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Page A2 OCT. 14, 1998 (Tl|c Partlmtò *0Ws4rcwir Community Pride Design Awards Host 3rd Annual Event (©bserlring Roaring Twenties Good Time Pearson Air M useum ’s 3rd Annual Benefit Auction will transport you back to the twenties at Johnny D iam ond’s Jewel Club (The Jack M urdock Avia tion Center) located at 1115 E. 5th Street in Vancouver O nce you give the password. “I know the Judge,’’you will be ushered inside for a roaring good time and the start o f the silent auction. Your evening will include a great meal o f salmon and steak catered by Double Tree Inn at the Quay. The liv e auction will follow dinner and the Pearson volunteers have garnered a unique catalog o f items. A flight for eight on a Twin Turbine Aero Commander to Boeing Fteld w ill taxi right up alongside the first jet Au- Force One on display outside the Mu seum o f Flight. The guests will receive a tour o f the aircraft and then enjoy a gourmet meal catered by McCormick and Schmicks o f Seattle right on board the historic aircraft. Other items up for bid include a petite Baby Grand Piano, get-aways to the San Juans, Palm Springs and Ha waii: flight for six aboard a Beechcraft King A u to Salishan Lodge or Sun River, a ride in a P -5 1 Mustang warbird and ski golf season passes. Doors open at 5:30 for the silent auction; 7 PM for dinner followed by the live auction. Tickets are still available at $40 each or $320 per table. Call 360.694.7026 for more information. Clark County Receives $6.5 Million Over the next five years, Clark County’s Department o f Com munity Services will receive approximately $6.5 million to dev elop a national model for a coordinated system o f care for children with severe emotional distur bances, mental illnesses, or behavioral problems. Clark County was in contention with other counties and service organiza tions from around the nation for this very competitive grant, which is pro vided by the Center for M ental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department o f Health and Human Ser vices. The grant is the culminationofnearly a decade o f work by the Clark County System o f Care Policy Council (for m erly the C h ild ren ’s Interagency Board). The policy council includes parent advocates and senior adminis trators from child welfare, school dis tricts, mental health, alcohol and drug, juvenile justice, early interv ention, de velopmental disabilities and public health programs. These entities have entered into a formal agreement to de velop a seamless system o f care for children with complex needs. ‘ ‘This opportunity is unprecedented,' ’ said M ike Piper, director o f Clark County’s Department o f Community Services. “We are receiving this grant as a direct result o f Clark County’s history o f innovative community and public-private partnerships. The grant will allow us to take that collaboration to a whole new level. W e will build on strengths such as our family advocates. Community Choices 2010, and the county’s public-private partnerships with United Behavioral Health to man age public mental health services." Why is such a system needed? “Re ally, kids and families don’t come in neat packages,” Piper explained. “They have an array o f needs and strengths that are connected together. We can’t treat the child in a vacuum. POLICE NEWS Multnomah County Sheriff s Office A t approxim ately 4:20 PM , M ult nom ah County S h e riffs deputies, on routine patrol, traveling eastbound on SE D ivision at approxim ately 174th, saw a w hite H onda A ccord traveling in the sam e that had an equipm ent violation. The deputies attem pted to stop the vehicle and it m ade a turn northbound on to SE. 178th avenue at a very slow rate o f speed. T he A ccord w ent approxi m ately three blocks before it cam e to a stop. The tw o deputies in the patrol car approached the A ccord on foot and w hen they arrived at the vehicle and took off. T he A ccord m ade a series o f turns as the D eputies ran back to their patrol car and eventu ally ended up back on SE 178th south bound. The deputies eventually regained sight o fth e A ccord, from three blocks aw ay, ju st as it w as running the stop sign southbound on 178th at D ivi sion. T he A ccord collided with a red Ford Escort that w as traveling w est bound lane o f D ivision. The driver and a passenger w ere located there. Found in the Escort was a grand m other and her 5 and 7-year-old grandchildren w ho were injured but not seriously. W hen the deputies ar rived and approached the A ccord they could clearly see from the out side of the vehicle glass wear, filters, co n tain ers, h y p o d erm ic n eed les, chemicals and other item s in the Accord w hich are com m only used to m anufacture and possess m etham phetamine. Injured in the Escort were: V ir ginia Lee Latim er (dob 8-6-47) and her 5 year old granddaughter O livia Engstrom. They w ere both trans ported to Mt. H ood m edical center with neck and other injuries along w ith 7 year old T yler E ngstrom who was not physically injured. They are in good condition. The Engstrom s are from Troutdale and Mrs. Latim er is from Portland. Injured and arrested from the H onda A ccord w ere: T he driv er Vincent E. Turner (dob 5-2-70) from Eaglecreek, Oregon and w ho gave investigating deputies the nam e o f Jason W ebb and his passenger R ob ert V. H eard (dob 1-30-69) w ho claims to be transient. Mr. Turner was taken to O H SU with head, neck and pelvic injuries. Mr. H eard was taken to P ortland A d v en tist H o sp i tal w ith alleg ed injuries. M r. H eard w as taken to P o rtlan d A d v en tist H ospital w ith alleg ed in ju ries a l though he d id n o t ap p ear to be injured. W hile at the ho sp ital d ep u ties found am ounts o f m eth am p h et am ine and p arap h ern alia in both H ea rd an d T u rn e rs p o sse ssio n . T u rn er has an o u tstan d in g arrest w arran t for PCS. A t this tim e S h e r iff s o ffice N ar co tics inv estig ato rs are p rep arin g a search w arrant for the v eh icle and w ill search in this ev en in g w ith the help o f the h azard o u s m a terials team . Mr. T u rn er w ill be charg ed w ith a v ariety o f co u n ts o f assault, attem pt to elude, fu rn ish in g false inform ation to a p o lice o fficer, and p o sse ssio n o f a c o n tro lle d su b stance. Both H eard an d T u rn er w ill be charged w ith m a n u factu rin g o f a co n tro lled su bstance. Both H eard an d T u rn er w ill be ch arg ed w ith m an u factu rin g o f a co n tro lled su b stance. O th er ch arg es are an tici p ated p ending the o u tco m e o f the search w arrant. Big President Among 19 Arrested In Supreme Court V ow ing to go to ja il rather than accept the Suprem e C o u rt's brand o f “affirm ative inaction,” O scar Eason, Jr., P resident o f B lacks In G overn ment (B IG ), jo in e d 18 other civil rights leaders in succum bing to ar rest rather than halt dem onstrations before the C ourt building M onday, O ctober 5th The group pled guilty to a m isdem eanor, w ere fined and re leased. “ If the court still does not get it, we should continue the dem onstrations until it does,” E ason stated. The dem onstration was sponsored by the N A A C P in response to the Suprem e C o u rt's refusal to deal with the issue o f its lack o f m inority law clerks. Law clerks have profound influence on the issues before the court; they help decide w hich cases will be heard and often w rite the first draft o f the decisions. A study by USA Today found that o f the 394 law clerks hired during the respective term s o f the sitting justices, only 1.8 percent were A frican A m erican, 1 percent w ere H ispanic; 4.5 were A sian American; and 24.3 percent were w om en (m ore than 40 percent o f law school graduates are now w om en.) No N ative A m ericans have ever been hired, rhe num ber o f m i norities and women am ong Suprem e Court clerks is so low that if the Court were a com pany, the statistics alone would prove illegal discrim i nation. The court has refused to meet with civil rights leaders on the issue. Eason said the C ourt’s hiring prac tices are typical o f federal govern ment agencies in w hich few Blacks are found in key jo b s Blacks are generally concentrated in certain job areas with lower pay and grade levels in these agencies. Eason said th eC o u rt’s hiring prac tices are particularly odious in light o f its increasingly adverse affirm a tive action decisions. In recent years the Court has lim ited the scope and application o f affirm ative action. H ow ever, its decisions nonetheless approve the use o f affirm ative action that m eets its criteria. “ W e m ust continue to focus atten tion on the hypocrisy o f the court in this area. W e m ust continue to de m and that the C ourt practices what it preaches to the A m erica...that it ad heres to the sam e standard o f equal opportunity the constitution requires o f the rest o f A m erica." BIG is an o rg a n iz a tio n o f g o v ern m e n t e m p lo y ee s from federal, state, a n d local ag e n cies d ed icated to e x c e l l e n c e in g o v e r n m e n t th ro u g h e q u a lity o f o p p o rtu n ity . It seek s to re p re se n t the in terests o f the 2.3 m illio n A fric an A m erican g o v e rn m e n t e m p lo y e e s n a tio n w ide. T h e T h ir d A n n u a l C o m m u n ity P rid e D e s ig n A w a rd s e v e n t is s c h e d u le d f o r to d a y W e d n e s d a y , O c to b e r 7. 1 9 9 8 , fro m 4 :0 0 p .m . to 6 :0 0 p .m . a t th e C ity o f V a n c o u v e r W a te r R e s o u rc e E d u c a tio n C e n te r , 4 6 0 0 SE C o lu m b ia W a y . T h e C o m m u n ity P rid e D e sig n A w a rd s p ro g ra m w as e s ta b lis h e d in 1996 b y v a r io u s p u b lic a n d p r iv a te o r g a n iz a ti o n s w ith in C la r k C o u n ty as a m e a n s o f r e c o g n iz in g o u ts ta n d in g b u ild in g s , d e v e lo p m e n t, and c iv ic im p r o v e m e n ts th a t h a v e h a d a p o s itiv e im p a c t o n th e c o m m u n ity . O u t o f t h e 29 n o m i- u O r e g o n C o n v e n t io n n a tio n s re c e iv e d th is y e a r, tw e lv e w ill b e h o n o r e d fo r th e ir o u ts ta n d in g a n d u n iq u e e f f o r ts in a r c h ite c tu r a l d e s ig n , c o m m u n ity e n h a n c e m e n t, p u b lic f a c ili tie s , a n d r e s id e n tia l d e v e lo p m e n t. A s in th e p a s t, c o m m u n ity le a d e r s w ill b e p r e s e n tin g th e a w a rd s to th e r e c ip ie n t s . center A t The C e n te r O f Success SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC BENEFITS D ate Event Sept. 1-4 Deloitte & Touche Meeting Sept. 3 Jobs NW Trade Show Sept. 4 Life Flight Network Dinner Sept. 5-6 Sept. 8-9 A ttendance 200 E conom ic Im pact $10,560 1,000 52,800 650 34,320 Oregon Art/Rubber Stamp Show 2,805 148,104 Oregon Health Division Meeting 120 6,336 400 253,600 Sept. 9-10 American Soc. of Plumbing Engr. Sept. 9-10 Madison Avenue Seminars 18 950 Sept. 9-10 Tri-County Lodging Board Mtg. 35 1,848 Sept. 10 Bioject Inc. Shareholder Mtg. 120 6,336 59,136 Sept. 10 Oregon Enterprise Forum 1,120 Sept. 11 Promociones Dance 3,408 179,942 Sept. 11-12 Seattle Marital Meeting 140 7,392 Sept. 11 Oregon law Institute 95 5,016 Sept. 12 Anthony Robbins Seminar 55 2,904 Sept. 12 Metro Light Rail Opening 500 26,400 Sept. 13-17 NW Apparel/Footwear Trade Show 1,475 938,100 Sept. 14 Project Green Purse 1.000 52,800 Sept. 15-17 Women’s Retirement Conference Sept. 16-18 Eurobest Food/Wine Show Sept. 16-17 Pacific NW Employee Benefit C onf 280 14,784 Sept. 14,17, 18 Oregon State Bar (3 Meetings) 27,086 Sept. 15-18 National Transit Institute 513 30 700 36,960 1,200 763,200 1,584 Sept. 18-19 NW Investors Conference 450 23,760 Sept. 19-20 Oregon Fibromyaligia Conference 600 381,600 Sept. 22-26 Whole Mind Works Expo 120 76,320 Sept. 27-30 1TEC Business Expo 6,100 381,600 Sept. 29 Bullivant Houser Bailey 220 11,616 21,120 Sept. 29-30 Boise Cascade Power Series 400 Sept. 30 High Performers Network 300 15,840 24,054 $3,542,014 29 Events Total Economic Benefit For The Region For September $3,542,014 Our biggest advantage is being part of family To us, being part of a big family means... *Sharing responsibilities among only the most qualified, highly trained professionals... *Sharing ideas and programs to protect our children and benefit our neighborhoods... * Sharing resources with the families and communities we serve. and understanding the importance of sharing. 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