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Community Pride Design Awards
Host 3rd Annual Event
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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-
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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 .
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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
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