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Hansen Begins Work As Tri-Met’s General Manager
Makes commitment to building the light rail system, quality
service & communities o f color
U .N . Dem ands
C o m p lian ce
P r e s i d e n t C lin to n is s u e d a
w arning to the Y u g o sla v P re s i
dent. S lo b o d a n M ilo se v ic to p u ll
out o f K osovo in a few days as
dem anded by the U .N . d e le g a tio n
or face sw ift m ilita ry a c tio n by
the NATO fo rc e s. NATO is clo se
to o r d e r i n g an a e r i a l a tta c k
ag a in st the S erbs.
Im p e a c h m e n t Probe
An im p e a ch m e n t in q u iry was
lau n ch ed by the H ouse th at co u ld
p o s s ib l y
re m o v e
P re s id e n t
C lin to n from o ffic e . D em ocrats
only w anted the in q u iry to be lim
ited to the L ew in sk y a ffa ir, but
the R e p u b lic a n s o ffe re d a r e s o
lu tio n th a t w ould ex pand the in
v e s tig a tio n . M onica L ew in sk y ,
L inda T rip p and V ernon Jo rd an
are the m ain c a n d id a te s in the
q u e stio n in g .
Nobel P eace Prize
Five s c ie n tis ts from the U nited
S tates in the c a te g o ry o f p h y sic s
and c h e m is try w ere aw arded the
N obel P eace P rize for th e ir r e
search w ork. The p h y sic s p riz e
was sh a re d am ong th re e s c ie n
tis ts who had stu d ie d m ic ro e le c
tro n ic s and the d e s tru c tio n o f the
E a rth ’s ozone la y e r. O th er s c i
ence w in n e rs in clu d e the m e d i
c a l te a m th a t h ad d e v e lo p e d
V ia g ra , an im p o ten c y drug.
Tyson Can Fight
A team o f six d o c to rs had e x
am ined M ike T yson and re p o rte d
that the boxer is fit to fight again.
The m e d ic a l e x a m in e rs a u th o
riz e d in c lu d e d a n e u ro p s y c h o lo
g ist, p s y c h ia tris t, c lin ic a l p s y
c h o lo g is t, two n e u ro lo g ists and
a d o c to r-la w y e r. The com m ission
w ill m eet ag ain n e x t w eek to d e
term in e w h e th e r T yson sh o u ld be
re lic e n s e d .
E d u c atio n B ill
P r e s id e n t C lin to n s ig n e d a
h ig h e r e d u c a tio n b ill th a t d e
c r e a s e d s tu d e n t - l o a n i n te r e s t
rate s to a re c o rd low . U nder th is
p lan , b o rro w e rs w ill save an e s
tim a te d $11 b illio n o v e r fiv e
years. D em o crat and R e p u b lic a n
m em bers o f C o n g ress had backed
up C lin to n ’s e ffo rt to help s tu
d en ts th ro u g h a b ip a rtis a n s ig n
ing o f the b ill.
and customer service representatives,
uring his first day on the
and every other person in this agency is
job as Tri-M et’s new Gen
equally important for us to succeed,”
eral Manager, Fred Hansen
outlined his commitment to the Hansen
agency said. “In order for Tri-M et to
remain at this level, we must all con
and the community.
tinue to work together.”
Hansen said that Tri-Met is one of
Hansen also stated his commitment
the prem ier transit agencies in the
to include communities of color in the
country, and that it achieved that sta
decision-making process.
tus because of the commitment of its
“ People of color Lave not necessar
employees and the high quality ser
ily
had a full seat at the table in terms of
vice they deliver each day.
planning
or in terms of having a system
“Operators, mechanics, marketing
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that meets their needs,” Hansen said.
Before coming to Tri-M et, Hansen
served four years as Deputy A dm inis
trator for the U.S. Environm ental Pro
tection Agency in Washington DC, and
10 years as Director o f the Oregon
Department of Environm ental Q ual
ity.
Hansen, a consistent transit rider,
grew up in the Portland area.
Tri-Met has 2,350 employees and a
$230 million annual operating budget.
Fred Hansen, Tri-Met General
Manager
First Phase For The Redesign Of Martin
Luther King Jr» Blvd» Begins
Workers remove trees in
the Northeast Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard
median between Fremont
and Shaver streets as part
of the MLK Redesign
Project. In this phase the
median will be removed,
and the street redesigned,
to be replaced by a smaller
four-foot median with small
trees, four 10-foot traffic
lanes ad two seven-foot
parking lanes. Project
manager G. Andre Baugh
says the work should be
completed by March, with
traffic restrictions
“reduced” by late
November and a work
stoppage from December
15 to 31. The $1 million
project is funded by the
state Main Street Program.
Martin Luther King Jr. King Blvd.
United Negro College Stages Ninth Annual Walk Athon
New MAX Line
A new MAX line from the G a te
way T ra n sit C e n te r to the a irp o rt
term in a l has been a p p ro v ed for
c o n s tru c tio n . The c o st o f this 5.5
m ile ra il e x te n sio n w ill co st an
e stim a te d $125 m illio n . S e rv ic e
w ould beg in in the fall o f 2001.
S haring in the c o st o f th is b u ild
ing is the P ort o f P o rtla n d , T ri-
M et, the P o rtla n d D ev elo p m en t
C o m m issio n and the C a sc a d e s
S ta tio n D e v e lo p m e n t Co.
School List
Ben C an ad a, S u p e rin te n d e n t o f
P o rtla n d ’s P u b lic S ch o o ls issu e d
a list th at nam ed sch o o ls w ith
low stu d en t ach iev em en t. T w enty
five p u b lic sc h o o ls w ere lis te d .
S chools nam ed on the lis t w ere
m ostly from N orth P o rtla n d and
the far s o u th e a st d is tr ic ts o f the
school d is tr ic t. N one o f the high
sch o o ls w ere on the lis t.
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Ronald McDonald, as a
special guest, pays a visit
to the United Negro
College Fund's Ninth
Annual, "Walk a mile to
save a Mind" to raise
money for College
Scholarships.
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