celebrating 100 years o f
Philippine Independence from the Span
iards. About 2 million Filipino Americans
live in the United Sûtes. An estimate o f
10,000 live in Oregon alone
Filipino History