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AUGUST 12, 1998
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Auditions are now being accepted
for the 90 voice Bravo!
Vancouver Chorale-a community’ based choral organization with professional
quality'. Bravo! Vancouver is Southwest Washington s only professional concert
series presenting concerts of classical, jazz, popular, and sacred music. Chorale
highlights for the 1998-99 season include Handel's "Messiah, " the Poulenc
"Gloria ” and Bach s "St. Matthew Passion. ”
All voice parts open, for audition information and dates, please contact Dr. Maria
Manzo, Music Director, at 360-696-4407 or email mariamstjoevan.org
by Monday, August 24.
August 23 is second annual Honor
the Elders concert
David Cooley and the Hards wi ng
Band will k ickoffthe second Honor
the Elders Concert Sunday, August
23, from 6-8 pm at W aterworks
Park in V ancouver (north end o f
Clark College parking lot). The
public is invited to listen to an
evening full o f 4 0 ’s, 5 0 ’s and swing
richment Program, Northwest N atu
ral Gas Company, Ron’s A utom o
tive Specialties, The Holland R es
ta u ra n t, Hi S chool P h arm acy ,
H am pton Special C are C enter,
V ancouver Mall Retirem ent C om
munity, M ultiservices Inc. and N a
tures M arketplace.
jazz. Bring the family, grandpar
ents, grandchildren, friends, neigh
bors, picnic blankets and lawn
chairs. Food concessions will be
available.
This free concert is presented by
the City o f V ancouver’s Parks and
Recreation Department Senior En-
Oregon Coast focus o f
student photo exhibit
The Oregon Coast is the focus o f
a student photography exhibit at the
Water Resources Education Center,
4500 SE Columbia Way. Vancouver/
Portland area junior high school stu
dents participating in a Saturday
Academy photography class at the
Center will exhibit black and white
images they captured at the Three
Capes Scenic Area.
The show runs from now until
August 31. The Center hours are 9
PO L IC E
am to 5 pm, Monday through Satur
day.
The Water Resources Education
Center is at the east end o f Columbia
Way, past Marine Park. Admission
is free.
NEW S
Hysteria and paranoia seem to be
driving the current national debate
on what to do about kids who kill.
The seven-month series o f in
tensely covered shooting sprees at
American schools proves that there
is no safe place from violence. Most
o f the schools in Oregon, Arkansas,
Pennsylvania, Mississippi, andTen-
nessee where children as young as
11 years old shot their classmates
are located in the kinds o f commu
nities most often characterized as
safe.
But the danger to these safe com
munities didn’t come from the out
side. It came from their own chil
dren.
Guns have been on inner-city
campuses for so long that many
black and Latino students think
nothing of going through metal de
tectors every morning. The campus
police officers are just as well-
known to the students as the foot
ball coach.
Our nation has a strange way o f
viewing these problem. W ebelieve
that as long as problems occur in
one kind o f neighborhood, they will
not spill over into other kinds o f
neighborhoods.
Less kindly put, we believe that
only “those people,’’ have “those
problems.”
It is telling that after more than a
decade o f big-city school shootings
with hardly a mention in the press,
the school shootings in tiny towns
and suburbs now dominate the na
tional news.
W e’re all in the same boat. With
more concern and a wider variety of
skills, knowledge, and ideas focused
on youth v iolence, perhaps this coun
try will finally do something that will
make serious inroads into solving the
problem.
Recent research shows that the
child who kills someone typically
has a family member for a victim.
Eric Lotke, a researcher at the Na
tional Center on Institutions and Al
ternatives, a Washington, D C., non
profit group, analyzed hundreds of
cases where children had been con
victed o f being principally respon
sible for a homicide.
He found that 80% o f the you
people age 14 and under (roughly the
same age as most o f the boys who
have been accused o f the latest spate
o f school shootings) killed members
o f their own families. The most
common victims were abusive par
ent, stepparents or boyfriends o f their
mothers.
If we really want to do something
abut the youngest perpetrators o f
homicide, then we have to do more to
protect all children from abuse. For
every homicide committed, there are
dozens o f lesser violent crimes such
as beatings and sexual assaults that
leave an impact on their victims.
We cannot go on pretending to be
serious abut fighting child abuse
when our child protection agencies
are too overburdened to do their
job. We need to concentrate on
cultivating more foster families and
safe places for these children while
they and their families receive help.
We also need a stronger network
o f support systems for young people
with all kinds o f problems. It’s
crucial to spot the problem and lend
a helping hand before the rage be
comes uncontrollable.
As gang violence became more
prevalent in the 1980’s and early
1990’s, most states decide that the
way to deal with youthful criminals
was to crack down on them and try
teenagers as adults. One Texas legis
lator said right after the Jonesboro,
Ark., shootings that 11 yearolds should
be eligible for the death penalty.
That’s no answer. Other 11 year
olds will not be deterred. We need
to prevent our kids from becoming
killers, not execute them afterwards.
The bullets ringing out in the
schoolyards around this country
should compel all o f us to pay more
attention to the needs o f our chil
dren.
On Friday, July 31, Detectives
from the Portland Police Bureau, in
conjunction with the Kern County
Sheriff’s office and the FBI, ex
ecuted a search warrant and arrested
one male in Bakersfield, California.
Francisco Cuba Hernandez, 21 years
was taken into custody at his place
o f employment, the N iagra car wash
in Bakersfield, on an arrest warrant
for 2 counts o f Aggravated Murder
and 2 counts o f Attempted Aggra
vated Murder in connection with a
double homicide in Portland. A
search warrant was executed at
Hernandez’ residence for evidence
in the murders.
The homicide occurred on June
14, 1996 at 11:54 pm, in the 1200
Block ofN. Kilpatrick. Dennis Hester
w ho was 20 years, and Damon
Johnson who was 22 years, were
passengers in a vehicle. The driver
o f the vehicle drove into the lot o f the
Astro Station at 7510 N. Interstate
Ave. Mr. Hester and Mr. Johnson
recognized a group o f Hispanic and
white males and told the driver to
leave. As they left the parking lot
three or four cars gave chase. Mis
takenly thinking they had entered a
dead end street, the driver was turn
ing the vehicle around when they
were fired upon leaving Mr. Hester
and Mr. Johnson fatally wounded
and two passengers wounded. The
motive appears to be gang related.
Francisco Cuba Hernandez is the
arrested suspect in these homicides,
and assaults and is lodged in the
Kem County Jail.
Detective Sergeant D. Rubey and
Detective Sergeant K. Ferrell are
the i nvestigators on this case and are
asking anyone with any additional
information to call the Portland Po
lice Bureau Detective Division at
823-0400.
by
S tarita S mith
D r o w n in g V ic tim
M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty S h e r if f s
D eputies responded to the Sandy
R iv e r at a b o u t 7:25 pm th is
e v en in g w hen they w ere c alled
a b o u t a p o s s ib le d ro w n in g .
D e p u tie s learn ed that at ab o u t
7 :2 0 , 3 4 y e a r o ld L u c ia n o
A ren ales H u rtad o d ove into the
Jam es C o o p er has been p ro
m oted to m a n ag er o f sales o p
eratio n s for X erox o f the P acific
N orthw est. C o o p e r, w ho p re v i
ously served as m a rk etin g o p
e ra tio n m a n a g e r fo r X e ro x ’s
W estern R egion, w ill oversee all
b u sin e ss a c tiv itie s in O reg o n ,
S o u th w e s t W a s h in g to n a n d
N orthern C a lifo rn ia .
C o o p er is a 14-year X erox
veteran and has had a w ide range
o f com pany e x p e rie n c e , in c lu d
ing sales and m an agem ent w ork
in the co m m ercial prin tin g m ar
ket, go v ern m en t acco u n ts and
m ajor a c co u n ts. D uring his c a
reer, C o o p er has rec e iv e seven
Give Oregon the Green Light to
Stop Red Light Running
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a te n y e a r o ld b o y -h a v e b een
tr a g ic a lly k ille d th is y e a r b e
c a u s e d riv e r s h a v e ig n o re th e
m o st fu n d a m e n ta l ru le o f th e
ro a d -d o n o t ru n red lig h ts .
A c ro ss th e s ta te , m o re and
m o re d riv e r s a re se e in g th is
v io la tio n o c c u r on a d a ily b a
sis. W h at u se d to be an u n
th in k a b le b re a c h o f a r e s p o n
sib le p e r s o n ’s d riv in g p riv ile g e
is i n c r e a s i n g l y b e c o m in g a
c o m m o n ly u se d w ay to g a in an
a d d itio n a l fiv e o r te n se c o n d s
o f d riv in g tim e .
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so n s fo r th is d e te r io r a tio n in
d riv in g s ta n d a rd s -g rid lo c k th a t
p ro m p ts f r u s tr a te d d r iv e r s to
ta k e g r e a te r c h a n c e , a th r e e
fo ld in c r e a s e in v e h ic le tr a f f ic
w h ile th e ro ad sy stem has fa ile d
to k e e p p a c e , a n d a d im in u tio n
o f e n fo rc e m e n t p re s e n c e to th e
p o in t th a t m a n y d riv e rs do not
b e lie v e th e y w ill e v e r be
,, c a u g h t, o r sim p ly a g ro ss d is
r e s p e c t fo r th e law a n d th e
s a fe ty o f o u r fe llo w c itiz e n s .
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v e h i c l e 's lic e n s e p l a t e , th e
d r iv e r is c ite d to r th e v io la tio n
in a m a n n e r s im ila r to p h o to
ra d a r fo r s p e e d e rs w h ic h is a l
re a d y in u se in B e a v e rto n and
P o rtla n d .
E ven th o se w h o a re u n c o m
fo rta b le w ith te c h n o lo g y th a t
is a b le to “ w a tc h you d r iv e ”
seem to a g re e on o n e th in g : N o
o n e has th e rig h t to run a red
lig h t. A nd lik e b a n k c a m e ra s
th a t w a tc h you c o n d u c t tr a n s
a c tio n s d a y - in and d a y - o u t,
th e y a lso p ro te c t you and y o u r
m o n e y from c r im in a ls .
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sa m e w ill be tru e w ith p h o to
red lig h t.
D riv in g in O re g o n is a p r iv i
le g e g ra n te d to th o s e w ho use
it r e s p o n s ib ly .
E ach o t us
w a n ts to be su re th a t w h en w e
tak e to the r o a d , t h e “ o th e r g u y ”
w ill o b e y th e r u le s , ju s t as w e
do. W e ow e ea c h o th e r n o th
in g le ss. W e h a v e a lre a d y
m isse d an o p p o r tu n ity to ta k e
a c tio n to p re v e n t th e lo ss o f
tw o liv e s. W e m u st ta k e a c tio n
to p re v e n t fu tu re re d -lig h t tr a g
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s e rio u s p ro b le m th a t d e m a n d s
a s tro n g , e ffe c tiv e re s p o n s e .
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and h ig h w a y s re q u ire s th a t s o
c ie ty h av e z e ro to le r a n c e for
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a u th o riz e d a te s t o f “ p h o to red
lig h t” te c h n o lo g y in B e a v e rto n .
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b u t fa ile d to re c e iv e a m a jo rity
v o te in th e S e n a te . It w ill r e
tu rn in th e 1999 S e ssio n u n d e r
m y s p o n s o rs h ip . I h o p e th e
b ill w ill be p a sse d in to la w -to o
la te to sa v e th o se w ho h a v e a l
re a d y b een n e e d le s s ly k ille d ,
b u t p e rh a p s a w ay to p re v e n t
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g ic a lly p la c e d c a m e ra at d a n
g e ro u s in te r s e c tio n s . O n c e a
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Park. M r. H urtado did not re su r
face. T he C lackam as C ounty In
te ra g e n c y D ive R escue team was
c a lle d and its divers recovered
Mr. H u rta d o ’s body at about 9:45
pm . Mr. H urtado su ffered a head
perfo rm an ce aw ards, including
s ix o f X e r o x ’s p r e s t i g i o u s
P re sid e n t’s C lub honors.
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o v ersee and ag g ressiv e m a rk e t
in g a n d s a le s d i r e c t i v e to r
X e ro x ’s new digital docum ent
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A C lev elan d native. C ooper
grad u ated from C leveland State
U niversity. He is a longtim e su p
p o rte r o f the U rban L eague, and
has been a ctiv e in several X erox
em p lo y ee m entoring program s,
co o p er, his w ife T erry and th e ir
tw o ch ild ren w ill reside in the
S o uthw est P ortland area.
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